“Oh, the typewriter in my bones— / yes, I would miss that click/clack the most.” “Cross/Bite” by Tiana Clark from I Can’t Talk About the Trees Without the Blood #poetry #poetrysky #BlueSkyPoetry #writingcommunity #poetsofBlueSky

“This costume / works best if the baby / is nowhere to be found.” “What Will She Go As?” from Hard Child by Natalie Shapero #poetry #poetrysky #BlueSkyPoetry #writingcommunity #poetsofBlueSky

“I have so much debt. / I am forever in the wettest red.” “BBHMM” by Tiana Clark from I Can’t Talk About the Trees Without the Blood #poetry #poetrysky #BlueSkyPoetry #writingcommunity #poetsofBlueSky

Can someone explain to me why “Hell’s Bells” is playing at every single stoppage of play during the Detroit Lions game? I feel like I am going insane

“I bought the bound One Thousand Names / for Baby, made two lists: one if she’s born breathing, / one if not. The second list was longer.” “My Hand and Cold” by Natalie Shapero from Hard Child #poetry #poetrysky #BlueSkyPoetry #writingcommunity #poetsofBlueSky

“Who keeps the hours / I can’t remember?” “Tim” by Tiana Clark from I Can’t Talk About the Trees Without the Blood TW: SA #poetry #poetrysky #BlueSkyPoetry #writingcommunity #poetsofBlueSky

Stomaching a lot of anger today.

“straining / for the bell in belief.” Sarah Ghazal Ali THEOPHANIES @sarahali.bsky.social @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social #poetry

my new glasses came in, and while I’m no stranger to thick lenses, these feel almost comical

can't stop thinking about this little (vast) poem

“yesterday is the wrong answer, tomorrow too / despite memory, i believe / in hunger” “White Boy Time Machine: Software” by Hieu Minh Nguyen from Not Here #poetry #poetrysky #BlueSkyPoetry #writingcommunity #poetsofBlueSky

“my mother will die before me. / My mother, who, by then, will love me / will die.” “Politics of an Elegy” by Hieu Minh Nguyen from Not Here #poetry #poetrysky #BlueSkyPoetry #writingcommunity #poetsofBlueSky

“Kate, Kate, we have become / such anesthesiologists, terrified of the smallest error.” “Dear Kate” by Charlie Peck from World’s Largest Ball of Paint #poetry #poetrysky #BlueSkyPoetry #writingcommunity #poetsofBlueSky

By all means let's keep building AI data centers that use a water supply the equivalent of Guatemala's yearly consumption. I mean, what could possibly go wrong

“to the corona / to the new. / Enough of you, motherglue—“ “Aria for the Body” by Jan Beatty from Boneshaker #poetry #poetrysky #BlueSkyPoetry #writingcommunity #poetsofBlueSky

“Mr. Salton said, ‘I can’t wait to see who / all of you become,’ as if he didn’t already know.” “The Radio Show” by Charlie Peck from World’s Largest Ball of Paint #poetry #poetrysky #BlueSkyPoetry #writingcommunity #poetsofBlueSky

Facts are a political liability in a country led by liars

The list is here: These are the books we’re most anticipating in 2025.

Truly I don’t care who the artist is — you should not put on a 10-minute-long song on the jukebox at a bar

“Missy, this is me moving on. / There’s a noon rain to get caught in and many / clavicles to behold.” “Because You Can’t” by K. Iver from Short Film Starring My Beloved’s Red Bronco #poetry #poetrysky #BlueSkyPoetry #writingcommunity #poetsofBlueSky

“Nostalgia” by K. Iver from Short Film Starring My Beloved’s Red Bronco #poetrysky #blueskypoetry #poetry #poetsofbluesky #writingcommunity

engaging more, again, with poetry in 2025. reading and writing.

Thinking my first read of the new year will be a reread of The Hunger Games, then finally reading A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

jimmy carter spent his decades after leaving the white house eradicating guinea worm and helping the poor. we will likely never see another ex-president like him.

Merry Christmas Eve; “Wonderful Christmastime” by Paul McCartney is the best Christmas song; I will not be arguing on this point 🎄✨

just attempted to follow some people from the other site (en masse), so hello again!! (I hope)

Came here to yell about how excited I am to have tickets to Long Live The Black Parade!!