Or, to quote my favorite Robert Frost lines, "It takes all sorts of in- and outdoor schooling / to get adapted to my kind of fooling."

I'd say about 75% of the the time, I'm writing a poem where I'm waiting for someone to be "I see what you did there" and then we laugh together.

I feel like someone is going to call the EAP for me because I am a middle-aged woman rolling into work blasting the new Olivia Rodrigo: & other poems.

From clown drag shows to literary readings to hiking groups, Baltimore has an ever-growing queer programming ecosystem baltimorebeat.com/from-clown-d...

I'm honored to help share this news and shine a light on the important work being done by literary arts nonprofits to champion writers and reading.

next round of Literary Arts Fund grants opens for application on June 8

I am so proud of the CityLit Project team ❤

The Literary Arts Fund is pleased to announce the recipients of its inaugural general operating grants, 40 nonprofit literary arts organizations and publishers spanning 19 states—from Alaska to Florida—that will receive a combined total of $7.7 million in unrestricted funds.

Poetry reader @arahko.bsky.social is leaning into the sacred rage of Angry Girl Summer 🔥 Her reading list of poetry collections is published in @cincinnatireview.bsky.social 🤩 buff.ly/f8ZQfOW

Happy pride! withfriends.co/event/283520...

Mera Kitchen’s new series serves up food as memory, migration, and inheritance baltimorebeat.com/mera-kitchen...

I learn a lot from my writing group…including that Joni Mitchell is still alive.

I am Fiona Apple’s 1997 VMA speech. Anyway, here is a live performance of her that I watched three times on the treadmill this morning. youtu.be/Bpm1AeTVgWk?...

This was my takeaway from The Mandalorian and Grogu.

This, always and every day and no matter what, THIS. Right now many things are terrible, they would be a lot more so were there not so many people doing so many things in in hope, in defiance, in solidarity.

For Pride month, can straight people celebrate by walking faster?

My autoimmune diseases see you

I like to say “no heroes”, but here I am being shocked by this take from my Polish queen of insane fiction. lithub.com/nobel-laurea...

Kind of thinking I should be adding collagen to my diet coke so I remember to take the collagen.

All the comms newsletters that have been like "AI will transform your workflow & productivity" for the past 6 months are starting their "buy our service to see how AI is wrecking your strategy" messages.

I don’t regularly check this app, but when I do, I read @abbyhiggs.bsky.social updates like a novel.

Leah and Rahne cordially invite you to the premiere of Leah & Rahne’s Micro Cinema Studio Weds May 13, 7-9pm If you’d like to show your work, let us know! Think of it as a video open mic of short shorts (<5 minutes)

Here’s what I eat in a day living with imposter syndrome…

happy may day! every right you have as a worker was written in blood ❤️

I have talked to a lot of college students this semester, & last night I lived the drafting process I have described: reading through a few years of free writes & collaging 10 poems out of them.

Feed: "Baltimore Fishbowl" By: Tracy Dimond on Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Why yes, I was searching the term “bat poop” today to verify I was spelling guano right for a poem about Carlsbad Cavern.

The vet oncology center that did a bunch of testing for my sweet slug, Bella Swan, told me she was the third kitty with that name they had seen in a week. Which tells me I am one of a sea of millennial gals that is either obsessed with Kristen Stewart and/or vampires with an aging cat.

today's first song of the day is "l.i.v.e. n.o.w." by eze jackson youtu.be/144y2WRNhw0?...

When visiting a group of MICA students, I was asked what I would do differently with EMOTION INDUSTRY now. I explained that I would write outside of the male gaze, which I am doing more of now, by framing my writing in geology.

2 poem warning, 2 song warning - it crosses genre.

Ok so the only positive thing that comes with a chronic illness that impacts my energy levels is the time change doesn’t really bother me. Another day, same fatigue!!

Road my bike down in the rain to the convention center yet someone said YOUR HAIR LOOKS GREAT while walking in to AWP so anyway I am feeling good!!!

If you are looking for local music to get hype for #awp26, make it Dapper Dan Midas’s BEAUTIFUL GOWNS album. It’s Baltimore club, alternative, dance, rap - SO GOOD.

The morning birds are finally out again.

Readings by Joe Sacksteder Rachel Zavecz David Leo Rice / @raviddice.bsky.social Suzanne Gold Tracy Dimond Robert Kloss / @robertkloss.bsky.social Whitney Koo Erica Stern / @ericarstern.bsky.social MC Hyland Kate Wyer Jen Dary Performance by Luna Honey

Baltimore / Saturday, March 7th / 5-7pm Metro Gallery / 1700 N Charles St. Always Crashing / @meeklingpress.bsky.social / @barrelhouse.bsky.social

“Diane, 11:30 a.m., February 24th. Entering the town of Twin Peaks.”

As Endometriosis Awareness Month approaches, this essay of mine published by @yellowarrowpub.bsky.social is the best way I can describe the experience being unheard as a patient. www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/vignette/bla...

Since most platforms have implemented LLMs over the past year, the search function within them has been drunk. I am searching for a phrase in email & none of the words I typed are highlighted. Is there specific research on this? I’ve read about “enshittification” - this feels like part of that.

Endometriosis should be a nationally recognized disability under the ADA. www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

UPDATE: I immediately put I LOVE YOU, BUT I'VE CHOSEN DARKNESS on hold at the library.

Why use AI when you can make a lamb stew for the first time.

Writer Camp is open for applications! This year we'll be camping June 25-28 and Aug 5-Aug 9. Affordable, fun, supportive gathering for people who want to write and hang with other writers, and maybe watch some movies at night &maybe play laser tag if it's raining www.barrelhousemag.com/writer-camp

STOP THE SAVE ACT. Call your Senators. 202-224-3121

if you're looking to learn about what are some of the lowest-hanging fruits in terms of local elections in places that directly help ICE, this is for you:

I don't keep doomers in my feed but since apparently some folks do: "celebrate each and every win, loudly" is Organizing 101

Finished a crossword last night & one of the words was “arid”, which I can’t stop thinking about now. It reminds me of Claire Vaye Watkins writing.

"Dimond’s poetry is emotional, but it’s also playful in a way that we all need as the world weighs heavier each day it seems." I'm celebrating a pain-free 30 minute run this week by revisiting this very fun conversation I had with Malissa Rodenburg - thank you for reading <3 tinyurl.com/4k4t952d

When I was writing ALIENS ATTACK! I didn't think it was book about real life but here we are, under attack, so I guess even though there are zeppelin shaped UFOs shooting lasers at Troy and Lelaina from Reality Bites, this is a book about right now. Also on sale! masonjarpress.com/chapbooks-1/...