From the "this is gross and not something you see every day" files: C's toilet overflowed, and today the plumber pulled a DEAD RAT out. So creepy!!! And horrible!

Dickinson tells us hope is the thing with feathers.... so I'm hoping a poetry acceptance will wing its way over to me. (And to you too!)

I'm having such a hard time getting motivated today. I kind of wonder if I'm not coming down with something.

I saw my Dad in the hospital yesterday. He looks so small and weak. I fear it won't be long.

I am writing a promotion letter today for someone who absolutely deserves it. It's exciting to see all of the person's accomplishments--but so hard to boil down into two pages!

Why are chewable vitamin C tablets so big and so awful-tasting?

Drinking a couple of drams of whisky to help ease some physical pain I'm in... first whisky I've drunk since I left Scotland. Glenmorangie 14 year, Port Cask finish. Delish!

My father has been put in palliative care.

“Hope” is the thing with feathers – That perches in the cage – And sings the taunting songs – That never stop – Yet, tonight, tonight – When you sleep – I will eat it.

Happy Halloween!! 🎃 👻 🎃 👻 🎃

One of the professors here at school--someone I admired and cherished--a poet, died of cancer this morning. He was one of my favorite people and someone who was like a beloved uncle. He walks with angels now.

The graphic novel rendering of my collection What Magick May Not Alter got canned because the publisher's humanities/arts grants were canceled to Donald Rumpledipshit.

Facilities just poured an algaecide in my air conditioner vents and the smell is so bad I had to open the window...letting in all the cold air. Waaah. :-D

Despite all my rage I am still just a poet on a page. #poetry #crabby

Sitting in traffic and the person ahead of me is smoking some really shitty reefer, and of course, the smoke is blowing my way.

The ant infestation in my office sucks so hard.

Stabbing rejection: No thanks, your poems make us lose the will to live

Received a beautiful, complimentary rejection. The only reason why they didn't accept the poem? The lines were too long. 😭

Unsalted nuts may be better for you, but they're a lot less delicious.

Why even are men????

Good morning, my lovelies! What wonderful #poems will you write today? #amwriting

Things that are on my shit list rn: Target pharmacy, FitBit, and Primo water service.

Mistakes happen. Mistakes happen. Mistakes happen. (She tells herself, banging her head against the wall...)

If you are at a doctor's appointment, or are doing something important, and I happen to call you, LET YOUR VOICEMAIL GET THE CALL. It seems dumb to answer "I'm at a doctor's appointment" and then hang up very rudely.

Poems with poorly-controlled rhyme schemes make me sad.

Struggling today, too.

I'm in a really foul temper tonight. That stupid 7 p.m. meeting I was in didn't help matters either.

The only place I want ice is in my glass.

All day I was thinking today was Friday, and now I realize it's only Thursday. Sob.

Discovered that a certain submissions handling service wasn't taking a fee for each submission it received. Well, I hope the 200 poets who submitted their work enjoyed the freebie.

Found out I somehow didn't renew our seats for the theater 2 hours before it was time to go to the first musical of the season.

Time to send us your new poems! We have a special interest in environmental poems this time around, but we're always eager for whatever you write. We can't wait to read your work! atlantareview.submittable.com.

I'm sorry, I don't know what the big fuss is, this outpouring of grief. I'm sorry for his family, and guns are horrible, but... I don't mind if there's one fewer vile racist spewing hate in the world.

The locked front door just blew open! How??

Slightly diminish a book: The Good Gatsby

It's raining #poetry rejections again. Need to start sending out more subs!

Bad luck continues: the Samsung official place to service my computer said it would cost $900 to fix the screen. Guess I'm going to have to buy a new one. 😭

Oh, man, my bank card got hit by a skimmer and now there are all these fraudulent charges on my account. My credit union blocked the card, but now I have to get an all new one and change my card info in all my pay accounts.

Another AI slop book "specialist" wanting to promote my collection. This one even praised me for an award I don't have. 🙄 To wit: Congratulations on publishing What Magick May Not Alter and on being named an NYC Big Book Awards Distinguished Favorite in Literary Fiction! #poetry

I managed to piss off the HOA mofos to the tune of a $125 fine.

Fever is down, but I'm still congested af. Coughing not too bad. I'd say I'm 55% over stupid Covid.

Question to cat: Is it possible for you NOT to step on my laptop keyboard when I'm typing something important? Answer to human: Hahahahah, aren't you precious?

Covid is horrible, and I feel like death.

Made my first submission in 4 months. Please clap.

A new post about Afternoon Tea in London and Edinburgh...

What are your favorite pantoums? I confess I don't like the form, but maybe I've never read one that was great? #poetry #pantoum

Lusting after the Islay whiskies at Total Wine...

Why did I think assigning my students a 12 page paper for a final project was a good idea? Why? Now I have to grade 168 pages of text! Dumb! I am dumb! #teacherproblems

I will give someone fifty bucks to clean my bathroom for me.