#haiku amongst themselves doves terrifying

I have done something to my back, and now it is doing something to me

Psychology poem

I'm holding an open house, and it's a no-shoes house. Lucky for me I have these kick-ass socks!

Poem

I am at the symphony with my wife, Hannah. Debussy, Ravel, Saint-Saëns. The harpist is fantastic, but we are rooting for the French horns. (Both of us played the French horn in elementary school. Just one of the reasons we were meant for each other.)

Online Boggle just rejected "dopest" as a word

international haiku day dandelion tufts float across the border

I have been writing short things on Substack lately. About poetry in the sense that spokes are about a hub. Here's the latest. jtkellypoet.substack.com/p/project-ba...

This is a dance off. If you see it, you know what to do.

Friend of mine collected Magic cards in the 90s. Kept them in protective sleeves. Had about 10,000 cards. I found out recently he's never sold them Anybody want to plan a heist?

A+ Dream

Villains should live in villas

I got three hours of child-free time today. -handed off the keys to a new tenant -invoiced a client for my own work -took a bath -did the dishes

Confession confusion

Confessional poetry is poetry written in the confessional by the priest while you are reciting your sins.

There's no I in self-care

Woke up feeling like fighting but also like making something really cool. I imagine this is how Billy Joel wakes up feeling every day.

Peptides vs pep talks Who would win?

I have 203 plays of "Eye of the Tiger" on Spotify, since 2011. That's a little more than once per month.

Kroger gender theory

Philosophy poem

15 years ago today, Hannah and I got engaged! We had a picnic, and I sang this song I had written for her. The video is from our wedding reception. The pic is us 15 years ago having dinner at a Cajun restaurant. youtu.be/VCuNzYE3i4w?...

Now only thing I did was wrong Stayin' in the wilderness too long Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on -"Gospel Plow" traditional Only thing I done wrong Stayed in Mississippi a day too long -"Mississippi" Bob Dylan

If there be caterpillar. —I Kings 8:37

Baby just said: I want to stay with you forever. When you are dead, I will be dead right next to you. She also started singing: Won't you take me to Farty Town? Won't you take me to Farty Town?

Poem A man in a suit is leaning over the edge to tell the guy digging the pit how to dig the pit. The guy digging is plotting to throw the man in the suit into the pit. God is the pit.

Blocked two accounts by the same guy whose response to me wanting to stretch was to tell me I'm already doing it wrong.

unwanted advice bot

Good morning, friends!

I need to reincorporate stretching into my daily routine.

evergreen

This ruling keeps Monroe Co. relevant

I'm cooking beef with gravy over rice for dinner tonight

evergreen

Poem When language cracks The poet changes— A dinosaur, one foot In the pith

Good morning, friends!

A+ dream

A+ dream

🎵 Stormy weather 🎶

Google DeepMind hires Sophist

#haiku the punctuation of doves

Hour after h(our work is never over)

Smells like burnt sugar outside.

[rifling through documents, understanding their worth better than whoever collected them into this order]

"Listen—" (there was a goat's head hanging by ropes in a tree)

Green beans sauteed with onions and cashews

you cannot be precious about your own work. i cut ~30 poems from my new poetry manuscript. i cut ~50 pages of material while working on my book of craft essays. i know for fiction writer friends it’s normal to cut many, many pages to find the right structure for a novel.