Delighted to receive my gorgeous copy of Electric Pink's first print issue, dedicated entirely to musical golden shovels. One of my riverbed forms, "Transformed Stone," after Rage Against the Machine, is included.

Unpacking the trauma of chronic pain and everyday ableism is incredibly difficult. Many thanks to @sarahclark.bsky.social, Jess Silfa, and @anmlymag.bsky.social for publishing this micro about escaping the body and the cruelty of an ableist world. anmly.org/ap42/sarah-f...

from writer's block one month to illness block the next; from willing flesh to willing spirit, but each abandoned by its partner. I am ready for June to arrive, and for both to return at once.

✂️e(i 8: Collage is live!✂️ Our #spotlight is on Melissa Fitzpatrick's @melissafitz.bsky.social hybrid "dim light drifting." Check out their work at buff.ly/E6d26Y2! Source: D.W. Baker’s @lowermelody.bsky.social "last of all" (Issue 3): buff.ly/Cef0Tts. ⬇️

This week's Tuesday Taster is a sharp bite of Chlorosis by D. W. Baker. @lowermelody.bsky.social It's a striking piece with a compelling rhythm, and we especially enjoyed reading it aloud. Read it now in Issue 6.

Two more short-form pieces from SOLARPROOF, my speculative WIP, were recently accepted to the @cincinnatireview.bsky.social miCRo series and @plaguecircus.bsky.social. I look forward to sharing them soon! 👁 ☀️

I AM ON POETRY DAILY WOOOOOOO poems.com/poem/arts-an...

"When transformed by consciousness, anger becomes vital energy which is available not only for healing but also for furthering the desires of the soul." -James Hollis, Swamplands of the Soul

A new Ekphrastic anthology, MURALS, is now available from Press Pause Press. First published by @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social & curated by @fbereaud.bsky.social, it features an international collection of public art & writing in response, including my "Microsonnet for the municipality sweepers"

(e)laments is now available from @stonecorpse.com! This collaboration with @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social is available from the publisher in PDF (free!) and print ($7 + shipping). I will send you a signed copy with a bespoke, hand-written short-form poem for $15 (shipping included), DM me

This got a far larger reaction than I expected. Relatable content, it would seem. Apropos of that, here is Bertolt Brecht's "Motto"

The worries and misfortunes of real life have recently shocked my literary life into a sort of hibernation. I have not been reading, writing, engaging online, or even thinking as usual. My apologies. Today I felt a glimmer of deep movement. I hope it is a sign of return.

⏰️ e(i CONTRIBUTORS! We've got some news for you! You're all invited to sign up for our new internal Book Review Exchange! Networking is hard, right? & After getting a micro/chap/book published we all just kinda want someone to read & enjoy our work. Here @ e(i we wanna help w that! ...

a real piece of time traveling beauty and wonder today from David Ward https://www.havehashad.com/judsv

from the opening paragraph of my latest review, "Rhythm and Somatic Consciousness: on AUTOCARTOGRAPHIES by @evaalterpoet.bsky.social" (2025: Eulogy Press), published in Dodo Eraser. It was delightful to write about my favorite kind of verse: rare form delivering rare insight on the body.

Drop a movie that traumatized you as a kid... it was the mirror eyes that got me.

Just finished composing the first of these signature verses, a new poem titled "Light Pilot," for Alex Rettie. I retain the right to collect it into a manuscript, in which case I will note the dedication, but I consider this its first publication. He may post it if he chooses (he's on X, not here)

A new verse from new contributor D. W. Baker: 𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 electri city of angels on the pin eal gland — D.W. Baker

Read the full review here: moistpoetryjournal.com/2026/03/22/e... @lowermelody.bsky.social @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social

New review of Aphorism | Paroxysm by Remi Recchia, reviewed by D.W. Baker (@lowermelody.bsky.social)! Pour yourself a cup of coffee and enjoy this review exploring erasure and trans poetics, scripture, hybrid form, and more! 💜📚🎉

✨ Hi, Bulb Friends! ✨ Quick update. We've just sent all the outstanding acceptance and rejection emails, so if you've been waiting, go check your inbox. We are still VERY OPEN for submissions of previously published writing! If you've been wanting to send something our way, go for it!

The Micro side of @identitytheory.bsky.social has transitioned from Micro Mondays to quarterly issues. Our first Micro issue in this new format will be released on the March Equinox. It features 11 unsettling, contemplative, speculative, sad, and sometimes funny micros. Out this Friday! 🩶

(e)laments is now available from @stonecorpse.com! This collaboration with @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social is available from the publisher in PDF (free!) and print ($7 + shipping). I will send you a signed copy with a bespoke, hand-written short-form poem for $15 (shipping included), DM me

Delighted to share that my review of Remi Recchia's APHORISM | PAROXYSM (2025: @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social), a hybrid chapbook that addresses the contested intersection of transgender bodies & Christian beliefs, is forthcoming with @moistpoetryjournal.bsky.social asterismbooks.com/product/apho...

We're excited to share that poet and wrenster Jennifer Browne will serve as the guest editor for our 4th print anthology on liminality! Submissions open on March 25th! www.tinywrenlit.com/submit

Check out new #poetry #books for the week of 3/17 from @subpresspoetry.bsky.social, @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social, @caitlinpress.bsky.social, @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social & @regalhouse.bsky.social. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

“Incoherence seems to me preferable to a distorting order.” --Roland Barthes

Excerpted from my review, "Soundscape, Landscape, Ghost: on FIREFALL by Heather Lang-Cassera" (2025: @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social), published in @panoramajournal.bsky.social last year

Catching up on emails and website maintenance tonight. Currently have nine poems forthcoming later this season. More available here: dwbakerpoetry.com/poetry-publi...

One of my color studies, titled "Chlorosis," appears in this themed issue about GREED. My thanks to Lucy & the @underbellypress.bsky.social team 🖤💚

My son turns six today. I love him so much! This year, he is super into Pokémon, which is fun for me, too. This weekend we travel to visit my parents. I will continue to be scarce on social media. Life is more than screens

My good friend Jesse Balmer has put together a book of his work. Go pick up a preorder. It’s gorgeous. He’s worked as an artist on adventure time and many other shows but his Personal work is singular. Grab it here www.harpyharpy.com

oh. yeah. 🔥 @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social @lowermelody.bsky.social

Deleted the current events poem I posted as there was virtually no response. Will go to plan B, submitting it

I was a contributor to Libre before joining the team. Mary published this contrapuntal piece, "Manic/Depressive," which is very dear to me. I am sad to see its home disappear.

Dear readers of Libre, this is farewell. Libre’s founder, publisher, and EiC, Mary, has decided the project is at an end. Her dedication & expertise are irreplaceable. With this news, I will also be stepping down from my role as Managing Editor, as there is now nothing to manage. 1/2

first Gaza, now Lebanon, then where? Israel must be stopped US general strike!

Read more about what this case means for press freedom in this op-ed by @seth-stern.bsky.social in @theintercept.com, published in Nov.

holographic anxiety

Submissions are open for our summer issue! variantlit.submittable.com/submit

✂️ ISSUE 8: COLLAGE IS LIVE!✂️ W/in these pgs contributors remix works from our past 7 issues creating something bold & new! It's FREE to read, download & share online: buff.ly/E6d26Y2 Print copy available for purchase via Amazon: buff.ly/OOpa6Ct #poetry #poetrycommunity #indiepublishing ⬇️

Happy to have a poem in the collage issue of The Engine Idling. Titled "To Hold," it's a golden shovel in my experimental riverbed form I have a related craft essay forthcoming in print, titled "Meander, Erosion, and Deposition in the Contrapuntal Poem" www.engineidling.net/current

I predict history books will look on this war as the culminating reaction to the action taken in Gaza. The twelve days war with Iran from 2025 will just be part of a narrative about conflict and changes in global opinion spanning 2023-2026. The world order is changing

Decolonization of the middle east is accelerating as Gulf states turn on the US for lack of material support during Iran's counterattack. US citizens abroad were also left behind. Protecting the pedophile blackmailers in Israel came first, of course. I pray we avoid nuclear war

may God smite and foil the warmongering, child trafficking followers of Baal. America must revolt against their infinite wars in our name! No war but class war

I have a new one that is very close to being ready to send out...lmk if you like eco poetry that tackles AI, social media and representation...if you want a memoir of what it has been like to be an interfaith Jewish kid in a dysfunctional family full of loss, I have that, too.

I don't have an MFA, but I got a BA in Anthropology & Music, then spent several years as a touring & recording bassist, then spent ten years teaching reading intervention and english/language arts. I have learned a lot about how the body processes sound, rhythm, symbol, & sense

Minnesota trip book haul! Minnesotan poets Paula Cisewski from Diode Editions and Carol Rucks from Kelsay Books, plus Richard A. Jensen, South Dakotan doctor and writer. Also pictured: the new Mid/South Sonnets anthology from @bellepointpress.bsky.social , waiting at home

interfaith geometry