something from a larger poem in progress

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

who called it a story that grabs you and not a prehensile tale

light transference // handcut paper collage with graphite on recycled paperboard, june 2026 #collage #queerart #abstraction #artsky #art

an visual poem for #smallpoemsunday (found in Walden) @tomsnarsky.bsky.social

Try experimenting with various knobs and dials to achieve desired effects

I always pack some emergency ants in case the picnic doesn’t go the way I want

york imperial apples, painted by james marion shull, 1909

I boil watched pots

Monday 4/20 @ 7pm! I'll be doing a reading at Elliot Bay Books with members of my cohort from UW Bothell! Including @earlgreysnail.bsky.social

Turkish born tattoo artist Eva Karabudak (aka Eva Krbdk), creates cross-stitch designs that mimic the embroidery technique on skin #WomensArt #Saturday

HAPPY APRIL! 🧅🧅 Today, submissions for our flash fiction contest have closed. Watch the website for the announcement of the longlist. Also, ISSUE THREE: BLOOM is here! You can read all the stories and poems now using the link below. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 www.thebloominonion.com/issue-three-...

Just in case you’re trying to decide between Uber and Lyft

Winter is ending, and today marks the first day of meteorological Spring - here is my offer of something peaceful for the timeline racarter.itch.io/haiku-garden

For #Smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social here is (are?) Ten Lines, by N. W. Lea:

a lava lamp is great if you want something beautiful to happen in about 2 hours' time

[comforting you as you puke into a storm drain] this is exactly why i started my newsletter

Etel Adnan, Sea and Fog

While you studied the blade I studied a smooth stone

far off lands near me

late night

unnecessary ceremony // handcut paper collage with graphite on recycled paperboard, february 2026 #collage #abstraction #queerart

feat fetish

are you the guy that keeps making fake shit look real and real shit look fake??

chlorophyllibuster

asking people on the street if i can speak with their dog

collecting brown paper bags for a new nest

I’m spreading a picnic blanket throughout the city!

I eat as much pumpkin as a senior dog

A lapse in the ordinary devotions.

"I am learning how to be weakness leaving the body. I am licking citric atlas critic acid off my fingers. Every day is keep doing my tasks keep reminding and head down. Nobody minds the back kept slant until straight again." —Cavar anmly.org/ap41/sarah-c...

I'm excited to share that Game Poems Issue 1 is now live at www.gamepoems.com/issue01 A new online literary magazine dedicated to exploring the artistic and poetic potential of short-form videogames by publishing new games directly in a playable format. Thanks for playing and sharing!

DOWNSIDE: infuriated UPSIDE: eyes turned periwinkle

Woe, mug wall of disassociation upon ye

A fantastic blurb from Kayla E (Precious Rubbish) for the final book in our @sfwa.org grant series: "There's a Party in the Free Zone" is a little miracle of a book. Ink-smudged one-panel poems and pocket fables that land like a voicemail from your subconscious: funny, tender, and a little haunted.

Frankenstein is the story of a STEM dad whose son majors in the humanities

Winter is full of grainy moments

Cladonia lichen. Northwest Territories, Canada. #lichen #fungi #fungifriends

Asking trees how to love strange positions

feeling seen

Stationary store? Uh, yeah, I hope it is!

OPEN SUBS for e(i8: Collage! We're inviting YOU to remix much of our archive! We want your cut-ups, golden shovels, frankenpoems, etc! See guidelines for details/limitations: buff.ly/W6Q0BoP #poetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #indielit #litmag #callforsubs #opensubs #artcommunity

December's immaculate coldness feels warm. December feels like blood. — Zinaida Gippius

Submission period PROCESS /MARGINALIA / OTHER WOR(L)D(S) closes Sun. Nov. 30th at midnight Pacific Time. If you are working on a hybrid or have pieces unpublished & remarkable in form & content w/at least 2 elements of: #text, #image, #video, #sound #art #hybrid send to: [email protected]

got a music rec recently that described the group as "very vibes-forward" and I thought he meant charismatic but it turns out to be a vibraphone player

This is what I’ve been doing with my 52 books challenge! 3 sentences is very doable for me.

Cladonia fimbriata, our Trumpet Lichen, seen Sunday at Deer Creek Canyon 🌿