update: He says I might be writing 2 books. Or maybe a book and a chapbook. He’s not sure, he’ll have to sleep on it

Brain Fog Omega Mix

self taught

"oh, to have someone inside of you, and, by having them inside you staying, forever, inside of them." @selizabeth.bsky.social's Transmasc Marvel Girl is trans cinematic ekphrasis, is self-examining self-reimagining bff stream of thought. kithbooks.com/shop/p/transmascmarvel

picked up a box slightly wrong and immediately felt so much pain I saw stars

I loved reading this poem by @rozalijagrace.com , its un- and re-winding, its tenderness in call and response:

did this prompt first thing in the morning and really enjoyed it, here is my sad little found poem from a page out of Iris Murdoch

Thanks @selizabeth.bsky.social and @jamesolearypoet.bsky.social for including my poem about my ex getting hot sauce in my vagina in this excellent issue of GARLAND!

Reading and selecting the poems for this issue was a such a treat. These writers blew me away with their thoughtfulness and creativity around ekphrasis and what it can be. Highly recommend reading the issue and sending @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social a tip on ko-fi for letting us curate this space

cannot emphasize how much "Insects!!!!!" has such a great tradition in poetry: Clifton's roaches, BPK's bees, Komunyakaa's maggots, Girmay's flies....

While it is true I haven’t published anything in a while, let me assure you all my editor is hard at work on the recent material

Who wants to work with me to make some cool things at ANMLY? Volunteer role as part of an all volunteer team, VERY hands on, lots of room for creativity. You'd work with me to pitch and/or vet folio proposals, and then make em happen! 💜✨

"Birds sing. I inch closer to the sky, then retreat. I'm curious who's behind me. I don't turn around." Nicole Arocho Hernández

googling "what to get a 2 year old for their birthday" in anticipation of my submission to the New Yorker's upcoming big day 🎉

I've been very slowly reading Iris Murdoch's The Sea, The Sea, and oh my god this paragraph

Ohhhh, this short poem by Elena Zhang ( @ezhang77.bsky.social ) in Passages North

Hi y'all! you may know I was finally able to get top surgery today after years of wanting it, and it turns out facial feminization surgery is on the horizon for this summer too! The cost of supplies, travel, food, and post-surgery care is significant, and I could really use your help!

I didn’t realize Laufey put out a new album last autumn, it’s so good sad girls stay winning 💙

how it feels to translate an old sonnet, trying to navigate the constant conflict of staying attentive to meter/rhyme vs. maintaining the poem's original meaning and style

I have loved spending time in the museum of queerness and disability access of Rob Macaisa Colgate’s Hardly Creatures. Here is the final poem:

holding head in hands this morning. how the fuck are you supposed to process a leader saying he’ll kill an entire civilization. idle threat or not, we’re witnessing pure evil.

"This isn't the end. It simply / cannot be the end. It is a road." C. D. Wright

"Change / is scenic and sudden. // One year, I came home / and all the leaves fell off my father." Hua Xi ( @huaxi.bsky.social )

"I don't want to be a person / but there isn't a choice," Joshua Jennifer Espinoza ( @sadqueer4life.bsky.social )

I don’t want visibility I want a changed world kind enough to unmake the layer of constant fear wrapped around my every action

Happy Trans Day of Visibility ❤️🏳️‍⚧️❤️

“you unwelcome god, at the / zenith of my pleasure, you are there.” Ally Ang @theoceanisgay.bsky.social

if you’re trying to “save time” as a writer by using AI, i suggest you find another profession. it takes time to write well, time to write exciting books. it takes time to write one good poem. i’ve spent years on a single poem. the time spent learning one’s craft is everything

I found out this morning I was a distinguished finalist for a fellowship to take a workshop with Brandon Taylor!! I got a small scholarship but the cost of attending a workshop from Alaska are significant. I've never had the chance to do a fiction workshop before so this is really important to me!

depression slightly better the last couple days, because completely focusing on complicated chess and translating old French poetry means my brain doesn't even have the energy for the despair. instead of sad there is puddle of goo

"...but every day, love takes my face in its hands and asks, Who are you without performance? while I stare back as blank as a Word doc the night before a deadline..." —Ally Ang anmly.org/ap41/ally-an...

this poem by Pádraig Ó Tuama just wounds my heart

It's pub day for Differential Diagnosis!!!! Thank you all for your continued support <3333

it's coming! soon! order your copy! Title poem below, first published by The Missouri Review

Ah, women, women!

Sick, evil fucking idiots. Not just monstrous but deeply stupid. The people of Iran deserve our solidarity.

things every single republican president of your lifetime has done - started a war in the middle east - completely destroyed the economy

I have a poem online in the new edition of Gulf Coast ✨

I have a poem online in the new edition of Gulf Coast ✨

New call for work: THE PLEASURE ISSUE + Opens May 15 + Deadline: June 13 for everyone, for BIPOC writers: June 20 The Pleasure Issue will be an issue interrogating the varying politics of pleasure via the difference between the erotic and the pornographic More: beestungmag.com/special-call...

My poem "Memento Vivere" is published in @theoffingmag.bsky.social I'm forever grateful to the editors and readers who advocated and accepted this piece.

Apollo's poems are so fucking great, I got to hear them read at Tin House and it was electric. A poet I always am glad to find new poems from recently

Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick

my first interview as interviews editor with @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social is out now! w/ the poet L Scully about their book, Self-Romancing, published by @michelletea.bsky.social / Dopamine Books. You can buy their book through the link in the interview!

JK Rowling has not tweeted since openly denying that her team invited the world's most notorious child rapist to a kid's play despite evidence directly disproving her claims

got paid so I sent some money to people at the protests in Minnesota. Their bravery in the face of such hatred and violence buoys my heart, and it is an honor to help them in some small, material way

Forgot to post this: one of my favorite sonnets was recently reprinted in the blog for @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social 🦋

I am fortunate to have a poem in the new (and amazing!) issue of @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social 🌵

this is the most outwardly dangerous administration to people living in america. abolish ICE

I am fortunate to have a poem in the new (and amazing!) issue of @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social 🌵