Read this poem. Read the book too.

The Shoes of the Fisherman’s Wife is an amazing collection— I’d advise you not to sleep on it!

eternal gratitude to @naravive.bsky.social for featuring my poem, What Light Through Beyond Yonder Window for Poetry Daily... ❤️ poems.com/poem/what-li...

Look who is featured on @poetrydaily.bsky.social this morning!! @upfromsumdirt.bsky.social Congrats, Ron!! poems.com/poem/what-li...

chaka khan on drums... i feel robbed. cheated. the funky drummer we all deserved. youtube.com/shorts/w7Iq-...

(please dont type "myrna", please dont type "myrna"...) mina loy was (and remains) a definite influence... i need to go back and re-read her collection, The Last Lunar Baedeker.

the faces of Mami Wata, from likely inspiration to reinterpretation to homage.

Can we get this boosted

publishers are always asking "who would you compare your collection to" - i know it's to help with marketing (if they even go that far) - and ive never had any problems with that in the past: ishmael reed, saida agostini, fred moten, wisława szymborska, maybe harmony holiday... but im blanking now

dirt's new & improved garden, now with 100% more Celosia!

@williecarver.bsky.social is a state treasure. my friend, chris mccurry, lost ky's "teacher of the year" a few yrs ago & i was pissed. but when i learned it was to willie, then i was like "oh, well that was SUPPOSED to happen!" he's a great poet (as is chris!) - buy his books when you see them.

i mean, if youre gonna discredit your journalistic integrity by using ai, then might as well go all in and fuck it up with style: more ruined anatomy in every article! ... *yes, burn every data farm to the ground, but please dont bring your stoic cynicism to a baseless sarcasm fight* 🚫

Dr. Nick Riviera strikes again!

*texts my boston cousin for our secret code word to see if he's been assimilated or not*

well, i guess im officially "a gardner", growing my own plants & not just seeing to crystal's veggies when she tells me to. 2 stalks of beardtongue & 1 phlox capacitor or whatever the fuck that little shit is called. this is just my starter corner, more to come soon. #gardensky #imintheclubnow

Hear @rmennies.bsky.social read from The Naomi Letters (BOA Editions, 2021) on Episode 73: (Of the Sapphic Epistolary Tradition, Braiding Your Work With Others’, and Having It Out With Melancholy) here: share.transistor.fm/s/6b0120b3

the best compliment any poet ever got: i dont even like poetry but i loved your book!

ive never been comfortable with small talk, tho i can be very entertaining in the right moment among the right people. but it's become flweting & it's a decreasing ability as i age... hindered even more by the fact that i struggle to find even charming people a pleasure to be around.

Hello, lovelies Here is a tiny blog about what birds say in springtime - according to science, folklore, and me. Hope you enjoy 2 mins read #blog #amwriting #birdsong #writingcommunity www.jennygaitskell.com/single-post/...

maruchan chicken ramen, popcorn, and coffee! 😋 save more by popping your own kernels in a pot (white are usually more tender than yellow but a bit smaller) - or by using a microwaveable bowl specifically for popping corn (pops dry or add oil of choice)

permission granted! THANK YOU, BLACK OCEAN! ❤️

*your middle of the night guffaw cleanse* indiana jones & the temple of doom PITCH MEETING youtu.be/pO3uQ5pOM7I?...

if i say "im having a drawing for books" & you reply "i love the drawings on the first book & the third book" you are automatically disqualified. do i need to clarify?!?! does anyone here not understand that a "drawing" means a "raffle"? i am having a giveaway for *books* not for *drawings*!

markwayne mullin: "no plans have not been initiated yet" (wut?!) regarding dhs's proposal to end international flights into sanctuary cities, a move the airline industry says would be "devastating"

*conspiracy dirt returns* might this be some of the remnants of the World Trade Center gold in the bottom vaults that "disappeared" 25 yrs ago? 🤔

thats the only way someone in an unethical governmental organization ever gets caught. was probably trump who turned him in, jealous of someone else's crooked successes.

the c.i.a. is one of THEE least ethical organizations in american history... no way it just grew a conscience and wanted to honestly investigate him... someone didnt receive their cut of the money; nothing else explains it as im sure this is a decades-long, time-honored, traditional grift.

lissen, america is dissolving (if not already dissolved) right before our eyes... so im not blaming former c.i.a. agent david j. rush dor finnagling 300 GOLD BARS WORTH $40 MILLION + $2 million cash & 35 rolex watches from american coffers... because if i could get away with it too, then, shoooo.

good morning, fam... joi (featuring sleepy brown) LICK youtu.be/nVzTTI-bsLc?...

#dreamjournal #dirtsdream this will be a short one... but dreamt that daddy was a visual artist painting some of the most gorgeously detailed illustrations that ive ever seen. im stunned by the beauty & the intricacies of the art i just dreamed about. fantasy/whimsical art that moved on its own

ANOTHER OBLIGATORY ANTI-TRUMP POEM (or, OUCH! Hot-Hot-Hot!)

i dont have the friends for it now but i left the house on a friday night when i was 17 and didnt come home until sunday evening, right as the fam was sitting down for dinner — i came in, hugged mama, fixed a plate, and sat down like nothing new.

really hoping to use this section of poem by Anaïs Duplan as epigraph for the new book... it really details my approach to cobbling it together! their collection, BLACKSPACE (from @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social) is high on my list of favorites.

Dirt’s poetry sets your brain on fire and blows open doors you didn’t even know were holding you back. The freedom on display is majestic and awe-inspiring. All 3 of these are excellent, and he’s offering them for free here:

Somebody was just like, “I don’t how that person’s position on Xyz changed.” I immediately said, probably the CIA.

I've read two of dirt's books (so far!) and they are *fantastic* - do not let these books be fed to any fire pits, no matter how glorious!

my goal was to have the new collection finished by end of summer, but i think i'll have it done within a week or two... so to that end im having a giveaway, four drawings: one for each of my three available books and one grand drawing for all three. dm your name & interest for which drawings.

"The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class, it is the cause of humankind, the very birthright of humanity." Anna Julia Cooper

see... 1. get yours, sis! 2. of COURSE our failing journalism would rally to out a black woman getting her groove on behind dockets. but most importantly 3. why does this whole story now feel like conspiratorial propaganda to gin up support for commercial ai use? #hoodwinked #bamboozled #conned

is the Elite Black Athlete Fascist College Boycott finally shaping up?!? america needs this so badly to happen if it ever wants a strengthened black political voice again. a strong black politic lifts every marginalized voice*

save udm14.com to your phone's homescreen for faster access to ai-free google searches...

i love the playfulness in this Ben Mirov poem....

i will go back and purchase a book i loved 30 years ago at full price than EVER EVER knowingly read (let alone fkn purchase!) any writer hobbling themselves on the crutch of llms, even if that shit was free... i have zero interest & will never offer praise for your endeavors into horseshit.

Should mention this again 😅

Royalty at the Phillis Wheatley Poetry Festival, 1973: Lucille Clifton at the podium; June Jordan, Alice Walker, Ms. Clifton, and Audre Lorde.

réka nyitrai THE BOX

Story time: In the first days of the COVID lock down, we needed something to help fill some of the time that after-school activities used to devour. We decided to try teaching our daughter how to ride her bike. We took it on a flat, wide section of sidewalk around the corner from our apartment.

upfromsumdirt "EXPLORES THE INTERIORITY OF...."

william onyeabor FANTASTIC MAN youtu.be/gm6NGQEpOV8?...

The rise of AI has made many question the role of human labor. But for people who love craft-based clothing, handwork isn't just about practical effects — it's also about how it connects to makers. See the subtle variations here, which come as a result of handwork.