sorry to vaguesky but I saw someone whose work has meant quite a bit to me personally sharing that their accomplishments affirm, for them, only their own feeling of uselessness. In empirical fact when we feel useless it is an illusory feeling. we have to Internalize and know this.

Unfortunately, a stunned Paris is how they all got into this whole mess to begin with

witnessing the birth of a new all timer post is such a beautiful thing

ABSOLUTE CHIMNEYS

Fuck it, I'm going in.

My sister & I had a really beautiful Father’s Day with my dad, looking at photos of old Boston & loved ones who aren’t here anymore, & I had to go & ruin it all by saying something stupid like “No it wasn’t” when my Dad pointed out a gorgeous lamppost & said “this used to be a gas light—“

What a joy and honor to get to share poems in the Phosphorescence Poetry Series presented by the Emily Dickinson Museum on Thursday, July 16, 6pm ET. Make sure to register for this free virtual program in advance! Go visit @emilydickinson.museum for more info— registration link below.

Did you know that Edinburgh is one of the driest cities in the UK? 🌧️ This 1967 map from our collection shows the variations in rainfall across Scotland, with the west coast getting noticeably more than the east. Come see it in person at our new exhibition, 'Rain', open now! #RainAtNLS

I can barely fathom— let alone describe— the dopamine hit of @thebeths.bsky.social telling us that we (the assembled Green River Fest audience) were nice and respectful and then deemed open to a quiet song (yes, always!) What a truly lovely set for a clear afternoon!

i think to be a writer you have to be stubborn, defiant, and at least a bit delusional. i mean, you have to believe—and keep believing—that you have something worth putting on the page. even just for yourself.

Produced by the @emilydickinson.bsky.social, Phosphorescence July 2026 features Rebecca Hart Olander, Jen Jabaily-Blackburn & Sara Eddy on 7/16 at 6pm ET. Virtual, free, registration required (see Linktree in bio). @saraeddy66.bsky.social @jenjblackburn.bsky.social @rholanderpoet.bsky.social

Commentary: I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake

I don't recall ever seeing this 1993 Peanuts strip before. When I searched for this I learned there's Joe Grunge merch because of course there is.

the phrase "lipstick on a pig" has always inspired a deep sadness in me. I think of the pig, looking forward to her big night out, and I bring myself to the verge of tears.

play is always at the heart of poetry. i believe this deeply. even when the subject matter is not fun, not joyful, even when it is very difficult (which is often the case), there's still play happening in the language, in the form, in the leaps & associations, in the ampersands, even in the silences

Rewatching all of Poirot and a new reaction gif just dropped

It’s actually so funny to see Helen of Troy upset thousands of angry men in 2026 in the exact same way she did back in antiquity.

a husband is a type of person who is legally obligated to pretend to listen when i’m talking about clone high. he took a vow to do that. he swore in front of god and a judge that he would let me talk about clone high even at six in the morning

Well, I’m not going to Bread Loaf, but thank you for sending rejections on the first day in 22 years that Arsenal are champions, so not bothered 🔴🍞⚪️🍞🔴

you mess with the bull you get the horns. you mess with the goat you get the woodwinds. the horse has the string section and the rabbit is on percussion

The most hilarious part of this is that the recall only affects 173 total vehicles, because that's all Tesla's sold of its rear wheel drive model.

A+ no notes

me sleeping seven hours vs. me sleeping six hours and 42 minutes

Now I will give you a piece of advice. I will tell you something that I absolutely believe you should do, and if you do not do it you will never be a writer... When your pencil is dull, sharpen it. And when your pencil is sharp, use it until it is dull again. —Mary Ruefle

Reading Walter Benjamin’s The Arcades Project and maybe I need never write anything again 😭🥰

Data Centers By The Numbers https://theonion.com/data-centers-by-the-numbers/

Fucking hell, Buckingham Palace is run by ghosts, could things get any worse for them right now

Should AI replace CEOs?

Witch Hunt box collage

I have some new blackout pieces from my ongoing project “hem” in the Indianapolis Review! Thanks, @nataliesolmer.bsky.social— and go check them out along with the rest of the issue! (The preview here is cool, but not mine— it’s by Joshua Johnston!) theindianapolisreview.com

Mary Ruefle

If this year has you feeling petty and ferocious (it does), definitely send your poems to @villaineralit.bsky.social

I'll beg

I was browsing for something pretty to post for #BlueMonday but instead found…this thing. Sorry. 😬 Faience blue and white model of a recumbent #lion late 18/19th c. France, possibly Luneville H 13¾in. (34.9 cm) L 17¾in. (45.1 cm) www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-3...

They have gone too fucking far this time

So the rapture is the opposite of it’s raining men

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. This movie understood America so fucking well it’s insane

feel like pure shit just want him back

Our board member Jen Jabaily-Blackburn is reading TOMORROW with Sara Eddy at My Health Matters community space in Hadley, MA at 7:00. Check out the awesomeness if you can! 🐻🎉🐇 @jenjblackburn.bsky.social @saraeddy66.bsky.social @mhmfitwell.bsky.social

Is the implication that cis women don’t have this “underlying level of aggressiveness” because actually fuck you, Ronny, all girls are family and we’re all mad at you

Yesterday I lost it a little when I saw a car with the vanity plate MRSCAR because there’s no way that’s her married name

SARAH PALIN: "There are going to be death panels!" RFK JR: "Technically, it's just me."

nobody has seen the president in three days [burping and rubbing my president shaped tummy] that’s crazy

found this poem in a 2018 file in my notes app

our country rn

I loved listening to this, and it made me want to go back and pay deeper attention to Blake (& swim in the ocean) (& befriend an orca)

trader joe’s has put out a bounty on ICE

The hawks are nesting in my neighborhood again, which means what I thought was early cottonwood raining down out the bay window was actually squirrel tail (currently being eaten atop a light post.) 🫤

I overheard two students chatting the other day about the most overlooked of meals, & heard one ask “so, what’s a good lunch?” So, what’s a good lunch? (My answer: A mineral-y glass of white and very crispy, salty fries that are soft on the inside.)