LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY Join us for live literature, and help raise funds for @translifeline.org It’s FREE and ONLINE so anyone can join from anywhere! Info and registration at: beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com

Are there any journals that publish original song lyrics?

Are there any journals that publish original song lyrics?

UPDATE: Picked up the turkey.

New from Jared Beloff: "Flooded Landscape with the Fall of Icarus," a gorgeous, haunting poem. https://www.terrain.org/2025/poetry/jared-beloff/ #poem #poetry #poet #water #coast #swimming

Today we got the pork shoulder butt, the potatoes, the sweet potatoes, the cranberries, the green beans, the Brussels sprouts, the stuffing ingredients, and all the stuff for the apple and pecan pies. Tomorrow we’ll pick up the Turkey.

RIP Jimmy Cliff

@notatawp.bsky.social is 100% free, too. Stay at home in your pj's and join our open mics, let @mitchnobis.bsky.social and I know if you're interested in running a panel, too.

They’re upset because the fascists they threw in with aren’t ideologically MAGA enough.

Update: nope. 😞

not to be outdone by UPK's 40% off sale (including my collection, The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife) WSUPress also has a 45% off sale for their titles, including my collection, The Second Stop Is Jupiter - wsupress.wayne.edu use discount code RHOLIDAY at checkout. 🥰

Accountability post: I’m gonna get up early tomorrow morning and try to write poems.

A movie that takes place where you’re from.

Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program

Another poetry reading coming up from Bearded Bards. Check it out!

upk is having its seasonal sale until january... you can buy the hardback for about $18 and the paperback for about $12 when using FROSTY25 for 40% off at checkout (thems like 1995 prices!) www.kentuckypress.com/978198590346...

Definitely not too early to register for this!

Come see us read and donate to Translifeline.org

Definitely not too early to register for this!

Once again, I find myself wondering, “will I ever write a poem again?”

I am composed of contradictions, which is why poetry is a better form for me than philosophy —Czesław Miłosz #quote

I mean, look at that line up! It’s not too soon to register: beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com

To recap: Trump said Zohran isn’t a jihadist and is going to do a good job, even as Zohran still maintained Trump is a fascist.

The more I read about agriculture and ecosystems the more I turn into a misanthrope. We are talking about affordability without addressing sustainability or climate resiliency or just the insanity that is expecting literally any type of meat or produce at any time.

I mean, look at that line up! It’s not too soon to register: beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com

just a killer lineup

Wanna learn about OpenAI's ideas about"teen literacy"? If you are a teacher, yes you do. A 🧵 about our tech overlords' vision of the future of literacy

Come celebrate an ancient and proud tradition with the Bearded Bards Of BlueSky. An nnline reading to raise funds for Tans Lifeline. December 13, 2025 beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com

because humans are flawed the data entered into the parameters of llms are flawed. education weeds out bias but there's nothing a techbro hates more than education. they love "information" & "data" built on systemic hierarchies because there is no claim to fame/access to wealth without it.

If you want a _very_ brief poem this morning, @havehashad.com and I can provide. www.havehashad.com/hadposts/in-...

A Native woman in Iowa was set to be released from jail when her family was told that she was being turned over to ICE. Her family said she couldn’t be deported bc she was Native. Her family, with the help of tribal leaders, finally got her released...

new Todd Dillard on HAD always a treat of a day! read the poem Todd said about, "I wanted the poem to look a little barfy, so the odd indent as the lines lengthen are fine IMO" "It's all coming up now, milkweed and mango, grandmothers in kitchens..." https://www.havehashad.com/mbsra

I have a new poem in @havehashad.com that answers the burning question of "what is the opposite of an 'eating poems' poem" "it's all coming up now, milkweed and mango..." www.havehashad.com/hadposts/hei...

Kristi Noem’s first fall guy. There will be others.

I’m team “too bad.”

“Make the subject of the next sentence different from the subject of the sentence you just put down. Depend on rhythm, tonality, and the music of language to hold things together. It is impossible to write meaningless sequences.” —Richard Hugo

Marjorie Taylor Greene can stay the hell out of my tent.

Marjorie Taylor Greene can stay the hell out of my tent.

“Make the subject of the next sentence different from the subject of the sentence you just put down. Depend on rhythm, tonality, and the music of language to hold things together. It is impossible to write meaningless sequences.” —Richard Hugo

I’m team “too bad.”

Kristi Noem’s first fall guy. There will be others.

Come celebrate an ancient and proud tradition with the Bearded Bards Of BlueSky. An nnline reading to raise funds for Tans Lifeline. December 13, 2025 beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com

I don’t save memes. Does that mean I have no moral philosophy?

Tonight! Register now! www.eventbrite.com/e/a-nawp-rea...

Pretty sure this is the game plan.

The Bearded Bards of BlueSky are back!!!! Join us online for two readings featuring stellar lineups of amazing poets and writers to raise funds for @translifeline.org. Check out the website for details (including zoom registration link): beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com

A perfect album that came out the year you turned sixteen.

This is a really great lineup of poets, and I'm proud to be on the list. December 13th, it's a Saturday, 5-6:45 ET. I hope you can log on!

Come out for a good cause; I'll read that one poem you like.