Reposted by Aaron BelzElliot @1t2ls.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Today’s poem: Aaron Belz, “Things Artificial Intelligence Can’t Do” #lunchpoems 2724
Aaron Belz @belz.bsky.social · 12/08/2026According to Bendegúz Cukorkák, this is "some of [my] finest work to date." You be the judge. aaronbelz.substack.com/p/the-foldel... 000
Aaron Belz @belz.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I'm thinking of cutting the second "let it" in the quote ending the third stanza. Yes? No? Why or why not? aaronbelz.substack.com/p/let-it 000
Aaron Belz @belz.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Jorn said, "Let It" I listened. open.substack.com/pub/aaronbel...open.substack.comLet ItOnce again I feel really stuck in my life, and who do I talk to about this? 000
Aaron Belz @belz.bsky.social · 02/08/2026I wrote this poem "To Weave or Build" based on some of the feelings i've been having lately. open.substack.com/pub/aaronbel... 001
Aaron Belz @belz.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Hey hey, check out pages 64-66 of the new Version 9. version9magazine.com/edition-1-vo...version9magazine.comEdition 1 Volume 9 Summer 2026Version 9 Issue 9 Summer 2026Download 000
Aaron Belz @belz.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Some new poem lines here - "Especially Hard" - and I read it aloud, recorded, and embedded in the post: aaronbelz.substack.com/p/especially... 000
Aaron Belz @belz.bsky.social · 08/07/2026New poem from St. Louis poetry community: aaronbelz.substack.com/p/the-good-n... 080
Aaron Belz @belz.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Rooting for France in the #WorldCupKnockout? France bombed and conquested Morocco from 1907 to 1912, killing more than 15,000 Moroccans. France wanted to control Morocco to protect their trade route to Algeria and beyond. The origin story of blood diamonds. 010
Reposted by Aaron BelzAaron Belz @belz.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Hey all! I submitted three poems to a contest. The deadline was noon today. The reading fee was TEN DOLLARS PER POEM. Hahaha. Seriously. $30 to get in and out of a slush pile. 031
Aaron Belz @belz.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Hey all! I submitted three poems to a contest. The deadline was noon today. The reading fee was TEN DOLLARS PER POEM. Hahaha. Seriously. $30 to get in and out of a slush pile. 031
Reposted by Aaron BelzLincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Saw an AI bro refer to "brain-only writers" lol 532093253
Reposted by Aaron BelzAaron Belz @belz.bsky.social · 14/04/2026I am proud of this new poem in @rawheadjournal.bsky.social, "Blanking on Your Name." Please take a moment to read it & repost! rawheadjournal.org/rawhead-issu...rawheadjournal.orgAaron Belz – Issue TwoAaron Belz BLANKING ON YOUR NAME Your enemy might be kinder than you.The person you’re most jealous ofmight be humbler than you. Someone who’s inexplicably mean to youmight be more ethical tha… 053
Reposted by Aaron BelzAaron Belz @belz.bsky.social · 28/04/2026“Since 1998, the Baptistes have helped almost 100 American and foreign exchange students.. As time passed, they began receiving contacts from across the globe, opening their home to students who had opportunities to become scholars and athletes...” www.mississippifreepress.org/max-and-isra...mississippifreepress.orgMax and Israel Makoka Were Waiting for a Hancock High School Bus. ICE Took Them Instead.ICE detained Max and Israel Makoka, two Hancock County high school students who were waiting for a bus when agents arrested them. 022
Reposted by Aaron BelzBoris Dralyuk @bdralyuk.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Last week I left my bag in a black cab. Assumed it was lost forever. Moments before I passed through security at Heathrow, the cabby—who’d identified me by my books—contacted me on Twitter. An hour later, bag in hand, I was ready to fly. He asked for a poem. Here you are, Gary Vidgeon! 25915
Aaron Belz @belz.bsky.social · 28/04/2026“Since 1998, the Baptistes have helped almost 100 American and foreign exchange students.. As time passed, they began receiving contacts from across the globe, opening their home to students who had opportunities to become scholars and athletes...” www.mississippifreepress.org/max-and-isra...mississippifreepress.orgMax and Israel Makoka Were Waiting for a Hancock High School Bus. ICE Took Them Instead.ICE detained Max and Israel Makoka, two Hancock County high school students who were waiting for a bus when agents arrested them. 022
Reposted by Aaron BelzTom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 21/04/2026happy birthday to the one and only Robert Smith 🖤🖤 www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwaU...youtube.comThe Cure - Disintegration (Live 1990)YouTube video by curedtc4 4276
Reposted by Aaron BelzRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Meta just paid the lowest effective federal tax rate in its history. Thanks to tax breaks and loopholes, it avoided $13.7B in 2025 federal income taxes. But now it's planning to lay off 10% of its global workforce (8,000 people) by May 20 — with more job cuts later this year. Trickle down hoax. 319108874442
Reposted by Aaron Belzjoecel.bsky.social @joecel.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Trump’s Department of Injustice. ‘Cause you never know when you’ll need the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers again, right .cbsnews.comDOJ moves to dismiss Jan. 6 convictions against former Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, including seditious conspiracy chargesThe Justice Department on Tuesday asked a federal court to vacate Jan. 6 convictions against a dozen former members of the right-wing Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, aiming to wipe away some of the final... 022
Aaron Belz @belz.bsky.social · 14/04/2026I am proud of this new poem in @rawheadjournal.bsky.social, "Blanking on Your Name." Please take a moment to read it & repost! rawheadjournal.org/rawhead-issu...rawheadjournal.orgAaron Belz – Issue TwoAaron Belz BLANKING ON YOUR NAME Your enemy might be kinder than you.The person you’re most jealous ofmight be humbler than you. Someone who’s inexplicably mean to youmight be more ethical tha… 053
Aaron Belz @belz.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Guys, it’s okay to be idiots about politics, misread texts to your ideological advantage, ignore what’s in plain sight, even thoroughly hate other humans, but PLEASE 🙏🏼, I am begging you: learn how to spell. 140
Aaron Belz @belz.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Walgreens with some confusing holiday messaging here Is this related to Good Friday? 010
Reposted by Aaron BelzAaron Belz @belz.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Hey! My publisher is giving 30% off poetry for #nationalpoetrymonth! Enter the code NPMSPECIAL at checkout. Please support your wee lil poet friend. 😭😭 Soft Launch www.perseabooks.com/bookshop/sof... Glitter Bomb www.perseabooks.com/glitter-bombperseabooks.comSoft Launch — Persea Booksby Aaron Belz More Detail 041
Aaron Belz @belz.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Hey! My publisher is giving 30% off poetry for #nationalpoetrymonth! Enter the code NPMSPECIAL at checkout. Please support your wee lil poet friend. 😭😭 Soft Launch www.perseabooks.com/bookshop/sof... Glitter Bomb www.perseabooks.com/glitter-bombperseabooks.comSoft Launch — Persea Booksby Aaron Belz More Detail 041
Reposted by Aaron BelzMutable Joe @mutablejoe.bsky.social · 30/03/2026what did darth vader say about your george michael playlist? I find your lack of faith disturbing 64413
Aaron Belz @belz.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Happy Palm Sunday. “How ’bout some coffee? Don’t mind if I do. Take a little ride on my donkey, I love that donkey. Hell, I love everybody.” –JT 010
Reposted by Aaron BelzRichard Smyth @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social · 29/03/2026That book you liked is actually bad. 1365
Reposted by Aaron BelzAdam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 27/03/2026On a related note, my favourite international name for a pie chart, by far, is the French “camembert” 31059
Reposted by Aaron BelzEmily Belz @emilybelz.bsky.social · 27/03/2026May Wikipedia live long and prosper www.404media.co/wikipedia-ba...404media.coWikipedia Bans AI-Generated Content“In recent months, more and more administrative reports centered on LLM-related issues, and editors were being overwhelmed.” 082
Reposted by Aaron BelzD. A. Powell @dapowell.bsky.social · 27/03/2026I'm normally a Dr Pepper person, but today in honor of Frank O'Hara's 100th birthday, I'm having a Coke with you. 2472
Aaron Belz @belz.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Capturing electricity was one of Ben Franklin’s key initiatives. 020
Reposted by Aaron BelzAttorney General Keith Ellison @ag.state.mn.us · 24/03/2026BREAKING: I'm suing the federal government for access to evidence in the shootings of Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and Julio Sosa-Celis. It's astonishing this lawsuit is even necessary, but in Minnesota, nobody is above the law. 643672862
Reposted by Aaron BelzJeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Who says poetry makes nothing happen 2485
Aaron Belz @belz.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Christians, Jesus died that you might be JUSTIFIED. Yet so many of us are now "aligned right." 030
Reposted by Aaron BelzAndrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social · 22/03/2026“A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of record fairs, those two or three great and simple LPs in whose presence his heart might still open.” 0193
Reposted by Aaron BelzJosh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 22/03/2026Delta and United have each warned how the price of oil will negatively impact business. Until at least 2027! Flights are already getting cut. Now imagine untrained masks goons who want to separate people from their families deciding who gets to go on a plane. www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/03/...cnbc.comUnited Airlines to cut more flights as it eyes oil above $100 through 2027Chief Executive Scott Kirby says United's annual fuel bill would rise by about $11 billion if oil prices stay above $100 a barrel through next year. 024399
Reposted by Aaron BelzBenjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 21/03/2026my god the sheer sound will be deafening 1032167210
Aaron Belz @belz.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Walking Dad home. He says, “see what they’re doing here, they’re airing out the yards. Soon they’ll be full of fresh air.” 🙄 051
Reposted by Aaron BelzCharles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Solidarity with Emily Tucker and her open letter to students. Tucker writes, "But the great thing is, you don’t have to go along with this, and I urge you not to. You can refuse to use the chatbot. You can tell your professors that you don’t want them to use it or to require you to use it."medium.comAn Open Letter to Georgetown Students, In Response to Recent Announcements about "Generative AI"Image source: Bibliothèque nationale de France An Open Letter to Georgetown Students, In Response to Recent Announcements by the University about “Generative AI” Dear students, As you know, in … 10625229
Aaron Belz @belz.bsky.social · 20/03/2026But the pun in the last sentence of this article knocked me back. I’m dizzy. 020
Reposted by Aaron BelzLincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Welp, here we go. Been expecting this to happen soon.nytimes.comHorror Novel ‘Shy Girl’ Canceled Over Suspected A.I. Use 1034360