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@clevelandpoet.bsky.social
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poetry * cookies * whiskey * wrestling * museums * horror movies * unions * vinyl * art * coffee not necessarily in that order. he/him linktr.ee/clevelandpoet

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Matt Stefon @mattstefonpoems.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Please help—I need to settle all of this soon.
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cleveland poet @clevelandpoet.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
sometimes you just gotta put on a godzilla flick and rub your wife’s butt while she fades into a nap
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MC Lars @mclars.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The pre-order’s up for the "Poe LP" deluxe edition, out Oct 16 on Oglio. Signed, blue digipak, with a Poe zine I made especially for this album. Pre-order here: shop.bandwear.com/collections/...
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Matt Stefon @mattstefonpoems.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Another overdraft. I now need $1,000 by Friday. Still need to start with at least $100 early this morning—in a few hours so I can get my copay and take care of this overdraft. This is before my other bills. Can someone please help? Paypal quotes below. Venmo: @Matt-Stefon
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cleveland poet @clevelandpoet.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
this poetry manuscript isn’t going to ignore itself.
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cleveland poet @clevelandpoet.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
nurse taking my weight down: this is in kilograms want me to tell you what that is in pounds? me: i don’t want you to tell me either of them
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cleveland poet @clevelandpoet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#NowWatching Bloody Moon
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cleveland poet @clevelandpoet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
[cold toast is disgusting] is a thing some past jimi thought was helpful to jot down into a notebook
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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 22/09/2026
When billionaire media owners curry favor from politicians, instead of keeping working people informed, we should all start paying attention. This is yet ANOTHER example of how greedy corporations put profits over working people.
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cleveland poet @clevelandpoet.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
4 books away from my 70 books read goal
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cleveland poet @clevelandpoet.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
at some point i woke up and wrote “sip the moonlight”
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cleveland poet @clevelandpoet.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
people: this poem is great you really should write a book. me: i’m trying!
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cleveland poet @clevelandpoet.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
“i know let’s take all capitalization out of the poem” - me every god damn time i get stuck in a poem
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cleveland poet @clevelandpoet.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
as a museum gallery guard whenever there’s stuff stolen from a museum EVERYONE will send you the story
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 08/09/2026
Valuable Renoir paintings have been stolen from a small museum on the French Riviera and investigators are hunting for the suspected thieves, police say.
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Renoir paintings stolen from provincial French museum
Police in France say that valuable Renoir paintings have been stolen from a small museum on the French Riviera. Investigators are hunting for the suspected thieves.
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Beccas can't be choosers @beccanical.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
render unto weezer that which is weezer's
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cleveland poet @clevelandpoet.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
“words like concrete shoes in my head” is a random line all by itself in my notebook. #poetry?
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SEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 07/09/2026
Labor Day belongs to working people! It belongs to care workers who keep our families healthy, airport workers who keep us moving, janitors who keep our workplaces running, public service workers who keep our communities strong, & working people whose labor makes America work every day. #LaborDay
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Labor Day reminds us that working people deserve more than survival (Guest Opinion by Mark Spadafore)
unions remain one of the most effective tools available for addressing the affordability crisis, writes president of the Greater Syracuse Labor Council, AFL-CIO.
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cleveland poet @clevelandpoet.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
he was riff legend and had such a great presence in the ring. seems like he helped so many. rip
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Ben Niespodziany 📚🎪 @neonpajamas.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
C.T. Salazar for #smallpoemsunday @ctsalazar.bsky.social / @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
FOR THE CATTLE-TRAMPLED FLOWERS IN THE BOOK OF LAMENTATIONS, EDITED OUT


my heart
is a catfish 
pond where
my father
the fisherman
sleeps
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cleveland poet @clevelandpoet.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
one day i will be as forgiving for my mistakes as i am others but today is not that day
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Matt Stefon @mattstefonpoems.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Made $250 more. Thanks to all who’ve helped. Still hope for $450 by tomorrow. Really, thank you so much!
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Annie Zaleski @anniezaleski.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Hooray for indie bookstores: My beloved local store Mac's Backs said they have my Dolly Parton book in stock again. The totally amazing book section at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame also has it again. Mac's Backs: macsbacks.com/book/9781035... Rock Hall: shop.rockhall.com/products/dol...
the cover of dolly parton: the stories behind the songs
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cleveland poet @clevelandpoet.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
i didn’t bring headphones for my walk to the library so it was just me and my dumb little thoughts like it was the 1800s or something
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cleveland poet @clevelandpoet.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
saw teenage sex and death at camp miasma last week and what the fuck. that’s the review what the fuck (complimentary) also Gillian Anderson is pure perfection #horror #HorrorMovies
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æmə's ghost @amazingama.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Oreo-flavored antidepressants
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cleveland poet @clevelandpoet.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
last day of #thesealeychallenge and i have Olivia Rodrigo’s “you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love” playing while i read Sylvia Plath’s Ariel #poetry
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cleveland poet @clevelandpoet.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
work in progress wednesday www.buymeacoffee.com/p/5051330
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joyce’s monster 🎃 @joycelaurie.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
if you are a gay icon STAY INSIDE!!! it’s DANGEROUS OUT HERE!!!!!
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cleveland poet @clevelandpoet.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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cleveland poet @clevelandpoet.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
my former therapist would be so proud that i cried at work last week. maybe related: crying in a patch of sun in the middle of the atrium before the museum opens is a whole vibe
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cleveland poet @clevelandpoet.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
i’ve forgotten my earbuds and my coworkers noticed my vulnerability and have pounced.
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Beccas can't be choosers @beccanical.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
who henches the henchmen?
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cleveland poet @clevelandpoet.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
two different times when i told people i went to see the mountain goats perform at the rock hall they thought i went to just see mountain goats hanging out there
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cleveland poet @clevelandpoet.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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cleveland poet @clevelandpoet.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
i wish it wasn’t so hard to be kind to myself when i struggle with something but that apparently is too much to ask for
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cleveland poet @clevelandpoet.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
that thing when you experience so much joy that your brain starts to be like wait did you actually deserve this
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cleveland poet @clevelandpoet.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
the pub we watched the world cup final at couldn’t agree on who to cheer for but 100 percent booed trump every single time he was on screen
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cleveland poet @clevelandpoet.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
grief is a creative mf i’ll give it that
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cleveland poet @clevelandpoet.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Kim fucking Gordon. That’s it.
Kim Gordon and supporting band.
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Matt Stefon @mattstefonpoems.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
My current adjunct job ends, and brings my last paycheck for six weeks! next week, so I’m already feeling The Pinch, Thus I’m back here. PayPal: @MatthewStefon Venmo: @Matt-Stefon Cash: $MFStefon
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cleveland poet @clevelandpoet.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
sometimes i’m just like man it has to be tough being someone who loves me
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cleveland poet @clevelandpoet.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
a museum visitor gave me a marble.
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cleveland poet @clevelandpoet.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
walk into break room. coworkers complaining about our union. clock that they are members who never attend meetings or do any kind of solidarity work. leave break room.
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cleveland poet @clevelandpoet.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
sometimes when i am finding it hard to be kind to myself i find a mirror and give myself a wink and it weirdly helps
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cleveland poet @clevelandpoet.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
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cleveland poet @clevelandpoet.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
sometimes i get awful nostalgic for drunk cigs
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cleveland poet @clevelandpoet.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
coworker: what would you do if you were so rich you didn’t have to work? me: stay home and watch all the wrestling i could and only leave the house to go to all the wrestling shows i could coworker: ….
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cleveland poet @clevelandpoet.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
should remember to post these places. i guess. www.buymeacoffee.com/p/4685334
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