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J-T Kelly @j-tkelly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Back problems and money problems, but in matters of love I'm rich. And nobody from the government is after me.

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J-T Kelly @j-tkelly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I own this book. You could, too!

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J-T Kelly @j-tkelly.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Muppet Show but Kermit is the only character played by a human actor

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J-T Kelly @j-tkelly.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Twice a year my kids’ school does Saturday School, a half day of classes on a Saturday. Parents attend alongside their children. I just sat with my 9 yo and listened to the story of Gilgamesh

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Maureen Thorson @maureenthorson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

“Someone is looking through me at you.” A poem by Andrei Codrescu.

Ode to Curiosity

It isn't just spying that turns me on.
It's also the spyglass for having
so much light as to have no memory
though it retains the feeling.
Truly, there is no perfect opaqueness in nature.
Someone is looking through me at you just as
through you
someone is staring at me.
Ah, to be a beautiful narcissist wrapped
like Christmas paper around
a gentle voyeur!
This is what I want, Seigneur!
And then to glide out of focus

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J-T Kelly @j-tkelly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

All these recipes call for ingredients. Don't they know how expensive ingredients are?!

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gbclarkson.bsky.social @gbclarkson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

With thanks to the editors of Anthropocene, Ice Floe Press, The Dark Horse, The London Magazine, and The Los Angeles Review, who previously published some of the poems included in #Palomines

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Luke Kennard @lukekennard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The crystals are angry with us, is my theory

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John Herreid @herreidjohn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Imagine nuking a cup of tea in the same microwave Charles Dickens did

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J-T Kelly @j-tkelly.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

3 yo had discovered the Talking Heads. 🎶 "Letting the days go by (mumble mumble mumble) Letting the days go by (mumble mumble mumble)" 🎵

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J-T Kelly @j-tkelly.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

3 yo is singing as she plays by herself. Here's the bit I just overheard: 🎶 Shooting in the sky / with a life jacket on / Everyone together / We have to get out 🎵

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Marcus @marcusjmerritt.com · 26/09/2026

In his quest to become immortal he has already attained what many would consider middle age. It’s really something

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J-T Kelly @j-tkelly.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I think I need some good cheese.

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alex guenther @guentheralex.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

freshly showered, fed; manicured, oudh-perfumed, and reprehensible.

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J-T Kelly @j-tkelly.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I'm camping. Daddy-Daughter Campout. This little guy said hello to me and my 3 yo on a hike

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J-T Kelly @j-tkelly.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

My son Hudson was born on 09/11, years after the attack. Every year I consider what a blessing it is to have something to celebrate on that day.

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J-T Kelly @j-tkelly.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

underground, awakened hunger

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J-T Kelly @j-tkelly.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

My father-in-law and I have made a bench. My wife and mother-in-law are working on a seat cushion. It will go along one side of our dining room table and seat 4 children.

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J-T Kelly @j-tkelly.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

@mariabamford.bsky.social OMG. You are appearing in Indianapolis where I live in one hour! Have a great show! I'm spending the evening with our six kids and the in-laws. I'd forward you some material, but I think you've got all you need.

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J-T Kelly @j-tkelly.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I dreamed last night that I had suddenly recovered a series of memories of when my church group had a civil war. I had participated in bombing the houses of the opposition. I was frantically telling my wife and whoever else would listen that we had done these things. They were bemused.

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Billy Mills @billymills.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Newspapers: read them and weep.

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Kyla Houbolt @luaz.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

And "twomst" for special emphasis when needed.

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J-T Kelly @j-tkelly.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Remember, never say, "two;" always say, "twom."

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J-T Kelly @j-tkelly.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Rose-Hulman hosts a homework hotline for Indiana (where I am) students from 5 PM to 10 PM. They have a website and an 800 number.

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Jeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Problem: Time Flies Solution: Spiders from Mars

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J-T Kelly @j-tkelly.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Stomach bug. Wasnt feeling great yesterday, but got through the day until about 5 PM. Then got worse, fast. This morning, I've managed to make a trip downstairs and eat a small piece of dry toast. Now I'm back in bed to watch movies and sleep.

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David Harrison Horton @unionherald.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I am such a Kyla Houbolt fan. This came in the mail today. Deft poems that defy location. Each place feels familiar until it's all wrong. Kyla has done something really good here.

How to Spell a Prayer
(for A.S.

when the poet runs the coast
he holds down the land
for the love of the deeps
let the edge hold,
he hopes.
life prevails
in the shape it will
footsteps made
a sturdy seal
in spiral time
the kiss of waves
always a blessing

The cover of Kyla Houbolt's book Mapless: Poems. There is a badge that shows this book has won the 2026 Shine "Come As You Are" Book Prize. The background shows a map.

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J-T Kelly @j-tkelly.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

From my first chapbook, Like Now, from CCCP/Subpress. Sonnet in rhymed couplets

Strata

Under this world, the underworld,
where all the threads of hope are snarled.

Remember, promise, disappoint—
the dead do not do what we want.

Under desire, another desire—
a river whose currents we feel from here

as serpents. Every heel is bitten.
Every desire fulfilled, forgotten.

Under your voice, a second voice
that speaks your heart, betrays your face,

undoes intention, makes you doubt
the creeds and histories you’ve been taught.

Under our wills, a larger will.
Under the burning sky, a wheel.

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J-T Kelly @j-tkelly.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

My 3 yo, the palmist: Thanks, Mom, for picking me up off the ground

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J-T Kelly @j-tkelly.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I now have a job where I work my body hard all day. I'm thankful. -My body hurts, but it can do the job. -I'm getting paid fairly. -I'm healthy enough to do other things during the day as well. I don't just come home and sit in a chair and drink beer and watch TV. This job isn't that hard on me.

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J-T Kelly @j-tkelly.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

This is the correct energy to bring to your writing.

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J-T Kelly @j-tkelly.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Cashier at Lowe's today looked and sounded a lot like @mariabamford.bsky.social . Kept saying things like, "Try not to work too hard today. Probably you already have." and, "Looks like a long day. Same over here."

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J-T Kelly @j-tkelly.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

3 yo composed a short song: 🎵 Nobody but you / has a butt like yours 🎶

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