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Tom Snarsky @tomsnarsky.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Anne Waldman

I go out
I come home
I go out
I come home
I go out
I come home
I go out
I come home
I go out
I come home
I go out
I come home
I go out
I come home
I go out
I come home
I go out
I come home
& when I come home:
multo problems
multo multo problems

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Wild Willow Magazine @wildwillowmagazine.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

📝 Oormila V. Prahlad (@oormilaprahlad.bsky.social) 📝 Maddox Hacke (instagram.com/poetry.from....) 📝 Christine McIntee (instagram.com/christinemci...) 📝 Alexandra Dávila (instagram.com/alexpoet11) 📝 C.G. Hughes (instagram.com/cghughesauthor)

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Wild Willow Magazine @wildwillowmagazine.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

#NationalPoetryMonth is in full effect now!!! Are you writing yet? For our second #FollowFriday, we want to highlight some of our favorite poets: 📝 Sara Matson (@saramatson.bsky.social) 📝 Kip Knott (@kiptain.bsky.social) 📝 Jill Bergantz (@jillbergantz.bsky.social) (+)

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harnessleads.bsky.social @harnessleads.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I had to share. Found this poem about St. Paul, Minnesota ice from June Jordan in her 1980 "From America" poem from her book of poems, Passion. This was in my copy of "Directed by Desire" collected poems of June Jordan.

From America: A Poem in Process
June Jordan, from the collection Passion (1980)
Dedicated to Christopher David Meyer
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA
Ice
Between me and the earth itself it’s ice
between me and the single runners single
houses single cars slid wide on ice
it’s ice
between me and the breath I need to melt
the frozen mouth of something soft
something mud
something conversational perhaps
it’s ice
I walk across the roots of trees
enormous elm tree shelters from the faraway
firing stars
elm trees scribbling a confusion of dark branches
that must mystify the simple
sky stretched into cloudy scar
tissues torn by snow and sleet interruptions
of a wan and waning
moan
I hear no whispering no shout no scream
I walk particular to keep upright the whole head cold
stung tight; It’s pick and toe to cross the ice
the massive avenues a fascist scale a
monumental holding action under gossamer
and glossy hoar frost assault
sweet home
sweet home
oh lord: I wonder
if I’m ever gone get
home
Carrying paperbag provisions from a supermarket
and the wolves leap closer howling
from the corners of a formal place
where little moves besides the moon
I am too small
to change anything at all
I am too small
to change anything at all
where little moves besides the moon

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

AND DON’T FUCKING FORGET THIS TIME

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Kate Doyle @katidoyle.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

“We were raising our son to believe that no matter where you come from or what you look like, all of us deserve compassion and kindness. Renee lived this belief every day. She is pure love. She is pure joy. She is pure sunshine.”

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strawberry garfield @bbburgerrr.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Nine Delights 2026

Brooks Otterlake @i_zzzzzz
Inventing a new lifestyle philosophy called "The Nine
Delights" where each day you try to experience at least three of the nine delights
10:05 PM • Jun 25, 2021 • Twitter Web App
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Brooks Otterl... @i_zzz... • Jun 26, 2021
Replying to @i_zzzzzz
THE NINE DELIGHTS
Walking Around
Fellowship
Deliciousness
Transcendence
Goofing
Amelioration
Coitus
Enthrallment
** WILDCARD *

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Meg Pillow @megpillow.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

I have had to erase like 5 skeets because what I want to say about these fucking files is going to get me banned. I am not okay. None of the ppl you know who are rape or CSA survivors are ok. This country is a cesspool of sickos and creeps, and they all protect each other

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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 25/11/2025

Your honor, whatever you're gonna say, it won't hurt me, because I've already said worse about myself

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spooky cannoli @boner.ink · 19/11/2025

oh is it men's day? i didn't notice because i'm too busy listening to women

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

how can you not be romantic about beesball

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Jill Bergantz she/her @jillbergantz.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Warhol’s time capsules?✔️ And also: The Post Office in a rural town. The mail, the keys, the pinboard announcing births & deaths: we’re accessioned too. “The past and present wilt—I have fill’d them, emptied them. And proceed to fill my next fold of the future.” —WW poets.org/poem/song-my...

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Song of Myself, 51

The past and present wilt—I have fill'd them, emptied them.

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Dr. Han VanderHart @hanvanderhart.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Be glad that you have something to say, someone to say it to, and that you can say it until you are all worn out. […] I insist this is a lullaby. Richard Siken @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social

I DO KNOW SOME THINGS

RICHARD SIKEN

(Copper Canyon, 2025)

In front of Halloween lights on my mantel

TRUE LOVE

A dog bites down on a stick of dynamite and takes off running. They are going to explode together. Imagine: making someone feel like that, making them lose their mind like that. At the bars, I used a fake name. I was as blurry and undefinable as everyone else, equally afraid of being alone or being touched. My fears canceled each other out. Pure ambivalence. It made me dangerous. Still, we do what we can. The barn dance was a yawn. The barn dance caller told us how to move, so it wasn't that much fun. We got out, quick as a lamb's tail. Two shakes. One, two. I don't know how to say it, so I'll say this: Something bright, then holes. Beauty pours in. Open your beart then. And if you find yourself caught under the sycamore trees in a sudden rain, drenched and thunderstruck—which would be fine—made breathless by the simplest thing, say yes. Yes, anything you. Love, Love. It isn't a word; it's the sound a pebble makes.
Some swerve to pass, some drink to win, some watch while the man strays, singing, into the ditch. Be glad that you have something to say, someone to say it to, and that you can say it until you are all worn out. A long time ago, maybe not so long, I knew a man who was slippery and morally flexible. I loved him. Sure, loved him.
It lasted exactly as long as it was supposed to. I propose there is a man somewhere, chalk-faced in evening light, traveling furiously toward you-and the sun's going down, and his windows are open, and everything's coming over the horizon on cue. If you haven't started preparing yourself, I strongly suggest you do. How long will it last? It's hard to say. The captain is always silent after the ship goes down. It's a tragedy, like everything, but the sea is only waist-deep. I insist this is a lullaby.

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Tom Snarsky @tomsnarsky.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Bruce Andrews

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there they are. ghosts. resemblance.
do it, and again do it. someone
does it.

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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Not coincidentally, the Panthers were also one of the few major left organizations in the homophobia-laden '60s/'70s to openly support the Stonewall riots and the ensuing queer liberation movements.

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Tom Snarsky @tomsnarsky.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Alan Gilbert

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Sarah Fawn Montgomery @sfmontgomery.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Endless gratitude to @onagritz.bsky.social and @wordgathering.bsky.social for this review of my @sundresspub.bsky.social craft book NERVE, which so beautifully describes how I hoped to position my writing advice for disabled, chronically ill, and neurodivergent writers.

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R.S.A. Garcia (BUY THE NIGHTWARD) @rsagarcia.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

One of our own in the writers community, Chelsea Qinn Yarbo, has passed. Her estate needs help to settle her end of life care. Please help spread the word and donate if you can. www.gofundme.com/f/6n9tz-supp...

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Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (beloved iconic author and creator of the Saint-G… David Roudebush needs your support for Support Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's Final Care Costs

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Jill Bergantz she/her @jillbergantz.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Resistance is everywhere. Truth-telling matters. Mutual aid will get us through.

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en•gendered @en-gendered.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

en*gendered reopens SEPTEMBER 1st!

en*gendered
we reopen on SEPTEMBER FIRST for

essays • poetry • cnf • flash • short fiction • rants • monologues • reviews • diatribes • artwork • crafts • activism resources • zines • sex, sexuality, disability, & gender related advice and education • diary entries • what i wish i’d said letters • erasures of that one night you sent all those texts • dear john letters • novellas* • micro chaps • template letters to send to your reps/corporations • suggestions for cool ways to come out to your mom • personals • missed connections • book reports • artwork • recipes • more artwork • we will need a cover • we’ve got a thumbtacks and some wall space....

think:
BULLETIN BOARD

*jk, send those to kith

www.engenderedlitmag.com

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

(During today’s hearing, the judge said that her clerks have also been up since around 2:30 a.m., when she called them about the emergency motion for a temporary restraining order.) bsky.app/profile/anna...

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Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

YOU GUYS IT’S ME

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

We are creating a Spanish language section on The Rumpus, for original creative work written in Spanish and are looking for a volunteer editor for this section. If this could be you, please send a brief letter of interest to roxane@therumpus.net by Tuesday, September 2nd!

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Christina Daub @christinadaub.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Remembering Linda Pastan “in the pure blue of insight” @tomsnarsky.bsky.social #smallpoemsunday #poetry

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Lisa Bellamy @lisalbellamy.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

"The courage to be brave when it matters most requires a lifetime of small decisions that that set us on a path of self-awareness, attentiveness, & willingness to risk failure for what we believe is right." Mariann Budde, Episcopal Bishop of Washington

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Ralph Mills PhD @ralphmills.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Apparently while we were playing the Der Freischutz overture last night there was an earthquake. I didn’t notice it: I was busy counting bars rest and basking in the wonderful horn solo.

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LJ Pemberton @ljabouttown.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Honestly, I am not sure if I’ve ever met a person, of any gender in the United States, who hasn’t been sexually assaulted or raped or both, multiple times. It’s an epidemic.

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Jose Hernandez Diaz @josehernandezdz.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Zeina Hashem Peck

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Ellen Neuborne @ellenneuborne.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

BEST LINE: THE THINGS THEY CARRIED I hope so. I really hope so. It’s why I keep writing. #booksky #writers #storytellers

Book page with this line highlighted: But this too is true: stories can save us.

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

so much beauty trotting at the airport. everyone is just tryin their best in a big complicated place, helpin each other when they can. folks getting frustrated sometimes but ultimately just tryin to trot home to someone they love. so moving

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Darby Lyons @darbylyons.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

#PoetryMoment "Statement of Teaching Philosophy" by Keith Leonard from Waxwing, Spring 2021

Statement of Teaching Philosophy

Keith Leonard

My students want certainty. They want it so badly. They respect science and have memorized complex formulas. I don't know how to tell my students their parents are still just as scared. The bullies get bigger and vaguer and you cannot punch a cloud. I have eulogies for all my loved ones prepared, but cannot include this fact in my lesson plans. The best teacher I ever had told me to meet him at the basketball court. We played pick-up for hours. By the end, I lay panting on the hardwood and couldn't so much as stand.

He told me to describe the pain in my chest. I tried. I couldn't find the words. Not exactly. Listen, he said, that's where language ends.

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

This debut collection from @writesloud.bsky.social is 15 tracks, no skips. Pictured here with my copy is my cat Willow, alongside some of the laundry I’ve managed to fold, but will never put away. Get this book NOW. I guarantee you, it will make you FEEL something. 🔥 💪 😭 🙏

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Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Sure a person can learn about things from the internet or books, but have you ever sat down one-on-one with a friend and talked to them about a subject they're passionate about? Like, just encourage them to talk about what they love and why they love it?? All the juicy neurochemicals RIGHT THERE!

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Jill Bergantz she/her @jillbergantz.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Which book in your public school library had a magnetic hold on your heart? Show me. Tell me why. My school was rural, tiny, K-8 so—“Search for a Living Fossil.” I met a brilliant female protagonist in these pages. She learned for the sake of learning. She lived far away. Men believed her. O, wow.

The cover of a book, cream-colored with navy blue title “Search for a Living Fossil: The Story of the Coelacanth.” In faint mint green the writer’s name appears above the title: Eleanor Clymer. Below the title it reads “Illustrated by Joan Berg” in even fainter mint green. The book is worn from use.
There is a navy blue scientific-style line illustration of a coelacanth, a type of fish, on the cover. Scattered below the coelacanth are four different types of tropical shells, illustrated similarly, also in navy blue. In faint mint green, the same style of illustration, sea grasses are barely visible. They rise from behind the shells and the fish to the top of the cover. Entering from the left side, just below the title, are a few streaks of very light blue; these are more gestural. They’re evocative of currents of water.

This edition is from 1963. Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, New York, library binding.

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Jill Bergantz she/her @jillbergantz.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

“‘…the document makes clear that violent neo-Nazis and far-right militia groups continue to pose a serious and ongoing threat—and that state governments are failing in their duty to secure dangerous military hardware,’ says Ryan Shapiro, executive director of Property of the People.” —Dell Cameron

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Hap @hapchem.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

I don't believe there's a category of copyright law for "only a little bit of plagiarism"

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Darren C. Demaree @darrencdemaree.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

This year's Best of the Net Anthology (@sundresspub.bsky.social) is live! Congratulations to everyone who had their work selected for inclusion! Many thanks to my fellow editors, genre coordinators, readers, and interns that helped make this year happen. bestofthenetanthology.com

bestofthenetanthology.com

Best of the Net – Best of the Net Anthology

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escapedexplorer.bsky.social @escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Yeah this would probably radicalize me in ways I dont want to fully contemplate if I was in this man's position

"Local contractor Bud Bolton, who lives just downstream from the RV parks on the Ingram-Kerrville border that suffered heavy losses of life, testified that he saw 108 RVs swept downstream, some of them with families still inside. Bolton, who woke up on his own when there was water on his doorstep around 4:15 a.m. said 20 fire trucks and rescue vehicles were parked near his home but no one knocked on his door to warn him. When Sen. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock, halted Bolton’s testimony, he seized the mic again saying, "I lost 27 people that I knew" before being cut off for exceeding his time limit."

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Just a reminder this list is drawn from a piece written by four researchers for MICROSOFT (data scientists, CS people, economists) who have never stepped foot in an archive/never taken an oral history/studied material culture, by their CVs. Unlike them, I do my research, and don't talk out my ass.

The top 40 most affected occupations by generative AI:

Interpreters and Translators
Historians
Passenger Attendants
Sales Representatives of Services
Writers and Authors
Customer Service Representatives
CNC Tool Programmers
Telephone Operators
Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks
Broadcast Announcers and Radio DJs
Brokerage Clerks
Farm and Home Management Educators
Telemarketers
Concierges
Political Scientists
News Analysts, Reporters, Journalists
Mathematicians
Technical Writers
Proofreaders and Copy Markers
Hosts and Hostesses
Editors
Business Teachers, Postsecondary
Public Relations Specialists
Demonstrators and Product Promoters
Advertising Sales Agents
New Accounts Clerks

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Chen Chen @chenchenwrites.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

The vulnerability of precious things is beautiful because vulnerability is a mark of existence. —Simone Weil

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Here is one of ~50 cases we documented of federal agents--usually masked and unidentified--smashing car windows to grab the person inside. “She is pregnant!” a man screamed, as his citizen wife sat, terrified The agents break three windows and grab the man projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-sm...

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Jill Bergantz she/her @jillbergantz.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Snail mail, the USPS, that specific kind of kindness can & and does & has saved lives: tactile love you can always return to moved over the miles is a miracle worth staying for. Walk softly and carry a lot of stamps. 💌💌💌💌💌💌💌💌💌💌💌💌💌

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Júlia @ihateonionrings.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Mary Oliver (a rainha)

I Did Think, Let’s Go About This Slowly:

I did think, let’s go about this slowly.
This is important. This should take
some really deep thought. We should take
small thoughtful steps.

But, bless us, we didn’t.

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Special Pleading Service @ftzpltc.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Hello, I am a knife in a TV show or movie. When you look at me, I go "shing", so you know that I'm sharp.

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