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Joseph Buck

@josephbuck.bsky.social
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Art. Words mostly. Largely poetry. Former editor, Boomtown Magazine. Tongva, Los Angeles County, California.

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Joseph Buck @josephbuck.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Veteran Buddy Checks - Veterans Experience
Veteran Buddy Checks
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Joseph Buck @josephbuck.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Today, a poem called, “Oceanside.”
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Joseph Buck @josephbuck.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Joseph Buck @josephbuck.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Any iPhone is foldable. Once.
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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
£15k BBC short story prize reveals all-women shortlist including Irish writers Caoilinn Hughes and Lucy Caldwell @lucycaldwell.bsky.social www.thebookseller.com/news/15k-bbc...
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£15k BBC short story prize reveals all-women shortlist
The 2026 BBC National Short Story Award (NSSA) has revealed an all-women shortlist.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 07/09/2026
Billy Collins was the U.S. poet laureate at the time of the 9/11 attacks. He later wrote "The Names" in honor of the victims. to.pbs.org/3ZjjcOt
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Poet Billy Collins Reflects on 9/11 Victims in 'The Names'
Billy Collins was the U.S. poet laureate at the time of the 9/11 attacks. A year later, he wrote "The Names" in honor of the victims. He read the poem before a special joint session of Congress held i...
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Joseph Buck @josephbuck.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The demon got me yesterday, so no writing. But I thought about how, as an old editor, what I can do today to lift up journals and publishers. Not to submit to, but to, wait for it, purchase. Because things only grow on fertile soil. Consider picking up an issue of Ragaire in Ireland.
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Joseph Buck @josephbuck.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Let’s be careful today Southern California.
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Jaime Green @jaimealyse.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Hi it's Star Trek Day, if you love Star Trek, you will also love my book: jaimegreen.net/book
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Joseph Buck @josephbuck.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A thought on Labor Day.
"When someone works for less pay than she can live on — when, for example, she goes hungry so that you can eat more cheaply and conveniently — then she has made a great sacrifice for you, she has made you a gift of some part of her abilities, her health, and her life. The
'working poor,' as they are approvingly termed, are in fact the major philanthropists of our society. They neglect their own children so that the children of others will be cared for; they live in substandard housing so that other homes will be shiny and perfect; they endure privation so that inflation will be low and stock prices high. To be a member of the working poor is to be an anonymous donor, a nameless benefactor, to everyone else."
- Barbara Ehrenreich, Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America
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Joseph Buck @josephbuck.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Yesterday, a poem called, “The Crescented Island.”
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Joseph Buck @josephbuck.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Yesterday, the demon that keeps stories from entering the world did not win. I wrote the poem, “Carry That Water.”
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Joseph Buck @josephbuck.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The past few days, I kept the demon that prevents stories from being told at bay, with work on a long poem, “West of Lake.”
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Joseph Buck @josephbuck.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
One of the great unsecret secrets was Dolly Parton living in California. A cabin in Idyllwild. In the early 2000’s, Solvang. All reports are she was welcomed and respected, exchanging the little things of day to day life. Some food. Petting a dog. I am glad we were part of her story in that way.
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Joseph Buck @josephbuck.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Yesterday, a poem called, “The Shaman’s Toolbox.”
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Joseph Buck @josephbuck.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Yesterday, a poem that featured the Capitol Crawl, 23 Millions de voix, and the mighty Alice Wong.
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Joseph Buck @josephbuck.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The demon got me yesterday, so no writing. But I thought about how, as an old editor, what I can do today to lift up journals and publishers. Not to submit to, but to, wait for it, purchase.
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U.S. Mail Not For Sale @usmailnotforsale.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Across America, People Stand Up for Our Public Postal Service
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Across America, People Stand Up for Our Public Postal Service - U.S. Mail Not For Sale
From small towns to big cities, one message rang clear on Tuesday, July 28 – people turned up to Protect Our Public Post Office! The day saw members of the public who treasure the Post Office join…
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Joseph Buck @josephbuck.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The demon got me yesterday, so no writing. But I thought about how, as an old editor, what I can do today to lift up journals and publishers. Not to submit to, but to, wait for it, purchase.
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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Poets, your time has come!
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Joseph Buck @josephbuck.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Yesterday, the poem “This Form of Matter.” As Sagan said, “We are made of star-stuff.”
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Joseph Buck @josephbuck.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Peru had the highest per capita loss of life in the pandemic. Yesterday, a poem to wrap my head around that. Another poem as well about bus operators during the pandemic too.
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Joseph Buck @josephbuck.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
bbc.com
Food delivery rider wins China's top literary prize
Wang Jibing is among blue-collar Chinese workers gaining wider attention for their literary works.
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Joseph Buck @josephbuck.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Yesterday, a poem about the 2019-2020 Measles Outbreak in the Pacific.
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Joseph Buck @josephbuck.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Yesterday, a poem called, “Obscure Raptures.”
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Joseph Buck @josephbuck.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
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Protect Our Public Post Office - U.S. Mail Not For Sale
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Austin Allen @aawriting.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
As literary time capsules go, you can't do better than The London Magazine's 1962 "Survey of Poets." Plath, Hughes, Larkin, Walcott, Gunn, Graves, Seferis, and others answering the same short questionnaire... thelondonmagazine.org/archive-a-19...
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Archive | A 1962 Survey of Poets - The London Magazine
The February 1962 edition of The London Magazine was dedicated to poetry. Thoughts from Robert Graves, Philip Larkin, Derek Walcott, Sylvia Plath and more.
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Joseph Buck @josephbuck.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Yesterday, a poem about when the 1510 influenza epidemic reached Sicily.
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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I hate to say this, but I am beginning to think that Joyce's Ulysses may not be historically accurate. I am a bit concerned about the accents too. And the timespan difference is a joke.
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Perseverance Image Bot 📡 @persevereimgbot.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Sol 1927: Right Navigation Camera (Navcam), taken at 15:51:41.060 (local mean solar time)
An image taken by the Perseverance rover on Mars
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Joseph Buck @josephbuck.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Yesterday, a poem that featured Phineas Gage.
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Joseph Buck @josephbuck.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Yesterday, a poem about gradual sensational awareness when waking up.
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Jaime Green @jaimealyse.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
New class alert! Or really, revamped class exhumed from the archives: THE INTENTIONAL WRITING PROCESS. Come think about ways to build a writing process that puts ease and calm into your work, and makes space for creativity to surprise you. jaimegreen.net/classes - early bird pricing through 7/18
On an abstract painted background with soft greens and oranges: Saturday Sept 26 1p ET - The Intentional Writing Process with Jaime Green - Build a writing process that makes space for your best creative work - jaimegreen.net/classesOn an abstract painted background with soft greens and oranges: “I got so much out of this class. I thought about my writing process in new ways and am excited to begin to employ some of the suggested practices.” - The Intentional Writing Process, Saturday Sept 26 1pm ET - jaimegreen.net/classes
On an abstract painted background with soft greens and oranges: “Jaime is a thorough, engaging and generous instructor. She makes improving your writing process seem intuitive even though the ideas are new.” - The Intentional Writing Process, Saturday Sept 26 1pm ET - jaimegreen.net/classes
On an abstract painted background with soft greens and oranges: “I appreciated Jaime’s concrete examples and her use of real-time writing exercises to begin incorporating the practices even before the class is over!” - The Intentional Writing Process, Saturday Sept 26 1pm ET - jaimegreen.net/classes
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Joseph Buck @josephbuck.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Yesterday a poem about the ancient Roman role of pullarii.
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Joseph Buck @josephbuck.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Some writing yesterday. A poem on cognition, and another on the 7pm clap in New York for essential workers during the early days of the pandemic.
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Joseph Buck @josephbuck.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
My fellow Western States residents. When fires have hit us, our Canadian brothers and sisters have come to our aid. Please reach out to your state level elected officials and ask them when your firefighters and support will come to their aid.
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Joseph Buck @josephbuck.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Sam Neill, Until the End of the World, 1991. Photo from Wim Wenders Foundation
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Julian McKenzie @jkamckenzie.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Late Friday news story from me… Tennessee State University has aspirations to become the first HBCU to have an NCAA Div. I men’s hockey program this fall. But unless they get funding in the next 30 days or so, they won’t hit the ice. My latest for @theathletic.com www.nytimes.com/athletic/737...
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First HBCU men’s hockey program, Tennessee State, in jeopardy due to lack of funding (Gift Article)
The program was first announced in June 2023 at that year's NHL Draft in Nashville, with the intention of beginning play in 2024.
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Joseph Buck @josephbuck.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
From R.S. Thomas.
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Joseph Buck @josephbuck.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
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Joseph Buck @josephbuck.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Special interview with W.B. Yeats via automatic writing channelled through spirit guides.
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Joseph Buck @josephbuck.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
With the smell of smoke and fires in the Southland today, those who went through the Eaton Fire, and Palisades Fire could understandably be on edge right now.
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Joseph Buck @josephbuck.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
With heavy hearts we share the passing at age 14 of the Ambassador of the Neighborhood Molly Malone. She rescued us at San Gabriel Valley Humane, and spent a life living time in the garden, sitting on the front porch, catching up on “News” in the neighborhood, and meeting new people.
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Joseph Buck @josephbuck.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Soon. Y’all watching NASA TV, right?
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Shane Anderson 🏳️‍🌈 @shaneanderson.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future." - @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit. Incredible words. Listen to all of it!
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Perseverance Image Bot 📡 @persevereimgbot.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Sol 1813: Right Navcam, taken at 11:30:01.383 (local mean solar time)
An image taken by the Perseverance rover on Mars
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Joseph Buck @josephbuck.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
I am late in reading, but grateful for the piece @hughmartin.bsky.social wrote.
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Rhetorical Questions - The American Scholar
In Eavan Boland’s Stanford workshop, the poet imparted lessons on suffering, expression, and the importance of a sandwich
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Jaime Green @jaimealyse.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
This Saturday! And if you can't make it then, the class will be recorded, too! jaimegreen.net/classes
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Joseph Buck @josephbuck.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
@squidgerugby.bsky.social I have thought about this interview from 3 years ago a lot today. youtu.be/97cMOpZ5qhc
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Fantastic interview from David Odiase after heartbreaking defeat for Italy U20.
YouTube video by Virgin Media Sport
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