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Jason VonGerichten

@jvongerichten.bsky.social
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Librarian. Writer. Lives in Chicago. Mostly woke. Open to being more woke. Mostly cringe. Open to being less cringe, but not a priority. My book, Icarus Is Dead: a.co/d/5kYoxoe My substack: jasonvongerichten.substack.com

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Jason VonGerichten @jvongerichten.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"They want you to worry, the way they worry, about artificial intelligence, looming legislation and harassment of their staff. But most of all, they want you to know what the library really is: a safe place for people to gather around books, ideas and one another." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Librarians Discuss the Challenges and Triumphs of Running a Library Today (Gift Article)
We asked dozens of them about America’s libraries — what they provide, what they need to survive. Here’s what they told us.
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Jason VonGerichten @jvongerichten.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hello Bluesky friends! Here is your weekly dose of nonsense. Best taken with food. Call me on the morning. #poems #poetry #prompts #writing #nytimes #nytimesgames jasonvongerichten.substack.com/p/on-avoidin...
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On avoiding bear attacks on vacation
Also I’ve got a little ode to Marla Singer, a child named by nerds, an owl nobody but me seems to think is cool, struggling with blackout curtains, and so much more!
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Jane Doe @mwplovesmusic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Boys Will Be Boys Cover your shoulders don’t show your knees, skirt is too short, dress is too tight; Don’t act too loose but don’t be a prude, be sexually confident and also a virgin; I dreamed a dream where a girl could act as she pleased not be afraid, boys will be boys will be boys #poetry
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Chris Nagano @charliesaito22.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Jason VonGerichten @jvongerichten.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Greetings! Here is your weekly dispatch from the world of Wordle poems. Please for you to enjoy. #poems #poetry #prompts #nytimes #nytimesgames jasonvongerichten.substack.com/p/on-praying...
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On praying for the 7-layer burrito’s resurrection
Also, we’ve got evil rulers, a sea shanty, women of a certain age, SOUP, and so much more!
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Jason VonGerichten @jvongerichten.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Hey buddies. Wrote some new Wordle poems. Would be super cool if you read them, even superer cooler if you liked them. But no presh. #poems #poetry #writing @nytimes.com jasonvongerichten.substack.com/p/on-what-re...
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On what real men see monthly
We’ve also got thoughts on broken clocks, circumcisions, tweens, a murderous Paul Bunyan, and so much more! (But not too much more, don’t be intimidated.)
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Jason VonGerichten @jvongerichten.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
It's hot outside, so enjoy some cool new poems! #poems #poetry #writing jasonvongerichten.substack.com/p/on-more-re...
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On more reasons to hate Florida
And we mourn Dolly, we rage against grills, we worry over how our past selves would have survived prehistoric times, and much more!
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Every TIME!!! #BookSky
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Jason VonGerichten @jvongerichten.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Seems silly posting these today. But I am a silly person. And a wiser person than me once said: “Whoever you are, be that. Whatever you do, do that. Anything else is just an act." So in Dolly’s honor, here are my silly poems. #poems #poetry #dolly jasonvongerichten.substack.com/p/on-crashin...
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On crashing cars and biting strippers
Also, adult bullies, loose mothers, gym bros, and much more!
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026
[Exit Queen.]
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library gifted more than 332,000,000 books since it was first created 31 years ago.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 25/08/2026
Two paths diverged in the woods and America took the psychopath.
Paychopath
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Imagine if Kamala Harris became the first female president of the United States and then tore down the East wing, obsessed about a ballroom, started a losing war with Iran, took away health care and food from children, raked in billions, fired everyone to put her friends in their positions, (1/2) 👇
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Jason VonGerichten @jvongerichten.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
It's getting dark outside. Bad weather moving in. Best to just stay inside and read some new poems! #poetry #poems #writing #nytimes #nytimesgames jasonvongerichten.substack.com/p/on-the-ann...
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On the annoyances of working retail jobs
Also included today: human hearts, waterslides, slushy snow, dead uncles, and so much more!
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Jason VonGerichten @jvongerichten.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Do you like new poems? Sure, we all do. Well have I got a deal for you.... Seven new poems! For FREE! Just click below. open.substack.com/pub/jasonvon...
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On eulogizing a space cowboy
Also British trucks (bloody 'ell!), tangled hair, three trips to Hawaii, grapes, sonar, and so much more!
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Beverly @grammylovesyou.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...
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Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Amen. #BookSky
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Jason VonGerichten @jvongerichten.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Just one of the best movie scenes ever. Gets me every time.
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Jason VonGerichten @jvongerichten.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Churn Could the Amish churn me some margarine instead? I'm watching my cholesterol, and I prefer how it spreads, even though these days I'm also off bread. Six more new poems in my substack! #poems #poetry #writing #wordle #nytimes #nytimesgames open.substack.com/pub/jasonvon...
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On liking big butter churners
Also Abe Lincoln goes out to dinner, Wordle gives a non-word answer, big buttes, high divers and more!
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Jason VonGerichten @jvongerichten.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
You smell that? Smells like upwithyourpoetry? (I'm sorry. That's so stupid. New poems. Link below.) #poems #poetry #wordle #nytimes #nytimesgames open.substack.com/pub/jasonvon...
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On 20 minute phone calls with Ebeneezer Scrooge
We've also got winning arguments alone in the car, we've got thoughts on becoming birds, we've got movie amnesia, we've got the Irish, and we've got even more!
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Tuesday Adams ™ 🌹 @tuesdayadams111.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
This is America.
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Jason VonGerichten @jvongerichten.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Wrote some new Wordle-based poems. Some are silly. Some are even sillier. Please for you to enjoy. #poems #poetry #writing #nytimes #nytimesgames #wordle open.substack.com/pub/jasonvon...
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On a few good drag queens
Also escaping the city on the 4th, knowing very little useful information, a haiku, hot liquor, and so much more!
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Gordon Wark 🤬💥😡🔥🕗🕕🕓🕖 @1stwark.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Cartoonists Are The Only Real Journalists Left In The USA.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
"I have a very glad feeling about this... " #DitchMcConnell
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Jason VonGerichten @jvongerichten.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Just bragging. That means there's 365 Wordle-inspired poems on my Substack now (or soon will be). If you've read any of them, thank you. If you're curious, here: substack.com/@jasonvonger... #nytimes #nytimesgames #wordle #poems #poetry #writing
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Cartoon by @hickeycartoons.bsky.social.
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Jason VonGerichten @jvongerichten.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Gooood morning Bluesky! I hope you're having a lovely morning. Here are seven more Wordle-inspired poems. Please for you to enjoy. #poetry #poems #writing #nytimes #nytimesgames open.substack.com/pub/jasonvon...
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On old dogs and empowering the dancing masses
Also the hypocrisy of small towns, a Survivor-inspired Boston Tea Party, old wounds, old regrets, and so much more!
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Jason VonGerichten @jvongerichten.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I wrote my first golden shovel! And 5.5 other poems, too. Please for you to enjoy. #poems #poetry #anncurry #nytimes #nytimesgames open.substack.com/pub/jasonvon...
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On the pursuit of justice for Ann Curry
I wrote a golden shovel! Also, there's arcades, strip clubs, churches, abortions (I'm really all over the place on this one), Bugs Bunny vs Drake, and so much more!
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
3 for 3.
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The World Cup is proof that if not for our leaders, the vast majority of the world's people would get along just fine.
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Jason VonGerichten @jvongerichten.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Check it, Somebody wrote some new poems. (It's me! I wrote those poems!) #poems #poetry #wordle #nytimes #nytimesgames open.substack.com/pub/jasonvon...
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On the desperate measures of the Hamburglar
Also there's ice cream, there's pop quizzes, there's world building, there's world destroying, there's science, and there's so much more in so few words!
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Jason VonGerichten @jvongerichten.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Oh dang, he wrote some new poems! #poems #poetry #writing #nytimes #nytimesgames open.substack.com/pub/jasonvon...
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On stacking sandwiches in defiance of the gods
And we've got poems about digestion (ooh!), nobility (ah!), writing on my phone (oooooh!), and so much more!
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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
why is our piss-drunk Secretary of Death so horny to drop bombs on innocent schoolgirls? how did he become so fucking broken inside? thank you for your attention to today's angry post, in which I attempt to explain it. link is here: bit.ly/49TcMKD
who the fuck talks like this?

maybe Piss-Drunk Pete’s parents should have hugged him more, and told him they loved him. I don’t know.

all I know is that it’s morally wrong to put America’s fearsome military might into the hands of someone this eager to use it.

war is not a video game. it’s serious, last-resort business. war inevitably leads to destruction, and the mass deaths of innocent people. it should be avoided at all costs. and the sober task of fighting a war should be handled by people who understand and respect that — and not carelessly handed to some emotionally-stunted frat boy who giggles over the thought of committing war crimes.

‘we’ll negotiate with bombs’ — what a screwed up thing to say. Piss-Drunk Pete isn’t just high on his own supply right now, he’s overdosed on it.

Pete’s starring in a very fucked-up an action movie that exists only inside his own vodka-saturated head. he imagines he’s Bruce Willis, coming in guns blazing and asking ‘does anyone else want to negotiate?’
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Jason VonGerichten @jvongerichten.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Look out, I posted seven new poems! #substack #poetry #poems #writing #nytimes #nytimesgames open.substack.com/pub/jasonvon...
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On the best-lived life of a mylar balloon
Also poems about hoarders, Oasis, me as a rapper, robots, and so much more!
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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
This one hits hard.
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Jason VonGerichten @jvongerichten.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Not cool, universe. RIP Ripper.
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Every recipe should start with: "Wash the dishes that are already in the sink because you'll need some of those."
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Jason VonGerichten @jvongerichten.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Some humpday poems to get you through your humpday. Happy humping! open.substack.com/pub/jasonvon...
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On the anxieties of visiting shoeless homes
Also some other Wordle-inspired poems
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StabbyTabby 🔪🤘 @stabbytabby.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Accurate
"Companies June 1st"

Actor Willem Dafoe in a still from the 2002 film Spider-Man. 

"You know, I'm something of a homosexual myself."
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Jason VonGerichten @jvongerichten.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
You guys watching Widow's Bay? So good! That has nothing to do with my post, it just felt irresponsible not to say something. New poems on my substack. Please read! open.substack.com/pub/jasonvon...
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On the bylaws of trailer park hedge heights
Also librarians into leather, Christian rock, spoiled dogs, Wilford Brimley, and much more!
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Jason VonGerichten @jvongerichten.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Wrote some new poems. All you have to do is read them. Is that so hard? #poems #poetry #writing open.substack.com/pub/jasonvon...
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On astronauts dreaming of gravity
More Wordle-inspired poetry to get you through the week!
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Jason VonGerichten @jvongerichten.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Self promotion here. Shameless self promotion. It's really very embarrassing. Please read my new poems. Judge if you must. open.substack.com/pub/jasonvon...
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On meeting William Shatner and making beef stew
Also a poem memorized in the 12th grade, achy backs, puffy eyes, the love of theatre kids, and a bit more!
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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
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Jason VonGerichten @jvongerichten.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
New Wordle poem Wednesday. You're Wordle welcome! #poems #poetry #writing #nytimes open.substack.com/pub/jasonvon...
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On needing a few more wrinkles on my savior
We've also got old drunk woman wisdom, snoring, heart attack ack ack ack acks, frightened dogs, and so much more!
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Alina Stefanescu @alinaetc.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
the El Greco heavens breaking open and then reassembling like lions in a vast tragic veldt that is far from our small selves and our temporally united passions in the cathedral of Januaries - Frank O'Hara, "Avenue A"
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Pear 🍐 @purelypear.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
If you need to go somewhere and not spend any money, please visit your local library. Library crawls are awesome. Every library is its own little world.
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🦋🕊️🦋GinLy47 @ginly47.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
They are so juvenile they don’t realize how embarrassing and bizarre this is.
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Jason VonGerichten @jvongerichten.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Hello Bluesky. I get it, Trump's bad. And I agree! But here are some new poems anyway. #poems #poetry #writing open.substack.com/pub/jasonvon...
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On neighborhoods held hostage by angry squirrels
We're also arming bees, measuring forearms, escaping our redneck fates, doing bad Cher impressions, and so much more!
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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
She is married to a guy who mocked a disabled man, bragged about sexual assault and threatened the destruction of an entire civilization.
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