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Donna Vorreyer @djvorreyer.bsky.social · 3h

Let's try that again with my glasses on... Would love to see you there!

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Nicole Tallman @natallman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Wrote an article. Took a photo. More soon.

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Nicole Tallman @natallman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Starting soon. Happy Saturday! 🩷

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Nicole Tallman @natallman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Are we watching the new Monster?

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Nicole Tallman @natallman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The inaugural Miami-Dade Public Library System Poetry Contest for Teens is open for submissions, and @poetrichardblanco.bsky.social, Caridad Moro-Gronlier and I can’t wait to read your sonnets! (With special thanks to @booksandbooks.bsky.social for supplying the prizes.)

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Nicole Tallman @natallman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Today marks the kickoff of Miami-Dade Public Library System’s Poetry Contest for Teens! Poets Laureate @poetrichardblanco.bsky.social, Caridad Moro-Gronlier and I look forward to reading the submissions. More info 🔗 mdpls.org/PoetryContest

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Nicole Tallman @natallman.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A sonnet so hot it opens in 437 theatres.

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Nicole Tallman @natallman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Finished writing my first favorite-books article for a local newspaper supplement and it was not an easy task, but I had a lot of fun, and may write more in the future.

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Nicole Tallman @natallman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I’m teaching a virtual sonnet writing workshop for teens in partnership with the Miami-Dade Public Library System on 9/19, 3-4 pm. If you know a teen or are a teen who’d like to join me, registration is open now! 🔗 mdpls.org/event/16747090

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Dr. Han VanderHart @hanvanderhart.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Overwhelmed by these kind words for Thou Wast Mild and Lovely 💕💕🙏 Congrats to all the finalists!

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Simeon Berry @simeonberry.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

“He walked as if through a wildfire, he walked so much, he disappeared. His brain now had an accent and no one could understand how to stop him from learning the new language.” — @victoriachang.bsky.social, “Obit” @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social

OBIT. Obsession—born on January 20, 1940, never died after the stroke but grew instead. The stroke gained an oak door, not just hard but impenetrable. The obsessions lived in solitude behind the oak door. After his stroke, the obsession took my father to the gym to walk on the treadmill. He walked as if through a wildfire, he walked so much, he disappeared. His brain now had an accent and no one could understand how to stop him from learning the new language. My mother called and said he fell on the treadmill, hit his head, blood thinners spread his blood like moonlight. They drilled holes in his head, vacuumed out the blood and more words. My father was finally arrested, he turned in the rest of his words, they bound his tongue. And he dreamed in blank paper. Victoria Chang

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Ilya Kaminsky @ilyakaminsky.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Grateful to Maya C. Popa and Poem-A-Day for publishing this translation Katie Farris and I did of a piece by Lyudmyla Khersonsky, a wonderful poet from Odesa, Ukraine. I met Lyudmyla back in 1993 when I was still a sixteen year old in Odesa. She taught me English alphabet.

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Nicole Tallman @natallman.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Just finished watching the penultimate season 1 episode of Furious, and anxiously awaiting Monday’s arrival.

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Nicole Tallman @natallman.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

LA Friends, anyone know the barista at Hotel Figueroa? I need this coffee in my life again and that person holds the key. 🌹

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Nicole Tallman @natallman.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Three years ago today. Still missing you, Maureen.🌻

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Nicole Tallman @natallman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

We will always love you, Dolly. 💔

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Nicole Tallman @natallman.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I have a sleeve of pumpkin spice cake Nespresso capsules left over from last fall, and I’m about to create the illusion of a Michigan fall in my Miami summer kitchen.

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Nicole Tallman @natallman.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I gave in. Bought the ebook. Kind of hooked. Going to start my own Hot Flash Club, but with gays, and more fun.

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Nicole Tallman @natallman.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Where did the time go? I swear I was just reading “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret,” and now I’m getting peddled books with titles like “The Hot Flash Club.”

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Nicole Tallman @natallman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

“I am at the height of the cross now— so close I can touch it. My mother is dead.” —Spencer Reece, “Window”

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Window

O New York City! / Your sky is sharp.

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Nicole Tallman @natallman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

People who Zoom bomb poetry readings really need to get a hobby.

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Nicole Tallman @natallman.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

"The conundrum with poetry is that sometimes when you gain the people, you can lose the poets." —Ada Limón, Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World

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The Rumpus @therumpus.net · 17/08/2026

"For passion will the mind turn / on its diet of certainties / to tango doubt’s perimeter." From "If You Love That Lady," new poetry by @mayacpopa.bsky.social. ➡️ buff.ly/Qgq0Qiq

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Nicole Tallman @natallman.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Happy Birthday, @summerjhart.bsky.social! Join me, @jacklegpress.bsky.social & special guests for a birthday book launch tonight! 🥳

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Nicole Tallman @natallman.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Rows of blood roses that call down the bloody hall. 🌹

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Nicole Tallman @natallman.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Who remembers these and which was your favorite?

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Ben Kline @benkline.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

What a fun reading this was!!!

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Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

May this find someone who needs it. 🕯️

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Nicole Tallman @natallman.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Beyond excited to announce the lineup for September’s edition of A Very Gay Literary Happy Hour, featuring Aaron Smith, @jamesallenhall.bsky.social, & @joustingsnail.bsky.social! Tickets are available now. Get yours today & join us for the fun on 9/3 at 7 p.m. www.eventbrite.com/e/a-very-gay... 🥳🥂

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Wild & Precious Life Series @wplseries.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Join us tonight!

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Nicole Tallman @natallman.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

An honor to be in such great company. With love and gratitude to @mickiepoet.bsky.social & Josh Tvrdy. 💜 www.queerpoems.com/p/the-velvet...

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Nicole Tallman @natallman.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I curate & host a literary reading series in partnership with @jacklegpress.bsky.social on Zoom the first Thursday of each month at 7 pm EST for poets with new or newish (published in last 5 years) books out. Who would you love to hear read? Also, if you have a new book out, please link me.

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