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aɐrik francis

@phaentompoet.bsky.social

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poet based in Denver, CO, USA author of BODYPOLITIC (forthcoming with Abode Press in March 2026) MISEDUCATION (New Delta Review, 2023) and BODYELECTRONIC (Trouble Department, 2022) phaentompoet.com linktr.ee/aerik

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aɐrik francis @phaentompoet.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

upcoming readings: two music&poetry events local to Denver and one virtual reading to celebrate the chapbook BloodFlex by Ajanaé Dawkins

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aɐrik francis @phaentompoet.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

My poem "No More Masters" was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. The poem appears in the Listen To Your Skin Anthology and was nominated alongside brilliant writers like D.L. Cordero and Ahja Fox. Thank you Stina <3 Here is a link to the book www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk/collections/...

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aɐrik francis @phaentompoet.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

TODAY at 8:30pm (EST) is a virtual reading to organize funds for poet Aline Mello ! I personally feel uncomfortable sharing zoom links on social media, but please if you are interested in attending, send me a message and I'll send you the link

Orange flyer with a photo of poet Aline Mello barefoot on grass in front of a white backdrop wearing a rainbow colored skirt and a black top. Text on the flyer says, "DIRECT ACTION! 10 years after filing, artist, author, educator, DACA dreamer and Undocupoet Fellow Aline Mello needs your help traveling to her green card hearing! Join us for a fundraising poetry reading SUN Nov 24 @ 8:30pm EST. Donations for Distribution: Venmo @kimsoandso with "Aline" as memo"

Orange flyer with a drawing of an orange monarch butterfly on a pink flower in the bottom right corner. Text of the flyer says" Performances by Aline Mello with Steve Castro, Aerik Francis, Gustavo Hernandez, Adriana Martinez, Alessandra Nysether-Santos, C.T. Salazar, Jess Saldana, Monica Teresa Ortiz, Organized and MC'd by Kim Sousa. $500 goal matched by sponsor!"

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aɐrik francis @phaentompoet.bsky.social · 22/09/2023

i attempted a few first posts but they sucked. then i thought, what better to be my first post but a poem? today's poem is an erasure poem called "A Political Science" from my chapbook MISEDUCATION

an erasure poem titled "A Political Science" in the poetry chapbook _MISEDUCATION_ by Aerik Francis. The page included blackedout text and the visible text reads:

A Political Science

a scientific embrace
the way Science embraces
science posed passionate
pose as process
advertise allegiance to
the anti and the anti-anti
the part anti the part check
analytical anti discourse
an institution dominated
by people who espouse
science no longer

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