Reposted by Randall MannD. A. Powell @dapowell.bsky.social · 15/08/2026There are some poems here.... therumpus.net/2026/08/13/t...therumpus.netThree Poems - The RumpusHit and Run Lover Met him at the low bar of the evening mesitting there nursing another rum & detachmentwhen in he slips through the thinnest crackin 1246
Reposted by Randall MannD. A. Powell @dapowell.bsky.social · 13/08/2026New poem by @randallmann.bsky.social just arrived and it is fire 🔥 4133
Reposted by Randall MannSimeon Berry @simeonberry.bsky.social · 27/06/2026“Much was offered, it turns out, in 1978. / Men in ads were in no way confused: / they wanted the girl on the cover / of the May Playboy. / Inside, Anita Bryant railed against homosexual / teachers, took it to the soft-core street.” — @randallmann.bsky.social, “Playboy” 021
Reposted by Randall MannD. A. Powell @dapowell.bsky.social · 23/05/2026At the ballpark with @randallmann.bsky.social and we're keeping hope alive though the Giants are behind by 9 🙏🏻 0221
Reposted by Randall MannElliot @1t2ls.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Today’s poem: Randall Mann, “Breakfast with Thom Gunn” #lunchpoems 41337
Reposted by Randall MannD. A. Powell @dapowell.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Can't remember when I've had such a marvelous Friday night out. Here's Randall Mann and Jennifer Chang in the warm coziness of Cafe Zuni. 1162
Reposted by Randall MannSimeon Berry @simeonberry.bsky.social · 31/01/2026“Near beer, / tight ends. / Night bends. / I know / it’s late / for a love game. // Which isn’t / sadness, / or freedom, / it’s a feeling / that precedes / feeling, a narcotic // urge” — @randallmann.bsky.social, “The Scene” @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social airlightmagazine.org/airlight/iss...airlightmagazine.org“In the Beginning,” "Containment,” “The Scene,” and “Poem Beginning With a Line by Wayne Koestenbaum” - Air/LightRandall Mann is the author of five poetry collections, most recently A Better Life (Persea Books, 2021). He lives in San Francisco. 051
Reposted by Randall MannNimrod Journal @nimrodjournal.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Today our newsletter readers received two poems from our Winter 2026 issue by Anna Lena Phillips Bells. These took second place in our annual Pablo Neruda contest, judged by @randallmann.bsky.social and are featured in the poet’s new Anthony Hecht Prize-winning collection, MIGHT COULD. 1184
Reposted by Randall MannAnna Lena @aproflection.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Here's the new @nimrodjournal.bsky.social, looking ✨✨✨. It has two poems from MIGHT COULD, including this one. Thanks to editor @bdralyuk.bsky.social, and to @randallmann.bsky.social, judge for the Neruda Prize, for naming this poem second place and for his comments. 💚 1103
Reposted by Randall MannJulene Tripp Weaver @trippweavpoet.bsky.social · 30/12/2025Brilliant poem & excellent reflection on writing by BlueSky poet @randallmann.bsky.social www.slowdownshow.org/episode/2025...slowdownshow.org1423: Puzzle by Randall MannToday’s poem is Puzzle by Randall Mann. 031
Reposted by Randall MannThe Slowdown @slowdownshow.org · 30/12/2025"As I was reading The People’s Project submissions from contributors, I felt strongly that this poem should come last, closing the book," @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social says in today's episode. Read “Puzzle” by Randall Mann (@randallmann.bsky.social): bit.ly/4poo5PW 📖: Washington Square Press 072
Reposted by Randall MannD. A. Powell @dapowell.bsky.social · 28/11/2025So thankful for my friend @randallmann.bsky.social. We went to see Hamnet at the Kabuki then had sea bass and potstickers at a restaurant in Lower Haight called Beijing Duck House. Perfect day, grateful for all of it. 61537
Reposted by Randall MannNimrod Journal @nimrodjournal.bsky.social · 16/11/2025If you weren’t able to join us for the 2025 Literary Prize presentation, you can view it here. An inspiring double reading! Our thanks to our winners and judges, including @talianeffson.bsky.social, @nancyjooyounkim.bsky.social, and @randallmann.bsky.social! youtube.com/watch?v=r53p...m.youtube.com2025 Nimrod Literary Awards ReadingYouTube video by Nimrod International Journal 073
Reposted by Randall MannSimeon Berry @simeonberry.bsky.social · 10/11/2025“Butch. / A monocle / dangled / in her razored // neckline; / she saw us all / for what / we were— // not a lick. / Sick / of suspect / looks, // of plague, / I walked / Paynes Prairie” @randallmann.bsky.social The Summer of 1996 @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social www.cortlandreview.com/issue-87/ran...randallmann.bsky.socialRandall Mann (@randallmann.bsky.social)SF. Poet @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social. Faculty @benningtonwriting.bsky.social. 💜 021
Reposted by Randall MannD. A. Powell @dapowell.bsky.social · 14/09/2025Giants are smokin hot tonight. Already up by three runs. Here with the brilliant @randallmann.bsky.social 0231
Reposted by Randall MannWayne Miller @waynemillerpoet.bsky.social · 22/08/2025My new poem "Theological" is up at today's Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day! Big thanks to @randallmann.bsky.social, whose curation this month has been incredible.poets.orgTheologicalThe super worked all day 082
Randall Mann @randallmann.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Today’s Poem-a-Day @poetsorg.bsky.social is by the great @dapowell.bsky.social, who is, let’s be honest, a national treasure @graywolfpress.bsky.social ❤️ 🐅 271
Randall Mann @randallmann.bsky.social · 08/08/2025Today's #PoemADay @poetsorg.bsky.social is by @miguelmurphy.bsky.social, a moving piece on the cruel indignities of grief: "the answer / between / everything." I love this sort of self-aware vulnerability in a poem. @barrowstreetpress.bsky.social 🌺❤️ 170
Randall Mann @randallmann.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Today's Poem-a-Day @poetsorg.bsky.social is by @rudemechanical7.bsky.social, a gorgeous San Francisco poem about the Panhandle. Jack Spicer! Sue Bierman! I love this poem, and this city. @unboundedition.bsky.social @scribnerbooks.bsky.social 😍🌁 062
Randall Mann @randallmann.bsky.social · 06/08/2025Today’s Poem-a-Day @poetsorg.bsky.social is by Leonel Sánchez Lopez, quiet & vulnerable & beautiful. 🥰🦜 061
Reposted by Randall MannRandall Mann @randallmann.bsky.social · 05/08/2025Today’s Poem-a-Day @poetsorg.bsky.social is by the inimitable @theferocity.bsky.social, allusive, incantatory, and moving. @benningtonwriting.bsky.social @coffeehousepress.bsky.social ❤️🔥 14615
Reposted by Randall MannMegan Savage @meganloverdesavage.bsky.social · 05/08/2025I dearly love this poem by @theferocity.bsky.social — incredible addition to the “self portrait as” mini-genre. 0222
Randall Mann @randallmann.bsky.social · 05/08/2025Today’s Poem-a-Day @poetsorg.bsky.social is by the inimitable @theferocity.bsky.social, allusive, incantatory, and moving. @benningtonwriting.bsky.social @coffeehousepress.bsky.social ❤️🔥 14615
Randall Mann @randallmann.bsky.social · 04/08/2025Hello Bluesky! I'm curating August's Poem-a-Day poems @poetsorg.bsky.social, and today's is by the great Andrea Cohen. @fourwaybooks.bsky.social 🐖😍 150
