
Melissa Balmain (#SatanTalksToHisTherapist Sept23)
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@LightPoetryMag editor, recovering mime. Words: @BystanderTweets @mcsweeneys @SlackjawHumor @NewYorker @PointsinCase @littleoldlady__ @RattleMag @WeeklyHumorist
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1/2 Exciting news for you & all the stuff you like to carry! Our first-ever VOTE TOTE is here. It's roomy, it's sturdy, it's hilarious-yet-nonpartisan, & best of all, it's the only tote around with an election-themed haiku by Paul Lander on it.



Our latest haiku (haiku-ku?) from Paul Lander. (Click link in thread for all 8 #PoemsOfTheWeek) SWIFTIES AGAINST NOT-SO-SWIFTIE by Paul Lander Trump versus Taylor Or, Tay Tay versus Cra Cra: Truth that’s not social. #TaylorSwift #Swifties #haiku #comedy #humor

Yay! I have a cheeky Tom Cruise poem published in LightPoetryMagazine’s Poems of the Week this week! It’s based on some DEFINITELY FACTUAL celebrity news in this week’s Heat magazine and may or may not contain puns, a popsicle and his little bum bum. 😊 lightpoetrymagazine.com/poems-of-the-w…

Delirium has hit Paul Dry Books again! All books by Dana Gioia, Boris Dralyuk, #DavidMason, #DeborahWarren, Melissa Balmain (#SatanTalksToHisTherapist Sept23), Mark Jarman & other poets you know & love are 35% off for a short time. Uh, yes, you can pick up a cheap copy of my Wonder and Wrath too...


Bingeing a little Netflix? Here's a tune you may find handy... **Click link in thread for all 11 #PoemsOfTheWeek** #EmilyInParis #emilyinrome Lily Collins Fansite Lily Collins Italia



A shout-out, as always, to my fabulous fellow volunteers in the Light Brigade: Kevin Durkin Coleman Glenn, Allison Joseph, @JulieKanePoet, Barbara Loots, Gail White, Timory Malone, Taylor Briggs. This issue would not be happening without you!

Thank you, Paul Dry Books ! I’d hoped this poem (and some others in the book) would become a “Thank God that’s over” sort of thing, but instead…

Who says social media leads to loneliness? Today I got to meet writer/potter/baker extraordinaire Melissa Ostrom in person & pick up the 8 beautiful mugs she made me to order!


AFTER THE CARNIVAL: POEMS BY ALFRED NICOL (Alfred Nicol) IS HERE. All art, especially poetry, can bring order to chaos and thus reveal even as it pierces. Alfred Nicol’s poetry is just this sort of work. In today's release, After the Carnival, Nicol is unafraid to confront the
