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I’m hosting a generative workshop on Sunday, July 13, 2025! Participants will learn about the impact & role of protest poetry, close read poetry by writers like Nasser Rabah, June Jordan and Danez Smith, & create protest works of their own! 50% of proceeds will go to @chirla_org

William Blake ; "As a man is, so he sees."

Pleased to announce Joshua Martin's @joshuamartin latest chapbook, punctuated avalanche!

The recording of last night’s Night Light reading is now available for viewing! It was such a joy to host Nicole Tallman, One Shtick Ari, D.W. Baker, & Zach Spruce—run it back at the 🔗 below! 💡

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“...& maybe there is a world that doesn’t rotate at the pace of mass death…” “fire” by mosh pit daria and D.W. Baker is a poem that burns. Check it out, page 7: s2fjournal.com/assets/Issues/…

NEW POEM #245: "The Price of Salt" by Oluwaseyi Daniel Busari (King of Simult. Submissions.) It is easy to forget that salt is the ocean dried up, The river without forgiveness. It remains on the tongue like regret. Too much, and even sweet things turn bitter. ⬇️LINK BELOW⬇️ #Poem #Poetry

Not all violence screams. Some signs a budget. Some closes a clinic. Some lets poison seep into water. The unseen body count of systemic policy is real, because dying from poverty or neglect gets called “natural causes.”

Submissions are now open for Issue 9: Echoed Howls. This theme is about longing, connection, isolation, and the unknown. What does it mean to speak into the void? More details and guidelines: buff.ly/SVflZZ2

Frank Bidart

Patrycja Humienik 💙 “A child is the wrong technology for dreaming.” from WE CONTAIN LANDSCAPES (Tin House) Patrycja

The use of “as” instead of “at” here is holding up entire worlds

“Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.” ― Franz Kafka, born on this day in 1883

Are you a white male considering writing a thinkpiece that blames identity politics for your lack of success? Please attach an excerpt of your rejected work that you are prepared to defend! If you have assessed the situation correctly, sharing your genius will bolster your claim

What to the deported citizen is the fourth of July? What to the masked paramilitary force is the fourth of July? What to the fascist propagandist is the fourth of July? What to the world's largest prison population is the fourth of July?