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A.S. Coomer
@ascoomer.bsky.social
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Writer. Musician.
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ascoomer.bsky.social
slinging #Poems in #TheGlassCity this weekend alongside #Poets from all over the country. come say hi #ToledoOhio

#ASCoomer #UndergroundLitFest #SmallPress #IndieArt #CultureClashRecords #AtticOnAdams
November 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
ascoomer.bsky.social
back in sept i played 13 songs live-on-air on michael logsdon’s radio show terra firma. you can stream them songs at all the usual places. if yer feeling generous you can dl the hi-res tracks from as coomer dot bandcamp dot com

#ASCoomer #TerraFirma #Live #SingerSongwriter #KentuckyMusic
November 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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live on terra firma is out on all the streaming services

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Live on Terra Firma 9/4/25
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October 31, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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big thanks to Caitlin & the good folks at Marrow Magazine for nominating my poem “river montage (Nolin River Aubade #33)” for a Best of the Net award. congrats to my fellow nominees.

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September 27, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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I’ll be slinging tunes to raise some funds for the good folks at the Leitchfield Animal Shelter next month. See y’all at Mudd Fest 2025.
September 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
ascoomer.bsky.social
Merriam-Webster's definition of "idiocracy" www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/i...
Definition of IDIOCRACY
a society governed or populated by idiots; government by idiots… See the full definition
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September 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Merriam-Webster's definition of "idolatry" www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/i...
Definition of IDOLATRY
the worship of a physical object as a god; immoderate attachment or devotion to something… See the full definition
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September 22, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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Merriam-Webster's definition of "authoritarian" www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a...
Definition of AUTHORITARIAN
of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority; of, relating to, or favoring a concentration of power in a leader or an elite not constitutionally responsible to the people… See the full d...
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September 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Merriam-Webster's definition of "distraction" www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/d...
Definition of DISTRACTION
something that distracts : an object that directs one's attention away from something else; especially : amusement; the act of distracting or the state of being distracted; especially : mental confusi...
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September 16, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Plath > Hughes
September 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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slinging songs on the radio & interwebs this evening. check out the Community Music Alliance Facebook page at 7pm EST for a live vidyuh-stream. my set will be recorded live & rebroadcast on 106.5 WFMP FM & forwardradio.org this coming Saturday at 8pm EST, Sunday at 6pm EST, & Monday at 10am EST.
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September 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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today marks the tenth anniversary of my website: www.ascoomer.com
A.S. Coomer
Writer & Musician
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September 3, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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it’s a write-two-sonnets kind of birthday morning.
August 31, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Merriam-Webster's definition of "fascism" www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/f...
Definition of FASCISM
a populist political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual, that is associated with a centralized autocratic government ...
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August 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Nashville’s Bobby Row & Lauren Wanamaker are passing through Elizabethtown, KY to play an acoustic show at Flywheel Brewing on 10/17/25 at 7pm EST. I’ll be lending support. Free show! Bring yer friends!
August 23, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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From that pale mist
Ghost swore to priest:
‘There sits no higher court
Than man’s red heart.’
—Sylvia Plath, “Dialogue Between Ghost and Priest” #Reading #Poetry
August 20, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Sponsored > Joy Bale Boone Poetry Prize
Submit now for Spring 2026 publication in The Heartland Review. Top prize: $400 gift card. Fee: $10 for 1-3 unpublished poems. No limit on style or length. Deadline: Oct 1.
https://elizabethtown.kctcs.edu/community/theheartlandreviewpress/poetry-prize.aspx
August 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud.
—Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself” #Reading #Poetry
August 14, 2025 at 10:11 AM
ascoomer.bsky.social
surprise! here’s another “bootleg” of a live performance. this one is from my 2017 concert at the art & performance center of west toledo.

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Live at The Art & Performance Center of West Toledo, by A.S. Coomer
16 track album
ascoomer.bandcamp.com
July 30, 2025 at 10:55 AM
ascoomer.bsky.social
The president smiles to himself; he loves war
And another one is coming soon.
Each day we can feel the merriment mount
In government offices and TV studios
As our bombs fall on distant countries.
—Charles Simic, “Dance of the Macabre Mice” #Reading #Poetry
July 24, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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my new record—live at the ottawa tavern—is out for your streaming pleasure—do that at all the usual places. if yer feeling generous consider purchasing the tracks from my bandcamp page.

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live at the ottawa tavern, by A.S. Coomer
10 track album
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July 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Hello #Bluesky.
I am thankful for meeting my first 100 followers. The #poetrycommunity here had been a blessing.

The link is my #poetry collection 'Stick, Hook, and a Pile of Yarn,' through Broken Sleep Books.
#amwriting #poem #poetsonbluesky

www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
Mervyn Seivwright - Stick, Hook, and a Pile of Yarn | Broken Sleep Books
Stick, Hook, and a Pile of Yarn is a collection of poems centred around a coming-of-age nomad-story that was conceived and weaved into place far from the speaker’s family and the world he has previously known.  Mervyn Seivwright shares his seasons of growth into adolescence navigating his new country and blended family from England to America in the 1980s, deftly presenting a tapestry of poems and scenes into a single narrative, and a rich journey.
www.brokensleepbooks.com
December 6, 2024 at 9:14 PM
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Of obedience, faith, adhesiveness;
As I stand aloof and look there is to me something
profoundly affecting in large masses of men following the lead of those who do not believe in men.
—Walt Whitman, “Thought” #reading #poetry
July 9, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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Mick Kennedy & John Compton were the features for this month’s reading.

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Mick Kennedy & John Compton — Live Poetry from Flywheel Brewing
YouTube video by A.S. Coomer
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July 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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i’m saying life’s too short to be in a cover band

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#PoetryReading #LivePoetry #Poetry #KentuckyPoet #ASCoomer #JamesBrown #Hamburger
hamburger — Live Poetry from Serendipity Woods
YouTube video by A.S. Coomer
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June 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM