James Ph. Kotsybar
@bardofmars.bsky.social
In print in seven countries, first poet (honored by NASA to be) published to another planet.
Once sang William Blake's poetry with Allen Ginsberg.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt workshopped one of my poems into a screenplay.
Prior nursery owner & orchid judge.
Once sang William Blake's poetry with Allen Ginsberg.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt workshopped one of my poems into a screenplay.
Prior nursery owner & orchid judge.
ICE STORM
#haiku
Fear creeps in like drafts
from an intruding tempest
upsurging in rage.
"My high charms work, / And these, mine enemies, are all knit up / In their distractions." — Prospero
#haiku
Fear creeps in like drafts
from an intruding tempest
upsurging in rage.
"My high charms work, / And these, mine enemies, are all knit up / In their distractions." — Prospero
February 18, 2026 at 5:59 AM
ICE STORM
#haiku
Fear creeps in like drafts
from an intruding tempest
upsurging in rage.
"My high charms work, / And these, mine enemies, are all knit up / In their distractions." — Prospero
#haiku
Fear creeps in like drafts
from an intruding tempest
upsurging in rage.
"My high charms work, / And these, mine enemies, are all knit up / In their distractions." — Prospero
February 18, 2026 at 5:35 AM
ALL I’M SAYING ...
#haiku
My private island
wouldn’t include pederasts
or rich cannibals.
“The atmosphere, supernatural traps, and psychological horror within ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ are more unsettling than ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ himself.”
~ JONATHAN HARKER
From Bram Stoker’s novel, DRACULA 🧛♂️
#haiku
My private island
wouldn’t include pederasts
or rich cannibals.
“The atmosphere, supernatural traps, and psychological horror within ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ are more unsettling than ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ himself.”
~ JONATHAN HARKER
From Bram Stoker’s novel, DRACULA 🧛♂️
February 17, 2026 at 10:36 PM
ALL I’M SAYING ...
#haiku
My private island
wouldn’t include pederasts
or rich cannibals.
“The atmosphere, supernatural traps, and psychological horror within ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ are more unsettling than ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ himself.”
~ JONATHAN HARKER
From Bram Stoker’s novel, DRACULA 🧛♂️
#haiku
My private island
wouldn’t include pederasts
or rich cannibals.
“The atmosphere, supernatural traps, and psychological horror within ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ are more unsettling than ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ himself.”
~ JONATHAN HARKER
From Bram Stoker’s novel, DRACULA 🧛♂️
February 16, 2026 at 8:11 PM
February 16, 2026 at 5:03 AM
“Science that is ‘strange’ to Congress can lead to the next scientific breakthrough, and these scientific inquiries are vital for America to maintain its place as an innovative and exceptional nation.”
~ Randy Hultgren, Republican Representative (IL)
~ Randy Hultgren, Republican Representative (IL)
February 10, 2026 at 3:23 PM
“Science that is ‘strange’ to Congress can lead to the next scientific breakthrough, and these scientific inquiries are vital for America to maintain its place as an innovative and exceptional nation.”
~ Randy Hultgren, Republican Representative (IL)
~ Randy Hultgren, Republican Representative (IL)
🔔 🎵 #LIMERICK 🛎️ TIME 🎶 🔕
CALLING FOR CLEMENCY
There’s a monster in jail, named Ghislaine;
she’s convicted, but seeks a refrain
from serving her sentence,
yet shows no repentance.
Given the chance, she’ll do it again.
CALLING FOR CLEMENCY
There’s a monster in jail, named Ghislaine;
she’s convicted, but seeks a refrain
from serving her sentence,
yet shows no repentance.
Given the chance, she’ll do it again.
February 10, 2026 at 2:47 AM
🔔 🎵 #LIMERICK 🛎️ TIME 🎶 🔕
CALLING FOR CLEMENCY
There’s a monster in jail, named Ghislaine;
she’s convicted, but seeks a refrain
from serving her sentence,
yet shows no repentance.
Given the chance, she’ll do it again.
CALLING FOR CLEMENCY
There’s a monster in jail, named Ghislaine;
she’s convicted, but seeks a refrain
from serving her sentence,
yet shows no repentance.
Given the chance, she’ll do it again.
Reposted by James Ph. Kotsybar
If you are lamenting that media you used to love has now "gone woke," the more likely explanation is that you have become a bad person.
This holds true for topics as disparate as Green Day and Sesame Street.
This holds true for topics as disparate as Green Day and Sesame Street.
February 9, 2026 at 12:05 AM
If you are lamenting that media you used to love has now "gone woke," the more likely explanation is that you have become a bad person.
This holds true for topics as disparate as Green Day and Sesame Street.
This holds true for topics as disparate as Green Day and Sesame Street.
Right! Because that always works. Now, where'd I put that list?
One morning Toad sat in bed. “I have many things to do,” he said. “I will write them all down on a list so that I can remember them.”
February 9, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Right! Because that always works. Now, where'd I put that list?
February 9, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Reposted by James Ph. Kotsybar
I'm not judging, I wouldn't dare, I live in the UK.
January 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I'm not judging, I wouldn't dare, I live in the UK.
Reposted by James Ph. Kotsybar
The Burroughs-Warhol Connection Beatdom Books, 2025) by Victor Bockris, including an interview with the author by yours truly, is available now through Amazon. #booksky #williamburroughs #thebeatgeneration #andywarhol
February 19, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The Burroughs-Warhol Connection Beatdom Books, 2025) by Victor Bockris, including an interview with the author by yours truly, is available now through Amazon. #booksky #williamburroughs #thebeatgeneration #andywarhol
Reposted by James Ph. Kotsybar
Procreation’s poetic proponent,
your progeny’s not your posterity
and provided no single component
to your abiding popularity.
Your bloodline flowed but two generations;
None in it learned to read your heritage,
but you’ve been granted vast venerations
beyond the brood that fate forbid you fledge.
your progeny’s not your posterity
and provided no single component
to your abiding popularity.
Your bloodline flowed but two generations;
None in it learned to read your heritage,
but you’ve been granted vast venerations
beyond the brood that fate forbid you fledge.
February 7, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Procreation’s poetic proponent,
your progeny’s not your posterity
and provided no single component
to your abiding popularity.
Your bloodline flowed but two generations;
None in it learned to read your heritage,
but you’ve been granted vast venerations
beyond the brood that fate forbid you fledge.
your progeny’s not your posterity
and provided no single component
to your abiding popularity.
Your bloodline flowed but two generations;
None in it learned to read your heritage,
but you’ve been granted vast venerations
beyond the brood that fate forbid you fledge.
Reposted by James Ph. Kotsybar
Reposted by James Ph. Kotsybar
If nothing else, the Epstein files prove that people who email too much are dangerous sociopaths.
February 3, 2026 at 4:55 PM
If nothing else, the Epstein files prove that people who email too much are dangerous sociopaths.
🌝 In 2020, Thomas Gooch spearheaded the “Declaration of the Rights of the Moon,” aiming to establish legal rights and protections for the Moon. It notes that “wealthy nations and corporations are developing technologies making it possible to mine and otherwise alter the moon.”
February 3, 2026 at 5:34 PM
🌝 In 2020, Thomas Gooch spearheaded the “Declaration of the Rights of the Moon,” aiming to establish legal rights and protections for the Moon. It notes that “wealthy nations and corporations are developing technologies making it possible to mine and otherwise alter the moon.”
Where Chat-Bot Questions End
#sonnet
Humans are no longer superior
by default, at waltzing answers through,
yet still remain the truest arbiters
of why an outcome finally rings true.
We weigh the music, risk the missed advance,
choose when a turning must at last be done;
(excerpt)
#sonnet
Humans are no longer superior
by default, at waltzing answers through,
yet still remain the truest arbiters
of why an outcome finally rings true.
We weigh the music, risk the missed advance,
choose when a turning must at last be done;
(excerpt)
February 3, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Where Chat-Bot Questions End
#sonnet
Humans are no longer superior
by default, at waltzing answers through,
yet still remain the truest arbiters
of why an outcome finally rings true.
We weigh the music, risk the missed advance,
choose when a turning must at last be done;
(excerpt)
#sonnet
Humans are no longer superior
by default, at waltzing answers through,
yet still remain the truest arbiters
of why an outcome finally rings true.
We weigh the music, risk the missed advance,
choose when a turning must at last be done;
(excerpt)
Reposted by James Ph. Kotsybar
🚨 Exciting news! 🚨
Here is the first known picture of the 19th Century astronomer Richard Carrington – who had the largest geomagnetic storm in history named after him.
It was found by our assistant archivist Kate Bond thanks to some brilliant detective work.🕵️♀️ 👉️ ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...
Here is the first known picture of the 19th Century astronomer Richard Carrington – who had the largest geomagnetic storm in history named after him.
It was found by our assistant archivist Kate Bond thanks to some brilliant detective work.🕵️♀️ 👉️ ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...
February 2, 2026 at 3:06 PM
🚨 Exciting news! 🚨
Here is the first known picture of the 19th Century astronomer Richard Carrington – who had the largest geomagnetic storm in history named after him.
It was found by our assistant archivist Kate Bond thanks to some brilliant detective work.🕵️♀️ 👉️ ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...
Here is the first known picture of the 19th Century astronomer Richard Carrington – who had the largest geomagnetic storm in history named after him.
It was found by our assistant archivist Kate Bond thanks to some brilliant detective work.🕵️♀️ 👉️ ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...
TOP-PAID OLIGARCH
#tanka
Saluting Nazi,
this foreign-born invader
raids us for contracts
with an accent few can place
and a brain none can fathom.
#tanka
Saluting Nazi,
this foreign-born invader
raids us for contracts
with an accent few can place
and a brain none can fathom.
February 3, 2026 at 2:11 PM
TOP-PAID OLIGARCH
#tanka
Saluting Nazi,
this foreign-born invader
raids us for contracts
with an accent few can place
and a brain none can fathom.
#tanka
Saluting Nazi,
this foreign-born invader
raids us for contracts
with an accent few can place
and a brain none can fathom.
PROJECT: PROJECT
#tanka
You are the victim.
Caught red-handed you declare,
"It’s all a witch-hunt,"
tell us, “Don’t believe the lies,”
but lying is all you do.
#tanka
You are the victim.
Caught red-handed you declare,
"It’s all a witch-hunt,"
tell us, “Don’t believe the lies,”
but lying is all you do.
February 3, 2026 at 1:50 PM
PROJECT: PROJECT
#tanka
You are the victim.
Caught red-handed you declare,
"It’s all a witch-hunt,"
tell us, “Don’t believe the lies,”
but lying is all you do.
#tanka
You are the victim.
Caught red-handed you declare,
"It’s all a witch-hunt,"
tell us, “Don’t believe the lies,”
but lying is all you do.
February 1, 2026 at 7:28 PM
February 1, 2026 at 5:42 PM
QUANTUM MELODY
First published by the Ilanot Journal (Fall 2021).
First published by the Ilanot Journal (Fall 2021).
February 1, 2026 at 5:27 PM
QUANTUM MELODY
First published by the Ilanot Journal (Fall 2021).
First published by the Ilanot Journal (Fall 2021).
February 1, 2026 at 5:21 PM