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Bob Sykora

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Bob Sykora @bobsykora.bsky.social · Jul 31

hi my books has been out for 4 months here’s where you can find a copy

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Chloe N. Clark

@pintsncupcakes.bsky.social

On January 24th, my parents home burned down. They and my disabled brother escaped with only minor burns but they lost everything they've ever had.

I'm running a GoFundMe to help them recover and rebuild. I would be deeply grateful for any donations but also for any shares!

Donate to We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild., organized by Chloe Clark

On January 24th, our childhood home burned down. Our parents lost 50… Chloe Clark needs your support for We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild.

gofund.me

February 1, 2026 at 11:17 PM

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niina pollari

@niina.bsky.social

Re-sharing this today! I wrote about an emerging millennial poetics of work, as represented through three great poetry books. fencedigital.com/2026/01/30/c...

A millennial poetics of work in late capitalist america. Feat. Works & Days by gina myers, I Was Working by Ariel Yelen, and Making a Living by Rosalie Moffett

February 2, 2026 at 3:37 PM

Bob Sykora

@bobsykora.bsky.social

Incredible episode of golden girls on at the gym rn: Dorothy and Rose are looking for aliens and Blanche keeps getting rejected by a dude named Ham

February 2, 2026 at 3:30 PM

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Isaac Pickell

@isaacpickell.bsky.social

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Maybe the end is extremely nigh

any poem that tries to catch old prophets
up to speed disappoints the centuries—
we’re running out of time to be running
out of time; now the fires can husk whole
countries [yes, we still be having countries];
people freeze on streets, starve in their homes,
die for no better reason than someone else
wants it; but we also tend hopes that are
quietly alive: shoots plume under the hum
of central heating, dirt breaks for life, tendrils
take leaf, and kings will come to thresh them;
leafless industry pumps death into sky;
no one names the dark age because we see
too much; a melting world won’t mend us.

January 16, 2026 at 1:57 PM

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Hannah Lock

@hannahlock.bsky.social

Will Psyduck pass his driving test??

January 16, 2026 at 4:14 PM

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Adrian 'buy HAIR SHIRT' Sobol

@yoadrianididit.bsky.social

Have you heard the news? KICKING YOUR ASS has returned for a third round of your favorite literary beatdown, featuring poetry from Jo Gatford, Tara Labovich, @neonpajamas.bsky.social, Rowan Tate, and an interview with @bobsykora.bsky.social

kickingyourass.org

January 15, 2026 at 3:38 PM

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Justin Carter

@juscarts.com

New poem today in BRUISER about a lot of things — parenting, Alan Jackson, a dude throwing shoes at his own truck at a stop sign.

www.bruisermag.com/carter_shoes

WE WERE PULLING OUT OF THE BREWERY & SAW A MAN THROWING SHOES AT THE SIDE OF HIS OWN TRUCK by Justin Carter - BRUISER

& we sat there longer than we should have & a woman emerged from the truck & started walking down the street & we drove away from them &

www.bruisermag.com

January 12, 2026 at 4:54 PM

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summer farah

@summ.bsky.social

you can now pre-order THE HUNGERING YEARS, out from
@hostpublications.bsky.social
2.24.26 💜🌻 hostpublications.com/collections/...

November 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM

Bob Sykora

@bobsykora.bsky.social

lol this alien on the twilight zone just quoted robert burns

January 1, 2026 at 11:35 PM

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Ben Niespodziany 📚🎪

@neonpajamas.bsky.social

One of my new favorite prose poems has entered the chat

Hedgie Choi, from her debut collection Salvage (2025)

February 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM

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The Line Break

@thelinebreak.bsky.social

NEW EPISODE

no guests, just @bobsykora.bsky.social & @thecorlew.bsky.social reading some poems in translation

🍎: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Spotty: open.spotify.com/episode/6gB9...

poems in translation (put some words next to each other)

Podcast Episode · The Line Break · 12/16/2025 · 1h 1m

podcasts.apple.com

December 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM

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ANMLY

@anmlymag.bsky.social

ANMLY is now open for new work!

We're especially seeking more from writers outside of the US, more nonfiction, & more translation!

> anmly.submittable.com

*Fee waivers available*

Check out our latest issue to see what we're into!

> anmly.org/ap41

ANMLY Submission Manager

**ANNOUNCEMENT: Fees will be waived for all Black and Indigenous writers, and writers of Palestinian descent, to support those most targeted by state violence. Email editor [at] anomalouspress [dot] o...

anmly.submittable.com

December 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM

Bob Sykora

@bobsykora.bsky.social

end of the semester grading means you know i just hit a new tetris high score

tetris end screen with a list of high scores

December 5, 2025 at 12:46 AM

Bob Sykora

@bobsykora.bsky.social

wowwowwow thank u @nytimes.com

The New York Times Book Review's 11 Best Books of 2025. Brown Background with 5 books above and 5 books below, 10 has obviously been scratched out and replaced with 11, and one book has been added

December 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM

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Adrian 'buy HAIR SHIRT' Sobol

@yoadrianididit.bsky.social

Read this feature where I spill all my poetry secrets.

Ben Niespodziany 📚🎪 @neonpajamas.bsky.social · Dec 1

| Literary Feature |

"The impulse to create as much noise as possible" // An Interview with Poet Adrian Sobol

www.neonpajamas.com/blog/adrian-...

@yoadrianididit.bsky.social / @malarkeybooks.bsky.social

December 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM

Bob Sykora

@bobsykora.bsky.social

not the Kansas City public library posting a pic heavily featuring my bald spot on their official Instagram account

November 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM

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alina pleskova

@alinapleskova.bsky.social

it's saturday night & i'm hanging out in my inside clothes.... time to write a GIFT GUIDE for POETS, for some reason!!!

(but actually, i had a lot of fun putting this together)

vibedigest.substack.com/p/unasked-fo...