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Doc Sigerson
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Essayist, poet, fictioneer, editor, & translator.
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The only true test of intelligence must be ethical behavior.
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November 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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"Two Poems" by Mykyta Ryzhykh

“When I buried you the oceans didn't move however / When I buried you it didn't rain and nothing changed / When I buried you I realized that you still hear and even breathe”

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two poems — Blood+Honey
by Mykyta Ryzhykh “When I buried you the oceans didn't move however / When I buried you it didn't rain and nothing changed / When I buried you I realized that you still hear and even breathe”
www.bloodhoneylit.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:53 AM
"I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know." ~ Epicurus
November 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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If you're on the fence about buying my hybrid collection from @diodeeditions.bsky.social, check out @erinvachon.bsky.social 's fabulous review in @moistpoetryjournal.bsky.social
. Note you can purchase on my site or thru Diode! moistpoetryjournal.com/2025/02/25/a...
November 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
October 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
"Without madness what is man
but a healthy beast,
a postponed corpse that breeds?"
~ Pessoa
October 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"To be understood is to prostitute oneself."

Fernando Pessoa
October 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Check out the latest issue of Midway Journal with Contest Results (my #CW crocodile piece placed third! woohoo!) Thank you, @oozannesay.bsky.social, @artichokeheart.bsky.social and Ralph Panell, and congrats everyone who won and is in the issue! midwayjournal.com/how-to-avoid...
October 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Ekphrastacy is a series of artist talks + poetry readings held regularly in the Heights Arts gallery, in conjunction with our special exhibitions, where Cleveland-area writers are invited by the Heights Poet Laureate respond to installed artworks with poems.

www.heightsarts.org/open-calls/r...
Rolling Open Call for Poets – Heights Arts
www.heightsarts.org
October 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Henri Rousseau
October 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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What matters is precisely this: the unspoken at the edge of the spoken.

~ Virginia Woolf
October 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
"The lively eyes that prod
the contents of my clothes
shuck me out of those
and I go bare as a god."
~ Mallarme
October 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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What are you doing for hope these days?

If you missed it, a blog post about hope, loss, and breaking from writing: koss-works.com/instead-of-w...

#writing, #hope, #gardening, #breaks, #ageofaquarius
September 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
September 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I ought to toss out all the clocks and watches and various gadgets that keep time and live according to my own natural rhythms. Eat when hungry, sleep when tired, and show up at work whenever.
August 31, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Cover reveal & pre-order link! COVER ART BY Gene McCormick. square.link/u/q9uW7L12 #poetry #art #booksky
August 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
"My eyes are ripe and whatever they desire approaches like a bride." ~ Rainer Maria Rilke
August 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"Nothing can stay long, cogitates the dog, so maybe a life of fetch is not a wasted life." ~ Dean Young
August 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM