Stephen Energia Gifford-Bell
@energiapoet.bsky.social
Poet Laureate of my backyard. white Latinx dork. Born: Quito. Raised: SRQ and CU. Residing: Junín de los Andes. Snuggling: my boo and the family dogs. Streaming: probably an OST. Writing: a lot these days!
Honestly getting my sub into @havehashad.com in time is its own rush
October 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Honestly getting my sub into @havehashad.com in time is its own rush
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From @victoriachang.bsky.social's book,
The Trees Witness Everything: bit.ly/treeswitness
#poem #booksky #writing
The Trees Witness Everything: bit.ly/treeswitness
#poem #booksky #writing
July 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
From @victoriachang.bsky.social's book,
The Trees Witness Everything: bit.ly/treeswitness
#poem #booksky #writing
The Trees Witness Everything: bit.ly/treeswitness
#poem #booksky #writing
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“We are what makes Barnard, and you have chosen to abandon us.” New online: a speech by Tali Beckwith-Cohen, written for a disciplinary conduct meeting at Barnard College, where she was charged for participating in anti-ICE demonstrations.
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
Your Best and Brightest | Tali Beckwith-Cohen
We run clubs, we start projects, we advocate for ourselves and for fellow students. We have watched the most documented genocide in history play out, have watched our international friends be targeted...
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May 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
“We are what makes Barnard, and you have chosen to abandon us.” New online: a speech by Tali Beckwith-Cohen, written for a disciplinary conduct meeting at Barnard College, where she was charged for participating in anti-ICE demonstrations.
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
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🚨🚨 Submission Call Time! 🚨🚨
We're going to be open for submissions for ONE HOUR... late tonight/early tomorrow morning!
shoutout the night owls, the early risers, but maybe most of all, the int'l peeps!
this link will be live between 4am and 5am ET
havehashad.submittable.com/submit/32629...
We're going to be open for submissions for ONE HOUR... late tonight/early tomorrow morning!
shoutout the night owls, the early risers, but maybe most of all, the int'l peeps!
this link will be live between 4am and 5am ET
havehashad.submittable.com/submit/32629...
April 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
🚨🚨 Submission Call Time! 🚨🚨
We're going to be open for submissions for ONE HOUR... late tonight/early tomorrow morning!
shoutout the night owls, the early risers, but maybe most of all, the int'l peeps!
this link will be live between 4am and 5am ET
havehashad.submittable.com/submit/32629...
We're going to be open for submissions for ONE HOUR... late tonight/early tomorrow morning!
shoutout the night owls, the early risers, but maybe most of all, the int'l peeps!
this link will be live between 4am and 5am ET
havehashad.submittable.com/submit/32629...
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I would love to see some of you here! I love the poems in this workshop, and I've been told that previous, much shorter versions of it have yielded some published poems by attendees. Only $35 for 3 hours of discussion, notes, prompts, and generative work.
The Sacred and the Profane: Blending the Everyday and the Spiritual in Writing is a workshop taught by poet, author, and writer extordinare, Donna J Vorreyer, on April 26th 2025 from 12PM-3PM EST.
Sign up for $35.00: fahmidanjournal.submittable.com/submit/30888...
Sign up for $35.00: fahmidanjournal.submittable.com/submit/30888...
March 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I would love to see some of you here! I love the poems in this workshop, and I've been told that previous, much shorter versions of it have yielded some published poems by attendees. Only $35 for 3 hours of discussion, notes, prompts, and generative work.
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Urgent Mutual Aid Ask!
An ANMLY team member became unhoused last December. He's finally secured a safe place to live, but needs help with his security deposit
GFM is too slow & we don't want him to lose this opportunity. His shelter shuts down at the end of the month!
Goal: $700
Venmo: JLMoultrie
An ANMLY team member became unhoused last December. He's finally secured a safe place to live, but needs help with his security deposit
GFM is too slow & we don't want him to lose this opportunity. His shelter shuts down at the end of the month!
Goal: $700
Venmo: JLMoultrie
March 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Urgent Mutual Aid Ask!
An ANMLY team member became unhoused last December. He's finally secured a safe place to live, but needs help with his security deposit
GFM is too slow & we don't want him to lose this opportunity. His shelter shuts down at the end of the month!
Goal: $700
Venmo: JLMoultrie
An ANMLY team member became unhoused last December. He's finally secured a safe place to live, but needs help with his security deposit
GFM is too slow & we don't want him to lose this opportunity. His shelter shuts down at the end of the month!
Goal: $700
Venmo: JLMoultrie
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sometimes, I just want to see if I can
still be the poet who hangs the rhyme
on the rims of their lines, rather than
twisting the beats in breaths primed
to express the peel, the oils like a man
I don't want to see most of the time
still be the poet who hangs the rhyme
on the rims of their lines, rather than
twisting the beats in breaths primed
to express the peel, the oils like a man
I don't want to see most of the time
March 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
sometimes, I just want to see if I can
still be the poet who hangs the rhyme
on the rims of their lines, rather than
twisting the beats in breaths primed
to express the peel, the oils like a man
I don't want to see most of the time
still be the poet who hangs the rhyme
on the rims of their lines, rather than
twisting the beats in breaths primed
to express the peel, the oils like a man
I don't want to see most of the time
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The nature of a cult is that it will turn you against your own family. Your loved ones will cheer as you are led off to the camps because hurting even you is what is necessary to bring on the glorious nation. apnews.com/article/trum...
Thrust into unemployment, axed federal workers face relatives who celebrate their firing
Scrambling to replace their health insurance and to find new work, some fired federal workers are running into another unexpected unpleasantry: Relatives cheering their job loss.
apnews.com
March 8, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The nature of a cult is that it will turn you against your own family. Your loved ones will cheer as you are led off to the camps because hurting even you is what is necessary to bring on the glorious nation. apnews.com/article/trum...
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Do you want to be a part of our 3rd annual poetry NAWP open mic??? Yeah you do!
Fill out the form and we'll be in touch. Share with friends and please RT!
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NAWP Open Mic
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February 26, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Do you want to be a part of our 3rd annual poetry NAWP open mic??? Yeah you do!
Fill out the form and we'll be in touch. Share with friends and please RT!
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Fill out the form and we'll be in touch. Share with friends and please RT!
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I have a p(r)o(bl)em
Oh, you can't spell problem without poem
March 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I have a p(r)o(bl)em
Oh, you can't spell problem without poem
March 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Oh, you can't spell problem without poem
Always a joy to see @landrewhuffman.bsky.social pieces out in the world. They showed me this piece of few months back and it wows me just as much today!
I think I've at least partly been writing towards this piece since I read it. Andrew is one of those friends I think I'm often writing towards!
I think I've at least partly been writing towards this piece since I read it. Andrew is one of those friends I think I'm often writing towards!
one of those pieces that just wowed me with language, and a classic example of something feeling so amazingly and perfectly capturing HAD vibes that I hadn't known existed until I read it
from L. Andrew Huffman:
www.havehashad.com/hadposts/i-w...
from L. Andrew Huffman:
www.havehashad.com/hadposts/i-w...
March 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Always a joy to see @landrewhuffman.bsky.social pieces out in the world. They showed me this piece of few months back and it wows me just as much today!
I think I've at least partly been writing towards this piece since I read it. Andrew is one of those friends I think I'm often writing towards!
I think I've at least partly been writing towards this piece since I read it. Andrew is one of those friends I think I'm often writing towards!
Thought I was going to write a short little poem tonight and wrote a long little poem
March 15, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Thought I was going to write a short little poem tonight and wrote a long little poem
"all I’m looking for is a little piece of that worship you practice in the little hours"
the LANGUAGE in these two from Anthony DiCarlo! feel like my brain & body & whole self is sparkling.
"I hate the milly-melly humdrummers, I love the big circus tent gone low in shadow and clutched breath. Johnnyclock Bossman likes his pile of eggs."
https://www.havehashad.com/n1ykd
"I hate the milly-melly humdrummers, I love the big circus tent gone low in shadow and clutched breath. Johnnyclock Bossman likes his pile of eggs."
https://www.havehashad.com/n1ykd
2 Poems by Anthony DiCarlo
Venus speaks to the faithful I hate the milly-melly humdrummers, I love the big circus tent gone low in shadow and clutched breath. Johnnyclock Bossman likes his pile of eggs. I go for something with…
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March 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"all I’m looking for is a little piece of that worship you practice in the little hours"
Growing up I used to have plenty of nightmares. Those dreams never really stopped but now they feel more like watching a suspense movie.
March 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Growing up I used to have plenty of nightmares. Those dreams never really stopped but now they feel more like watching a suspense movie.
Amusement parks and fairs are two of the most common settings for my dreams. I can think of maybe a dozen or so amusement park dreams in the last couple months.
I think that vibe is often a bit forlorn but that could be more the feeling of waking up and wanting to be back in the park.
I think that vibe is often a bit forlorn but that could be more the feeling of waking up and wanting to be back in the park.
March 4, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Amusement parks and fairs are two of the most common settings for my dreams. I can think of maybe a dozen or so amusement park dreams in the last couple months.
I think that vibe is often a bit forlorn but that could be more the feeling of waking up and wanting to be back in the park.
I think that vibe is often a bit forlorn but that could be more the feeling of waking up and wanting to be back in the park.
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Sometimes being a creative writing prof is writing stuff like “Really loved this image!” Or “Keep going with this for a few more lines” to things like murder scenes 😂
March 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Sometimes being a creative writing prof is writing stuff like “Really loved this image!” Or “Keep going with this for a few more lines” to things like murder scenes 😂
I love to see my love's books find their way two different corners! I love Jimena and love libraries! Hoping it finds its way to many more!
Today I was beyond stoked to find that Amy of the Necromancers, my queer YA fantasy/paranormal novel, 🌈📚 is available in over eight libraries, everywhere from NY to MS to London to Montreal! 😱 As a queer #indieauthor, this is so special to me. Support your local libraries! 💙📚
March 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I love to see my love's books find their way two different corners! I love Jimena and love libraries! Hoping it finds its way to many more!
Most of my poems want to be ghost stories lately.
Ghost stories. Ghost messages. Ghost parties. Ghost symposiums
Ghost stories. Ghost messages. Ghost parties. Ghost symposiums
March 1, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Most of my poems want to be ghost stories lately.
Ghost stories. Ghost messages. Ghost parties. Ghost symposiums
Ghost stories. Ghost messages. Ghost parties. Ghost symposiums
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A little less than a month until this reading!
ANMLY is holding an online reading to coincide with AWP LA 2025! Come join us from the comfort of your (maybe wearing pants??) living room, instead! We have an awesome lineup!
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February 28, 2025 at 10:09 PM
A little less than a month until this reading!
I need to resist reducing my mom to her death--both in my writing and my memory, which go hand in hand.
March 1, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I need to resist reducing my mom to her death--both in my writing and my memory, which go hand in hand.
I regret to report that I've broken my streak of going to sleep roughly the same time as my partner
March 1, 2025 at 5:52 AM
I regret to report that I've broken my streak of going to sleep roughly the same time as my partner
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Don't let anyone tell you that you can't live your dreams
February 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Don't let anyone tell you that you can't live your dreams
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