Eric T. Racher
@ericracher.bsky.social
Words in Nimrod, Exacting Clam, ballast, Apocalypse Confidential, minor literature[s], Socrates on the Beach, Your Impossible Voice, and elsewhere.
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Eric T. Racher
@ericracher.bsky.social
· Dec 17
I am terribly pleased to announce that my book of sonnets, Glosses and Ligatures, will be published by Sagging Meniscus Press in the autumn of 2027.
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A late poem of the maestro Cesar Vallejo.
Intensity and Height
(Tr. Jull Costa) #latinopoetryfriday
I want to write but only foam comes out
...
Let's go! Let's go! I am wounded
let's go and drink what we've drunk already.
Intensity and Height
(Tr. Jull Costa) #latinopoetryfriday
I want to write but only foam comes out
...
Let's go! Let's go! I am wounded
let's go and drink what we've drunk already.
February 13, 2026 at 7:36 PM
A late poem of the maestro Cesar Vallejo.
Intensity and Height
(Tr. Jull Costa) #latinopoetryfriday
I want to write but only foam comes out
...
Let's go! Let's go! I am wounded
let's go and drink what we've drunk already.
Intensity and Height
(Tr. Jull Costa) #latinopoetryfriday
I want to write but only foam comes out
...
Let's go! Let's go! I am wounded
let's go and drink what we've drunk already.
I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything.
Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
February 12, 2026 at 8:17 PM
I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything.
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"Fish is a question
Lake is an answer
Fish is an equation
If F(ish)=0, then . . . "
Poetry by Paolo Pergola. Winter '25 DADA issue. Subscribe today for full access.
https://www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-19-winter-2025/da-da-fish-in-da-da-lake/
Lake is an answer
Fish is an equation
If F(ish)=0, then . . . "
Poetry by Paolo Pergola. Winter '25 DADA issue. Subscribe today for full access.
https://www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-19-winter-2025/da-da-fish-in-da-da-lake/
December 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"Fish is a question
Lake is an answer
Fish is an equation
If F(ish)=0, then . . . "
Poetry by Paolo Pergola. Winter '25 DADA issue. Subscribe today for full access.
https://www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-19-winter-2025/da-da-fish-in-da-da-lake/
Lake is an answer
Fish is an equation
If F(ish)=0, then . . . "
Poetry by Paolo Pergola. Winter '25 DADA issue. Subscribe today for full access.
https://www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-19-winter-2025/da-da-fish-in-da-da-lake/
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Juliet Cook is live at @thearsonista.bsky.social today with 3 beautiful poems.
Go have a look!
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Go have a look!
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3 poems by Juliet Cook
Sawing Through Lap dance underwater with sharks. Limbs tossed into bleeding mosh pits. Those still alive are uniform, guns, glass, hate.Won’t stop shooting,biting, spitting out splintere…
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February 12, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Juliet Cook is live at @thearsonista.bsky.social today with 3 beautiful poems.
Go have a look!
burninghousepress.com/2026/02/12/3...
Go have a look!
burninghousepress.com/2026/02/12/3...
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Frost on the car window reminds me of certain etchings by Gisèle Celan-Lestrange.
February 11, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Frost on the car window reminds me of certain etchings by Gisèle Celan-Lestrange.
Frost on the car window reminds me of certain etchings by Gisèle Celan-Lestrange.
February 11, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Frost on the car window reminds me of certain etchings by Gisèle Celan-Lestrange.
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Now available: @ianseedauthor.bsky.social’s
Forgetfulness, from Shearsman Books.
In its tragicomic navigation of different forms of loss, Forgetfulness moves from the allegorical to the abstract lyric, through to the surreal-absurd, & finally to a series of splintered memories….
Forgetfulness, from Shearsman Books.
In its tragicomic navigation of different forms of loss, Forgetfulness moves from the allegorical to the abstract lyric, through to the surreal-absurd, & finally to a series of splintered memories….
February 11, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Now available: @ianseedauthor.bsky.social’s
Forgetfulness, from Shearsman Books.
In its tragicomic navigation of different forms of loss, Forgetfulness moves from the allegorical to the abstract lyric, through to the surreal-absurd, & finally to a series of splintered memories….
Forgetfulness, from Shearsman Books.
In its tragicomic navigation of different forms of loss, Forgetfulness moves from the allegorical to the abstract lyric, through to the surreal-absurd, & finally to a series of splintered memories….
"J’ai toujours pratiqué la littérature non comme un exercice intelligent mais comme une cure d’idiotie."
Valère Novarina (1942-2026)
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Valère Novarina (1942-2026)
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Valère Novarina - Écrivain, peintre, metteur en scène
Site officiel de Valère Novarina, écrivain, peintre et metteur en scène. Présentation de ses œuvres et de son actualité.
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February 11, 2026 at 11:40 AM
"J’ai toujours pratiqué la littérature non comme un exercice intelligent mais comme une cure d’idiotie."
Valère Novarina (1942-2026)
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Valère Novarina (1942-2026)
novarina.com/index.php
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Thanks to @alinaetc.bsky.social for this reading from @guillermostitch.bsky.social 's THE COAST OF EVERYTHING, coming this Bloomsday.
Alina Stefanescu Reads From Guillermo Stitch's THE COAST OF EVERYTHING
Thanks to Alina Stefanescu, author of MY HERESIES, for this dramatic reading from Guillermo Stitch's forthcoming THE COAST OF EVERYTHING. https://thecoastofe...
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February 9, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Thanks to @alinaetc.bsky.social for this reading from @guillermostitch.bsky.social 's THE COAST OF EVERYTHING, coming this Bloomsday.
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@rfredekenter.bsky.social and his magical poem are LIVE over at @thearsonista.bsky.social
go have a read!
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go have a read!
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Music #4: To Wander by Robert Frede Kenter
What was our poison touch, of palm lines centred on hands, opening chords into the body, incisions rent inside like wreathless layers of skin? A glorious kinetic estrangement feed-back loops …
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February 10, 2026 at 6:41 PM
@rfredekenter.bsky.social and his magical poem are LIVE over at @thearsonista.bsky.social
go have a read!
burninghousepress.com/2026/02/10/m...
go have a read!
burninghousepress.com/2026/02/10/m...
Matteo Marchesini
da Marcia nuziale: poesie (1999-2007)
da Marcia nuziale: poesie (1999-2007)
February 10, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Matteo Marchesini
da Marcia nuziale: poesie (1999-2007)
da Marcia nuziale: poesie (1999-2007)
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Ahoy, Shipmates & Friends!
Happy #MelvilleMonday ! 🐳
“. . . like Rio Janeiro fountain, fed from the Cocovarde mountains, which is ever overflowing with strange waters . . .”
from The Confidence Man
Happy #MelvilleMonday ! 🐳
“. . . like Rio Janeiro fountain, fed from the Cocovarde mountains, which is ever overflowing with strange waters . . .”
from The Confidence Man
February 9, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Ahoy, Shipmates & Friends!
Happy #MelvilleMonday ! 🐳
“. . . like Rio Janeiro fountain, fed from the Cocovarde mountains, which is ever overflowing with strange waters . . .”
from The Confidence Man
Happy #MelvilleMonday ! 🐳
“. . . like Rio Janeiro fountain, fed from the Cocovarde mountains, which is ever overflowing with strange waters . . .”
from The Confidence Man
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#MelvilleMonday
"Browse, they did not—the enchanted never eat. At least, so says Don Quixote, that sagest sage that ever lived."
- The Piazza (1856)
"Browse, they did not—the enchanted never eat. At least, so says Don Quixote, that sagest sage that ever lived."
- The Piazza (1856)
February 9, 2026 at 2:36 PM
#MelvilleMonday
"Browse, they did not—the enchanted never eat. At least, so says Don Quixote, that sagest sage that ever lived."
- The Piazza (1856)
"Browse, they did not—the enchanted never eat. At least, so says Don Quixote, that sagest sage that ever lived."
- The Piazza (1856)
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February 9, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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#MelvilleMonday
"I took the fairy-mountain's bearings […] and away I sailed, free voyager as an autumn leaf. Early dawn; and, sallying westward, I sowed the morning before me."
- Herman Melville, The Piazza (1856)
Mount Greylock, Berkshire County, Massachusetts (📷 National Park Service).
"I took the fairy-mountain's bearings […] and away I sailed, free voyager as an autumn leaf. Early dawn; and, sallying westward, I sowed the morning before me."
- Herman Melville, The Piazza (1856)
Mount Greylock, Berkshire County, Massachusetts (📷 National Park Service).
February 9, 2026 at 5:07 PM
#MelvilleMonday
"I took the fairy-mountain's bearings […] and away I sailed, free voyager as an autumn leaf. Early dawn; and, sallying westward, I sowed the morning before me."
- Herman Melville, The Piazza (1856)
Mount Greylock, Berkshire County, Massachusetts (📷 National Park Service).
"I took the fairy-mountain's bearings […] and away I sailed, free voyager as an autumn leaf. Early dawn; and, sallying westward, I sowed the morning before me."
- Herman Melville, The Piazza (1856)
Mount Greylock, Berkshire County, Massachusetts (📷 National Park Service).
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two of my translations of Solomon Ibn Gabirol, wonderful medieval Hebrew poet from Islamic Spain
theadroitjournal.org/issue-fifty-...
theadroitjournal.org/issue-fifty-...
February 7, 2026 at 2:33 PM
two of my translations of Solomon Ibn Gabirol, wonderful medieval Hebrew poet from Islamic Spain
theadroitjournal.org/issue-fifty-...
theadroitjournal.org/issue-fifty-...
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In the blue distance
Nelly Sachs
In the blue distance
where the red row of apple trees wanders
...
the longing is distilled
Nelly Sachs
In the blue distance
where the red row of apple trees wanders
...
the longing is distilled
February 2, 2026 at 10:12 PM
In the blue distance
Nelly Sachs
In the blue distance
where the red row of apple trees wanders
...
the longing is distilled
Nelly Sachs
In the blue distance
where the red row of apple trees wanders
...
the longing is distilled
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On a personal note, huge and sincere thanks to everyone who came along last night – poets, listeners, host @louisepoetical.bsky.social and of course special guest Penelope Shuttle. And to all who visit, read, listen to and share pages from @iamb.uk, thank you. This journal is a team effort. 🥳🎂🎉
Six years ago, a new online poetry journal launched against an inauspicious backdrop of a pandemic and Britain's exit from the EU.
@iamb.uk has since sailed many waves. Its 25th will appear this March. Last night, these 18 poets celebrated the journal's first six years. And it was bloody brilliant!
@iamb.uk has since sailed many waves. Its 25th will appear this March. Last night, these 18 poets celebrated the journal's first six years. And it was bloody brilliant!
February 1, 2026 at 8:40 AM
On a personal note, huge and sincere thanks to everyone who came along last night – poets, listeners, host @louisepoetical.bsky.social and of course special guest Penelope Shuttle. And to all who visit, read, listen to and share pages from @iamb.uk, thank you. This journal is a team effort. 🥳🎂🎉
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Sad news today. XJ "Joe" Kennedy—a giant of poetry and great friend to Light—has died at 96. We’ll share more about him and his work soon. For now, here’s one of our favorites of his:
#XJKennedy @aestallings.bsky.social @colemanglenn.bsky.social @juliekanepoet.bsky.social @allisonpoet.bsky.social
#XJKennedy @aestallings.bsky.social @colemanglenn.bsky.social @juliekanepoet.bsky.social @allisonpoet.bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Sad news today. XJ "Joe" Kennedy—a giant of poetry and great friend to Light—has died at 96. We’ll share more about him and his work soon. For now, here’s one of our favorites of his:
#XJKennedy @aestallings.bsky.social @colemanglenn.bsky.social @juliekanepoet.bsky.social @allisonpoet.bsky.social
#XJKennedy @aestallings.bsky.social @colemanglenn.bsky.social @juliekanepoet.bsky.social @allisonpoet.bsky.social
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Today’s Featured Poet:
Jahan Khajavi (b. Fresno, 1986) is “the best kind of pervert” (Farid Matuk) who composes “wildly amusing and explicit queer poetry” (Hamish Bowles, Vogue) “with elements of swagger and sex” (Rob McLennan) that “luxuriates in the labor of the real” (PJ Lombardo, Tripwire).
Jahan Khajavi (b. Fresno, 1986) is “the best kind of pervert” (Farid Matuk) who composes “wildly amusing and explicit queer poetry” (Hamish Bowles, Vogue) “with elements of swagger and sex” (Rob McLennan) that “luxuriates in the labor of the real” (PJ Lombardo, Tripwire).
March 16, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Today’s Featured Poet:
Jahan Khajavi (b. Fresno, 1986) is “the best kind of pervert” (Farid Matuk) who composes “wildly amusing and explicit queer poetry” (Hamish Bowles, Vogue) “with elements of swagger and sex” (Rob McLennan) that “luxuriates in the labor of the real” (PJ Lombardo, Tripwire).
Jahan Khajavi (b. Fresno, 1986) is “the best kind of pervert” (Farid Matuk) who composes “wildly amusing and explicit queer poetry” (Hamish Bowles, Vogue) “with elements of swagger and sex” (Rob McLennan) that “luxuriates in the labor of the real” (PJ Lombardo, Tripwire).
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X.J. Kennedy, RIP
January 30, 2026 at 7:30 PM
X.J. Kennedy, RIP
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Two poems today in Shot Glass Journal from Muse Pie Press. www.musepiepress.com/shotglass/be...
#poem #blueskypoetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #amwriting
#poem #blueskypoetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #amwriting
Shot Glass Journal - Betty Stanton
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January 30, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Two poems today in Shot Glass Journal from Muse Pie Press. www.musepiepress.com/shotglass/be...
#poem #blueskypoetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #amwriting
#poem #blueskypoetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #amwriting
I cannot wait to read/hear what comes of this...
January 29, 2026 at 4:42 PM
I cannot wait to read/hear what comes of this...