Michele McDannold
@oneldammit.bsky.social
Poet/Publisher at Roadside Press
Happy Fuck-It Friday!! pour another glass, it's time for a James Babbs poem theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01... #poetry
If It Ain’t Broke by James Babbs - The Literary Underground
If It Ain’t Broke another late afternoon sun another early start to another long night of drinking and you would think by now after so many years of me doing this same thing over and over again that s...
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January 2, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Happy Fuck-It Friday!! pour another glass, it's time for a James Babbs poem theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01... #poetry
Happy New Year! welcome 2026 and check out this review by Richard Modiano on THE SCARY PARTS by Allan MacDonell (Punk Hostage Press) #booksky theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01...
Richard Modiano reviews THE SCARY PARTS by Allan MacDonell - The Literary Underground
The Scary Parts by Allan MacDonell (Punk Hostage Press) The Scary Parts is a compact, sharp-edged book about fear—not the cinematic kind, but the quiet, professional, social, and existential varieties...
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January 1, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Happy New Year! welcome 2026 and check out this review by Richard Modiano on THE SCARY PARTS by Allan MacDonell (Punk Hostage Press) #booksky theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01...
January 1, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Happy NYE! today we have "raw gritty lustlful" by Heather Joy theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/12... #poetry
raw gritty lustful by Heather Joy - The Literary Underground
raw gritty lustful we met at a bar / i know, so cliché / our first night together awakened my libido / every hole was stuffed and licked / we were raw, gritty, lustful / sex had never felt this powerf...
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December 31, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Happy NYE! today we have "raw gritty lustlful" by Heather Joy theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/12... #poetry
it's official release day for CEREALISM by Shawn Misener! Happy NYE!! get your copy wherever books are sold or from the publisher at magicaljeep.com #booksky
December 31, 2025 at 3:55 PM
it's official release day for CEREALISM by Shawn Misener! Happy NYE!! get your copy wherever books are sold or from the publisher at magicaljeep.com #booksky
your week is about to get better. welcome to Tuesday! here's the latest from the one & only POLISH HAMMER theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/12...
THE POLISH HAMMER POETRY CORNER: Learning at the Feet of Self-Taught Idiots by Karl Koweski - The Literary Underground
Learning at the Feet of Self-Taught Idiots “Son, life can be good if you just let it treat you right.” My son reacted to this bit of news with a skeptical eyebrow arched across his fore like the wor...
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December 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
your week is about to get better. welcome to Tuesday! here's the latest from the one & only POLISH HAMMER theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/12...
well it's monday. at least there's poems... here's a new one from R.M. Engelhardt theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/12... #poetry
PRAYER by R.M. Engelhardt - The Literary Underground
PRAYER I saw a man Kneeling & praying On the corner of Purgatory Street & Salvation Ave wearing An American flag like A shawl to protect him From evil I saw a man in Utah pouring out Hate to a crowd o...
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December 29, 2025 at 11:59 AM
well it's monday. at least there's poems... here's a new one from R.M. Engelhardt theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/12... #poetry
some thoughts on my latest collection from author Dave Newman... signed copies available from magicaljeep.com & i mean really it's only a little bit of blasphemy 😇💙#poetry #quote #booksky
December 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
some thoughts on my latest collection from author Dave Newman... signed copies available from magicaljeep.com & i mean really it's only a little bit of blasphemy 😇💙#poetry #quote #booksky
happy saturday, y'all. here's 5 new poems from Morley Cacoethes theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/12... #poetry
5 poems by Morley Cacoethes - The Literary Underground
A public fountain to wash my Christmas stockings, same socks as last year. Public Square lit with so many bulbs. Where is the money for food? So many Christmas trees, so many lights. Will Christ remem...
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December 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
happy saturday, y'all. here's 5 new poems from Morley Cacoethes theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/12... #poetry
Happy Friday! check out this new poem from Nathan Graziano theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/12... #poetry
Bad Clowns in a Blue Van by Nathan Graziano - The Literary Underground
Bad Clowns in a Blue Van I’m late for work and caught behind a blue van on a quiet one-lane road driving at the speed that skin wrinkles, slowing to a near-stop at each curve. I imagine the driver, bo...
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December 26, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Happy Friday! check out this new poem from Nathan Graziano theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/12... #poetry
Happy Christmas! a little meditation on home from Steven Meloan theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/12... #poetry #christmas #home
Home by Steven Meloan - The Literary Underground
Home It was a rainy night In San Francisco I’d just moved from LA Was still finding my way In a new life I was tired Returning from work There in the winter’s dark A few blocks from home It began comi...
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December 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Happy Christmas! a little meditation on home from Steven Meloan theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/12... #poetry #christmas #home
Merry Christmas Eve, ya mofos. here's an extra special entry to IN CONVERSATION at The Literary Underground... it's 3 poems by the one & only MISTI RAINWATER-LITES 💙 theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/12... #poetry
3 poems by Misti Rainwater-Lites - The Literary Underground
Abraham Lincoln Did Not Say That Sorry, Bob. Lo siento, Bobby. You can fool most of the people most of the time because everything is bigger on Facebook. There’s a sucker born every minute. I think Or...
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December 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Merry Christmas Eve, ya mofos. here's an extra special entry to IN CONVERSATION at The Literary Underground... it's 3 poems by the one & only MISTI RAINWATER-LITES 💙 theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/12... #poetry
today we have a special review from Alan Catlin on Michele McDannold's Collected Poems 2005-2025 theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/12... #poetry #review #booksky
Are You Ready?: Alan Catlin reviews Michele McDannold’s Collected Poems 2005-2025 - The Literary Underground
Michele McDannold, Collected Poems 2005-2025, 2025 Roadside Press. Distributed by Magical Jeep available on Amazon, 294 pages $20- As I began reading this substantial volume of hard-hitting, direct t...
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December 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
today we have a special review from Alan Catlin on Michele McDannold's Collected Poems 2005-2025 theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/12... #poetry #review #booksky
Welcome to Monday! come check out "A Series of Replays:" Pella Felton reviews APOSTASIES by Holli Carrell theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/12... #review #poetry #booksky
A Series of Replays: Pella Felton reviews Apostasies by Holli Carrell - The Literary Underground
A Series of Replays: Pella Felton reviews Apostasies by Holli Carrell Carrell, Holli (2025) Apostasies (Poetry Collection). Perugia Press. Apostasies reads like a history lesson wrapped in a memory pl...
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December 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Welcome to Monday! come check out "A Series of Replays:" Pella Felton reviews APOSTASIES by Holli Carrell theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/12... #review #poetry #booksky
Roadside Press is so proud of our work with author WESTLEY HEINE who is featured in this interview at Bold Journey. check it out.. boldjourney.com/meet-westley... #poet #author #interview
Meet Westley Heine - Bold Journey Magazine
We were lucky to catch up with Westley Heine recently and have shared our conversation
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December 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Roadside Press is so proud of our work with author WESTLEY HEINE who is featured in this interview at Bold Journey. check it out.. boldjourney.com/meet-westley... #poet #author #interview
Reposted by Michele McDannold
Reading this recent interview with him makes me realize how well he absorbed whatever good qualities/ideas I was able to impart as a mentor/"old head" and fused them his own technique/ethos.
I couldn't be any prouder if he were my own kid.
@oneldammit.bsky.social
I couldn't be any prouder if he were my own kid.
@oneldammit.bsky.social
Meet Westley Heine - Bold Journey Magazine
We were lucky to catch up with Westley Heine recently and have shared our conversation
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December 22, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Reading this recent interview with him makes me realize how well he absorbed whatever good qualities/ideas I was able to impart as a mentor/"old head" and fused them his own technique/ethos.
I couldn't be any prouder if he were my own kid.
@oneldammit.bsky.social
I couldn't be any prouder if he were my own kid.
@oneldammit.bsky.social
happy Fuck-It Friday! here's a fresh new poem from Nathan Graziano! theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/12... #poetry
Monday Nights in Middle Age by Nathan Graziano - The Literary Underground
Monday Nights in Middle Age My wife covers the brown rice on the stove, grabs her purse from the kitchen table and blows me a kiss on her way out the door. “Dinner is ready for you,” she calls to me o...
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December 19, 2025 at 1:23 PM
happy Fuck-It Friday! here's a fresh new poem from Nathan Graziano! theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/12... #poetry
happy hump day! here is a most excellent review by Pella Felton on SUPER CHERRY EXTRA by Misti Rainwater-Lites theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/12... #poetry #review #booksky
Pella Felton reviews Super Cherry Extra by Misti Rainwater-Lites - The Literary Underground
Pella Felton reviews Super Cherry Extra by Misti Rainwater-Lites. Rainwater-Lites, Misti (2025) Super Cherry Extra (Poetry Collection). Swooncake Press. 80p. In her delightfully bitter poem "Most Like...
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December 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
happy hump day! here is a most excellent review by Pella Felton on SUPER CHERRY EXTRA by Misti Rainwater-Lites theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/12... #poetry #review #booksky
let's bite the head off this mothereffin tuesday, shall we? here's the latest column from THE POLISH HAMMER aka Karl Koweski theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/12...
THE POLISH HAMMER POETRY CORNER: There’s This Syndrome Going Around, But It Only Affects Imposters by Karl Koweski - The Literary Underground
There’s This Syndrome Going Around, But It Only Affects Imposters My wife says I’ve been leaning too heavily into the wore down working man persona, lately. Not in my written work, mind you. She doesn...
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December 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
let's bite the head off this mothereffin tuesday, shall we? here's the latest column from THE POLISH HAMMER aka Karl Koweski theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/12...
another Monday and whatdya need but a poem from James Babbs theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/12... #poetry
The Last Thing by James Babbs - The Literary Underground
The Last Thing tonight here I am again sitting under the ground getting drunk on sweet tea and bourbon while listening to a Van Halen record one of the earlier ones with lead singer David Lee and the ...
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December 15, 2025 at 10:35 AM
another Monday and whatdya need but a poem from James Babbs theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/12... #poetry
Happy Sunday! check out this poem by Leah Mueller theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/12... #poetry
Peace-Sign Sweatshirt by Leah Mueller - The Literary Underground
Peace-Sign Sweatshirt Upstairs from a Presbyterian church, a third-floor Montessori school opened its doors to children with disabilities, poor kids, delinquents, and misfits like me. We were given co...
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December 14, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Happy Sunday! check out this poem by Leah Mueller theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/12... #poetry
Happy Saturday! here's a fresh new poem from Damion Hamilton theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/12... #poetry
Just maybe by Damion Hamilton - The Literary Underground
Just maybe I like the casino because It's not like other places It's not like the grocery store It's not like the offices or mailrooms I worked It's not like the gas stations Or the strip malls And th...
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December 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Happy Saturday! here's a fresh new poem from Damion Hamilton theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/12... #poetry
"through the long emergency of living." Happy Fuck-It Friday! today we have a review from Richard Modiano on THE PEOPLE ARE LIKE WOLVES TO ME by William Taylor Jr. theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/12... #poetry #booksky #review
Richard Modiano reviews THE PEOPLE ARE LIKE WOLVES TO ME by William Taylor Jr. - The Literary Underground
The People Are Like Wolves to Me by William Taylor Jr. William Taylor Jr.’s The People Are Like Wolves to Me (Roadside Press) is a book steeped in the wreckage and radiance of contemporary life—an unv...
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December 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"through the long emergency of living." Happy Fuck-It Friday! today we have a review from Richard Modiano on THE PEOPLE ARE LIKE WOLVES TO ME by William Taylor Jr. theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/12... #poetry #booksky #review
Happy Pre-Friday! here's a fresh new poem from Jim Daniels theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/12... #poetry
Advice from the Boss Upon His Retirement by Jim Daniels - The Literary Underground
Advice from the Boss Upon His Retirement Bosses are not your friend. Nope. If we want your opinion, we don’t want your opinion. If we pat you on the back, examine for stab wounds in the bathroom stall...
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December 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Happy Pre-Friday! here's a fresh new poem from Jim Daniels theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/12... #poetry
happy hump day! here is a most excellent review by Pella Felton of NEON PASTORAL by Valerie Perreault theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/12...
Pella Felton reviews Neon Pastoral by Valerie Perreault - The Literary Underground
Pella Felton reviews Neon Pastoral by Valerie Perreault Perreault, Valerie (2025) Neon Pastoral (Poetry Collection). The Ashland Poetry Press. 97p. $17.95 (Paperback) Winner – 2024 Richard Snyder Memo...
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December 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
happy hump day! here is a most excellent review by Pella Felton of NEON PASTORAL by Valerie Perreault theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/12...