aɐrik francis
@phaentompoet.bsky.social
poet based in Denver, CO, USA
author of MISEDUCATION (2023 New Delta Review) and BODYELECTRONIC (2022 Trouble Department)
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author of MISEDUCATION (2023 New Delta Review) and BODYELECTRONIC (2022 Trouble Department)
phaentompoet.com
linktr.ee/aerik
I read You Better Be Lightning again today, and i'm left resonating on the power of words, and in particular, the word "love"
love
love
July 15, 2025 at 3:37 AM
I read You Better Be Lightning again today, and i'm left resonating on the power of words, and in particular, the word "love"
love
love
it's so strange how business have and use our data. capitalism is so strange, to say the least
i woke up today to birthday greetings from my alma mater (?? don't recall this happening before), from my dentist office, and from my local pharmacy 😅🥴😵💫
i woke up today to birthday greetings from my alma mater (?? don't recall this happening before), from my dentist office, and from my local pharmacy 😅🥴😵💫
June 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
it's so strange how business have and use our data. capitalism is so strange, to say the least
i woke up today to birthday greetings from my alma mater (?? don't recall this happening before), from my dentist office, and from my local pharmacy 😅🥴😵💫
i woke up today to birthday greetings from my alma mater (?? don't recall this happening before), from my dentist office, and from my local pharmacy 😅🥴😵💫
poetry / history rabbit hole: i wanted to use the word "behemoth" in a poem and the word "mammoth" rolled out after. I became curious if there were American mammoths... and learned that enslaved Africans found a mammoth tooth in Stono River, South Carolina in 1725
May 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
poetry / history rabbit hole: i wanted to use the word "behemoth" in a poem and the word "mammoth" rolled out after. I became curious if there were American mammoths... and learned that enslaved Africans found a mammoth tooth in Stono River, South Carolina in 1725
omg someone already listened to my album 🥹🥹🥹
oh also hi bluesky my new poetry album PRXPAGANDA is out now, streamable and downloadable exclusively on bandcamp
link in linktree in bio
oh also hi bluesky my new poetry album PRXPAGANDA is out now, streamable and downloadable exclusively on bandcamp
link in linktree in bio
May 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
omg someone already listened to my album 🥹🥹🥹
oh also hi bluesky my new poetry album PRXPAGANDA is out now, streamable and downloadable exclusively on bandcamp
link in linktree in bio
oh also hi bluesky my new poetry album PRXPAGANDA is out now, streamable and downloadable exclusively on bandcamp
link in linktree in bio
i just really want us to critically think about the identity "American" – who does and and doesn't come to mind? what does an American look like? what do they act like?
now think about yourself: to what extent do you fit or not fit that identity?
now think about yourself: to what extent do you fit or not fit that identity?
May 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
i just really want us to critically think about the identity "American" – who does and and doesn't come to mind? what does an American look like? what do they act like?
now think about yourself: to what extent do you fit or not fit that identity?
now think about yourself: to what extent do you fit or not fit that identity?
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Heaven Looks Like Us: An Evening of Palestinian Poetry 🇵🇸
Join @intifadabatata.bsky.social, @noorhindi.bsky.social, and contributors to the new Palestinian poetry anthology Heaven Looks Like Us for a virtual reading in commemoration of Nakba Day.
RSVP to join:
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Join @intifadabatata.bsky.social, @noorhindi.bsky.social, and contributors to the new Palestinian poetry anthology Heaven Looks Like Us for a virtual reading in commemoration of Nakba Day.
RSVP to join:
www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
May 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Heaven Looks Like Us: An Evening of Palestinian Poetry 🇵🇸
Join @intifadabatata.bsky.social, @noorhindi.bsky.social, and contributors to the new Palestinian poetry anthology Heaven Looks Like Us for a virtual reading in commemoration of Nakba Day.
RSVP to join:
www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
Join @intifadabatata.bsky.social, @noorhindi.bsky.social, and contributors to the new Palestinian poetry anthology Heaven Looks Like Us for a virtual reading in commemoration of Nakba Day.
RSVP to join:
www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
upcoming readings: two music&poetry events local to Denver and one virtual reading to celebrate the chapbook BloodFlex by Ajanaé Dawkins
May 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
upcoming readings: two music&poetry events local to Denver and one virtual reading to celebrate the chapbook BloodFlex by Ajanaé Dawkins
never really cared about being bald because I've always kept my hair short anyway, but also, looking at old pictures when my hairline was not only present but sharp makes me feel emotions
May 6, 2025 at 1:22 AM
never really cared about being bald because I've always kept my hair short anyway, but also, looking at old pictures when my hairline was not only present but sharp makes me feel emotions
anymore, these sorts of apps require constant exchange, which requires more attention than i'm willing to give. What i mean: people aren't going to like your posts if you don't like theirs. so if i'm only posting and not interacting, i'm also not receiving interactions
May 4, 2025 at 4:55 AM
anymore, these sorts of apps require constant exchange, which requires more attention than i'm willing to give. What i mean: people aren't going to like your posts if you don't like theirs. so if i'm only posting and not interacting, i'm also not receiving interactions
New poem out called "Preamble"
Thank you so much the Protean Mag team!
"Drawing on the work of Layli Long Soldier and Solmaz Sharif, Aerik Francis' "Preamble" adopts the language of the law to expose its violent contradictions."
proteanmag.com/2025/04/30/p...
Thank you so much the Protean Mag team!
"Drawing on the work of Layli Long Soldier and Solmaz Sharif, Aerik Francis' "Preamble" adopts the language of the law to expose its violent contradictions."
proteanmag.com/2025/04/30/p...
Preamble • Protean Magazine
Drawing on the work of Layli Long Soldier and Solmaz Sharif, Aerik Francis's "Preamble" adopts the language of the law to expose its violent contradictions.
proteanmag.com
April 30, 2025 at 7:13 PM
New poem out called "Preamble"
Thank you so much the Protean Mag team!
"Drawing on the work of Layli Long Soldier and Solmaz Sharif, Aerik Francis' "Preamble" adopts the language of the law to expose its violent contradictions."
proteanmag.com/2025/04/30/p...
Thank you so much the Protean Mag team!
"Drawing on the work of Layli Long Soldier and Solmaz Sharif, Aerik Francis' "Preamble" adopts the language of the law to expose its violent contradictions."
proteanmag.com/2025/04/30/p...
i'm struck by how blatant and obvious the lying is
"he got himself detained" is basically their defense
newrepublic.com/post/194303/...
"he got himself detained" is basically their defense
newrepublic.com/post/194303/...
Detained U.S. Citizen Says Immigration Agents Lied About Everything
Immigration officials detained Jose Hermilloso for over a week. He says their story of what happened is completely inaccurate.
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April 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
i'm struck by how blatant and obvious the lying is
"he got himself detained" is basically their defense
newrepublic.com/post/194303/...
"he got himself detained" is basically their defense
newrepublic.com/post/194303/...
me at my last poetry reading: alright y'all, my next poem is about the constitution
crowd: *collective groan*
crowd: *collective groan*
April 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
me at my last poetry reading: alright y'all, my next poem is about the constitution
crowd: *collective groan*
crowd: *collective groan*
the thing about the leaks that is most concerning to me, well i mean other than the idea of these men giggling and laughing about mass murder in text chats, is the confirmation of war with Yemen, though "war" is one of those strange words we keep using when we actually mean "campaign of mass murder"
March 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
the thing about the leaks that is most concerning to me, well i mean other than the idea of these men giggling and laughing about mass murder in text chats, is the confirmation of war with Yemen, though "war" is one of those strange words we keep using when we actually mean "campaign of mass murder"
Made a song & video for a poem of mine, took a very "hands-on" approach
"Mutual Constitution" | phaentompoet
youtu.be/uNSxIEjEhQU?...
"Mutual Constitution" | phaentompoet
youtu.be/uNSxIEjEhQU?...
Mutual Constitution | phaentompoet (Visualizer)
YouTube video by phaentompoet
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March 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Made a song & video for a poem of mine, took a very "hands-on" approach
"Mutual Constitution" | phaentompoet
youtu.be/uNSxIEjEhQU?...
"Mutual Constitution" | phaentompoet
youtu.be/uNSxIEjEhQU?...
I have a new poem out with Retrograde Review (an online literary zine that only publishes during Mercury retrograde) about love or lack thereof
it's called "Over/Under: Love"
retrogradereview.com/retrorevfeat...
it's called "Over/Under: Love"
retrogradereview.com/retrorevfeat...
Over/Under: Love by Aerik Francis — Retrograde Review
Love is overrated. Sure, I love love. Love can be lovely But love is overrated. Love or lack thereof Cannot be an excuse To hate, as if hate Is the opp...
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March 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I have a new poem out with Retrograde Review (an online literary zine that only publishes during Mercury retrograde) about love or lack thereof
it's called "Over/Under: Love"
retrogradereview.com/retrorevfeat...
it's called "Over/Under: Love"
retrogradereview.com/retrorevfeat...
been getting really cool poetry news lately, but with world news the way it is, it all feels hollow and bittersweet.
Even still, good news can be a shining light where there doesn't seem to be anything to look forward to, so i'm grateful for these moments of lightness
Even still, good news can be a shining light where there doesn't seem to be anything to look forward to, so i'm grateful for these moments of lightness
March 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
been getting really cool poetry news lately, but with world news the way it is, it all feels hollow and bittersweet.
Even still, good news can be a shining light where there doesn't seem to be anything to look forward to, so i'm grateful for these moments of lightness
Even still, good news can be a shining light where there doesn't seem to be anything to look forward to, so i'm grateful for these moments of lightness
if i were a prose writer, i'd write an essay about how colloquial american english has become so figurative and extreme that it is legitimately difficult to discern reality from exaggeration
March 3, 2025 at 10:16 PM
if i were a prose writer, i'd write an essay about how colloquial american english has become so figurative and extreme that it is legitimately difficult to discern reality from exaggeration
if it's not clear to everyone by now, the current US administration is gutting everything remotely related to social welfare, and in the chaos, they are setting up a system that exclusively benefits themselves (the rich white elite) at everyone else's detriment
February 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
if it's not clear to everyone by now, the current US administration is gutting everything remotely related to social welfare, and in the chaos, they are setting up a system that exclusively benefits themselves (the rich white elite) at everyone else's detriment
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Announcing Attack of the Queer Ecosphere! A virtual reading on Mon. March 24, starting at 6:30pm EST.
Featuring Yasmine Bolden, Emdash, Aerik Francis, Jacob J. Billingsly, Isaac Pickell, and Allya Yourish.
Email alocasiamagazine@gmail.com for the Zoom link.
RSVP: www.facebook.com/events/17296...
Featuring Yasmine Bolden, Emdash, Aerik Francis, Jacob J. Billingsly, Isaac Pickell, and Allya Yourish.
Email alocasiamagazine@gmail.com for the Zoom link.
RSVP: www.facebook.com/events/17296...
February 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Announcing Attack of the Queer Ecosphere! A virtual reading on Mon. March 24, starting at 6:30pm EST.
Featuring Yasmine Bolden, Emdash, Aerik Francis, Jacob J. Billingsly, Isaac Pickell, and Allya Yourish.
Email alocasiamagazine@gmail.com for the Zoom link.
RSVP: www.facebook.com/events/17296...
Featuring Yasmine Bolden, Emdash, Aerik Francis, Jacob J. Billingsly, Isaac Pickell, and Allya Yourish.
Email alocasiamagazine@gmail.com for the Zoom link.
RSVP: www.facebook.com/events/17296...
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Friends with exes & pogi bois. Imprints of teeth & walking McCarthyism. Summer rains & data farms. Thunder thighs & a cool rock. Siri & The Brooklyn Bridge. Feathers & trains.
beestung #22, a rich double issue guest edited by KB Brookins (@earthtokb.bsky.social) is here!
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beestung #22, a rich double issue guest edited by KB Brookins (@earthtokb.bsky.social) is here!
beestungmag.com
February 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Friends with exes & pogi bois. Imprints of teeth & walking McCarthyism. Summer rains & data farms. Thunder thighs & a cool rock. Siri & The Brooklyn Bridge. Feathers & trains.
beestung #22, a rich double issue guest edited by KB Brookins (@earthtokb.bsky.social) is here!
beestungmag.com
beestung #22, a rich double issue guest edited by KB Brookins (@earthtokb.bsky.social) is here!
beestungmag.com
new poem out today at beestung
gratitude to KB and Sarah, thank you
"Fat4Fat"
beestungmag.com/issue22/fat4...
gratitude to KB and Sarah, thank you
"Fat4Fat"
beestungmag.com/issue22/fat4...
Fat4Fat by Aerik Francis – beestung
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February 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
new poem out today at beestung
gratitude to KB and Sarah, thank you
"Fat4Fat"
beestungmag.com/issue22/fat4...
gratitude to KB and Sarah, thank you
"Fat4Fat"
beestungmag.com/issue22/fat4...
Kelela is such a special artist 💚😭
February 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Kelela is such a special artist 💚😭