poet john compton
@poetjohncompton.bsky.social
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my new book "my husband holds my hand because i may drift away & be lost forever in the vortex of a crowded store" published by @flowersongpress.bsky.social
buy your copy! tell your library to stock it!
www.flowersongpress.com/books/p/my-h...
buy your copy! tell your library to stock it!
www.flowersongpress.com/books/p/my-h...
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the recording of last night’s Night Light reading is now live!! listen to Robin Arble, @poetjohncompton.bsky.social, @bdcutkomp.bsky.social, & @tommywyattblake.bsky.social share their wonderful poems at the 🔗 below :)
January 23, 2026 at 6:30 PM
the recording of last night’s Night Light reading is now live!! listen to Robin Arble, @poetjohncompton.bsky.social, @bdcutkomp.bsky.social, & @tommywyattblake.bsky.social share their wonderful poems at the 🔗 below :)
the side effect poems
is 17 poems
forthcoming from: @cryingheartpress.bsky.social
on: feb 7th
it'll be: $6 plus $3 flat rate shipping
& a 25 print run
is 17 poems
forthcoming from: @cryingheartpress.bsky.social
on: feb 7th
it'll be: $6 plus $3 flat rate shipping
& a 25 print run
January 17, 2026 at 4:22 PM
the side effect poems
is 17 poems
forthcoming from: @cryingheartpress.bsky.social
on: feb 7th
it'll be: $6 plus $3 flat rate shipping
& a 25 print run
is 17 poems
forthcoming from: @cryingheartpress.bsky.social
on: feb 7th
it'll be: $6 plus $3 flat rate shipping
& a 25 print run
my book, published from @flowersongpress.bsky.social, is one years old today! how glorious!
thank you everyone for buying a copy this year!
www.flowersongpress.com/books/p/my-h...
thank you everyone for buying a copy this year!
www.flowersongpress.com/books/p/my-h...
my husband holds my hand because i may drift away & be lost forever in the vortex of a crowded store, by john compton — FlowerSong Press & Juventud Press
my husband holds my hand because i may drift away & be lost forever in the vortex of a crowded store, by john compton is, among other things, a clear-eyed examination of the body, its hungers, ...
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December 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
my book, published from @flowersongpress.bsky.social, is one years old today! how glorious!
thank you everyone for buying a copy this year!
www.flowersongpress.com/books/p/my-h...
thank you everyone for buying a copy this year!
www.flowersongpress.com/books/p/my-h...
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we expected to hear a bawl / but an infant slid into his dirty palm
Loving this new message board style journal @somewordslit.bsky.social !
Check it out!
Loving this new message board style journal @somewordslit.bsky.social !
Check it out!
NEW SOME WORDS
forgot to post yesterday so here's two of them
@suzyeynon.bsky.social: somewords.boards.net/thread/25/su...
@poetjohncompton.bsky.social: somewords.boards.net/thread/26/jo...
forgot to post yesterday so here's two of them
@suzyeynon.bsky.social: somewords.boards.net/thread/25/su...
@poetjohncompton.bsky.social: somewords.boards.net/thread/26/jo...
somewords.boards.net
December 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
we expected to hear a bawl / but an infant slid into his dirty palm
Loving this new message board style journal @somewordslit.bsky.social !
Check it out!
Loving this new message board style journal @somewordslit.bsky.social !
Check it out!
my newest poem "october 1989: caverna hospital, horse city, ky" in the magazine: @somewordslit.bsky.social — lots of thank yous to @juscarts.com for accepting and publishing this poem!
somewords.boards.net/thread/26/jo...
somewords.boards.net/thread/26/jo...
somewords.boards.net
December 12, 2025 at 8:53 PM
my newest poem "october 1989: caverna hospital, horse city, ky" in the magazine: @somewordslit.bsky.social — lots of thank yous to @juscarts.com for accepting and publishing this poem!
somewords.boards.net/thread/26/jo...
somewords.boards.net/thread/26/jo...
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NEW SOME WORDS
forgot to post yesterday so here's two of them
@suzyeynon.bsky.social: somewords.boards.net/thread/25/su...
@poetjohncompton.bsky.social: somewords.boards.net/thread/26/jo...
forgot to post yesterday so here's two of them
@suzyeynon.bsky.social: somewords.boards.net/thread/25/su...
@poetjohncompton.bsky.social: somewords.boards.net/thread/26/jo...
somewords.boards.net
December 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
NEW SOME WORDS
forgot to post yesterday so here's two of them
@suzyeynon.bsky.social: somewords.boards.net/thread/25/su...
@poetjohncompton.bsky.social: somewords.boards.net/thread/26/jo...
forgot to post yesterday so here's two of them
@suzyeynon.bsky.social: somewords.boards.net/thread/25/su...
@poetjohncompton.bsky.social: somewords.boards.net/thread/26/jo...
read my poem from the first issue of @lamplitmag.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
read my poem from the first issue of @lamplitmag.bsky.social
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my new book "my husband holds my hand because i may drift away & be lost forever in the vortex of a crowded store" published by @flowersongpress.bsky.social
buy your copy! tell your library to stock it!
www.flowersongpress.com/books/p/my-h...
buy your copy! tell your library to stock it!
www.flowersongpress.com/books/p/my-h...
January 9, 2025 at 12:22 AM
my new book "my husband holds my hand because i may drift away & be lost forever in the vortex of a crowded store" published by @flowersongpress.bsky.social
buy your copy! tell your library to stock it!
www.flowersongpress.com/books/p/my-h...
buy your copy! tell your library to stock it!
www.flowersongpress.com/books/p/my-h...
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I got a new poem published. Big thx to @poetjohncompton.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I got a new poem published. Big thx to @poetjohncompton.bsky.social
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Whoooops, I forgot to share my poem that was published yesterday through @poetjohncompton.bsky.social's substack. "I Missed My Calling" can be found here: substack.com/inbox/post/1...
I Missed My Calling
by:Kevin A. Risner
substack.com
July 26, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Whoooops, I forgot to share my poem that was published yesterday through @poetjohncompton.bsky.social's substack. "I Missed My Calling" can be found here: substack.com/inbox/post/1...
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Thanks to @poetjohncompton.bsky.social for publishing this on his brilliant Cataloguing Poetry Substack; there's new work up there daily.
Not tyrna be all Jeff Goldblum but this one was... uhh... hard to write.
Not tyrna be all Jeff Goldblum but this one was... uhh... hard to write.
July 31, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Thanks to @poetjohncompton.bsky.social for publishing this on his brilliant Cataloguing Poetry Substack; there's new work up there daily.
Not tyrna be all Jeff Goldblum but this one was... uhh... hard to write.
Not tyrna be all Jeff Goldblum but this one was... uhh... hard to write.
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#sealeychallenge2025 @poetjohncompton.bsky.social
@ghostcitypress.bsky.social
31 Days of August = 31 Books of Poetry
#sealychallenge #poetry #poets #poems #poetrychallenge #readingchallenge #poetrybooks #poetrychapbooks #readmorepoetry #poetryisnotdead
#poetryisforeveryone #tinamariethinkstoomuch
@ghostcitypress.bsky.social
31 Days of August = 31 Books of Poetry
#sealychallenge #poetry #poets #poems #poetrychallenge #readingchallenge #poetrybooks #poetrychapbooks #readmorepoetry #poetryisnotdead
#poetryisforeveryone #tinamariethinkstoomuch
August 14, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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My poem Arrokoth is published in cataloguing! Thank you @poetjohncompton.bsky.social 🖤
#poetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity
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#poetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity
open.substack.com/pub/catalogu...
Arrokoth
by: Özge Lena
open.substack.com
August 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
My poem Arrokoth is published in cataloguing! Thank you @poetjohncompton.bsky.social 🖤
#poetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity
open.substack.com/pub/catalogu...
#poetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity
open.substack.com/pub/catalogu...
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Read this interview with @poetjohncompton.bsky.social about poetry poems and (un)poets! #interview #poetry #queerpoets #poetsofbluesky #litmag #writers #writing
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Interview: John Compton Q: I am interested in a lot of the horror imagery used in your upcoming book. Imagery seems to go towards darker places within the text, both literal and figurative than in you...
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August 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Read this interview with @poetjohncompton.bsky.social about poetry poems and (un)poets! #interview #poetry #queerpoets #poetsofbluesky #litmag #writers #writing
westofcanon.com/interview-wi...
westofcanon.com/interview-wi...
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And what if I said it's out in @poetjohncompton.bsky.social's cataloguing poetry magazine :) check it out!!!
substack.com/home/post/p-...
also the rainforest cafe in menlo park mall has permanently closed since writing this, rip to a real one
substack.com/home/post/p-...
also the rainforest cafe in menlo park mall has permanently closed since writing this, rip to a real one
August 31, 2025 at 5:43 PM
And what if I said it's out in @poetjohncompton.bsky.social's cataloguing poetry magazine :) check it out!!!
substack.com/home/post/p-...
also the rainforest cafe in menlo park mall has permanently closed since writing this, rip to a real one
substack.com/home/post/p-...
also the rainforest cafe in menlo park mall has permanently closed since writing this, rip to a real one
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"everything is dusty and dead, with dust still hovering in the air from his car. he stands there, quiet, a small smile on what could only be described as a head still growing into the man" @poetjohncompton.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
September 3, 2025 at 11:17 AM
"everything is dusty and dead, with dust still hovering in the air from his car. he stands there, quiet, a small smile on what could only be described as a head still growing into the man" @poetjohncompton.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...
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New poem "The Density of Negative Space" accepted for publication at Cataloguing Poetry Magazine. BIG thanks to @poetjohncompton.bsky.social for the acceptance.
September 4, 2025 at 5:35 AM
New poem "The Density of Negative Space" accepted for publication at Cataloguing Poetry Magazine. BIG thanks to @poetjohncompton.bsky.social for the acceptance.
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Pleased to feature in this beautiful little anthology from Temporal Lobe (thanks to @poetjohncompton.bsky.social for publishing this poem originally)
October 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Pleased to feature in this beautiful little anthology from Temporal Lobe (thanks to @poetjohncompton.bsky.social for publishing this poem originally)
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Mark your calendars!
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@angelayurikosmith.bsky.social
@edwardvidaurre.bsky.social
@ohiopoetry.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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It’s finally arrived @poetjohncompton.bsky.social love the title!!!
May 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
It’s finally arrived @poetjohncompton.bsky.social love the title!!!
buy a copy from me or from @flowersongpress.bsky.social or anywhere!
April 28, 2025 at 4:23 AM
buy a copy from me or from @flowersongpress.bsky.social or anywhere!
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We are excited to announce the publication of our 30th title for 2024 @flowersongpress.bsky.social
John Compton's my husband holds my hand because i may drift away & be lost forever in the vortex of a crowded store.
purchase your copy today: www.flowersongpress.com/books/p/my-h...
John Compton's my husband holds my hand because i may drift away & be lost forever in the vortex of a crowded store.
purchase your copy today: www.flowersongpress.com/books/p/my-h...
my husband holds my hand because i may drift away & be lost forever in the vortex of a crowded store, by john compton — FlowerSong Press & Juventud Press
my husband holds my hand because i may drift away & be lost forever in the vortex of a crowded store, by john compton is, among other things, a clear-eyed examination of the body, its hungers, ...
www.flowersongpress.com
December 27, 2024 at 7:08 PM
We are excited to announce the publication of our 30th title for 2024 @flowersongpress.bsky.social
John Compton's my husband holds my hand because i may drift away & be lost forever in the vortex of a crowded store.
purchase your copy today: www.flowersongpress.com/books/p/my-h...
John Compton's my husband holds my hand because i may drift away & be lost forever in the vortex of a crowded store.
purchase your copy today: www.flowersongpress.com/books/p/my-h...
Reposted by poet john compton
“Homophobic Barbie” spotlighted yesterday!
Grateful that NEVER PICKED FIRST FOR PLAYTIME (@smallharborpub.bsky.social, 2023) is in the @sundresspub.bsky.social feature, The Wardrobe, this week. Thanks, @poetjohncompton.bsky.social & Sundress!
sundressblog.com/2025/03/25/t...
#poetrysky
Grateful that NEVER PICKED FIRST FOR PLAYTIME (@smallharborpub.bsky.social, 2023) is in the @sundresspub.bsky.social feature, The Wardrobe, this week. Thanks, @poetjohncompton.bsky.social & Sundress!
sundressblog.com/2025/03/25/t...
#poetrysky
March 26, 2025 at 10:51 AM
“Homophobic Barbie” spotlighted yesterday!
Grateful that NEVER PICKED FIRST FOR PLAYTIME (@smallharborpub.bsky.social, 2023) is in the @sundresspub.bsky.social feature, The Wardrobe, this week. Thanks, @poetjohncompton.bsky.social & Sundress!
sundressblog.com/2025/03/25/t...
#poetrysky
Grateful that NEVER PICKED FIRST FOR PLAYTIME (@smallharborpub.bsky.social, 2023) is in the @sundresspub.bsky.social feature, The Wardrobe, this week. Thanks, @poetjohncompton.bsky.social & Sundress!
sundressblog.com/2025/03/25/t...
#poetrysky
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Grateful and excited that NEVER PICKED FIRST FOR PLAYTIME (@smallharborpub.bsky.social, 2023) is in the @sundresspub.bsky.social feature, The Wardrobe, this week.
Thanks, @poetjohncompton.bsky.social & Sundress! #poets #poetry #poetrysky
sundressblog.com/2025/03/24/t...
Thanks, @poetjohncompton.bsky.social & Sundress! #poets #poetry #poetrysky
sundressblog.com/2025/03/24/t...
March 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Grateful and excited that NEVER PICKED FIRST FOR PLAYTIME (@smallharborpub.bsky.social, 2023) is in the @sundresspub.bsky.social feature, The Wardrobe, this week.
Thanks, @poetjohncompton.bsky.social & Sundress! #poets #poetry #poetrysky
sundressblog.com/2025/03/24/t...
Thanks, @poetjohncompton.bsky.social & Sundress! #poets #poetry #poetrysky
sundressblog.com/2025/03/24/t...
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"i always remember the dead as gray, & always startled when they look alive." @poetjohncompton.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
March 20, 2025 at 11:08 AM
"i always remember the dead as gray, & always startled when they look alive." @poetjohncompton.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
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