Jared Beloff
@readinstead.bsky.social
teacher, poet, father, husband | WHO WILL CRADLE YOUR HEAD (ELJ 2023) | Ed. POETS OF QUEENS 2 | EIC of @porcupinelit.bksy.social | Co-Founder of monthly reading series and poetry community get togethers, @notatawp.bsky.social
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· Nov 25
One Poem by Jared Beloff - Terrain.org
New from Jared Beloff: "Flooded Landscape with the Fall of Icarus," a gorgeous, haunting poem.
www.terrain.org
I am so excited to share this poem and join the many many other Icarus poets. Here is my speculative ekphrastic "Flooded Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" which imagines Breughel's landscape altered by climate change.
Thank you @terrainorg.bsky.social!
www.terrain.org/2025/poetry/...
Thank you @terrainorg.bsky.social!
www.terrain.org/2025/poetry/...
I thought we were heading toward an AI future like Wall-E where we are all fat and lazy sitting in floating chairs while AI does everything but everyone will just take Ozempic and let AI do everything it seems...
December 26, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I thought we were heading toward an AI future like Wall-E where we are all fat and lazy sitting in floating chairs while AI does everything but everyone will just take Ozempic and let AI do everything it seems...
We need more things found in the permafrost fiction...
December 24, 2025 at 1:01 AM
We need more things found in the permafrost fiction...
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The artist behind this site did an amazing version of the biologist from my novels. share.google/nweW8RQIX6R7...
December 24, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The artist behind this site did an amazing version of the biologist from my novels. share.google/nweW8RQIX6R7...
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indulge my curiosity: what's hanging near your desk for inspiration, motivation, vibe-set, etc?
mine: NYer cartoon of wolves howling, captioned “It's totally pointless—that's what makes it art” & post-it with an Allen Grossman line: "A poem is about something the way that a cat is about the house"
mine: NYer cartoon of wolves howling, captioned “It's totally pointless—that's what makes it art” & post-it with an Allen Grossman line: "A poem is about something the way that a cat is about the house"
December 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
indulge my curiosity: what's hanging near your desk for inspiration, motivation, vibe-set, etc?
mine: NYer cartoon of wolves howling, captioned “It's totally pointless—that's what makes it art” & post-it with an Allen Grossman line: "A poem is about something the way that a cat is about the house"
mine: NYer cartoon of wolves howling, captioned “It's totally pointless—that's what makes it art” & post-it with an Allen Grossman line: "A poem is about something the way that a cat is about the house"
My year in writing review:
Only 26 subs.
6 poems accepted. 1 collage.
Only 26 subs.
6 poems accepted. 1 collage.
December 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
My year in writing review:
Only 26 subs.
6 poems accepted. 1 collage.
Only 26 subs.
6 poems accepted. 1 collage.
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"I’m just saying that you should not try to speedrun imperialism. Capitalistic conquest should never feel rushed. It should feel like ballet: subtlety and beauty born from blood and sweat. Also, there should be hints that Russia is somehow involved."
Whatever Happened to the Art of Brainwashing America Before Plunging It into an Unnecessary War?
“President Donald Trump on Wednesday assailed his White House predecessors for not pushing back against Venezuela earlier and stated that his inten...
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December 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"I’m just saying that you should not try to speedrun imperialism. Capitalistic conquest should never feel rushed. It should feel like ballet: subtlety and beauty born from blood and sweat. Also, there should be hints that Russia is somehow involved."
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As always, shout-out to @readinstead.bsky.social for a great year with our little @notatawp.bsky.social project/community/online goofiness. LOTS of great writers read for NAWP this year, and most of those videos are here:
m.youtube.com/@notatawp
m.youtube.com/@notatawp
NAWP
NAWP is for writers who, for whatever reason, can't go to AWP. NAWP stands for "Not at AWP" because for years, Mitch and Jared made jokes about being busy teachers and parents who couldn't get away to...
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December 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
As always, shout-out to @readinstead.bsky.social for a great year with our little @notatawp.bsky.social project/community/online goofiness. LOTS of great writers read for NAWP this year, and most of those videos are here:
m.youtube.com/@notatawp
m.youtube.com/@notatawp
Its the final night of Hanukkah and it's the rule that anyone who has any of my Jewish poems must send me a verdict.
December 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Its the final night of Hanukkah and it's the rule that anyone who has any of my Jewish poems must send me a verdict.
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My bday was yesterday. For belated bday present, please consider donating (or at least sharing).
Folks are welcome to match my $50!
Love.
Folks are welcome to match my $50!
Love.
Thank you all for contributing and sharing our Blanket Friday campaign. We raised a total of $5,643 for Sameer Project's Give Warmth to Gaza campaign!!!
If you missed us this weekend, you can donate directly to them here: chuffed.org/project/1491...
If you missed us this weekend, you can donate directly to them here: chuffed.org/project/1491...
RETURN HOME x The Sameer Project
"GIVE WARMTH TO GAZA" this Winter season...
chuffed.org
December 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
My bday was yesterday. For belated bday present, please consider donating (or at least sharing).
Folks are welcome to match my $50!
Love.
Folks are welcome to match my $50!
Love.
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Every time!
Very much this right now.
Very much this right now.
December 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Every time!
Very much this right now.
Very much this right now.
My new favorite thing is when someone is super vocal and against a publication or press and gets published by them 2 or 3 years later.
No I am not getting into particulars, it happens enough to notice and scratch my head and go on about my day.
No I am not getting into particulars, it happens enough to notice and scratch my head and go on about my day.
December 21, 2025 at 12:38 AM
My new favorite thing is when someone is super vocal and against a publication or press and gets published by them 2 or 3 years later.
No I am not getting into particulars, it happens enough to notice and scratch my head and go on about my day.
No I am not getting into particulars, it happens enough to notice and scratch my head and go on about my day.
Every time!
Very much this right now.
Very much this right now.
December 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Every time!
Very much this right now.
Very much this right now.
Crucial update: Ran into that neighbor again and he was like my wife yelled at me: "Its not George Clooney you idiot it's Don Draper"
December 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Crucial update: Ran into that neighbor again and he was like my wife yelled at me: "Its not George Clooney you idiot it's Don Draper"
Finished another weird poem.
December 19, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Finished another weird poem.
Rejection is bad but watching your 9yo get rejected for a part in the school play after spending a month preparing a monologue and song for her audition is worse.
December 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Rejection is bad but watching your 9yo get rejected for a part in the school play after spending a month preparing a monologue and song for her audition is worse.
December 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
If you never research for your poems, what are you even doing?? The amount of serendipitous connections I end up making are wild.
a man in a blue shirt and tie is pointing at a bulletin board with a lot of papers on it .
Alt: a man in a blue shirt and tie is pointing at a bulletin board with a lot of papers on it .
media.tenor.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:38 AM
If you never research for your poems, what are you even doing?? The amount of serendipitous connections I end up making are wild.
Found out that my neighbor described me to her as that guy in our building who looks like George Clooney. Her husband and I laughed pretty hard about it, but I get to hold on to the fact that for a subset of humanity I am at George Clooney level of attractiveness.
December 17, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Found out that my neighbor described me to her as that guy in our building who looks like George Clooney. Her husband and I laughed pretty hard about it, but I get to hold on to the fact that for a subset of humanity I am at George Clooney level of attractiveness.
I started using Brick and I really like it.
December 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I started using Brick and I really like it.
Watching Stranger Things with 9yo. Max dying at end of 4th season, and she goes "no it's like Princess Bride, she's only mostly dead"...10 seconds later Lucas says "its a miracle" and we all yell "Miracle Max"!
December 16, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Watching Stranger Things with 9yo. Max dying at end of 4th season, and she goes "no it's like Princess Bride, she's only mostly dead"...10 seconds later Lucas says "its a miracle" and we all yell "Miracle Max"!
Explained Miltons Satan to AP class and one girl says after Evil shall be my good...like Elpheba?
I didnt know which way to interpret this...but ultimately no Satan is not Elpheba...
I didnt know which way to interpret this...but ultimately no Satan is not Elpheba...
December 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Explained Miltons Satan to AP class and one girl says after Evil shall be my good...like Elpheba?
I didnt know which way to interpret this...but ultimately no Satan is not Elpheba...
I didnt know which way to interpret this...but ultimately no Satan is not Elpheba...
New Hanukkah ritual unlocked: making Zines together after lighting candles.
December 15, 2025 at 10:56 PM
New Hanukkah ritual unlocked: making Zines together after lighting candles.
Omg. His memory and his films (especially Princess Bride) will be a blessing. Can the rest of Hanukkah not include more senseless killings of Jews? Please.
December 15, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Omg. His memory and his films (especially Princess Bride) will be a blessing. Can the rest of Hanukkah not include more senseless killings of Jews? Please.
Staying off social media most of the day allowed me to grieve without turning it into a signal, allowed me to avoid hot takes and no takes and silences over the death of 15 people who were celebrating Hanukkah.
December 15, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Staying off social media most of the day allowed me to grieve without turning it into a signal, allowed me to avoid hot takes and no takes and silences over the death of 15 people who were celebrating Hanukkah.
I know the GOP is the dog that caught the car with messing up insurance, but can we talk about 1. 2020 Medicare for all or Medicare for all who want it ideas turned into subsidies instead. 2. The dems decided to end the shutdown to let the GOP dog catch the car so they could win backlash elections
December 14, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I know the GOP is the dog that caught the car with messing up insurance, but can we talk about 1. 2020 Medicare for all or Medicare for all who want it ideas turned into subsidies instead. 2. The dems decided to end the shutdown to let the GOP dog catch the car so they could win backlash elections