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Rosebud Ben-Oni
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THE LAST GREAT ADVENTURE IS YOU (AJB, 2027) | Alice James Award for IF THIS IS THE AGE WE END DISCOVERY | commissions @ Paramount, 9/11 Memorial, Holocaust Memorial
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Rosebud Ben-Oni @rosebudbenoni.bsky.social · Jun 18
Thrilled to announce my forthcoming collection, THE LAST GREAT ADVENTURE IS YOU (Alice James Books, 2027)

A sequel to If This Is the Age We End Discovery, this new work reveals the possibilities of tomorrow already here, as a mysterious, extraterrestrial presence slowly emerges…
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New essay up on Shenandoah :: my Atomic Sonnet on Plumbum (aka Lead), a marker of hazard one must try and overcome.

Grateful to my editor Chase Isbell, EIC Beth Staples and Shenandoah for publishing my sonnet back in the 75th anniversary issue.

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Behind the Poem: 82Pb :: Head like a Hole{I’d rather die—}
Rosebud Ben-Oni introduces her readers to Plumbum, the element that animates her Atomic Sonnet with its propensity for destruction and an affinity for Nine Inch Nails.
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November 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Earlier this year I approached AGNI about doing something for the X-Ray's 130th Birthday; I didn't know then my writing would take such a turn!

I asked 3 brilliant writers to join me— Diana Cao, Diego Báez & Mike Brockley— in celebrating this feat of invention.

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The X-Ray at 130
Four writers consider the X-ray on its 130th birthday.
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November 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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"Never name your titanium implant. No one told me not to. There are different kinds. Cork. Hourglass. Horseshoe. Suspicious lesion lucky charms."

🔥NEW🔥 at AGNI Online: "I Think I Jumped a Timeline To Wake You Up" by Rosebud Ben-Oni!
I Think I Jumped a Timeline To Wake You Up
Never name your titanium implant. No one told me not to. There are different kinds. Cork. Hourglass. Horseshoe. Suspicious lesion lucky charms. That's not funny, Rosebud. It is, though. Funny as in…
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February 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Partnering with ASU's Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing and CantoMundo, I'm teaching a two-day workshop (Wednesdays, Nov 5 & 12) on Self-Portrait as Lyrical Exploration on Zoom. Open to all.
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October 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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OMG! Thanks @djvorreyer.bsky.social & Rachel Bunting for incl my poem, "Reading @rosebudbenoni.bsky.social's Turn Around, BRXGHT XYXS" While Listening to Tori Amos' Cover of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" During the Total Solar Eclipse" in the new @asteralesjournal.bsky.social!

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Reading Rosebud Ben-Oni’s Turn Around, BRXGHT XYXS While Listening to Tori Amos’ Cover of “Total Eclipse of the Heart” During the Total Solar Eclipse Anthony Frame - for Chris Cornell I understand, sun: every now and then, I want to disappear, too. I’m determined to hear the birds, the soft bellows of their throats anchoring this moment. Lost and long, I steal this day with my wife, holding hands as we stumble along the unfinished path through the garden. We’re told not to look directly so we look at each other or we close our eyes and listen, sunrays washing our arms. There’s a part of me that wants to blast “Black Hole Sun” on the record player but she says, “Be here with me.” But I’m not, I’m thirteen, singing in the shower, thinking about supernovas. The moon is on the move, shadows starting to startle the birds. As the garden starts to silence, I think, Is this what it’s like to hear a god? I want to scream like a star exploding, but instead I sit and hold my wife’s hand and wait. Perhaps, we need a new cosmology, a new language, a new sequence of mysteries. As a child, I wanted to disappear, to separate into droplets of air, rinsed clean and clear. Sometimes, I’ve wanted to shatter so bright my light would reach the edges of the galaxy. The sun seems to dissolve behind the moon and the silence covers us but it lasts just under two minutes and then, like a birth, the birds start singing again. Every now and then, I’ve wanted my voice to rise so high it might achieve escape velocity. I start to hum, knowing these sounds I hope to harvest can’t go on forever, some of the waves, faced off against friction, will dissipate. But some will shift, boiling beneath the atmosphere, turning themselves around until they turn into heat. My wife puts her hand on my chest to still me. The sun is a squall of fire singing itself raw within a vacuum, but the moon holds its voice beneath its surface. I lean against my wife, wordless, Cover of Rosebud Ben-Oni’s Turn Around, BRXGHT XYXS Tori Amos' Cover of Total Eclipse of the Heart Soundgarden Black Hole Sun LP
October 20, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Two new Atomic Sonnets in Cream City Review :: Whenever I think of the element Europium, I think of Ultravox’s “Vienna” and is dedicated to my dear friend Jared Harel. As the element Indium, ALLEGEDLY it gives a high-pitched “scream” when bent, o the soft girl era she is.
October 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Taking on manuscript consults for November~ send me a DM if you are interested in getting critiqued & we can discuss rates!
October 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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So, so grateful to the Neighborhood for welcoming me & my fellow poets for Sukkot & @jaredharel.bsky.social for moderating 🌸🪴🍂
October 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Come see an amazing poetry lineup tonight in Brooklyn at 6:30pm for “Poetry of Peculiar Joys”!

Reading & panel host @jaredharel.bsky.social with poets @readinstead.bsky.social @rosebudbenoni.bsky.social Yerra Bergman, Lynn Melnick, and Jason Schneiderman.

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Poetry of Peculiar Joys: Elegy, Memory, and Epiphany
Featuring
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October 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Had such a great time at KGB Monday Night :: the series is truly run by the most wonderful poets & people! Enjoyed reading with Hua Xi & Noah Warren despite the jet lag.
October 7, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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I will be in Brooklyn on Wednesday for Poetry of Peculiar Joys, a reading and panel hosted by @jaredharel.bsky.social alongside poets @rosebudbenoni.bsky.social Yerra Bergman, Lynn Melnick and Jason Schneiderman. Come see us at 6:30pm. Register here:

www.theneighborhoodbk.org/extra-events...
Sukkot in the Neighborhood presents Poetry of Peculiar Joys: Elegy, Memory, and Epiphany Headshot and short bios of all the poets.
October 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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FINAL DAYS to explore poetry & film; free verse; narrative & lyrical time; the sonnet; & mental illness & neurodivergency in these workshops w/ @rosebudbenoni.bsky.social, @joshuamehigan.bsky.social, Megan Pinto, Alexis Aceves Garcia & @calamityjaz.bsky.social! brooklynpoets.org/workshops/all
September 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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We're thrilled to announce our 2026 @sundresspub.bsky.social Best of the Net Nominations!

Congrats and good luck Anthony Thomas Lombardi, @rosebudbenoni.bsky.social, @wendywisner.bsky.social, Carly Joy Miller, @erinmizrahi.bsky.social, and @icarus-flies.bsky.social!
Nominations Best of the Net 2026 Anthony Thomas Lombardi the sparrows, the sparrows Rosebud Ben-Oni 109Mt :: In Which the Poetic Science of our Collective Self Is— {Past —CONTINUOUS} Continuum Nominations Best of the Net 2026 Wendy Wisner If Mother Carly Joy Miller Theater of Inheritance Nominations Best of the Net 2026 Erin Mizrahi Landscape with vanquished apocalypse & central air Steven Sanchez Grief Is The Raven
September 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Playing catch up! Reading new work with Noah Warren on October 6th at KGB
September 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Join us at TheNeighborhood: An Urban Center for Jewish Life for a poetry reading for Sukkot: www.theneighborhoodbk.org/extra-events...
September 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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✨✨We're excited to welcome back @rosebudbenoni.bsky.social for our October writing workshop, held in partnership with our friends at Strathmore!
Join us on Thursday, October 16th at 7 PM on Zoom for “PARDON MY HEART”: Celebrating Unapologetic Candor!
🚀Learn more & sign up: cbaw.org/event/pardon...
August 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Thrilled to be back at @brooklynpoets.bsky.social for the fall & teaching my workshop on Poetry & Melodrama in Film. Online, Tuesdays 6:30 - 9:30 PM, October 14- November 18. Link in bio!
August 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Explore poetic address; experimental form; writing what you need to; poetry, film & melodrama; and honing your poetic voice in these workshops w/ @lhiton.bsky.social, Anastacia-Renee, @taraskurtu.bsky.social, @rosebudbenoni.bsky.social & @robertwoodlynn.bsky.social! brooklynpoets.org/workshops/all
August 20, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Returning to Writing Workshops with my multi-genre online workshop for "Threads: Writing Dreamscape, Writing Disaster" How do we balance discovery with a larger responsibility to the future? Begins 9/10: writingworkshops.com/collections/...
August 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Early registration is now open for our fall workshops, online and in-person, ft. Angel Nafis, @robertwoodlynn.bsky.social, @taraskurtu.bsky.social, @rosebudbenoni.bsky.social & more! Through August 17, members save $40 and nonmembers save $25 on all workshops at brooklynpoets.org/workshops/all
Poetry Workshops — Brooklyn Poets
Build your poetic craft and community in our small, intensive workshops taught by award-winning poets, both online and in person at 144 Montague Street in historic Brooklyn Heights!
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August 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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New Atomic Sonnet (Scandium) in The Malahat Review ⚛️
July 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Honored to be the judge for the 2025 Gulf Coast Journal Barthelme Prize in Short Prose. A prize of $1,000 and publication in Gulf Coast for a piece of short prose or prose poetry. See link for more details:

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June 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Still have two spots open 🤗 :: & DM me if you are interested in getting critiqued and we can discuss rates!
June 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Thrilled to announce my forthcoming collection, THE LAST GREAT ADVENTURE IS YOU (Alice James Books, 2027)

A sequel to If This Is the Age We End Discovery, this new work reveals the possibilities of tomorrow already here, as a mysterious, extraterrestrial presence slowly emerges…
June 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Thrilled to welcome @rosebudbenoni.bsky.social‬ back to Alice James Books for her newest collection, THE LAST GREAT ADVENTURE IS YOU, out June 2027 🙌
Expansive poems on memory, theory & time.
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June 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM