$teven D. $chroeder 💰
@stevendschroeder.bsky.social
Author of three books, most recently Wikipedia Apocalyptica. Edit $ (https://bsky.app/profile/poetrycurrency.bsky.social).
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Lovely new South Dakota Review with three of my poems.
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This is what I hope to accomplish with everything I write
December 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This is what I hope to accomplish with everything I write
Five-ish games to get to know me:
Civilization series (IV if I must pick)
Fallout series (New Vegas if I must pick)
X-COM series (Enemy Within if I must pick)
Portal series (2 if I must pick)
Baldur's Gate series (3 if I must pick)
Civilization series (IV if I must pick)
Fallout series (New Vegas if I must pick)
X-COM series (Enemy Within if I must pick)
Portal series (2 if I must pick)
Baldur's Gate series (3 if I must pick)
Five (or so) games to get to know me
Hotline Miami (Either)
Yakuza Anything
Street Fighter Anything
Flame in the Flood
Night in the Woods
Hohokum
Animal Crossing
Hotline Miami (Either)
Yakuza Anything
Street Fighter Anything
Flame in the Flood
Night in the Woods
Hohokum
Animal Crossing
Five games to get to know me
Horizon Zero Dawn
World of Warcraft
Magic: the Gathering
Mass Effect II
X-COM 2
Horizon Zero Dawn
World of Warcraft
Magic: the Gathering
Mass Effect II
X-COM 2
November 30, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Five-ish games to get to know me:
Civilization series (IV if I must pick)
Fallout series (New Vegas if I must pick)
X-COM series (Enemy Within if I must pick)
Portal series (2 if I must pick)
Baldur's Gate series (3 if I must pick)
Civilization series (IV if I must pick)
Fallout series (New Vegas if I must pick)
X-COM series (Enemy Within if I must pick)
Portal series (2 if I must pick)
Baldur's Gate series (3 if I must pick)
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We raised ourselves
over the starboard side, our shoes soaked
from crossing beds of eelgrass.
One girl’s face was broad with scars
like threaded silk.
The newest $ feature is by Kelly Gray!
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over the starboard side, our shoes soaked
from crossing beds of eelgrass.
One girl’s face was broad with scars
like threaded silk.
The newest $ feature is by Kelly Gray!
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Kelly Gray | November 2025 – $ – Poetry Is Currency
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November 16, 2025 at 7:38 PM
We raised ourselves
over the starboard side, our shoes soaked
from crossing beds of eelgrass.
One girl’s face was broad with scars
like threaded silk.
The newest $ feature is by Kelly Gray!
poetrycurrency.com/feature/kell...
over the starboard side, our shoes soaked
from crossing beds of eelgrass.
One girl’s face was broad with scars
like threaded silk.
The newest $ feature is by Kelly Gray!
poetrycurrency.com/feature/kell...
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We're going to be closed to new work for a while so the editor can take a mental health break. We'll update here and on our guidelines page when that changes.
We'll continue to publish our existing queue of poetry features.
We'll continue to publish our existing queue of poetry features.
November 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
We're going to be closed to new work for a while so the editor can take a mental health break. We'll update here and on our guidelines page when that changes.
We'll continue to publish our existing queue of poetry features.
We'll continue to publish our existing queue of poetry features.
The mainline Democrats deeply worried about electing a progressive mayor of New York City are the same ones who came up with the strategy of attaching Kamala Harris to the repugnant Liz Cheney for weeks on end before the election.
November 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The mainline Democrats deeply worried about electing a progressive mayor of New York City are the same ones who came up with the strategy of attaching Kamala Harris to the repugnant Liz Cheney for weeks on end before the election.
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A knock on the door deep
into night, the door of a house
deep in a field, in trees, not
a house where one would stop...
The latest $ feature is three poems by @carolynguinzio.bsky.social!
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into night, the door of a house
deep in a field, in trees, not
a house where one would stop...
The latest $ feature is three poems by @carolynguinzio.bsky.social!
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Carolyn Guinzio | November 2025 – $ – Poetry Is Currency
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November 2, 2025 at 11:01 PM
A knock on the door deep
into night, the door of a house
deep in a field, in trees, not
a house where one would stop...
The latest $ feature is three poems by @carolynguinzio.bsky.social!
poetrycurrency.com/feature/caro...
into night, the door of a house
deep in a field, in trees, not
a house where one would stop...
The latest $ feature is three poems by @carolynguinzio.bsky.social!
poetrycurrency.com/feature/caro...
I have multiple friends whose kids call me "Uncle Steve" even though we're not related AT ALL! I demand an investigation!
October 29, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I have multiple friends whose kids call me "Uncle Steve" even though we're not related AT ALL! I demand an investigation!
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who wants to remember how we sat in the rain
after playing soccer
and could not tell
tears from rainwater
Today's $ feature is two poems by Jeremy Teddy Karn!
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after playing soccer
and could not tell
tears from rainwater
Today's $ feature is two poems by Jeremy Teddy Karn!
poetrycurrency.com/feature/jere...
Jeremy Teddy Karn | October 2025 – $ – Poetry Is Currency
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October 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
who wants to remember how we sat in the rain
after playing soccer
and could not tell
tears from rainwater
Today's $ feature is two poems by Jeremy Teddy Karn!
poetrycurrency.com/feature/jere...
after playing soccer
and could not tell
tears from rainwater
Today's $ feature is two poems by Jeremy Teddy Karn!
poetrycurrency.com/feature/jere...
Lovely new South Dakota Review with three of my poems.
October 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Lovely new South Dakota Review with three of my poems.
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Well, for starters, we eat, we sleep. If we’re going to know it,
we’re going to know it this way. It feels like a trick
sometimes, how we start and then start again.
The new $ feature is by John Gallaher!
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we’re going to know it this way. It feels like a trick
sometimes, how we start and then start again.
The new $ feature is by John Gallaher!
poetrycurrency.com/feature/john...
John Gallaher | October 2025 – $ – Poetry Is Currency
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October 5, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Well, for starters, we eat, we sleep. If we’re going to know it,
we’re going to know it this way. It feels like a trick
sometimes, how we start and then start again.
The new $ feature is by John Gallaher!
poetrycurrency.com/feature/john...
we’re going to know it this way. It feels like a trick
sometimes, how we start and then start again.
The new $ feature is by John Gallaher!
poetrycurrency.com/feature/john...
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Congratulations to our nominees for the Best of the Net Awards!
September 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Congratulations to our nominees for the Best of the Net Awards!
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I saw a large Confederate flag lowered half staff today, driving through rural North Carolina. Lower to the ground, baby.
September 22, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I saw a large Confederate flag lowered half staff today, driving through rural North Carolina. Lower to the ground, baby.
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In the booths lining the exterior they form
a protective barrier, write down the worst things
they think they’ve ever said on napkins embossed
with tiny dots in the shape of a flower.
The latest $ feature is by Holly Amos!
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a protective barrier, write down the worst things
they think they’ve ever said on napkins embossed
with tiny dots in the shape of a flower.
The latest $ feature is by Holly Amos!
poetrycurrency.com/feature/holl...
Holly Amos | September 2025 – $ – Poetry Is Currency
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September 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
In the booths lining the exterior they form
a protective barrier, write down the worst things
they think they’ve ever said on napkins embossed
with tiny dots in the shape of a flower.
The latest $ feature is by Holly Amos!
poetrycurrency.com/feature/holl...
a protective barrier, write down the worst things
they think they’ve ever said on napkins embossed
with tiny dots in the shape of a flower.
The latest $ feature is by Holly Amos!
poetrycurrency.com/feature/holl...
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When did "quoting a political activist's own words and correctly describing their political positions is offensive!" become some agreed upon rule?
September 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
When did "quoting a political activist's own words and correctly describing their political positions is offensive!" become some agreed upon rule?
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck youuuuuuuuuuuuuu
September 11, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck youuuuuuuuuuuuuu
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Here are some things that Charlie Kirk said in his life.
The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.
The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.
September 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Here are some things that Charlie Kirk said in his life.
The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.
The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.
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That both of Turning Point USA’s founders are dead from public health crises their organization worked hard to enable is a parable for our time.
September 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
That both of Turning Point USA’s founders are dead from public health crises their organization worked hard to enable is a parable for our time.
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On TV, the investment firm ad says
there are three hundred and thirty million dreams,
all American and therefore all special.
The newest $ feature is by Tim DeJong!
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there are three hundred and thirty million dreams,
all American and therefore all special.
The newest $ feature is by Tim DeJong!
poetrycurrency.com/feature/tim-...
Tim DeJong | September 2025 – $ – Poetry Is Currency
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September 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
On TV, the investment firm ad says
there are three hundred and thirty million dreams,
all American and therefore all special.
The newest $ feature is by Tim DeJong!
poetrycurrency.com/feature/tim-...
there are three hundred and thirty million dreams,
all American and therefore all special.
The newest $ feature is by Tim DeJong!
poetrycurrency.com/feature/tim-...
An event I wrote a blog post about included the note "Catered by Count Porkula" with no further explanation, and I hope it's a guy rather than a restaurant.
August 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
An event I wrote a blog post about included the note "Catered by Count Porkula" with no further explanation, and I hope it's a guy rather than a restaurant.
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"what it must mean / that someone lost their kicks to the telephone wire / or was it relinquishment? / was it banishment? / were they freighted by birds?"
The new $ poetry feature is by Elisa Luna Ady!
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The new $ poetry feature is by Elisa Luna Ady!
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Elisa Luna Ady | August 2025 – $ – Poetry Is Currency
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August 25, 2025 at 1:53 PM
"what it must mean / that someone lost their kicks to the telephone wire / or was it relinquishment? / was it banishment? / were they freighted by birds?"
The new $ poetry feature is by Elisa Luna Ady!
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The new $ poetry feature is by Elisa Luna Ady!
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As a longtime Colorado Springs resident, I'd like to send a special "rot in hell" to hateful old bastard James Dobson. I bet Satan's already tired of your smug bigot face.
August 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
As a longtime Colorado Springs resident, I'd like to send a special "rot in hell" to hateful old bastard James Dobson. I bet Satan's already tired of your smug bigot face.
I know quite a lot of music and am dedicated to discovering more, but reading Stereogum headlines is still an exercise in WTF hilarity.
August 14, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I know quite a lot of music and am dedicated to discovering more, but reading Stereogum headlines is still an exercise in WTF hilarity.
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Every mother’s nightgown has a sill and a jamb.
Has a child who touches her face and walks through.
Each nightgown dreams it’s made of glass
or is hungry for a name to hold the wind inside.
The latest $ feature is by Sally Rosen Kindred (@sallypoet.bsky.social)!
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Has a child who touches her face and walks through.
Each nightgown dreams it’s made of glass
or is hungry for a name to hold the wind inside.
The latest $ feature is by Sally Rosen Kindred (@sallypoet.bsky.social)!
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Sally Rosen Kindred | August 2025 – $ – Poetry Is Currency
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August 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Every mother’s nightgown has a sill and a jamb.
Has a child who touches her face and walks through.
Each nightgown dreams it’s made of glass
or is hungry for a name to hold the wind inside.
The latest $ feature is by Sally Rosen Kindred (@sallypoet.bsky.social)!
poetrycurrency.com/feature/sall...
Has a child who touches her face and walks through.
Each nightgown dreams it’s made of glass
or is hungry for a name to hold the wind inside.
The latest $ feature is by Sally Rosen Kindred (@sallypoet.bsky.social)!
poetrycurrency.com/feature/sall...
One of my issues I'll always have to deal with is that I hate the things I know are wrong and injust with a rage that many other people find offputting and that also tends to damage the other, softer parts of me.
August 9, 2025 at 7:20 AM
One of my issues I'll always have to deal with is that I hate the things I know are wrong and injust with a rage that many other people find offputting and that also tends to damage the other, softer parts of me.
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Congratulations to @kcbrattpfotenhauer.bsky.social, whose poem "IT ISN’T UNTIL I’M LECTURING MY STUDENTS ON FIRE SAFETY AND THEY’RE ALL LOOKING AT ME LIKE I’VE GROWN TWO HEADS THAT I REALIZE MAYBE I’M NOT TAKING YOUR DEATH AS WELL AS I THOUGHT" from $ was a finalist for Best of the Net!
2025 Finalists – Best of the Net
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August 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Congratulations to @kcbrattpfotenhauer.bsky.social, whose poem "IT ISN’T UNTIL I’M LECTURING MY STUDENTS ON FIRE SAFETY AND THEY’RE ALL LOOKING AT ME LIKE I’VE GROWN TWO HEADS THAT I REALIZE MAYBE I’M NOT TAKING YOUR DEATH AS WELL AS I THOUGHT" from $ was a finalist for Best of the Net!