Todd Dillard
@toddedillard.bsky.social
“Ways We Vanish” from Okay Donkey, “Ragnarök at the Father Daughter Dance” from Variant, finalist for the Donald Hall AWP Prize, poems in Threepenny, Southern Review, APR, HAD, etc.
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my issue of Threepenny is here! here’s my poem “Present Tense,” I would love for you to give it a read!
“I know this so loudly I don’t
hear, at first, my father’s silence.”
“I know this so loudly I don’t
hear, at first, my father’s silence.”
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Excellent! And thanks so much for including my poem in this roundup!
My new poetry column is up, with a round-up of winter snow poems to consider - featuring poems by Louise Glück, Carl Phillips, @toddedillard.bsky.social, Alex Dimitrov, Emily Dickinson, Joy Harjo & other favorites.
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a little girl is shoveling snow with a shovel and a bag .
Alt: a little child is shoveling snow with a shovel and falls over, only to be righted by their parent.
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December 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Excellent! And thanks so much for including my poem in this roundup!
just woke up from a very strange dream where I had the police called on me because I didn’t say “excuse me” as politely as someone thought I should have
December 28, 2025 at 10:54 AM
just woke up from a very strange dream where I had the police called on me because I didn’t say “excuse me” as politely as someone thought I should have
woke up to a note in my Notes app that just says “mortician snow” 🤔
December 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
woke up to a note in my Notes app that just says “mortician snow” 🤔
visual representation of “we have added AI”
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
visual representation of “we have added AI”
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One of my new favorite prose poems has entered the chat
Hedgie Choi, from her debut collection Salvage (2025)
Hedgie Choi, from her debut collection Salvage (2025)
February 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
One of my new favorite prose poems has entered the chat
Hedgie Choi, from her debut collection Salvage (2025)
Hedgie Choi, from her debut collection Salvage (2025)
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Found a bookstore that stocks your novels
December 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Found a bookstore that stocks your novels
poetry dibs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
poetry dibs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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They say imitation crab is the sincerest form of crab
December 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
They say imitation crab is the sincerest form of crab
toddler from the other room: ARGH I HATE TRASH
me: you hate trash????
toddler: ...actually I do not love trash
me: you hate trash????
toddler: ...actually I do not love trash
December 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
toddler from the other room: ARGH I HATE TRASH
me: you hate trash????
toddler: ...actually I do not love trash
me: you hate trash????
toddler: ...actually I do not love trash
“need the courage” what
also spotted on threads
December 27, 2025 at 2:24 AM
“need the courage” what
even when I goof around my love of line breaks comes through
it's so funny to me when in the middle of this intense book a poet writes something like
Blob Fish
I too melt
when I am feeling
significantly less pressure
Blob Fish
I too melt
when I am feeling
significantly less pressure
December 27, 2025 at 1:07 AM
even when I goof around my love of line breaks comes through
it's so funny to me when in the middle of this intense book a poet writes something like
Blob Fish
I too melt
when I am feeling
significantly less pressure
Blob Fish
I too melt
when I am feeling
significantly less pressure
December 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
it's so funny to me when in the middle of this intense book a poet writes something like
Blob Fish
I too melt
when I am feeling
significantly less pressure
Blob Fish
I too melt
when I am feeling
significantly less pressure
Just remembered that time my neighbor in Brooklyn was getting robbed but I thought one of the robbers was him and he was just moving out so I offered to hold doors open and get the burglars waters and they were SO THANKFUL
December 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Just remembered that time my neighbor in Brooklyn was getting robbed but I thought one of the robbers was him and he was just moving out so I offered to hold doors open and get the burglars waters and they were SO THANKFUL
poet’s New Year’s resolution:
I will not start lines with “of”
I will finally google image search “milkweed”
I will start a “body” jar (one dollar for every time I write or read the word “body”) and fund the next six years of AWP registrations fees
I will not start lines with “of”
I will finally google image search “milkweed”
I will start a “body” jar (one dollar for every time I write or read the word “body”) and fund the next six years of AWP registrations fees
December 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
poet’s New Year’s resolution:
I will not start lines with “of”
I will finally google image search “milkweed”
I will start a “body” jar (one dollar for every time I write or read the word “body”) and fund the next six years of AWP registrations fees
I will not start lines with “of”
I will finally google image search “milkweed”
I will start a “body” jar (one dollar for every time I write or read the word “body”) and fund the next six years of AWP registrations fees
not sure how to explain it but the overrepresentation of Trans Siberian Orchestra’s “Carol of the Bells” on the radio this holiday season feels like An Indication of Bad Things to Come
December 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
not sure how to explain it but the overrepresentation of Trans Siberian Orchestra’s “Carol of the Bells” on the radio this holiday season feels like An Indication of Bad Things to Come
wife accidentally wrapped up a box that just had three jars of Vaseline in it and added it to my Christmas pile
December 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
wife accidentally wrapped up a box that just had three jars of Vaseline in it and added it to my Christmas pile
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an annual tradition to post this @heatherchristle.bsky.social poem
December 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
an annual tradition to post this @heatherchristle.bsky.social poem
THANK YOU TO FIASCO AND FRANCA AND @premeemohamed.com FOR ADDING A NEW HOME TO OUR PAPER NEIGHBORHOOD WE LOVE IT
December 25, 2025 at 12:39 AM
THANK YOU TO FIASCO AND FRANCA AND @premeemohamed.com FOR ADDING A NEW HOME TO OUR PAPER NEIGHBORHOOD WE LOVE IT
still think it’s funny that Dionysus’ birthday is tomorrow and the church strategically changed it to Jesus’, anyway see you at the manger bacchanal later
December 24, 2025 at 9:44 PM
still think it’s funny that Dionysus’ birthday is tomorrow and the church strategically changed it to Jesus’, anyway see you at the manger bacchanal later
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We're just out here seeking meaning in a material world
an excellent writer with language can alter your worldview but it’s just that time I mentioned jeans and @niina.bsky.social said “oh you mean ‘hard pants’?”
December 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
We're just out here seeking meaning in a material world
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me assessing if I should add a stanza to the middle of the poem
December 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
me assessing if I should add a stanza to the middle of the poem
me assessing if I should add a stanza to the middle of the poem
December 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
me assessing if I should add a stanza to the middle of the poem
an excellent writer with language can alter your worldview but it’s just that time I mentioned jeans and @niina.bsky.social said “oh you mean ‘hard pants’?”
December 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
an excellent writer with language can alter your worldview but it’s just that time I mentioned jeans and @niina.bsky.social said “oh you mean ‘hard pants’?”
I believe I am caught up on all my things except for one book review so if I owe you something please give me a nudge!!!!!
December 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I believe I am caught up on all my things except for one book review so if I owe you something please give me a nudge!!!!!
I’m at work and they keep giving me more work????
December 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I’m at work and they keep giving me more work????