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.”
Johnny Marks: And if you ever saw it, you would even say it glows
Creative Writing Workshopper: *I* would never say that to a mutant reindeer, actually
Creative Writing Workshopper: *I* would never say that to a mutant reindeer, actually
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Johnny Marks: And if you ever saw it, you would even say it glows
Creative Writing Workshopper: *I* would never say that to a mutant reindeer, actually
Creative Writing Workshopper: *I* would never say that to a mutant reindeer, actually
my favorite fact about Emily Dickinson is how she let her cat Dash sharpen his claws on her poems, and thus the Em Dash was invented
November 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
my favorite fact about Emily Dickinson is how she let her cat Dash sharpen his claws on her poems, and thus the Em Dash was invented
I don't know if people know this but good poems are hard to write
November 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I don't know if people know this but good poems are hard to write
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found this lil' fragment in the elephant graveyard of my abandon drafts and I kind of love it?
October 31, 2025 at 8:53 PM
found this lil' fragment in the elephant graveyard of my abandon drafts and I kind of love it?
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finally found the difference between truth and beauty
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
finally found the difference between truth and beauty
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📢 ANNOUNCEMENT TIME:
We're less than three months away from pub day for my debut chapbook, CHILDLESS MILLENNIAL.
Tell your friends, your English teacher, and of course all your favorite non-biological aunties.
📚 Pre-order details coming soooon
Brought to you by @gameoverbooks.bsky.social 🕹
We're less than three months away from pub day for my debut chapbook, CHILDLESS MILLENNIAL.
Tell your friends, your English teacher, and of course all your favorite non-biological aunties.
📚 Pre-order details coming soooon
Brought to you by @gameoverbooks.bsky.social 🕹
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
📢 ANNOUNCEMENT TIME:
We're less than three months away from pub day for my debut chapbook, CHILDLESS MILLENNIAL.
Tell your friends, your English teacher, and of course all your favorite non-biological aunties.
📚 Pre-order details coming soooon
Brought to you by @gameoverbooks.bsky.social 🕹
We're less than three months away from pub day for my debut chapbook, CHILDLESS MILLENNIAL.
Tell your friends, your English teacher, and of course all your favorite non-biological aunties.
📚 Pre-order details coming soooon
Brought to you by @gameoverbooks.bsky.social 🕹
finally found the difference between truth and beauty
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
finally found the difference between truth and beauty
toddler woke me up early insisting there was something under his bed and after some negotiating got me to look under his bed where I found… the video game he’d been cuddling like a teddy bear last night (Crash Bandicoot 4)
November 10, 2025 at 11:47 AM
toddler woke me up early insisting there was something under his bed and after some negotiating got me to look under his bed where I found… the video game he’d been cuddling like a teddy bear last night (Crash Bandicoot 4)
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My theory about Joyce Carol Oates is that all her bad posts are her charging up like Godzilla's spines until she lets loose with a radioactive blast that leaves the world's richest Nazi a pile of ash
November 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
My theory about Joyce Carol Oates is that all her bad posts are her charging up like Godzilla's spines until she lets loose with a radioactive blast that leaves the world's richest Nazi a pile of ash
on these new insomnia meds and the pharmacist gave me a very dire warning that they can cause night terrors, anyway last night I dreamt Macho Man Randy Savage shared my poems online and said I was a COOL DUDE
November 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
on these new insomnia meds and the pharmacist gave me a very dire warning that they can cause night terrors, anyway last night I dreamt Macho Man Randy Savage shared my poems online and said I was a COOL DUDE
If you’re out of ideas, invent a place where you could find ideas. An orchard of regret where the fruit on the bough are unsent love letters. A grocery store where you can buy a better childhood. You do not have to begin with something; it is often more useful to begin with somewhere.
November 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
If you’re out of ideas, invent a place where you could find ideas. An orchard of regret where the fruit on the bough are unsent love letters. A grocery store where you can buy a better childhood. You do not have to begin with something; it is often more useful to begin with somewhere.
men will really spend thousands of dollars to make their cars sound like lactose intolerant Kronos post-cheese plate napping on a leather Lay-Z-Boy
November 9, 2025 at 1:27 AM
men will really spend thousands of dollars to make their cars sound like lactose intolerant Kronos post-cheese plate napping on a leather Lay-Z-Boy
happening now! come on in!
HAPPENING TODAY!!!!
Great poetry, great cause.
FREE & ONLINE — anyone can join from anywhere.
REGISTER NOW!!!!
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Great poetry, great cause.
FREE & ONLINE — anyone can join from anywhere.
REGISTER NOW!!!!
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November 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
happening now! come on in!
edited three poems while four children wrestled nearby, where is my pulitzer
November 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM
edited three poems while four children wrestled nearby, where is my pulitzer
later today! join us to support a great cause!!!
HAPPENING TODAY!!!!
Great poetry, great cause.
FREE & ONLINE — anyone can join from anywhere.
REGISTER NOW!!!!
beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com
Great poetry, great cause.
FREE & ONLINE — anyone can join from anywhere.
REGISTER NOW!!!!
beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
later today! join us to support a great cause!!!
FINALLY getting my kids to watch spirited away and my toddler’s review is “I have a lot of feelings”
November 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
FINALLY getting my kids to watch spirited away and my toddler’s review is “I have a lot of feelings”
We are legally obligated to keep these like this until winter sweeps the flowers away right
November 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
We are legally obligated to keep these like this until winter sweeps the flowers away right
poetry is so funny because where else can you argue eating the whole cake is a eulogy
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
poetry is so funny because where else can you argue eating the whole cake is a eulogy
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This is tomorrow!
The Reading is free. Just register for the Zoom call in the link. And if you can donate, click the Trans Lifeline link at the bottom of the page:
beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com
November 8, 2025
2:00-3:45 pst
4:00-5:45 cst
5:00-6:45 est
The Reading is free. Just register for the Zoom call in the link. And if you can donate, click the Trans Lifeline link at the bottom of the page:
beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com
November 8, 2025
2:00-3:45 pst
4:00-5:45 cst
5:00-6:45 est
I’ve been sharing this and images from the Bearded Bards page on Instagram and Facebook, so please feel free to share about Saturday’s reading as well as the one in December wherever you find poetry lovers. It’s a zoom reading, so it’s not limited to here :-)
November 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
This is tomorrow!
The Reading is free. Just register for the Zoom call in the link. And if you can donate, click the Trans Lifeline link at the bottom of the page:
beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com
November 8, 2025
2:00-3:45 pst
4:00-5:45 cst
5:00-6:45 est
The Reading is free. Just register for the Zoom call in the link. And if you can donate, click the Trans Lifeline link at the bottom of the page:
beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com
November 8, 2025
2:00-3:45 pst
4:00-5:45 cst
5:00-6:45 est
two chicken cutlets on a roll with spicy mayo and pickled peppers (hot and sweet) with provolone
what is your favorite sandwich that you would never throw at anyone?
November 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
two chicken cutlets on a roll with spicy mayo and pickled peppers (hot and sweet) with provolone
once again am deeply thankful I can holler LOOK AT THE MOON and everyone in my family will stop what they’re doing and join me in looking at the moon
November 6, 2025 at 11:16 PM
once again am deeply thankful I can holler LOOK AT THE MOON and everyone in my family will stop what they’re doing and join me in looking at the moon
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Cool photo I took a few seconds after waking up when Joe Camel hit me with his car
November 6, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Cool photo I took a few seconds after waking up when Joe Camel hit me with his car
when you forget to put up a piece of paper in the Oval Office that says BE HUMAN in gold
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
when you forget to put up a piece of paper in the Oval Office that says BE HUMAN in gold
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Ted Kooser’s “Starlight”
April 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Ted Kooser’s “Starlight”
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28 pieces of writing spanning the first 5 years of Stanchion and including 5 new pieces from the likes of @toddedillard.bsky.social @jmgatford.bsky.social & @fbereaud.bsky.social. Cover art & photograph by me. Help celebrate reputable indie lit & keep this good thing going for 5 more years. 🖤🤍❤️
Here's the front + back of Issue 20, which is at the printer now + will be published on Nov 25th.
Running a independent print lit mag that doesn't rely on donations, grants, or fees is getting so much harder.
Please consider pre-ordering a copy. Just a tenner.
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Running a independent print lit mag that doesn't rely on donations, grants, or fees is getting so much harder.
Please consider pre-ordering a copy. Just a tenner.
www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
November 6, 2025 at 1:48 AM
28 pieces of writing spanning the first 5 years of Stanchion and including 5 new pieces from the likes of @toddedillard.bsky.social @jmgatford.bsky.social & @fbereaud.bsky.social. Cover art & photograph by me. Help celebrate reputable indie lit & keep this good thing going for 5 more years. 🖤🤍❤️