Adrian Dallas Frandle
@adrianf.bsky.social
Syntaxer. Poet. Editor. Flash Reader for Split Lip Mag. Gaymer. Former chef. Occasional pebble. Lives in a rosette of mullein. MFA in Poetry (Randolph). Gay af.
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CT & Tri-State friends, please join us!
Very much looking forward to this book talk with @writesloud.bsky.social in a few weeks!
obodoserendipitybooks.com/event/2025-1...
Very much looking forward to this book talk with @writesloud.bsky.social in a few weeks!
obodoserendipitybooks.com/event/2025-1...
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No one will ever sum up Bari Weiss's career more succinctly than "what's the point of standards"
“Standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She asks ‘What’s the point of standards?’
November 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
No one will ever sum up Bari Weiss's career more succinctly than "what's the point of standards"
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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
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A little reminder that I'm making my triumphant return to AWP this year after a 7 year absence. I've met and worked with so many of you online since then and I'd love to meet y'all in person. I'm also very open to reading if you need someone to (probably) read some surreal ekphrastic prose poems.
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
A little reminder that I'm making my triumphant return to AWP this year after a 7 year absence. I've met and worked with so many of you online since then and I'd love to meet y'all in person. I'm also very open to reading if you need someone to (probably) read some surreal ekphrastic prose poems.
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Just a reminder that poetry is alive and thriving in Miami. It’s not just a city for parties, but sometimes we host poetry parties, and we have a lot of fun.
SocialMiami - Poetry City 2025
A powerful statement on Miami's thriving literary community was made at this multi-disciplinary collaboration held at The Jewel Box at the iconic YoungArts campus.
socialmiami.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Just a reminder that poetry is alive and thriving in Miami. It’s not just a city for parties, but sometimes we host poetry parties, and we have a lot of fun.
have you seen my headphones?
November 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
have you seen my headphones?
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“i’m waiting for a few folks // i love dearly to die so i can be myself. / please don’t make me say who.”
— Danez Smith
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This poem appeared in Los Angeles Review of Books, No. 15, Summer 2017. Shared here with deep gratitude.
— Danez Smith
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This poem appeared in Los Angeles Review of Books, No. 15, Summer 2017. Shared here with deep gratitude.
November 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
“i’m waiting for a few folks // i love dearly to die so i can be myself. / please don’t make me say who.”
— Danez Smith
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.
.
This poem appeared in Los Angeles Review of Books, No. 15, Summer 2017. Shared here with deep gratitude.
— Danez Smith
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This poem appeared in Los Angeles Review of Books, No. 15, Summer 2017. Shared here with deep gratitude.
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“When I spoke to him about the loneliness I didn’t mean out in the wheat fields. There is a loneliness that opens up between two people sitting in a bar, not in love with one another, not even certain they like the way they are entangled with one another.”
Anne Carson
Anne Carson
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“When I spoke to him about the loneliness I didn’t mean out in the wheat fields. There is a loneliness that opens up between two people sitting in a bar, not in love with one another, not even certain they like the way they are entangled with one another.”
Anne Carson
Anne Carson
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Delighted to have a poem up this week in Psaltery & Lyre! Alt text for the photo appearing with the link: a close-up photo of a small wicker basket filled with a variety of wild mushrooms.
"He told me I needed wild mushrooms / dried myself in the oven overnight."
"The Chef Told Me" by @magpiedays.bsky.social
psalteryandlyre.org/2025/11/10/t...
"The Chef Told Me" by @magpiedays.bsky.social
psalteryandlyre.org/2025/11/10/t...
The Chef Told Me
by Jennifer Saunders
psalteryandlyre.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Delighted to have a poem up this week in Psaltery & Lyre! Alt text for the photo appearing with the link: a close-up photo of a small wicker basket filled with a variety of wild mushrooms.
Anyone else losing sleep over the trembling instability of synonymy?
No?
No?
November 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Anyone else losing sleep over the trembling instability of synonymy?
No?
No?
Happy Book Bday 🥂 !
On this day, 11/11, in the year 2023, FERSACE was born! 🥂
Happy Hour Book Launch for Nicole Tallman's FERSACE, hosted by Jared Beloff for ELJ Editions
YouTube video by Nicole Tallman
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Happy Book Bday 🥂 !
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First pushcart nomination 🙏💕 Thank you, Salt Hill Journal! 🎉🎉🎉
“To not save anything. To rush headlong,
fall, collapse.”
“To not save anything. To rush headlong,
fall, collapse.”
November 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
First pushcart nomination 🙏💕 Thank you, Salt Hill Journal! 🎉🎉🎉
“To not save anything. To rush headlong,
fall, collapse.”
“To not save anything. To rush headlong,
fall, collapse.”
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New review dropping this morning! Did you know we publish poetry reviews and—we pay? $25 a review.
More here: moistpoetryjournal.com/submissions/
More here: moistpoetryjournal.com/submissions/
Submissions (Poetry and Reviews)
Currently CLOSED to poetry submissions via Duosuma, and accepting poetry reviews (1000-2000wds) to moistpoetryjournal@gmail.com. Note: Poetry submissions only received through Duosuma (see link bel…
moistpoetryjournal.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
New review dropping this morning! Did you know we publish poetry reviews and—we pay? $25 a review.
More here: moistpoetryjournal.com/submissions/
More here: moistpoetryjournal.com/submissions/
Incredible passage in Book 6 of Augustine’s “Confessions” where his friend, Alypius, nearly succumbs to sin by considering buying books at the discounted price offered to Imperial Administrators (lol)
Absolutely digging this @garthgreenwell.bsky.social course!
Absolutely digging this @garthgreenwell.bsky.social course!
November 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Incredible passage in Book 6 of Augustine’s “Confessions” where his friend, Alypius, nearly succumbs to sin by considering buying books at the discounted price offered to Imperial Administrators (lol)
Absolutely digging this @garthgreenwell.bsky.social course!
Absolutely digging this @garthgreenwell.bsky.social course!
drain your outside lines before the first frost
or,
“On Writing”
or,
“On Writing”
November 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
drain your outside lines before the first frost
or,
“On Writing”
or,
“On Writing”
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Benveniste translates "rhythm" by "trace" and "concatenation" [enchaînement]. Prometheus is "rhythmical," and we call him "bound" [enchaîné]. An attachment on the near and far side of language.
Julia Kristeva, Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection
Julia Kristeva, Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection
November 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Benveniste translates "rhythm" by "trace" and "concatenation" [enchaînement]. Prometheus is "rhythmical," and we call him "bound" [enchaîné]. An attachment on the near and far side of language.
Julia Kristeva, Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection
Julia Kristeva, Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection
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Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
WASHINGTON—Having thus far caved on eliminating the filibuster, advancing an adequate climate change agenda, and protecting voting rights, congressional Democrats told reporters Wednesday they were si...
theonion.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
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I apologise profusely for all the trouble I caused to you. I am prepared for the required punishment.
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I apologise profusely for all the trouble I caused to you. I am prepared for the required punishment.
we just watched a raccoon laying on its back, playing with a stick and teething on it. It suddenly bounced up with the zoomies and twirled around with the stick a few times and ran off!
November 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
we just watched a raccoon laying on its back, playing with a stick and teething on it. It suddenly bounced up with the zoomies and twirled around with the stick a few times and ran off!
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The cup’s half full. Get in while you still can!
November 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The cup’s half full. Get in while you still can!
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we love a @natallman.bsky.social interview!
November 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
we love a @natallman.bsky.social interview!
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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If you owe an artist money, please pay them today!
Pay the poets!
by Nicole Tallman Oyster Fritters Carryout by Willy Conley Pay the poets! Pay the poets! In real money, not just in flowers or free drinks or books! Give us rock star status! World tour all t…
gulfstreamlitmag.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:47 AM
If you owe an artist money, please pay them today!
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Friends! I'll be up near Westchester this Friday night, in Connecticut Saturday night, and the East Village Sunday afternoon. Please come? 🙏❤️
November 10, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Friends! I'll be up near Westchester this Friday night, in Connecticut Saturday night, and the East Village Sunday afternoon. Please come? 🙏❤️