Ori Fienberg
@artfulherring.bsky.social
Poet. Braiser. Candlestick maker.
WHERE BABIES COME FROM, Cornerstone Press
INTERIM ASSISTANT DEAN OF HAVING A RICH INNER LIFE, @ghostcitypress.bsky.social
OLD HABITS, NEW MARKETS, Elsewhere
WHERE BABIES COME FROM, Cornerstone Press
INTERIM ASSISTANT DEAN OF HAVING A RICH INNER LIFE, @ghostcitypress.bsky.social
OLD HABITS, NEW MARKETS, Elsewhere
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Ori Fienberg
@artfulherring.bsky.social
· Dec 12
Luftwerk x Aram Saroyan x John Ronan x Harriet Monroe's Left Ear
My actual brother promoting my poetry berg-brothers!
One of my favorite poets — that'd be my brother @artfulherring.bsky.social, who apparently doesn't want to promote his work on this platform — has a new micro-chapbook out, a FREE collaboration with two other writers whose last names share a suffix. It's spiffy and, I repeat, FREE.
Berg x Berg x Berg — Ghost City Press
Berg x Berg x Berg by Ori Fienberg, Zach Goldberg, and Dan Rosenberg Published August 6, 2025 PDF Micro-Chapbook 12 Pages
ghostcitypress.com
August 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
My actual brother promoting my poetry berg-brothers!
Start your climb of Berg x Berg x Berg now! Thanks to my fellow bergs, @gachzoldberg.bsky.social and Dan Rosenberg for the fun, and to @ghostcitypress.bsky.social for giving it a home!
BERG x BERG x BERG by Ori Fienberg (@artfulherring.bsky.social), Zach Goldberg (@gachzoldberg.bsky.social), and Dan Rosenberg is out today as part of the 2025 Summer Series! Download your free copy here: ghostcitypress.com/2025-summer-...
August 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Start your climb of Berg x Berg x Berg now! Thanks to my fellow bergs, @gachzoldberg.bsky.social and Dan Rosenberg for the fun, and to @ghostcitypress.bsky.social for giving it a home!
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Stone Circle Replay Wednesday poem: "Concessions" by Ori Fienberg (@artfulherring.bsky.social)
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stonecirclereview.com/concessions/
Concessions - Stone Circle Review
by Ori Fienberg - Taking turns napping counts as a vacation under circumstance of life and death; a bed will take us over months of flood each night. A good ...
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July 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Stone Circle Replay Wednesday poem: "Concessions" by Ori Fienberg (@artfulherring.bsky.social)
stonecirclereview.com/concessions/
stonecirclereview.com/concessions/
Thrilled to have two sonnets to share with you today! electricliterature.com/two-poems-by... via @electricliterature.com
My Strengths Are Primarily Avian - Electric Literature
Two poems by Ori Fienberg
electricliterature.com
July 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Thrilled to have two sonnets to share with you today! electricliterature.com/two-poems-by... via @electricliterature.com
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I 100% would have used ChatGPT for homework when I was in school, because homework sucked ass. However, if I hadn't been forced to bullshit a lot of essays 15 minutes before class I wouldn't have learned that I enjoy writing. The moral is to destroy both ChatGPT and homework.
May 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I 100% would have used ChatGPT for homework when I was in school, because homework sucked ass. However, if I hadn't been forced to bullshit a lot of essays 15 minutes before class I wouldn't have learned that I enjoy writing. The moral is to destroy both ChatGPT and homework.
Inside the secret bunker, a secret library
Inside the secret library, a secret book
Inside the secret book, a secret bunker...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Inside the secret library, a secret book
Inside the secret book, a secret bunker...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Secret Tunnels, Bunkers and Arsenals: The ‘Panic Industry’ Is Booming
Fortifying the American home has become big business, selling an endless supply of paranoia.
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Inside the secret bunker, a secret library
Inside the secret library, a secret book
Inside the secret book, a secret bunker...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Inside the secret library, a secret book
Inside the secret book, a secret bunker...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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i talked about why it's important to have a community and make art, especially now: open.substack.com/pub/emilymal...
Art under fascism
making community wherever we can
open.substack.com
February 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
i talked about why it's important to have a community and make art, especially now: open.substack.com/pub/emilymal...
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Who is 35 in New York and wants to run for office?
March 13, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Who is 35 in New York and wants to run for office?
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It’s over a 100 years after the great Jewish crusader for free speech, Emma Goldman, was deported from USA for her speaking out. Yet history repeats itself.
People shouldn’t be deported for speaking out.
People shouldn’t be deported for speaking out.
We mustn’t stay silent.
People shouldn’t be deported for speaking out.
People shouldn’t be deported for speaking out.
We mustn’t stay silent.
March 9, 2025 at 11:42 PM
It’s over a 100 years after the great Jewish crusader for free speech, Emma Goldman, was deported from USA for her speaking out. Yet history repeats itself.
People shouldn’t be deported for speaking out.
People shouldn’t be deported for speaking out.
We mustn’t stay silent.
People shouldn’t be deported for speaking out.
People shouldn’t be deported for speaking out.
We mustn’t stay silent.
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NEW: White House says the arrest and deportation of student activist & legal US resident, Mahmoud Khalil, is a blueprint for more.
The final line here is chilling. The White House specifically says Khalil was not breaking the law.
No evidence, no due process, no crime. He was just disappeared.
The final line here is chilling. The White House specifically says Khalil was not breaking the law.
No evidence, no due process, no crime. He was just disappeared.
March 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
NEW: White House says the arrest and deportation of student activist & legal US resident, Mahmoud Khalil, is a blueprint for more.
The final line here is chilling. The White House specifically says Khalil was not breaking the law.
No evidence, no due process, no crime. He was just disappeared.
The final line here is chilling. The White House specifically says Khalil was not breaking the law.
No evidence, no due process, no crime. He was just disappeared.
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“And we need to be there for people, now more than ever.”
A beautiful post by @emilyfmaloney.bsky.social. Check it out, friends.💜
A beautiful post by @emilyfmaloney.bsky.social. Check it out, friends.💜
i talked about why it's important to have a community and make art, especially now: open.substack.com/pub/emilymal...
Art under fascism
making community wherever we can
open.substack.com
February 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
“And we need to be there for people, now more than ever.”
A beautiful post by @emilyfmaloney.bsky.social. Check it out, friends.💜
A beautiful post by @emilyfmaloney.bsky.social. Check it out, friends.💜
Had a dream last night that I was a poet--can you imagine?
March 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Had a dream last night that I was a poet--can you imagine?
What are you celebrating today?
I'm thrilled to have two poems, alongside so many poets whose work I admire, in the latest issue of Smartish Pace.
I'm thrilled to have two poems, alongside so many poets whose work I admire, in the latest issue of Smartish Pace.
![Ori Fienberg
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Every Special Offer is a Special Celebration
My inbox offers true meaning,
but settles for swing and splash
savings. Today is earth day in
unseen ecosystems hidden on
our bodies and currents of dust
beneath our beds. The face can
not be trusted over top products
for hydration or beach properties.
You'd be amazed what a savvy
investor can do with five dollars;
you'd be foolish not to backfill a
narrow lot with all past savings
on eco-conscious art supplies,
with a plethora of prickled ferns,
with the best seat in the house,
with the worst song ever heard,
but we can celebrate reasons,
operations, passports, or every
surcharge. Beauty is the cost
of excellence, of longer lasting
knives, of better business and
custom canvas prints, but you
are beautiful: can be beautiful
as a payment: complete: clean.
[Smartish Pace, 25th Anniversary Issue]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nbevnfaqisqszcve62bnqdqc/bafkreicsh4zspylgynn2lvhznofpetvachx6p34pwjogvg3vdwaanijigy@jpeg)
![Text: Smartish Pace 25th Anniversary Edition [author roster]: Amy M. Alvarez, Brian Baker, Jessica Bowdoin, Ian Cappelli, Grady Chambers, Caroline Chavatel, Josiah Cox, Adam O. Davis, Patricia Davis-Muffett, Moira Egan, Kimberly Esslinger, Beth Ann Fennelly, Allison Field Bell, Ori Fienberg, Forrest Gander, Jay Gao, Kim Garcia, Stephen Gibson, Rodney Gomez, Barbara Hamby, Jared Harél, Bob Hicok, Rick Hilles, Laura Reece Hogan, Carolina Hotchandani, Julia Johnson, A.M. Juster, John Kinsella, Peter Kline, Lance Larsen, Susan L. Leary, Keith Leonard, Heather McHugh, Paul Muldoon, Harryette Mullen, Carolyn Oliver, Amy Ratto Parks, Megan Pinto, Smartish Pace 25th Anniversary Issue [poet contents]: Suzanne Manizza Roszak, Emily Schulten, Tom Sleigh, Matthew Buckley Smith, Bruce Snider, Tramaine Suubi, Henry Taylor, Cammy Thomas, Lloyd Wallace, Whitney E. Walton, and Joshua Weiner
Cover: Erik Barthels [Loose Leaves, Acrylic, 2022]
Design: Jeremy Teaford
Editor: Stephen Reichert](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nbevnfaqisqszcve62bnqdqc/bafkreiadnqygwzcfcugwyb3qz26wucbcyde3ry4njzm7ibwnrsnsddmeyu@jpeg)
February 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
What are you celebrating today?
I'm thrilled to have two poems, alongside so many poets whose work I admire, in the latest issue of Smartish Pace.
I'm thrilled to have two poems, alongside so many poets whose work I admire, in the latest issue of Smartish Pace.
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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
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"But there’s something sinister about the way brands keep finding bigger, flashier ways to repurpose great moments in art to sell products" is a thing I wrote about a mayonnaise ad because I am in a normal and cool state of mind www.eater.com/24354679/whe...
Of Course the ‘When Harry Met Sally’ Cast Reunited at Katz’s for a Super Bowl Commercial
It’s a Hellmann’s mayonnaise ad
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January 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"But there’s something sinister about the way brands keep finding bigger, flashier ways to repurpose great moments in art to sell products" is a thing I wrote about a mayonnaise ad because I am in a normal and cool state of mind www.eater.com/24354679/whe...
When someone asks how the new poem draft is going...
January 28, 2025 at 7:57 PM
When someone asks how the new poem draft is going...
A transformative poetry experience and community!
Applications for Yetzirah's 2025 Jewish Poetry Conference open this weekend, and will remain open until February 21!
Find details, including a recording of our Conference Q&A - plus more information about recent and upcoming Yetzirah opportunities - through our latest newsletter: bit.ly/3PUJi4z
Find details, including a recording of our Conference Q&A - plus more information about recent and upcoming Yetzirah opportunities - through our latest newsletter: bit.ly/3PUJi4z
January 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A transformative poetry experience and community!
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I do not want any record of the shit decisions I make except my own haunted guilt and poor memory. Fuck off robots
January 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I do not want any record of the shit decisions I make except my own haunted guilt and poor memory. Fuck off robots
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During these difficult times, it's important to cherish the little things, like walks in the forest, spending time with loved ones, a beautiful sunset, the cries of terror as an entire village flees before your flaming visage, a good book.
January 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
During these difficult times, it's important to cherish the little things, like walks in the forest, spending time with loved ones, a beautiful sunset, the cries of terror as an entire village flees before your flaming visage, a good book.
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I don't think Elon Musk doing a clumsy salute makes him a Nazi.
I do think that supporting Nazi-adjacent international political parties and propagating Great Replacement Theory talking points and kowtowing to elected officials who kowtow to Nazi-friendly pundits makes him... Oh, whatever.
I do think that supporting Nazi-adjacent international political parties and propagating Great Replacement Theory talking points and kowtowing to elected officials who kowtow to Nazi-friendly pundits makes him... Oh, whatever.
January 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I don't think Elon Musk doing a clumsy salute makes him a Nazi.
I do think that supporting Nazi-adjacent international political parties and propagating Great Replacement Theory talking points and kowtowing to elected officials who kowtow to Nazi-friendly pundits makes him... Oh, whatever.
I do think that supporting Nazi-adjacent international political parties and propagating Great Replacement Theory talking points and kowtowing to elected officials who kowtow to Nazi-friendly pundits makes him... Oh, whatever.
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If you are arrested in Illinois protesting deportation actions are under the Trump administration, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at sheryl@weikallaw.com.
January 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
If you are arrested in Illinois protesting deportation actions are under the Trump administration, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at sheryl@weikallaw.com.
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Just FYI, administrative warrants (like the ones used by ICE) are not judicial warrants (used by cops, signed by a judge).
You do NOT legally have to open the door for an ICE officer with an administrative warrant *no matter what the ICE officer says.*
You do NOT legally have to open the door for an ICE officer with an administrative warrant *no matter what the ICE officer says.*
January 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Just FYI, administrative warrants (like the ones used by ICE) are not judicial warrants (used by cops, signed by a judge).
You do NOT legally have to open the door for an ICE officer with an administrative warrant *no matter what the ICE officer says.*
You do NOT legally have to open the door for an ICE officer with an administrative warrant *no matter what the ICE officer says.*