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january
January 19, 2024 at 1:01 AM
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not sure the ex i wrote this poem about is going to love this news, but i sure do
December 6, 2023 at 3:16 AM
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lately
November 1, 2023 at 6:18 PM
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very very recently (for me): “i’ll call those things my cats” by kim hyesoon
October 30, 2023 at 4:26 PM
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read this last week & haven’t been able to get it out of my head since. writing is agony; writing is process; writing is joy.
imagine a stranger who may be reading one of your poems in secret someday. Try not to think about people who are writing facile things on the Internet. Remember the radical ancestor poets who have gone before, especially those who received less acknowledgment than they should have, those whose genius was insufficiently recognized. Their poetry provides excellent company, as does the work of great living poets who offer inspiration & consolation. Read across aesthetic lines & identity groups, assembling a varied canon. When you feel paralyzed by the pointlessness of temporary fashion, or when dull or predictable work is lauded, try new things that will surprise you as you work for the joy of the process, remembering that all a writer needs are four true readers & one of them can be a tree. Emphasized text: “work for the joy of the process.”
October 18, 2023 at 11:33 PM
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one of my favorite poems was published today 🎀🚀

www.havehashad.com/hadposts/bar...
Margot Robbie, dressed as Astronaut Barbie, peeks through a pink porthole. Poem text: Barbie walked on the moon four years before Neil Armstrong, & you know what, that shows vision & confidence & grit, doesn't it, the way Barbie knew the moon could be walked on, knew she could be the first, the only Barbie to shake spacedust from her stilettos & take the world to new fashion heights. Barbie ventured into the final fashion frontier in zip boots & a metallic pressure suit; Barbie wore a moon hat for the moon so they could match & the moon loved it. & then Barbie got down to rocket science business.
October 14, 2023 at 8:55 PM