Bonanni Comma John
@bananascallops.bsky.social
Poet. Winner of the 2025 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry for retrovirology (Pitt 2026). Editor of Cape Cod Review. Words in Gulf Coast, Foglifter, Electric Lit, & Michigan Quarterly Review. More here: www.johnbonanni.com
hey remember that time I got rejected from princeton?
November 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM
hey remember that time I got rejected from princeton?
but how about this banger from Carl Phillips?
November 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
but how about this banger from Carl Phillips?
October 18, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I'm not sure why I keep getting these emails, but I shamelessly read every AI-generated word. "Hey cosmic baddies!"
October 13, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I'm not sure why I keep getting these emails, but I shamelessly read every AI-generated word. "Hey cosmic baddies!"
Thank you to @kevinbertolero.bsky.social for including 2 of my poems digging into ACTUP history in this incrediblly queer lit mag @andchangepoetry.bsky.social
September 14, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Thank you to @kevinbertolero.bsky.social for including 2 of my poems digging into ACTUP history in this incrediblly queer lit mag @andchangepoetry.bsky.social
I fixed it for you.
1. The history of cheerleading starts with males. It did not transition into a female sport until WWII, when men were being drafted in large numbers.
2. Male cheerleaders already exist at the college level, where (surprise) no one cares. Go watch "Bring It On."
1. The history of cheerleading starts with males. It did not transition into a female sport until WWII, when men were being drafted in large numbers.
2. Male cheerleaders already exist at the college level, where (surprise) no one cares. Go watch "Bring It On."
August 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I fixed it for you.
1. The history of cheerleading starts with males. It did not transition into a female sport until WWII, when men were being drafted in large numbers.
2. Male cheerleaders already exist at the college level, where (surprise) no one cares. Go watch "Bring It On."
1. The history of cheerleading starts with males. It did not transition into a female sport until WWII, when men were being drafted in large numbers.
2. Male cheerleaders already exist at the college level, where (surprise) no one cares. Go watch "Bring It On."
I'll be reading some poems on Nantucket this weekend. Drop by the festival & say hi if you're in the area!
August 20, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I'll be reading some poems on Nantucket this weekend. Drop by the festival & say hi if you're in the area!
#falmouthroadrace killed me this year, but it's always worth the sore legs. Thank you to all who donated!
August 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
#falmouthroadrace killed me this year, but it's always worth the sore legs. Thank you to all who donated!
Did I not post the photo? Amateur move.
August 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Did I not post the photo? Amateur move.
See you there?
August 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
See you there?
My manuscript is heading to the eyes of Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, and I could not be more elated about it. Happy to be in the running among these nine other incredible poets!
August 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM
My manuscript is heading to the eyes of Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, and I could not be more elated about it. Happy to be in the running among these nine other incredible poets!
That's right the women are smarter
youtu.be/li4VQ8kwl-4?...
youtu.be/li4VQ8kwl-4?...
July 25, 2025 at 2:35 AM
That's right the women are smarter
youtu.be/li4VQ8kwl-4?...
youtu.be/li4VQ8kwl-4?...
really curious if david lynch knew about the terrance hayes poetic form (the golden shovel) before filming twin peaks in 2017
July 24, 2025 at 12:25 AM
really curious if david lynch knew about the terrance hayes poetic form (the golden shovel) before filming twin peaks in 2017
Anne Waldman in the Cafe Review, 1999.
July 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Anne Waldman in the Cafe Review, 1999.
John Ashbery
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56704/...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56704/...
July 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
John Ashbery
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56704/...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56704/...
Me writing autotheory
July 9, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Me writing autotheory
Best time to beach is when it's free and the tourists are gone
July 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Best time to beach is when it's free and the tourists are gone
Happy On-the-Verge-of-Collapse. Here's to something better.
July 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Happy On-the-Verge-of-Collapse. Here's to something better.
Diane di Prima, "Revolutionary Letter #75"
July 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Diane di Prima, "Revolutionary Letter #75"
Omg Andrew Sullivan is a joke and @nytimes.com needs to stop giving him a platform for his hate. He does not represent gay men. He is not our spokesperson. Here's Sarah Schulman's 2012 analysis of an interview she had conducted with him:
June 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Omg Andrew Sullivan is a joke and @nytimes.com needs to stop giving him a platform for his hate. He does not represent gay men. He is not our spokesperson. Here's Sarah Schulman's 2012 analysis of an interview she had conducted with him:
Diane di Prima
June 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Diane di Prima