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BartonSmock
@bartonsmock.bsky.social
poet, failed movie lover, mostly father mostly husband mostly son. rare disease beginner for life.

writes at kingsoftrain.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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November 3, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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September 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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"the scarecrow loving puppet put a pop gun to the head of the soundman’s lamb."

#TodaysPoem #poetry
liftoff by @BartonSmock.bsky.social (2024 Mercurius Magazine)
Barton Smock Surreal-Absurd Sampler — Mercurius
Eight surreal and absurd poems from Barton Smock, complete with a mini-essay on the genre and form.
www.mercurius.one
September 30, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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2024
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Have you heard of @bartonsmock.bsky.social

The prolific Ohio poet posts 1-3 poems a day on his Instagram & his website (kingsoftrain.com) then bundles them into self-published pay-what-you-want books whenever he feels like it (or whenever a particular sequence is as complete as complete can be).
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Well good person nah
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