trying to force myself to share at least the occasional poem, now that I'm throwing new work against the walls. this one was published in Southern Indiana Review 🖤 I wrote it in a time when I had not really slept for many months and was going insane.

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Judas Goat (the87press edition) coming Oct 24, 2025

Wrote a poem from the perspective of an ice swan melting & McNeese Review was kind to publish it. I thought this might be one of those odd personal experiments no one would want, with a pulse only I could feel—glad to be wrong 🤍

this poem wow (“six apologies, lord” by Olena Kalytiak Davis)

—Nazim Hikmet, trans. by Randy Blasing & Mutlu Konuk

Happy birthday to my first book, Judas Goat 🎀

She pairs well with Kristeva’s Powers of Horror, the oeuvre of Brigit Pegeen Kelly, growing up religious, death thoughts, tenderness despite, the long horizontal pupils of prey animals, and holding on close to your dog.

I feel like someone should write about these together

Last year I received one of the most intimidating and meaningful invitations of my life, to contribute an essay to this West Branch retrospective on Brigit Pegeen Kelly’s SONG. westbranch.blogs.bucknell.edu/this-long-wi...

I am SO excited to be doing an event with @therakha.net at Phinney Books on Feb 11 to celebrate his English debut novel The Dissenters (@graywolfpress.bsky.social) 💛 Youssef’s U.S. book tour only has four stops & we are so lucky Seattle is one of them—I hope you’ll mark your calendar & join us

Finally picked up the new Jenny George book After Image & it’s just so beautiful—short poems that render both abundance and its loss, making complex arguments about form and death and harm and so much else with astounding brevity

Received a dream assignment from Public Display Art to respond to Hayv Kahraman’s exhibition ‘Look Me in the Eyes’ at the Frye 🥺 Written in a bold, feverish rush amidst the chaos of a move earlier this month, with gratitude to the editors for the free reign publicdisplay.art/article/208

thinking about this W.S. Merwin poem (“Rain Light”)

This new love poem by Nick Martino (just came out in Passages North) is so beautiful—perfect music

First day of the @tinhouse.bsky.social autumn workshops! The sun came out & I love all the poets; feeling very lucky to be here ♥️

birthday 🕯️🦢🌀🦂