JLoVerde
jajl.bsky.social
JLoVerde
@jajl.bsky.social
Writer. Lover of dogs, frogs, and raccoons 🦋
Looking for my writing people from X.
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a slither of moon
over the empty grass-husks
small moths spiralling
August 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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June 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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crumpled and softened
unfolding inside poppies
nearly-red petals
June 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Come see me on the south side! I'll be reading Back to Alabama this Saturday June 14 at Georgian Gallery McDonough from 5-8pm.
With poets Hester L. ("Lee") Furey, John Charles Griffin, Ed Hall, and Bryant O'Hara
June 12, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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You go to the woods without your red wool coat. The wolves do not stop you and the coyotes bicker far away. You wander beneath the flight of an owl and under moonlight. Your footsteps make no sound but your heart is a midnight song composed of stars…

#vss365 stop
#vssdaily wolf
June 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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I'm trying something new on my Patreon for subscribers: Explainers of the various laws Trump and Musk are accused of violating. Here's my first on on the Privacy Act of 1974.

You can join for free.
if you upgrade to paid, DO NOT do it on iPhone—apple takes 30%. www.patreon.com/posts/124156...
LAW NERD-OFF: What is the Privacy Act of 1974? | Imani Gandy (AngryBlackLady)
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March 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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In her latest interview @necessaryfiction.com, @allisonwyss.bsky.social and I discuss weird perspectives, hunger, and the mouth as an opening, all of which can be found in THESE WORN BODIES (@mooncitypress.bsky.social)!

necessaryfiction.com/interviews/a...
March 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Prodding silken incense ash.

#7syllablesentence
##ash
March 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Hello everyone! @j-neutral.bsky.social will be your #7syllablesentence host March 8-14

Thank you, J.P., for volunteering!

DM me if you are interested in hosting 3/15-21 or 3/22-28. Someone has already volunteered to host 3/29-4/4

Thank you, everyone for your fabulous #7syllablesentence posts! 🐬🦋🐳
Hi everyone! I’m going to be hosting 7-syllable sentence for the next little while. Looking forward to a storm of creativity!

3/8: ash
3/9: aim
3/10: axe
3/11: all
3/12: air
3/13: add
3/14: ache

*Use the #7syllablesentence tag
and tag the prompt word.

*feel free to ignore grammar.
March 8, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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My poem "A Subdivision They Named Marehaven" will appear in the August issue of Pictura Journal 💕
a man with a mustache is wearing a blue jacket and a leopard print shirt .
ALT: a man with a mustache is wearing a blue jacket and a leopard print shirt .
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March 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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I *may be having *too much fun designing stickers for my *book

*I am having too much fun

*There are WAY too many stickers, my wallet can’t handle it

*Catch me and my flash fiction collection, THESE WORN BODIES (@mooncitypress.bsky.social)
at #AWP25!

Or order here:

uapress.com/product/thes...
These Worn Bodies
Flash Fiction by Avitus B. Carle 978-0-913785-79-9 Paper November 2024
uapress.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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You'd like to believe
no one sees you
moving through
the journey
that is your life
but you know
you can travel incognito
in your own mind
but out here
where the messiness
of living occurs
you pay attention
to the signs
reminding you
to keep moving forward
instead of backward.

#vss365 #incognito
March 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Be punk: support the arts and grab a copy of my newest poetry collection while it's half-off. It would mean the world to me to be on your bookshelf, and I'll be collecting you-with-my-book pics!
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The Light Becomes Us / Colleen S. Harris | Main Street Rag
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March 5, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Morning nap wrapped in sugar.

#7syllablesentence
#wrap
March 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Wrap yourself up with your dreams.

#7syllablesentence #wrap
March 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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This old house holds us,
The roof leaks and its draughty,
But we know the ghosts.

#blueskyrelay house
#haiku
March 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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This was posted as a full page paid advertisement in today’s New York Times
March 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Yelling silently? No thanks.

#7syllablesentence
#yell
February 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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TONIGHT!

I’ll be reading from my debut flash fiction collection, THESE WORN BODIES, at Missouri State University at 7 PM!

Event is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Special thanks to @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social and @mooncitypress.bsky.social for publishing my collection and hosting me!
February 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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cobblestone road
the soothing clickety, click
of nostalgia

#SenryuSunday #senryu #3lines #micropoetry
February 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Take what you need from my heart.
#7syllablesentence take
February 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

Featuring my debut flash fiction collection, THESE WORN BODIES (@mooncitypress.bsky.social) and @theoriginalison.bsky.social’s METAMOURPHOSIS (@fifthwheelpress.bsky.social)

Where: Big Blue Marble Books

When: March 8, 2025
2 PM (EST)

www.bigbluemarblebooks.com/events/2025/...
February 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Take only what you would give.
February 22, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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spilled tea~
a tiny moon
on the table

#senryu
February 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM