James Penha
@jamespenha.bsky.social
Poet. Editor of @NewVerseNews.bsky.social at http://newversenews.blogspot.com and https://thenewversenews.substack.com . Expat New Yorker living in Bali. he/him 🌈 💙 Story collection—Queer As Folk Tales—out now https://a.co/d/9GkGz81. https://jamespenha.com
Responding to Mamdani’s election: @newversenews.bsky.social #newspoems "We're Right, Behind You" by Steven Kent and "Election Night’s Glimpse of What the People Really Want" by Raymond Nat Turner. bit.ly/39DQ3WM
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November 13, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Responding to Mamdani’s election: @newversenews.bsky.social #newspoems "We're Right, Behind You" by Steven Kent and "Election Night’s Glimpse of What the People Really Want" by Raymond Nat Turner. bit.ly/39DQ3WM
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Thanks to DJ Tyrer for hosting my haiku today at 575haikujournal.wordpress.com/2025/11/02/h...
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November 2, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Thanks to DJ Tyrer for hosting my haiku today at 575haikujournal.wordpress.com/2025/11/02/h...
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Al Ortolani writes in his @newversenews.bsky.social #poem of “Walking the Dog in October with Police Sirens.” newversenews.blogspot.com/2025/10/walk...
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October 25, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Al Ortolani writes in his @newversenews.bsky.social #poem of “Walking the Dog in October with Police Sirens.” newversenews.blogspot.com/2025/10/walk...
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Kay White Drew has a suggestion in her @newversenews.bsky.social #poem for “When He’s Gone.”
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October 24, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Kay White Drew has a suggestion in her @newversenews.bsky.social #poem for “When He’s Gone.”
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Michelle DeRose has been “Reading the Weaving.” It’s political. @newversenews.bsky.social #poem newversenews.blogspot.com/2025/10/read...
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October 19, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Michelle DeRose has been “Reading the Weaving.” It’s political. @newversenews.bsky.social #poem newversenews.blogspot.com/2025/10/read...
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@newversenews.bsky.social #poems "Incendiary Song" by Matthew King, "Code-Switching" by Daniel Romo, "Meditation On Our Difficult National Situation" by Lynne Barnes bit.ly/39DQ3WM
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September 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
@newversenews.bsky.social #poems "Incendiary Song" by Matthew King, "Code-Switching" by Daniel Romo, "Meditation On Our Difficult National Situation" by Lynne Barnes bit.ly/39DQ3WM
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@thescikuproject.bsky.social editor Andrew Holmes is hosting another poem of mine: “Nobody… but Odysseus.” thescikuproject.com/2025/09/25/n...
September 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
@thescikuproject.bsky.social editor Andrew Holmes is hosting another poem of mine: “Nobody… but Odysseus.” thescikuproject.com/2025/09/25/n...
Today’s @newversenews.bsky.social #poems "Stick Boys" by Lynne Schilling, "The Halls of Academia" by Mary Janicke, "Daughters" by Clare Richardson-Barlow bit.ly/39DQ3WM
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September 23, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Today’s @newversenews.bsky.social #poems "Stick Boys" by Lynne Schilling, "The Halls of Academia" by Mary Janicke, "Daughters" by Clare Richardson-Barlow bit.ly/39DQ3WM
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Thanks to DJ Tyrer for hosting my politiku today at 575haikujournal.wordpress.com/2025/09/07/p...
September 7, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Thanks to DJ Tyrer for hosting my politiku today at 575haikujournal.wordpress.com/2025/09/07/p...
Thanks to DJ Tyrer for hosting my new haiku at 575haikujournal.wordpress.com/2025/08/30/h...
August 30, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Thanks to DJ Tyrer for hosting my new haiku at 575haikujournal.wordpress.com/2025/08/30/h...
W. Barrett Munn explains How to Make an Improvised Sandwich Device in his @newversenews.bsky.social #poem. newversenews.blogspot.com/2025/08/how-...
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August 29, 2025 at 10:13 AM
W. Barrett Munn explains How to Make an Improvised Sandwich Device in his @newversenews.bsky.social #poem. newversenews.blogspot.com/2025/08/how-...
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Thanks to DJ Tyrer for hosting my haiku at 575haikujournal.wordpress.com/2025/08/27/h...
August 28, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Thanks to DJ Tyrer for hosting my haiku at 575haikujournal.wordpress.com/2025/08/27/h...
The problem, explains David Lee in his @newversenews.bsky.social #poem, is that the U.S. is a “Democracy With Scissors and Loopholes.” @writingcommunity.bsky.social @rodmannix.bsky.social
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August 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The problem, explains David Lee in his @newversenews.bsky.social #poem, is that the U.S. is a “Democracy With Scissors and Loopholes.” @writingcommunity.bsky.social @rodmannix.bsky.social
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What’s sadder than a cicada resurfacing ahead of time? My poem “Straggler” hosted today by Melanie Villines as part of Silver Birch Press’s Bugs and Insects series. @writingcommunity.bsky.social @rodmannix.bsky.social
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August 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
What’s sadder than a cicada resurfacing ahead of time? My poem “Straggler” hosted today by Melanie Villines as part of Silver Birch Press’s Bugs and Insects series. @writingcommunity.bsky.social @rodmannix.bsky.social
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Bravo to Melanie Villines and the 170 poets who joined her in the last six months at Silver Birch Press to celebrate Favorite Things. @writingcommunity.bsky.social @rodmannix.bsky.social
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August 6, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Bravo to Melanie Villines and the 170 poets who joined her in the last six months at Silver Birch Press to celebrate Favorite Things. @writingcommunity.bsky.social @rodmannix.bsky.social
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Thanks to Amanda White for hosting my canineku in the new issue 7 of Leaf at leafjournal.io/wp-content/u...
August 3, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Thanks to Amanda White for hosting my canineku in the new issue 7 of Leaf at leafjournal.io/wp-content/u...
Thanks to DJ Tyrer for hosting my politiku at 575haikujournal.wordpress.com/2025/07/25/v...
July 26, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Thanks to DJ Tyrer for hosting my politiku at 575haikujournal.wordpress.com/2025/07/25/v...
@newversenews.bsky.social #newspoems on the dire situation in Gaza: “Daily Bread” by Karen Warinsky and “It’s Not (Yet)Too Late (Maybe) by Katy Z. Allen. bit.ly/39DQ3WM
July 25, 2025 at 10:34 AM
@newversenews.bsky.social #newspoems on the dire situation in Gaza: “Daily Bread” by Karen Warinsky and “It’s Not (Yet)Too Late (Maybe) by Katy Z. Allen. bit.ly/39DQ3WM
Thanks to Patricia Carragon @patriciacarragon8.bsky.social for hosting my travel advice cum politiku at sensesensibilityhaikujournal.wordpress.com/2025/07/15/s... #BlueSkyAuthors @writingcommunity.bsky.social @rodmannix.bsky.social @literaryreport.bsky.social
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July 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Thanks to Patricia Carragon @patriciacarragon8.bsky.social for hosting my travel advice cum politiku at sensesensibilityhaikujournal.wordpress.com/2025/07/15/s... #BlueSkyAuthors @writingcommunity.bsky.social @rodmannix.bsky.social @literaryreport.bsky.social
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Jill Rachel Jacobs’ @newversenews.bsky.social #poem “The Tipping Point” and Melanie DuBose’s “Three ICEfound Poems” take on the #ICEstapo. #BlueSkyAuthors @writingcommunity.bsky.social @rodmannix.bsky.social
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July 15, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Jill Rachel Jacobs’ @newversenews.bsky.social #poem “The Tipping Point” and Melanie DuBose’s “Three ICEfound Poems” take on the #ICEstapo. #BlueSkyAuthors @writingcommunity.bsky.social @rodmannix.bsky.social
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Lynn White’s @newversenews.bsky.social #poem mourns Gaza children now just “Bits and Pieces.” #BlueSkyAuthors @writingcommunity.bsky.social @rodmannix.bsky.social @literaryreport.bsky.social
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July 13, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Lynn White’s @newversenews.bsky.social #poem mourns Gaza children now just “Bits and Pieces.” #BlueSkyAuthors @writingcommunity.bsky.social @rodmannix.bsky.social @literaryreport.bsky.social
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@newversenews.bsky.social #newspoems on floods and their opposite by Laurence Musgrove, Philip Kitcher, Karen Marker, and Susan J. Wurtzburg. #poetsofbluesky #blueskypoets #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity bit.ly/39DQ3WM
July 9, 2025 at 10:32 AM
@newversenews.bsky.social #newspoems on floods and their opposite by Laurence Musgrove, Philip Kitcher, Karen Marker, and Susan J. Wurtzburg. #poetsofbluesky #blueskypoets #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity bit.ly/39DQ3WM
“While the Elk Were Moving,” Nick Allison fears in his @newversenews.bsky.social #poem, something awful happened. #poetsofbluesky #blueskypoets #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity newversenews.blogspot.com/2025/07/whil...
July 4, 2025 at 10:06 AM
“While the Elk Were Moving,” Nick Allison fears in his @newversenews.bsky.social #poem, something awful happened. #poetsofbluesky #blueskypoets #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity newversenews.blogspot.com/2025/07/whil...
June 23, 2025 at 12:34 PM