Had a former bookworld authority figure tell me that "poetry collection" is wrong and I should always use the phrasing "collection of poems" & to that I say collect deez nUTS!!!!

BIG NEWS THAT EVERYONE EXCEPT ME ALREADY KNEW: sectionating yr poetry collection is really fun

Don't mind me just lying on the ground thinking about Gorgug Thistlespring

Submitted MS #2 to something today though I want and will continue to tinker with it—maybe a lot more—maybe maybe—but I just felt like I needed to undermine all that!! That yes/no/it's ready/it's not/FOREVER tinker urge!

Been in a bit of a fallow period & couldn't be happier to re-emerge by way of @creamcityreview.bsky.social, a magazine I've admired for years. Here's a peek at two new & soft poems—many thanks to the CCR readers & editors for giving these a home! All heart, all flesh. ❤️🥩

I was holding so much daily dread between 2021 and 2024. I've made some changes in my life that have lead to much of that dread no longer existing, and it's like wiping off my glasses after a lifetime of trying to see through thumb grease. Is this how people live??

2024 was a great year because I got to drink champagne at the Library of Congress with the poet laureate and I also dressed up as Chiaotzu for Halloween

writing poems after a long time of Not Doing That feels both like lightyagamilaughing.gif and kendall jenner cutting a cucumber

My first bsky post..........