Jeff Newberry
@jeffnewberry.bsky.social
I’m more concerned than ever that he will come for those of us who oppose him.
My words to Trump and his cult: I sing of Olaf, glad and big.
My words to Trump and his cult: I sing of Olaf, glad and big.
September 22, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I’m more concerned than ever that he will come for those of us who oppose him.
My words to Trump and his cult: I sing of Olaf, glad and big.
My words to Trump and his cult: I sing of Olaf, glad and big.
Many thanks to Susurrus for publishing this poem. I struggled with this draft. As I worked through it, I realized that the poem was less about the act of trading one art for another and more about memory.
"You can’t eat the scuppernong skin.
Spit it out onto the earth. Enjoy this sweet
reminder that what splits open often hides
the fruit, even if the outside will choke you."
"After a Reading at Tift County Library" by Jeff Newberry (@jeffnewberry.bsky.social)
Spit it out onto the earth. Enjoy this sweet
reminder that what splits open often hides
the fruit, even if the outside will choke you."
"After a Reading at Tift County Library" by Jeff Newberry (@jeffnewberry.bsky.social)
After a Poetry Reading at Tift County Library — Susurrus
www.susurrusthemagazine.com
August 30, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Many thanks to Susurrus for publishing this poem. I struggled with this draft. As I worked through it, I realized that the poem was less about the act of trading one art for another and more about memory.
I have poem in the new issue of @susurrusmag.bsky.social
Please read and let me know what you think. Then read the whole issue. It’s outstanding.
www.susurrusthemagazine.com/after-a-poet...
Please read and let me know what you think. Then read the whole issue. It’s outstanding.
www.susurrusthemagazine.com/after-a-poet...
After a Poetry Reading at Tift County Library — Susurrus
www.susurrusthemagazine.com
August 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I have poem in the new issue of @susurrusmag.bsky.social
Please read and let me know what you think. Then read the whole issue. It’s outstanding.
www.susurrusthemagazine.com/after-a-poet...
Please read and let me know what you think. Then read the whole issue. It’s outstanding.
www.susurrusthemagazine.com/after-a-poet...
Reposted by Jeff Newberry
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This is one of the most powerful things that I’ve ever read. I mean, I’m not lying when I tell you that this stopped me cold. I’m still sitting here thinking about it.
Thank you, Paul Crenshaw. 
This is one of the most powerful things that I’ve ever read. I mean, I’m not lying when I tell you that this stopped me cold. I’m still sitting here thinking about it.
Thank you, Paul Crenshaw. 
Jeremy Spoke in Class Today - The American Scholar
On guns, MTV, Stephen King, and the nightmare from which we cannot awake
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July 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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This is one of the most powerful things that I’ve ever read. I mean, I’m not lying when I tell you that this stopped me cold. I’m still sitting here thinking about it.
Thank you, Paul Crenshaw. 
This is one of the most powerful things that I’ve ever read. I mean, I’m not lying when I tell you that this stopped me cold. I’m still sitting here thinking about it.
Thank you, Paul Crenshaw. 
One of the great casualties of the last decade for me is that I no longer know what it’s like to feel hope about anything. 
July 22, 2025 at 10:10 PM
One of the great casualties of the last decade for me is that I no longer know what it’s like to feel hope about anything. 
“A language separated from human awareness and aspiration leaves me cold.“ —Stanley Kunitz
July 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
“A language separated from human awareness and aspiration leaves me cold.“ —Stanley Kunitz
“Nothing is coming. Nothing is already here.” —Thomas Pynchon, V
July 4, 2025 at 3:06 AM
“Nothing is coming. Nothing is already here.” —Thomas Pynchon, V
I’m happy the Tifton Gazette ran this. Many thanks for the support!
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Newberry named president of Southeastern Writers Association - Tifton Gazette
Dr. Jeff Newberry, a professor of English and Poet in Residence at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, has been named the president of the Southeastern Writers Association (SWA).
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July 3, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I’m happy the Tifton Gazette ran this. Many thanks for the support!
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I’m happy to announce that I’ve been named president of the Southeastern Writers Association
July 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I’m happy to announce that I’ve been named president of the Southeastern Writers Association
“The world is ugly,/And the people are sad.” —Wallace Stevens
June 29, 2025 at 11:56 PM
“The world is ugly,/And the people are sad.” —Wallace Stevens
“Damn it, Neil. The name is Nuwanda.”
June 27, 2025 at 2:01 AM
“Damn it, Neil. The name is Nuwanda.”
Reposted by Jeff Newberry
I will not forget or forgive all the blood of children this administration has on its hands by defunding USAID. I will not forget or forgive their destruction of freedom enabled by the Supreme Court or the lives of federal workers and academics they sought to destroy for fun
June 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I will not forget or forgive all the blood of children this administration has on its hands by defunding USAID. I will not forget or forgive their destruction of freedom enabled by the Supreme Court or the lives of federal workers and academics they sought to destroy for fun
“I have always preferred poetry where the fingerprints show.” —Pablo Neruda
June 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
“I have always preferred poetry where the fingerprints show.” —Pablo Neruda
Reposted by Jeff Newberry
BREAKING: In a unanimous decision, a federal court of appeals has ruled that Louisiana's law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all public school classrooms is unconstitutional.
We’ll keep saying it: Public schools are not Sunday schools.
We’ll keep saying it: Public schools are not Sunday schools.
June 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
BREAKING: In a unanimous decision, a federal court of appeals has ruled that Louisiana's law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all public school classrooms is unconstitutional.
We’ll keep saying it: Public schools are not Sunday schools.
We’ll keep saying it: Public schools are not Sunday schools.
Reposted by Jeff Newberry
Juneteenth went uncelebrated by the White House. That alone says everything you need to know about this regime.
June 20, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Juneteenth went uncelebrated by the White House. That alone says everything you need to know about this regime.
My father wasn’t perfect, but I admire him and I miss him. Happy Father’s Day, dad. I hope you eventually found some happiness.
June 16, 2025 at 1:08 AM
My father wasn’t perfect, but I admire him and I miss him. Happy Father’s Day, dad. I hope you eventually found some happiness.
“And yet, the way we miss our lives are life.” —Randall Jarrell, “A Girl in a Library”
June 14, 2025 at 10:45 PM
“And yet, the way we miss our lives are life.” —Randall Jarrell, “A Girl in a Library”
You realize, of course, that he’s eventually going to direct US troops to kill American citizens, right?
June 13, 2025 at 12:40 AM
You realize, of course, that he’s eventually going to direct US troops to kill American citizens, right?
Speaking at the 2025 Southeastern Writers Association conference
June 12, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Speaking at the 2025 Southeastern Writers Association conference