Jesse DeLong
@jessemdelong.bsky.social
Poet, Lecturer. Louisiana transplant. The Amateur Scientist’s Notebook: Baobab Press. he/him. #BLM
I'm excited to share the cover of my forthcoming book, out in late January from Cornerstone Press!
I have a few ARCs if anyone is seriously interested in writing a review. Message me if interested!
I have a few ARCs if anyone is seriously interested in writing a review. Message me if interested!
October 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I'm excited to share the cover of my forthcoming book, out in late January from Cornerstone Press!
I have a few ARCs if anyone is seriously interested in writing a review. Message me if interested!
I have a few ARCs if anyone is seriously interested in writing a review. Message me if interested!
I don't like the Carson poem, but it's obviously better than the AI poem. Carson's poem takes risks (and probably fails). The AI poem does what, unfortunately, a lot of poems do nowadays--just imitates moves they've seen in other poems. Comparing them is such a bad faith argument.
October 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I don't like the Carson poem, but it's obviously better than the AI poem. Carson's poem takes risks (and probably fails). The AI poem does what, unfortunately, a lot of poems do nowadays--just imitates moves they've seen in other poems. Comparing them is such a bad faith argument.
Have you ever seen a big like this? It was like the bark looking thing was its shell.
September 25, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Have you ever seen a big like this? It was like the bark looking thing was its shell.
Willard Scott, the first Ronald McDonald
September 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Willard Scott, the first Ronald McDonald
Is this a moth with a bug eating it, or a moth with a tail to mimic a bug?
September 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Is this a moth with a bug eating it, or a moth with a tail to mimic a bug?
Someone must have had a bad first day back.
August 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Someone must have had a bad first day back.
Found in the work trash today
July 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Found in the work trash today
Everyone’s forgetting that the Albuquerque Aztecs signed “Steamin” Willie Beamen and won the chip first year.
June 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Everyone’s forgetting that the Albuquerque Aztecs signed “Steamin” Willie Beamen and won the chip first year.
Antonio Brown with one of the worst poems you’ve ever read.
June 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Antonio Brown with one of the worst poems you’ve ever read.
Still pissed I didn’t buy like 500 of these. From 2023. I’d probably still have some, dammit!
May 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Still pissed I didn’t buy like 500 of these. From 2023. I’d probably still have some, dammit!
You: take 58 minutes to drink some aromatic and warming coffee.
Me: takes 2 seconds to swallow a chalky tasting caffeine pill.
Me: takes 2 seconds to swallow a chalky tasting caffeine pill.
April 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
You: take 58 minutes to drink some aromatic and warming coffee.
Me: takes 2 seconds to swallow a chalky tasting caffeine pill.
Me: takes 2 seconds to swallow a chalky tasting caffeine pill.
I’m excited to have my poem, “Parasites,” in the opening pages of Notre Dame Review (59). This issue has so many dynamic writers, so go get your copy now (link in thread). Much thanks to the editors!
April 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I’m excited to have my poem, “Parasites,” in the opening pages of Notre Dame Review (59). This issue has so many dynamic writers, so go get your copy now (link in thread). Much thanks to the editors!
Who’s going to be at AWP in LA? Let’s connect! I’ll leer at you as you read like my dog is doing here.
March 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Who’s going to be at AWP in LA? Let’s connect! I’ll leer at you as you read like my dog is doing here.
I’m honored to see my poem STOPS among such great pieces of writing in the newest issue of Ghost City Review. Many thanks to the editors. Link in thread.
February 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I’m honored to see my poem STOPS among such great pieces of writing in the newest issue of Ghost City Review. Many thanks to the editors. Link in thread.
Narrative Magazine doing some shady stuff.
February 13, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Narrative Magazine doing some shady stuff.
This soda is pretty good.
February 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM
This soda is pretty good.
During the snowstorm last week, the bolt connecting the bristles to the handle came off our broom as I was clearing off the snow from the top of my car. Two weeks later, parking at work, I found the bolt, which had somehow stayed atop my car through two weeks of driving!
February 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
During the snowstorm last week, the bolt connecting the bristles to the handle came off our broom as I was clearing off the snow from the top of my car. Two weeks later, parking at work, I found the bolt, which had somehow stayed atop my car through two weeks of driving!
Our banana magnolia chose today, when it’s about to snow, to bloom.
January 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Our banana magnolia chose today, when it’s about to snow, to bloom.
The reflection of this wrapping on the floor
December 24, 2024 at 3:31 PM
The reflection of this wrapping on the floor
Using your blinker is for the rich.
December 22, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Using your blinker is for the rich.
Gabbert’s poem, out in Black Warrior Review, is a lesson in line breaks.
December 21, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Gabbert’s poem, out in Black Warrior Review, is a lesson in line breaks.
Peter, calmly, looking at himself in the mirror
December 13, 2024 at 9:21 PM
Peter, calmly, looking at himself in the mirror