Marc Alan Di Martino
@marcadimartino.bsky.social
Poet, teacher, translator, dad. Support 🇺🇦 Pro-democracy. Atheist. Reader at @baltimorereview.bsky.social | Translation: https://worldpoetrybooks.com/books/day-lasts-forever | Web: marcalandimartino.com
Maybe this sort of juxtaposition is driving us all collectively insane?
November 15, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Maybe this sort of juxtaposition is driving us all collectively insane?
Spencer Ackerman in the Nation takes the best shot at Dick Cheney. On the same day.
November 4, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Spencer Ackerman in the Nation takes the best shot at Dick Cheney. On the same day.
Fontana der Tritone, Roma.
October 31, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Fontana der Tritone, Roma.
Feels like this poem is evergreen.
October 23, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Feels like this poem is evergreen.
Love the scare quotes, guys.
October 19, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Love the scare quotes, guys.
Jane Goodall for the win. 🕊
October 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Jane Goodall for the win. 🕊
Oct. 7, 2023 was an act of savage violence perpetrated against civilians by a terrorist organization.
October 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Oct. 7, 2023 was an act of savage violence perpetrated against civilians by a terrorist organization.
I feel seen.
September 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I feel seen.
I found one in the yard recently.
September 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I found one in the yard recently.
The Royal Family has always had a Hitler problem.
September 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The Royal Family has always had a Hitler problem.
Kirk doesn't have to rhyme with 'jerk'.
September 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Kirk doesn't have to rhyme with 'jerk'.
What's yours?
September 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
What's yours?
Epicurus. In Yiddish an atheist is called 'apikoros' after him: אַפיקאָראָס. An honor in my book.
September 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Epicurus. In Yiddish an atheist is called 'apikoros' after him: אַפיקאָראָס. An honor in my book.
Cicero, who was beheaded by Augustus for speaking his mind.
September 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Cicero, who was beheaded by Augustus for speaking his mind.
Mario Dell'Arco wrote perfect poems about his native Rome in the dialect of everyday people, Romanesco.
September 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Mario Dell'Arco wrote perfect poems about his native Rome in the dialect of everyday people, Romanesco.
Philip Roth on the "indigenous American berserk".
September 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Philip Roth on the "indigenous American berserk".
Caravaggio's very famous painting of a very naked boy who is also a Christain saint. Will the bots flag this as "suggestive" because he has a penis?
September 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Caravaggio's very famous painting of a very naked boy who is also a Christain saint. Will the bots flag this as "suggestive" because he has a penis?
More naked humans from the ancient world.
September 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
More naked humans from the ancient world.
A statue of the god Dionysus. Is this porn, @moderation.bsky.app ?
September 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
A statue of the god Dionysus. Is this porn, @moderation.bsky.app ?
I appealed their ruling. AI doesn't know the difference between porn and statuary.
September 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I appealed their ruling. AI doesn't know the difference between porn and statuary.
Venus. Capitolini Museum, Rome.
September 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Venus. Capitolini Museum, Rome.
In other news, Day Lasts Forever is in two of Rome's bookshops, Lasts Feltrinelli and Almost Corner! Mario dell'Arco in good company!
September 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
In other news, Day Lasts Forever is in two of Rome's bookshops, Lasts Feltrinelli and Almost Corner! Mario dell'Arco in good company!
Deftly sickening description of the Epstein B-day Book from the New Yorker. Trump must resign.
September 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Deftly sickening description of the Epstein B-day Book from the New Yorker. Trump must resign.