M.S. Bayliss
@micahshaybayless.bsky.social
Poet who's trying to live as a side-gig. I'm from the four-corners area, currently living in Northern Utah, and have just finished my second masters (literature). The first is an MFA in Creative Writing. Future librarian?
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Delighted to have 3 poems in the excellent Manchester Review. Contrasting pieces. The first recalls my time writing satire. The third’s an older philosophical reflection. Sat between them, the short #poem ‘Again’ reflects my recent style @manchesterreview.bsky.social #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky
Issue 28 - The Manchester Review
Image: © Courtesy of Manchester City Galleries Editorial Luke Buffini, ‘Damilola’ Joe Bedford, ‘Mating Habits’ Lillith Pollock, ‘On Wanting’ Lavanya Arora, 3 poems Thomas Storey, ‘Windwatt’ Gary Dunca...
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December 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Delighted to have 3 poems in the excellent Manchester Review. Contrasting pieces. The first recalls my time writing satire. The third’s an older philosophical reflection. Sat between them, the short #poem ‘Again’ reflects my recent style @manchesterreview.bsky.social #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky
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Sophomores and juniors in high school: through the end of November, we are accepting one poem for The Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers! This year's judge is the inimitable Krysten Hill.
Find complete guidelines at the link in our bio.
kenyonreview.org/submit/patri...
Find complete guidelines at the link in our bio.
kenyonreview.org/submit/patri...
November 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Sophomores and juniors in high school: through the end of November, we are accepting one poem for The Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers! This year's judge is the inimitable Krysten Hill.
Find complete guidelines at the link in our bio.
kenyonreview.org/submit/patri...
Find complete guidelines at the link in our bio.
kenyonreview.org/submit/patri...
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CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.
Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.
Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.
October 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.
Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.
Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.
So... was anyone else diagnosed with #menorrhagia and/or #PCOS, or was it just me? And I have/had access to hospitals and support systems - this makes me SO fucking mad.
U.S. to destroy birth control meant for women overseas : Goats and Soda : NPR share.google/pzk87AzQSLwL....
U.S. to destroy birth control meant for women overseas : Goats and Soda : NPR share.google/pzk87AzQSLwL....
The U.S. is destroying $9.7 million in contraceptives. Is there another option?
This planned destruction of birth control devices is part of the dismantling of USAID services — and is linked to allegations by the government that cite abortion. Critics are speaking out.
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October 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
So... was anyone else diagnosed with #menorrhagia and/or #PCOS, or was it just me? And I have/had access to hospitals and support systems - this makes me SO fucking mad.
U.S. to destroy birth control meant for women overseas : Goats and Soda : NPR share.google/pzk87AzQSLwL....
U.S. to destroy birth control meant for women overseas : Goats and Soda : NPR share.google/pzk87AzQSLwL....
National Endowment for the Arts cancels creative writing fellowship : NPR share.google/afYMnQis4Qiv...
NEA cancels decades-long creative writing fellowship
For decades the program has supported writers who would become big names – Alice Walker, Michael Cunningham, Louise Erdrich and more. Last week, applicants got an email saying the program would be no ...
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August 29, 2025 at 3:21 AM
National Endowment for the Arts cancels creative writing fellowship : NPR share.google/afYMnQis4Qiv...
No. 90 of 100 Reasons Why “Shakespeare” was Edward de Vere: His Tutor Had the Only Manuscript of “Beowulf,” an Influence upon “Hamlet” | Hank Whittemore's Shakespeare Blog share.google/oMW69P5Y2KoQ... #NoteToSelf #Shakespeare #Beowulf
No. 90 of 100 Reasons Why “Shakespeare” was Edward de Vere: His Tutor Had the Only Manuscript of “Beowulf,” an Influence upon “Hamlet”
Most often when scholars have begun to suspect that “Shakespeare” was influenced in his writing of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by the ancient narrative poem Beowulf, they have made a sharp turn away …
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August 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
No. 90 of 100 Reasons Why “Shakespeare” was Edward de Vere: His Tutor Had the Only Manuscript of “Beowulf,” an Influence upon “Hamlet” | Hank Whittemore's Shakespeare Blog share.google/oMW69P5Y2KoQ... #NoteToSelf #Shakespeare #Beowulf
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It's just a “swarm of fish" following a duck.
July 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
It's just a “swarm of fish" following a duck.