Phil Goldstein
@philgoldstein.bsky.social
Poet. Author of HOW TO BURY A BOY AT SEA. Copywriter and editor at Amazon Web Services. Cat and dog dad. Partner. Nice Jewish Boy. Dork.
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Phil Goldstein
@philgoldstein.bsky.social
· Nov 16
My favorite thing I've published in the past few years. It's the first poem I wrote in what has now become my second book (very close to being done with a first draft!). Published in August 2023 in @atticusreview.bsky.social. All praise to @alinaetc.bsky.social for a prompt that led to this poem 🙏🏻🥳❤️
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it may feel a little like homework, but i genuinely think people should read the lincoln-douglas debates to see what the practical politics of anti-slavery looked like in an environment where the public was neutral to hostile to the question of emancipation
September 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
it may feel a little like homework, but i genuinely think people should read the lincoln-douglas debates to see what the practical politics of anti-slavery looked like in an environment where the public was neutral to hostile to the question of emancipation
Amid the dumpster fire that is the world right now, it was lovely to wake up to this acceptance from @poetrysouth.bsky.social. 🥳❤️
September 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Amid the dumpster fire that is the world right now, it was lovely to wake up to this acceptance from @poetrysouth.bsky.social. 🥳❤️
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So Hegseth’s missiles were fired at a boat:
✅ they had no idea where it was going
✅ they had no idea who was on it
✅ they had no established authority to act
✅ but definitely wanted to murder whoever was on it
Everyone involved should rot in prison forever
✅ they had no idea where it was going
✅ they had no idea who was on it
✅ they had no established authority to act
✅ but definitely wanted to murder whoever was on it
Everyone involved should rot in prison forever
September 4, 2025 at 2:22 AM
So Hegseth’s missiles were fired at a boat:
✅ they had no idea where it was going
✅ they had no idea who was on it
✅ they had no established authority to act
✅ but definitely wanted to murder whoever was on it
Everyone involved should rot in prison forever
✅ they had no idea where it was going
✅ they had no idea who was on it
✅ they had no established authority to act
✅ but definitely wanted to murder whoever was on it
Everyone involved should rot in prison forever
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No, seriously: What's the argument against?
The next Democratic president should declare that the National Emergencies Act and Article II of the Constitution allow him to:
•admit D.C. and Puerto Rico as states
•abolish ICE
•grant citizenship to any immigrant
•disband the 5th Circuit
•expand the Supreme Court
Seriously: Why the hell not?
•admit D.C. and Puerto Rico as states
•abolish ICE
•grant citizenship to any immigrant
•disband the 5th Circuit
•expand the Supreme Court
Seriously: Why the hell not?
September 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
No, seriously: What's the argument against?
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Eric Schmitt's speech was cribbed from Samuel T. Francis.—
www.unpopularfront.news/p/the-schmit...
www.unpopularfront.news/p/the-schmit...
The Schmittian Enemy
What's up at the NatC Conference
www.unpopularfront.news
September 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Eric Schmitt's speech was cribbed from Samuel T. Francis.—
www.unpopularfront.news/p/the-schmit...
www.unpopularfront.news/p/the-schmit...
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Stop saying he’s doing things that only Congress can do!!!!
JUST IN: President Trump will rename the Defense Department the Department of War, the White House confirmed
Trump seeks to rename Department of Defense to Department of War
The Trump administration has focused on restoring a "warrior ethos" to the Armed Services.
www.axios.com
September 4, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Stop saying he’s doing things that only Congress can do!!!!
@jamellebouie.net - I feel like this didn't work out so well in "Clear and Present Danger," am I remembering that right?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...
Trump Claims the Power to Summarily Kill Suspected Drug Smugglers
www.nytimes.com
September 4, 2025 at 11:43 PM
@jamellebouie.net - I feel like this didn't work out so well in "Clear and Present Danger," am I remembering that right?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...
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Maybe this was never the place I thought it was. That image is likely just the selective memory or the idealized version as filtered through a younger, more naive, less aware, more optimistic version of myself. Still, the sense of loss is the same.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/an-america...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/an-america...
An American Lost in America
The disorientation of a rapidly changing homeland
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
August 21, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Maybe this was never the place I thought it was. That image is likely just the selective memory or the idealized version as filtered through a younger, more naive, less aware, more optimistic version of myself. Still, the sense of loss is the same.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/an-america...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/an-america...
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If you don't already, watch Colbert. He is a man with no more f*cks left to give. And it's glorious.
Check out this song parody from last night's show: Mike Johnson Delays House Epstein Vote Until September
Check out this song parody from last night's show: Mike Johnson Delays House Epstein Vote Until September
July 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
If you don't already, watch Colbert. He is a man with no more f*cks left to give. And it's glorious.
Check out this song parody from last night's show: Mike Johnson Delays House Epstein Vote Until September
Check out this song parody from last night's show: Mike Johnson Delays House Epstein Vote Until September
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OMG, the portraits hanging in the WH on the South Park episode.
💀💀💀
💀💀💀
July 24, 2025 at 6:59 AM
OMG, the portraits hanging in the WH on the South Park episode.
💀💀💀
💀💀💀
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I will never tire of saying that Republicans in the Senate had the chance in 2021 to prevent this man from ever becoming president again, and they chose not to do so. We’re in the future they created.
June 9, 2025 at 11:24 AM
I will never tire of saying that Republicans in the Senate had the chance in 2021 to prevent this man from ever becoming president again, and they chose not to do so. We’re in the future they created.
As @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social says, "The world is at least fifty percent terrible, and that's a conservative estimate," but I have some joyous news: My second book of poems, "Beloved Marrow," is now done, and it'll hopefully find a good home soon (poets, am all ears on your favorite presses!).
June 9, 2025 at 12:15 AM
As @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social says, "The world is at least fifty percent terrible, and that's a conservative estimate," but I have some joyous news: My second book of poems, "Beloved Marrow," is now done, and it'll hopefully find a good home soon (poets, am all ears on your favorite presses!).
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Oh.
"This is about whether we have functional constitutional government in this country. If the IRS can go after you because of what you think or what you believe or what you do, we'd no longer live in a free country.“
"This is about whether we have functional constitutional government in this country. If the IRS can go after you because of what you think or what you believe or what you do, we'd no longer live in a free country.“
April 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Oh.
"This is about whether we have functional constitutional government in this country. If the IRS can go after you because of what you think or what you believe or what you do, we'd no longer live in a free country.“
"This is about whether we have functional constitutional government in this country. If the IRS can go after you because of what you think or what you believe or what you do, we'd no longer live in a free country.“
Happy 4th anniversary to my love 🌅❤️🥳
April 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Happy 4th anniversary to my love 🌅❤️🥳
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love this from @mollyjongfast.bsky.social (and doesn't hurt that she's smacking down chris matthews)
Molly Jong-Fast: “I'm going to respectfully push back on this. This is thought policing 101. This is not okay. They are using anti-antisemitism as a cloak. This is about targeting speech. It has nothing to do with anti-antisemitism and everything to do with authoritarianism.”
#HarvardUniversity
#HarvardUniversity
April 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
love this from @mollyjongfast.bsky.social (and doesn't hurt that she's smacking down chris matthews)
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April 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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9/ The tariffs are DESIGNED to create economic hardship. Why? So that Trump has a straight face rationale for releasing them, business by business or industry by industry.
As he adjusts or grants relief, it’s a win-win: the economy improves and dissent disappears.
As he adjusts or grants relief, it’s a win-win: the economy improves and dissent disappears.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
9/ The tariffs are DESIGNED to create economic hardship. Why? So that Trump has a straight face rationale for releasing them, business by business or industry by industry.
As he adjusts or grants relief, it’s a win-win: the economy improves and dissent disappears.
As he adjusts or grants relief, it’s a win-win: the economy improves and dissent disappears.
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Gotta love this ridiculous attempt to put a gloss of rationality on Trump’s tariffs.
It’s like:
CHILD’S EFFORT TO RESTRAIN RESPIRATION AIMS TO BRING CURTAIN DOWN ON ERA OF VISUAL PERCEPTION
Little Donnie thinks he can become invisible by holding his breath, but it won’t be easy
It’s like:
CHILD’S EFFORT TO RESTRAIN RESPIRATION AIMS TO BRING CURTAIN DOWN ON ERA OF VISUAL PERCEPTION
Little Donnie thinks he can become invisible by holding his breath, but it won’t be easy
April 3, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Gotta love this ridiculous attempt to put a gloss of rationality on Trump’s tariffs.
It’s like:
CHILD’S EFFORT TO RESTRAIN RESPIRATION AIMS TO BRING CURTAIN DOWN ON ERA OF VISUAL PERCEPTION
Little Donnie thinks he can become invisible by holding his breath, but it won’t be easy
It’s like:
CHILD’S EFFORT TO RESTRAIN RESPIRATION AIMS TO BRING CURTAIN DOWN ON ERA OF VISUAL PERCEPTION
Little Donnie thinks he can become invisible by holding his breath, but it won’t be easy
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Sometimes the best strategy in social media is to stop soiling yourself in public
April 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Sometimes the best strategy in social media is to stop soiling yourself in public
Trump news: This anti-DEI stuff is sounding a whole lot like something else! slate.com/news-and-pol...
This Anti-DEI Stuff Is Sounding a Whole Lot Like Something Else!
This has got to be the most Hitler-curious administration in U.S. history.
slate.com
March 19, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Trump news: This anti-DEI stuff is sounding a whole lot like something else! slate.com/news-and-pol...
I loved having this @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social conversation with @patrycjasara.bsky.social about her gorgeous debut collection, WE CONTAIN LANDSCAPES, which is out on Tuesday from @tinhouse.bsky.social. We talked about poetry, Poland, nature, immigration & more! ♥️
www.onlypoems.net/conversation...
www.onlypoems.net/conversation...
Navigating the Borders Between the Past, Nature, and Ourselves: An Interview with Patrycja Humienik — ONLY POEMS
In this exclusive interview, Patricia Humienik, author of "We Contain Landscapes," talks to Phil Goldstein about homelands, borders, and immigrant identities, and the way they get explored in writing ...
www.onlypoems.net
March 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I loved having this @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social conversation with @patrycjasara.bsky.social about her gorgeous debut collection, WE CONTAIN LANDSCAPES, which is out on Tuesday from @tinhouse.bsky.social. We talked about poetry, Poland, nature, immigration & more! ♥️
www.onlypoems.net/conversation...
www.onlypoems.net/conversation...
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i honestly have never seen a political leader so thoroughly destroy their credibility so quickly and, on the other side, it is abundantly clear that if anyone can claim a genuine leadership of large parts of the democratic party, it is AOC.
Folks is it good when your own party's leadership in the House is dropping "listen to the women" and MLK quotes on you while swing state members of your caucus are talking about new leadership
March 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
i honestly have never seen a political leader so thoroughly destroy their credibility so quickly and, on the other side, it is abundantly clear that if anyone can claim a genuine leadership of large parts of the democratic party, it is AOC.
I'm so truly honored to have a new poem out in the latest issue of the Sierra Nevada Review. Since I was a kid I've been fascinated by astronomy. We're specs and yet we are also each so very rare and precious. Many thanks to very helpful edits from @patrycjasara.bsky.social and Swati Sudarsan!
March 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I'm so truly honored to have a new poem out in the latest issue of the Sierra Nevada Review. Since I was a kid I've been fascinated by astronomy. We're specs and yet we are also each so very rare and precious. Many thanks to very helpful edits from @patrycjasara.bsky.social and Swati Sudarsan!