Alex Rieser
@rieseralex.bsky.social
Poetry. Fiction. MFA @ USF. Dr @ UCSD.
EMANCIPATOR (New Fraktur Press).
EMANCIPATOR (New Fraktur Press).
Penny is the queen of comfort.
November 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Penny is the queen of comfort.
lady hanging upside down on today’s hospital walk.
November 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
lady hanging upside down on today’s hospital walk.
Robert Duncan hanging with…. Who is the second guy?
October 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Robert Duncan hanging with…. Who is the second guy?
I need it to be the weekend so I can do book things with book people.
October 8, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I need it to be the weekend so I can do book things with book people.
Was gifted this delicious looking jalapeño jelly. Only problem is I have no idea what to do with it.
September 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Was gifted this delicious looking jalapeño jelly. Only problem is I have no idea what to do with it.
When your world is upside-down, strangely, you return to the music that came out when you were 16.
September 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
When your world is upside-down, strangely, you return to the music that came out when you were 16.
These are excellent
August 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
These are excellent
"You think you're ready
For anything; then it happens, and you're not."
C D Wright from Cooling Time
For anything; then it happens, and you're not."
C D Wright from Cooling Time
August 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
"You think you're ready
For anything; then it happens, and you're not."
C D Wright from Cooling Time
For anything; then it happens, and you're not."
C D Wright from Cooling Time
A friend left their mug behind in the hospital room after visiting our son.
August 16, 2025 at 2:16 PM
A friend left their mug behind in the hospital room after visiting our son.
New media. This will be a good evening.
August 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
New media. This will be a good evening.
Family traveling through our backyard
July 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Family traveling through our backyard
Poetry has something to say about this
July 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Poetry has something to say about this
Champaign grapes so I can snack and feel like Dionysus at the same time. Red mnm for scale.
July 14, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Champaign grapes so I can snack and feel like Dionysus at the same time. Red mnm for scale.
How do I explain to the squirrels that this behavior is unacceptable?
July 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
How do I explain to the squirrels that this behavior is unacceptable?
@dapowell.bsky.social you have this one?
July 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
@dapowell.bsky.social you have this one?
From Danielle Colobert's She Then, it became It Then when Norma Cole translated it from the French. Cole loved to play with genders.
July 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
From Danielle Colobert's She Then, it became It Then when Norma Cole translated it from the French. Cole loved to play with genders.
See, Jose Medina gets it
June 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
See, Jose Medina gets it
Amateurs setting off 4th of July fireworks in Southern California?
June 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Amateurs setting off 4th of July fireworks in Southern California?
Michael Kramer is an amazing narrator
June 27, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Michael Kramer is an amazing narrator
"May your heart that is not there
the white heart of the snow,
be my heart, too."
From Now the Green Blade Rises, poems by Elizabeth Spires
the white heart of the snow,
be my heart, too."
From Now the Green Blade Rises, poems by Elizabeth Spires
June 27, 2025 at 12:08 AM
"May your heart that is not there
the white heart of the snow,
be my heart, too."
From Now the Green Blade Rises, poems by Elizabeth Spires
the white heart of the snow,
be my heart, too."
From Now the Green Blade Rises, poems by Elizabeth Spires
The Unmarked Body Wakes, from Norma Cole's Spinoza in Her Youth
June 26, 2025 at 3:28 AM
The Unmarked Body Wakes, from Norma Cole's Spinoza in Her Youth
Thanks, George. Needed to hear that.
June 24, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Thanks, George. Needed to hear that.
Toots & Maytals morning
June 17, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Toots & Maytals morning