· R L · powell
@rl-powell.com
poet · editor · figment
[he :: they]
Not the first night-wildered scribbler to cat-call the void—but it never looks back.
Quite mad . web : https://rl-powell.com
Insta : @r.l_powell
EIC :|: aprosexia.org :|:
🦋 :: @aprosexia.org, etc.
[he :: they]
Not the first night-wildered scribbler to cat-call the void—but it never looks back.
Quite mad . web : https://rl-powell.com
Insta : @r.l_powell
EIC :|: aprosexia.org :|:
🦋 :: @aprosexia.org, etc.
you are clinically depressed.
But when you decide to return to the lava-lamp of atrocity that is the internet without a quake of dread—you’re cured!
But when you decide to return to the lava-lamp of atrocity that is the internet without a quake of dread—you’re cured!
November 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
you are clinically depressed.
But when you decide to return to the lava-lamp of atrocity that is the internet without a quake of dread—you’re cured!
But when you decide to return to the lava-lamp of atrocity that is the internet without a quake of dread—you’re cured!
. . . Even though you see the sock, stare at it between loading scenes, and while you consider how not-hungry you are for longer than a week . . .
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
. . . Even though you see the sock, stare at it between loading scenes, and while you consider how not-hungry you are for longer than a week . . .
If the sock is on the floor—just one sock, all on it’s lonesome—and should, self evidently, be in the laundry or with its other half but has lain there, undisturbed, for the entire week you’ve devoted to playing the same stupidly repetitive video game, 29 hours a day . . .
November 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
If the sock is on the floor—just one sock, all on it’s lonesome—and should, self evidently, be in the laundry or with its other half but has lain there, undisturbed, for the entire week you’ve devoted to playing the same stupidly repetitive video game, 29 hours a day . . .
In this case, the sock can be a literal sock, but just as easily some other easily waylaid item that does not belong on the floor for an extended period of time.
(Even though a sock makes a bang-up puppet in a pinch—rendering it a particularly lonely and sad example.)
(Even though a sock makes a bang-up puppet in a pinch—rendering it a particularly lonely and sad example.)
November 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
In this case, the sock can be a literal sock, but just as easily some other easily waylaid item that does not belong on the floor for an extended period of time.
(Even though a sock makes a bang-up puppet in a pinch—rendering it a particularly lonely and sad example.)
(Even though a sock makes a bang-up puppet in a pinch—rendering it a particularly lonely and sad example.)
I have a surprisingly accurate test to determine if playing the same video game 18 hours a day and forgetting to eat is hypomania or depression. The test is called the Sock Determination.
November 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I have a surprisingly accurate test to determine if playing the same video game 18 hours a day and forgetting to eat is hypomania or depression. The test is called the Sock Determination.
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The Drop
📷Nina Papiorek
#streetphotography #street #photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #bnw #flickr flic.kr/p/2rxXWiH
📷Nina Papiorek
#streetphotography #street #photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #bnw #flickr flic.kr/p/2rxXWiH
October 11, 2025 at 3:25 AM
The Drop
📷Nina Papiorek
#streetphotography #street #photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #bnw #flickr flic.kr/p/2rxXWiH
📷Nina Papiorek
#streetphotography #street #photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #bnw #flickr flic.kr/p/2rxXWiH
I first understood Silence = Death when I was 12, and the truth in that has never diminished.
Finding the right words to break the silence can seem impossible; but the one that’s broken tyranny, and toppled the machinery of hate throughout history is the same:
“No.”
#resist
Finding the right words to break the silence can seem impossible; but the one that’s broken tyranny, and toppled the machinery of hate throughout history is the same:
“No.”
#resist
September 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I first understood Silence = Death when I was 12, and the truth in that has never diminished.
Finding the right words to break the silence can seem impossible; but the one that’s broken tyranny, and toppled the machinery of hate throughout history is the same:
“No.”
#resist
Finding the right words to break the silence can seem impossible; but the one that’s broken tyranny, and toppled the machinery of hate throughout history is the same:
“No.”
#resist
Huh. You look away for 12 days, and the world just gets worse in the exact same way it was before.
September 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Huh. You look away for 12 days, and the world just gets worse in the exact same way it was before.
This is a shout out to Nick Fewings—finding a quality image that speaks to the dog-eared nature of poetry is surprisingly hard!
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August 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This is a shout out to Nick Fewings—finding a quality image that speaks to the dog-eared nature of poetry is surprisingly hard!
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As I accumulate a spotty and inconstant history of posts on this app—here is a pandemic video I forgot I’d made—when it was just me and him in the apartment for 14 months—straight.
August 6, 2025 at 9:57 AM
As I accumulate a spotty and inconstant history of posts on this app—here is a pandemic video I forgot I’d made—when it was just me and him in the apartment for 14 months—straight.
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BREAKING: Donald Trump officially terminated nearly half of all Education Department staff.
This is an all-out assault on our public schools and Americans with student loans.
This is an all-out assault on our public schools and Americans with student loans.
August 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
BREAKING: Donald Trump officially terminated nearly half of all Education Department staff.
This is an all-out assault on our public schools and Americans with student loans.
This is an all-out assault on our public schools and Americans with student loans.
Pittsburgh? I asked the universe what it knew of this. Who sends mails me letter in quality, heavy gauge paper from Pittsburgh? I have been nice to anyone from there.
But I was wrong! Thank you, @the-engine-idling.bsky.social for the lovely stickers, and the card.
But I was wrong! Thank you, @the-engine-idling.bsky.social for the lovely stickers, and the card.
August 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Pittsburgh? I asked the universe what it knew of this. Who sends mails me letter in quality, heavy gauge paper from Pittsburgh? I have been nice to anyone from there.
But I was wrong! Thank you, @the-engine-idling.bsky.social for the lovely stickers, and the card.
But I was wrong! Thank you, @the-engine-idling.bsky.social for the lovely stickers, and the card.
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As a man who fears only hippies and dinosaurs, this might just be the most terrifying sentence I've ever read.
June 30, 2025 at 10:06 AM
As a man who fears only hippies and dinosaurs, this might just be the most terrifying sentence I've ever read.
It feels so romantic when you put it that way!
July 23, 2025 at 12:55 AM
It feels so romantic when you put it that way!
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Submissions for our last themed issue of the year CLOSE in TEN DAYS! Get it polished, get it in. The squad can't wait to feast on your words 🍽️
All the info you need to submit is here: fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/
Share with a Black writer who needs to rip the band aid off. Don't self reject!!!
All the info you need to submit is here: fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/
Share with a Black writer who needs to rip the band aid off. Don't self reject!!!
July 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Submissions for our last themed issue of the year CLOSE in TEN DAYS! Get it polished, get it in. The squad can't wait to feast on your words 🍽️
All the info you need to submit is here: fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/
Share with a Black writer who needs to rip the band aid off. Don't self reject!!!
All the info you need to submit is here: fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/
Share with a Black writer who needs to rip the band aid off. Don't self reject!!!
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July is #DisabilityPrideMonth. Last year my illness was a harsh reminder that those of us who have the privilege of being able-bodied and healthy that privilege is TEMPORARY. Unless we die suddenly, all of us will experience illness and disability in our lifetime.
July 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
July is #DisabilityPrideMonth. Last year my illness was a harsh reminder that those of us who have the privilege of being able-bodied and healthy that privilege is TEMPORARY. Unless we die suddenly, all of us will experience illness and disability in our lifetime.
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I won a Shirley Jackson Award!!
What incredible news to wake up to. Thank you to the @sjacksonawards.bsky.social & this year's judges. Thank you to @rjacksonjoseph.bsky.social & @rdspress.bsky.social for selecting my Southern Gothic novella Hollow Tongue and showing it lots of love.
#booksky
What incredible news to wake up to. Thank you to the @sjacksonawards.bsky.social & this year's judges. Thank you to @rjacksonjoseph.bsky.social & @rdspress.bsky.social for selecting my Southern Gothic novella Hollow Tongue and showing it lots of love.
#booksky
July 20, 2025 at 11:11 AM
I won a Shirley Jackson Award!!
What incredible news to wake up to. Thank you to the @sjacksonawards.bsky.social & this year's judges. Thank you to @rjacksonjoseph.bsky.social & @rdspress.bsky.social for selecting my Southern Gothic novella Hollow Tongue and showing it lots of love.
#booksky
What incredible news to wake up to. Thank you to the @sjacksonawards.bsky.social & this year's judges. Thank you to @rjacksonjoseph.bsky.social & @rdspress.bsky.social for selecting my Southern Gothic novella Hollow Tongue and showing it lots of love.
#booksky
I really want to print a T-shirt to sell on higher-ed orientation days:
“I wouldn’t be be here
if I had all the answers”
“I wouldn’t be be here
if I had all the answers”
July 18, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I really want to print a T-shirt to sell on higher-ed orientation days:
“I wouldn’t be be here
if I had all the answers”
“I wouldn’t be be here
if I had all the answers”
Obligatory reminder—it’s my job, after all—APROSEXIA LIT is accepting submissions until AUGUST 27, 2025.
Our next issue is [case #2].
No theme. No fees.
www.aprosexia.org/submissions
Our next issue is [case #2].
No theme. No fees.
www.aprosexia.org/submissions
submissions ⎠APROSEXIA LIT
Submit your best poetry to APROSEXIA LIT
www.aprosexia.org
July 14, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Obligatory reminder—it’s my job, after all—APROSEXIA LIT is accepting submissions until AUGUST 27, 2025.
Our next issue is [case #2].
No theme. No fees.
www.aprosexia.org/submissions
Our next issue is [case #2].
No theme. No fees.
www.aprosexia.org/submissions
I’ve been seduced by a Friday night, 50-word Fantasy game. Write a scene that obviously takes place in a speculative world—but you need to use a prompt word. Last night: “stitch.”
Getting this down to 50 words was murder—but even I want to know what the hell is going on:
Getting this down to 50 words was murder—but even I want to know what the hell is going on:
July 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I’ve been seduced by a Friday night, 50-word Fantasy game. Write a scene that obviously takes place in a speculative world—but you need to use a prompt word. Last night: “stitch.”
Getting this down to 50 words was murder—but even I want to know what the hell is going on:
Getting this down to 50 words was murder—but even I want to know what the hell is going on:
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🧶SATURDAY #Giveaway for e(i 6: yarn🧶
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July 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🧶SATURDAY #Giveaway for e(i 6: yarn🧶
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REPOST THIS thru the weekend to help boost our contributors & we'll send you FREE STICKERS!
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REPOST THIS thru the weekend to help boost our contributors & we'll send you FREE STICKERS!
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Hydrate, eat some fruit, take your meds, and look at my dog.
July 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Hydrate, eat some fruit, take your meds, and look at my dog.
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I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1583
July 10, 2025 at 6:18 AM
I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1583
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Disability Arts Online (DAO) is looking for new Trustee to join its Board, using their skills and experience to support a charitable organisation in achieving its mission.
Closing date – 31 July
Location – Remote
Salary – Voluntary
disabilityarts.online/opportunity-...
Closing date – 31 July
Location – Remote
Salary – Voluntary
disabilityarts.online/opportunity-...
July 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Disability Arts Online (DAO) is looking for new Trustee to join its Board, using their skills and experience to support a charitable organisation in achieving its mission.
Closing date – 31 July
Location – Remote
Salary – Voluntary
disabilityarts.online/opportunity-...
Closing date – 31 July
Location – Remote
Salary – Voluntary
disabilityarts.online/opportunity-...
There’s something moderately comforting about waking up and seeing that all the rejection letter requests you sent out the previous evening were correctly formatted—but how can the whole process leave you feeling like you have a hangover?
July 10, 2025 at 11:52 AM
There’s something moderately comforting about waking up and seeing that all the rejection letter requests you sent out the previous evening were correctly formatted—but how can the whole process leave you feeling like you have a hangover?