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Robert Eric Shoemaker
@roberteshoe.bsky.social
Author of Ca’Venezia and other books

https://linktr.ee/reshoemaker
August 3, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Ever adjuncted? Read this and fear for your kidneys (if you haven’t had to sell them yet)!
First book of August: “this abattoir is a college” by Orchid Tierney
#sealeychallenge
August 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Roses, such deep heat
Wall of poems, each frame a friend
Time stands still, staring

#poetry #haiku #poem #amwriting #letterpress
July 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The issue of Spoon River in question #indiepublishing #poetry
July 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Just Buffy floofin out
#cat #floof
July 13, 2025 at 2:59 AM
New article with @queerkentucky.bsky.social ! So much fun talking throuples and art
July 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
New article @queerkentucky about Hollyn-Reid's queer Community Filing Cabinet! It was interesting chatting with him about archives and the very down-to-earth processes by which we preserve our memories. Check it out!
queerkentucky.com/ashland-arch...
June 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I had the honor of interviewing author Garth Greenwell for Queer Kentucky!

Read the article here:
queerkentucky.com/cruising-ken...
June 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Yesterday was poetry mail day! So excited for new poetry by @alinaetc.bsky.social and @elliephantshoes.bsky.social and the beautiful new issue of Tiny Spoon! Go read all that gorgeous goodness.
June 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I'm excited to share that I'll be a guest editor for this fall's issue of The Louisville Review! Send in your work for consideration.

Submittable opens June 1 and closes June 6, and submissions are capped at 200. Get in there!

thelouisvillereviewfleur-de-lispress.submittable.com/submit
May 27, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Publications day! Thank you William and @barelysouthreview for publishing "Again," my lil desirous poem, and @srpr_news for including my Hex inside this beautifully-covered volume! It's a lovely day to read a poem :)
May 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Frostburg State, Some Poems, and April Publications

If you'd like to catch up on previous posts, visit "newsletter posts" from the menu on my website and enter the password: poetryismagic! Highlights: Featurette:…

http://reshoemaker.com/2025/04/30/frostburg-state-some-poems-and-april-publications/
April 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The Invisible Histories Project made this zine to help us think about simple ways to uplift each other--everything from routine compliments to downloading your data from the cloud is in here. I'm loving this, and I'm linking to the full free PDF in my bio.

invisiblehistory.org/zines-guides...
April 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I'm excited to read at Main Street Books in Frostburg next week! Check out the event in my bio/Linktree if you're around the Frostburg area!
April 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Weightlessness and being. Simplicity cycling, pinwheeling above us, always; the sky....
April 1, 2025 at 11:42 PM
We did it! Thank you to everyone who donated to Tupelo Press on my behalf in March; I raised $375 with your help, and I’m so grateful for your support and readership. Thank you Tupelo for the opportunity, and Kirsten Miles for shepherding us! My orchids bloomed in celebration!
April 1, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Here are a few of my latest poems intermingled with some poems by other writers throughout the month! Go to the March page to read them in full (screenshots are partial). #poetry #amwriting
March 31, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Only $55 until I reach my donation goal for @tupelopress and 30/30 this month! One week left. Please donate if you're able, and remember, if you donate $25 or more I'll write a poem based on a prompt you give me AND send you a postcard. What a deal! Give me the silliest prompt you can come up with!!
March 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
it
followed with
swarm in her.
she altered the quest ion,
said,
Will anyone
                     beautiful           left say
                     Farewell?

For the scoop on how I'm writing these and instructions to write your own, hit up my newsletter! reshoemaker.com
March 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Will anyone    beautiful    left
in her three generations
tell her "goodbye," say
"farewell"?

I’ve written some poems for Tupelo’s 30/30 using a cutup divination technique that I’d love to share! Check out the videos in my story and on TikTok, where I read the poems and talk about my process.
March 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Who should get the next ode—Rico or Zora?
March 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
30/30 with Tupelo Press has begun! I’ve written two poems so far, one an ode to my cat Buffy and one to a plant (shocking, I know). Every share and dollar counts.
tupelopress.networkforgood.com/projects/247...
March 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I’m performing from the shiny new version of Ca’Venezia with MUSIC on Zoom February 26th! Registration link in bio; please join us for this very cool reading series featuring artist's books!
(This baby photo of me and Laura Sousounis from the Venice Film Festival)
February 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Join us in celebrating the Annette Allen Prize awardees! It was a pleasure and an honor to judge, which you can read more about in my newsletter if you sign up!
February 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
“The Idea of Purrfection: Furetry and Prrrs” by Pawl Valery

Buffy was reading but had to hide to get some solo time

(she self-isolated, don’t worry, I got her right back out)
February 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM