Tommy Welty
@tommywelty.bsky.social
All shall be silly, and all shall be silly, and all manner of thing shall be silly.
Poet-pastor
Poet-pastor
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TV: Sex and violence
JAZZ: Sax and violins
MATH: Stats and variance
BEOWULF: Saxon valiance
JAZZ: Sax and violins
MATH: Stats and variance
BEOWULF: Saxon valiance
June 2, 2025 at 12:49 AM
TV: Sex and violence
JAZZ: Sax and violins
MATH: Stats and variance
BEOWULF: Saxon valiance
JAZZ: Sax and violins
MATH: Stats and variance
BEOWULF: Saxon valiance
I just submitted three poems to a journal with exactly five minutes left in their two month reading period because I’m really bad at this whole thing.
May 2, 2025 at 4:54 AM
I just submitted three poems to a journal with exactly five minutes left in their two month reading period because I’m really bad at this whole thing.
I am the king of a kingdom of thimbles,
I am the vulture of a far-off wilderness.
I am an evening shadow and when
You wipe my forehead clean
my body will crumble to the floor:
From dust you came,
And dust you shall return.
www.fathommag.com/stories/gole...
I am the vulture of a far-off wilderness.
I am an evening shadow and when
You wipe my forehead clean
my body will crumble to the floor:
From dust you came,
And dust you shall return.
www.fathommag.com/stories/gole...
Golem on Ash Wednesday
A Lenten Poem
www.fathommag.com
March 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I am the king of a kingdom of thimbles,
I am the vulture of a far-off wilderness.
I am an evening shadow and when
You wipe my forehead clean
my body will crumble to the floor:
From dust you came,
And dust you shall return.
www.fathommag.com/stories/gole...
I am the vulture of a far-off wilderness.
I am an evening shadow and when
You wipe my forehead clean
my body will crumble to the floor:
From dust you came,
And dust you shall return.
www.fathommag.com/stories/gole...
First poetry acceptance of the year! I will be reading at a performance of Hayden’s Seven Last Words on Good Friday at the coolest bookstore in San Diego. I’ll actually be reading the first poem I ever saw published at a now defunct and sorely missed magazine [RIP The Curator]
March 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
First poetry acceptance of the year! I will be reading at a performance of Hayden’s Seven Last Words on Good Friday at the coolest bookstore in San Diego. I’ll actually be reading the first poem I ever saw published at a now defunct and sorely missed magazine [RIP The Curator]
Got my first poetry acceptance of the year and it’s at a dream publication except the poem got picked up somewhere else and the editorial team missed my withdrawal email… 😭😭😭 Super embarrassing and disappointing but can’t wait for you to read the poem
February 5, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Got my first poetry acceptance of the year and it’s at a dream publication except the poem got picked up somewhere else and the editorial team missed my withdrawal email… 😭😭😭 Super embarrassing and disappointing but can’t wait for you to read the poem
Tommy-coded characters
February 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Tommy-coded characters
Finally took the Christmas tree down.
February 3, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Finally took the Christmas tree down.
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We've stumbled onto a truism of the American church re: the national prayer service -
Something from the pulpit is only "political" if it disagrees with the hearer's politics.
Something from the pulpit is only "political" if it disagrees with the hearer's politics.
January 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
We've stumbled onto a truism of the American church re: the national prayer service -
Something from the pulpit is only "political" if it disagrees with the hearer's politics.
Something from the pulpit is only "political" if it disagrees with the hearer's politics.
Watching the Boss Baby TV Sequel instead, so same difference.
January 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Watching the Boss Baby TV Sequel instead, so same difference.
@robbiemaakestad.bsky.social I enjoyed chatting yesterday! Thanks for coming over and saying hi. Book Catapult is such a great joint and the readings were great.
January 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
@robbiemaakestad.bsky.social I enjoyed chatting yesterday! Thanks for coming over and saying hi. Book Catapult is such a great joint and the readings were great.
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NEW REVIEW of the latest collection from @scottcairnspoet.bsky.social
"It is love, Cairns suggests, that empowers the poem. Any further translation or engagement with poetry is a witness to love’s ongoing inspiration." https://buff.ly/4a5VPLT
Thanks @tommywelty.bsky.social for the review!
"It is love, Cairns suggests, that empowers the poem. Any further translation or engagement with poetry is a witness to love’s ongoing inspiration." https://buff.ly/4a5VPLT
Thanks @tommywelty.bsky.social for the review!
January 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
NEW REVIEW of the latest collection from @scottcairnspoet.bsky.social
"It is love, Cairns suggests, that empowers the poem. Any further translation or engagement with poetry is a witness to love’s ongoing inspiration." https://buff.ly/4a5VPLT
Thanks @tommywelty.bsky.social for the review!
"It is love, Cairns suggests, that empowers the poem. Any further translation or engagement with poetry is a witness to love’s ongoing inspiration." https://buff.ly/4a5VPLT
Thanks @tommywelty.bsky.social for the review!
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who knows how many tens of thousands,
people are making pilgrimages to Mexico
to see this kid …
—Nicholas Montemarano
(This Week, Last Year)
people are making pilgrimages to Mexico
to see this kid …
—Nicholas Montemarano
(This Week, Last Year)
“Second Coming” by Nicholas Montemarano
Now, I want to address this— this situation— if you want to call it that— I guess it’s a situation we have going on down in Mexico— where else, where else—
www.rattle.com
January 8, 2025 at 2:23 AM
who knows how many tens of thousands,
people are making pilgrimages to Mexico
to see this kid …
—Nicholas Montemarano
(This Week, Last Year)
people are making pilgrimages to Mexico
to see this kid …
—Nicholas Montemarano
(This Week, Last Year)
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More Christmas > less Christmas
January 3, 2025 at 4:18 AM
More Christmas > less Christmas
It was a real pleasure to review Scott Cairns’ newest book ‘Correspondence with My Greeks’ for
The Englewood Review of Books. The poems are at once funny, soulful, and comforting.
englewoodreview.org/scott-cairns...
The Englewood Review of Books. The poems are at once funny, soulful, and comforting.
englewoodreview.org/scott-cairns...
Scott Cairns – Correspondence with My Greeks [Feature Review]
Theology News & Book Reviews for Christian Readers
englewoodreview.org
January 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
It was a real pleasure to review Scott Cairns’ newest book ‘Correspondence with My Greeks’ for
The Englewood Review of Books. The poems are at once funny, soulful, and comforting.
englewoodreview.org/scott-cairns...
The Englewood Review of Books. The poems are at once funny, soulful, and comforting.
englewoodreview.org/scott-cairns...
Starting off the new year with three and a half drafts of new poems. A duplex, a poor approximation of terza rim , a sonnet and a half.
January 2, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Starting off the new year with three and a half drafts of new poems. A duplex, a poor approximation of terza rim , a sonnet and a half.
Probably should have taken a family photo, you all look lovely. This nearly counts. My family’s most sacred tradition is the annual book exchange. There’s specific rules for the exchange we don’t remember and so we make up our own rules. Who knows what rules we’ll follow in 2025. Merry Christmas!
December 26, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Probably should have taken a family photo, you all look lovely. This nearly counts. My family’s most sacred tradition is the annual book exchange. There’s specific rules for the exchange we don’t remember and so we make up our own rules. Who knows what rules we’ll follow in 2025. Merry Christmas!
Started calling the Tooth Fairy “bone fäe” this week. Merry Christmas.
December 26, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Started calling the Tooth Fairy “bone fäe” this week. Merry Christmas.
You will be visited by three spirits:
December 24, 2024 at 4:25 PM
You will be visited by three spirits:
Real pleased to have a new poem out in the world today. Thank you to the Clayjar Review for running it. Check out the full issue here: clayjar.review/issues/thril...
December 21, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Real pleased to have a new poem out in the world today. Thank you to the Clayjar Review for running it. Check out the full issue here: clayjar.review/issues/thril...
The turn at the end of this poem by Kyla Houbt @luaz.bsky.social is
spectacular! Each lines is so rich. What a lovely Christmas poem.
spectacular! Each lines is so rich. What a lovely Christmas poem.
NEW POEM #191: "So It Goes" by Kyla Houbolt (@luaz.bsky.social)
"She plots with them, the ornaments, and an uprising
is fomenting. They take lessons in how to cling
from cicada carapaces."
stonecirclereview.com/so-it-goes/
#Poem #PoetryCommunity #Poetry #NewPoem
"She plots with them, the ornaments, and an uprising
is fomenting. They take lessons in how to cling
from cicada carapaces."
stonecirclereview.com/so-it-goes/
#Poem #PoetryCommunity #Poetry #NewPoem
December 21, 2024 at 4:20 PM
The turn at the end of this poem by Kyla Houbt @luaz.bsky.social is
spectacular! Each lines is so rich. What a lovely Christmas poem.
spectacular! Each lines is so rich. What a lovely Christmas poem.
Got word last night that a sixth poem was picked up for publication last night and I think all but one of this batch are at new-to-me publications.
December 20, 2024 at 5:08 PM
Got word last night that a sixth poem was picked up for publication last night and I think all but one of this batch are at new-to-me publications.