Josette Akresh-Gonzales
@vivakresh.bsky.social
author of Apocalypse on the Linoleum (Lily). Poems in Southern Review, Indianapolis Review, Atticus, JAMA, and many other journals, as well as the anthologies Choice Words (Haymarket) and Breaking the Glass (Laurel).
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May Day poetry reading TONIGHT!!
If you have more energy after the demonstrations today, please come out to The Square Root in Rozzie for a May Day poetry reading I'm part of, along with @jennmartelli.bsky.social
8pm.
No cover charge.
If you have more energy after the demonstrations today, please come out to The Square Root in Rozzie for a May Day poetry reading I'm part of, along with @jennmartelli.bsky.social
8pm.
No cover charge.
May 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
May Day poetry reading TONIGHT!!
If you have more energy after the demonstrations today, please come out to The Square Root in Rozzie for a May Day poetry reading I'm part of, along with @jennmartelli.bsky.social
8pm.
No cover charge.
If you have more energy after the demonstrations today, please come out to The Square Root in Rozzie for a May Day poetry reading I'm part of, along with @jennmartelli.bsky.social
8pm.
No cover charge.
May Day poetry reading TONIGHT!!
If you have more energy after the demonstrations today, please come out to The Square Root in Rozzie for a May Day poetry reading I'm part of, along with @jennmartelli.bsky.social
8pm.
No cover charge.
If you have more energy after the demonstrations today, please come out to The Square Root in Rozzie for a May Day poetry reading I'm part of, along with @jennmartelli.bsky.social
8pm.
No cover charge.
May 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
May Day poetry reading TONIGHT!!
If you have more energy after the demonstrations today, please come out to The Square Root in Rozzie for a May Day poetry reading I'm part of, along with @jennmartelli.bsky.social
8pm.
No cover charge.
If you have more energy after the demonstrations today, please come out to The Square Root in Rozzie for a May Day poetry reading I'm part of, along with @jennmartelli.bsky.social
8pm.
No cover charge.
Policymakers learned nothing from the war in Vietnam, but I learned how much I hated war, growing up in the wake of it
April 30, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Policymakers learned nothing from the war in Vietnam, but I learned how much I hated war, growing up in the wake of it
Honestly can’t wait two days @jennmartelli.bsky.social
Got plans for May Day yet? Come to Square Root for some poetry
April 30, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Honestly can’t wait two days @jennmartelli.bsky.social
Beltane
May Day
A poem about a farm fundraiser and marriage and springtime
A poem about a couple who just lost their insurance
A poem about sitting shivah for capitalism
Come join me for this
May Day
A poem about a farm fundraiser and marriage and springtime
A poem about a couple who just lost their insurance
A poem about sitting shivah for capitalism
Come join me for this
May Day* set list
Poems from my book:
I buried the workweek
Placenta
Long suffering
Other poems:
The gates open—unpub’d poem
Retirement—poem pub’d in Matter
The desert god demands a tithe —new poem
I would not laugh at a man in uniform —new poem
* May 1, 8pm, The Square Root, Roslindale MA
Poems from my book:
I buried the workweek
Placenta
Long suffering
Other poems:
The gates open—unpub’d poem
Retirement—poem pub’d in Matter
The desert god demands a tithe —new poem
I would not laugh at a man in uniform —new poem
* May 1, 8pm, The Square Root, Roslindale MA
April 30, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Beltane
May Day
A poem about a farm fundraiser and marriage and springtime
A poem about a couple who just lost their insurance
A poem about sitting shivah for capitalism
Come join me for this
May Day
A poem about a farm fundraiser and marriage and springtime
A poem about a couple who just lost their insurance
A poem about sitting shivah for capitalism
Come join me for this
May Day* set list
Poems from my book:
I buried the workweek
Placenta
Long suffering
Other poems:
The gates open—unpub’d poem
Retirement—poem pub’d in Matter
The desert god demands a tithe —new poem
I would not laugh at a man in uniform —new poem
* May 1, 8pm, The Square Root, Roslindale MA
Poems from my book:
I buried the workweek
Placenta
Long suffering
Other poems:
The gates open—unpub’d poem
Retirement—poem pub’d in Matter
The desert god demands a tithe —new poem
I would not laugh at a man in uniform —new poem
* May 1, 8pm, The Square Root, Roslindale MA
April 29, 2025 at 10:42 PM
May Day* set list
Poems from my book:
I buried the workweek
Placenta
Long suffering
Other poems:
The gates open—unpub’d poem
Retirement—poem pub’d in Matter
The desert god demands a tithe —new poem
I would not laugh at a man in uniform —new poem
* May 1, 8pm, The Square Root, Roslindale MA
Poems from my book:
I buried the workweek
Placenta
Long suffering
Other poems:
The gates open—unpub’d poem
Retirement—poem pub’d in Matter
The desert god demands a tithe —new poem
I would not laugh at a man in uniform —new poem
* May 1, 8pm, The Square Root, Roslindale MA
Cicadas are coming to the northeast this summer, and I’m working on a poem about time. I’m hoping friends will send me storing their cicada encounters, to put into the poem, which will be in “we” voice like the swarm.
April 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Cicadas are coming to the northeast this summer, and I’m working on a poem about time. I’m hoping friends will send me storing their cicada encounters, to put into the poem, which will be in “we” voice like the swarm.
May I read some labor related poems to you on May Day?
Got plans for May Day yet? Come to Square Root for some poetry
April 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
May I read some labor related poems to you on May Day?
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Reupping this, because SHRIMP LIFE, I guess.
Just caught myself scrunching my shoulders up around my ears, so please consider this your friendly reminder to de-shrimp yourself.
April 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Reupping this, because SHRIMP LIFE, I guess.
Got plans for May Day yet? Come to Square Root for some poetry
April 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Got plans for May Day yet? Come to Square Root for some poetry
😂😂
You guys. YOU GUYS. This guy is a pope front runner. I am now actively angry that popes change their names.
April 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
😂😂
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500+ Jews show up to stand with our immigrant neighbors in Boston and beyond against illegal deportations this Pesach @truahrabbis.bsky.social @ifnotnowboston.bsky.social @rabbis4ceasefire.bsky.social #SederintheStreets #freeMahmoud #freeRumeysah #freeMohsen
April 17, 2025 at 10:41 PM
500+ Jews show up to stand with our immigrant neighbors in Boston and beyond against illegal deportations this Pesach @truahrabbis.bsky.social @ifnotnowboston.bsky.social @rabbis4ceasefire.bsky.social #SederintheStreets #freeMahmoud #freeRumeysah #freeMohsen
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BOSTON MA: On this 6th night of Passover, over 300 Jews have gathered to demand the release of Rümeysa Öztürk and the passage of the Dignity Not Deportations Act. As authoritarianism encroaches on our city & across the US, we fight for freedom — not only for ourselves, but for all who are oppressed.
April 17, 2025 at 10:48 PM
BOSTON MA: On this 6th night of Passover, over 300 Jews have gathered to demand the release of Rümeysa Öztürk and the passage of the Dignity Not Deportations Act. As authoritarianism encroaches on our city & across the US, we fight for freedom — not only for ourselves, but for all who are oppressed.
Seder in the streets! @ifnotnowmovement.org @ifnotnowboston.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Seder in the streets! @ifnotnowmovement.org @ifnotnowboston.bsky.social
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6 pm! Today! Boston! @ifnotnowmovement.org
April 17, 2025 at 11:37 AM
6 pm! Today! Boston! @ifnotnowmovement.org
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99% of activism doesn't need to be posted on social media. Expecting people to post everything they do as some kind of litmus test isn't just wrong, it's dangerous. People are more than what they post, and you should be, too.
April 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
99% of activism doesn't need to be posted on social media. Expecting people to post everything they do as some kind of litmus test isn't just wrong, it's dangerous. People are more than what they post, and you should be, too.
6 pm! Today! Boston! @ifnotnowmovement.org
April 17, 2025 at 11:37 AM
6 pm! Today! Boston! @ifnotnowmovement.org
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Don’t bother asking
if you are doing enough,
for enough
is a destination
that you can never reach,
no, don’t bother asking
if you are doing enough,
ask instead
if the something
the something you are doing
is at least a step
towards that destination.
if you are doing enough,
for enough
is a destination
that you can never reach,
no, don’t bother asking
if you are doing enough,
ask instead
if the something
the something you are doing
is at least a step
towards that destination.
April 15, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Don’t bother asking
if you are doing enough,
for enough
is a destination
that you can never reach,
no, don’t bother asking
if you are doing enough,
ask instead
if the something
the something you are doing
is at least a step
towards that destination.
if you are doing enough,
for enough
is a destination
that you can never reach,
no, don’t bother asking
if you are doing enough,
ask instead
if the something
the something you are doing
is at least a step
towards that destination.
Such a beautiful poem!!
Thanks to @baltimorereview.bsky.social for publishing my poem “Capture” in their latest issue. A poem I wrote on my lunch break on trying to capture a photo of two deer. 🦌🦌 baltimorereview.org/spring_2025/...
April 15, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Such a beautiful poem!!
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I don’t need to go into space, it’s none of my business. I’m a big Earth guy, I can’t get enough of her work. Daffodils! Are you kidding me? Bison! Miraculous. Sending a slinky down the stairs? Incredible. Mariachi music? Yes, please.
April 15, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I don’t need to go into space, it’s none of my business. I’m a big Earth guy, I can’t get enough of her work. Daffodils! Are you kidding me? Bison! Miraculous. Sending a slinky down the stairs? Incredible. Mariachi music? Yes, please.
Chapattis for breakfast on Passover is the best. Takes about 15 minutes start to finish. Then you melt some butter, fry an egg, top it with some feta, and grind a little black pepper
April 15, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Chapattis for breakfast on Passover is the best. Takes about 15 minutes start to finish. Then you melt some butter, fry an egg, top it with some feta, and grind a little black pepper
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BREAKING: Days after a Louisiana judge ruled that the deportation of Mahmoud Khalil can proceed, thousands are holding an emergency Passover Seder at the ICE headquarters in New York City, saying: If you come for one, you face us all.
April 14, 2025 at 11:43 PM
BREAKING: Days after a Louisiana judge ruled that the deportation of Mahmoud Khalil can proceed, thousands are holding an emergency Passover Seder at the ICE headquarters in New York City, saying: If you come for one, you face us all.
Heavenly (pesedik) chocolate cake — as promised! @smittenkitchen.bsky.social
April 14, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Heavenly (pesedik) chocolate cake — as promised! @smittenkitchen.bsky.social
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Blushing & sharing:
I hear April is poetry month, so register to hear two of the best read their poems!
@janezwart.bsky.social! @laurencraw.bsky.social! April 22nd! NAWP!
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@janezwart.bsky.social! @laurencraw.bsky.social! April 22nd! NAWP!
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April 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Blushing & sharing:
Years ago I stopped following all the loophole rules of Pesach. For me the only rule is No Bread.
April 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Years ago I stopped following all the loophole rules of Pesach. For me the only rule is No Bread.