I do think people are really missing the point that it *does* help queer folks by not automatically outing them for using “partner.” Is it ideal that cishet, straight folks use it performatively? No, but the alternative is outing queer folks who talk about their significant other, so who cares, tbh

We published Brett at BWR last year, and his story with us rocks, but this story is the stuff of dreams

My supremely talented friend Emma wrote a gorgeous essay on one of my favorite Blink-182 tunes…consider voting for her this fine March!

Did you know what AWP stood for? I didn't until the last day of it.

I did what everybody else is doing and wrote about AWP, but specifically about friends and gratitude
open.substack.com/pub/olddream...

Still sorting out legal possibilities for this one but it turns out the HJR lawyers don’t exist

Sup chat this is Slouching Towards Bethlehem with your boy The Rough Beast, and it looks like today’s stream could be a big one, as some of you might’ve already seen there are rumors going around social media that the hour has come round at last, so we’re gonna get right into it

Ohhhh I’ll be there! Reading! I’m reading!

POEM 309: "Breaking" by Grant Clauser (@grantclauser.bsky.social)

"Pipes leaking. Cold
creeping in where the insulation’s old,
and more things waiting
broken in the garage and shed,
bedrock cracking under the foundation
and the kidnapping "

stonecirclereview.com/breaking/

#Poem #PoetryCommunity

the world’s tiniest whale by noah powers — scaffold literary magazine prose poetry

So grateful to Steve Gergley for publishing one of my favorite things I’ve written over at scaffold! Catch it here: www.scaffoldlit.com/microwriting...

The Bulb Region opens its doors today with four brilliant writers. We feel privileged to publish their work. Make sure to show them the love they deserve and celebrate your fellow writers.

🚀

@aaronburch.bsky.social
@tracyfuad.bsky.social
@neonpajamas.bsky.social

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bulbregion.com

This is literally what they do whenever a Black person is killed by police. No matter how solid the evidence is, they will keep pushing that lie, not just to poison the conversation and make sure the killer walks free, but to reassert the political idea that these people deserve to be killed.

Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem. Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] s…

“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”

A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.

lithub.com/renee-nicole...

I’m baffled at one of the announcers tearing Tel apart for a dramatic reaction while Sunderland are having a wrestling match today

I think what people miss is that life come out the box hard… but i don’t welcome hardness in the portico of my heart

He’s claiming to return them all, if he gets any!

A friend’s sibling is currently abstaining from all Christmas events because he watches a YouTuber who says Christmas is solely a pagan holiday. Same person also now thinks Jesus was a Roman psy-op lmao

So thankful to have this new poem out today in the terrific Stone Circle Review!

Ryan Grubb call a good game challenge level: impossible

Ode to Staying Ricky looks good in white.

Banger up from Joseph House
jakethemag.com/ode-to-stayi...

This kid goes to Auburn. Yeah I wouldn't wanna watch football anymore either pal

Great taste in music and podcasts! (It’s almost identical to mine)

Our EIC, @kristenmiller.bsky.social, in today’s Kentucky Lantern 🔥🔥🔥

Pure dopamine watching DJ Durkin-coached Auburn kick rocks, roll tide baby

Listing of the Day Today's listing of the day is: JAKE: The Anti Literary Magazine @publishedbyjake.bsky.social #WritingCommunity

Today's listing of the day is: JAKE: The Anti Literary Magazine @publishedbyjake.bsky.social #WritingCommunity

The United States Is Southern Now From booming metros to culture-defining exports, the South has quietly become a demographic powerhouse and a battleground for the country’s identity.

Got a story out today about something I’ve been fascinated by for years: From Atlanta hip hop to Bama RushTok, here’s how and why the South has taken such a firm grip on modern American culture. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Baby’s first skull 💀 check out my weird little Kentucky poem ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥🐎🐎🐎

Despite bond being set, Ernesto Manuel-Andres to remain detained - Bowling Green Daily News The Department of Homeland Security has blocked the release of Ernesto Manuel-Andres, despite a federal immigration judge ordering that he be released on bond, according to the nonprofit working with ...

Update on Ernesto, an 18-year-old in Bowling Green, KY who was taken by ICE: “The Department of Homeland Security has blocked the release of Ernesto Manuel-Andres, despite a federal immigration judge ordering that he be released on bond, according to the nonprofit working with him.”

my newest poem in JAKE is an absolute favorite of mine, read it here!!!

Get in loser we’re creating honest sentimental art without a trace of irony and putting a piece of ourselves out into the world