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Posts by poet john compton

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i am #7 on New Releases in LGBTQ+ Poetry
how exciting! if you'd like to pre-order on amazon to help me get to #1... link is in the comments πŸ₯°

[i'm #25 in New Releases in American Poetry]

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thank yous πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°

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the recording of last night’s Night Light reading is now live!! listen to Robin Arble, @poetjohncompton.bsky.social, @bdcutkomp.bsky.social, & @tommywyattblake.bsky.social share their wonderful poems at the πŸ”— below :)

2 months ago 13 4 1 1
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the side effect poems
is 17 poems
forthcoming from: @cryingheartpress.bsky.social
on: feb 7th
it'll be: $6 plus $3 flat rate shipping
& a 25 print run

3 months ago 7 1 0 0
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my husband holds my hand because i may drift away & be lost forever in the vortex of a crowded store, by john compton β€” FlowerSong Press & Juventud Press my husband holds my hand because i may drift away & be lost forever in the vortex of a crowded store, by john compton is, among other things, a clear-eyed examination of the body, its hungers, ...

my book, published from @flowersongpress.bsky.social, is one years old today! how glorious!
thank you everyone for buying a copy this year!

www.flowersongpress.com/books/p/my-h...

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oh yes they're excellent! i love @suzyeynon.bsky.social

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😁😁😁😁☺☺☺☺

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thank yous for reading!!!

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we expected to hear a bawl / but an infant slid into his dirty palm

Loving this new message board style journal @somewordslit.bsky.social !

Check it out!

4 months ago 2 1 1 0

my newest poem "october 1989: caverna hospital, horse city, ky" in the magazine: @somewordslit.bsky.social β€” lots of thank yous to @juscarts.com for accepting and publishing this poem!

somewords.boards.net/thread/26/jo...

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thank yous!!!!!!

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NEW SOME WORDS

forgot to post yesterday so here's two of them

@suzyeynon.bsky.social: somewords.boards.net/thread/25/su...

@poetjohncompton.bsky.social: somewords.boards.net/thread/26/jo...

4 months ago 8 4 2 1
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read my poem from the first issue of @lamplitmag.bsky.social

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my new book "my husband holds my hand because i may drift away & be lost forever in the vortex of a crowded store" published by @flowersongpress.bsky.social

buy your copy! tell your library to stock it!

www.flowersongpress.com/books/p/my-h...

1 year ago 39 13 1 0
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I got a new poem published. Big thx to @poetjohncompton.bsky.social

9 months ago 11 5 0 0
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I Missed My Calling by:Kevin A. Risner

Whoooops, I forgot to share my poem that was published yesterday through @poetjohncompton.bsky.social's substack. "I Missed My Calling" can be found here: substack.com/inbox/post/1...

8 months ago 1 1 0 0
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Thanks to @poetjohncompton.bsky.social for publishing this on his brilliant Cataloguing Poetry Substack; there's new work up there daily.

Not tyrna be all Jeff Goldblum but this one was... uhh... hard to write.

8 months ago 4 1 0 0
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#sealeychallenge2025 @poetjohncompton.bsky.social
@ghostcitypress.bsky.social
31 Days of August = 31 Books of Poetry
#sealychallenge #poetry #poets #poems #poetrychallenge #readingchallenge #poetrybooks #poetrychapbooks #readmorepoetry #poetryisnotdead
#poetryisforeveryone #tinamariethinkstoomuch

8 months ago 2 2 0 0
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Arrokoth by: Γ–zge Lena

My poem Arrokoth is published in cataloguing! Thank you @poetjohncompton.bsky.social πŸ–€

#poetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity

open.substack.com/pub/catalogu...

8 months ago 6 3 1 0
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- % Interview: John Compton Q: I am interested in a lot of the horror imagery used in your upcoming book. Imagery seems to go towards darker places within the text, both literal and figurative than in you...

Read this interview with @poetjohncompton.bsky.social about poetry poems and (un)poets! #interview #poetry #queerpoets #poetsofbluesky #litmag #writers #writing

westofcanon.com/interview-wi...

7 months ago 2 2 0 0

And what if I said it's out in @poetjohncompton.bsky.social's cataloguing poetry magazine :) check it out!!!

substack.com/home/post/p-...

also the rainforest cafe in menlo park mall has permanently closed since writing this, rip to a real one </3

7 months ago 4 1 0 0
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"everything is dusty and dead, with dust still hovering in the air from his car. he stands there, quiet, a small smile on what could only be described as a head still growing into the man" @poetjohncompton.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...

7 months ago 3 1 0 0
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New poem "The Density of Negative Space" accepted for publication at Cataloguing Poetry Magazine. BIG thanks to @poetjohncompton.bsky.social for the acceptance.

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Pleased to feature in this beautiful little anthology from Temporal Lobe (thanks to @poetjohncompton.bsky.social for publishing this poem originally)

6 months ago 3 1 0 0
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Mark your calendars!
@wildinkpublishing.bsky.social
@poetjohncompton.bsky.social
@angelayurikosmith.bsky.social
@edwardvidaurre.bsky.social
@ohiopoetry.bsky.social

11 months ago 9 4 0 1
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thank yous! glad you love the title. appreciate it muchly

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It’s finally arrived @poetjohncompton.bsky.social love the title!!!

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thank yous πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ’™

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buy a copy from me or from @flowersongpress.bsky.social or anywhere!

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