Austin: Excited to be reading at Alienated Majesty on April 10th in celebration of Chiagoziem Jideofor's debut from @hostpublications.bsky.social, local remedies!
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Just in time for your #NationalPoetryMonth reading lists: a Split This Rock book sale! Take 15% off titles on our “2025 Poem of the Week Series Poets” list on our Bookshop storefront with code BSO15 until 4/1. Check out books on the list at: bookshop.org/lists/2025-poem-of-the-week-series-poets
In all seriousness, though, Nike must be stopped cause what is this nonsense?
Puerto Rico actually has a simple solution to not having three of its best players in the World Baseball Classic this year. Just ship some unis to the Dominican Republic and hope they don't realize the wrong flag/country are on the
It definitely arrived in 2025, but since I just got it out of my mailbox yesterday day, I'm opening my New Year with the latest from Poetry Northwest
A late post, but hella excited to have a poem up on the Poetry Northwest site! Shout out to @cameronbarnett.bsky.social for the inspiration! www.poetrynw.org/poetry/solem...
Hella excited for my poem "Diasporican Rechristening" to be included on this playlist put together by @splitthisrock.bsky.social and the 2025 Poetry Coalition!
Malcolm Friend, a Black man with a beard and mustache wearing a Mariners cap and black tee that reads, "Souf," stands in front of a metal shack with a blue metal fish on its side.
Today on the site, contributor @friendlypoet.bsky.social shares a plátano purchasing playlist that celebrates the delicious, and often mispronounced, starch. Link in comments.
It probably arrived earlier but I'm bad at checking my mail, so I got this gift over the weekend. Excited to have my poem "Plátano Purchasing Theory" in the latest issue of @cincinnatireview.bsky.social!
Poem of the Week graphic, which includes the poem title, author, and excerpt with a photo of Malcolm Friend in a circular frame. Malcolm Friend smiles and looks toward the viewer. He wears a bright blue Seattle Mariners baseball hat and a black t-shirt. In the background there is a Puerto Rican food truck.
We are relearning
Spanish or we are practicing Spanglish or
we are remembering that language
is just another tool of empire.
Poem of the Week is “Diasporican Rechristening" by Malcolm Friend. Poem as audio & text: bit.ly/3ZjfAv5
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Hella excited for "Diasporican Rechristening," a poem following in the footsteps of Pedro Pietri, to be @splitthisrock.bsky.social's Poem of the Week! I can't possibly express the gratitude to be part of a series I've been admiring for over a decade! www.splitthisrock.org/poetry-datab...
So exciting news today because I'm the Poem-a-Day at poets.org! Can't think of too much else to say right now except a huge thanks to Willie Perdomo for believing in this poem and in my work! poets.org/poem/caliban...
Hella excited to have three poems in this issue
A good mail weekend thanks to @callaloojournal.bsky.social!
CONGRATULATIONS TO GLASS POET LENA KHALAF TUFFAHA @lenakt.bsky.social, WINNER OF THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN POETRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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US statehood isn’t a decolonizing option for Puerto Rico. Also, most voters casted their vote against it.
From Puerto Rico to Palestine occupation is illegal.