It's that time of year! Atlanta Review seeks your poetry for our annual Poetry International Contest! See guidelines and submit at atlantareview.submittable.com.

Two rejections back-to-back today. At least one "got to the final round." That's something. ONWARD!!

I just checked my retirement for the first time in a while, and I've lost $20K since last July. Thanks, Dump.

I just had to charge 54 cents because there was no other way to pay that "outstanding" amount to my doctor. I mean REALLY???

Nothing like the sound of a cat horking on your bed to jolt you out of a dead sleep.

It is so passive aggressive how our next door neighbor blows the leaves from our trees that fell in his yard back into our yard.

Why am I the only PhD type who forgets what heuristics and gestalt mean?

5 Conversations to Have With Your Aging Parents

I know the world is going to perdition right now, but some of you may have aging parents, and this article seemed useful (gift article):

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/w...

Found a dead moth in my salad. I am scarred for life. 🤮

Having a severe case of #AWP FOMO.

I hope he's just really pruning it but it's down to a third of the size it was. 😫

I'm watching my neighbor decimate a quince bush which is technically on his property but is in front of my eyeline out my front window and my heart is breaking.

My writer's block is so bad, I can't think of anything cool enough to share.

a kitchen with a checkered floor and a white refrigerator with the words oh yeah !!! written on it . Alt: a kitchen with a checkered floor and a white refrigerator with the words oh yeah !!! written on it .

I took today off and am wrapped up in blankets. My head feels like this:

For the last two days I've been feeling run down and puny. My eyes and nose are running and I'm coughing today. I really just want to go home and go to bed. This is the longest day ever.

tom from tom and jerry is holding a stick in his hand and making a hole in the wall . ALT: tom from tom and jerry is holding a stick in his hand and making a hole in the wall .

Having a hard time keeping my eyes open today.

Is it kind of like a pizza?

I am going to write a poem today! What are you writing this weekend?

#poetry #amwriting

I went to The Bad Place to engage with an airline company because I could not reach them via website, app, or phone. They responded because I called them out online, but they didn't fix my issue. Grrrr.

Hahah, I will!

Are you really going to send off so many subs???? That's fantastic!!!

Ugh, starting the year off with a rejection. (Like really, they couldn't have waited until tomorrow???)

#poetry #poem

a happy new year greeting card with fireworks in the background Alt: a happy new year greeting card with fireworks in the background

Happy New Year all you wonderful people!

I am curious to know what your notes will be about!

Two Poems by JC Reilly As I Anticipate My Lover Arriving in the Snow, I Make Up SomeCat-Themed Lyrics to My Favorite SongLincoln, NebraskaFlurries mixed with sleet turn the city white and slick. These things don’tseem so…

Two new poems up at January House Literary Journal!

#poetry #poems #writing

I need this in my life now.

A blog post about my Dad:

It's so hard saying goodbye to Christmas...

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Merychippus to all who celebrate!

A Nativity set, with shepherds, an Angel, animals, Mary, Joseph, and baby in Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Shreveport, LA.

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!