“Don’t pine for youth’s homesteads. / Instead write a poem about a poem / about protecting the explosions / of innocence that move, unsteady / as a slicked lamb, across the earth.”

From “How to Maintain Eye Contact,” a new original poem by @jordanhamel.bsky.social.

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New Midwest-coded poem out in the latest @kenyonreview.bsky.social issue. Thanks to the wonderful Kenyon team for having me!

Free Range Poets by Jordan Hamel The last time I went away for a weekend orgy, I didn’t realise I was going away for a weekend orgy. Sweet, naïve, man boy, ready for a wholesome weekend with friends at a Wairarapa farmhouse Airbnb to...

this one from @jordanhamel.bsky.social is so good. I've personally recommended it to so many!!

www.havehashad.com/hadposts/fre...

God Only Exists in Hell, Michigan - Electric Literature Two poems by Jordan Hamel

“The devil’s balls light up the slot machines if you hit the jackpot.” 🍒

Thanks Matt! Hell is a special place

Love these, @jordanhamel.bsky.social! I spent a lot of weekends visiting family friends in Hell, Michigan as a child...

The poetry finalists are: Jaia Hamid Bashir, Jordan Hamel, Lucas Jorgensen, Jenny Molberg, Sandra Tan, Eliongema Udofia, and Constant Laval Williams.

The fiction finalists are: Connie Chen, Christopher Chilton, Amina Gautier, Jonathan Gleason, Tracy Neiman, Cyn Nooney, Reema Rao, and JD Schraffenberger.

The creative nonfiction finalists are: Connor Beeman, C.R. Calabria, Andrew King, Keya Mitra, BC Reynolds, Sarah Safsten, Katie Schmid, and Julia Oschwald Tilton.

The guest judges were K-Ming Chang for fiction, Jane Wong for creative nonfiction, and Derrick Austin for poetry.

Ecstatic to share my poem "The Worst Portland in America" has been named a runner-up in the @phoebejournal.bsky.social Poetry Contest and featured in their newest issue. Thanks to the wonderful Phoebe team! Check out the full issue below.

phoebejournal.com/the-worst-po...

Good Boy by Rebecca Hawkes My mother keeps a cardboard cutout of a sheepdog in the lounge. Portrait of a huntaway: all lop-eared alertness, those classic orange eyebrows raised expectantly in his dark face. Spitting image of…

sad but also beautiful new one today from Rebecca Hawkes
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"The sea is chasing something in its sleep
and all the dogs we cannot see
awaken to start barking
their good news through the cabins."

https://www.havehashad.com/1xq2q

Tomorrow I'll be slinging skulls and heart shaped candies for @havehashad.com so get your love letters ready.

Thanks Hinemoana ❤️

I have a new poem up in the (excellent) new edition of Quarterly West. Big thanks to @brandonyoung.bsky.social and the team for giving one of my favourite pieces a home. RIP James Wright.

quarterlywest.com/issue-113-hamel

Issue 113 — Quarterly West

Quarterly West issue 113 is now live! This is my last issue as the senior poetry editor, and as always this issue is no short of stunning. Read work from @chenchenwrites.bsky.social @aeheelee.bsky.social @jordanhamel.bsky.social @dorseycraft.bsky.social and more!

www.quarterlywest.com/issue-113

You big softy ❤️

Free Range Poets by Jordan Hamel The last time I went away for a weekend orgy, I didn’t realise I was going away for a weekend orgy. Sweet, naïve, man boy, ready for a wholesome weekend with friends at a Wairarapa farmhouse Airbnb to...

33: I think of this @jordanhamel.bsky.social short-short as a pretty quintessential HAD piece. idk if it's a poem or prose, but it doesn't really matter... perfect language, hilarious but also sweet and touching. I've recommended it a ton.

www.havehashad.com/hadposts/fre...

Been a minute since I’ve been on here but it looks like the place to be. Anyway, by way of reintroduction, here’s a poem. @poetrydaily.bsky.social were kind enough to republish this as their poem of the day on November 5th. Luckily there wasn’t anything else going on that day. Enjoy

Awww Jane ❤️😭❤️

Truly a dream come true to appear in Poetry Magazine, especially in the gorgeous 'Lineage & Influence' issue alongside so many of my heroes. Thanks to Diane Seuss for making me hate sonnets less and inspiring this poem. I hope I did you justice. www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...

Stoked to have two poems in the new issue of Gulf Coast!! So much cool stuff in the issue, I love this journal almost as much as I love writing about Star Wars and handjobs. gulfcoastmag.org/online/36.1-...

Life, Death and Leonard Cohen Not many of us can get away with embodying the voice of god, but Leonard Cohen did. After decades of wandering the musical wilderness, he found himself old, broke, swindled and defeated—ready to bec...

Suppose I should post something. Here's an essay I wrote. It's about death, fear, and the men I love, like Leonard. Thanks to @pastemagazine.bsky.social and @yogurttowne.bsky.social for giving it space.
www.pastemagazine.com/music/leonar...