i think it is cool that the president of the united states routinely slurs black people as biological inferior

If you thought I was going to post my way through poetry month without posting Cameron Barnett, you would be crazy. Today, I give you Theater of America from his most excellent collection, The Drowning Boy's Guide to Water. Happy poetry month, yinzers.

Seems completely reasonable.

Perfection.

Republicans spent years manipulating maps and rigging the system, now voters have the chance to decide #VoteYesVirginia

Today, the poem No Use Kicking by the great Joseph Bathanti from his new collection Steady Daylight. Happy Poetry Month, errybody.

Can we just rush through all the prelims to get to the discovery phase? Let's stream those depositions, baby.

It's been so interesting to watch this unfold. Barnes & Noble and other big book chains shut indies down in the the 1990s (and on) and then Amazon came along and ate up all the book market share. Now people tired of big corporations are creating demand for more indies

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When a place like @hampshirecollege.bsky.social gets crushed by corporatization, it's not just students who suffer. Faculty & staff who worked hard to provide an alternative to the banality of higher ed are left high & dry. Here's an account in case you can help. www.instagram.com/hampshirewor...

#SaveUSFS

Today, a poem by one of my absolute favorite poets, Torli Bush, from their collection, Requiem for a Red Bird. Torli often writes with a flamethrower, but this is such a lovely poem, full of love, wonder and complications. Happy poetry month, y'all.

I say this all the time.

rockwell guy standing up

i think governments should stop tweeting and go back to official press releases/joint statements

& it's been that way:
“During the Vietnam War... every respectable artist in this country was against the war. It was like a laser beam. We were all aimed in the same direction. The power of this weapon turns out to be that of a custard pie dropped from a stepladder six feet high.”
― Kurt Vonnegut

Karoline Leavitt can go straight to the ninth circle of hell.

Not only is he soulless, he's dumb as a box of hair.

What the actual hell?

"Police said they could see bones and skulls in the back seat of his car, leading them to search his home and a storage unit in Ephrata. They said they found more than 100 human skulls, mummified hands and feet and similar items."

Happy poetry month, folks. Today, I give you a short, beautiful poem by Gerald Stern from his collection, The Red Coal.

Looks amazing. Love the cover.

“Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic, and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth.” - Pope Leo XIV
I think this is the equivalent of a Papal Malocchio. (Or, Maloik, as I grew up saying it.)

Today's poem from the fully incredible collecction, Kettle Bottom, by Diane Gilliam. Shew. This collection. Honestly, go get it. This is Explosion at Winco No. 9. Happy Poetry Month, y'all.

Beautiful!

What is this gorgeous feathered creature?

You know what's not rate limited or forbidden? Watching birds.

“The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth.”

Two of the shittiest companies in history

For poetry month, today I give you just one of the Affrilachian poets and, man, do I love this poem by Kelly Norman Ellis. I have it in the collection Black Bone. Happy poetry month.

Lord. It's so obviously Sid and Ovie. I saw from my front row perch here in Pittsburgh.

Lookit this AI slop shit in service of the man who looks like a penis in a suit. Hi Bezos! We see you.

Is it too late for #CorporateMediaCowards
Have WSJ & NYT had enough of Trump's insanity & #TrumpRegime
BUT
They have failed US by refusing to blame GOP for this mess
1-
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/o...
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www.rawstory.com/trump-iran-2...
3- Or is there some hope?
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