Alex Jeffrey Pretti was executed by a U.S. federal agent while trying to protect a woman.
That’s the headline.
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Alex Jeffrey Pretti was executed by a U.S. federal agent while trying to protect a woman.
That’s the headline.
Another execution by ICE today??? WTF!!!!!
ICE must be shut down. We cannot have armed thugs roaming our streets murdering and kidnapping people any longer.
I can’t stop thinking about how we don’t even know how many people ICE has murdered off-camera. We know it’s not zero, but what’s the upper bound? Every death and disappearance is a potential execution when they seem to believe no killing is unjustified.
Page from Brenna Womer's Dear Mom: four-sided pieces of material overlapping in a way that only leaves the words "Dear Mom/I feel/and/I feel/and."
@brennawomer.bsky.social has a new free digital chap in petrichor 29, Dear Mom, in which erasure is the content of the letter.
petrichormag.com/current-issue/
Cover art by Laura Wetherington. Collaged images of autumn and winter trees over a collage background of text and sheet music.
And so:
petrichor #29 is here for you. hey neat.
petrichormag.com/petrichor-29/
Right wing media says she “called herself a poet” as an insult. She was a poet. May she inspire more to be poets. We can never have enough as the world grows more evil and cold.
“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
Both our co-hosts (& heavy friends!) are guest-editing the next edition of About Place Journal, and we couldn't be more excited and honored to curate this volume. Thanks to Michael and Jesse for this opportunity.
Folks: Amanda, Seth, Nora, and Beatrice are ready to read your work!
Three samples of visual poetry alongside the caption: "Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets Chapbook Contest -- Opening Sept. 1st.
The Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets Chapbook Contest opens September 1st. Any chap published this year by a current Wisconsin resident is eligible. This is my second year as coordinator of the contest. The final judge is my first poetry mentor, John G. Morris.
www.wfop.org/chapbook-con...
IRL alert! The resurrection of The Bell Tower! Who else is still putting on #houseshows ??
#punksnotdead #poetrylives #smallpress #milwaukee #midwest
Yes, movement helps me, too. There’s something about rhythm—whether breath, steps, or heartbeat—that brings me back to myself. Games, though… that’s such an interesting return path. I’d love to hear more.
There are names I can’t pronounce in my mother’s tongue.
I write poems to remember what was never taught.
Poetry as ritual. Ritual as resistance. What do you return to when writing fails you?
“Tabi Po” is what you say when entering wild places, a request to pass through unseen realms with care.
It’s also a poetry altar.
A gathering of spirits, voices, grief, and joy.
Join us every third Sunday. You’ll be welcomed with poems and warmth.
#poetry #tabipopoetry
Art by Michael Orr. several lines connected to dots like constellations with a large rectangle in the middle of the field of lines. The rectangle contains several intersecting geometric shapes.
petrichor #27 is here, including Pebbles vol. 5 and some great work greater than great great big great great big kaboom pow zowie.
Cover art by Michael Orr.
petrichormag.com/petrichor-27/
Clearly we’ve been neglecting this space! But we had an amazing turnout for Milwaukee Poet Laureate Shelly Conley this past Sunday! #tabipopoetry #poetryisnotdead #milwaukee #wisconsin #MKEevents
Join us February 16 for Richard Hedderman!
Robin Christie was our featured reader two Sundays ago! She read from her newly published book, “I am a Woman Growing.” #poetry #milwaukee #tabipopoetry #countyclareirishpub
Do you actually though, because if you do you should reach out to Dasha Kelly Hamilton who does poetry workshops in the jails.
Just bought some cello etudes by Popper…
Due to time and labor constraints (and that we’re all volunteers), we’ve decided to focus primarily on the Tabi Po Reading Series & Open Mic. We’ve updated our website to reflect this. Check it out! www.tabipopoetry.com
An excerpt from “Asterism” by Ae Hee Lee.
Use you library
Use your library
Use your library
Use your library
Use your library
Use your library
Use your library
Join us on November 17th at County Clare Irish Pub in Milwaukee, 3pm. We are featuring Ae Hee Lee followed by an open mic.