Good morning to the dogs.
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Good morning to the dogs.
BALTIMORE Two were alive. One came round the corner clipclopping. Three were the saddest snow ever seen in Prairie City. Take this, metamorphosis. And this. And this. And this. If I’d needed your company, I’d have curled up long before in the clock of weeds, with only a skywriter to read by. I’d have laved the preface to the World’s Collected Anthologies, licked the henbane-flavored lozenge and more. I’m presuming, I know. And there are wide floodplains spotted with children, investing everything in everything. And I’m too shy to throw away.
John Ashbery
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
a smiling big eyed cartoon heart holds the book utopians in love and the words read "it's not too late to order Utopians in Love for your valentine"
it's not too late!
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A book cover. Two black birds of unknown species ponder a flash of light rising from horizon. One bird says "The Smallest Mistake We Call Human." The cover is lovely and everyone you know will like it.
PRESALE TIME!!
The best time to order small press books is during presale, when there are author incentives and awards buzz begins.
So order one, or order ten for all your friends. I mean look at that cover — who wouldn't want this on a coffee table.
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Fuck! Fuck! Everything is so bad!! There’s an auction on dreams — Bonanza! Palooza! Extra- vaganza! Our one reverie sold for cents on the dollar. We got to be so good just to hold on to what we got — they have us rung like trees, growing half a centimeter a year and calling it progress. In the century it takes to see a difference, we’re all dead. Fuck. I just want to say something true that doesn’t hurt — palms and love handles say perfect ain’t the only way to stay alive. If I’m wrong, let me down easy.
Fuck!!!!
On January 24th, my parents home burned down. They and my disabled brother escaped with only minor burns but they lost everything they've ever had.
I'm running a GoFundMe to help them recover and rebuild. I would be deeply grateful for any donations but also for any shares!
A millennial poetics of work in late capitalist america. Feat. Works & Days by gina myers, I Was Working by Ariel Yelen, and Making a Living by Rosalie Moffett
Re-sharing this today! I wrote about an emerging millennial poetics of work, as represented through three great poetry books. fencedigital.com/2026/01/30/c...
Incredible episode of golden girls on at the gym rn: Dorothy and Rose are looking for aliens and Blanche keeps getting rejected by a dude named Ham
![Maybe the end is extremely nigh
any poem that tries to catch old prophets
up to speed disappoints the centuries—
we’re running out of time to be running
out of time; now the fires can husk whole
countries [yes, we still be having countries];
people freeze on streets, starve in their homes,
die for no better reason than someone else
wants it; but we also tend hopes that are
quietly alive: shoots plume under the hum
of central heating, dirt breaks for life, tendrils
take leaf, and kings will come to thresh them;
leafless industry pumps death into sky;
no one names the dark age because we see
too much; a melting world won’t mend us.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:aylh2fgawwz6odcbfq4uvr5r/bafkreifu2gyz3b5rlv7hg4hp23ybwarst5o6ukxcs54one2xr3qx45pcr4)
Maybe the end is extremely nigh any poem that tries to catch old prophets up to speed disappoints the centuries— we’re running out of time to be running out of time; now the fires can husk whole countries [yes, we still be having countries]; people freeze on streets, starve in their homes, die for no better reason than someone else wants it; but we also tend hopes that are quietly alive: shoots plume under the hum of central heating, dirt breaks for life, tendrils take leaf, and kings will come to thresh them; leafless industry pumps death into sky; no one names the dark age because we see too much; a melting world won’t mend us.
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Will Psyduck pass his driving test??
KICKING YOUR ASS ISSUE NO. 3
Have you heard the news? KICKING YOUR ASS has returned for a third round of your favorite literary beatdown, featuring poetry from Jo Gatford, Tara Labovich, @neonpajamas.bsky.social, Rowan Tate, and an interview with @bobsykora.bsky.social
kickingyourass.org
New poem today in BRUISER about a lot of things — parenting, Alan Jackson, a dude throwing shoes at his own truck at a stop sign.
www.bruisermag.com/carter_shoes
highly recommend reading while listening to this audio version featuring many many rad folks:
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you can now pre-order THE HUNGERING YEARS, out from
@hostpublications.bsky.social
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lol this alien on the twilight zone just quoted robert burns
One of my new favorite prose poems has entered the chat
Hedgie Choi, from her debut collection Salvage (2025)
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NEW EPISODE
no guests, just @bobsykora.bsky.social & @thecorlew.bsky.social reading some poems in translation
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ANMLY is now open for new work!
We're especially seeking more from writers outside of the US, more nonfiction, & more translation!
> anmly.submittable.com
*Fee waivers available*
Check out our latest issue to see what we're into!
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tetris end screen with a list of high scores
end of the semester grading means you know i just hit a new tetris high score
The New York Times Book Review's 11 Best Books of 2025. Brown Background with 5 books above and 5 books below, 10 has obviously been scratched out and replaced with 11, and one book has been added
wowwowwow thank u @nytimes.com
Read this feature where I spill all my poetry secrets.
not the Kansas City public library posting a pic heavily featuring my bald spot on their official Instagram account
it's saturday night & i'm hanging out in my inside clothes.... time to write a GIFT GUIDE for POETS, for some reason!!!
(but actually, i had a lot of fun putting this together)
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My cake is blurry. The sun fills the room. The room crumbled. There is no cake in the evening after the long day. My body pedals faster. The day is further away. It’s two in the afternoon. I don’t know why I’m crying. You are not coming home.
Bob Sykora
@bobsykora.bsky.social
@gameoverbooks.bsky.social
Email from Pizza Hut: P Pizza Hut We miss you. The pizza does, too. Our ovens are feeling as empty as our h...
settle down
screenshot from Facebook: Your memories on Facebook Bob, we care about you and your Facebook memories. We thought you'd like to look back on this post from 20 years ago.
genuinely the rudest thing anyone has ever said to me
NEW PODCAST
@bobsykora.bsky.social and @thecorlew.bsky.social are thrilled to welcome the incredible Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi! Kiik reads from @neonpajamas.bsky.social and his own work, and then we talk hoops
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NEW EPISODE
@bobsykora.bsky.social & @thecorlew.bsky.social are thrilled to welcome @teoshannon.bsky.social to show!
we talk anger, disability poetics, Teo’s debut collection, and MORE!
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