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Ben Niespodziany πŸ“šπŸŽͺ

@neonpajamas

Tiny poems & strange fictions // πŸš«πŸ€– // EIC at @pizamapress.bsky.social // books w. X-R-A-Y & Okay Donkey // writing prompt every Sunday via Substack (neonpajamas)

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Latest posts by Ben Niespodziany πŸ“šπŸŽͺ @neonpajamas

Submittable acceptances, over the years

2017: 2
2018: 13
2019: 7
2020: 4
2021: 11
2022: 11
2023: 9
2024: 9
2025: 13

Keep going!

11.03.2026 02:53 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
22.

There will be a day full of ambulances and I want you driving one.

22. There will be a day full of ambulances and I want you driving one.

Shane Jones

10.03.2026 04:33 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The cover of Sampson Starkweather’s chapbook Slip on the Ski Mask of Night

The cover of Sampson Starkweather’s chapbook Slip on the Ski Mask of Night

List of Demands


all we want
is life
a boss-less world
a cosmic commons
all the animals
and people set free
our souls
(bought and sold)
given back
the land
given back
the planet
resuscitated respected
nourished loved
to be able
to breathe

List of Demands all we want is life a boss-less world a cosmic commons all the animals and people set free our souls (bought and sold) given back the land given back the planet resuscitated respected nourished loved to be able to breathe

all we ask
is for everything
and more

all we ask is for everything and more

happy #twopageplustuesday! feel free to share a poem you love (or wrote) that runs a little longer than usual :)

here’s one by @sampsonstarkweathr.bsky.social from his new chapbook Slip on the Ski Mask of Night (Blush Lit/Illicit Zines)~

10.03.2026 16:41 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
April 16, Foster Ave. Beach, 6:30pm, come read poems with your friends

April 16, Foster Ave. Beach, 6:30pm, come read poems with your friends

My favorite Chicago reading series is returning next month! Come join us (on the beach) and read some poems!

10.03.2026 16:57 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I wrote a tiny poem that I love but you have to wait until Sunday to read it because I'm saving it for #smallpoemsunday

let this forever be the vibe

@tomsnarsky.bsky.social

10.03.2026 16:10 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

🎯🎯🎯

10.03.2026 13:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The best way to support a new indie press? Pre-order!

Plus, did we mention, this is two books for the price of one? Talk about a deal!

Split / Game of Little Deaths is out on May 27. It’s a surrealist fever dream. A book unlike any other, we promise.

asterismbooks.com/product/spli...

10.03.2026 12:47 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Once

I took a mason jar of fireflies
and shook them
like a snowglobe.

So much death
lighting up.

Manhattan
in my hands.

Once I took a mason jar of fireflies and shook them like a snowglobe. So much death lighting up. Manhattan in my hands.

Philip Schaefer

@uofupress.bsky.social

10.03.2026 12:32 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So cool! Reminds me of Ecto Cooler Hi-C I devoured as a kid

09.03.2026 23:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

once I have $115k to throw around, it's game over

09.03.2026 23:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

100% my aesthetic

09.03.2026 23:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜‚ under 100 pages

09.03.2026 23:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
a 1974 pink Lamborghini Espada

a 1974 pink Lamborghini Espada

If I won lottery I wouldn’t tell anyone, but there would be signs

09.03.2026 21:50 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

an unreleased poem & a free writing prompt? say less

09.03.2026 20:15 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

complete with gold soaked pages & octopus ink text

09.03.2026 19:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

$30 for a paperback poetry collection, before tax & shipping?! Damn

09.03.2026 19:06 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
THE INFLUENCER

The influencer told me to begin each day with love, so I placed my head out my window and said β€œI love you” to the trees. Three trees, to be precise, three plane trees to the left of my view, rustling, restless, murmuring, a quadrant of quivering amid a wall of immovable concrete.

THE INFLUENCER The influencer told me to begin each day with love, so I placed my head out my window and said β€œI love you” to the trees. Three trees, to be precise, three plane trees to the left of my view, rustling, restless, murmuring, a quadrant of quivering amid a wall of immovable concrete.

Donna Stonecipher

09.03.2026 18:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
HEROES BY MICHAEL CHANG NOW AVAILABLE FROM TEMZ REVIEW 845 PRESS

HEROES BY MICHAEL CHANG NOW AVAILABLE FROM TEMZ REVIEW 845 PRESS

😱😱😱 My new chap HEROES is now available from Temz Review / 845 Press β€’ cover art by the amazing Jean Jullien 🐳🐳🐳 β€” www.thetemzreview.com/store/p50/HE...

10.02.2026 13:01 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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bought some books, as one does

08.03.2026 20:01 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
062: Poem + Prompt (Joanna Ruocco) A five sentence prose poem featuring cake and cows

neonpajamas.substack.com/p/062-poem-p...

09.03.2026 13:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Doublethink Cream


Dyslexia is the poetry of the grasses. Let them read cake. The small brown cows pipe frosting direct from the udder. Poor poets. There is really no breath.

Doublethink Cream Dyslexia is the poetry of the grasses. Let them read cake. The small brown cows pipe frosting direct from the udder. Poor poets. There is really no breath.

Joanna Ruocco

09.03.2026 13:16 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Find the writing that moves you. Type it up and print it out. Pin it to a cork board. Rip it from the cork board and feed it to your blender. Add turmeric. Add ginger. Press frappe. Swallow this abysmal mixture. Write your findings on the side of a tree. These are now your words.

07.03.2026 15:19 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

❀️❀️❀️

08.03.2026 23:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
i’m standing on a stage, reading from my book. behind me, the windows are decorated with pendant stars & a crescent moon figurine sits in one windowsill. i’m wearing a leopard print coat, black trousers, & red sneakers

i’m standing on a stage, reading from my book. behind me, the windows are decorated with pendant stars & a crescent moon figurine sits in one windowsill. i’m wearing a leopard print coat, black trousers, & red sneakers

being a poet does sometimes feel magical

08.03.2026 21:58 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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bought some books, as one does

08.03.2026 20:01 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

5:30am offsite reading at the Baltimore airport Hudson News

08.03.2026 09:35 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Working on a manuscript of absurdist writing prompts

07.03.2026 19:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Find the writing that moves you. Type it up and print it out. Pin it to a cork board. Rip it from the cork board and feed it to your blender. Add turmeric. Add ginger. Press frappe. Swallow this abysmal mixture. Write your findings on the side of a tree. These are now your words.

07.03.2026 15:19 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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so damn proud of these first three books from my new press

@pizamapress.bsky.social

06.03.2026 21:05 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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so damn proud of these first three books from my new press

@pizamapress.bsky.social

06.03.2026 21:05 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0