you can go vegan, boycott AI, fast fashion, and plastic and only take the bus for the rest of your life and the US military will undo it all in like 30 minutes because they want Venezuela's oil

The moon is clearly a woman

Doing a monthly newsletter is giving me unrealistic expectations of my publication output. Thinking of temporarily replacing that section with something else. Maybe cat pics

I think I may have found myself in a relationship with a man who I go to the gym with on a regular basis. Who am I

New 'stack: October 2025 open.substack.com/pub/invariably…

for newbies and veterans alike, this workshop breaks down the nitty gritty of how and why i submit to literary magazines. it's very helpful, according to my students who have received most of this advice already. natraum.com/workshops to sign up

Leo, Leo, Virgo. I’m the worst, I’m sorry!!!!

it’s getting close to third Thursday, and you know what that means…a Night Light event with some amazing poets!! sign up below to hear these inimitable readers do their thing in just a couple days’ time :) 💡

cc: Erika Gill, michael washington, Ben Niespodziany ☁️🐋, & Piżama Press 🔗: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

If you saw me waving a knife around, crying and dancing to cardi b, no you didn’t. I was dicing onions. But yes, I was dancing.

An Evening with Stanchion #AWP offsite is coming soooo nicely together. We have a remarkable space reserved. Truly stunning and absolutely perfect. Please keep 8-10pm on Wednesday March 4 open. You won't want to miss this. 🖤🤍

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with the urgency of Gandalf, as my laptop disk becomes dangerously close to full: "Is it saved? Is it in the cloud?!"

one of the backwaits at work has asked me if he can call me a nickname & it's "Kika" and you know I am not mad. I've never had a nickname before as my name does not lend well to shortening.

My cat, from the closed bedroom: mrrhh Me, opening the door: did you get stuck and now you’re sad? Cat: mrrrh Me: well you did it to yourself.

Whouldst thou like to live deliciously?

Tonight is the niiiiiight when poems are done

Okay hear me out I work in a restaurant and a big part of me is glad to see the end of patio season.