Readers have long been frustrated by Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken". Thanks to AI, it is now possible to explore BOTH of the paths described by the speaker

The University of Arkansas Press is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of the third, authoritative edition of Frank Stanford’s The Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You. uapress.com/2025/09/10/ann…

Willard Scott, The first Ronald McDonald,

Our HOA, which last week sent us a letter saying they’re out of money so no longer cutting grass in the common areas, had the nerve to send us a letter and say we needed to cut our grass 😂

Have you ever seen a big like this? It was like the bark looking thing was its shell.

I don't like the Carson poem, but it's obviously better than the AI poem. Carson's poem takes risks (and probably fails). The AI poem does what, unfortunately, a lot of poems do nowadays--just imitates moves they've seen in other poems. Comparing them is pretty insulting.

I don't understand why people shred brussel sprouts

Sylvia Plath's 93d birthday today. the first 2 poets i found when i began my obsession was her and Anne Sexton

I'm excited to share the cover of my forthcoming book, out in late January from Cornerstone Press! I have a few ARCs if anyone is seriously interested in writing a review. Message me if interested!

Zohran Mamdani saying in his victory speech “While you campaign in poetry, you govern in prose. If that must be true, let the prose we write still rhyme” and the crowd letting out a muted, slightly baffled cheer is so funny. It spoke to me, at least.

Let us enjoy the great victory Lit Twitter's own JCO has brought us today in relative peace now. On this, we are a unified front.

We're thrilled to announce the Pegasus Poetry Book Prize, recognizing a US poet aged 40 or older for their first or second poetry collection. In addition to publication by Graywolf, the awardee will receive $10,000 from the Poetry Foundation. poetryfoundation.org/awards/poetry-…

Happy butt fumble day to all who celebrate!

I'm grateful to Justin for writing this thoughtful review of my forthcoming collection, The Vinegar in Our Hearts. The review does a great job of laying out the different sections of the book.

Finally got around to reading _A Reading from the Book of Panic_ and wishing I had sooner, so I could be rereading it now.

So excited for my copies!

Top 10 Reasons to submit to Slippery Elm by Feb. 1 Reason #4: We promote our authors long past publication! Check out past contrib Jesse DeLong's new book of poetry The Vinegar in our Hearts, on sale now at www3.uwsp.edu/english/corner… And send us your best! slipperyelm.submittable.com/submit

I got some great book mail today. I can't wait to dig into (pun intended) these stories!

AI peer reviewer: The paper is poorly researched and its conclusions are pedestrian. I recommend a tactical nuclear strike on the author

thinking of this anecdote about the first McDonald’s in Russia