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Jared Beloff

@readinstead.bsky.social

teacher, poet, father, husband | WHO WILL CRADLE YOUR HEAD (ELJ 2023) | Ed. POETS OF QUEENS 2 | EIC of @porcupinelit.bksy.social | Co-Founder of monthly reading series and poetry community get togethers, @notatawp.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/jbeloff

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He can't...

10.08.2025 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I always thought it was the first draft...

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Submissions β€” Asterales: A Journal of Arts and Letters

Submissions for Issue 4 have been coming in strong during this first week - poetry is still dominating the queue, so prose writers and visual artists, we'd love to see work from you! Subs are open until September 15.

asteralesjournal.com/submissions

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True: @zohranmamdani lives in 1 unit of rent-stabilized housing.

Also true: Andrew Cuomo oversaw the loss of 96,064 units of rent-stabilized housing. And killed NYC’s program helping people move out of shelter.

Leaders must show moral clarity. Andrew, time to move out. 🧡
x.com/andrewcuomo/...

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Playing the Rockies is like playing a little league team this year.

06.08.2025 22:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages

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This morning I watched as a pair of birds sat on the same branch, looking out, silent before one pushed off, flew across the water.

Jared Beloff

"Sasquatch mourns those who died trying to find him"

This morning I watched as a pair of birds sat on the same branch, looking out, silent before one pushed off, flew across the water. Jared Beloff "Sasquatch mourns those who died trying to find him"

Ever wonder how a poem with a Sasquatch could make you question time, permanence, and memory? Read Jared Beloff's "Sasquatch mourns those who died trying to find him" in Issue 4.

www.asteralesjournal.com/1-3-beloff-w...

04.08.2025 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

We forgot to tag the talented @readinstead.bsky.social! But it gives us another chance to share this poem with you!

05.08.2025 19:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Size of the Horizon, or, I Explained Everything to the Trees by Mitchell Nobis | Books | Match Factory Editions The Size of the Horizon explores parenting, uncertainty, and injustice, weaving nature, gun violence, and joy into poetry that embraces life’s chaos.

I wrote a book of poetry. I think you'll like it. Regular readers of poetry and people who haven't read any since school* have both told me they liked it. Thanks!

04.08.2025 01:54 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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We’ve entered the final month of our reading period for Shō No.8. Send us poems!

β€’ Payment is one contributor copy

β€’ We award prize money for best poem in issue and best poem by an emerging poet

β€’ We nominate for Best New Poets, Best Spiritual Lit, and the Pushcart Prize

02.08.2025 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Right, the system...not the party or the campaign or the elitism and celebrity driven focus...she was a part of that system

02.08.2025 21:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Trophic Cascade!

02.08.2025 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
1.3 Beloff-Wilcoxon β€” Asterales: A Journal of Arts and Letters

Day 1: β€œSasquatch mourns those who died trying to find him” by @readinstead.bsky.social in @asteralesjournal.bsky.social. I’m so excited by the work this new journal is publishing! www.asteralesjournal.com/1-3-beloff-w...

01.08.2025 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m Starting to Think Grundle the Swamp Monster May Never Drain the Swamp It’s been six months since The Elder was exiled and control of the village was put back into capable and trustworthy hands. And yet the haunted swa...

"I’ll admit that, during Grundle’s first reign, there were things he could have done better. After all, no slime-covered, fourteen-foot swamp-thing is perfect."

01.08.2025 13:02 β€” πŸ‘ 92    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Would any poet mutuals like to team up for this, last minute? Split the 30 books among 5 or 6 ppl, and fundraise collectively? @toddedillard.bsky.social @djvorreyer.bsky.social @readinstead.bsky.social
(tag other folks in too!)

01.08.2025 02:49 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

'Hitler won. He changed us.'

Fuck! That's possibly the most devastating comment on the whole Gaza genocide that I've heard voiced – by a Jew who was actually alive at the time of the Holocaust – since Israel began exacting its cruel and bitter 'revenge' for Germany's wickedness on the Palestinians.

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A sprig of blueberries and the words Jared Beloff "Sasquatch mourns those who died trying to find him"

A sprig of blueberries and the words Jared Beloff "Sasquatch mourns those who died trying to find him"

I have a Sasquatch poem in the latest issue of @asteralesjournal.bsky.social

20.07.2025 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

New poem alert from Issue 1 contributor Jared Beloff! Take a minute or two out of your Sunday to give it a read!

20.07.2025 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you Dan

20.07.2025 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Issue Three is live! Poems from @readinstead.bsky.social
@johnpauldavis.org, @mfitejohnson.bsky.social, @fklein907.bsky.social, Gail Martin, Kerry Trautman, Meghan Sterling and art from @carolee.bsky.social, Rachel Turney,
@lauriemmarshall.bsky.social & Sandra Wilcoxon!

20.07.2025 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 5
Current Issue (Jul 2025) β€” Asterales: A Journal of Arts and Letters

Our EIC @readinstead.bsky.social , our Poetry Editor and contributor @fklein907.bsky.social are in @asteralesjournal.bsky.social Issue 3.

Go check it out:
www.asteralesjournal.com/current-issu...

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1.3 Beloff-Wilcoxon β€” Asterales: A Journal of Arts and Letters

www.asteralesjournal.com/1-3-beloff-w...

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A sprig of blueberries and the words Jared Beloff "Sasquatch mourns those who died trying to find him"

A sprig of blueberries and the words Jared Beloff "Sasquatch mourns those who died trying to find him"

I have a Sasquatch poem in the latest issue of @asteralesjournal.bsky.social

20.07.2025 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

A little reminder that I'd love to be on your podcast, be interviewed, be reviewed, and all that good stuff for this new book! πŸ₯Ή

19.07.2025 13:27 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
What should Jewish New Yorkers make of Zohran Mamdani? (Guardian op-ed headline)

What should Jewish New Yorkers make of Zohran Mamdani? (Guardian op-ed headline)

MAYOR

17.07.2025 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 826    πŸ” 69    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 4

#goodproblems

18.07.2025 02:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Diego Luna deserved an Emmy nomination.

16.07.2025 04:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Standing looking over my glasses at the poem, mouth turned downward as if to say, Words, what have you done?

Standing looking over my glasses at the poem, mouth turned downward as if to say, Words, what have you done?

Standing with Emily Hockaday and Jason B Crawford.

Standing with Emily Hockaday and Jason B Crawford.

My best impression of a disappointed father looking at his children (poems). Was a great time reading eith @jasonbcrawford.bsky.social and @emilyhockaday.bsky.social at NYC Poetry Festival.

14.07.2025 01:29 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ugh

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14.07.2025 06:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Standing looking over my glasses at the poem, mouth turned downward as if to say, Words, what have you done?

Standing looking over my glasses at the poem, mouth turned downward as if to say, Words, what have you done?

Standing with Emily Hockaday and Jason B Crawford.

Standing with Emily Hockaday and Jason B Crawford.

My best impression of a disappointed father looking at his children (poems). Was a great time reading eith @jasonbcrawford.bsky.social and @emilyhockaday.bsky.social at NYC Poetry Festival.

14.07.2025 01:29 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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