poet john compton

i am #7 on New Releases in LGBTQ+ Poetry
how exciting! if you'd like to pre-order on amazon to help me get to #1... link is in the comments 🥰

[i'm #25 in New Releases in American Poetry]

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the recording of last night’s Night Light reading is now live!! listen to Robin Arble, @poetjohncompton.bsky.social, @bdcutkomp.bsky.social, & @tommywyattblake.bsky.social share their wonderful poems at the 🔗 below :)

the side effect poems
is 17 poems
forthcoming from: @cryingheartpress.bsky.social
on: feb 7th
it'll be: $6 plus $3 flat rate shipping
& a 25 print run

my husband holds my hand because i may drift away & be lost forever in the vortex of a crowded store, by john compton — FlowerSong Press & Juventud Press my husband holds my hand because i may drift away & be lost forever in the vortex of a crowded store, by john compton is, among other things, a clear-eyed examination of the body, its hungers, ...

my book, published from @flowersongpress.bsky.social, is one years old today! how glorious!
thank you everyone for buying a copy this year!

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oh yes they're excellent! i love @suzyeynon.bsky.social

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thank yous for reading!!!

we expected to hear a bawl / but an infant slid into his dirty palm

Loving this new message board style journal @somewordslit.bsky.social !

Check it out!

my newest poem "october 1989: caverna hospital, horse city, ky" in the magazine: @somewordslit.bsky.social — lots of thank yous to @juscarts.com for accepting and publishing this poem!

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thank yous!!!!!!

NEW SOME WORDS

forgot to post yesterday so here's two of them

@suzyeynon.bsky.social: somewords.boards.net/thread/25/su...

@poetjohncompton.bsky.social: somewords.boards.net/thread/26/jo...

read my poem from the first issue of @lamplitmag.bsky.social

my new book "my husband holds my hand because i may drift away & be lost forever in the vortex of a crowded store" published by @flowersongpress.bsky.social

buy your copy! tell your library to stock it!

www.flowersongpress.com/books/p/my-h...

I got a new poem published. Big thx to @poetjohncompton.bsky.social

I Missed My Calling by:Kevin A. Risner

Whoooops, I forgot to share my poem that was published yesterday through @poetjohncompton.bsky.social's substack. "I Missed My Calling" can be found here: substack.com/inbox/post/1...

Thanks to @poetjohncompton.bsky.social for publishing this on his brilliant Cataloguing Poetry Substack; there's new work up there daily.

Not tyrna be all Jeff Goldblum but this one was... uhh... hard to write.

#sealeychallenge2025 @poetjohncompton.bsky.social
@ghostcitypress.bsky.social
31 Days of August = 31 Books of Poetry
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Arrokoth by: Özge Lena

My poem Arrokoth is published in cataloguing! Thank you @poetjohncompton.bsky.social 🖤

#poetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity

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- % Interview: John Compton Q: I am interested in a lot of the horror imagery used in your upcoming book. Imagery seems to go towards darker places within the text, both literal and figurative than in you...

Read this interview with @poetjohncompton.bsky.social about poetry poems and (un)poets! #interview #poetry #queerpoets #poetsofbluesky #litmag #writers #writing

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And what if I said it's out in @poetjohncompton.bsky.social's cataloguing poetry magazine :) check it out!!!

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also the rainforest cafe in menlo park mall has permanently closed since writing this, rip to a real one </3

"everything is dusty and dead, with dust still hovering in the air from his car. he stands there, quiet, a small smile on what could only be described as a head still growing into the man" @poetjohncompton.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...

New poem "The Density of Negative Space" accepted for publication at Cataloguing Poetry Magazine. BIG thanks to @poetjohncompton.bsky.social for the acceptance.

Pleased to feature in this beautiful little anthology from Temporal Lobe (thanks to @poetjohncompton.bsky.social for publishing this poem originally)

Mark your calendars!
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@poetjohncompton.bsky.social
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@ohiopoetry.bsky.social

thank yous! glad you love the title. appreciate it muchly

It’s finally arrived @poetjohncompton.bsky.social love the title!!!

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