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Author of three books, most recently Wikipedia Apocalyptica. Edit $ (https://bsky.app/profile/poetrycurrency.bsky.social).

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Nonsensical Trump word salad about China, magnets, etc.

Nonsensical Trump word salad about China, magnets, etc.

Gonna be amusing to see the historians grapple with how we were forced to pretend anything this dipshit jackass said should be taken seriously. Fucking magnets, how do they work?

16.11.2025 08:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We're going to be closed to new work for a while so the editor can take a mental health break. We'll update here and on our guidelines page when that changes.

We'll continue to publish our existing queue of poetry features.

12.11.2025 14:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The mainline Democrats deeply worried about electing a progressive mayor of New York City are the same ones who came up with the strategy of attaching Kamala Harris to the repugnant Liz Cheney for weeks on end before the election.

04.11.2025 15:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Carolyn Guinzio | November 2025 โ€“ $ โ€“ Poetry Is Currency

A knock on the door deep
into night, the door of a house
deep in a field, in trees, not
a house where one would stop...

The latest $ feature is three poems by @carolynguinzio.bsky.social!

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02.11.2025 23:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

The combination of billionaires and massive multinational megacorporations is a disease

30.10.2025 06:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
New York Post headline acting aghast that Mamdani would call his older cousin his aunt.

New York Post headline acting aghast that Mamdani would call his older cousin his aunt.

I have multiple friends whose kids call me "Uncle Steve" even though we're not related AT ALL! I demand an investigation!

29.10.2025 02:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Jeremy Teddy Karn | October 2025 โ€“ $ โ€“ Poetry Is Currency

who wants to remember how we sat in the rain
after playing soccer
and could not tell
tears from rainwater

Today's $ feature is two poems by Jeremy Teddy Karn!

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19.10.2025 19:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
South Dakota Review cover

South Dakota Review cover

"Townsfolk mutter to one another" poem by Steven D. Schroeder

"Townsfolk mutter to one another" poem by Steven D. Schroeder

Lovely new South Dakota Review with three of my poems.

10.10.2025 19:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
John Gallaher | October 2025 โ€“ $ โ€“ Poetry Is Currency

Well, for starters, we eat, we sleep. If weโ€™re going to know it,
weโ€™re going to know it this way. It feels like a trick
sometimes, how we start and then start again.

The new $ feature is by John Gallaher!

poetrycurrency.com/feature/john...

05.10.2025 15:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
$ Nominees for Best of the Net

Christy Lee Barnes โ€“ If I describe in detail the girl who flew away with the cranes, do you think we could find her?
Ava Chen โ€“ Pre-Apocalyptic
Rivka Clifton โ€“ Consult
J-T Kelly โ€“ Vocation
Larissa Martins โ€“ Brazilian Gringa
Lizzy Ke Polishan โ€“ Novena for the Year of the Bumblebee 
	on the Spaceship at the End of the World

$ Nominees for Best of the Net Christy Lee Barnes โ€“ If I describe in detail the girl who flew away with the cranes, do you think we could find her? Ava Chen โ€“ Pre-Apocalyptic Rivka Clifton โ€“ Consult J-T Kelly โ€“ Vocation Larissa Martins โ€“ Brazilian Gringa Lizzy Ke Polishan โ€“ Novena for the Year of the Bumblebee on the Spaceship at the End of the World

Congratulations to our nominees for the Best of the Net Awards!

30.09.2025 22:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I saw a large Confederate flag lowered half staff today, driving through rural North Carolina. Lower to the ground, baby.

22.09.2025 02:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Holly Amos | September 2025 โ€“ $ โ€“ Poetry Is Currency

In the booths lining the exterior they form
a protective barrier, write down the worst things
they think theyโ€™ve ever said on napkins embossed
with tiny dots in the shape of a flower.

The latest $ feature is by Holly Amos!

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21.09.2025 13:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

When did "quoting a political activist's own words and correctly describing their political positions is offensive!" become some agreed upon rule?

11.09.2025 13:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 236    ๐Ÿ” 40    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
New York Yankees hold moment of silence for conservative activist Charlie Kirk after his death

New York Yankees hold moment of silence for conservative activist Charlie Kirk after his death

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck youuuuuuuuuuuuuu

11.09.2025 04:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Here are some things that Charlie Kirk said in his life.

The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.

10.09.2025 23:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30641    ๐Ÿ” 12713    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 784    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1080

That both of Turning Point USAโ€™s founders are dead from public health crises their organization worked hard to enable is a parable for our time.

10.09.2025 22:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11860    ๐Ÿ” 2733    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 90    ๐Ÿ“Œ 68
Tim DeJong | September 2025 โ€“ $ โ€“ Poetry Is Currency

On TV, the investment firm ad says
there are three hundred and thirty million dreams,

all American and therefore all special.

The newest $ feature is by Tim DeJong!

poetrycurrency.com/feature/tim-...

07.09.2025 17:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

An event I wrote a blog post about included the note "Catered by Count Porkula" with no further explanation, and I hope it's a guy rather than a restaurant.

28.08.2025 22:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Elisa Luna Ady | August 2025 โ€“ $ โ€“ Poetry Is Currency

"what it must mean / that someone lost their kicks to the telephone wire / or was it relinquishment? / was it banishment? / were they freighted by birds?"

The new $ poetry feature is by Elisa Luna Ady!

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25.08.2025 13:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm onboard with a long moratorium on cishet white dudes writing sex scenes. Woof.

24.08.2025 20:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As a longtime Colorado Springs resident, I'd like to send a special "rot in hell" to hateful old bastard James Dobson. I bet Satan's already tired of your smug bigot face.

21.08.2025 21:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In all fairness, Markwayne Mullin is flying under the radar as a contestant for Biggest Shitsack in the Senate. He's roughly as Cherokee as my various white acquaintances who "have Cherokee blood" somewhere in their family tree they can't identify.

14.08.2025 04:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
FearDorian and osquinn Announces New Album Before You Press Play: Hear The Clairo-Sampling โ€œbagsโ€

FearDorian and osquinn Announces New Album Before You Press Play: Hear The Clairo-Sampling โ€œbagsโ€

Guitar Announce New Album Weโ€™re Headed To The Lake: Hear โ€œPizza For Everyoneโ€

Guitar Announce New Album Weโ€™re Headed To The Lake: Hear โ€œPizza For Everyoneโ€

villagerrr โ€“ โ€œRide Or Dieโ€ (Feat. feeble little horseโ€™s Lydia Slocum)

villagerrr โ€“ โ€œRide Or Dieโ€ (Feat. feeble little horseโ€™s Lydia Slocum)

The Belair Lip Bombs Announce New Album Again: Hear โ€œHey Youโ€

The Belair Lip Bombs Announce New Album Again: Hear โ€œHey Youโ€

I know quite a lot of music and am dedicated to discovering more, but reading Stereogum headlines is still an exercise in WTF hilarity.

14.08.2025 03:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Sally Rosen Kindred | August 2025 โ€“ $ โ€“ Poetry Is Currency

Every motherโ€™s nightgown has a sill and a jamb.
Has a child who touches her face and walks through.
Each nightgown dreams itโ€™s made of glass
or is hungry for a name to hold the wind inside.

The latest $ feature is by Sally Rosen Kindred (@sallypoet.bsky.social)!

poetrycurrency.com/feature/sall...

10.08.2025 15:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Norm MacDonald, RIP

10.08.2025 06:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I hear you. Same back this way, please.

09.08.2025 08:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

One of my issues I'll always have to deal with is that I hate the things I know are wrong and injust with a rage that many other people find offputting and that also tends to damage the other, softer parts of me.

09.08.2025 07:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
2025 Finalists โ€“ Best of the Net

Congratulations to @kcbrattpfotenhauer.bsky.social, whose poem "IT ISNโ€™T UNTIL Iโ€™M LECTURING MY STUDENTS ON FIRE SAFETY AND THEYโ€™RE ALL LOOKING AT ME LIKE Iโ€™VE GROWN TWO HEADS THAT I REALIZE MAYBE Iโ€™M NOT TAKING YOUR DEATH AS WELL AS I THOUGHT" from $ was a finalist for Best of the Net!

07.08.2025 18:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œHe walked out in the gray light and stood and he saw for a brief moment the absolute truth of the world. The cold relentless circling of the intestate earth. Darkness implacableโ€ฆ Borrowed time and borrowed world and borrowed eyes with which to sorrow it.โ€ โ€”Cormac McCarthy, THE ROAD

04.08.2025 04:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Were I to guess one thing right-wingers will end up surprised by, it's how many leftists have guns and know how the fuck to use them.

24.07.2025 02:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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