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Josette Akresh-Gonzales

@vivakresh.bsky.social

author of Apocalypse on the Linoleum (Lily). Poems in Southern Review, Indianapolis Review, Atticus, JAMA, and many other journals, as well as the anthologies Choice Words (Haymarket) and Breaking the Glass (Laurel). linktr.ee/josettepoet

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Excited to win the runner-up spot! Thank you, @smartishpace.bsky.social !

09.12.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

May Day poetry reading TONIGHT!!

If you have more energy after the demonstrations today, please come out to The Square Root in Rozzie for a May Day poetry reading I'm part of, along with @jennmartelli.bsky.social

8pm.
No cover charge.

01.05.2025 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

May Day poetry reading TONIGHT!!

If you have more energy after the demonstrations today, please come out to The Square Root in Rozzie for a May Day poetry reading I'm part of, along with @jennmartelli.bsky.social

8pm.
No cover charge.

01.05.2025 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Policymakers learned nothing from the war in Vietnam, but I learned how much I hated war, growing up in the wake of it

30.04.2025 11:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Honestly can’t wait two days @jennmartelli.bsky.social

30.04.2025 10:59 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Beltane
May Day
A poem about a farm fundraiser and marriage and springtime
A poem about a couple who just lost their insurance
A poem about sitting shivah for capitalism

Come join me for this

30.04.2025 10:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

May Day* set list

Poems from my book:
I buried the workweek
Placenta
Long suffering

Other poems:
The gates openβ€”unpub’d poem
Retirementβ€”poem pub’d in Matter
The desert god demands a tithe β€”new poem
I would not laugh at a man in uniform β€”new poem
* May 1, 8pm, The Square Root, Roslindale MA

29.04.2025 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

*stories

28.04.2025 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Cicadas are coming to the northeast this summer, and I’m working on a poem about time. I’m hoping friends will send me storing their cicada encounters, to put into the poem, which will be in β€œwe” voice like the swarm.

28.04.2025 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This comes up in a poem I wrote about the ocean. Which is in β€œBreaking the Glass” anthology!!

28.04.2025 01:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

May I read some labor related poems to you on May Day?

24.04.2025 21:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reupping this, because SHRIMP LIFE, I guess.

22.04.2025 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
May 1, 8-11 pm, featured readers E Greymore, Jennifer Martelli, Jim Dunn, and Josette Akresh-Gonzales

May 1, 8-11 pm, featured readers E Greymore, Jennifer Martelli, Jim Dunn, and Josette Akresh-Gonzales

Got plans for May Day yet? Come to Square Root for some poetry

22.04.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

22.04.2025 00:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A heron in a pond

A heron in a pond

Also herons

22.04.2025 00:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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500+ Jews show up to stand with our immigrant neighbors in Boston and beyond against illegal deportations this Pesach @truahrabbis.bsky.social @ifnotnowboston.bsky.social @rabbis4ceasefire.bsky.social #SederintheStreets #freeMahmoud #freeRumeysah #freeMohsen

17.04.2025 22:41 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Panorama of massive crowd gathering at Boston city hall

Panorama of massive crowd gathering at Boston city hall

BOSTON MA: On this 6th night of Passover, over 300 Jews have gathered to demand the release of RΓΌmeysa Γ–ztΓΌrk and the passage of the Dignity Not Deportations Act. As authoritarianism encroaches on our city & across the US, we fight for freedom β€” not only for ourselves, but for all who are oppressed.

17.04.2025 22:47 β€” πŸ‘ 175    πŸ” 63    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

I did

17.04.2025 23:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Large crowd with buildings

Large crowd with buildings

Sign saying Jews say: not in our name

Sign saying Jews say: not in our name

Sign saying how are we supposed to explain this administration to our kids?!
Obama β€˜28 
Please

Sign saying how are we supposed to explain this administration to our kids?! Obama β€˜28 Please

Seder in the streets! @ifnotnowmovement.org @ifnotnowboston.bsky.social

17.04.2025 22:51 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Freedom Seder poster

Freedom Seder poster

6 pm! Today! Boston! @ifnotnowmovement.org

17.04.2025 11:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

99% of activism doesn't need to be posted on social media. Expecting people to post everything they do as some kind of litmus test isn't just wrong, it's dangerous. People are more than what they post, and you should be, too.

17.04.2025 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 778    πŸ” 189    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4
Freedom Seder poster

Freedom Seder poster

6 pm! Today! Boston! @ifnotnowmovement.org

17.04.2025 11:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Don’t bother asking
if you are doing enough,
for enough
is a destination
that you can never reach,
no, don’t bother asking
if you are doing enough,
ask instead
if the something
the something you are doing
is at least a step
towards that destination.

15.04.2025 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Such a beautiful poem!!

15.04.2025 23:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t need to go into space, it’s none of my business. I’m a big Earth guy, I can’t get enough of her work. Daffodils! Are you kidding me? Bison! Miraculous. Sending a slinky down the stairs? Incredible. Mariachi music? Yes, please.

15.04.2025 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 564    πŸ” 134    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 8
Brown flatbread

Brown flatbread

Chapattis for breakfast on Passover is the best. Takes about 15 minutes start to finish. Then you melt some butter, fry an egg, top it with some feta, and grind a little black pepper

15.04.2025 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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BREAKING: Days after a Louisiana judge ruled that the deportation of Mahmoud Khalil can proceed, thousands are holding an emergency Passover Seder at the ICE headquarters in New York City, saying: If you come for one, you face us all.

14.04.2025 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 11751    πŸ” 3283    πŸ’¬ 129    πŸ“Œ 126
Chocolate cake and whipped cream in a spiral

Chocolate cake and whipped cream in a spiral

Heavenly (pesedik) chocolate cake β€” as promised! @smittenkitchen.bsky.social

14.04.2025 01:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Blushing & sharing:

11.04.2025 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Haha

11.04.2025 12:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0