Jessica Sherburn

I’m so freaking excited to talk through poems with Marcus and Brett, two of my very favorite teachers.

You should join us! #PoetryPeople
#PoemADayJuly

24.06.2025 13:10 — 👍 31    🔁 6    💬 3    📌 2

The Complexities of Process Tracking Experimenting with a new accountability measure for the age of AI

The more I read about people experimenting with process tracking to curb AI misuse, the more I’m convinced we’re headed down a dark path where we cede more of our agency to machines with the promise that they will ensure our words are human. open.substack.com/pub/emilypit...

24.05.2025 19:36 — 👍 20    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

Same! I actually feel like I can’t start writing until I have a title and a final line/final image in mind.

20.05.2025 01:14 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I know I've been sharing a lot of poems lately, but I promise (!) these will be it for a while: two more Stephenville poems in the latest SRPR (Spoon River Poetry Review)--one about our beloved neighbor dog, Rex, and one about being gay in public.

09.05.2025 17:35 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

THRILLED to have a little poem (the final poem!) in the latest issue of @epochliterary.com. It's about, uh, the joys of workshop:

18.02.2025 21:37 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

I know I posted this earlier but I kinda think this is one of the best two fiction pieces I’ve ever written, forgive me for boosting it again.

14.02.2025 01:15 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Stonewall National Monument (U.S. National Park Service) Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) person was illegal. The Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969 is a milestone in the quest for LGB civil rights a...

This is where you go to tell the National Park Service to restore the word "transgender" in its entry on the Stonewall monument.

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13.02.2025 22:53 — 👍 9264    🔁 4875    💬 506    📌 675

This is the Year - Ethical ELA A very special "thank you" to the educators who hosted this January's Open Write out of pure generosity. We deeply appreciate our volunteer hosts and the care they take in responding to our poems. Tha...

I have a post up today at the lovely Ethical ELA, which hosts a monthly Open Write for teacher-writers. Check out my post here, www.ethicalela.com/this-is-the-... then subscribe to join us in February www.ethicalela.com/openwrite/!

22.01.2025 19:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

First poetry submission of 2025 is on the books!

02.01.2025 01:18 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🚨The Blue Frog is now open!

Theme: Voice
Guest Judge: Gina Chung
Guest Artist: @jiksuncheung.bsky.social

$5 entry fee // $700 in prizes!!

flash-frog.com/contest/

01.01.2025 17:27 — 👍 26    🔁 11    💬 0    📌 6

Let’s stop doomscrolling and get some writing done.

10.11.2024 23:35 — 👍 2706    🔁 172    💬 122    📌 29

Here’s one of mine, from Lean and Loafe:

10.11.2024 19:33 — 👍 11    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0