Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein

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My wife once asked me what drugs writers take, this is my answer @havehashad.com

😂 I will join you on your crusade!

Verbs are the best part of speech. Fight me.

That’s my understanding

Checkout I think 'so, this is death' and wonder why I can still see through my eyes. An angel approaches with a feedback form asking how I'd rate my life (very good, good, average, bad, very bad) and I intend to tick 'average' followed by a rant then I recall your face like a cartoon treasure chest glowing with gold light, tick 'very good; and in the comment box below I write 'nice job' The angel asks if I enjoyed my stay and I say 'Oh yes, I'd definitely come again' and he gives me a soft look meaning 'that won't be possible but thanks all the same, clicks his pen and vanishes.

Was just trying to tidy the house yesterday when all of a sudden this Caroline Bird poem came on the slow down and then of course I was crying

A Child’s drawing of two figures standing under a disco ball from which different colored lines are streaming. Both characters have neutral expressions on their faces

6 tells me that this picture is titled “Sad at the Party Number 1”

The image is a digital graphic featuring a quote from Zack Carson's "Impossible Princess" on an orange background. The title, "ZACK CARSON FROM 'IMPOSSIBLE PRINCESS'", is prominently displayed in large black text at the top. Below the title, a poignant quote reads: "If I could, I would boil my hands in flowers. Every song is dedicated to babies who came feet first; they look just like me." This quote is presented in smaller black text. In the bottom-left corner, a simple line drawing depicts a hand reaching out to touch a bouquet of flowers. The flowers are illustrated with delicate lines and subtle details, adding a touch of elegance to the design. On the right side of the image, the text "ballast 3.3" and "ballastjournal.com" are displayed in small black font, providing context and attribution for the quote.

Contributor Features from ballast 3.3:

Here’s “Impossible Princess” by Zack Carson

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A Child’s drawing of two figures standing under a disco ball from which different colored lines are streaming. Both characters have neutral expressions on their faces

6 tells me that this picture is titled “Sad at the Party Number 1”

Guide to Interpreting Dreams V FRANCES KLEIN You demand soup. You crumple saltines over my bowl just the way I don't like it. At the magpie's rattle, you send me to tend to our child. Claws scratch my arms as I lift him from the cradle; I stoop for a kiss, and my mouth fills with beak. Outside, the sky is end-days yellow, and you answer each plea with a turned back. We have had the frogs and the hail. We have sprayed blood from the patio furniture, our bodies anointed with ointments for the lice and boils. When the long darkness breaks, I know what comes next— but you hunch over your soup, unmoved. In the crib, silence where there should be song.

A list from the back of the issue showing Stefanie Kirby and Frances Klein

Very lucky to have a poem from my “Guide to Interpreting Dreams” series in the finale issue of Gigantic Sequins, alongside a stunner by @msstefaniekirby.bsky.social

● EXCITING NEWS ●

The debut novel by your friend and mine, @fbereaud.bsky.social (author of the sublime San Diego Stories from @CowboyJamboree), is now available to pre-order and is on sale for $2 off in the Stanchion shop.

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A bad drawing of a large spider with a pumpkin head. The spider is sitting on a web and has a skeleton wrapped up

🎶my girl’s in/the next room/sometimes I wish she was you🎶

A google form where the response to the question "Pronouns" is I/Me and the response to "Cover Letter" is I'd rather not.

Bartleby the Scrivener ass response to our submission questions:

Why is it that “buy this book we soaked in mayonnaise” doesn’t appeal to me?

Yes! Anything that reduces that stationary standing time is so critical

It is the only way I survive the weekends. You want me to clean the house and do youth sports runs AND make a whole meal? Crockpot.

Thank you!😊

Frances Klein Press Play to hear the author read their piece. What Remains after Han Vanderhart Not the bowling alley. Not Videl Video.Not the Five & Dime, back wall lined with aquariums, goldfish and guppie…

Hey! You can read my poem, "What Remains" (inspired by the incredible @hanvanderhart.bsky.social ) in Sweet Literary today!

No one in my house gets cake until they spend 5-10 hours a week in the slush pile

Mortgage: 2000
Car payments: 500
Shipping cakes to editors: 10,000
Phone bill: 200

Please help, my family is starving

Speaking of aging submissions, here's a piece I published a million years ago with the good people at @rejectionlit.bsky.social

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Several of my submissions will be turning one year old at the beginning of November, so I'm planning the party. For a theme, I'm thinking all the decorations will be In-Progress Blue.

Frances Klein Press Play to hear the author read their piece. What Remains after Han Vanderhart Not the bowling alley. Not Videl Video.Not the Five & Dime, back wall lined with aquariums, goldfish and guppie…

Hey! You can read my poem, "What Remains" (inspired by the incredible @hanvanderhart.bsky.social ) in Sweet Literary today!

Crying screaming throwing up to be on this list with so many folks I admire! Good luck everyone!!

Okay, this was clever.

Just had a threesome*

*made and ate a delicious casserole with my husband

used to think i didn’t need to save any money for retirement because i’d die in the water wars but the crusades seem much more likely at this point

An email that reads: The Heron Clan Submission Period continues Hello fellow poets, how is autumn treating you? FOr some this call for submissions is a blast from the past. For others it is a reminder, and yet others a repeat, as you have already submitted Details are the same: three poems plus a 50=word bio. all in one document to: katherinejamesbooks@gmail.com Thanks Doug

Just a heads up, since I’m seeing this sub call going around again: don’t submit here. They published my work without my permission and have refused to acknowledge/respond to any contacts since.

An email that reads: The Heron Clan Submission Period continues Hello fellow poets, how is autumn treating you? FOr some this call for submissions is a blast from the past. For others it is a reminder, and yet others a repeat, as you have already submitted Details are the same: three poems plus a 50=word bio. all in one document to: katherinejamesbooks@gmail.com Thanks Doug

Just a heads up, since I’m seeing this sub call going around again: don’t submit here. They published my work without my permission and have refused to acknowledge/respond to any contacts since.

A big part of being six is having so many feelings that you struggle to name or express, which is how I get things like:

“I don’t like when you laugh in my room! Never laugh in my room again!”

Never not in love with mom poems. Mom poems forever. This one by Rachel Beachy in @havehashad.com does that gorgeous gut-punch last line thing too.

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