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From Ukrainian-born poet Ilya Kaminsky. Photo courtesy of Poetry Foundation. Don't have this one in a book, so making a rare exception to my only posting own photos rule given the circumstances. #poem #writing #ukraine

In the canon of cartoon playground bullies there's usually a big hulkin' guy and then behind him a little ratfaced goblin boy jeering. I don't know who the first guy is but the second one is definitely JD Vance.

Just pretend this post is a gif of Ben from Veep saying “We are at DEFCON Fuck.”

"on the ocean when you die, I don't like imagining your gawky bag of bones incinerated, sprinkled like fish flakes over an aquarium." You'll want to linger with FM Stringer's poem of grief and regret on Open Space here: northamericanreview.org/open-space/2...

and they say AI can't produce art

ICONIC: Yosemite National Park workers just hung an upside-down American flag—THOUSANDS of feet up on El Capitan. That’s not decoration. That’s a distress signal. They’re telling us the country is in danger. Are you paying attention? www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...

Better report my accomplishments for the week before the deadline

Sequoia National Park in California

First post and it's a new poem about loss and longing. Thank you to the editors at @northamerreview.bsky.social for selecting it for Open Space. I’m a big admirer of this magazine. northamericanreview.org/open-space/2...