excited to share this collection w y'all! it means a lot to me and i'm super proud of it. here's a prose poem that's included in the collection. thought since james baldwin's bday just passed, this should be the one i share right now. download the rest for free/pay-what-you-can!

really can't tell if i just wrote the best or worst one act to be submitted to my schools festival

FWP 2024 IS HERE!!!! 294 pages, 117 contributors, 2 dope digital anthologies turned to one thick-ass print book https://t.co/Be0AME871W

ik my thesis is eating when a conservative could use it as an example of liberal arts schools rotting brains

you wanna do something fun? you wanna know our pushcart nominees? congrats to @dissectingmoons @reyzlgrace @parawhim @ae_thepoet @arteopinions @theoriginalison @adotocean @TalkingHyphae @jordinowrites @aporianautics and all our twitterless nominees!

hey i have a burning haibun abt watergirl in this amazing anthology! its a reprint (bc its such a classic). heres the link to read or reread if you'd like:

"I had a dream that you robbed me of my lungs. I laid in my bed pretending to die. You knocked on my bedroom window so gently & still it combusted like an elderly star; it had had enough."

that’s me! 👀

ANNOUNCING: Sympathy for the Son book club with Jaiden Thompson!!!! <3333 link in bio to join discord !

this is late but my friend published a collection that i had the honor to blurb for!! it is an absolute masterpiece! go read!!!!

Rest In Power Marcellus Khalifah Williams 🤍 In remembering Marcellus Williams, we honor the gifts he gave us through his poetry. Featured poem: “At last…Another Heartbeat”. Written as a reflection of his loneliness during incarceration. Courtesy of the Innocence Project.

Executing Marcellus Williams is not a flaw of the system, it is the function of the system. Abolition now.

We wish we had better news. But as of now, #MarcellusWilliams is still scheduled to be executed by Missouri tonight at 6 p.m. central for a crime he is totally innocent of. ⁠ Don’t stop sharing his story. It’s not too late to save an innocent life.⁠ https://t.co/eofSDX66tC

soo excited to begin digging into @jessnirvanapoet ‘s new full-length :)

We need people to sign up for our workshops. Palestinians on the ground need help now. Today.

i know this won't do any good bc they're not active on twt. but whatever

out a form giving them this information twice!!) couldn't even cash it in! i sent them an email on august 26th, then the 28th and another one today. no response. they've ghosted me before regarding issues with judging, so i'm not surprised. but yah this sucks

in may i helped @artandwriting judge writing for their competition. i judged a good number of pieces within only 3 days and i finally recieved my check recently but it was 25 dollars less than advertised and they addressed it to my preferred name rather than my legal name (i

“Black people don’t have time to care about Palestine” is so stupid and funny and sad when you know how the IDF and US Police are training buddies. Turn this 🧠on!

"Here's where the birds go when they realize/they cannot fly anymore. Here's where the/love will be waiting when you are ready." this will stay stuck in my head.

Desperately in need of a sweet (poetic) treat to brighten up your tuesday? Check out "For Venessa" by @jacobdjing : https://t.co/rlFk65ZVXm