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Jason VonGerichten

@jvongerichten.bsky.social

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Librarian. Writer. Lives in Chicago. Mostly woke. Open to being more woke. Mostly cringe. Open to being less cringe, but not a priority. My book, Icarus Is Dead: https://a.co/d/5kYoxoe My substack: https://jasonvongerichten.substack.com/

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Jason VonGerichten @jvongerichten.bsky.social · Nov 27

Since this seems to be the place to do it, here is a link to my novella, Icarus Is Dead. Read it if you like awesome things. Or don't, and continue being sad. Totally up to you.

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Jason VonGerichten @jvongerichten.bsky.social · 4d

Hello friends.

Wrote some cute poems, might delete later, idk

#poems #poetry #writing #poetry+ #writers

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On dumb horses, dancing apes and evil geese

Some more poems inspired by the Wordle gods. Read one, read two, or read all seven, it's up to you!

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Jason VonGerichten @jvongerichten.bsky.social · 11d

Read these poems please.

RFK says they're bad for you!

#Poems&Poets #Poets+ #poems #poetry #PoetsOnBluesky #writing #writers

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On orcas, skateboarding, witches and porcupines

A cluster of poems dictated by the Wordle gods (disclaimer: all views and thoughts are mine and mine alone and do not attempt to represent what Wordle would have you think about orcas and etc.)

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Jason VonGerichten @jvongerichten.bsky.social · 25d

You guys, no pressure, but I heard if you don't read this the world will end and it'll be all your fault.

#poetry #poets+ #PoetsOnBluesky #Poems&Poets

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On pugs, smoothies, lazy days, cancer and whores

Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the banana stand

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · Sep 10

Gun violence on campus is always wrong. Political violence is always wrong, even when directed at those who celebrate it.

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Jason VonGerichten @jvongerichten.bsky.social · Sep 10

Hello friends. I wrote some poems, and like every other writer on Bluesky, I am desperate for your approval.

#poems #poetry #poetry+ #writing #writers

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Poetic musings on Santa, phallic towers, the true nature of flowers, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, and etc

Please read share and enjoy. Or share read and then enjoy. Or enjoy share and THEN read. There are so many options, but please do all three.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · Sep 5

As it turns out, the "Kennedy Curse" wasn't that the smart ones were killed, but that the stupid one survived.

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Jason VonGerichten @jvongerichten.bsky.social · Sep 4

Probably not the big takeaway but should I not be buying
K(irkland)Y lubricant?

Jason VonGerichten @jvongerichten.bsky.social · Sep 3

Just click it. You know you want to. Come on, live a little.

#poems #poetry #+poetry #writing

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Click Now for 7 Free Poems!

While supplies last!

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Dennis Goris @dennisgoris.bsky.social · Aug 28

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The Slowdown @slowdownshow.org · Aug 28

“When I think about ways to foster empathy, perspective, and care, one of those ways is poetry. I know poetry can’t stop bombs from falling, and it can’t feed the starving, and it can’t evacuate people to safety. I know this,” shares @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social in today’s episode.

excerpt from “From the Sky” by Sara Abou Rashed

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Sloan Ashton @ashton7sloan.bsky.social · Aug 27

Two children were killed and seventeen people were injured in a shooting at Annunciation Catholic School.

A Cracker Barrel logo change received far more scrutiny and attention than any fight against the epidemic of gun violence in this country.

Our priorities remain idiotic.

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · Aug 27

The GOP is the NRA is the GOP is the NRA.

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Jason VonGerichten @jvongerichten.bsky.social · Aug 27

This speaks to me so much more than I wish it did

Jason VonGerichten @jvongerichten.bsky.social · Aug 27

Wednesday wordle poems
A hump day delight
Mathew McConaughey read them
He said they're okay okay okay
#poems #poetry+ #writing

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The seven best poems ever written

Using the wordle answers from the past week as prompts

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Jason VonGerichten @jvongerichten.bsky.social · Aug 20

New poems just for you!

#poets #poets+ #poems&poets #writing #writers

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These poems could save your life

If you were choking and they were written on the side of a Bic pen that got jabbed into your trachea to clear your airway

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Jason VonGerichten @jvongerichten.bsky.social · Aug 13

Hello friends, I've written 7 more poems using wordle answers as prompts. Please enjoy (if you're awesome) or don't enjoy (if you're lame).

#poetry #poems #poetsonbluesky #poets+

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Assay Frill Banjo Daunt Lumpy Rigid Stork

7 poems written from 7 Wordle answers

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Aug 7

Stephen Colbert is going SCORCHED EARTH right now. To RFK Jr: “Fuck you, you roid-addled nepo carnie! Fuck you, you roadkill-munching Luddite human slim jim!”

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Aug 7

What’s cool is that now when you yell “losers” at a bunch of masked ICE goons, there’s a chance one of them is Dean Cain

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Jason VonGerichten @jvongerichten.bsky.social · Aug 6

It’s probably a silly idea. Most of my ideas do turn out to be quite silly. But I needed writing prompts for my poetry, and I was already doing wordle every morning, so it seemed to just make sense. Two birds, one five letter word.
#poetry #blueskypoets #poets

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