i get to host a wonderful #PoetryReading & #AllPoetry #OpenMic every month at Flywheel Brewing. peep these amazing #Poems from #JanLaPerle & #ClayMatthews
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Jan LaPerle & Clay Matthews Reading at Flywheel Brewing
YouTube video by A.S. Coomer
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December 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
i get to host a wonderful #PoetryReading & #AllPoetry #OpenMic every month at Flywheel Brewing. peep these amazing #Poems from #JanLaPerle & #ClayMatthews
youtu.be/64LRyHssCO4?...
youtu.be/64LRyHssCO4?...
I do not pity the dead, I pity the dying.
—James Wright, “At the Executed Murderer’s Grave” #Reading #Poetry #JamesWright
—James Wright, “At the Executed Murderer’s Grave” #Reading #Poetry #JamesWright
December 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
I do not pity the dead, I pity the dying.
—James Wright, “At the Executed Murderer’s Grave” #Reading #Poetry #JamesWright
—James Wright, “At the Executed Murderer’s Grave” #Reading #Poetry #JamesWright
I host a monthly #PoetryReading & All-Poetry #OpenMic at Flywheel Brewing in Etown. Here’s #Meredith #reading #Poetry. Come catch a featured set of Meredith’s Poems on 2/8/26 at 3:45pm EST.
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Meredith Reading at Flywheel Brewing
YouTube video by A.S. Coomer
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December 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I host a monthly #PoetryReading & All-Poetry #OpenMic at Flywheel Brewing in Etown. Here’s #Meredith #reading #Poetry. Come catch a featured set of Meredith’s Poems on 2/8/26 at 3:45pm EST.
youtu.be/SPCdMCLsVsY?...
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i’m yer host for an all all-Poetry open mic today at flywheel brewing in elizabethtown, caintuckee. 3:45pm EST. bring dem Poems & friends on down to the best watering-hole in hardin county.
December 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
i’m yer host for an all all-Poetry open mic today at flywheel brewing in elizabethtown, caintuckee. 3:45pm EST. bring dem Poems & friends on down to the best watering-hole in hardin county.
here’s a prompt i came up with for all y’all beautiful Poets:
you and your favorite childhood toy are reunited. what stories does the toy bring back? what does the toy think of the person you grew into? what would they remind you about the child you were?
you and your favorite childhood toy are reunited. what stories does the toy bring back? what does the toy think of the person you grew into? what would they remind you about the child you were?
December 3, 2025 at 1:10 PM
here’s a prompt i came up with for all y’all beautiful Poets:
you and your favorite childhood toy are reunited. what stories does the toy bring back? what does the toy think of the person you grew into? what would they remind you about the child you were?
you and your favorite childhood toy are reunited. what stories does the toy bring back? what does the toy think of the person you grew into? what would they remind you about the child you were?
had a blast slinging Poems at Underground Lit Fest a few weeks back. here’s the vidyuh of my 10 min set. much ❤️ to @oneldammit.bsky.social & @dandenton.bsky.social
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A. S. Coomer - Underground Lit Fest 2025
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December 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
had a blast slinging Poems at Underground Lit Fest a few weeks back. here’s the vidyuh of my 10 min set. much ❤️ to @oneldammit.bsky.social & @dandenton.bsky.social
youtu.be/-GnOGWEwp84?...
youtu.be/-GnOGWEwp84?...
slinging lil sonnets to broken beer bottles in alleys across these disunited states. here’s a little draft.
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out here slinging poems to broken michelobultra bottles. here’s a lil sonnet i’ve been working on.
YouTube video by A.S. Coomer
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November 25, 2025 at 9:35 AM
slinging lil sonnets to broken beer bottles in alleys across these disunited states. here’s a little draft.
youtube.com/shorts/pa8RA...
youtube.com/shorts/pa8RA...
Got some copies of Memorabilia in. Hit me up if you want a signed copy.
November 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Got some copies of Memorabilia in. Hit me up if you want a signed copy.
“Broken balloons covering the holes
where my eyes used to be.”
—Juliet Cook
where my eyes used to be.”
—Juliet Cook
welcome to thursday! here's a kick-ass poem by Juliet Cook theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/11... #poetry
Empty Holes for Eyes by Juliet Cook - The Literary Underground
Empty Holes for Eyes These recurring false awakenings feel too close to vivid comatose states of horror that never end. I look at myself in the mirror and have no eyes. Then I realize if I really had ...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:28 PM
“Broken balloons covering the holes
where my eyes used to be.”
—Juliet Cook
where my eyes used to be.”
—Juliet Cook
slinging #Poems in #TheGlassCity this weekend alongside #Poets from all over the country. come say hi #ToledoOhio
#ASCoomer #UndergroundLitFest #SmallPress #IndieArt #CultureClashRecords #AtticOnAdams
#ASCoomer #UndergroundLitFest #SmallPress #IndieArt #CultureClashRecords #AtticOnAdams
November 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
slinging #Poems in #TheGlassCity this weekend alongside #Poets from all over the country. come say hi #ToledoOhio
#ASCoomer #UndergroundLitFest #SmallPress #IndieArt #CultureClashRecords #AtticOnAdams
#ASCoomer #UndergroundLitFest #SmallPress #IndieArt #CultureClashRecords #AtticOnAdams
back in sept i played 13 songs live-on-air on michael logsdon’s radio show terra firma. you can stream them songs at all the usual places. if yer feeling generous you can dl the hi-res tracks from as coomer dot bandcamp dot com
#ASCoomer #TerraFirma #Live #SingerSongwriter #KentuckyMusic
#ASCoomer #TerraFirma #Live #SingerSongwriter #KentuckyMusic
November 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM
back in sept i played 13 songs live-on-air on michael logsdon’s radio show terra firma. you can stream them songs at all the usual places. if yer feeling generous you can dl the hi-res tracks from as coomer dot bandcamp dot com
#ASCoomer #TerraFirma #Live #SingerSongwriter #KentuckyMusic
#ASCoomer #TerraFirma #Live #SingerSongwriter #KentuckyMusic
big thanks to Caitlin & the good folks at Marrow Magazine for nominating my poem “river montage (Nolin River Aubade #33)” for a Best of the Net award. congrats to my fellow nominees.
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September 27, 2025 at 10:21 AM
big thanks to Caitlin & the good folks at Marrow Magazine for nominating my poem “river montage (Nolin River Aubade #33)” for a Best of the Net award. congrats to my fellow nominees.
marrowmagazine.com/river-montag...
marrowmagazine.com/river-montag...
I’ll be slinging tunes to raise some funds for the good folks at the Leitchfield Animal Shelter next month. See y’all at Mudd Fest 2025.
September 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I’ll be slinging tunes to raise some funds for the good folks at the Leitchfield Animal Shelter next month. See y’all at Mudd Fest 2025.
Merriam-Webster's definition of "idiocracy" www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/i...
Definition of IDIOCRACY
a society governed or populated by idiots; government by idiots… See the full definition
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September 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Merriam-Webster's definition of "idolatry" www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/i...
Definition of IDOLATRY
the worship of a physical object as a god; immoderate attachment or devotion to something… See the full definition
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September 22, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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Merriam-Webster's definition of "authoritarian" www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a...
Definition of AUTHORITARIAN
of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority; of, relating to, or favoring a concentration of power in a leader or an elite not constitutionally responsible to the people… See the full d...
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September 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Definition of DISTRACTION
something that distracts : an object that directs one's attention away from something else; especially : amusement; the act of distracting or the state of being distracted; especially : mental confusi...
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September 16, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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slinging songs on the radio & interwebs this evening. check out the Community Music Alliance Facebook page at 7pm EST for a live vidyuh-stream. my set will be recorded live & rebroadcast on 106.5 WFMP FM & forwardradio.org this coming Saturday at 8pm EST, Sunday at 6pm EST, & Monday at 10am EST.
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September 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
slinging songs on the radio & interwebs this evening. check out the Community Music Alliance Facebook page at 7pm EST for a live vidyuh-stream. my set will be recorded live & rebroadcast on 106.5 WFMP FM & forwardradio.org this coming Saturday at 8pm EST, Sunday at 6pm EST, & Monday at 10am EST.
today marks the tenth anniversary of my website: www.ascoomer.com
A.S. Coomer
Writer & Musician
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September 3, 2025 at 9:56 AM
today marks the tenth anniversary of my website: www.ascoomer.com
it’s a write-two-sonnets kind of birthday morning.
August 31, 2025 at 12:27 PM
it’s a write-two-sonnets kind of birthday morning.
Merriam-Webster's definition of "fascism" www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/f...
Definition of FASCISM
a populist political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual, that is associated with a centralized autocratic government ...
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August 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Nashville’s Bobby Row & Lauren Wanamaker are passing through Elizabethtown, KY to play an acoustic show at Flywheel Brewing on 10/17/25 at 7pm EST. I’ll be lending support. Free show! Bring yer friends!
August 23, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Nashville’s Bobby Row & Lauren Wanamaker are passing through Elizabethtown, KY to play an acoustic show at Flywheel Brewing on 10/17/25 at 7pm EST. I’ll be lending support. Free show! Bring yer friends!