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J. L. Yocum @jlyocum.com · 23h

... I am dipping my toes in the "POSSE" ("Post on Own Site, Syndicate Everywhere") method that's recommended by the Indieweb movement, and I'm not hating how it works out so far.

J. L. Yocum @jlyocum.com · 23h

Sonnet 5
https://jlyocum.com/2026/07/01/sonnet-5/

"Sonnet 5" is forthcoming in the July 2026 issue of Moonday Mag.
[Click https://bit.ly/474o8sW to read more 💀🕶️]

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D. A. Powell @dapowell.bsky.social · 1d

old pond
young frog
ripple ripple ripple

--Basho

(& me)

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J. L. Yocum @jlyocum.com · 2d

This needs to stop! It deprives me of my excuse for not watching TikToks.

(I hate watching TikToks!)

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J. L. Yocum @jlyocum.com · 2d

@pinholepoetry.bsky.social

J. L. Yocum @jlyocum.com · 2d

“An Interview with J. L. Yocum” in Pinhole Poetry
https://jlyocum.com/2025/10/09/pinhole-interview/

Pinhole Poetry has published a series of interviews as a complement to their October issue, and I'm pleased as punk
[Click https://bit.ly/46LeNHD to read more 💀🕶️]

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J. L. Yocum @jlyocum.com · 2d

“An Interview with J. L. Yocum” in Pinhole Poetry
https://jlyocum.com/2025/10/09/pinhole-interview/

Pinhole Poetry has published a series of interviews as a complement to their October issue, and I'm pleased as punk
[Click https://bit.ly/46LeNHD to read more 💀🕶️]

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J. L. Yocum @jlyocum.com · 3d

...in case you wonder what I'm up to that's not poetry...

Oceanographer® @oceanographer.music · 3d

@pwrmnstr.bsky.social and I went to see The Haters play in February, and I bought a contact mic glued to a magnet from @cranksturgeon.bsky.social at the merch booth.

Gave it to Eric at our last rehearsal and he did this.

(No, we're not turning Oceanographer® into a noise project. ...yet.)

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Oceanographer® @oceanographer.music · 3d

@pwrmnstr.bsky.social and I went to see The Haters play in February, and I bought a contact mic glued to a magnet from @cranksturgeon.bsky.social at the merch booth.

Gave it to Eric at our last rehearsal and he did this.

(No, we're not turning Oceanographer® into a noise project. ...yet.)

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J. L. Yocum @jlyocum.com · 3d

Who needs sleep when there's poetry to do?!

I did insert "sleep" into your sentence when I heard it in my mind.

I don't wanna brag or anything, but I am occasionally capable of extrapolating from incomplete.

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J. L. Yocum @jlyocum.com · 3d

And thank you for submitting! I must underscore that I was only in the judge's seat because I pulled the right number out of a hat.

Your submission was extremely good, too!

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J. L. Yocum @jlyocum.com · 3d

Made it through!
https://jlyocum.com/2025/10/08/made-it-through/

Thanks to all seventy-seven poets and writers who submitted to my half of the HAD guest co-hosted submission call!
[Click https://bit.ly/4nG5HSf to read more 💀🕶️]

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J. L. Yocum @jlyocum.com · 3d

OK! I've responded to all 77 poetry submissions for the night. This was a lot of fun.

Now the cat is yelling at me to come to bed (he's such a little weirdo), so off to get five hours of sleep and then try to work in the morning.

Good night!

#luck @havehashad.com #guesteditor @tanyazilinskas.com

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J. L. Yocum @jlyocum.com · 3d

... and if anyone wonders, I absolutely did flip a coin to decide between two submissions (I'll never tell which ones!).

Thought it was appropriate to the theme.

#luck @havehashad.com #guesteditor @tanyazilinskas.com

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J. L. Yocum @jlyocum.com · 3d

(So if you didn't make it in this submission call, you'll know I'm the big dummy it was who made the decision.)

#luck @havehashad.com #guesteditor @tanyazilinskas.com
2/2

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J. L. Yocum @jlyocum.com · 3d

...and it looks like I managed to send out all the acceptances from Aaron's email address. Please forgive me, it's my first rodeo dealing with this "Submittable" bronco.

The declined messages I think are all correctly from my address.

#luck @havehashad.com #guesteditor @tanyazilinskas.com
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J. L. Yocum @jlyocum.com · 3d

Ack, 8 out of 77. Typo. Late night. Forgive me.

J. L. Yocum @jlyocum.com · 3d

OK I have chosen eight submissions out of 78. There are a few that were really hard to decline, but that's what I signed up for.

Really really strong stuff; you'll each be hearing from me shortly!

#luck @havehashad.com #guesteditor @tanyazilinskas.com

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J. L. Yocum @jlyocum.com · 3d

What?! I have only just become acquainted with you, but it seems to me like featuring tarot cards would be a safe bet to get on your good side.

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J. L. Yocum @jlyocum.com · 3d

I'm absolutely appalled that I am deciding against otherwise-great poems because of a single word I don't like buried in the third or fourth line.

I can't stop myself; I don't know what to say. Please come for me with pitchforks and torches.

#luck @havehashad.com #guesteditor @tanyazilinskas.com

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J. L. Yocum @jlyocum.com · 3d

Lots of Tarot and cats appearing in submissions, which I'm 100% a fan of.

#luck @havehashad.com #guesteditor @tanyazilinskas.com

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J. L. Yocum @jlyocum.com · 3d

I don't know if the loose cannons in charge of HAD will ever let me do this again, but if they do I'm going to specifically ask poets to send in more than one piece.

I just love seeing little gangs of poems stroll in the door together.

#luck @havehashad.com #guesteditor @tanyazilinskas.com

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J. L. Yocum @jlyocum.com · 3d

More than halfway through now — I may get to bed at a halfway decent hour in spite of myself!

#luck @havehashad.com #guesteditor @tanyazilinskas.com
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J. L. Yocum @jlyocum.com · 3d

I will have everyone know: Sometimes I am certain, three our four lines into a submission, that I will not be selecting it for publication.

But I still read every single word. (Even the really long ones!)

#luck @havehashad.com #guesteditor @tanyazilinskas.com
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J. L. Yocum @jlyocum.com · 3d

Took a two-hour break to eat dinner with my wife, now back to work!

#luck @havehashad.com #guesteditor @tanyazilinskas.com

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J. L. Yocum @jlyocum.com · 3d

lol

Homestar Screens @grapenutsrobot.graphics · 3d