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Light @lightpoetrymag.bsky.social · 5d

Big thanks to all who submitted to Poems of the Week this time, & congrats to featured poets Marshall Begel, Steven Urquhart Bell, Dan Campion, Stephen Gold, Julia Griffin, Steven Kent, and Alex Steelsmith.

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Light @lightpoetrymag.bsky.social · 5d

Scroll down to Awards and Honors for a full list of our #BestOfTheNet nominees, finalists, and longlisters with links to their poems:
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Light @lightpoetrymag.bsky.social · 5d

And now back to those Poems of the Week!
#humor #comedy #satire #limericks #poetry #poetrycommunity #lightverse #funnypoems #parody
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Light @lightpoetrymag.bsky.social · 5d

Before you enjoy our 8 Poems of the Week—on a champ of chimps, some chimplike chumps & more (link in thread)—please join us in celebrating Light’s Best of the Net nominees for July ‘24 through June ‘25 (link in thread takes you to all the poems)!
#BestOfTheNet #poetrycommunity

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Light @lightpoetrymag.bsky.social · 12d

So delighted to learn that a poem published in Light was a Best of the Net finalist for 2025! Many thanks to the anthology's editors, and congrats to #SamanthaPious on receiving this honor for "The Curator."
#poetryhonors #poetry #writingcommunity @aestallings.bsky.social @juliekanepoet.bsky.social

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Light @lightpoetrymag.bsky.social · 12d

All 8 Poems of the Week are here, on #chatbot confidants, a disgraced #duchess, & more

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#humor #comedy #satire #limericks #poetry #poetrycommunity #lightverse #funnypoems #parody
#fergie #AI

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Light @lightpoetrymag.bsky.social · 12d

Big thanks to all who submitted work this time, and congrats to featured poets Marshall Begel, Dan Campion, Stephen Gold, Julia Griffin, Steven Kent, Miriam N. Kotzin, Chris O’Carroll, and Alex Steelsmith.

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Light @lightpoetrymag.bsky.social · 12d

Is the poet's punny pen mightier than POTUS's poison pen? Cast yer votes here...

(Click link in thread for all 8 #PoemsOfTheWeek)

#autopen #Biden #DissedByPOTUS @paullander.bsky.social @michaelgerber.bsky.social @aestallings.bsky.social @juliekanepoet.bsky.social @allisonpoet.bsky.social

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Light @lightpoetrymag.bsky.social · 19d

Big thanks to all who submitted work this time, and congrats to featured poets Marshall Begel, Jerome Betts, Dan Campion, Thomas Germana, Stephen Gold, Paul Lander, and Mike Mesterton-Gibbons.

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Light @lightpoetrymag.bsky.social · 19d

All 8 #PoemsOfTheWeek are here, on topics ranging from #antifa edicts to jungle addicts

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#humor #comedy #satire #limericks #poetry #poetrycommunity #lightverse #funnypoems #parody #robertredford #chimps #cows #JimmyKimmel #crocodiles #briankilmeade #scotland #freedom

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Light @lightpoetrymag.bsky.social · 19d

Good news! They haven’t come for us yet—& our poets continue to bravely rhyme it how it is (or soon might be)

*Click link in thread for all 8 #PoemsOfTheWeek
#liberty #freedom #statueofliberty #immigration #immigrants @michaelgerber.bsky.social @paullander.bsky.social @aestallings.bsky.social

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Paul Lander @paullander.bsky.social · 19d

Monkeying around on @lightpoetrymag.bsky.social

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Chug, Chug, Chug-a-Lug Chimps

by Paul Lander "Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, found chimpanzees eating fermented fruit in their native habitats consume the equivalent of nearly two alcoholic drinks per day."...

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Paul Lander @paullander.bsky.social · 23d

Trump asks Supreme Court to let him fire Lisa Cook from Federal Reserve. And if that fail Giuliani says he’ll take it higher to the parking lot at the Supreme Courtyard at Marriott

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Glenn A. Bruce @glennardenbruce.bsky.social · 25d

Too good.

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Light @lightpoetrymag.bsky.social · 26d

Big thanks to all who submitted work this time, and congrats to featured poets Marshall Begel, Steven Urquhart Bell, Dan Campion, Thomas Germana, Stephen Gold, Julia Griffin, Steven Kent, and Alex Steelsmith.

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Light @lightpoetrymag.bsky.social · 26d

All 8 Poems of the Week are here, on #AI romance, record-breaking #pastry, a vanished fortune, Ned the lonely #snail, and other signs and slimes of our times...
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#humor #comedy #satire #limericks #poetry #poetrycommunity #lightverse #funnypoems #parody

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Light @lightpoetrymag.bsky.social · 26d

Slow news is good news...

(For all 8 #PoemsOfTheWeek, click link in thread)

#slimesofourtimes #slugs #gastropods @paullander.bsky.social @aestallings.bsky.social @michaelgerber.bsky.social @juliekanepoet.bsky.social @allisonpoet.bsky.social @colemanglenn.bsky.social

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Light @lightpoetrymag.bsky.social · Sep 10

At least it’ll make certain heads of state less likely to show up

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Light @lightpoetrymag.bsky.social · Sep 8

All 10 Poems of the Week are here--on Donald's #crypto, Darth's lightsaber & more
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#humor #comedy #satire #limericks #poetry #poetrycommunity #lightverse #funnypoems #parody #starwars #darthvader

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Light @lightpoetrymag.bsky.social · Sep 8

Democracy: deader than we thought?

*Click link in thread for all 10 #PoemsOfTheWeek*

#politics #humor #UKpolitics #comedy #funnypoems #satire @aestallings.bsky.social @michaelgerber.bsky.social @juliekanepoet.bsky.social @allisonpoet.bsky.social @colemanglenn.bsky.social @paullander.bsky.social

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Paul Lander @paullander.bsky.social · Sep 6

Mike Johnson Says Trump Took Epstein Rumors Seriously, Served As FBI Informant. That’s like Dahmer saying he was actually an undercover agent for Food and Drug Administration.

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Light @lightpoetrymag.bsky.social · Sep 1

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Light @lightpoetrymag.bsky.social · Sep 1

All 6 #PoemsOfTheWeek are here:
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#bikinis #stolenart #CrackerBarrel #TravisKelce #TaylorSwift #TravisAndTayTay #pillows #foodpoisoning
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Light @lightpoetrymag.bsky.social · Sep 1

Need a fun read-aloud for your #LaborDay cookout? We’ve got you covered (or not) with news-verse on thong bikinis, stolen art, Cracker Barrel, Travis and Tay-Tay, the year’s best pillows, and—sorry!—food poisoning. Click link in comments for all 6
#humor #comedy #satire #lightverse #funnypoems

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Juliana Gray @julianagray.bsky.social · Aug 29

Not only did I write this, but I also escaped that cursed washing machine in the 5th-floor Roman walkup.

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"Do you want to play the game of laundry? Can you find the correct energy-efficient setting that will wash your clothes in only six hours? One wrong choice begins a cycle that takes seventeen hours and leaves a permanent orange residue on your clothes."

Escape Room Challenge: Your European Airbnb

Welcome to this tiny fifth-floor Airbnb, your home for the next four days in a major European city. Can you escape without incurring additional fee...

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