Mark Magoon
@markmagoon.bsky.social
Poet & Writer | Educator | Pro-Union | Proud Chicagoan | He/Him
My personal website: markmagoon.com
My dog’s personal website: @genehackman_thebulldog
My personal website: markmagoon.com
My dog’s personal website: @genehackman_thebulldog
Stopped in at the MCA today to see the Yoko Ono exhibit. (Check out my addition to “Mend Piece.”)
January 9, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Stopped in at the MCA today to see the Yoko Ono exhibit. (Check out my addition to “Mend Piece.”)
THE DAY A POET IS MURDERED BY I.C.E.
by Hannah Eve Levy
by Hannah Eve Levy
January 9, 2026 at 5:49 PM
THE DAY A POET IS MURDERED BY I.C.E.
by Hannah Eve Levy
by Hannah Eve Levy
In addition to being a human that was deserving of life, Renee Nicole Macklin was a writer, a wife, a mother and--as it turns out--a poet, too.
Honor her by reading some of her work--and by voting out the hateful folks that are complicit in her murder.
poets.org/2020-on-lear...
Honor her by reading some of her work--and by voting out the hateful folks that are complicit in her murder.
poets.org/2020-on-lear...
2020 Academy of American Poets Prize
On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs by Renée Nicole Macklin
poets.org
January 8, 2026 at 4:17 PM
In addition to being a human that was deserving of life, Renee Nicole Macklin was a writer, a wife, a mother and--as it turns out--a poet, too.
Honor her by reading some of her work--and by voting out the hateful folks that are complicit in her murder.
poets.org/2020-on-lear...
Honor her by reading some of her work--and by voting out the hateful folks that are complicit in her murder.
poets.org/2020-on-lear...
Disobedience does not deserve a death sentence.
January 7, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Disobedience does not deserve a death sentence.
Part Meat Market, part Meat Museum! #PaulinaMarket
December 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Part Meat Market, part Meat Museum! #PaulinaMarket
Reposted by Mark Magoon
My first book pubs today, and among other things it is a love letter to Chicago — the city and the communities that have been a tenth muse for me.
Margaret C. Anderson's story is also, I hope, a reminder that good art requires taking big risks.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Dang...
Margaret C. Anderson's story is also, I hope, a reminder that good art requires taking big risks.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Dang...
December 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
My first book pubs today, and among other things it is a love letter to Chicago — the city and the communities that have been a tenth muse for me.
Margaret C. Anderson's story is also, I hope, a reminder that good art requires taking big risks.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Dang...
Margaret C. Anderson's story is also, I hope, a reminder that good art requires taking big risks.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Dang...
December 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Be like John Brown.
Radical abolitionist John Brown was executed on this day in 1859 for trying to spark a revolution to free millions held in bondage.
“I have only a short time to live, only one death to die, and I will die fighting for this cause.”
“I have only a short time to live, only one death to die, and I will die fighting for this cause.”
December 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Be like John Brown.
December 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Reposted by Mark Magoon
"Time"
a typewriter poem
by yours truly
from the Art Institute
poemswhileyouwait.tumblr.com/post/8018259...
a typewriter poem
by yours truly
from the Art Institute
poemswhileyouwait.tumblr.com/post/8018259...
poemswhileyouwait.tumblr.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:09 PM
"Time"
a typewriter poem
by yours truly
from the Art Institute
poemswhileyouwait.tumblr.com/post/8018259...
a typewriter poem
by yours truly
from the Art Institute
poemswhileyouwait.tumblr.com/post/8018259...
To begin her order, Ellis read Carl Sandberg’s famed poem, "Chicago," in full. That poem dubbed Chicago the "City of Big Shoulders."
"And having answered so I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer," Ellis read...
"And having answered so I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer," Ellis read...
November 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
To begin her order, Ellis read Carl Sandberg’s famed poem, "Chicago," in full. That poem dubbed Chicago the "City of Big Shoulders."
"And having answered so I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer," Ellis read...
"And having answered so I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer," Ellis read...
Please pass along if you know folks that are in need. #Chicago #FreeMeals
www.timeout.com/chicago/news...
www.timeout.com/chicago/news...
These Chicago restaurants are offering free meals to SNAP recipients
Here's where you can find free food in Chicago right now.
www.timeout.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Please pass along if you know folks that are in need. #Chicago #FreeMeals
www.timeout.com/chicago/news...
www.timeout.com/chicago/news...
“This is not a political choice, this is a moral imperative.”
#NoKings #Chicago #ThisIsWhatDemocracyLooksLike #HandsOffChicago #PeacefulProtest #ChicagoOverEverything #NotAWarZone
#NoKings #Chicago #ThisIsWhatDemocracyLooksLike #HandsOffChicago #PeacefulProtest #ChicagoOverEverything #NotAWarZone
October 18, 2025 at 10:49 PM
“This is not a political choice, this is a moral imperative.”
#NoKings #Chicago #ThisIsWhatDemocracyLooksLike #HandsOffChicago #PeacefulProtest #ChicagoOverEverything #NotAWarZone
#NoKings #Chicago #ThisIsWhatDemocracyLooksLike #HandsOffChicago #PeacefulProtest #ChicagoOverEverything #NotAWarZone
This Saturday (10/18) we peacefully take to the streets in protest--lest we lose that right--to stand up for our community, for Democracy, to shout: HANDS OFF CHICAGO!
12pm, NOON, Grant Park.
#NoKings #NoKingsInAmerica #ChicagoNoKings #October18 #ChicagoProtest #NoThrones #NoCrowns #Resist
12pm, NOON, Grant Park.
#NoKings #NoKingsInAmerica #ChicagoNoKings #October18 #ChicagoProtest #NoThrones #NoCrowns #Resist
October 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This Saturday (10/18) we peacefully take to the streets in protest--lest we lose that right--to stand up for our community, for Democracy, to shout: HANDS OFF CHICAGO!
12pm, NOON, Grant Park.
#NoKings #NoKingsInAmerica #ChicagoNoKings #October18 #ChicagoProtest #NoThrones #NoCrowns #Resist
12pm, NOON, Grant Park.
#NoKings #NoKingsInAmerica #ChicagoNoKings #October18 #ChicagoProtest #NoThrones #NoCrowns #Resist