Michele McDannold
@oneldammit.bsky.social
Poet/Publisher at Roadside Press
Happy Wednesday! check out this short lil poem by Jonathan Hayes theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/02... #poetry
Don’t Forget by Jonathan Hayes - The Literary Underground
Don’t Forget We’re just creatures entertaining each other Fooling each other Fucking each other & sometimes if we’re lucky Loving each other Jonathan Hayes lives in Oakland, California with his wife a...
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February 4, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Happy Wednesday! check out this short lil poem by Jonathan Hayes theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/02... #poetry
Happy Tuesday, mofos! it's time to go down memory lane with THE POLISH HAMMER theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/02...
THE POLISH HAMMER POETRY CORNER: In the Summer of Short Pants and Flannel by Karl Koweski - The Literary Underground
In the Summer of Short Pants and Flannel So, here’s a story. This one goes way back, thirty plus years, back in the summer of short pants and flannel when I was beginning to dig what the boys from Sea...
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February 3, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Happy Tuesday, mofos! it's time to go down memory lane with THE POLISH HAMMER theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/02...
Happy Monday! check out "The Truth at Last" by Steven Meloan theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/02... #poetry
The Truth at Last by Steven Meloan - The Literary Underground
The Truth at Last In later years Bukowski said death was perpetually at his shoulder He also said life’s trials never really end… until they finally end At the time I viewed it as overly-dramatic nihi...
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February 2, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Happy Monday! check out "The Truth at Last" by Steven Meloan theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/02... #poetry
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February 1, 2026 at 1:34 PM
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Welcome to February! here's a lovely poem by Litsa Dremousis theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/02... #poetry
But Don’t You Need That? by Litsa Dremousis - The Literary Underground
But Don’t You Need That? At our family’s favorite barbeque restaurant my eight year-old nephew examines my new scar. It juts across my neck and a teenager yesterday at the grocery store pointed and la...
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February 1, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Welcome to February! here's a lovely poem by Litsa Dremousis theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/02... #poetry
Planting Stones to Teleport: A Conversation with Seance of the Bees author Andrea Rexilius by Zack Kopp theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01... # booksky
Planting Stones to Teleport: A Conversation with Seance of the Bees author Andrea Rexilius by Zack Kopp - The Literary Underground
Planting Stones to Teleport: A Conversation with Seance of the Bees author Andrea Rexilius With her latest collection, Séance of the Bees, poet Andrea Rexilius has succeeded at what countless others h...
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January 31, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Planting Stones to Teleport: A Conversation with Seance of the Bees author Andrea Rexilius by Zack Kopp theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01... # booksky
Happy Fuck-It Friday!! we may be in a world of shit, but still there's poetry... check out this kick-ass poem by Damon Hubbs, a little ditty dedicated to William Taylor Jr. theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01... #poetry
The Best Bar in Town by Damon Hubbs - The Literary Underground
The Best Bar in Town for William Taylor Jr. It used to be the best bar in town. Strong drinks, cheap, a gentle roughness like a faded tattoo. The pool league met every Thursday and Ponyboy and his cre...
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January 30, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Happy Fuck-It Friday!! we may be in a world of shit, but still there's poetry... check out this kick-ass poem by Damon Hubbs, a little ditty dedicated to William Taylor Jr. theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01... #poetry
Happy Pre-Friday! here's another kick-ass poem by April Ridge theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01... #poetry
Don’t Eat That Sandwich by April Ridge - The Literary Underground
Don't Eat That Sandwich —for all the Marlas I am Jill's complete lack of estrogen. I am Jill's willingness to laugh at the innate nature of men to talk over women while I exceedingly interrupt them, w...
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January 29, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Happy Pre-Friday! here's another kick-ass poem by April Ridge theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01... #poetry
happy hump day! here we have a kick-ass new poem by Juliet Cook theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01... #poetry
Disengaged by Juliet Cook - The Literary Underground
Disengaged I don't let anyone inside if they don't reveal who they are. I hide in my closet and wait for them to leave a mannequin in front of my garage or throw stale bread across my lawn. I won't ea...
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January 29, 2026 at 12:32 AM
happy hump day! here we have a kick-ass new poem by Juliet Cook theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01... #poetry
Happy Tuesday! here's another column from THE POLISH HAMMER theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01...
THE POLISH HAMMER POETRY CORNER: Wintry Mixes and Arctic Vortexes by Karl Koweski - The Literary Underground
Wintry Mixes and Arctic Vortexes “It’s supposed to get bad this weekend,” Milt says. “Looks like we’re going to be iced in for at least a week.” Ten minutes later. “There’s a possibility it’s going to...
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January 27, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Happy Tuesday! here's another column from THE POLISH HAMMER theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01...
Happy Monday! check out this new poem by Dan Provost theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01... #poetry
Price Chopper Mom by Dan Provost - The Literary Underground
Price Chopper Mom Self-Exiled today to A Price Chopper parking lot, listening to Jesus Christ Mode. Trying to grab raw emotions out of observing angry mothers scolding their children, groceries in tow...
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January 26, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Happy Monday! check out this new poem by Dan Provost theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01... #poetry
Happy Sunday! here's a powerful poem by BREE theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01... #poetry
kill the poor for the Holy Spirit by Bree - The Literary Underground
kill the poor for the Holy Spirit kill the poor for the Holy Spirit kill the poor for the Holy Spirit and in His name and on your Girl Scout honor you testify youre better than those people you testif...
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January 25, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Happy Sunday! here's a powerful poem by BREE theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01... #poetry
Happy Saturday! check out "Definition" by Michael Minassian theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01... #poetry
Definition by Michael Minassian - The Literary Underground
Definition I admit the woman in my dream last night was, at best, a composite, sharing personality traits with several past lovers: a skeptical nature, a growing detachment from whatever this thing wa...
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January 24, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Happy Saturday! check out "Definition" by Michael Minassian theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01... #poetry
Happy Fuck-It Friday! today we have a kick-ass poem by April Ridge theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01... #poetry
Carnage Upon Innocence by April Ridge - The Literary Underground
Carnage Upon Innocence -Or- America, You Make Me Cry As we collectively sigh, quoting George Orwell on social media on a Thursday afternoon in North America seems to be the equivalent of a well-tossed...
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January 23, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Happy Fuck-It Friday! today we have a kick-ass poem by April Ridge theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01... #poetry
January 22, 2026 at 1:57 PM
happy pre-friday! here's a fresh one from Tim Murray theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01... #poetry
If my kids were named for the places they were conceived by Tim Murray - The Literary Underground
If my kids were named for the places they were conceived: 1. White Castle Drive-Thru 2. 24 Hour Laundromat 3. Family Express Pump 7 4. 6 West Nurses Station 5. Popcorn Fest Port-a-Potty 6. Smoke...
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January 22, 2026 at 10:56 AM
happy pre-friday! here's a fresh one from Tim Murray theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01... #poetry
happy humpday! here's a good one from Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01... #poetry
Earth Is a Strange Planet by Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal - The Literary Underground
Earth Is a Strange Planet Earth is a strange planet, where a prick can be mayor, governor, congressman, senator, president, or king. The worker will be tossed away, his/her back bent out of shape, his...
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January 21, 2026 at 12:57 PM
happy humpday! here's a good one from Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01... #poetry
Happy Tuesday! it's THE POLISH HAMMER POETRY CORNER: Big Az Sammiches theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01...
THE POLISH HAMMER POETRY CORNER: Big Az Sammiches by Karl Koweski - The Literary Underground
Big Az Sammiches It’s a sad fact of factory life that eventually you find yourself eating a Big Az sammich out of the vending machine. For me, in this instance, it was a Big Az country fried chicken s...
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January 20, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Happy Tuesday! it's THE POLISH HAMMER POETRY CORNER: Big Az Sammiches theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01...
Reposted by Michele McDannold
So looking forward to releasing my 2nd collaboration with poet David Allen Sullivan in May on Roadside Press. TY so much Michele McDannold @oneldammit.bsky.social for your support by giving our manuscript a lovely home. Thrilled to be in awesome company! 👏🔥🌈
January 19, 2026 at 7:29 PM
So looking forward to releasing my 2nd collaboration with poet David Allen Sullivan in May on Roadside Press. TY so much Michele McDannold @oneldammit.bsky.social for your support by giving our manuscript a lovely home. Thrilled to be in awesome company! 👏🔥🌈
welcome to monday! today we have a review by Zack Kopp on THE HAUNTING OF ROOM 904 by Erika Wurth theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01... #review #booksky
Zack Kopp reviews THE HAUNTING OF ROOM 904 by Erika Wurth - The Literary Underground
The Haunting of Room 904 by Erika Wurth Flatiron Books, $18.18 Review by Zack Kopp In Erika Wurth’s The Haunting of Room 904 by, a Native American paranormal detective investigates the mystery of room...
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January 19, 2026 at 2:05 PM
welcome to monday! today we have a review by Zack Kopp on THE HAUNTING OF ROOM 904 by Erika Wurth theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01... #review #booksky
Happy Sunday! today we have an important poem from Danny Shot theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01... #poetry
Unseen Men in Unseen Vans by Danny Shot - The Literary Underground
Unseen Men in Unseen Vans In the heat-wave streets of domestic “war zones” where bodegas hum and children skip rope between potholes and broken English dreams, they came – unmarked like a reprise of a...
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January 18, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Happy Sunday! today we have an important poem from Danny Shot theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01... #poetry
Happy Saturday! check out this review by Lynn Alexander on FOUND CONFETTI by Rhea Melina theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01... #review #booksky
This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: Rhea Melina’s FOUND CONFETTI, a review by Lynn Alexander - The Literary Underground
first published in the Scumrag by Scumbag Press in the UK This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: Rhea Melina’s Found Confetti (Carbonation Press, 2024) “I beg of you to not get me wrong, But you will”...
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January 17, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Happy Saturday! check out this review by Lynn Alexander on FOUND CONFETTI by Rhea Melina theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01... #review #booksky
Happy Fuck-It Friday, y'all! happy to bring you a fresh new poem from that Tim Murray guy theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01... #poetry
The Great Flood of ‘25 by Tim Murray - The Literary Underground
The Great Flood of ‘25 I’m not leaving I’m just going to watch the rain Besides there are no more trains to catch Except for the occasional rental car that’ll lead you to A warm room in a strange dese...
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January 16, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Happy Fuck-It Friday, y'all! happy to bring you a fresh new poem from that Tim Murray guy theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01... #poetry
happy thursday! today we have a review by Richard Modiano on the forthcoming LETTERS THAT BREATHE FIRE by Margaret Randall theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01... #review #booksky
Richard Modiano reviews LETTERS THAT BREATHE FIRE by Margaret Randall - The Literary Underground
Letters That Breathe Fire by Margaret Randall, New Village Press Letters That Breathe Fire is not merely a book of correspondence; it is a living archive of how literature once moved through the world...
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January 15, 2026 at 11:16 AM
happy thursday! today we have a review by Richard Modiano on the forthcoming LETTERS THAT BREATHE FIRE by Margaret Randall theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01... #review #booksky
happy humpday! here's a new poem (after Brian Fugett) by Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01... #poetry
Zygote In My Coffee (Her Breath) by Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal - The Literary Underground
Zygote In My Coffee (Her Breath) after Brian Fugett I suppose her breath was nice. I dreamt about her three times. She was watching tv all alone. She was sitting on a big pillow. The corner of the tv ...
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January 14, 2026 at 5:32 PM
happy humpday! here's a new poem (after Brian Fugett) by Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01... #poetry