Ralph Jenkins
@ralpheeboi.bsky.social
2022 Periplus Collective Fellow / sleep deprived fenty skin enthusiast / poet A.K.A emotional mess / WORKS LINKED⬇️
https://linktr.ee/RALPHEEBOI
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Had a shitty night at work, so imma go home and watch Moonlight and have a good cry while I smoke a joint or three.
November 26, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Had a shitty night at work, so imma go home and watch Moonlight and have a good cry while I smoke a joint or three.
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I could clean the house.
Or I could read.
Hmmm.
Or I could read.
Hmmm.
November 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I could clean the house.
Or I could read.
Hmmm.
Or I could read.
Hmmm.
Here’s my second of six new poems published this week by @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social
This one is featured in my forthcoming debut collection Paper Pistol
Shoutouts to the incredible poet @tariqthompson.bsky.social for the inspiration.
This one is featured in my forthcoming debut collection Paper Pistol
Shoutouts to the incredible poet @tariqthompson.bsky.social for the inspiration.
November 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Here’s my second of six new poems published this week by @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social
This one is featured in my forthcoming debut collection Paper Pistol
Shoutouts to the incredible poet @tariqthompson.bsky.social for the inspiration.
This one is featured in my forthcoming debut collection Paper Pistol
Shoutouts to the incredible poet @tariqthompson.bsky.social for the inspiration.
Shoutouts to the great & powerful folks over @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social for featuring me as the poet of the week!!
You can read a fantastic interview and six new poems of mine on their site!
I’ll even post one below to get you started!
You can read a fantastic interview and six new poems of mine on their site!
I’ll even post one below to get you started!
November 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Shoutouts to the great & powerful folks over @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social for featuring me as the poet of the week!!
You can read a fantastic interview and six new poems of mine on their site!
I’ll even post one below to get you started!
You can read a fantastic interview and six new poems of mine on their site!
I’ll even post one below to get you started!
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I know a lot of worthwhile work doesn't gets its due.
And I know a lot of good things are less a matter of deserving than grace.
That makes this mean more to me.
Grateful to the reviewer, to Orison Books, and to any of y'all who decide to preorder: www.orisonbooks.com/product-page...
And I know a lot of good things are less a matter of deserving than grace.
That makes this mean more to me.
Grateful to the reviewer, to Orison Books, and to any of y'all who decide to preorder: www.orisonbooks.com/product-page...
November 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I know a lot of worthwhile work doesn't gets its due.
And I know a lot of good things are less a matter of deserving than grace.
That makes this mean more to me.
Grateful to the reviewer, to Orison Books, and to any of y'all who decide to preorder: www.orisonbooks.com/product-page...
And I know a lot of good things are less a matter of deserving than grace.
That makes this mean more to me.
Grateful to the reviewer, to Orison Books, and to any of y'all who decide to preorder: www.orisonbooks.com/product-page...
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For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
Epstein Document Search
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
November 13, 2025 at 1:12 AM
For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
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poem where no one is deported
BY JOSÉ OLIVAREZ
#poetry #immigration #ICE
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/160700...
BY JOSÉ OLIVAREZ
#poetry #immigration #ICE
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/160700...
poem where no one is deported
women who were ready for cameras or for God, who ended all their sentences with si dios quiere. as in: the day before the immigration raid when the rumor of a raid was passed around like bread & the w...
www.poetryfoundation.org
November 11, 2025 at 8:18 PM
poem where no one is deported
BY JOSÉ OLIVAREZ
#poetry #immigration #ICE
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/160700...
BY JOSÉ OLIVAREZ
#poetry #immigration #ICE
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/160700...
My 8 year old asked to tryout for the basketball team so he can play with his friends.
Im super excited, but also I’m very nervous for him. He’s autistic and this is first attempt at a team sport.
Kids can be so cruel and I want to protect him from that.
But I can’t coddle him. 😭
Im super excited, but also I’m very nervous for him. He’s autistic and this is first attempt at a team sport.
Kids can be so cruel and I want to protect him from that.
But I can’t coddle him. 😭
November 6, 2025 at 12:22 AM
My 8 year old asked to tryout for the basketball team so he can play with his friends.
Im super excited, but also I’m very nervous for him. He’s autistic and this is first attempt at a team sport.
Kids can be so cruel and I want to protect him from that.
But I can’t coddle him. 😭
Im super excited, but also I’m very nervous for him. He’s autistic and this is first attempt at a team sport.
Kids can be so cruel and I want to protect him from that.
But I can’t coddle him. 😭
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I'm still at the stage when a poem who I admire likes a post, I sit up and get giddy that they even know who I am.
And yes, sometimes I screenshot it.
And yes, sometimes I screenshot it.
October 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I'm still at the stage when a poem who I admire likes a post, I sit up and get giddy that they even know who I am.
And yes, sometimes I screenshot it.
And yes, sometimes I screenshot it.
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"What's your book about?"
Okay, hold on. Give me a second. I know this. I wrote it. It has a plot and things to say. I just need to think about how to explain it in under four hours of rambling tangents so I don't scare you away
Okay, hold on. Give me a second. I know this. I wrote it. It has a plot and things to say. I just need to think about how to explain it in under four hours of rambling tangents so I don't scare you away
October 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"What's your book about?"
Okay, hold on. Give me a second. I know this. I wrote it. It has a plot and things to say. I just need to think about how to explain it in under four hours of rambling tangents so I don't scare you away
Okay, hold on. Give me a second. I know this. I wrote it. It has a plot and things to say. I just need to think about how to explain it in under four hours of rambling tangents so I don't scare you away
I’m sitting here listening to the latest episode of Vibe Check & I just got so hype hearing @theferocity.bsky.social talk about Castlevania!
I hadn’t planned to watch tv tonight, but now I got a hankering for some good fight scenes & sexy vampires. lol
I hadn’t planned to watch tv tonight, but now I got a hankering for some good fight scenes & sexy vampires. lol
October 23, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I’m sitting here listening to the latest episode of Vibe Check & I just got so hype hearing @theferocity.bsky.social talk about Castlevania!
I hadn’t planned to watch tv tonight, but now I got a hankering for some good fight scenes & sexy vampires. lol
I hadn’t planned to watch tv tonight, but now I got a hankering for some good fight scenes & sexy vampires. lol
Apparently the KKK was in my town today & yesterday plastering flyers around. The hung them up around my son’s school, so I now have the privilege of explaining to me 8 year-old how racism works.
Yay.
Yay.
October 22, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Apparently the KKK was in my town today & yesterday plastering flyers around. The hung them up around my son’s school, so I now have the privilege of explaining to me 8 year-old how racism works.
Yay.
Yay.
Random thought: it bothers me deeply that so many book covers look…the same. Wassup with that?
October 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Random thought: it bothers me deeply that so many book covers look…the same. Wassup with that?
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That’s the other thing that baffles me about AI and creative writing, actually.
The work IS the joy for me. I don’t want to be able to snap my fingers and have a completed “product.” I want to be transformed by the process. I’m an author but I do this because I enjoy the rigor of being a writer.
The work IS the joy for me. I don’t want to be able to snap my fingers and have a completed “product.” I want to be transformed by the process. I’m an author but I do this because I enjoy the rigor of being a writer.
In terms of process, I enjoy writing but revising????? Oh, that’s my real kink. A second or third draft???? A fourth???? Making tweaks on my desktop AND my phone???? *moans* I’m a WHORE for revision.
October 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
That’s the other thing that baffles me about AI and creative writing, actually.
The work IS the joy for me. I don’t want to be able to snap my fingers and have a completed “product.” I want to be transformed by the process. I’m an author but I do this because I enjoy the rigor of being a writer.
The work IS the joy for me. I don’t want to be able to snap my fingers and have a completed “product.” I want to be transformed by the process. I’m an author but I do this because I enjoy the rigor of being a writer.
I love letting revision turn me every which way but loose
In terms of process, I enjoy writing but revising????? Oh, that’s my real kink. A second or third draft???? A fourth???? Making tweaks on my desktop AND my phone???? *moans* I’m a WHORE for revision.
October 20, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I love letting revision turn me every which way but loose
I am learning how to self-promote via social media, and my god is it tedious!
October 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I am learning how to self-promote via social media, and my god is it tedious!
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It broke my heart to write this poem, and I would give it back if I could reverse my brother's death or my mom's diagnosis. But it doesn't work like that. So I'm trying to open my hands to the joy of having a poem in @thenation.com. Thank you, Kaveh Akbar, et al.
www.thenation.com/article/cult...
www.thenation.com/article/cult...
What We Talk About When We Talk About Cancer
www.thenation.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:18 AM
It broke my heart to write this poem, and I would give it back if I could reverse my brother's death or my mom's diagnosis. But it doesn't work like that. So I'm trying to open my hands to the joy of having a poem in @thenation.com. Thank you, Kaveh Akbar, et al.
www.thenation.com/article/cult...
www.thenation.com/article/cult...
I don’t make enough money to keep up, so I need my favorite writers to slow down with the books. Be a little less prolific, please! Thank you!
October 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I don’t make enough money to keep up, so I need my favorite writers to slow down with the books. Be a little less prolific, please! Thank you!
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Interior design is done. Proofs have been submitted. We are about five months away from my book baby being in the world! I’m excited to share this with you all.
October 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Interior design is done. Proofs have been submitted. We are about five months away from my book baby being in the world! I’m excited to share this with you all.
Interior design is done. Proofs have been submitted. We are about five months away from my book baby being in the world! I’m excited to share this with you all.
October 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Interior design is done. Proofs have been submitted. We are about five months away from my book baby being in the world! I’m excited to share this with you all.
Just noticed the date—my yearly Best New Poets rejections should be coming soon!!
It’s always so nice to hear from them lol
It’s always so nice to hear from them lol
September 27, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Just noticed the date—my yearly Best New Poets rejections should be coming soon!!
It’s always so nice to hear from them lol
It’s always so nice to hear from them lol
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👠👠 + 🎣👨🏿🦳 + 👰🏿♂️
THE SHOES OF THE
FISHERMAN'S WIFE
well, im just over a month out for the collection's Oct. 14th release and preorders (as well as my anxiety!) are in full gear for both hardback AND paperback versions... ❤️
www.kentuckypress.com/978198590345...
THE SHOES OF THE
FISHERMAN'S WIFE
well, im just over a month out for the collection's Oct. 14th release and preorders (as well as my anxiety!) are in full gear for both hardback AND paperback versions... ❤️
www.kentuckypress.com/978198590345...
The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife - The University Press of Kentucky
The shoes of the fisherman's wife are coated with Kentucky dust and soil. They travel across oceans to ask questions of Egypt's deities, of Mali's Mansa Musa...
www.kentuckypress.com
September 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
👠👠 + 🎣👨🏿🦳 + 👰🏿♂️
THE SHOES OF THE
FISHERMAN'S WIFE
well, im just over a month out for the collection's Oct. 14th release and preorders (as well as my anxiety!) are in full gear for both hardback AND paperback versions... ❤️
www.kentuckypress.com/978198590345...
THE SHOES OF THE
FISHERMAN'S WIFE
well, im just over a month out for the collection's Oct. 14th release and preorders (as well as my anxiety!) are in full gear for both hardback AND paperback versions... ❤️
www.kentuckypress.com/978198590345...
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Announcement time! October 14th, 7:00 Eastern: Hear poems from @clbpoetry.bsky.social, @mitchnobis.bsky.social, and @djvorreyer.bsky.social! Hosted by the amazing @readinstead.bsky.social!
Hit the eventbrite link to register. NAWP!
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Hit the eventbrite link to register. NAWP!
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September 19, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Announcement time! October 14th, 7:00 Eastern: Hear poems from @clbpoetry.bsky.social, @mitchnobis.bsky.social, and @djvorreyer.bsky.social! Hosted by the amazing @readinstead.bsky.social!
Hit the eventbrite link to register. NAWP!
www.eventbrite.com/e/a-nawp-rea...
Hit the eventbrite link to register. NAWP!
www.eventbrite.com/e/a-nawp-rea...
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today is the last day to apply to be a 2026 Periplus Fellow! application closes at 11:59pm EST
Periplus, a mentorship collective serving US-based early-career writers of color, is now accepting applications for our 2026 class of fellows! Apply by 9/20: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
You can learn more about Periplus (including fellowship eligibility requirements) here: bit.ly/periplusfaq
You can learn more about Periplus (including fellowship eligibility requirements) here: bit.ly/periplusfaq
PERIPLUS: An FAQ
PERIPLUS: AN FAQ Updated August 2025 Hi! Thanks for your interest in Periplus, a mentorship collective serving U.S. writers who are Black, Indigenous, and people of color. We're glad you’re here. Rea...
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September 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
today is the last day to apply to be a 2026 Periplus Fellow! application closes at 11:59pm EST
Manifesting a really dope book tour for myself.
September 13, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Manifesting a really dope book tour for myself.