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Adrian Dallas Frandle

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Syntaxer. Poet. Editor. Reader. Gaymer. Former chef. Occasional pebble. Lives in a rosette of mullein. MFA in Poetry (Randolph). Gay af. words -> http://adriandallas.com

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Adrian Dallas Frandle @adrianf.bsky.social · Jan 21

My poem in the new Poet Lore arrived!

Thanks @jasonbcrawford.bsky.social & @eaholla.bsky.social for curating the gorgeous folio + issue!

Poet Lore Volume 119 1/2

The title text is framed in a circle with vibrant painted colors

ADRIAN DALLAS FRANDLE
HOMO-MITHRAICS
(pain(t] on plaster; unknown Roman artist
c. 3rd C. A.D.)
Consumed by each other's lack Of uneasy light, what if we kissed Under the tauroctony? You be Sol And I'll be Mithras — we will be Each other's Zodiac bloodletting.
Let the ravens shovel sullen stars
In our crescent cracked mouths, And we'll share in the scorpion's stingclean feast. Unmake me
Like the hollow bull of twilight.
Hallowed earth, we crush in the tussle Of our sky-struggle. Night into day, Let loose the sacred world, lost in our godliness. Brilliant daylight,
Dazzles that first step outside The cave of denial. Wingless, We fall together, up, entangled.
Our horns become sticky With sky, having gored out
Our hearts with sun-sharpened eyes.

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Hannah Grieco @writesloud.bsky.social · 4h

Bookshop is having a sale to counter Prime Day! What a great opportunity to buy this cool new book I heard about.

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First Kicking, Then Not

Check out First Kicking, Then Not - <p>A young woman transforms after an unspeakable loss. A recent divorcee discovers a new life. An aging mother fears losing everything she loves, while another aban...

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Postcard @postcardlit.bsky.social · 1d

You definitely want to pick up this new collection from issue 1 contributor and all-around-amazing poet Donna Vorreyer!

Sundress Publications @sundresspub.bsky.social · 1d

Happy release day to @djvorreyer.bsky.social whose fourth full-length collection, Unrivered, is now available from Sundress Publications!
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Adrian Dallas Frandle @adrianf.bsky.social · 8h

I wish hashbrown.

- Hashbrown Prophet

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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 1d

"The end comes slowly.
Takes hours and every ounce of strength. As she sits by his bed Alice’s lungs grasp at the last remaining atoms of hot and fetid air.
And still the magpie stays."
- Magpie Moon, Rachel Canwell
@bookbound2019.bsky.social

kithbooks.com/shop/p/magpiemoon

Magpie Moon
Rachel Canwell

cover:
a grayscale painting of moonlight through a conifer forest with two magpies in the foreground.

text:
The end comes slowly.
Takes hours and every ounce of strength. As she sits by his bed Alice’s lungs grasp at the last remaining atoms of hot and fetid air.
And still the magpie stays.

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Adrian Dallas Frandle @adrianf.bsky.social · 10h

is “sham marriage” redundant or an oxymoron?

Adrian Dallas Frandle @adrianf.bsky.social · 11h

The shaky Discord robot cannot hurt me.
The shaky Discord robot cannot hurt me.
The shaky Discord robot cannot hurt me...

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Adrian Dallas Frandle @adrianf.bsky.social · 11h

thought of you: interestingfacts.com/fact/earth-u...

The Earth used to be covered in giant mushroom-like organisms.

Long before trees, Earth was home to towering organisms called Prototaxites, which lived during the Late Silurian through the Devonian periods, roughly 420 million to 350 million years ago. Fossil evi...

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 12h

In case you, like me, saw your electric bill more than double.

Peter Butler @peter-butler.bsky.social · 20h

Bloomberg research found wholesale electricity up ~270% in areas near data centers

It doesn't seem like nearly enough people are taking it seriously

One A.I. image isn't too much energy, but 5 million videos? Per day/hour/minute whatever. It's not sustainable

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring

Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.

www.bloomberg.com

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Piżama Press @pizamapress.bsky.social · 1d

"This is what Disintegration does over and over again, pairs truth against humanity."

Really insightful & thoughtful review of Kiik's book is up on @bendinggenres.bsky.social today!

Thanks to Yetta Stein & @rgvaughan.bsky.social

bendinggenres.com/review-of-ki...

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Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 2d

Happy to have a micro in @claudineliterary.bsky.social!

Claudine: A Literary Magazine @claudineliterary.bsky.social · 2d

New Microfiction by Elena Zhang! @ezhang77.bsky.social

www.claudineliterary.net/elenazhang

Elena Zhang | Call Me

www.claudineliterary.net

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pumpkin spice Toddé @toddedillard.bsky.social · 1d

I wrote a poem

Cycles of the moon or compiled texts from an ex

hey
Hey
HEY
Hey
hey

hey

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Adrian Dallas Frandle @adrianf.bsky.social · 1d

perfect 🌕

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 1d

Halloween is almost here! Check out our latest blog post for some excellent 👻 pieces from our archives to get you in the spooky spirit. 🎃 buff.ly/sy2TDMD

Three pumpkins surrounded by candles in dim lighting.

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Hannah Grieco @writesloud.bsky.social · 1d

All the love to DW McKinney for her patience and generosity with this interview at @muthamagazine.bsky.social! We met up on a day that I was sleep-deprived and totally unhinged. She somehow made sense of it all! ❤️

www.muthamagazine.com/2025/10/firs...

First Kicking, Then Not: A Conversation with Hannah Grieco

<p>I first met Hannah Grieco in the summer of 2020 in her capacity as the seni...

www.muthamagazine.com

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Adrian Dallas Frandle @adrianf.bsky.social · 1d

"Sent them my bio and otter photo"

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 1d

"This poem is an exercise in... if necessary, answering a question with “I don’t know.”

Here's a poem and commentary on uncertainty, plus thoughts from @markdanowsky.bsky.social of One Art (where it first ran).

Thx to Justin Aoba of Slow Orbit.

syzygyworkshop.org/jessica-whip...

SYZYGY

SYZYGY is a writing workshop and publication founded by the Heung Coalition.

syzygyworkshop.org

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Literary Namjooning | Submissions Closed @lit-namjooning.bsky.social · 1d

"A Circus of Songs" by Shome Dasgupta--a quietly moving non-fiction giving us a poetic peek into the author's internal world. Read here: literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...

#namjooning #namjooningbutliterary

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Adrian Dallas Frandle @adrianf.bsky.social · 2d

please do!

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Hannah Grieco @writesloud.bsky.social · 2d

DC friends! Write with me on October 18th! 15% discount through October (you can purchase tickets for future events) and furloughed/laid off federal workers get another $5 off with the code FEDWORKS.

Low key accountability. Coffee and snacks. Words on the page.

www.eventbrite.com/e/write-now-...

Write Now: Generative Creative Writing Sessions

Join our in-person sessions for writers of all levels to find inspiration, momentum, and community!

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 2d

Did you catch our Best of the Net 2026 nominees? 🙌 Learn more about nominee @sfeycreates.bsky.social's poetry & favorite Mario Party character right here: buff.ly/zo3YLLV

A man with brown gelled back hair sits amongst green foliage in the sunlight, wearing a black suit with a white shirt.

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Adrian Dallas Frandle @adrianf.bsky.social · 2d

our representative emailed with an update on the sinkhole

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Adrian Dallas Frandle @adrianf.bsky.social · 2d

quiet?!

Adrian Dallas Frandle @adrianf.bsky.social · 2d

Quiet the experience to be laying naked on a table while the dermatologist is spot checking your skin and simultaneously offering her thoughts on the art of short fiction writing (which amounted to “But how?!”)

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Adrian Dallas Frandle @adrianf.bsky.social · 2d

🥁!