This might be unkind to say, but lit magazines demand "nothing by AI," when the poetry they choose all too often reads like AI hallucinating. Poetry should communicate, not bewilder.

Thank you so much!

Two poems in the debut issue of LUMINAURA Magazine: "A New Life" luminauramag.com/vol1/poetry/... and "Something New" luminauramag.com/vol1/poetry/... — both on the magazine's theme: "Genesis." The editors did a bang-up job.

Two poems in the debut issue of LUMINAURA Magazine: "A New Life" luminauramag.com/vol1/poetry/... and "Something New" luminauramag.com/vol1/poetry/... — both on the magazine's theme: "Genesis." The editors did a bang-up job.

My poem, "Dot," has been published in PROSETRICS: THE LITERARY MAGAZINE out of Amsterdam. The theme was "whelve," which means, "to turn (as a dish or vessel) upside down usually to cover something."

Or you could actually be the party of Democrats & embrace the ideas, ideals, & social policies that FDR supported. Ask yourself this; why is Bernie the ONLY Democrat in the last 75+ years to run on "FDR's 2nd"?

Look, Dems MUST go left. Chase the votes of indy progressives & Socialists. Win 🏁 🗳️

This works ...

"fuck-the-couch,fuck-the-couch"

AMERICA WE CANNOT LET THIS SHIT KEEP HAPPENING AND NOT DOING A DAMNED THING! DEMOCRATS ARE A TOTALLY LOST CAUSE AS ARE THE REPUBLICANS!

My poem, "Dot," has been published in PROSETRICS: THE LITERARY MAGAZINE out of Amsterdam. The theme was "whelve," which means, "to turn (as a dish or vessel) upside down usually to cover something."

Yes!

I'm old enough
to remember

when the lOF
crushed 23-year old U.S. citizen
Rachel Corrie
to death
with a bulldozer,

then celebrated with pancakes that had her face on them.

Not a single
U.S. legislator acknowledged
Israel's murder
of Rachel Corrie,
or agreed to
meet her parents.

It's stunts like this that have made Americans mistrust the Democrats, even in the face of Republican extremists destroying what little social safety net this country was ever allowed to develop under the horrific influence of American individualism ideology.

Bezos was the worst thing to ever happen to this paper.

The most obvious linguistic contortion is the abuse of the term "antisemitism" to provide protection for Zionism and Israel. Zionism is definitely not Judaism. Zionism is real antisemitism in the pursuit of imperialism and right wing nationalism. Zionists are Nazis.

Amen.

Why aren’t Dems on everything talking about the Joni Ernst “you can die” bill?

A worker making $50,000 a year contributes to Social Security with 100% of their income.

A CEO making $20 million a year contributes to Social Security with less than 1% of their income.

Does that sound fair to you?

After 7+ weeks in hospital incarceration, I'm finally going home to see Wystan, who will not give a fig, I suspect. But I'm looking forward to seeing him anyway.

@kjcon.bsky.social thank you for sharing this . Proud and honor to be of of your followers. Let’s make this viral. My awesome friends please let everyone know this one!!!

God forbid, data brokers have their right to snoop on and sell the data of American citizens in any way inhibited.

A short 1-minute speech from @reprashida.govpeeps.us that every American should watch

"...in every age it has been the tyrant, the oppressor and the exploiter who has wrapped himself in the cloak of patriotism, or religion, or both to deceive and overawe the people."

Eugene V. Debs (1918)