Joz Varlo/m.x. kelly (author/poet)
@jozvarlo.bsky.social
Published writer & poet. Queer af. Nature lover. Cat lover. Anime weeb. Book dragon. Obsessed w/weather & YouTube storm chasers. Ghost lover. Want to legit meet an ET and sasquatch. Certified weirdo, but if you've read this far, you already know that.
My previously published microfic story with the theme of "creative future advertisement/warning label." www.patreon.com/posts/fifty-...
June 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
My previously published microfic story with the theme of "creative future advertisement/warning label." www.patreon.com/posts/fifty-...
May 19, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Day 30 - last day of #NationalPoetryMonth #poetrychallenge. Today's #haiku #poem is about my lifelong fascination with weather, esp #tornadoes. I knew what physical #science I would take at college before I even enrolled. #weather #poetry #shortpoem #shortpoem
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April 30, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Day 30 - last day of #NationalPoetryMonth #poetrychallenge. Today's #haiku #poem is about my lifelong fascination with weather, esp #tornadoes. I knew what physical #science I would take at college before I even enrolled. #weather #poetry #shortpoem #shortpoem
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Day 29 of #NationalPoetryMonth and it's another #poem about yellow #butterfliess, this time a #3waysoflooking poem. I hope you dig it. #3ways #linkedhaiku #haiku #poetry #poetrychallenge #shortpoem #shortpoetry #nature #butterfly #littleyellowbutterfly
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April 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Day 29 of #NationalPoetryMonth and it's another #poem about yellow #butterfliess, this time a #3waysoflooking poem. I hope you dig it. #3ways #linkedhaiku #haiku #poetry #poetrychallenge #shortpoem #shortpoetry #nature #butterfly #littleyellowbutterfly
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EXTRA #NPM25 #poem. And it is another 'definitions manifestations translations transmissions' called "transmissions: positive negatives." #freeform #freeformpoem #poetry #NationalPoetryMonth #npm #shortpoem #shortpoetry
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April 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
EXTRA #NPM25 #poem. And it is another 'definitions manifestations translations transmissions' called "transmissions: positive negatives." #freeform #freeformpoem #poetry #NationalPoetryMonth #npm #shortpoem #shortpoetry
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Day 28 of #NationalPoetryMonth - one of my first #haibun #poems. Dedicated to all the editors, teachers & writers who self-edit. Gotta love that "red pen." #NPM25 #npm #poetry #poetrychallenge #shortpoem #shortpoetry #editing #Writing #teaching #redpen #redpencil
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April 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Day 28 of #NationalPoetryMonth - one of my first #haibun #poems. Dedicated to all the editors, teachers & writers who self-edit. Gotta love that "red pen." #NPM25 #npm #poetry #poetrychallenge #shortpoem #shortpoetry #editing #Writing #teaching #redpen #redpencil
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A little-bit of a longer #freeform #poem for Day 27 of #NationalPoetryMonth. And a little bit suggestive. "making love with poetry books." #NPM25 #npm #poetry #poetrychallenge #shortpoem #shortpoetry #notsoshortpoetry
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April 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
A little-bit of a longer #freeform #poem for Day 27 of #NationalPoetryMonth. And a little bit suggestive. "making love with poetry books." #NPM25 #npm #poetry #poetrychallenge #shortpoem #shortpoetry #notsoshortpoetry
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Day 26 for #NationalPoetryMonth. My 2nd #mockingbird #poem for the #poetrychallenge, a #haiku called "mockingbird calling." #poetry #shortpoetry #shortpoem #mockingbirds #birdlovers #Birds #birdlife #bird
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April 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Day 26 for #NationalPoetryMonth. My 2nd #mockingbird #poem for the #poetrychallenge, a #haiku called "mockingbird calling." #poetry #shortpoetry #shortpoem #mockingbirds #birdlovers #Birds #birdlife #bird
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DAY 25 OF #NationalPoetryMonth a (sort of) rhyming 4-line #poem about one of my favorite #hobbies, #stargazing. Here is "stargazing memory." #poem #poetry #poetrychallenge #shortpoem #shortpoetry #NPM25 #npm
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April 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
DAY 25 OF #NationalPoetryMonth a (sort of) rhyming 4-line #poem about one of my favorite #hobbies, #stargazing. Here is "stargazing memory." #poem #poetry #poetrychallenge #shortpoem #shortpoetry #NPM25 #npm
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#NationalPoetryMonth Day 24. A #tanka about #sunflowers called "a field of sunflowers." #poem #poetry #poetrychallenge #shortpoem #shortpoetry #zen #peace #flowers #flowerpoem #flowerpoetry #nature #naturepoetry #naturepoems #naturepoem
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April 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
#NationalPoetryMonth Day 24. A #tanka about #sunflowers called "a field of sunflowers." #poem #poetry #poetrychallenge #shortpoem #shortpoetry #zen #peace #flowers #flowerpoem #flowerpoetry #nature #naturepoetry #naturepoems #naturepoem
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#NationalPoetryMonth Day 23. A #haiku #poem, my second about goldfinches. "american goldfinch #2" #NPM25 #npm #birds #bird #poetry #poetrychallenge #shortpoetry #shortpoem
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April 23, 2025 at 12:20 PM
#NationalPoetryMonth Day 23. A #haiku #poem, my second about goldfinches. "american goldfinch #2" #NPM25 #npm #birds #bird #poetry #poetrychallenge #shortpoetry #shortpoem
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Day 22 of #NationalPoetryMonth is a pretty purple flower. "swamp iris" is today's #haiku #poem. Enjoy! #poetry #poetrychallenge #NPM25 #npm #shortpoetry #shortpoem #Nature #irises #iris
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April 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Day 22 of #NationalPoetryMonth is a pretty purple flower. "swamp iris" is today's #haiku #poem. Enjoy! #poetry #poetrychallenge #NPM25 #npm #shortpoetry #shortpoem #Nature #irises #iris
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An EXTRA #npm poem today, and it is a new version of my 'definitions, manifestations, translations, transmissons' poems, this one an 'instructions' #poem. Here's "instructions" where to see the face of god." #NationalPoetryMonth #freeform #poetry #unityconsciousness
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April 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
An EXTRA #npm poem today, and it is a new version of my 'definitions, manifestations, translations, transmissons' poems, this one an 'instructions' #poem. Here's "instructions" where to see the face of god." #NationalPoetryMonth #freeform #poetry #unityconsciousness
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Day 21 of #NationalPoetryMonth. A #haiku #poem - "lucky birds." #npm #NPM25 #poetry #poetrychallenge #poem #shortpoetry #shortpoem #multimodal Apropos, since we had a storm last night.
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April 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Day 21 of #NationalPoetryMonth. A #haiku #poem - "lucky birds." #npm #NPM25 #poetry #poetrychallenge #poem #shortpoetry #shortpoem #multimodal Apropos, since we had a storm last night.
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#NationalPoetryMonth, Day 20. Another bird from childhood I've missed. I haven't seen one here in Indiana yet, but I need to get more rural to see these guys. I love #goldfinches tho. #poem #poetrychallenge #poetry #freeform #shortpoem #shortpoetry #NPM25 #npm
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April 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
#NationalPoetryMonth, Day 20. Another bird from childhood I've missed. I haven't seen one here in Indiana yet, but I need to get more rural to see these guys. I love #goldfinches tho. #poem #poetrychallenge #poetry #freeform #shortpoem #shortpoetry #NPM25 #npm
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My #NationalPoetryMonth for today, Day 19. Today's #poem is a response in the form of a "tanku," a two-liner between 10-14 syllables. More detail on the #patreon #post. Enjoy "inspired by takarai #1: cocoon tanku." #poetry #poetrychallenge #tanku #responsepoem
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April 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
My #NationalPoetryMonth for today, Day 19. Today's #poem is a response in the form of a "tanku," a two-liner between 10-14 syllables. More detail on the #patreon #post. Enjoy "inspired by takarai #1: cocoon tanku." #poetry #poetrychallenge #tanku #responsepoem
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Day 18 of #NationalPoetryMonth. The #haiku #poem I wrote about an old friend visiting me in winter. #NPM25 #npm #poetry #poetrychallenge #birds #birdpoem #bird #birdwatching #robin
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April 18, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Day 18 of #NationalPoetryMonth. The #haiku #poem I wrote about an old friend visiting me in winter. #NPM25 #npm #poetry #poetrychallenge #birds #birdpoem #bird #birdwatching #robin
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The 1st of my "yellow butterfly" #poems for #NationalPoetryMonth. Day 17. I'm writing a #hoosierzen #poem now about the #butterfly of my youth, the cabbage white, another sulphur fam member. #npm #NPM25 #nature #butterflies #haiku #poetry #poetrychallenge
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April 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The 1st of my "yellow butterfly" #poems for #NationalPoetryMonth. Day 17. I'm writing a #hoosierzen #poem now about the #butterfly of my youth, the cabbage white, another sulphur fam member. #npm #NPM25 #nature #butterflies #haiku #poetry #poetrychallenge
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#NationalPoetryMonth Day 16. One of my new #3waysoflooking #poems "3 Ways of Looking at a Bawling Child." #NPM25 #npm #3ways #linkedpoetry #linkedsenryu #linkedhaiku #poem #poetry #poetrychallenge
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April 16, 2025 at 12:43 PM
#NationalPoetryMonth Day 16. One of my new #3waysoflooking #poems "3 Ways of Looking at a Bawling Child." #NPM25 #npm #3ways #linkedpoetry #linkedsenryu #linkedhaiku #poem #poetry #poetrychallenge
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Today's #NationalPoetryMonth #poem is a little bit of F-bomb #humor courtesy of channeling #chuckbuk. #npm25 #npm #senryu
#poetrychallenge #poem #poetry #shortpoem #shortpoetry #bukowski
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#poetrychallenge #poem #poetry #shortpoem #shortpoetry #bukowski
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April 15, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Today's #NationalPoetryMonth #poem is a little bit of F-bomb #humor courtesy of channeling #chuckbuk. #npm25 #npm #senryu
#poetrychallenge #poem #poetry #shortpoem #shortpoetry #bukowski
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#poetrychallenge #poem #poetry #shortpoem #shortpoetry #bukowski
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A little late again for my posting #npm today. Today's #poem is a #senryu called "ode to pickle juice." I have bad RLS and leg cramps regularly. Need to try and get back on my RLS habits. #haiku #NationalPoetryMonth #NPM2025 #shortpoem #poetrychallenge #poetry
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April 14, 2025 at 2:48 PM
A little late again for my posting #npm today. Today's #poem is a #senryu called "ode to pickle juice." I have bad RLS and leg cramps regularly. Need to try and get back on my RLS habits. #haiku #NationalPoetryMonth #NPM2025 #shortpoem #poetrychallenge #poetry
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Day 13 - National Poetry Month: "frogs & canaries." A poem for considering climate change and especially what nobody is doing about it. #freeform #poem #poetry #poetrychallenge #NationalPoetryMonth #npm #NPM2025 #climatechange #climatecrisis
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April 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Day 13 - National Poetry Month: "frogs & canaries." A poem for considering climate change and especially what nobody is doing about it. #freeform #poem #poetry #poetrychallenge #NationalPoetryMonth #npm #NPM2025 #climatechange #climatecrisis
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Yesterday, I saw my 1st mockingbird in IN. Today & poem for today's National Poetry Month is "nothing disturbs the mockingbird." I did not change the poem. It was auto scheduled for today. #haiku #NationalPoetryMonth #npm #npm25 #poem #poetry #poetrychallenge
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April 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Yesterday, I saw my 1st mockingbird in IN. Today & poem for today's National Poetry Month is "nothing disturbs the mockingbird." I did not change the poem. It was auto scheduled for today. #haiku #NationalPoetryMonth #npm #npm25 #poem #poetry #poetrychallenge
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National Poetry Month: Day 11 - 4/11/25. Today is one of my channeled poems. "inspired by haritsu: rhododendron leaves."
#channeledpoem #channeledpoetry #responsepoem #npm #NPM2025 #nationalpoetrymonth2025 #NationalPoetryMonth #haiku #poetrychallenge
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#channeledpoem #channeledpoetry #responsepoem #npm #NPM2025 #nationalpoetrymonth2025 #NationalPoetryMonth #haiku #poetrychallenge
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April 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
National Poetry Month: Day 11 - 4/11/25. Today is one of my channeled poems. "inspired by haritsu: rhododendron leaves."
#channeledpoem #channeledpoetry #responsepoem #npm #NPM2025 #nationalpoetrymonth2025 #NationalPoetryMonth #haiku #poetrychallenge
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#channeledpoem #channeledpoetry #responsepoem #npm #NPM2025 #nationalpoetrymonth2025 #NationalPoetryMonth #haiku #poetrychallenge
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An EXTRA poem for #NationalPoetryMonth. A #freeform #poem in my 'definitions, manifestations, translations, transmissions" series called "in the beginning of time..." Enjoy!
#NPM2025 #NPM2025 #dmtt #definitions
#shortpoem #shortpoetry #poetry
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#NPM2025 #NPM2025 #dmtt #definitions
#shortpoem #shortpoetry #poetry
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April 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
An EXTRA poem for #NationalPoetryMonth. A #freeform #poem in my 'definitions, manifestations, translations, transmissions" series called "in the beginning of time..." Enjoy!
#NPM2025 #NPM2025 #dmtt #definitions
#shortpoem #shortpoetry #poetry
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#NPM2025 #NPM2025 #dmtt #definitions
#shortpoem #shortpoetry #poetry
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