Joz Varlo/m.x. kelly (author/poet)
jozvarlo.bsky.social
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
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
EXTRA #NPM25 #poem. And it is another 'definitions manifestations translations transmissions' called "transmissions: positive negatives." #freeform #freeformpoem #poetry #NationalPoetryMonth #npm #shortpoem #shortpoetry

www.patreon.com/posts/transm...
April 28, 2025 at 9:51 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
www.patreon.com/posts/red-pe...
April 28, 2025 at 3:32 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

www.patreon.com/posts/making...
April 27, 2025 at 1:32 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

www.patreon.com/posts/starga...
April 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
April 23, 2025 at 12:20 PM
April 22, 2025 at 12:13 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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April 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
April 21, 2025 at 12:15 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

www.patreon.com/posts/americ...
April 20, 2025 at 1:04 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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April 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
April 18, 2025 at 12:35 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

www.patreon.com/posts/yellow...
April 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
April 16, 2025 at 12:43 PM
April 15, 2025 at 12:41 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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April 14, 2025 at 2:48 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

www.patreon.com/posts/frogs-...
April 13, 2025 at 12:36 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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April 12, 2025 at 2:17 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

www.patreon.com/posts/inspir...
April 11, 2025 at 3:17 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

www.patreon.com/posts/defini...
April 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM