T R Poulson
@trpoulson.bsky.social
University of Nevada alum and proud Wolf Pack fan. Blue collar worker and writer of fiction and formal poetry (with some free verse mixed in). Ocean lover. Seeking a publisher for my first book, tentatively titled Birds Never Nest Here. www.trpoulson.com
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T R Poulson
@trpoulson.bsky.social
· Jan 12
I'm going to try a little experiment. I love good poetry and fiction. Good poetry and fiction deserves to be promoted. I'm setting the goal of posting a poem or story I love every day. My goal is to start conversations about what I read. If this is successful, I might start a Substack page. . .
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Alone in the Age of Quantum Uncertainty by Dick Westheimer in ONE ART: a journal of poetry
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Alone in the Age of Quantum Uncertainty by Dick Westheimer
Alone in the Age of Quantum Uncertainty all verbs out-heaven death &nbs…
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October 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Alone in the Age of Quantum Uncertainty by Dick Westheimer in ONE ART: a journal of poetry
oneartpoetry.com/2025/10/01/a...
oneartpoetry.com/2025/10/01/a...
I haven't been doing so well at sharing favorite poems here (not even my own lol.
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Of Modern Books
Of making many books there is no end, Though myriads have to deep oblivion gone; Each day new manuscripts are being penned, And still the ceaseless tide of ink flows on. My pile of unread books I view...
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September 7, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I haven't been doing so well at sharing favorite poems here (not even my own lol.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/52108/...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/52108/...
Love this one by Don Boes in the latest issue of Barrow Street:
July 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Love this one by Don Boes in the latest issue of Barrow Street:
Great poem by K. Eltinae, originally published in World Literature Today, reposted by @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social Daily. I love how it shows the dark of a broken relationship while avoiding self pity or sentimentality. onlypoems.substack.com/p/zemiru-k-e...
Zemiru by K. Eltinaé
All the gardens I remember exist now in worn-out stories
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July 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Great poem by K. Eltinae, originally published in World Literature Today, reposted by @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social Daily. I love how it shows the dark of a broken relationship while avoiding self pity or sentimentality. onlypoems.substack.com/p/zemiru-k-e...
One of the best stories I've read in a long time. I'm proud to be an issue mate with Sophie Hoss in Quarterly West 114 www.quarterlywest.com/issue-114-hoss
Vagabond Cain — Quarterly West
Sophie Hoss
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June 27, 2025 at 3:48 AM
One of the best stories I've read in a long time. I'm proud to be an issue mate with Sophie Hoss in Quarterly West 114 www.quarterlywest.com/issue-114-hoss
I so love this mono rhyme sonnet by Kim Addonizio in @oneart.bsky.social . That volta! oneartpoetry.com/2025/06/25/n...
Nothing Gold by Kim Addonizio
Nothing Gold Nothing gold can stay.  …
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June 26, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I so love this mono rhyme sonnet by Kim Addonizio in @oneart.bsky.social . That volta! oneartpoetry.com/2025/06/25/n...
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Tickled to be featured on the Best American Poetry blog with this poem: blog.bestamericanpoetry.com/the_best_ame...
A.E. Stallings: Pick of the Week [ed. Terence Winch]
______________________________________________________________________ Empathy My love, I’m grateful tonight Our listing bed isn’t a raft Precariously adrift As we dodge the coast guard light, And cla...
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June 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Tickled to be featured on the Best American Poetry blog with this poem: blog.bestamericanpoetry.com/the_best_ame...
I so love this 'small' poem by Katie Kemple. Perfect for today. newversenews.blogspot.com/2025/06/down...
DOWNTOWN L.A.
The New Verse News presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.
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June 23, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I so love this 'small' poem by Katie Kemple. Perfect for today. newversenews.blogspot.com/2025/06/down...
I've been slacking in my commitment to share great poems. Love the simple language in this bird poem: www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
Birdsong of Shaker Way
Birds preening for, chatting up other birds— the oriole, the grass quit, in mid-song on the lawn, in a dance of birds an all-day-long conference of bird; red-headed woodpecker —drummer boy, or girl bi...
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June 9, 2025 at 6:02 AM
I've been slacking in my commitment to share great poems. Love the simple language in this bird poem: www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
I'm oh so grateful to V. Penelope Pelizzon and the editorial team at Quarterly West for choosing my response poem to John Donne's "Batter My Heart" as the runner up in their 2024 contest, as well as for giving it a wonderful forever home. www.quarterlywest.com/issue-114-po...
May 27, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I'm oh so grateful to V. Penelope Pelizzon and the editorial team at Quarterly West for choosing my response poem to John Donne's "Batter My Heart" as the runner up in their 2024 contest, as well as for giving it a wonderful forever home. www.quarterlywest.com/issue-114-po...
It's always nice to get paid for a poem. I'm excited and humbled to have my poem chosen runner up in Quarterly West's contest. Forthcoming this week :)
May 26, 2025 at 5:05 AM
It's always nice to get paid for a poem. I'm excited and humbled to have my poem chosen runner up in Quarterly West's contest. Forthcoming this week :)
I'm grateful to the editorial team at @westtradereview.bsky.social for including my poem, "A Calf With Bent Forelegs Can't Be Born" in their Spring 2025 issue along with so many amazing pieces, all of which speak to each other in interesting ways
April 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I'm grateful to the editorial team at @westtradereview.bsky.social for including my poem, "A Calf With Bent Forelegs Can't Be Born" in their Spring 2025 issue along with so many amazing pieces, all of which speak to each other in interesting ways
One of my all-time favorites, by the amazing Patricia Smith:
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Black, Poured Directly into the Wound
She was pert, brown-faced, in every wide way the opposite of the raw, screeching thing chaos has crafted. Grief’s damnable tint is everywhere, darkening days she is no longer aware of. She is gospel r...
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February 27, 2025 at 5:31 AM
One of my all-time favorites, by the amazing Patricia Smith:
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Gorgeous poem about toxic faith by Tamara Kreutz in @riverheronreview.bsky.social
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Issue 8.1 — River Heron Review
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February 20, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Gorgeous poem about toxic faith by Tamara Kreutz in @riverheronreview.bsky.social
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Today's Featured Poem:
"Some of the Questions to Consider" by Kim Addonizio, from the Summer/ Fall 2024 Issue of Alaska Quarterly Review.
Read here:
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"Some of the Questions to Consider" by Kim Addonizio, from the Summer/ Fall 2024 Issue of Alaska Quarterly Review.
Read here:
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Some of the Questions to Consider – Poetry Daily
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February 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Today's Featured Poem:
"Some of the Questions to Consider" by Kim Addonizio, from the Summer/ Fall 2024 Issue of Alaska Quarterly Review.
Read here:
poems.com/poem/some-of...
"Some of the Questions to Consider" by Kim Addonizio, from the Summer/ Fall 2024 Issue of Alaska Quarterly Review.
Read here:
poems.com/poem/some-of...
Breathtaking poem by Jericho Brown in @newyorker.com The ending resonates in so many different ways.
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February 14, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Breathtaking poem by Jericho Brown in @newyorker.com The ending resonates in so many different ways.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Love this 'small' poem by @bamars.bsky.social in @oneart.bsky.social today. The things we remember. The things we forget. To me, a wringer has always been mainly a metaphor--and something I might see in a museum. I loved reading about a literal one. oneartpoetry.com/2025/02/11/t...
The Wringer by Betsy Mars
The Wringer A household demon gave me this scar— the one finally fading from the fleshy side of my right hand. I was, I am sure, trying to help, feeding the damp garments through the mangle. The wr…
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February 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Love this 'small' poem by @bamars.bsky.social in @oneart.bsky.social today. The things we remember. The things we forget. To me, a wringer has always been mainly a metaphor--and something I might see in a museum. I loved reading about a literal one. oneartpoetry.com/2025/02/11/t...
Hannah Han | Ars Non Poetica | Glass: A Journal of Poetry
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February 10, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I recently discovered this gorgeous series by @noonessleep.bsky.social in New Verse Review. What interesting implications they have. . .
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Poem by Jakob Ziguras
Jakob Ziguras, "Seasons in Hell"
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February 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I recently discovered this gorgeous series by @noonessleep.bsky.social in New Verse Review. What interesting implications they have. . .
www.newversereview.com/2-1-jakob-zi...
www.newversereview.com/2-1-jakob-zi...
I love this poem by Jonathan Fink in Aquifer @theflreview.bsky.social. The way it uses the metaphor of tree rings as an underlying extended metaphor for living, dying, grieving.
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A Year of Growth
My youngest daughter does not know
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February 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I love this poem by Jonathan Fink in Aquifer @theflreview.bsky.social. The way it uses the metaphor of tree rings as an underlying extended metaphor for living, dying, grieving.
cah.ucf.edu/floridarevie...
cah.ucf.edu/floridarevie...
Love this abecedarian by Hannah Anowan in @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social . Love the way it manipulates the form while still sticking to it.
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abecedarian reply to the DM: "jesus christ let me murder that pussy" by Hannah Anowan — ONLY POEMS
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January 31, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Love this abecedarian by Hannah Anowan in @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social . Love the way it manipulates the form while still sticking to it.
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Today, my poem 'When Our Rookie Quarterback is as Famous as Tom Brady, Will This January 20 Matter?' is up at @newversenews.bsky.social . I'm grateful to @jamespenha.bsky.social for giving this poem a wonderful forever home, and for all he does. newversenews.blogspot.com/2025/01/when...
WHEN OUR ROOKIE QUARTERBACK IS AS FAMOUS AS TOM BRADY, WILL THIS JANUARY 20 MATTER?
The New Verse News presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.
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January 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Today, my poem 'When Our Rookie Quarterback is as Famous as Tom Brady, Will This January 20 Matter?' is up at @newversenews.bsky.social . I'm grateful to @jamespenha.bsky.social for giving this poem a wonderful forever home, and for all he does. newversenews.blogspot.com/2025/01/when...