“Don’t pine for youth’s homesteads. / Instead write a poem about a poem / about protecting the explosions / of innocence that move, unsteady / as a slicked lamb, across the earth.”
From “How to Maintain Eye Contact,” a new original poem by @jordanhamel.bsky.social.
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New Midwest-coded poem out in the latest @kenyonreview.bsky.social issue. Thanks to the wonderful Kenyon team for having me!
this one from @jordanhamel.bsky.social is so good. I've personally recommended it to so many!!
www.havehashad.com/hadposts/fre...
“The devil’s balls light up the slot machines if you hit the jackpot.” 🍒
Thanks Matt! Hell is a special place
Love these, @jordanhamel.bsky.social! I spent a lot of weekends visiting family friends in Hell, Michigan as a child...
The poetry finalists are: Jaia Hamid Bashir, Jordan Hamel, Lucas Jorgensen, Jenny Molberg, Sandra Tan, Eliongema Udofia, and Constant Laval Williams.
The fiction finalists are: Connie Chen, Christopher Chilton, Amina Gautier, Jonathan Gleason, Tracy Neiman, Cyn Nooney, Reema Rao, and JD Schraffenberger.
The creative nonfiction finalists are: Connor Beeman, C.R. Calabria, Andrew King, Keya Mitra, BC Reynolds, Sarah Safsten, Katie Schmid, and Julia Oschwald Tilton.
The guest judges were K-Ming Chang for fiction, Jane Wong for creative nonfiction, and Derrick Austin for poetry.
Ecstatic to share my poem "The Worst Portland in America" has been named a runner-up in the @phoebejournal.bsky.social Poetry Contest and featured in their newest issue. Thanks to the wonderful Phoebe team! Check out the full issue below.
phoebejournal.com/the-worst-po...
sad but also beautiful new one today from Rebecca Hawkes
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"The sea is chasing something in its sleep
and all the dogs we cannot see
awaken to start barking
their good news through the cabins."
https://www.havehashad.com/1xq2q
Tomorrow I'll be slinging skulls and heart shaped candies for @havehashad.com so get your love letters ready.
Thanks Hinemoana ❤️
I have a new poem up in the (excellent) new edition of Quarterly West. Big thanks to @brandonyoung.bsky.social and the team for giving one of my favourite pieces a home. RIP James Wright.
quarterlywest.com/issue-113-hamel
Quarterly West issue 113 is now live! This is my last issue as the senior poetry editor, and as always this issue is no short of stunning. Read work from @chenchenwrites.bsky.social @aeheelee.bsky.social @jordanhamel.bsky.social @dorseycraft.bsky.social and more!
www.quarterlywest.com/issue-113
You big softy ❤️
33: I think of this @jordanhamel.bsky.social short-short as a pretty quintessential HAD piece. idk if it's a poem or prose, but it doesn't really matter... perfect language, hilarious but also sweet and touching. I've recommended it a ton.
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Been a minute since I’ve been on here but it looks like the place to be. Anyway, by way of reintroduction, here’s a poem. @poetrydaily.bsky.social were kind enough to republish this as their poem of the day on November 5th. Luckily there wasn’t anything else going on that day. Enjoy
Awww Jane ❤️😭❤️
Truly a dream come true to appear in Poetry Magazine, especially in the gorgeous 'Lineage & Influence' issue alongside so many of my heroes. Thanks to Diane Seuss for making me hate sonnets less and inspiring this poem. I hope I did you justice. www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
Stoked to have two poems in the new issue of Gulf Coast!! So much cool stuff in the issue, I love this journal almost as much as I love writing about Star Wars and handjobs. gulfcoastmag.org/online/36.1-...
Suppose I should post something. Here's an essay I wrote. It's about death, fear, and the men I love, like Leonard. Thanks to @pastemagazine.bsky.social and @yogurttowne.bsky.social for giving it space.
www.pastemagazine.com/music/leonar...
