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Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang

@ezhang77.bsky.social

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Writer | Chicago | Work in HAD, Maudlin House, The Citron Review + more | Pushcart Prize and BotN nom | Best Microfiction ‘24, '25 https://elenalzhang.wordpress.com/writing/

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Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · Aug 17

My tiny chapbook, “The Moon, My Heart,” is finally available now! So so grateful to @tinywrenlit.bsky.social and Dana Knott for making this dream come true! www.tinywrenlit.com/product-page...

The Moon, My Heart (Elena Zhang) | Tiny Wren Lit

Evocative micro-poems inspired by Chinese folklore

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MythologyBot @mythologybot.boodoo.co · 7h

H586.5
One traveler
to another (
as
they see corpse borne
by):
He is not entirely dead.

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Matt Jakubowski (he/him) @mattjakubowski.bsky.social · 17h

Some ghost stories can freak us out. Some make us wish we were being cuddled by Patrick Swayze. This one does something else! 👻 My “Ghost Story,” first published by Milk Candy Review
milkcandyreview.home.blog/2023/10/19/g...

Ghost Story ~ by Matthew Jakubowski

Ghost with a gun. Ghost in the desert. Ghost wearing a cool hat. Ghost who can phase through the earth but prefers to walk. Ghost who wears a white sheet sometimes, and sometimes has shadowy feet, …

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Ben Niespodziany 📚🎪 @neonpajamas.bsky.social · 19h

new dystopian poem out today

much love to @bruisermag.com !!

BRUISER @bruisermag.com · 19h

Poison will one day be appointed king.
In Coupon Country, you can find anything.

COUPON COUNTRY by @neonpajamas.bsky.social

www.bruisermag.com/niespodziany...

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Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 17h

A “hex” if you will

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Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 17h

I’m being ghosted by a lit mag for the first time! Spooky!

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Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 19h

👀👀👀

Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 19h

Whew this is a banger

HAD @havehashad.com · 20h

Andrew Graham Martin heater today!
"You get hit by one bus and survive, it’s a narrowly avoided tragedy. You get hit by a second bus and survive, it’s a miracle, somebody up there likes you, but also, buddy, you’ve got to learn to look where you’re going."
https://www.havehashad.com/7bsy5

Cheater by Andrew Graham Martin

You get hit by one bus and survive, it’s a narrowly avoided tragedy. You get hit by a second bus and survive, it’s a miracle, somebody up there likes you, but also, buddy, you’ve got to learn to look…

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Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 19h

My toothbrush is making noises I’ve never heard before

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Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 19h

Love it

Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes I rewatch the Matrix Resurrections trailer over and over again just to feel something

The Matrix Resurrections – Official Trailer 1

YouTube video by Warner Bros.

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Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 1d

Highly recommend!

Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 1d

It’s INTENSE

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Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 1d

Reporting back to say frostbite really is that apple #heirloomapples

Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 6d

Hell yeah Chicago

Crate of apples with sign that says “frostbite: the Malort of apples”

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Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 1d

Hot ice cream

Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 1d

I had a dream that I wanted to make crème brûlée but didn’t have ramekins, so I used ice cream cones instead, did I just invent something

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Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 2d

One of mine in @talking-time.bsky.social

#smallpoemsunday
@tomsnarsky.bsky.social

A Haunting
I miss you (but not this part of you (you know the
part (the body (I miss things in the dark (there is a
monster in my phone (because I saved things
(years later I realized you lied (but I'm not scared
(are you?)))))))))

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Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 2d

Jon Boisvert

#smallpoemsunday
@tomsnarsky.bsky.social

TRANSPLANT
Father receives another transplant today.
This time, it's a beehive. It feels good to drink the rain, he says, & better to eat the Aowers. He's been in the meadow for hours now, getting so big & brave.

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 2d

Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.

FORM A CROWD
STAY LOUD
PROTECT EACH OTHER
CODE I:
ICE NEARBY
BLOW QUICKLY IN A BROKEN RHYTHM:
PRE-PRE-PRE!
→ ALERTS THE COMMUNITY THAT ICE AGENTS ARE IN THE AREA.
ROGERS PARK WHISTLE PROTOCOLS
WHY A WHISTLE? ON THE STREETS
• A SIMPLE TOOL FOR FAST ALERTS.
• LOUD.
RECOGNIZABLE.
IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE.
• OUR VOICES ARE
STRONGER TOGETHER.
WHISTLES GUIDE
PEOPLE TO:
• FOLLOW ICE CARAVANS
• CATCH UP WITH THE CROWD
• ALERT NEIGHBORS
TO JOIN IN
NOISE = VISIBILITY.
CODE 2:
CODE RED
BLOW THREE LONG BLASTS:
PREEEE-PREEEE-PREEEE!
→ ICE IS DETAINING SOMEONE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
DON'T STAY SILENT. STAY NONVIOLENT.
WHY IT WORKS
• INSTANT ALERT
SYSTEM
• FASTER THAN SOCIAL MEDIA
• TURNS SILENCE INTO COMMUNITY
ACTION
ORIGINAL FLYER CREATED BY:
WHAT YOU CAN DO
• WEAR YOUR WHISTLE AROUND YOUR NECK
TEACH FAMILY
EIGHBORS TH
CODES
• USE IT WHEN ICE IS
SPOTTED
• PROTECT EACH OTHER, ALWAYS
TOGETHER, WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
THIS FLYER DISTRIBUTED BY:
PROTECT RP
• @PROTECTRP_

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Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 2d

Terrified of every black or white suv I see in the street now. Just terrific.

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Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 2d

Daily walk by the lake for my mental health

Tree in foreground with red leaves, two trees in background with green and yellow leaves, Lake Michigan

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Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 2d

One of mine in @talking-time.bsky.social

#smallpoemsunday
@tomsnarsky.bsky.social

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Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 2d

Yesterday we received word that the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) within Dept of Ed (DoEd) was gutted--right now we believe there is no one or nearly no one left. But what does it mean? 1/11

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Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 2d

Jon Boisvert

#smallpoemsunday
@tomsnarsky.bsky.social

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kyle tear down that highway lucas 🏳️‍🌈 @itskylelucas.com · 3d

No matter how many hit clips you see from @govpritzker.illinois.gov, the fact remains that the Illinois State Police are actively protecting and aiding ICE in their terrorizing of our communities.

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Elena “Eraserhead baby” Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 3d

Daily walk by the lake for my mental health

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