Kyla Houbolt
@luaz.bsky.social
I write poems and I garden. *Becoming Altar*, new and selected poems, available here: https://asterismbooks.com/product/becoming-altar-new-and-selected-poems
https://kylahoubolt.us
https://kylahoubolt.us
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I guess we can take the "pre" out and just say "order". I learned Asterism is now shipping copies of *Becoming Altar*! So go ahead and grab one, maybe a few to give as holiday gifts! Some people who don't usually read poetry like this book. (My family. Go figure.)
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The epigraph of Michelle Good’s book, “Truth Telling.”
November 29, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The epigraph of Michelle Good’s book, “Truth Telling.”
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Alert: I've gotten several reports of non-payment by Graveside Press, from authors w/ stories in one or more anthologies. Also failing to provide author copies, & failing to respond to emails & messages. Anyone w/ similar experiences, pls contact me (Writer Beware) in confidence: [email protected]
November 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Alert: I've gotten several reports of non-payment by Graveside Press, from authors w/ stories in one or more anthologies. Also failing to provide author copies, & failing to respond to emails & messages. Anyone w/ similar experiences, pls contact me (Writer Beware) in confidence: [email protected]
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Thanks to @stonecirclereview.bsky.social for publishing my #poem, "Memorabilia Mausoleum"!
Check it out here: stonecirclereview.com/memorabilia-...
And make sure to constantly check stonecirclereview.com for great #poetry!
Check it out here: stonecirclereview.com/memorabilia-...
And make sure to constantly check stonecirclereview.com for great #poetry!
Memorabilia Mausoleum
by Ink
One thing the ancient Greeks got right
as far as invented gods go
was the muses.
Coming from nothing,
emissaries of creation
make sense –
burgeon to bursting the beginning universe
then loos...
stonecirclereview.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Thanks to @stonecirclereview.bsky.social for publishing my #poem, "Memorabilia Mausoleum"!
Check it out here: stonecirclereview.com/memorabilia-...
And make sure to constantly check stonecirclereview.com for great #poetry!
Check it out here: stonecirclereview.com/memorabilia-...
And make sure to constantly check stonecirclereview.com for great #poetry!
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black lawrence press's open submissions period ends tomorrow.
who's taking chap submissions right now?
November 29, 2025 at 11:18 PM
black lawrence press's open submissions period ends tomorrow.
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This would really help.
I again suggest that the world shut down between Thanksgiving and the Epiphany. You cover many holidays that way and we all get a rest. Essential workers make double pay and we have lots of feasts. Neighborhoods celebrate together and we bring back wassailing and 12 days of Xmas. Elect me president.
November 29, 2025 at 7:57 PM
This would really help.
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and we really need every American and every politician to know that due process rights are owed to every person, not merely every citizen. that is clear enough from the 5th and 14th amendments, and it exists to prevent scaremongering and national security theater
November 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
and we really need every American and every politician to know that due process rights are owed to every person, not merely every citizen. that is clear enough from the 5th and 14th amendments, and it exists to prevent scaremongering and national security theater
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As Stoppard wrote, and as I contemplate often: “I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little or make a poem which children will speak for you when you're dead.”
November 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
As Stoppard wrote, and as I contemplate often: “I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little or make a poem which children will speak for you when you're dead.”
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Want to develop a poetry 101 course for the place I teach. Just for funsies to throw it out there and see if it catches! Send me some ideas/topics/poems to study! #poetrycommunity
November 29, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Want to develop a poetry 101 course for the place I teach. Just for funsies to throw it out there and see if it catches! Send me some ideas/topics/poems to study! #poetrycommunity
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Looking to support a small person today?
threadless is having a big sale!
$12 tees + everything else also on big discounts!
New designs being added as fast as possible 😅
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threadless is having a big sale!
$12 tees + everything else also on big discounts!
New designs being added as fast as possible 😅
whistberry.threadless.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Looking to support a small person today?
threadless is having a big sale!
$12 tees + everything else also on big discounts!
New designs being added as fast as possible 😅
whistberry.threadless.com
threadless is having a big sale!
$12 tees + everything else also on big discounts!
New designs being added as fast as possible 😅
whistberry.threadless.com
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Happening this afternoon! Still time to register!
Come join us on Saturday for our final virtual reading to benefit the Western Alaska Relief Fund, to support Indigenous communities impacted by Typhoon Halong.
There is a suggested $10-25 donation.
We hope to see you there, and hope you'll spread the word!
Find out more: bit.ly/linkedhearts...
There is a suggested $10-25 donation.
We hope to see you there, and hope you'll spread the word!
Find out more: bit.ly/linkedhearts...
November 29, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Happening this afternoon! Still time to register!
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Here are some ways to support relief efforts for Western Alaska, where Indigenous people are dramatically disproportionately impacted by total devastation of what remained of Typhoon Halong.
Community groups and businesses across the state are coordinating relief efforts after the remnants of Typhoon Halong brought widespread devastation to Western Alaska.
Here's how you can help.
alaskapublic.org/news/environ...
Here's how you can help.
alaskapublic.org/news/environ...
Update: Here's how you can help survivors of the Western Alaska storm
The remnants of Typhoon Halong have killed one person, left two missing, displaced hundreds and destroyed or damaged dozens of homes.
alaskapublic.org
November 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Here are some ways to support relief efforts for Western Alaska, where Indigenous people are dramatically disproportionately impacted by total devastation of what remained of Typhoon Halong.
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Amazing...
“Think about it, the canyons of Southwest Texas house a vast and ancient library of painted texts documenting 175 generations of sacred stories and Indigenous knowledge. As an artist and an archaeologist, I can tell you that this is a breathtaking discovery.”
“Think about it, the canyons of Southwest Texas house a vast and ancient library of painted texts documenting 175 generations of sacred stories and Indigenous knowledge. As an artist and an archaeologist, I can tell you that this is a breathtaking discovery.”
Indigenous communities began to paint these sacred, polychromatic murals almost 6,000 years ago. “But it didn’t stop there,” she said. ... "they continued to create these visual manuscripts for more than 4,000 years." news.txst.edu/research-and...
6,000-year old West Texas rock art influenced Mesoamerican cosmology
Pecos River rock art dates back 6,000 years and was created in planned single events. The murals use consistent symbols to express complex beliefs that later influenced Mesoamerican cultures.
news.txst.edu
November 28, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Amazing...
“Think about it, the canyons of Southwest Texas house a vast and ancient library of painted texts documenting 175 generations of sacred stories and Indigenous knowledge. As an artist and an archaeologist, I can tell you that this is a breathtaking discovery.”
“Think about it, the canyons of Southwest Texas house a vast and ancient library of painted texts documenting 175 generations of sacred stories and Indigenous knowledge. As an artist and an archaeologist, I can tell you that this is a breathtaking discovery.”
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They did it again! NYC subway Thanksgiving 2025, via @scootercaster.com!
November 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
They did it again! NYC subway Thanksgiving 2025, via @scootercaster.com!
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Time once again to rep my favorite place for giving: anelder.org - they supply food, firewood and supplies for traditional crafting to Navajo Elders. If you have the cash, please give these folks a hand.
November 27, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Time once again to rep my favorite place for giving: anelder.org - they supply food, firewood and supplies for traditional crafting to Navajo Elders. If you have the cash, please give these folks a hand.
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Oh, I hate AI trash
Anything dirty or dingy or dusty
Anything ragged or rotten or rusty
Yes, I hate AI trash
I have here a graphic tattered and worn
It's all full of holes and says “Fexcectorn”
I regret the day the techbros were born
I hate it because it's AI trash
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxgW...
Anything dirty or dingy or dusty
Anything ragged or rotten or rusty
Yes, I hate AI trash
I have here a graphic tattered and worn
It's all full of holes and says “Fexcectorn”
I regret the day the techbros were born
I hate it because it's AI trash
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxgW...
November 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Oh, I hate AI trash
Anything dirty or dingy or dusty
Anything ragged or rotten or rusty
Yes, I hate AI trash
I have here a graphic tattered and worn
It's all full of holes and says “Fexcectorn”
I regret the day the techbros were born
I hate it because it's AI trash
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxgW...
Anything dirty or dingy or dusty
Anything ragged or rotten or rusty
Yes, I hate AI trash
I have here a graphic tattered and worn
It's all full of holes and says “Fexcectorn”
I regret the day the techbros were born
I hate it because it's AI trash
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxgW...
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if you steal a cell phone or wallet in paris they kick you out of the french thieve's guild for insufficient whimsy
Thieves have stolen €90,000 worth of fine French snails destined for some of the country’s most prestigious restaurants
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
French police are on the trail of ‘experienced’ criminals who stole a whole year’s worth of produce from Jean-Mathieu Dauvergne’s L’Escargot des Grands Crus
www.thetimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
if you steal a cell phone or wallet in paris they kick you out of the french thieve's guild for insufficient whimsy
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Happy Thanksgiving—from Alexander Voloshin and me—to all immigrants acquiring new tastes this year! No one knows better the importance of celebrating despite it all.
How my grandmother, who only learned a few words of English, loved “Turkey Day”…
@pauldrybooks.bsky.social
How my grandmother, who only learned a few words of English, loved “Turkey Day”…
@pauldrybooks.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Happy Thanksgiving—from Alexander Voloshin and me—to all immigrants acquiring new tastes this year! No one knows better the importance of celebrating despite it all.
How my grandmother, who only learned a few words of English, loved “Turkey Day”…
@pauldrybooks.bsky.social
How my grandmother, who only learned a few words of English, loved “Turkey Day”…
@pauldrybooks.bsky.social
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November 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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This is so true! Thank you Rob! @robmclennan.bsky.social !
@robmclennan.bsky.social is always doing the most for all of us & everyone in poetry should be thankful every day! & should buy a few above/ground chapbooks to show it!!
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2023/10/abov...
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2023/10/abov...
November 27, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This is so true! Thank you Rob! @robmclennan.bsky.social !
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Please, please read our latest update to @liznangel3.bsky.social's long-running appeal for my wife and me.
It has been a pretty tough month and we are still looking for funds to get us to the end of next month.
Even if you're unable support us financially, please consider re-posting this link.
It has been a pretty tough month and we are still looking for funds to get us to the end of next month.
Even if you're unable support us financially, please consider re-posting this link.
Donate to Support a Voyage to Find Home, organized by Liz Cullinane
Hello, my name is Liz Cullinane and for the past four years, I have been inspired to raise… Liz Cullinane needs your support for Support a Voyage to Find Home
www.gofundme.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Please, please read our latest update to @liznangel3.bsky.social's long-running appeal for my wife and me.
It has been a pretty tough month and we are still looking for funds to get us to the end of next month.
Even if you're unable support us financially, please consider re-posting this link.
It has been a pretty tough month and we are still looking for funds to get us to the end of next month.
Even if you're unable support us financially, please consider re-posting this link.
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the invasion of Afghanistan is among the most horrific recent chapters of the long history of elite impunity in the US. this coda is grim but fitting - the govt practically explicitly affirming that it should only be Afghans who live with the consequences amid fading public memory of the atrocity
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 AM
the invasion of Afghanistan is among the most horrific recent chapters of the long history of elite impunity in the US. this coda is grim but fitting - the govt practically explicitly affirming that it should only be Afghans who live with the consequences amid fading public memory of the atrocity
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These handsomely crafted books make excellent Christmas presents and, being rectilinear, they are very easy to wrap
A seasonal reminder that you can order our titles from our website; orders are despatched within 24 hours. Recent hardbacks include Steve Ely's 'Eely' and Angelina D'Roza's 'The Blue Hour' (you'll also receive a free 'Inventory' pamphlet). Order here:
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November 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
These handsomely crafted books make excellent Christmas presents and, being rectilinear, they are very easy to wrap
I have a poem about that.
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A poet is not responsible for their poems prompting in other people the wish to write poems themselves. Except that that’s what poetry is — the continuing of a conversation, with the probable consequence of the conversation being continued later on by someone else.
November 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I have a poem about that.
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