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· May 30
Octavia Butler wrote this in her journal in 1988.
It wasn’t a wish — it was a plan.
Every line a spell. Almost all of it manifested.
(Writers, read this out loud. Then write your own.) ↓
It wasn’t a wish — it was a plan.
Every line a spell. Almost all of it manifested.
(Writers, read this out loud. Then write your own.) ↓
no rizz but i will write 37 poems about this brief interaction where our hands brushed briefly for a few business weeks
December 23, 2025 at 8:01 PM
no rizz but i will write 37 poems about this brief interaction where our hands brushed briefly for a few business weeks
i'm made of love, caffeine, and questionable choices as to when i go to sleep when i write! (fun fact: the answer is there's no sleeping happening )
December 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
i'm made of love, caffeine, and questionable choices as to when i go to sleep when i write! (fun fact: the answer is there's no sleeping happening )
there is always love. love is always there.
December 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
there is always love. love is always there.
who up yearning today 🌟
December 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
who up yearning today 🌟
poetry prompt of the week: has there been a repeating theme in your life this year that you've caught onto? throw each moment that fell under that theme umbrella into a pot and boil it down to its essence.
December 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
poetry prompt of the week: has there been a repeating theme in your life this year that you've caught onto? throw each moment that fell under that theme umbrella into a pot and boil it down to its essence.
the concept of "gates of horns and ivory" that is entertaining my brain writing today
December 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
the concept of "gates of horns and ivory" that is entertaining my brain writing today
Sometimes you get so close to someone you end up on the other side of them.
— Richard Siken 💙✍️
— Richard Siken 💙✍️
December 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Sometimes you get so close to someone you end up on the other side of them.
— Richard Siken 💙✍️
— Richard Siken 💙✍️
“All of this wanting is the wanting of the past, rushing in to destroy the present.”
— Sal Randolph
— Sal Randolph
December 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
“All of this wanting is the wanting of the past, rushing in to destroy the present.”
— Sal Randolph
— Sal Randolph
Discussing whether or not humor has a place in his poetry, David Duchovny answers:
Humor is just an important element of who I am. It's going to come out in any expression that I do. To me, it's really the touchstone of humanity. 💙
Humor is just an important element of who I am. It's going to come out in any expression that I do. To me, it's really the touchstone of humanity. 💙
December 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Discussing whether or not humor has a place in his poetry, David Duchovny answers:
Humor is just an important element of who I am. It's going to come out in any expression that I do. To me, it's really the touchstone of humanity. 💙
Humor is just an important element of who I am. It's going to come out in any expression that I do. To me, it's really the touchstone of humanity. 💙
...or a dumb hunch, some beautiful-ass nonsense, or the starting up again of what has never been.
— David Duchovny, Future Perfect 💙
(About Time: Poems - Akashic Books 2025)
— David Duchovny, Future Perfect 💙
(About Time: Poems - Akashic Books 2025)
December 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
...or a dumb hunch, some beautiful-ass nonsense, or the starting up again of what has never been.
— David Duchovny, Future Perfect 💙
(About Time: Poems - Akashic Books 2025)
— David Duchovny, Future Perfect 💙
(About Time: Poems - Akashic Books 2025)
Guys, can we please calm down?
December 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Guys, can we please calm down?
friendly reminder: it's ok to get it wrong the first time because you will get it right the next time :)
December 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
friendly reminder: it's ok to get it wrong the first time because you will get it right the next time :)
This Henry Israeli poem we got to publish gives me goosebumps.
December 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This Henry Israeli poem we got to publish gives me goosebumps.
There, with his left ventricle pressed against the fence unbored, watching infinite games of rock paper scissors shoot, the Authority finds my heart
and places him under cardiac arrest,
— David Duchovny, Paper Beats Rock 💙
and places him under cardiac arrest,
— David Duchovny, Paper Beats Rock 💙
December 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
There, with his left ventricle pressed against the fence unbored, watching infinite games of rock paper scissors shoot, the Authority finds my heart
and places him under cardiac arrest,
— David Duchovny, Paper Beats Rock 💙
and places him under cardiac arrest,
— David Duchovny, Paper Beats Rock 💙
who up romanticizing rn ✋😔
December 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
who up romanticizing rn ✋😔
Emily Dickinson, our queen
December 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Emily Dickinson, our queen
*sits down at laptop, cracking my knuckles* time to do EVERYTHING except what i need to
December 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
*sits down at laptop, cracking my knuckles* time to do EVERYTHING except what i need to
Karan and our POTW, David Duchovny, talk about his poem "Nobodaddy Home":
I always liked that phrase: "Nobodaddy." 💙
I always liked that phrase: "Nobodaddy." 💙
December 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Karan and our POTW, David Duchovny, talk about his poem "Nobodaddy Home":
I always liked that phrase: "Nobodaddy." 💙
I always liked that phrase: "Nobodaddy." 💙
He is gone for good, the one who left so long ago.
— David Duchovny, Nobodaddy Home 💙
— David Duchovny, Nobodaddy Home 💙
December 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
He is gone for good, the one who left so long ago.
— David Duchovny, Nobodaddy Home 💙
— David Duchovny, Nobodaddy Home 💙
reminding myself today: it's all for the plot it's all for the plot it's all for the plot it's all for the plot it's all for
December 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
reminding myself today: it's all for the plot it's all for the plot it's all for the plot it's all for the plot it's all for
Asking David Duchovny in our POTW interview:
What does your process look like structurally, emotionally, spatially? Where do your poems come from? Do you have a writing routine? 💙
What does your process look like structurally, emotionally, spatially? Where do your poems come from? Do you have a writing routine? 💙
December 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Asking David Duchovny in our POTW interview:
What does your process look like structurally, emotionally, spatially? Where do your poems come from? Do you have a writing routine? 💙
What does your process look like structurally, emotionally, spatially? Where do your poems come from? Do you have a writing routine? 💙
They say the big bang happened when the devil told God to go fuck Himself.
— David Duchovny, Do Over 💙
— David Duchovny, Do Over 💙
December 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
They say the big bang happened when the devil told God to go fuck Himself.
— David Duchovny, Do Over 💙
— David Duchovny, Do Over 💙
does writing feel like this to anyone else or is it just me idk 🙂↕️
December 15, 2025 at 6:31 PM
does writing feel like this to anyone else or is it just me idk 🙂↕️