V.C. Myers
@vcmyers.bsky.social
Fmr V.C. McCabe | author of Ophelia (Femme Salvé Books, 2023) & Give the Bard a Tetanus Shot (Vegetarian Alcoholic Press, 2019) | Fmr editor/reader Muruch, Barren, Ice Floe, Frontier, Sarabande Books | work in EPOCH, Poet Lore, etc. http://vcmyers.com
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V.C. Myers
@vcmyers.bsky.social
· Nov 7
For those that don't know, I'm the poet formerly known as V.C. McCabe. New name, new life, all good.
Bands I've seen multiple times:
Tori Amos
Buddy Guy
Vic Chesnutt
Vienna Teng
Joan Baez
Anais Mitchell
Amy Correia
Holly Cole
Joan Osborne
Tim McGraw & Faith Hill
& many more
Tori Amos
Buddy Guy
Vic Chesnutt
Vienna Teng
Joan Baez
Anais Mitchell
Amy Correia
Holly Cole
Joan Osborne
Tim McGraw & Faith Hill
& many more
Bands I have seen multiple times:
Fruit Bats
Wilco
Pearl Jam
Bonny Light Horseman
Andrew Bird
Elliott Smith
Scud Mountain Boys
Tank & the Bangas
Low
Handsome Family
Fruit Bats
Wilco
Pearl Jam
Bonny Light Horseman
Andrew Bird
Elliott Smith
Scud Mountain Boys
Tank & the Bangas
Low
Handsome Family
> Besides Grateful Dead, Phish and Widespread Panic, introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen multiple times.
- Steve Miller
- Elvis Costello
- Indigo Girls
- Natalie Merchant
- Lilly Golden
- Steve Miller
- Elvis Costello
- Indigo Girls
- Natalie Merchant
- Lilly Golden
November 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Bands I've seen multiple times:
Tori Amos
Buddy Guy
Vic Chesnutt
Vienna Teng
Joan Baez
Anais Mitchell
Amy Correia
Holly Cole
Joan Osborne
Tim McGraw & Faith Hill
& many more
Tori Amos
Buddy Guy
Vic Chesnutt
Vienna Teng
Joan Baez
Anais Mitchell
Amy Correia
Holly Cole
Joan Osborne
Tim McGraw & Faith Hill
& many more
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Joke's on you, I don't need to see Hamnet because I already cried over him dying in Upstart Crow.
November 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Joke's on you, I don't need to see Hamnet because I already cried over him dying in Upstart Crow.
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Wildlings! Submissions for @feralpoetryandart.bsky.social's MIRROR issue close on November 30th. Don't miss out. Send us your poetry, your art. The time to reflect is NOW!
feralpoetry.net/submissions/
feralpoetry.net/submissions/
November 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Wildlings! Submissions for @feralpoetryandart.bsky.social's MIRROR issue close on November 30th. Don't miss out. Send us your poetry, your art. The time to reflect is NOW!
feralpoetry.net/submissions/
feralpoetry.net/submissions/
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A bright day here in Coimbra and the seagulls are chilling
November 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
A bright day here in Coimbra and the seagulls are chilling
5 animals I've seen in the wild:
Snakes (black, water & copperhead)
Deer (whitetail)
Fox (red)
Ravens
Bats
I could go on. Abundant wildlife is the best part of Appalachia.
Snakes (black, water & copperhead)
Deer (whitetail)
Fox (red)
Ravens
Bats
I could go on. Abundant wildlife is the best part of Appalachia.
Introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild:
Indian peafowl
Water buffalo
American Alligator
Roseate spoonbill
Sandhill crane
Indian peafowl
Water buffalo
American Alligator
Roseate spoonbill
Sandhill crane
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild:
Camels
Bobcats
Sea lions
Bald eagles
Roadrunners
Camels
Bobcats
Sea lions
Bald eagles
Roadrunners
November 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
5 animals I've seen in the wild:
Snakes (black, water & copperhead)
Deer (whitetail)
Fox (red)
Ravens
Bats
I could go on. Abundant wildlife is the best part of Appalachia.
Snakes (black, water & copperhead)
Deer (whitetail)
Fox (red)
Ravens
Bats
I could go on. Abundant wildlife is the best part of Appalachia.
5 concerts I've been to:
Patti Smith
Tori Amos
Buddy Guy
Vic Chesnutt
Odetta
Patti Smith
Tori Amos
Buddy Guy
Vic Chesnutt
Odetta
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
TLC's Crazy Sexy Cool tour
Bob Dylan + Paul Simon
Ani DiFranco
Meatloaf
The Violent Femmes
TLC's Crazy Sexy Cool tour
Bob Dylan + Paul Simon
Ani DiFranco
Meatloaf
The Violent Femmes
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
The Bangles (I was 14 & ECSTATIC!)
Yo-Yo Ma (twice, and the two best live performances I have EVER seen)
The Cleveland Orchestra (many times)
Peggy Seeger
Iron Maiden (surprisingly often, since I married @patricksamphire.bsky.social !)
The Bangles (I was 14 & ECSTATIC!)
Yo-Yo Ma (twice, and the two best live performances I have EVER seen)
The Cleveland Orchestra (many times)
Peggy Seeger
Iron Maiden (surprisingly often, since I married @patricksamphire.bsky.social !)
November 27, 2025 at 10:39 PM
5 concerts I've been to:
Patti Smith
Tori Amos
Buddy Guy
Vic Chesnutt
Odetta
Patti Smith
Tori Amos
Buddy Guy
Vic Chesnutt
Odetta
as usual not celebrating anything except not having to go to work & it's wonderful
November 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
as usual not celebrating anything except not having to go to work & it's wonderful
this could be a 3Elements Literary Review prompt...
love how language learning apps are like “three words you need to know in every language are badminton, wild boar, and frolicsome”
November 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
this could be a 3Elements Literary Review prompt...
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Have a cup of coffee. Read a book of poems. Your day will be better for it.
November 26, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Have a cup of coffee. Read a book of poems. Your day will be better for it.
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Will be doing a newspaper article on books I'm looking forward to that are coming out in 2026.
Anything you want to recommend to me, bookish friends?
Anything you want to recommend to me, bookish friends?
November 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Will be doing a newspaper article on books I'm looking forward to that are coming out in 2026.
Anything you want to recommend to me, bookish friends?
Anything you want to recommend to me, bookish friends?
revision is relentless. oh you thought these poems were done? so you submitted them to several journals? how silly. they will never be done.
November 26, 2025 at 12:57 AM
revision is relentless. oh you thought these poems were done? so you submitted them to several journals? how silly. they will never be done.
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toddler handed this to me and I inhaled it like I was at bed bath and beyond buying candles
November 25, 2025 at 11:54 PM
toddler handed this to me and I inhaled it like I was at bed bath and beyond buying candles
love Ed Harcourt's new album, Orphic. Especially the songs "O' Gentle Death" & "Mercurial." Hints of Elliot Smith & The Church.
November 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
love Ed Harcourt's new album, Orphic. Especially the songs "O' Gentle Death" & "Mercurial." Hints of Elliot Smith & The Church.
read this beautiful poem!
I am so excited to share this poem and join the many many other Icarus poets. Here is my speculative ekphrastic "Flooded Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" which imagines Breughel's landscape altered by climate change.
Thank you @terrainorg.bsky.social!
www.terrain.org/2025/poetry/...
Thank you @terrainorg.bsky.social!
www.terrain.org/2025/poetry/...
One Poem by Jared Beloff - Terrain.org
New from Jared Beloff: "Flooded Landscape with the Fall of Icarus," a gorgeous, haunting poem.
www.terrain.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
read this beautiful poem!
these random firepit evenings w/ friends & family are my new favorite thing to do. we're trying to do it as often as we can before winter sets in.
November 25, 2025 at 3:49 AM
these random firepit evenings w/ friends & family are my new favorite thing to do. we're trying to do it as often as we can before winter sets in.
shout it from the rooftops!
casual reminder that saying you're interested in submissions from underprivileged and underrepresented writers falls a little flat when you're also charging folks to submit
literally just checked 25 journals I was going to submit to and every one of them charges a fee.
November 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
shout it from the rooftops!
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not quite done but finished for the night and feel like sharing
November 24, 2025 at 5:30 AM
not quite done but finished for the night and feel like sharing
friend: I just baked macaroons
me: I just wrote a poem from the perspective of a serial killer's wife
me: I just wrote a poem from the perspective of a serial killer's wife
November 23, 2025 at 11:08 PM
friend: I just baked macaroons
me: I just wrote a poem from the perspective of a serial killer's wife
me: I just wrote a poem from the perspective of a serial killer's wife
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What if someone had told me, thirty / years ago: if you give up now…
“The Easel,” Sharon Olds
“The Easel,” Sharon Olds
November 23, 2025 at 12:04 PM
What if someone had told me, thirty / years ago: if you give up now…
“The Easel,” Sharon Olds
“The Easel,” Sharon Olds
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Kestrels are such handsome birds. Lots out and about today, their plumage even more striking than usual. This shot captures the colors and patterns well.
November 22, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Kestrels are such handsome birds. Lots out and about today, their plumage even more striking than usual. This shot captures the colors and patterns well.
Death by Lightning is one of those shows that feels like someone made it just for me. Obscure history, dark humor, Michael Shannon, Michael MacFadyen, & Nick Offerman. Love it.
November 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Death by Lightning is one of those shows that feels like someone made it just for me. Obscure history, dark humor, Michael Shannon, Michael MacFadyen, & Nick Offerman. Love it.
I used to think Bon Jovi sang "swap spit w/ the sky for you"
My wife’s friend in high school thought the song went “Don’t go, Jason Waterfalls…”
November 21, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I used to think Bon Jovi sang "swap spit w/ the sky for you"
firepit & wine evenings w/ family & friends is soothing to my weary soul
November 21, 2025 at 2:32 AM
firepit & wine evenings w/ family & friends is soothing to my weary soul
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An herb for January! This issue will be themed "Wintergreen," so send us your poetry, fiction, visual art, nonfiction, and translations inspired by themes of hope, persistence, and endurance. Human resilience this winter!
Submit here by December 31st: wildwillowmagazine.com/wwmsubmissio...
Submit here by December 31st: wildwillowmagazine.com/wwmsubmissio...
November 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
An herb for January! This issue will be themed "Wintergreen," so send us your poetry, fiction, visual art, nonfiction, and translations inspired by themes of hope, persistence, and endurance. Human resilience this winter!
Submit here by December 31st: wildwillowmagazine.com/wwmsubmissio...
Submit here by December 31st: wildwillowmagazine.com/wwmsubmissio...
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NEW ISSUE KLAXON!!
Strange Play: The Voidspace TTRPG Special is now live!
Trains, ghosts, an ant's eye view: there's a whole bunch of weird and wonderful games for you to try.
Now play on 🖤
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Strange Play: The Voidspace TTRPG Special is now live!
Trains, ghosts, an ant's eye view: there's a whole bunch of weird and wonderful games for you to try.
Now play on 🖤
voidspacezine.com/ttrpg-special/
Strange Play: TTRPG Special
Ice, Snow and the Quest for Salvation by Rat in a Suit DELETION – Dead End by Kyle Tam We Are the Land by Rat in a Suit 200 Word Backstory by Gary Chadwick It’s the ANT of the World by …
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November 20, 2025 at 7:17 AM
NEW ISSUE KLAXON!!
Strange Play: The Voidspace TTRPG Special is now live!
Trains, ghosts, an ant's eye view: there's a whole bunch of weird and wonderful games for you to try.
Now play on 🖤
voidspacezine.com/ttrpg-special/
Strange Play: The Voidspace TTRPG Special is now live!
Trains, ghosts, an ant's eye view: there's a whole bunch of weird and wonderful games for you to try.
Now play on 🖤
voidspacezine.com/ttrpg-special/