Jeffrey Hecker
@heckheck03.bsky.social
Poet, Teen Writers Fellowship Poetry Teacher (The Muse Writers Center), Poetry Staff Reader for Quarterly West
QVC hosts reaching the point in the broadcast where they are dancing for no reason.
November 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
QVC hosts reaching the point in the broadcast where they are dancing for no reason.
I like to stop reading a novel halfway through then finishing it two years later.
November 28, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I like to stop reading a novel halfway through then finishing it two years later.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge for the win.
It turns out all the guardrails in the world won’t protect a chatbot from meter and rhyme. www.wired.com/story/poems-...
Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon
It turns out all the guardrails in the world won’t protect a chatbot from meter and rhyme.
www.wired.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Samuel Taylor Coleridge for the win.
It would be fun to travel back to the Second Continental Congress, pretend to be a state rep, and spend a half-hour talking about the loneliness epidemic. All those men in pigtails kind of glancing at one another and considering the speech, some confused, others enthusiastic and empathetic.
November 28, 2025 at 1:52 PM
It would be fun to travel back to the Second Continental Congress, pretend to be a state rep, and spend a half-hour talking about the loneliness epidemic. All those men in pigtails kind of glancing at one another and considering the speech, some confused, others enthusiastic and empathetic.
I had completely wiped from my memory the America Online logo was The Eye of Providence symbol and we all just nodded yes yes yes at the time.
November 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I had completely wiped from my memory the America Online logo was The Eye of Providence symbol and we all just nodded yes yes yes at the time.
I know a lot of study has gone into how animals evolved over time but what about fruit?
November 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I know a lot of study has gone into how animals evolved over time but what about fruit?
Re-learn every Thanksgiving whenever somebody has Doritos sitting on a table (since I never buy Doritos) I eat Doritos and then my face breaks out.
November 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Re-learn every Thanksgiving whenever somebody has Doritos sitting on a table (since I never buy Doritos) I eat Doritos and then my face breaks out.
Watched solid Columbia University group discussion with faculty/students talking concerns over AI and one audience member said her only fear is Columbia University selling all of its original student essays to tech companies. That is what we call in the literary world the correct fear.
November 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Watched solid Columbia University group discussion with faculty/students talking concerns over AI and one audience member said her only fear is Columbia University selling all of its original student essays to tech companies. That is what we call in the literary world the correct fear.
One day I am going to scientifically measure the perfect amount of creamer I need for my coffee and design a spoon for just that amount and keep that spoon on me at all times.
November 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
One day I am going to scientifically measure the perfect amount of creamer I need for my coffee and design a spoon for just that amount and keep that spoon on me at all times.
I do not like whenever I get a break from teaching I turn into Miss Havisham from Great Expectations without the real estate.
November 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I do not like whenever I get a break from teaching I turn into Miss Havisham from Great Expectations without the real estate.
People posting Katy Perry stories on Thanksgiving is actually a Wampanoag crime and the penalty is a surprise. Good luck.
November 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
People posting Katy Perry stories on Thanksgiving is actually a Wampanoag crime and the penalty is a surprise. Good luck.
Blue Moose fudge rep on QVC saying milk maidens make their fudge by hand using wooden paddles and they also sing. It is $21.98.
November 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Blue Moose fudge rep on QVC saying milk maidens make their fudge by hand using wooden paddles and they also sing. It is $21.98.
I have pulled out tarot cards this holiday to channel Zora Neale Hurston in preparation for reading aloud sections of Their Eyes Were Watching God in class. I will need four decks of cards.
November 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I have pulled out tarot cards this holiday to channel Zora Neale Hurston in preparation for reading aloud sections of Their Eyes Were Watching God in class. I will need four decks of cards.
Whenever there is an act of terror that does not benefit the Republican party directly, their media dismisses it as a lone wolf with a mental health problem. Every other act of terror they blame on Democrats.
November 27, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Whenever there is an act of terror that does not benefit the Republican party directly, their media dismisses it as a lone wolf with a mental health problem. Every other act of terror they blame on Democrats.
I also have several students who call me king, like they say yes king and no king. At first I thought they were insulting me but apparently it is a nice thing to say to somebody now. I want to laugh each time but I remain regal and just tell them to sit down.
November 27, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I also have several students who call me king, like they say yes king and no king. At first I thought they were insulting me but apparently it is a nice thing to say to somebody now. I want to laugh each time but I remain regal and just tell them to sit down.
If you do not think kids these days think in four dimensions try catching one listening to Limo Wreck by Soundgarden in ear buds while completing an AP diagnostic practice exam.
November 27, 2025 at 12:43 PM
If you do not think kids these days think in four dimensions try catching one listening to Limo Wreck by Soundgarden in ear buds while completing an AP diagnostic practice exam.
Campbell's Soup is nearly as old as the Civil War and it is not even that good. That entire company could go away and nobody would even remember it in two years.
November 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Campbell's Soup is nearly as old as the Civil War and it is not even that good. That entire company could go away and nobody would even remember it in two years.
Not going to lie these Cheryl's 24-piece cookies on QVC look pretty good. They have them lined out on a butcher's block and I am salivating like some kind of cheetah.
November 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Not going to lie these Cheryl's 24-piece cookies on QVC look pretty good. They have them lined out on a butcher's block and I am salivating like some kind of cheetah.
I am thankful for my friends tirelessly working in the poetic spaces despite the despite. Keep shining the flashlight of love into the darkness all. My flashlight is out of batteries, but I know where there is a SALE. Unfortunately the sale is everywhere.
November 27, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I am thankful for my friends tirelessly working in the poetic spaces despite the despite. Keep shining the flashlight of love into the darkness all. My flashlight is out of batteries, but I know where there is a SALE. Unfortunately the sale is everywhere.
This whole country is rigged. Now seriously going to bed.
November 27, 2025 at 1:34 AM
This whole country is rigged. Now seriously going to bed.
Rahmanullah Lakanwal? Yeah whatever. I am going to bed.
November 27, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Rahmanullah Lakanwal? Yeah whatever. I am going to bed.
So here's what I need: a publisher that publishes my next book before I die.
November 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
So here's what I need: a publisher that publishes my next book before I die.
I wish we looked for motives as eagerly for actions that were not murders.
November 26, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I wish we looked for motives as eagerly for actions that were not murders.
The fact New Jersey remains the only state you cannot pump your own gasoline remains hilarious to everybody. I think about it all of the time.
November 26, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The fact New Jersey remains the only state you cannot pump your own gasoline remains hilarious to everybody. I think about it all of the time.
Are reporters not allowed in hospitals?
November 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Are reporters not allowed in hospitals?