Bob King
@kingrobertj.bsky.social
Dad. Husband. Kent State University Professor of English.
Poetry collection “And & And” out in August 2024.
"And/Or" forthcoming in September 2025.
bobking.org
Poetry collection “And & And” out in August 2024.
"And/Or" forthcoming in September 2025.
bobking.org
What is, My just-released second poetry collection from @finishinglinepress.bsky.social, now available on all retail platforms, Ken?
(Book release party coming in January.)
(Book release party coming in January.)
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
What is, My just-released second poetry collection from @finishinglinepress.bsky.social, now available on all retail platforms, Ken?
(Book release party coming in January.)
(Book release party coming in January.)
Excited to share, "Low-key Midwest Girl Dad Vibes: My Wardrobe is Mostly Kohl’s Middle-Class Casual & My Skin Care Routine is $1.59 Men’s 2-in-1 Total Body Wash," out today in The Good Life Review.
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thegoodlifereview.com/issue-twenty...
TGLR: Low-key Midwest Girl Dad Vibes: My Wardrobe is Mostly Kohl’s Middle-Class Casual & My Skin Care Routine is $1.59 Men’s 2-in-1 Total Body Wash by Bob King
The Good Life Review presents "Low-key Midwest Girl Dad Vibes: My Wardrobe is Mostly Kohl’s Middle-Class Casual & My Skin Care Routine is $1.59 Men’s 2-in-1 Total Body Wash" by Bob King, in Issue #21 ...
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October 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Excited to share, "Low-key Midwest Girl Dad Vibes: My Wardrobe is Mostly Kohl’s Middle-Class Casual & My Skin Care Routine is $1.59 Men’s 2-in-1 Total Body Wash," out today in The Good Life Review.
thegoodlifereview.com/issue-twenty...
thegoodlifereview.com/issue-twenty...
2024 & 2025.
Thank you Leah Maines & Finishing Line Press.
😘✌🏼
Thank you Leah Maines & Finishing Line Press.
😘✌🏼
October 10, 2025 at 2:03 AM
2024 & 2025.
Thank you Leah Maines & Finishing Line Press.
😘✌🏼
Thank you Leah Maines & Finishing Line Press.
😘✌🏼
@stanchion.bsky.social 19 is now shipping & it's a pretty amazing issue. Here's the start of my poem that's included--to read the rest, follow the link in the comments. Thank you to the editors & other poets, writers, & artists.
July 31, 2025 at 1:17 PM
@stanchion.bsky.social 19 is now shipping & it's a pretty amazing issue. Here's the start of my poem that's included--to read the rest, follow the link in the comments. Thank you to the editors & other poets, writers, & artists.
:) Pre-order time!
FLP BOOK OF THE DAY: And/Or by Bob King
On SALE: www.finishinglinepress.com/product/and-...
With associative energy that borders on abandon, And/Or is intimate, intertextual, & playful. Dive in with gusto. # Poetry #Life
On SALE: www.finishinglinepress.com/product/and-...
With associative energy that borders on abandon, And/Or is intimate, intertextual, & playful. Dive in with gusto. # Poetry #Life
June 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
:) Pre-order time!
Friends! My second poetry collection is now on pre-sale & is due out end of September from @finishinglinepress.bsky.social!
They are a wild ride, the poems, & include a few prize-nominated pieces (including the one attached). Thank you to Jessica Jones & Ankit Raj Ojha for the generous blurbs.
They are a wild ride, the poems, & include a few prize-nominated pieces (including the one attached). Thank you to Jessica Jones & Ankit Raj Ojha for the generous blurbs.
May 24, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Friends! My second poetry collection is now on pre-sale & is due out end of September from @finishinglinepress.bsky.social!
They are a wild ride, the poems, & include a few prize-nominated pieces (including the one attached). Thank you to Jessica Jones & Ankit Raj Ojha for the generous blurbs.
They are a wild ride, the poems, & include a few prize-nominated pieces (including the one attached). Thank you to Jessica Jones & Ankit Raj Ojha for the generous blurbs.
In these final days of National Poetry Month, I'm grateful to Diane Kendig & Cuyahoga County Public Library for featuring my poem "Nine Weeks In" on today's READ + WRITE POETRY BLOG. You can read it here.
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cuyahogalibrary.org/blog/poetry/...
Blog - Cuyahoga County Public Library
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April 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
In these final days of National Poetry Month, I'm grateful to Diane Kendig & Cuyahoga County Public Library for featuring my poem "Nine Weeks In" on today's READ + WRITE POETRY BLOG. You can read it here.
cuyahogalibrary.org/blog/poetry/...
cuyahogalibrary.org/blog/poetry/...
It's my wife's birthday & I got her some poetry--thanks to the wonderful Editor Jaime Alejandro @artscalling.com No. 10 is live & I'm grateful to have 3 pieces back at the coalition.
April 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
It's my wife's birthday & I got her some poetry--thanks to the wonderful Editor Jaime Alejandro @artscalling.com No. 10 is live & I'm grateful to have 3 pieces back at the coalition.
Super excited to have a new poem (Here Were the First Flower People—Will You Be a Flower Person?) out in @inkinthirds.bsky.social Spring Equinox issue. Check out the entire, fabulous issue. Thank you, Editors!
inkinthirds.org/vol-6-i-1/
inkinthirds.org/vol-6-i-1/
vol 6 i.1 - Ink In Thirds
“You can cut all the flowers, but you cannot keep spring from coming” —Victor Hugo. Come explore vol 6, i.1...
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March 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Super excited to have a new poem (Here Were the First Flower People—Will You Be a Flower Person?) out in @inkinthirds.bsky.social Spring Equinox issue. Check out the entire, fabulous issue. Thank you, Editors!
inkinthirds.org/vol-6-i-1/
inkinthirds.org/vol-6-i-1/
Reposted by Bob King
𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐒𝐞𝐫�¢𝐞𝐬 inkinthirds.org/book-review-... 𝘼𝙣𝙙 & 𝘼𝙣𝙙 by Bob King seems to pull inspiration from every facet of his life. The references range from classics like Chekov to more contemporary media, like Pokemon. @KingRobertJ
New book each month!
March 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐒𝐞𝐫�¢𝐞𝐬 inkinthirds.org/book-review-... 𝘼𝙣𝙙 & 𝘼𝙣𝙙 by Bob King seems to pull inspiration from every facet of his life. The references range from classics like Chekov to more contemporary media, like Pokemon. @KingRobertJ
New book each month!
Many thanks to C.W. Bryan & Grace Black for this generous book review & conversation up @inkinthirds.bsky.social. Please check it out.
(And you can get the book on all bookstore platforms.)
inkinthirds.org/book-review-...
(And you can get the book on all bookstore platforms.)
inkinthirds.org/book-review-...
And & And - King - Ink In Thirds Book Review
And & And by Bob King seems to pull inspiration from every facet of his life. The references range from classics like Chekov to Pokemon...
inkinthirds.org
March 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Many thanks to C.W. Bryan & Grace Black for this generous book review & conversation up @inkinthirds.bsky.social. Please check it out.
(And you can get the book on all bookstore platforms.)
inkinthirds.org/book-review-...
(And you can get the book on all bookstore platforms.)
inkinthirds.org/book-review-...
Poets, if you’re not already working with Grace & her awesome editors @inkinthirds.bsky.social, you need to be: ink, poetry, wildflower seeds, & brilliant human touches in an era that needs all of these things. ✌🏼🌻
February 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Poets, if you’re not already working with Grace & her awesome editors @inkinthirds.bsky.social, you need to be: ink, poetry, wildflower seeds, & brilliant human touches in an era that needs all of these things. ✌🏼🌻
Thank you to the fabulous editors for including two of my pieces in this brilliant inaugural issue. A wonderful collection, Charlie & Bella! Very grateful.
NUMBER ONE is live. Explore our first issue at crayfishmag.com. We are delighted to have these creators in our first issue.
February 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Thank you to the fabulous editors for including two of my pieces in this brilliant inaugural issue. A wonderful collection, Charlie & Bella! Very grateful.
Reposted by Bob King
Them:
Your manuscript should be cohesive and make sense as a complete book
My Manuscript:
Your manuscript should be cohesive and make sense as a complete book
My Manuscript:
February 19, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Them:
Your manuscript should be cohesive and make sense as a complete book
My Manuscript:
Your manuscript should be cohesive and make sense as a complete book
My Manuscript:
Grateful to have a new poem up at a new literary magazine:
Waffle Fried Issue #1: Longing.
Available on Amazon.
Thank you to the fabulous editors!
Waffle Fried Issue #1: Longing.
Available on Amazon.
Thank you to the fabulous editors!
February 15, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Grateful to have a new poem up at a new literary magazine:
Waffle Fried Issue #1: Longing.
Available on Amazon.
Thank you to the fabulous editors!
Waffle Fried Issue #1: Longing.
Available on Amazon.
Thank you to the fabulous editors!
Very appreciative of In Ink Sweat & Tears for hosting my poem, "You Know What 9am Feels Like, Right? Like, If Your Watch & All Clocks—Suddenly Worldwide—Disappeared, You’d Still Know What 9am Feels Like, Right?"
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Bob King | Ink Sweat and Tears
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February 8, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Very appreciative of In Ink Sweat & Tears for hosting my poem, "You Know What 9am Feels Like, Right? Like, If Your Watch & All Clocks—Suddenly Worldwide—Disappeared, You’d Still Know What 9am Feels Like, Right?"
inksweatandtears.co.uk/bob-king-2/?...
inksweatandtears.co.uk/bob-king-2/?...
Very grateful to have “Sometimes I Feel Like an Explorer During the Age of Discovery” & “Stephen Jay Gould’s Peripatetic Circus” (reprint) in Copihue Poetry, Volume 4. Enjoy!
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Sometimes I Feel Like an Explorer During | Copihue Poetry
A multilingual mag publishing poetry that moves beyond the imaginary borders of language, state, & culture.
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February 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Very grateful to have “Sometimes I Feel Like an Explorer During the Age of Discovery” & “Stephen Jay Gould’s Peripatetic Circus” (reprint) in Copihue Poetry, Volume 4. Enjoy!
www.copihuepoetry.com/sometimes-i-...
www.copihuepoetry.com/sometimes-i-...
Grateful to be included in Issue 36 of @antiheroinchic.bsky.social ! Thank you to the entire AHC team, especially James Diaz. Click through to read, "What It Takes to Solve a Crossword Puzzle," as well as work from outstanding artists around the globe.
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Poetry by Bob King
Nicholas Erwin CC What It Takes to Solve a Crossword Puzzle I don’t know. Seriously, I don’t let myself do crosswords because my day disappears when I can’t come up with the...
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December 10, 2024 at 12:33 PM
Grateful to be included in Issue 36 of @antiheroinchic.bsky.social ! Thank you to the entire AHC team, especially James Diaz. Click through to read, "What It Takes to Solve a Crossword Puzzle," as well as work from outstanding artists around the globe.
heroinchic.weebly.com/blog/poetry-...
heroinchic.weebly.com/blog/poetry-...
When the close of another semester coincides with a Billy Collins reading in Cleveland.
December 3, 2024 at 2:46 PM
When the close of another semester coincides with a Billy Collins reading in Cleveland.
Gratitude = first poetry collection published August 30, 2024. Cover art by CLE area artist Megan Frankenfield. That's the Cleveland skyline--as if viewed through old factory windows--in the central lime green panels.
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And & And|Hardcover
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November 27, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Gratitude = first poetry collection published August 30, 2024. Cover art by CLE area artist Megan Frankenfield. That's the Cleveland skyline--as if viewed through old factory windows--in the central lime green panels.
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/and-and-bo...
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/and-and-bo...
If you’ve not read Patrick Radden Keefe, start with the Sackler/opioid book, then the Snakehead/immigration book, then Say Nothing. And THEN watch the Hulu Series. More & more, short series prove a better medium to adapt books than do movies.
(Say Nothing: 2019 Orwell Prize for Political Writing)
(Say Nothing: 2019 Orwell Prize for Political Writing)
November 21, 2024 at 2:15 AM
If you’ve not read Patrick Radden Keefe, start with the Sackler/opioid book, then the Snakehead/immigration book, then Say Nothing. And THEN watch the Hulu Series. More & more, short series prove a better medium to adapt books than do movies.
(Say Nothing: 2019 Orwell Prize for Political Writing)
(Say Nothing: 2019 Orwell Prize for Political Writing)