mwschmeer
@mwschmeer.bsky.social
professor, poet, hack
teaching writing at JCCC since 2004
it's in the syllabus
teaching writing at JCCC since 2004
it's in the syllabus
Pinned
Complaining that studying literature in school ruins the pleasure of reading is like complaining that learning about sexual reproduction in science class ruins orgasms.
February 1, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Complaining that studying literature in school ruins the pleasure of reading is like complaining that learning about sexual reproduction in science class ruins orgasms.
Pro tip: if your insurance company runs national ads featuring celebrities, pro athletes, viral spokespeople, or animated characters, you might be paying too much for car, home, and/or life insurance.
(The exception is MetLife because yes, I'd buy life insurance from Snoopy.)
(The exception is MetLife because yes, I'd buy life insurance from Snoopy.)
December 28, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Pro tip: if your insurance company runs national ads featuring celebrities, pro athletes, viral spokespeople, or animated characters, you might be paying too much for car, home, and/or life insurance.
(The exception is MetLife because yes, I'd buy life insurance from Snoopy.)
(The exception is MetLife because yes, I'd buy life insurance from Snoopy.)
The Blues Brothers is the best musical film ever made, full stop.
December 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The Blues Brothers is the best musical film ever made, full stop.
𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
there is no plan
beyond just this:
bees for honey,
flies for shit.
#badmicropoetry #poetry
there is no plan
beyond just this:
bees for honey,
flies for shit.
#badmicropoetry #poetry
December 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
there is no plan
beyond just this:
bees for honey,
flies for shit.
#badmicropoetry #poetry
there is no plan
beyond just this:
bees for honey,
flies for shit.
#badmicropoetry #poetry
no one prays
to the god of
sporks except
drunks at KFC
& even then the
slaw goes every-
where but home
#badmicropoetry #poetry
to the god of
sporks except
drunks at KFC
& even then the
slaw goes every-
where but home
#badmicropoetry #poetry
October 27, 2025 at 7:31 PM
no one prays
to the god of
sporks except
drunks at KFC
& even then the
slaw goes every-
where but home
#badmicropoetry #poetry
to the god of
sporks except
drunks at KFC
& even then the
slaw goes every-
where but home
#badmicropoetry #poetry
Boosting this post because I'll be damned I didn't catch myself nodding my head in agreement as I read:
frankchimero.com/blog/2025/se...
frankchimero.com/blog/2025/se...
Frank Chimero · Selling Lemons
Frank Chimero’s Personal Website
frankchimero.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Boosting this post because I'll be damned I didn't catch myself nodding my head in agreement as I read:
frankchimero.com/blog/2025/se...
frankchimero.com/blog/2025/se...
outskirts math
+
first fall morning:
driveway cat unfurls
beneath Ford F150
-
sauce, sauce, squirrel
Cadet Cub circles
battered apple trees
x
morning splits air
lawn gurgles sludge:
septic tank leakage
÷
across the creek
my father's razor
rusts in silence
#badmicropoetry #poems
+
first fall morning:
driveway cat unfurls
beneath Ford F150
-
sauce, sauce, squirrel
Cadet Cub circles
battered apple trees
x
morning splits air
lawn gurgles sludge:
septic tank leakage
÷
across the creek
my father's razor
rusts in silence
#badmicropoetry #poems
September 24, 2025 at 2:11 AM
outskirts math
+
first fall morning:
driveway cat unfurls
beneath Ford F150
-
sauce, sauce, squirrel
Cadet Cub circles
battered apple trees
x
morning splits air
lawn gurgles sludge:
septic tank leakage
÷
across the creek
my father's razor
rusts in silence
#badmicropoetry #poems
+
first fall morning:
driveway cat unfurls
beneath Ford F150
-
sauce, sauce, squirrel
Cadet Cub circles
battered apple trees
x
morning splits air
lawn gurgles sludge:
septic tank leakage
÷
across the creek
my father's razor
rusts in silence
#badmicropoetry #poems
Fritz Leiber knew that capitalism run amok killed civilizations.
September 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Fritz Leiber knew that capitalism run amok killed civilizations.
August 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
July 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Reposted by mwschmeer
happy #smallpoemsunday! 💜
feel free to participate by posting small poems you wrote, +/or small poems you love by somebody else :)
leaning into “small = fits screen” today to share this 289-worder I’m so glad to have up at @havehashad.com, with much gratitude to the editors :)
feel free to participate by posting small poems you wrote, +/or small poems you love by somebody else :)
leaning into “small = fits screen” today to share this 289-worder I’m so glad to have up at @havehashad.com, with much gratitude to the editors :)
June 22, 2025 at 2:04 PM
happy #smallpoemsunday! 💜
feel free to participate by posting small poems you wrote, +/or small poems you love by somebody else :)
leaning into “small = fits screen” today to share this 289-worder I’m so glad to have up at @havehashad.com, with much gratitude to the editors :)
feel free to participate by posting small poems you wrote, +/or small poems you love by somebody else :)
leaning into “small = fits screen” today to share this 289-worder I’m so glad to have up at @havehashad.com, with much gratitude to the editors :)
Reposted by mwschmeer
June 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
a drop of ink
spreads out
in a glass
of water;
a log rots
in the woods
& the universe
expands in
whatever
cradle rocks
the universe
to dreaming
while babies
sleep & light-
houses break
beneath waves,
salt drying on
so many cheeks.
#badmicropoetry #poetry
spreads out
in a glass
of water;
a log rots
in the woods
& the universe
expands in
whatever
cradle rocks
the universe
to dreaming
while babies
sleep & light-
houses break
beneath waves,
salt drying on
so many cheeks.
#badmicropoetry #poetry
June 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
a drop of ink
spreads out
in a glass
of water;
a log rots
in the woods
& the universe
expands in
whatever
cradle rocks
the universe
to dreaming
while babies
sleep & light-
houses break
beneath waves,
salt drying on
so many cheeks.
#badmicropoetry #poetry
spreads out
in a glass
of water;
a log rots
in the woods
& the universe
expands in
whatever
cradle rocks
the universe
to dreaming
while babies
sleep & light-
houses break
beneath waves,
salt drying on
so many cheeks.
#badmicropoetry #poetry
May 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
28 slightly rude notes on writing
www.experimental-history.com/p/28-slightl...
www.experimental-history.com/p/28-slightl...
28 slightly rude notes on writing
OR: catapulting myself into a pit of tarantulas
www.experimental-history.com
April 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
28 slightly rude notes on writing
www.experimental-history.com/p/28-slightl...
www.experimental-history.com/p/28-slightl...
my third grade teacher
mrs. nelson was right
that nothing can
brighten your mood
like a good scratch-
n-sniff sticker so
maybe give one or
two to your local
neighborhood blow-
hard but not the
poop one because
jesus what kind of
message are you
trying to send?
#badmicropoetry #poetry
mrs. nelson was right
that nothing can
brighten your mood
like a good scratch-
n-sniff sticker so
maybe give one or
two to your local
neighborhood blow-
hard but not the
poop one because
jesus what kind of
message are you
trying to send?
#badmicropoetry #poetry
April 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
my third grade teacher
mrs. nelson was right
that nothing can
brighten your mood
like a good scratch-
n-sniff sticker so
maybe give one or
two to your local
neighborhood blow-
hard but not the
poop one because
jesus what kind of
message are you
trying to send?
#badmicropoetry #poetry
mrs. nelson was right
that nothing can
brighten your mood
like a good scratch-
n-sniff sticker so
maybe give one or
two to your local
neighborhood blow-
hard but not the
poop one because
jesus what kind of
message are you
trying to send?
#badmicropoetry #poetry
the rich these days
want a new gilded age
yet have nothing
but trailer-trash tastes
with dollar-store
bric-a-brac
spray painted gold
shoved in every
conceivable space
& their hearts are
as empty as the words
that they weave
building temples
at Narcissius' feet
#badmicropoetry #poetry #doggerel
want a new gilded age
yet have nothing
but trailer-trash tastes
with dollar-store
bric-a-brac
spray painted gold
shoved in every
conceivable space
& their hearts are
as empty as the words
that they weave
building temples
at Narcissius' feet
#badmicropoetry #poetry #doggerel
April 17, 2025 at 12:56 AM
the rich these days
want a new gilded age
yet have nothing
but trailer-trash tastes
with dollar-store
bric-a-brac
spray painted gold
shoved in every
conceivable space
& their hearts are
as empty as the words
that they weave
building temples
at Narcissius' feet
#badmicropoetry #poetry #doggerel
want a new gilded age
yet have nothing
but trailer-trash tastes
with dollar-store
bric-a-brac
spray painted gold
shoved in every
conceivable space
& their hearts are
as empty as the words
that they weave
building temples
at Narcissius' feet
#badmicropoetry #poetry #doggerel
April 16, 2025 at 12:26 PM
437 IBM Way
there's a small house
in the code set, a soft
space to rest during
furious sessions where
you can shut the door
& breathe & perhaps nap
before the usual shady
characters drag you back
to work with bullets & clubs
& daggers saying type
faster dammit type faster
#badmicropoetry #poetry
there's a small house
in the code set, a soft
space to rest during
furious sessions where
you can shut the door
& breathe & perhaps nap
before the usual shady
characters drag you back
to work with bullets & clubs
& daggers saying type
faster dammit type faster
#badmicropoetry #poetry
April 16, 2025 at 2:25 AM
437 IBM Way
there's a small house
in the code set, a soft
space to rest during
furious sessions where
you can shut the door
& breathe & perhaps nap
before the usual shady
characters drag you back
to work with bullets & clubs
& daggers saying type
faster dammit type faster
#badmicropoetry #poetry
there's a small house
in the code set, a soft
space to rest during
furious sessions where
you can shut the door
& breathe & perhaps nap
before the usual shady
characters drag you back
to work with bullets & clubs
& daggers saying type
faster dammit type faster
#badmicropoetry #poetry
_never let the bastards get you down_
from acres of processed bullshit
flowers burst wildly to blossom
#badmicropoetry #poetry
from acres of processed bullshit
flowers burst wildly to blossom
#badmicropoetry #poetry
April 3, 2025 at 12:16 PM
_never let the bastards get you down_
from acres of processed bullshit
flowers burst wildly to blossom
#badmicropoetry #poetry
from acres of processed bullshit
flowers burst wildly to blossom
#badmicropoetry #poetry
nuzzled by mist
the coyote trots
through 6 a.m.
intersections, tongue
dangling, panting
beneath a moon
indifferent as blue
Hyundais idling
at lights aching
to flash green
as deer amble
the high school
baseball field
& a jogger stops
to take note of
her twitching calf
#badmicropoetry #poetry
March 30, 2025 at 11:20 PM
nuzzled by mist
the coyote trots
through 6 a.m.
intersections, tongue
dangling, panting
beneath a moon
indifferent as blue
Hyundais idling
at lights aching
to flash green
as deer amble
the high school
baseball field
& a jogger stops
to take note of
her twitching calf
#badmicropoetry #poetry