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Matthew Murrey
@mytwords.bsky.social
Poet (BULLETPROOF - Jacar Press in 2019 and LITTLE JOY - Cornerstone Press in 2026), retired school librarian, and Midwest transplant from Florida long, long ago. he/him/his
More at https://www.matthewmurrey.net/
#poetsonbluesky
ChaplinGPT definitely recommends the shoe.
November 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
My second poetry collection - LITTLE JOY - is coming out from Cornerstone Press in January! I'm so happy about this. Click on the link to pre-order.

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November 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
and...
November 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
If only there were some way to set this aright. 🤔
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#spellingbeegripes #spellingbee
November 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
You've got twelve days to get some SPF 50.
November 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Speaking of generalissimo...
November 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Fixed it.
November 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
November 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
At least Pride Day here in Urbana, Illinois was a lovely event. Big crowd, joyful participants and observers. It was wonderful to march with the @dylanthomasblaha.bsky.social contingent. He's running as a Democrat to defeat Democrat @budzinski.house.gov a neoliberal supporter of the genocide.
October 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
My @newyorker.com poetry submission turned 2 this weekend 🎂. I would have pulled it months ago, but now I'm just curious how old it will get. Many other journals have figured out how to deal with the deluge of submissions (monthly caps, periodic closures, etc) but not the New Yorker. Sigh...
October 27, 2025 at 10:37 AM
What's the best name for the gaudy and offensive ballroom that Trump is having set up on the ruins of the historic East Wing of the White House which he is having demolished?

a) The Speer Ballroom
b) The Flight 93 Ballroom
c) The Epstein Ballroom
October 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Long ago I had a braid (see photo below), and then I didn't. My poem about it, came out in 1994 in a now defunct journal. Much thanks to @doublebackreview.bsky.social for giving it a second run. doublebackreview.com/issue-7-2-oc... BTW, my newborn in the photo is now 34 yrs old.
October 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM
William Gropper, The Have and the Have Nots, 1954–1956

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#NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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October 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Getting hard to tell them apart--a kind of Fujiwhara effect of Zionism and fascism. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
October 2, 2025 at 12:19 AM
What's your sign?
September 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Tony Blair edged out the competition for who the "West" wants to put in charge of Gaza after its annihilation is complete. Sources noted that it came down to who had the greater appetite for blood, stating, "There was no competition there." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
September 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
September 23, 2025 at 11:47 AM
All those in favor of genocide please raise your hand. No partisanship on that issue. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
September 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I couldn't help but notice this. Usually, mass-murders like Rubio just wear suits, so this was an interesting choice. www.npr.org/2025/09/14/n...
September 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Of course, DHS would never post this one which conveys the exact opposite of what their brownshirts are up to. www.nrm.org/2014/02/gold...
August 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
They keep mentioning that Hurricane Erin is big. They're not kidding. cdn.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES19/ABI/S...
August 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I've seen this movie before.
August 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM
September 11, 1973 featured another "stunt" and "distraction." www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
August 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM