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I’m ahead of last year’s writing pace.

I’m ahead of last year’s writing pace.

The one about journals and “published” work, looking back on your life, and the fallout of following your dreams....

The one about journals and “published” work, looking back on your life, and the fallout of following your dreams.

https://zdfs.com/2024-59/

A poem about Frank Stanford, reincarnation, and Death.https://zdfs.com/the-light-the-dead-see/

A poem about Frank Stanford, reincarnation, and Death.

https://zdfs.com/the-light-the-dead-see/

I have seasoned poets asking if I have a collection out AND every single journal I send work to rejecting my strongest poems right now.So....

I have seasoned poets asking if I have a collection out AND every single journal I send work to rejecting my strongest poems right now.

So. That’s great. Love that for me.

A poem about my father, Billy Collins, and what poetry is for. Join my newsletter!https://zdfs.com/we-found-apples-after/

A poem about my father, Billy Collins, and what poetry is for. Join my newsletter!

https://zdfs.com/we-found-apples-after/

Reading Frank Stanford really brings out that Ozark dawg in me.

Reading Frank Stanford really brings out that Ozark dawg in me.

An ode to the Great Doggo and to dogs everywhere. Praise dog. https://zdfs.com/anubis

An ode to the Great Doggo and to dogs everywhere. Praise dog.
https://zdfs.com/anubis

A post about the holiness of people, Thanksgiving, and scientists discovering Bilirubin in plants.https://zdfs.com/bilirubin/

A post about the holiness of people, Thanksgiving, and scientists discovering Bilirubin in plants.

https://zdfs.com/bilirubin/

A poem about bottlebrush trees, enlightenment, and forgiveness. https://zdfs.com/echo

A poem about bottlebrush trees, enlightenment, and forgiveness.

https://zdfs.com/echo

I applied to attend the Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference and just realized I referred to it as “Breadloaf” throughout the application....

I applied to attend the Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference and just realized I referred to it as “Breadloaf” throughout the application.

So RIP $25. Probably.

AI is the Joe Rogan of technical ideas.

AI is the Joe Rogan of technical ideas.

A poem about Evangelical purity culture, feeling yourself, and carrying shame. https://zdfs.com/shame/

A poem about Evangelical purity culture, feeling yourself, and carrying shame.

https://zdfs.com/shame/

I was in New Orleans this week for work. When I wasn’t looking, I found a poem in the streets and the rain. https://zdfs.com/spellbound/

I was in New Orleans this week for work. When I wasn’t looking, I found a poem in the streets and the rain.

https://zdfs.com/spellbound/

I better not see a single goddamned poet sign up for U.S. Poet Laureate with the Trump administration. I swear to god.

I better not see a single goddamned poet sign up for U.S. Poet Laureate with the Trump administration. I swear to god.

A poem about Sunny Day Real Estate, contractualism, and how I want Joe Rogan to shit himself to death.In this week’s post, I talk about...

A poem about Sunny Day Real Estate, contractualism, and how I want Joe Rogan to shit himself to death.

In this week’s post, I talk about poetry prompts and Richard Jackson and finding a poem out of disparate things.

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https://zdfs.com/to-change-everything/

Any witches or poets in New Orleans this week.

Any witches or poets in New Orleans this week.

Help, head. Help heart.

Help, head. Help heart.

New poem is out. Read the rest on https://zdfs.com/heart/. Membership is free. I can’t have my unpublished poems all over Al Gore’s...

New poem is out. Read the rest on https://zdfs.com/heart/. Membership is free. I can’t have my unpublished poems all over Al Gore’s Internet.

President Donkey Trump

President Donkey Trump

I’ve been writing poems every week for 18 months. Starting today, I’m posting first drafts to members of my site at https://zdfs.com....

I’ve been writing poems every week for 18 months. Starting today, I’m posting first drafts to members of my site at https://zdfs.com.

It’s free to sign up. Just can’t have my poems all over Al Gore’s Open Internet.