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Seventh poetry collection in September from https://www.broadstonebooks.com. First fiction collection, Transit, available now. www.jdsmithwriter.com.
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Twelve days until publication. Use the code POETS24 for a 25 percent discount. #booksky #ecopoetry #poetry www.broadstonebooks.com/shop/p/the-p...
If you purchase, please use the code POETS24 to receive a 20 percent discount.
Something for the #booksky #writingcommunity. Please feel free to get in touch if you have any questions.
Thank you very much for your kind words. John www.jdsmithwriter.com
There is still time to preorder before the September 15 publication date. #BookSky #poetry #ecopoetry www.broadstonebooks.com/shop/p/the-p...
Logical fallacies recently spotted in the wild: i) false disjunction ii) hasty generalization (aka small sample bias), iii) post hoc argument, iv) ad hominem attack.
Putting this book together made me realize how much I think about salamanders. www.broadstonebooks.com/shop/p/the-p...
www.broadstonebooks.com/shop/p/the-p...
My next book (link in the first comment) is registered with the Authors Guild as Human Authored. GenAI delenda est. authorsguild.org/human-author...
OMGGGG that feeling when you open an email to find a DREAM response! An absolute DREAM response!!! The excitement is REAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #writingcommunity #kidlit #publishing #5amwritersclub #library #books #author #agents #editors #onsubmission #scbwi #booksky
At the link is the Kickstarter campaign for Tough Poets Review. Issue 1 includes my poem "My Life in Gunshots". www.kickstarter.com/projects/186...
Pre-orders are being shipped, and some have arrived. If you like this book, please feel to tell everyone. If you do purchase this collection, please make sure to use the code POETS24 to get a 20 percent discount. www.broadstonebooks.com/shop/p/the-p...
A poem and note published on Saturday. formalverse.com/2025/08/23/j...
Poetry for our troubled times, including work first published in @Terrainorg and @Harvard_Review Online. www.broadstonebooks.com/shop/p/the-p...
A poem and a comment. formalverse.com/2025/08/23/j...
Once you've trafficked children, perjury isn't much of a lift. www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
Copies mailed. I'll be doing a lot of that in the next week or so.
About to go to the post office to mail review copies. #poetry #poetrycommunity #ecopoetry About to go to the post office and mail review copies of this here book. www.broadstonebooks.com/shop/p/the-p...
I welcome suggestions for bookstores, events, and reading venues. In addition, instructors with an interest in ecopoetry may wish to use this collection. I am also open to in-person or virtual book club discussions.
A reminder that this is a thing. That you can buy. With money. Use the code POETS24 to get a twenty percent discount. I apologize for the repetition, but I'm not always sure what gets through the algorithm. www.broadstonebooks.com/shop/p/the-p...
On this date in 1998, my first collection, The Hypothetical Landscape, was accepted for publication by the Quarterly Review of Literature Poetry Series. Now I have unboxed my seventh poetry collection. What a long, strange trip it's been. www.broadstonebooks.com/shop/p/the-p...
ICE in Southwest DC this morning. Two laborers taken. ICE also in the plaza of my complex yesterday. I need to spend more time on the balcony.
This book is now real. www.broadstonebooks.com/shop/p/the-p...
Book outside the box with glass of water. Some books are sparkling wine books, but this one is not. It is quite sober, addressing the polycrisis in general and its environmental aspects in particular.
Tomorrow is now today. Please continue to brace yourselves.
Ye gods. Horrendous. #AuthoritarianUSA
It looks like author's copies are coming tomorrow. Please brace yourselves for an unboxing picture or two. www.broadstonebooks.com/shop/p/the-p...
The same applies to book clubs. After the end of September I can be very flexible in scheduling.
If you are an educator, you may wish to use my collection. Poems in the collection address the environment, politics, and social issues. I am available for in-person and virtual discussions. Use the code POETS24 at checkout to get a 20 percent discount. www.broadstonebooks.com/shop/p/the-p...
Like anybody in any story could ever actually be named John Smith.
Looking for poet recommendations! I love: Mary Oliver, William Stafford, Wendy Cope, Frank O'Hara, Naomi Shihab Nye. Starting every morning by reading a poem. then a few minutes of freewriting (poetry, scene, dialog, stream-of-consciousness writing...just for myself (not for sharing). #PoetrySky
A little DC news. www.npr.org/2025/08/16/n...
Ecopoetry and other poetry for the polycrisis. www.broadstonebooks.com/shop/p/the-p...
ICYMI. My seventh collection is now available.
This is now a thing. That you can buy. With money. Use code POETS24 to get a discount. www.broadstonebooks.com/shop/p/the-p...
This ecopoetry collection may not become available on the big online sellers. Their loss. www.broadstonebooks.com/shop/p/the-p...
What to do When Your Publisher Dies #WritingCommunity shoptalk crimereads.com/what-to-do-w...
If you don't have a substantial book budget, you can ask your library to acquire this collection. www.broadstonebooks.com/shop/p/the-p...
If you don't have a substantial book budget, you can ask your library to acquire this collection.
My seventh poetry collection, The Place That Is Coming to Us, is now available. The collection consists largely of ecopoetry. If you purchase, please be sure to use the POETS24 code to obtain a 20 percen discount. www.broadstonebooks.com/shop/p/the-p...
My seventh collection, consisting largely of ecopoetry, is now available from Broadstone Books. www.broadstonebooks.com/shop/p/the-p...
Today's DC news reminds me of why this book is necessary. www.amazon.com/Silence-Cons...
The relationship between White House policy and actual crime in DC. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Atks...
Greetings from Occupied DC, where we still haven't seen the Epstein files.
🩸📚 SQUIRRELS - a twisted dark horror comedy creature feature 💙📚 books2read.com/b/mvwBol Ravenous flesh-eating squirrels invade a small Ontario town as an innovative peanut processing plant nears its grand opening. #horror #squirrels #canada #ontario #darkhumor #darkcomedy #creaturefeatures #books
This one. asterismbooks.com/product/tran...
I am available for interviews and blog/Substack tours on my next collection, to be published on September 15. #ecopoetry
Preorder information coming soon. #ecopoetry
The cover of my forthcoming ecopoetry collection.
ICYMI, a new poem online at Veritas Journal, with a reference to Annie Lennox. veritasjournal.org/2025/07/22/r...
A new poem online. Thanks to Veritas Journal for posting. veritasjournal.org/2025/07/22/r...
ICYMI
Small changes may remain, but this is essentially the cover.
I now have final proofs for my next poetry collection, The Place That Is Coming to Us, set for September 15 publication by Broadstone Books (broadstonebooks.com). Pre-order information coming soon.
Thanks to literary superhero Richard Peabody for including me in the new Gargoyle. Come for my two poems and stay for a whole lot more. gargoylemagazine.com/j-d-smith/
Come for my two poems and stay for a whole lot more. gargoylemagazine.com/j-d-smith/
Two months from today is the publication date of my next collection. Pre-order information coming soon. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions.
#ICYMI, a poem on #LasVegas. formalverse.com/2025/07/14/j...
A poem involving Monday and Las Vegas. formalverse.com/2025/07/14/j...
Spreading the word is one of the best ways to get books into the hands of other readers and help authors. So, thanks, wonderful readers/reviewers! Five Hearts to YOU! 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷 #thanks #booklovers #books #bookworm #readingcommunity #readers #reading #author #avidreader #avidreaders #WeLoveOurReaders
A skewed sample. What if there were heavier doughnuts?
Goodnight, writers. You are allowed to rest without producing. Your value is not a word count. #WritingCommunity #AmReading #AmWriting #AmQuerying #IndieAuthor #AuthorsOfTwitter #WIP
The Enabling Act was passed on March 23, 1933. The Night of the Long Knives was June 30, 1934. Something to consider.
The cover for my next poetry collection, forthcoming in September from Broadstone Books.
Liking to follow. I am stumped.
Some political actors in the United States apparently want to create a civilian-led version of the National Security State comparable to last century's military-led version in South America. pages.ucsd.edu/~dmares/Nati...
Today in DC, it's so hot that I can't come up with a punchline.
A poem that touches on war and masculinity. formalverse.com/2025/06/23/s...
My seventh poetry collection, The Place That Is Coming to Us, is scheduled for September 15 publication by Broadstone Books. Suggestions on reading venues and review possibilities are welcome, and I can send an uncorrected proof to interested parties.
#ICMYI #Poetry for our troubled times.
Have we learned nothing? #booksky #ai
I have two poems in this timely collection. www.amazon.com/Silence-Cons...
This long-distance dedication goes out to Donnie in DC from Vlad in Moscow and Bennie in Jerusalem. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZnZ...
Today I observed Taco Tuesday in front of the White House at Lafayette Square Park. Weather permitting, I plan to do so next week.
The 2025 Conference Photo! We are new to Bluesky so please help us find our friends!
Another video comes to mind. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xmc...
Did today's parade amount to #FyreFestival DC?
#albertcamus #booksky📚💙
Today is giving off a Pickett's Charge vibe.
This video comes to mind. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOBF...
A peaceful and joyous #NoKingsDay to those who observe.
We’ve uncovered fraud, waste, and abuse! ICE has now exceeded its congressionally approved budget. ICE is violating the Antideficiency Act by spending beyond Congressional authorization.
Judge Orders Release Of Harvard Scientist Held By ICE Since February https://twp.ai/4ioMCT
LA Tenants Union is saying they found where ICE is staying now, call and email ESPECIALLY if you often stay at Marriott and are willing to boycott the chain over this!
That first sentence may need to go on T-shirts.
I agree with your larger point, but I'm getting more of a Nero vibe.
I currently live in DC and feel that we are occupied.
What street is that? I can't keep up with the time lapse.
Alannis Morissette may have to update the song.
Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government. No one has heard from you in 89 days. As vigil, I’m posting a photo (or video) of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
A little after 5 p.m., some Hill staffers seemed to be bringing food back to the Capitol. This suggests a late night for them.
And if they arrest you, don't answer any questions! Demand to see a lawyer!
From a friend in Torrence, California
