cleveland poet
@clevelandpoet
poetry * cookies * whiskey * wrestling * museums * horror movies * vinyl * art * coffee not necessarily in that order. he/him
book 9 6:40 to Montreal by Eva Jurczyk Narrated by Allyson Morgan A clear homage to Agatha Christie. Loved the premise of a stranded, locked train mystery. Quirky characters and twists. It almost veered a little too far into having to suspend disbelief but was a quick and fun read. #booksky 💙📚
when i open a google doc in my #poetry folder titled “6 different ways” to find the only thing in there is one line “six different ways”
book 7 The Story of Art Without Men by Katy Hessel. Accessible and engaging. Felt like bite sized details because of the scope of the book. #Booksky
book 6: Taaqtumi: An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories. great atmosphere throughout. favs: *Wheetago War II: *Summoners *Utiqtuq *Sila *The Wildest Game #booksky 💙📚
book 5 Roadside Picnic by By Arkady & Boris Strugatsky Science fiction/magical realism that gets in and gets out swiftly. The world building is amazing. Great atmosphere. Gritty, moody, and often humorous. I genuinely feared for the mc throughout #Booksky 📚💙
book 4 Old Soul by Susan Barker The story grips you and has a fantastic way of creating an unease that feels like it creeps just beyond the page. Such beautiful imagery throughout. Explores mythos, free will, memory, life, the obsession/desperation of being alive. Weird and unsettling. #booksky 💙📚
fuck it it’s freezing and snowy and the world is bleak so we watching the thing (1982)
sometimes standing outside with your doggo in the morning as he runs around the side of a mountain is the poem
yesterday @seiu.org members of @seiulocal1.bsky.social came together to support each other and have their solidarity be seen. #Unions #UnionsForAll
august reading round up by @thestorygraph.com didn’t quite nail the #SealeyChallenge
day 1: 50 Things Kate Bush Taught Me About The Multiverse by Karyna McGlynn “I want you to spend the rest of your life / hearing my song ripping through chimneys” 💙📚 #SealeyChallenge #poetry
book 28: You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron A YA slasher that plays w/the tropes of the genre. more humor than straight horror. Good for those wanting to dip their toes in the genre. Hewot Tedla did an excellent job with the audiobook. Quick, entertaining summer read. ⭐️⭐️⭐️.75 💙📚
book 27 The Hormone of Darkness: A Playlist by Tilsa Otta “I’m making friends with a black hole and I see him every afternoon but deep down I don’t love him and I don’t know where he’s going to take me” this collection is tender and transgressive. out of foucus and sharp. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 📚💙
book 26 I loved this odd, yet scarily familiar world. The writing switches from very simplistic to beautifully poetic, almost lyrical. humor & weirdness float in a novel that explores the roles of love, self preservation and responsibility as the world hurtles toward apocalypse ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 📚💙
book 25: Unaccompanied by Javier Zamora haunting and beautiful and meaningful in today’s political wasteland. filled with powerful and intimate poems. a confrontation on the losses that build and build. Favs: Instructions for my funeral Dancing in Buses How to Enlist June 10, 1989
i’m sure this won’t be a mistake. #NowWatching evil laugh (1986) #horror
perfect memorial day viewing: shock waves. in honor of Peter Cushing’s birthday. #HorrorSky
book 24 American Street by Ibi Zoboi A beautiful multilayered story. Full of grit, emotion and authenticity. Character driven with a thread of magical realism throughout. A reminder to always remember who you are and to keep hope inside you. 📚💙
book 23 The Best American Poetry 2024 by David Lehman and Mary Jo Salter i struggled to get into this, maybe it just wasn’t the right time for me to read? no poem truly leapt from the page to burrow in my head or my heart fav: THE MAN WITH THE YELLOW BALLOON by Matthew Yeager 📚💙