A. Benét

poet. coffee lover. certified creative. MFA student | SDSU 🤎 words in @crabapplelit , @tinyspoonlitmag , @sageciggs & more.

[A. Benét @BenetTheWriter]

Baby’s first nomination!! Thank you for believing in my lil poem 🫶🏾 congrats to all the nominees!

[Sage Cigarettes #BLM - ON HIATUS @sageciggs]

“Portrait of a Girl as Salt & Silt” by @BenetTheWriter

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[Diode Editions 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 @DiodeEditions]

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[A. Benét @BenetTheWriter]

find me on here! I’m probably not going to be posting on here anymore 🫶🏾

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so excited to announce two of my poems published today in @DiodeEditions ! one of them being my manuscript’s title poem 🤗 read my poems and the whole issue on their site ✨

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been thinking about desire a lot lately so of course I turn to the great June Jordan

[A. Benét @BenetTheWriter]

i need to write a poem “gesturing the unsaid” and suddenly i don’t know any important objects

[A. Benét @BenetTheWriter]

form may just become my baby daddy 😏 the way these poems are just revealing themselves 🙂‍↕️

[lay: pinned? what pinned? @laymagdalene]

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[Chestnut Review @ChestnutReview]

Submit Submit Submit!
Just a reminder that the reading period for Chestnut Review’s Spring Issue is open. Submissions are free in most categories.
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[Kenyon Review @kenyonreview]

Poets! Our contest is open until Nov. 30. This year's final judge is @dlseuss. Please send us one poem—your favorite poem, the one you cannot stop thinking about, the one stashed away ready to make its way through the world.

All guidelines here:

https://t.co/0mewNFQ1Ef

[Hanif Abdurraqib @NifMuhammad]

I wrote a small essay for Sotheby’s about once being evicted and losing my sneakers, and what that taught me about wearing all of my pairs, even/especially if they crumble. Jay Guillion came to my house and took some photos of pairs I love.

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[New England Review @NERweb]

🚨 SUBMISSION GUIDELINES UPDATE 🚨

New England Review will close for poetry submissions this Thursday, October 24. We will continue to accept submissions in nonfiction and dramatic writing through November 1.

Learn more about our submission guidelines: https://t.co/NYNRyZdfuA

[A. Benét @BenetTheWriter]

submitted three poems today! #submit30

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I been writing dailies and have learned that inspiration is outside of my room 😭

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@BereketWriters That’s a good point I guess I’m being optimistic that the place I submitted to will accept it 😖

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late on #submit30 but i submitted yesterday and today!

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excited to announce that i have two poems forthcoming! one being the title poem for my chapbook! now i really gotta get serious bout this manuscript 😳

[A. Benét @BenetTheWriter]

@sylviasays2 @havehadhavehad I love this!

[Cave Canem @cavecanempoets]

Rest In Power Marcellus Khalifah Williams 🤍 In remembering Marcellus Williams, we honor the gifts he gave us through his poetry.

Featured poem: “At last…Another Heartbeat”. Written as a reflection of his loneliness during incarceration. Courtesy of the Innocence Project.