hannotek

Personal account for hannotek, #veteran and #poet in the #writingcommunity

[hannotek @VerseAndScrawl]

My latest poem launched today!

Many thanks to @CathexisNWPress for the honor of publication in their July/August 2026 issue.

#amwriting #poetry

[hannotek @VerseAndScrawl]

A haiku, delivered at the Richmond Haiku Deathmatch.

#haiku #poem

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https://t.co/k4lqN1EyGp

My latest #poem about life.

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https://t.co/Mxpnn5xBYt

“break these bones
but don’t paralyze me
so when I stand
I stumble and feel
the pain of your hatred with
every step.”

#poetry #writing

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https://t.co/Jp2KPuMQJK

Here’s the rough draft of chapter one for a new story I’m writing. Let me know what you think!

#fiction #writing

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My friend and mentor, Rob Piazza, Poet Laureate of Litchfield, Connecticut, has released a new book of #poetry!

Get your copy here 👇 https://t.co/lvOFQUcg3d

[hannotek @VerseAndScrawl]

The best question I’ve fielded today came from my youngest daughter, when she asked how someone could “break the wind.”

It seems she read it in a book and had no context for its meaning.

Once she understood, she giggled for a long time. 🤷‍♂️

[Academy of American Poets @POETSorg]

The color green flees over the grass
Like an insect, following the red sun over

The next hill. The grass is white.
There is no cloud so dark and white at once;
There is no pool at dawn that deepens

Their faces and thirsts as this does.

—James Dickey, born #OTD in 1923

https://t.co/vMyXvdMJqA

[Academy of American Poets @POETSorg]

Tomorrow,
I’ll be at the table
When company comes.
Nobody’ll dare
Say to me,
“Eat in the kitchen,”
Then.

Besides,
They’ll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed—

I, too, am America.

—Langston Hughes, born #OTD in 1901

https://t.co/Q0Y5KTVs5u

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Robert Haynes reads "I Am Grunt" https://t.co/gbGQtYdJSS via @YouTube

Here’s the official link for my poetry reading in November 2025. It was an honor to be invited for such an event!

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@AuthorGFAllen I do not look at book reviews. They’re subjective and spoil the read.

Also, I may love a book that others dislike. And even if it is bad, I’d rather experience that for myself and not start the book with preloaded negativity.

But, I do buys books based on recommendations.

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https://t.co/DiJU4ue3hJ

A #poem based on unsent letters written during the war.

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from “‘Artificial neurons can be trained to kill humans without humans overseeing’” by K. A. Hays
#PoemADay

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Is this flickering of wings only a shoal
of light particles, a quirk of perception?
Is it the dreamed summer hour of my childhood
shattered as by lightning lost in time?

—Inger Christensen, translated by Susanna Nied

https://t.co/i0TsIBcquR

[Mash is AGENTED 🚂🚂 @renatyev]

You know you’re a writer when your notes app is full of random lines and ideas that would make zero sense to anyone but yourself

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#NewProfilePic

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I’ve been notoriously late to everything socially important.

By the time I showed up for Twitter, it became X and many interesting people left.

By the time I tripped into LinkedIn, every entry-level job needed experience.

I’m still on Wordpress, writing poems into the aether.

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Trauma Bonding at the Five-Year Reunion https://t.co/q0yyvWBcM1 via @electriclit

“Five-Year Reunion” speaks to me on every level. #poetry

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https://t.co/OwYNFBdd2x

“If only you knew from what debris the poems grow.”

I will try this workshop approach with and prompt with my upcoming work.

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@mrmikeMTL People will hate you for who you are, no matter who you may be.