Despy Boutris

Writer/artist with work published in POETRY, Ploughshares, Copper Nickel, American Poetry Review, AGNI, & more. 🖤
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did i tell you guys my fiction collection is out? because my fiction collection is out. did i tell you?

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@ukedulac this is an incredible burn

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@handonthepulse exactly. the work is the whole point & what makes it worthwhile. i just can’t fathom heavy reliance on LLM in yr artistic practice bc its quite literally antithetical to any sense of joy/satisfaction/delicious friction that comes from the process of working to make meaningful art

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anyways. on the subject of using LLM to (re)write, i thought i just wanted to share the most perfect scene from hacks that captures how i feel beautifully

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@cornrowchuks thank you!

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i have a poem in THE split lip magazine this month <3

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"I hate you like vampires hate garlic, like oils
hate water, like dinosaurs hate meteorites—
what I’d give for one to crater you. I hate you"

The impeccable opening to Despy Boutris' HATE POEM WITHOUT A DROP OF HYPERBOLE IN IT, in our ✨ MAY ISSUE ✨: https://t.co/DTaVGNZ4R2

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help ignore my typo pls

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@norabird thank you!!

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@justin_karcher Thank you!

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@ToniJulietteLeo @splitlipthemag THANK YOU 🩷

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@ToniJulietteLeo Thank you so much :’)

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<3 grateful

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Congratulations to Despy Boutris, whose poem "'California Poem'" is a runner-up in the 2026 Zócalo Public Square Poetry Prize contest!
https://t.co/uSCoLQbqCk

[Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag]

"I hate you like vampires hate garlic, like oils
hate water, like dinosaurs hate meteorites—
what I’d give for one to crater you. I hate you"

The impeccable opening to Despy Boutris' HATE POEM WITHOUT A DROP OF HYPERBOLE IN IT, in our ✨ MAY ISSUE ✨: https://t.co/DTaVGNZ4R2

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@RylandonAux @dearfranchaelas they’re both straight and white what’s the need for it to be a bit secret lol

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@sydneyjanexo u must listen to his famous phone call to Ireland

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@emmywatts20 thank you i think

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i have a poem out in the newest split lip magazine!

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@Charli3M00r3 thank you!

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@gonelawn ty!

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@vabnt iconic

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if anyone needs anything fun to do in La tomorrow, look no further! i will be here selling zines and would love if you came

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Our MAY ISSUE is finally here. 🌼

WORDS by: E.P. Tuazon, @rennyxgong, Mary Liza Hartong, & Despy Boutris.

ART by: Christopher Dunlap.

PLUS: @CRSantantasio interviews Kate Broad.

✨️ Enjoy it all right here: https://t.co/30QFhA2YeE