Marcus L. Kearns

| poet | queer | editor | A clementine tree that likes to bloom in winter. |

[兔兒神 @chenchenwrites]

trying to write essays that are essays and not just longer poems lol. but also what are essays and what are poems. but also i kinda do know. but also

[✨ Jaia Hamid Bashir ✨ @jaiaarana]

In the scramble between my friend’s astrological placements, grocery list, and unsaid words to my ex, there are beautiful lines about the moon.

[Jessica Nirvana Ram @jessnirvanapoet]

do yall know of poetry books about siblings? I feel like I don’t read books where poets write about their siblings and I’ve been writing about mine lately and would like some points of reference

[Variant Literature @VariantLit]

We're looking for volunteers https://t.co/0ZJcIy5GJS and hoping to connect with a lot of you interested in reading and/or editing for our mag/press, creating content on our social media platforms, and web design! There's a short google form on our site to fill out if interested!

[Phil Goldstein @philgoldstein]

"You *will* write that poem, goddamnit, and you *will* have it rejected by Nashville Review."

[TROUBLEMAKER FIRESTARTER @trblmkrfrstrtr]

i write poetry about men who disappoint me

[Marcus L. Kearns @marcuslynnk]

How I felt leaving @havehadhavehad a voicemail before it cut me off 2/3 of the way through. Google said I need to go back to revising to make some cuts

[The Pulitzer Prizes @PulitzerPrizes]

@hannahdreier @nytimes @stillsarita @NewYorker @sarahanneconway @city_bureau @invinst @Reuters @washingtonpost @katieengelhart @NYTmag @vkaramurza @JustinCChang @latimes @thedeadhandbook @AP @YohanceLacour @propublica @js_kaplan @JustinElliott @BrettMmurphy @Amierjeski @kirstenberg @missebonibooth @roundaboutnyc @BasicBooks @UTAustin @jonathaneig @fsgbooks @simonschuster @SimonBooks @criveragarza @HogarthBooks @randomhouse @UHouston Congratulations to Brandon Som, @GeorgiaReview, @UGAPress and @UCSanDiego. #Pulitzer

[Shenandoah @ShenandoahWLU]

Applications are now open for our Emerging Editor Fellowship! For more information and/or to submit an application, check out the link in our bio!🙂

[Mars @Marsadist]

Possibly the shortest thing I've ever written

[Bethany Jarmul @BethanyJarmul]

13 tips to SAVE TIME when submitting to literary magazines. 🧵

[Gabrielle Bates @GabrielleBates]

In 2024, @openpoetrybooks is offering a poetry book subscription service, curated by the incredible @LKTuffaha, and it’s going to be such a gift ♥️ Give it to yourself / give it to someone else / help spread the word https://t.co/S49bKNbPqT

[the lickety~split @olicketysplit]

Oeuf

hunger reaches for
satin sleeves pooling on
quartz countertops
cold vegetables
& their discarded seeds
lingering spiced air pushing
against a knotted canvas front
long shoulders, a piece of
bone hidden & wanting.
a little death & a little late lunch
wouldn’t hurt.

[Caroline Bird @CarolineBirdUK]

‘The earth shakes, and
I fall out of bed’

- by Mosab Abu Toha, the poet and essayist kidnapped today. We should all be reading his words. From his collection, ‘Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear’

[Moira Donegan @MoiraDonegan]

“What a Gazan Should Do During an Israeli Air Strike” by Mosab Abu Toha, a Palestinian poet who was kidnapped by Israel today.

[Marcus L. Kearns @marcuslynnk]

Last month, over 2,000 nurses across the U.S. protested unsustainable working conditions and staffing shortages.

Check out my recap of every nurses’ strike in September 2023: https://t.co/gcRYrRnI87

[Marcus L. Kearns @marcuslynnk]

My high school poetry teachers deserve so many gift baskets for what I made them go through.

[Marcus L. Kearns @marcuslynnk]

@finchfantasy I feel the same way, no scripts since 2020 🪦

[National Book Foundation @nationalbook]

An update on the host of the 2023 National Book Awards.

[Marcus L. Kearns @marcuslynnk]

Oregon has become the third state to pass a law mandating minimum staffing ratios for nurses in hospitals.

One of the state's nurses stated, “I’m thankful to now be one of the many nurses that can return safely to the bedside.”

Read here: https://t.co/QmJkjQYRsk