Tom Kelly

Writer in Tallahassee. Creative Writing Doctorate ‘22. Recently in @redividermag @litmagazine @ninthletter

[Tom Kelly @tomvkelly]

big thx to hobart and anna dorn for getting these poems out into the world. i've never had a lake in my home irl. i had a mushroom growing out of my shower once though.

[Tom Kelly @tomvkelly]

@MichaelaOkla Fight No More by Lydia Millet — interlinked stories about a realtor in LA & her different clients

[mimi ⸆⸉ ❤️‍🔥 @watchinwisteria]

I'm going to tell every republican I meet that I am voting for Kamala Harris because Taylor Swift told me too just so I can watch them combust

[Tom Kelly @tomvkelly]

@crowjonah my fav Appleseed cast record is mare vitalis but two conversations was also pretty good

[Tom Kelly @tomvkelly]

I’m writing some v strange & zany poems about my cats. What are some venues that enjoy a good cat poem?

[Tom Kelly @tomvkelly]

@SandmanSimonds I’ve been trying to for years but hardly anyone bites. Over the last seven/eight years, most of the funnies became unfunny, died, or stopped publishing.

[Tom Kelly @tomvkelly]

https://t.co/el8AiBjd62

New piece up at @SequestrumLit. This is the focal point of the manuscript I'm shopping. Thanks to Ralph Cooper for giving it a home <3

[Tom Kelly @tomvkelly]

i also received a message this morning from my editor that he'd submitted to our journal

[rie ꫂ ၴႅၴ @andrea_on_x]

Do random checks on your works to see if others have also pub'd it under their own names. Our fave serial plagiarist showed up this morning. So far, the piece has only been pub'd under the original writer (who was notified by me), but give it time.

[Tom Kelly @tomvkelly]

@CityofTLH 😢

[Tom Kelly @tomvkelly]

got attacked by a duck over a pack of peanut m&ms. how’s everyone else’s afternoon?

[Tom Kelly @tomvkelly]

@erinmhk my brain auto-corrected this to trauma szn 😅

[Tom Kelly @tomvkelly]

@SandmanSimonds Thank you!!

[Tom Kelly @tomvkelly]

made it to five years sober. think i'm gonna treat myself to an xl slurpee later and maybe a pizza to power through grading :)

[Tom Kelly @tomvkelly]

i’m a weirdo who likes reading a v specific type of poetry, so i think it would be unfair for me to weigh in on the ocean debate

but it’s unsettling to see how quickly ppl have turned on him. also, why all this aggro energy on one writer?

[mx. spiritual tramp of 1948 @winterlonger]

genuinely what did taylor mean by this

[Tom Kelly @tomvkelly]

as a writer, liking what i like & disliking what I dislike & not putting the latter all over the internet has done wonders for my emotional wellbeing, js

[Tom Kelly @tomvkelly]

it is my half birthday and I am accepting half presents!

[Tom Kelly @tomvkelly]

is being a national poet during national poetry month kind of like being the turkey on thanksgiving, Santa Claus on Christmas, Cupid on Valentine’s Day???

[krys malcolm belc @krysmalcolmbelc]

i see the lit mag publishing convo happening rn forking, one side saying publish a million pieces anywhere you like, the other, hoard work and only publish in the fanciest journals. for me a strategy that sits between these works really nicely.

[Tom Kelly @tomvkelly]

too tired to choose this type of violence, but a redacted version would definitely include myself & whatever was haunting my phd apartment 😬

[Tom Kelly @tomvkelly]

had a dream I personally rejected the New Yorker