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Reading poems on Friday

A recording from Josh Datko's live video
Josh Datko
Jan 17, 2025
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Hey, I tried a substack live! Reading poems on Friday, what a nice thing to do! I really wish substack will let me RTMP stream though instead of just with the phone. Maybe someone out there with some connections can make this happen and I can use my nicer microphone next time!

Anyway, I wanted to keep this very casual as an experiment. Let me know what you thought and maybe next time I’ll schedule it!

I read the following poems:

Stranger Strands
Rat Tax
"Alpha, Alpha, answ— argh!" A man rang, a man pants, a last gasp, vast calm "Anna!" A man calls, drags, grabs sand and slabs "Allah!" A man chants, falls flat, ants awash And man-scraps calm rat's pangs, and gash gnaw as man pass. War hawks at masts, flags flap tall, Mars wants all Brass calls! War-ward! Man has bad hands at cards, man calls …
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4 days ago · 12 likes · 1 comment · Benno
The Violet Grove
The Big Fish
At midnight, the earth shakes — the artist sets aside his pillow and finds a starscape to his great surprise. In shock, he holds his breath, and spies between his fingertips — a stellar fish — and all the secrets starlight’s strikes have written on its scales. He sees with quiet clarity and sighs — it fills the world…
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3 days ago · 16 likes · 3 comments · Misty Violet
Null Point
Silent Revolutions
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8 days ago · 9 likes · 6 comments · Brock Eldon
Starving Lovers
Being Born
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6 days ago · 8 likes · 11 comments · Jeffrey Salem
Remnant and Shadow
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The Spaniard’s brass stirrups…
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4 days ago · 7 likes · Wil Price

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