Josette Akresh-Gonzales

If you’re leaving Twitter, find me and my poems and announcements at my website josettepoet.com

@Read_Instead Back on Twitter just to reply to this tweet … what is this “from Earth” business? Where else could I possibly be? 🤣

@Read_Instead I had a dream last night that I met a woman who looked exactly like my Grandma Lillie. I started flipping through photo albums to find a picture of her to show the woman, who really didn’t care but was being polite.

@mppai @booksmithtweets It was so exciting to read at my favorite bookstore and see you in the audience! 🥰

Last night I got to see my favorite poet, @Vivakresh, read her work at my favorite bookstore, @booksmithtweets, and it was such a good time!

Our Contributors are not just an essential part of our conference, they offer a brilliant range of writing. On the afternoon of Friday, June 23, we hope you'll join us for this introduction to their work! Register here: yetzirahpoets.org/.../2023-inaug…

This Thursday! June 15 eventbrite.com/e/deborah-schw…

Worrye not about being productyve, for thou art not a product. Thou art a star daunsinge yn a hopeful skye. Thou art a signal blinking across centuryes and worldes. Thou art a song performid onlye once but perfectlye. Thy tyme ys unquantifiable.

Toad and Frog went for a long walk. They walked across a large meadow. They walked in the woods. They walked along the river

Terrific seats for @TheMoth Grand Slam — so excited!

Second answer is from Janelle Monáe, who sings: “everything is sex except sex which is power”

Answer 1 is a quote from @JoyLadin: “the immanent, female aspect of God…the divine Shekhinah is invisible and dwells within human bodies that do not reflect or express who she is, and persists no matter how little she is recognized or welcomed in the world.”

@tupelopress 30/30 day 5 poem 5…a riddle, a poem…two possible answers to this riddle …

I’m so excited and happy to be included in this inaugural event!

I’ve done all of these at various times … probably should pick one strategy and try it for a while 🤷🏻‍♀️

@HilaRatzabi @Read_Instead @NotAtAWP It was such a great reading and discussion — can’t wait for the next one!

@Read_Instead @NotAtAWP @Vivakresh It was so wonderful, I can’t wait to keep the conversation going!

My local library has at least one copy, and I’m sure you can find one in yours. If you’re interested in buying this important first-of-its-kind anthology, here’s a link to it: haymarketbooks.org/books/1459-cho…

Many many thanks to Annie Finch @anniefinchpoet for creating this book — I feel so lucky that she included my poem in it.

I’m doing a reading and Q&A tonight online with SUNY Buffalo’s Social Justice Book Club, called “Choice Words: A Conversation with Contributors”!

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