Poet. Editor of @NewVerseNews.bsky.social at http://newversenews.blogspot.com and https://thenewversenews.substack.com . Expat New Yorker living in Bali. he/him 🌈 💙 Story collection—Queer As Folk Tales—out now https://a.co/d/9GkGz81. https://jamespenha.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamespenha.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamespenha.bsky.social/post/3mqm5i6k5kc2ohttps://open.substack.com/pub/borowitzreport/p/mitch-mcconnell-trounces-trump-on?r=2g9dd&utm_medium=ios from Andy Borowitz14 Jul 2026 11:53 +0000at://did:plc:3gry666sdjgbh32pfbp2va33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqm5i6k5kc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jamespenha.bsky.social/post/3mqkwycadyk2hThanks to DJ Tyrer for hosting my true “tail” haiku at https://575haikujournal.wordpress.com/2026/07/13/haiku-by-james-penha-34/#like-8314 @literarycommunity.bsky.social @rodmannix.bsky.social @writingcommunity.bsky.social @literaryreport.bsky.social @literarybulletin.bsky.social @blueskypoetry.bsky.social14 Jul 2026 00:24 +0000at://did:plc:3gry666sdjgbh32pfbp2va33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqkwycadyk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamespenha.bsky.social/post/3mqkwufsg4k2hThanks to Andrew Holmes for hosting my #sciku on an Iliad finding. Sadly, the poem is all-too-relevant as a #newsku today. @literarycommunity.bsky.social @rodmannix.bsky.social @writingcommunity.bsky.social @literaryreport.bsky.social @literarybulletin.bsky.social @blueskypoetry.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Jul 2026 00:22 +0000at://did:plc:3gry666sdjgbh32pfbp2va33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqkwufsg4k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamespenha.bsky.social/post/3mqiilky3zs2oAndy Borowitz: https://open.substack.com/pub/borowitzreport/p/a-fact-based-lindsey-graham-obituary?r=2g9dd&utm_medium=ios13 Jul 2026 01:01 +0000at://did:plc:3gry666sdjgbh32pfbp2va33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqiilky3zs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jamespenha.bsky.social/post/3mqdqmksae22gThis just in from Kentucky: Senator Mitch McConnell is still… still.11 Jul 2026 03:42 +0000at://did:plc:3gry666sdjgbh32pfbp2va33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqdqmksae22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jamespenha.bsky.social/post/3mqbvpce4522zLove this poem-a-day about readng poetry by Margaret Rhee. https://poets.org/poem/letter-vii-remember-breathe10 Jul 2026 10:08 +0000at://did:plc:3gry666sdjgbh32pfbp2va33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqbvpce4522zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamespenha.bsky.social/post/3mq55nlkm322n@maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social is right about Ronna Bloom’s poem “Nobody’s Job” at @slowdownshow.org. It “is beautiful start to finish.” Killing really. https://www.slowdownshow.org/episode/2026/07/08/1554-nobodys-job-by-ronna-bloom08 Jul 2026 12:46 +0000at://did:plc:3gry666sdjgbh32pfbp2va33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq55nlkm322nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamespenha.bsky.social/post/3mq4v5dyijc22An important haibun by Yesenia Montilla at https://poets.org/poem/contemplations-while-holding-sunchokes-during-blizzard?utm_source=The+Academy+of+American+Poets&utm_campaign=c379c7352b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_11_12_07_39_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-c667c90d2e-369983902&mc_cid=c379c7352b&mc_eid=6e8d88df2008 Jul 2026 10:14 +0000at://did:plc:3gry666sdjgbh32pfbp2va33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq4v5dyijc22https://bsky.app/profile/jamespenha.bsky.social/post/3mpzkuclff22fIs there any doubt that Trump demoralized and jinxed the US team with his corrupt intervention with Infantino? [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Jul 2026 02:32 +0000at://did:plc:3gry666sdjgbh32pfbp2va33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpzkuclff22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamespenha.bsky.social/post/3mpzkh7etr22fThanks to Andrew Holmes for hosting my “Canopy Anyone?” sciku today at https://thescikuproject.com/2026/07/06/canopy-anyone/ @literarycommunity.bsky.social @rodmannix.bsky.social @writingcommunity.bsky.social @literaryreport.bsky.social @literarybulletin.bsky.social @blueskypoetry.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Jul 2026 02:25 +0000at://did:plc:3gry666sdjgbh32pfbp2va33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpzkh7etr22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamespenha.bsky.social/post/3mpzbmse3nk2dI’m thrilled to have my poem included in QLP’s first poetry drop! Thanks to poetry editor Riley M. Hollers for some wise suggestions. https://open.substack.com/pub/queerloveproject/p/poetry-drop-july-2026?r=2g9dd&utm_medium=ios @literarycommunity.bsky.social @rodmannix.bsky.social @writingcommunity.bsky.social @blueskypoetry.bsky.social06 Jul 2026 23:47 +0000at://did:plc:3gry666sdjgbh32pfbp2va33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpzbmse3nk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamespenha.bsky.social/post/3mpvue7kosc2yThanks to DJ Tyrer for hosting my all-too-true ku at https://575haikujournal.wordpress.com/2026/07/05/these-days/#like-8239 @literarycommunity.bsky.social @rodmannix.bsky.social @writingcommunity.bsky.social @literaryreport.bsky.social @literarybulletin.bsky.social @blueskypoetry.bsky.social05 Jul 2026 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:3gry666sdjgbh32pfbp2va33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpvue7kosc2y