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/3mvussznb5s2lhttps://youtube.com/watch?v=zHg91DVRNj8 Enlightening and fascinating and not what we usually hear about guns.19 Sep 2026 13:42 +0000at://did:plc:3gry666sdjgbh32pfbp2va33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvussznb5s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamespenha.bsky.social/post/3mvoge4tuwc27Thanks to DJ Tyrer for hosting my #newshaibun at 5-7-5 Haiku Journal today. https://575haikujournal.wordpress.com/2026/09/16/haibun-for-those-who-have-died-in-ice-custody-so-far-in-2026/ @literarycommunity.bsky.social @rodmannix.bsky.social @writingcommunity.bsky.social @literaryreport.bsky.social @literarybulletin.bsky.social @blueskypoetry.bsky.social17 Sep 2026 00:43 +0000at://did:plc:3gry666sdjgbh32pfbp2va33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvoge4tuwc27https://bsky.app/profile/jamespenha.bsky.social/post/3mvmyh6ypo223https://yalereview.org/article/rachel-eliza-griffiths-driving-past-my-father?utm_source=The+Yale+Review&utm_campaign=25f34008d7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_09_01_06_13_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-64d8dd694e-613402166&mc_cid=25f34008d7&mc_eid=3bb1573c9b A remarkable poem.16 Sep 2026 11:02 +0000at://did:plc:3gry666sdjgbh32pfbp2va33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvmyh6ypo223https://bsky.app/profile/jamespenha.bsky.social/post/3mvgtanj4ec2wPlease listen to me read my poem “Under the Falls” at the Niagara Falls Poetry Project https://niagarapoetry.ca/2023/01/15/under/ @niagarapoetry.bsky.social @literarycommunity.bsky.social @writingcommunity.bsky.social @literaryreport.bsky.social @literarybulletin.bsky.social @blueskypoetry.bsky.social14 Sep 2026 00:13 +0000at://did:plc:3gry666sdjgbh32pfbp2va33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvgtanj4ec2whttps://bsky.app/profile/jamespenha.bsky.social/post/3mv7m2s6il22ahttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/10/secret-systems-used-by-israel-in-mass-killings-of-gaza-civilians-revealed-in-new-film?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other11 Sep 2026 03:16 +0000at://did:plc:3gry666sdjgbh32pfbp2va33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv7m2s6il22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jamespenha.bsky.social/post/3mv3jyasgmc2shttps://youtu.be/bcXyq_sE39M?si=91aNDFL7szsGz-vi09 Sep 2026 12:28 +0000at://did:plc:3gry666sdjgbh32pfbp2va33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3jyasgmc2s