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/3mttdpb4pbk2khttps://youtube.com/watch?v=r1-zHHbZb2U Here’s what DemSoc is all about!24 Aug 2026 12:49 +0000at://did:plc:3gry666sdjgbh32pfbp2va33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttdpb4pbk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/jamespenha.bsky.social/post/3mtrwkufqms2iThanks to Roberta Beach Jacobson for hosting my haiku at Five Fleas Itchy Poetry tonight. https://fivefleas.blogspot.com/2026/08/evening-of-august-23-2026.html @literarycommunity.bsky.social @rodmannix.bsky.social @writingcommunity.bsky.social @literaryreport.bsky.social @literarybulletin.bsky.social @blueskypoetry.bsky.social23 Aug 2026 23:21 +0000at://did:plc:3gry666sdjgbh32pfbp2va33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtrwkufqms2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jamespenha.bsky.social/post/3mto6ucn2wk2mhttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/aug/22/chinese-robot-runs-100m-sprint-quicker-usain-bolt-world-record?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other My car beats the record too. Soooo… what’s the big deal here?22 Aug 2026 11:39 +0000at://did:plc:3gry666sdjgbh32pfbp2va33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mto6ucn2wk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamespenha.bsky.social/post/3mtm4w7wezk24Thanks to DJ Tyrer for hosting my poem today at https://575haikujournal.wordpress.com/2026/08/21/haiku-by-james-penha-35/#like-8680 @literarycommunity.bsky.social @rodmannix.bsky.social @writingcommunity.bsky.social @literaryreport.bsky.social @literarybulletin.bsky.social @blueskypoetry.bsky.social21 Aug 2026 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:3gry666sdjgbh32pfbp2va33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtm4w7wezk24https://bsky.app/profile/jamespenha.bsky.social/post/3mtljz6gvts2jSome poems—like this Poem-a-Day by Raymond Antrobus—are just so beautiful. https://poets.org/poem/charles-uzor?utm_source=The+Academy+of+American+Poets&utm_campaign=18d5e5a5e9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_11_12_07_39_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-c667c90d2e-369983902&mc_cid=18d5e5a5e9&mc_eid=6e8d88df2021 Aug 2026 10:21 +0000at://did:plc:3gry666sdjgbh32pfbp2va33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtljz6gvts2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamespenha.bsky.social/post/3mtj5dwwh7k26https://open.substack.com/pub/borowitzreport/p/tommy-tuberville-opposes-contraception-8b3?r=2g9dd&utm_medium=ios from Andy Borowitz20 Aug 2026 11:29 +0000at://did:plc:3gry666sdjgbh32pfbp2va33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtj5dwwh7k26https://bsky.app/profile/jamespenha.bsky.social/post/3mtj3owq5ws26https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/us/trump-wild-horses-legal-loophole-slaughter.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share20 Aug 2026 10:59 +0000at://did:plc:3gry666sdjgbh32pfbp2va33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtj3owq5ws26https://bsky.app/profile/jamespenha.bsky.social/post/3mtbm4r6da22yhttps://open.substack.com/pub/borowitzreport/p/in-major-breakthrough-israel-and?r=2g9dd&utm_medium=ios Andy Borowitz:17 Aug 2026 11:32 +0000at://did:plc:3gry666sdjgbh32pfbp2va33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbm4r6da22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamespenha.bsky.social/post/3mt22n2xtws2yOh, wow! What a great new poem by Ada Limón at Poem-a-Day. https://poets.org/poem/dusk-after-your-passing?utm_source=The+Academy+of+American+Poets&utm_campaign=770cc54c2a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_11_12_07_39_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-c667c90d2e-369983902&mc_cid=770cc54c2a&mc_eid=6e8d88df2014 Aug 2026 11:30 +0000at://did:plc:3gry666sdjgbh32pfbp2va33/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt22n2xtws2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamespenha.bsky.social/post/3msuwq7yyz226https://youtube.com/watch?v=kYw7fisASoc12 Aug 2026 10:37 +0000at://did:plc:3gry666sdjgbh32pfbp2va33/app.bsky.feed.post/3msuwq7yyz226https://bsky.app/profile/jamespenha.bsky.social/post/3msrh4mbqik2oThanks to DJ Tyrer for hosting my poem at https://575haikujournal.wordpress.com/2026/08/10/another-cul-de-sac/ @literarycommunity.bsky.social @rodmannix.bsky.social @writingcommunity.bsky.social @literaryreport.bsky.social @literarybulletin.bsky.social @blueskypoetry.bsky.social11 Aug 2026 01:20 +0000at://did:plc:3gry666sdjgbh32pfbp2va33/app.bsky.feed.post/3msrh4mbqik2o