@BenetTheWriter

poet. coffee lover. certified creative. MFA student | SDSU 🤎 words in @crabapplelit , @tinyspoonlitmag , @sageciggs & more.

 San Diego, CA
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Joined November 2019
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Baby’s first nomination!! Thank you for believing in my lil poem 🫶🏾 congrats to all the nominees!
Sage Cigarettes #BLM - ON HIATUS@sageciggs26 Sep 2024
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“Portrait of a Girl as Salt & Silt” by @BenetTheWriter sagecigarettes.com/?p=3389
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find me on here! I’m probably not going to be posting on here anymore 🫶🏾
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so excited to announce two of my poems published today in @DiodeEditions ! one of them being my manuscript’s title poem 🤗 read my poems and the whole issue on their site ✨
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been thinking about desire a lot lately so of course I turn to the great June Jordan
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i need to write a poem “gesturing the unsaid” and suddenly i don’t know any important objects
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form may just become my baby daddy 😏 the way these poems are just revealing themselves 🙂‍↕️
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thread of sudanese and congolese survival fundz
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Submit Submit Submit! Just a reminder that the reading period for Chestnut Review’s Spring Issue is open. Submissions are free in most categories. We respond in 30 days We pay $120. chestnutreview.com/submissio… #chestnutreview #poetry #opensubs #literarymagazine #litmag
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Poets! Our contest is open until Nov. 30. This year's final judge is @dlseuss. Please send us one poem—your favorite poem, the one you cannot stop thinking about, the one stashed away ready to make its way through the world. All guidelines here: kenyonreview.org/submit/poet…
A photo of this year's poetry contest, Diane Seuss, framed with details about our contest in light red and white text. Deadline: November 30. All details at our website.

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I wrote a small essay for Sotheby’s about once being evicted and losing my sneakers, and what that taught me about wearing all of my pairs, even/especially if they crumble. Jay Guillion came to my house and took some photos of pairs I love. sothebys.com/en/articles/ins…
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🚨 SUBMISSION GUIDELINES UPDATE 🚨 New England Review will close for poetry submissions this Thursday, October 24. We will continue to accept submissions in nonfiction and dramatic writing through November 1. Learn more about our submission guidelines: nereview.com/ner-submissions…
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submitted three poems today! #submit30
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I been writing dailies and have learned that inspiration is outside of my room 😭
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excited to announce that i have two poems forthcoming! one being the title poem for my chapbook! now i really gotta get serious bout this manuscript 😳
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late on #submit30 but i submitted yesterday and today!
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I wanna keep doing #submit30 but I don’t feel like my new poems are ready to go out 😬
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Rest In Power Marcellus Khalifah Williams 🤍 In remembering Marcellus Williams, we honor the gifts he gave us through his poetry. Featured poem: “At last…Another Heartbeat”. Written as a reflection of his loneliness during incarceration. Courtesy of the Innocence Project.
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Poem, “At last…Another Heartbeat” by Marcellus Williams (1968-2024)

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I just got some amazing writer news 😭 I never thought this would happen for me
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