@versedotnet

Poetry playlists via web & email

verse.net/
Joined February 2016
  • Tweets1.6K
  • Following3.2K
  • Followers2K
993Media
We're excited to share our new feature, Chapify, for your chapbook and zine printing needs. All you have to do is upload your text, and it churns out a printable booklet—let us know what you print! chapbook.verse.press
1
11
1
47
𝙒𝙀 𝙉𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙍 𝘿𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙈𝙏 𝙏𝙃𝙄𝙎 𝙎𝙐𝙈𝙈𝙀𝙍, and yet, lady june blows prideful as the people beat the street — Dior J. Stephens @dolphinneptune @nightboatbooks verse.press/playlist/cruelcr…
book cover for Dior J. Stephens' CRUEL/CRUEL: a black and white wave shape, similar to a yin yang. The title text is mirrored

ALT book cover for Dior J. Stephens' CRUEL/CRUEL: a black and white wave shape, similar to a yin yang. The title text is mirrored

4
546
not talking much today simply painting with my breathstrokes, summer lounging with creatures with english names. tumble butterfly, zipline ladybug; are we one and the same? branded with names from languages we did not speak — @dolphinneptune verse.press/playlist/cruelcr…
book cover for Dior J. Stephens' CRUEL/CRUEL: a black and white wave shape, similar to a yin yang. The title text is mirrored

ALT book cover for Dior J. Stephens' CRUEL/CRUEL: a black and white wave shape, similar to a yin yang. The title text is mirrored

2
1
5
1,161
"not talking much today, simply calling my own bluff" Read more from Dior J. Stephens' 𝘊𝘙𝘜𝘌𝘓/𝘊𝘙𝘜𝘌𝘓 here: verse.press/playlist/cruelcr… @dolphinneptune @nightboatbooks
book cover for Dior J. Stephens' CRUEL/CRUEL: a black and white wave shape, similar to a yin yang. The title text is mirrored

ALT book cover for Dior J. Stephens' CRUEL/CRUEL: a black and white wave shape, similar to a yin yang. The title text is mirrored

2
2
492
To document my failures with language is to reveal the act of non-writing as a field in itself — Ty Little @GhostProposal verse.press/playlist/body-po…
images of the a person running through a field, wearing sheets of paper, each spelling out one letter

ALT images of the a person running through a field, wearing sheets of paper, each spelling out one letter

3
7
534
Ty Little's Body Poem I is a visual poetry pamphlet from @GhostProposal Turn a page here: verse.press/playlist/body-po…
image of a person wearing a suit and mask made of sheets of paper, each spelling out one letter

ALT image of a person wearing a suit and mask made of sheets of paper, each spelling out one letter

1
1
6
1,032
Snowflakes fluttered, the color of Hockney. —Are you watching? They’re the water drops of the universe. It was a message from the real boy to the real boy. — Kim Hyun Translated by Suhyun J. Ahn + Archana Madhavan @chanamuu @seagullbooks verse.press/playlist/glory-h…
Book cover for Kim Hyun's Glory Hole: Illustrations of a person standing on a fish, holding another person who is a fish; a snake, cat, insect, and moon over a colorful background

ALT Book cover for Kim Hyun's Glory Hole: Illustrations of a person standing on a fish, holding another person who is a fish; a snake, cat, insect, and moon over a colorful background

3
4
814
I was hungry. So I came out of my mouth. — Kim Hyun Translated by Suhyun J. Ahn + Archana Madhavan @chanamuu @seagullbooks verse.press/playlist/glory-h…
Book cover for Kim Hyun's Glory Hole: Illustrations of a person standing on a fish, holding another person who is a fish; a snake, cat, insect, and moon over a colorful background

ALT Book cover for Kim Hyun's Glory Hole: Illustrations of a person standing on a fish, holding another person who is a fish; a snake, cat, insect, and moon over a colorful background

4
16
1,660
"Mister, I’m on my way to silence. Can you let me have a sip of words?" Read more from Kim Hyun's 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘦 (Translated from the Korean by Suhyun J. Ahn and Archana Madhavan @chanamuu): verse.press/playlist/glory-h… @seagullbooks
Book cover for Kim Hyun's Glory Hole: Illustrations of a person standing on a fish, holding another person who is a fish; a snake, cat, insect, and moon over a colorful background

ALT Book cover for Kim Hyun's Glory Hole: Illustrations of a person standing on a fish, holding another person who is a fish; a snake, cat, insect, and moon over a colorful background

10
1
39
4,706
Of course, main reason didn’t think to tell anyone: shame. But also, if being honest—good to be honest—fantasy of violence. Something bad happening, disruption to usual order of life, threat of bodily harm, if not actual thing. — Elena Comay del Junco verse.press/playlist/second-…
Book cover for Second Nature by Elena Comay del Junco: The title text is displayed vertically and mirrored

ALT Book cover for Second Nature by Elena Comay del Junco: The title text is displayed vertically and mirrored

1
4
934
When looked up club he mentioned: not hard to tell from graphic design that would take effort to learn to like. (Hegel never actually says that, though. Cicero does say that good feelings make bad habits die hard (or (and?) is it vice versa?) — Elena Comay del Junco
1
1
230
@MO0ONIO1 verse.press/playlist/second-…
Book cover for Second Nature by Elena Comay del Junco: Title text is displayed vertically and mirrored

ALT Book cover for Second Nature by Elena Comay del Junco: Title text is displayed vertically and mirrored

103
"Unclear if just taste to be acquired, having head pushed down in six lanes of traffic: but hot idea and who cares if it’s not original if it’s hot." Read on from Elena Comay del Junco's Second Nature: verse.press/playlist/second-… @MO0ONIO1
book cover for Second Nature by Elena Comay del Junco: The title is displayed vertically, with mirrored text

ALT book cover for Second Nature by Elena Comay del Junco: The title is displayed vertically, with mirrored text

2
806
we might fall out of a habit, like thinking, like obeying, too, through the use, the employment, of language. — Valerie Hsiung verse.press/playlist/to-love… @HsiungValerie @EssayPress

To love an artist

A playlist by Valerie Hsiung

verse.net
1
1
353
My love! Seeing you here today just once has made me so happy it gives me a happiness enough to continue living in my own hell the little box So, a life must be phenomenologically hard work — Valerie Hsiung verse.press/playlist/to-love… @HsiungValerie @EssayPress
Book cover for Valerie Hsiung's To Love an Artist: An object resembling a rock or coral formation in grey and dark green, framed and intersected by a white box

ALT Book cover for Valerie Hsiung's To Love an Artist: An object resembling a rock or coral formation in grey and dark green, framed and intersected by a white box

1
5
445
People watching people watching people, this is the real experiment. The experiment of humanizing the most beautiful thing. Now that, they will say, once it is history, is just criminally beautiful. Read more from @HsiungValerie 's To Love an Artist: verse.press/playlist/to-love…
Book cover for Valerie Hsiung's To Love an Artist: An object resembling a rock or coral formation in grey and dark green, framed and intersected by a white box

ALT Book cover for Valerie Hsiung's To Love an Artist: An object resembling a rock or coral formation in grey and dark green, framed and intersected by a white box

6
583
take the arms, off each side, us,ing, them, to, p,addle,,,,,a,,,cross,,the,,,words,,,cross,,,the,,legs,,,cross,,,the ,,,body,a,cross,a,stroke,,a,,,cross,,,,,,dress – Nico Vela Page @WendysSubway verse.press/playlist/americo…
Book cover for Americón by Nico Vela Page: Blurry black-white photo of two people lying in tall grass

ALT Book cover for Americón by Nico Vela Page: Blurry black-white photo of two people lying in tall grass

1
2
588
from English to lengua to don’t ask where, what, my accent, less, betraying, my voice,s g,end,er’s, my pas,sing curling language to confusion on sour lips: where my body is from, that is – Nico Vela Page @WendysSubway verse.press/playlist/americo…
Book cover for Americón by Nico Vela Page: Blurry black-white photo of two people lying in tall grass

ALT Book cover for Americón by Nico Vela Page: Blurry black-white photo of two people lying in tall grass

111
"Disbinary finality. I’m not from here. Crossing over, yes, but settling anywhere — aquí or allá, there o where — is not my aim." Ream more from Nico Vela Page's new collection Americón: verse.press/playlist/americo… @WendysSubway
Book cover for Americón by Nico Vela Page: Blurry black-white photo of two people lying in tall grass

ALT Book cover for Americón by Nico Vela Page: Blurry black-white photo of two people lying in tall grass

375
Fuck cops and lobbyists, it’s not too sonorous to say?? The rest will follow these ribbons of youth until gone by noon — Jacob Kahn @roofbooks verse.press/playlist/mine-ec…
Book cover for Mine Eclogue by Jacob Kahn: a water color landscape with a house in the center of hills and trees

ALT Book cover for Mine Eclogue by Jacob Kahn: a water color landscape with a house in the center of hills and trees

107
Everyone says I’m too negative to be loved but I say I deserve it more. I can list the names of birds and trees what else would a true love want?? — Jacob Kahn @roofbooks verse.press/playlist/mine-ec…
Book cover for Mine Eclogue by Jacob Kahn: a water color landscape with a house in the center of hills and trees

ALT Book cover for Mine Eclogue by Jacob Kahn: a water color landscape with a house in the center of hills and trees

116
Load more