Aaron Belz
@belz.bsky.social
Soft Launch (Persea, 2019), Glitter Bomb (2014), Lovely, Raspberry (2010), The Bird Hoverer (BlazeVOX, 2007), Plausible Worlds (Observable, 2005), Bangs (2002) HTTP://BELZ.NET
I wrote this poem "To Weave or Build" based on some of the feelings i've been having lately. open.substack.com/pub/aaronbel...
Hey hey, check out pages 64-66 of the new Version 9. version9magazine.com/edition-1-vo...
Edition 1 Volume 9 Summer 2026
Version 9 Issue 9 Summer 2026Download
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Some new poem lines here - "Especially Hard" - and I read it aloud, recorded, and embedded in the post: aaronbelz.substack.com/p/especially...
Rooting for France in the #WorldCupKnockout? France bombed and conquested Morocco from 1907 to 1912, killing more than 15,000 Moroccans. France wanted to control Morocco to protect their trade route to Algeria and beyond. The origin story of blood diamonds.
Hey all! I submitted three poems to a contest. The deadline was noon today. The reading fee was TEN DOLLARS PER POEM. Hahaha. Seriously. $30 to get in and out of a slush pile.
Hey all! I submitted three poems to a contest. The deadline was noon today. The reading fee was TEN DOLLARS PER POEM. Hahaha. Seriously. $30 to get in and out of a slush pile.
I am proud of this new poem in @rawheadjournal.bsky.social, "Blanking on Your Name." Please take a moment to read it & repost! rawheadjournal.org/rawhead-issu...
Aaron Belz – Issue Two
Aaron Belz BLANKING ON YOUR NAME Your enemy might be kinder than you.The person you’re most jealous ofmight be humbler than you. Someone who’s inexplicably mean to youmight be more ethical tha…
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“Since 1998, the Baptistes have helped almost 100 American and foreign exchange students.. As time passed, they began receiving contacts from across the globe, opening their home to students who had opportunities to become scholars and athletes...” www.mississippifreepress.org/max-and-isra...
Max and Israel Makoka Were Waiting for a Hancock High School Bus. ICE Took Them Instead.
ICE detained Max and Israel Makoka, two Hancock County high school students who were waiting for a bus when agents arrested them.
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Last week I left my bag in a black cab. Assumed it was lost forever. Moments before I passed through security at Heathrow, the cabby—who’d identified me by my books—contacted me on Twitter. An hour later, bag in hand, I was ready to fly. He asked for a poem. Here you are, Gary Vidgeon!
“Since 1998, the Baptistes have helped almost 100 American and foreign exchange students.. As time passed, they began receiving contacts from across the globe, opening their home to students who had opportunities to become scholars and athletes...” www.mississippifreepress.org/max-and-isra...
Max and Israel Makoka Were Waiting for a Hancock High School Bus. ICE Took Them Instead.
ICE detained Max and Israel Makoka, two Hancock County high school students who were waiting for a bus when agents arrested them.
mississippifreepress.org
happy birthday to the one and only Robert Smith 🖤🖤 www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwaU...
The Cure - Disintegration (Live 1990)
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Meta just paid the lowest effective federal tax rate in its history. Thanks to tax breaks and loopholes, it avoided $13.7B in 2025 federal income taxes. But now it's planning to lay off 10% of its global workforce (8,000 people) by May 20 — with more job cuts later this year. Trickle down hoax.
Trump’s Department of Injustice. ‘Cause you never know when you’ll need the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers again, right .
DOJ moves to dismiss Jan. 6 convictions against former Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, including seditious conspiracy charges
The Justice Department on Tuesday asked a federal court to vacate Jan. 6 convictions against a dozen former members of the right-wing Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, aiming to wipe away some of the final...
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I am proud of this new poem in @rawheadjournal.bsky.social, "Blanking on Your Name." Please take a moment to read it & repost! rawheadjournal.org/rawhead-issu...
Aaron Belz – Issue Two
Aaron Belz BLANKING ON YOUR NAME Your enemy might be kinder than you.The person you’re most jealous ofmight be humbler than you. Someone who’s inexplicably mean to youmight be more ethical tha…
rawheadjournal.org
Guys, it’s okay to be idiots about politics, misread texts to your ideological advantage, ignore what’s in plain sight, even thoroughly hate other humans, but PLEASE 🙏🏼, I am begging you: learn how to spell.
Walgreens with some confusing holiday messaging here Is this related to Good Friday?
Hey! My publisher is giving 30% off poetry for #nationalpoetrymonth! Enter the code NPMSPECIAL at checkout. Please support your wee lil poet friend. 😭😭 Soft Launch www.perseabooks.com/bookshop/sof... Glitter Bomb www.perseabooks.com/glitter-bomb
Soft Launch — Persea Books
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Hey! My publisher is giving 30% off poetry for #nationalpoetrymonth! Enter the code NPMSPECIAL at checkout. Please support your wee lil poet friend. 😭😭 Soft Launch www.perseabooks.com/bookshop/sof... Glitter Bomb www.perseabooks.com/glitter-bomb
Soft Launch — Persea Books
by Aaron Belz More Detail
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what did darth vader say about your george michael playlist? I find your lack of faith disturbing
Happy Palm Sunday. “How ’bout some coffee? Don’t mind if I do. Take a little ride on my donkey, I love that donkey. Hell, I love everybody.” –JT
On a related note, my favourite international name for a pie chart, by far, is the French “camembert”
