Rukman Ragas | ருக்மன்
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writer and host of rukmanisms work in apex, lightspeed, khōréō, the baltimore review, deadlands etc Clarion West '25 alum Representation: Keir Alekseii of Azantian rukmanragas.com
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at this point, I just have my convictions and little else, but I'm glad I stuck to them
You'll note that the very same people who insist Zionism means different things to different people will also insist that the USSR was the only possible expression of socialism.
I don't accept soft Hindutva is a good thing. So, no, I am not accepting soft Zionism as a good thing. No gradation of ethnonationalism is a good thing particularly when it has its hands on the levers of state.
The muse will come again, I know this intellectually. That I have survived droughts far worse than these, both metaphysical and natural, that the garden now so arid will find within itself to bloom again.
Catching measles does not make your immune system stronger… it does the exact opposite. It can wipe out your immunity (both natural and vaccine related) to all kinds of diseases. It’s a deadly and disabling disease that we know how to prevent. Get your vaccine. It saves lives.
Liz Szabo@lizszabo.bsky.social · last wk.Measles doesn't stop harming people when the rash goes away. Measles can damage the immune system, causing "immune amnesia" for up to five years. Measles outbreaks this year and last could leave thousands vulnerable to other infectious diseases. www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles-outb...
I'm very called these days to make stuff around my work; inspirations, where I began and what I do, analysis and what not. perhaps not the best writerly thing to do, to pull back the curtain too much, but I think I will do it
"They call you the bringer of sorrows, yet the grief is all mine." translunartravelerslounge.com/2025/08/15/w...
Wolfmothers, by Rukman Ragas
The calls come from the caves underground and even you could follow it, slithering slowly as the heat scalds your scales. In there, your progenitor hangs, mouth forever forced open, venom falling i…
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"They call you the bringer of sorrows, yet the grief is all mine." translunartravelerslounge.com/2025/08/15/w...
Wolfmothers, by Rukman Ragas
The calls come from the caves underground and even you could follow it, slithering slowly as the heat scalds your scales. In there, your progenitor hangs, mouth forever forced open, venom falling i…
translunartravelerslounge.com
OMG LETS GOOO! I was watching and SCREAMED because Diana is the BEST
Los Angeles Worldcon@laworldcon.bsky.social · last mo.The 2026 Hugo Award for Best Editor, Long Form goes to Diana M. Pho.
just sob fascinated by the politicks of retelling, I recognise I yap about this a lot but there's something so naked about returning to a beloved story with a knife
I will let you in on a secret ... not a secret, really, but I wish more people were in on it. The poetry in @thedeadlands.com is the best. Or maybe it just suits me the best. You decide, eh? psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
There are lonely things in the forest / Rukman Ragas / Psychopomp
Read There are lonely things in the forest, by Rukman Ragas, a poem from Issue 43 of The Deadlands, summer, 2026.
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"Bruising is terraforming. Your fingerprints bloom tiger orchids across my calves. Flesh yields flowers, because flesh is weak and supple, like all good soil must be, to bear blunt force and bounce back blue." —Rukman Ragas alocasia.org/2026/08/11/r...
Rukman Ragas :: “The body, a planet to terraform” – ALOCASIA
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Do yourself a favor and read this poem by @rukman.bsky.social when you have a moment… #poetry #newpoems
The Deadlands@thedeadlands.com · 2mo ago"Emptiness is its own language, but you and I, we have learned to speak it. " TODAY beloveds this poem this poem this poem!!! There are lonely things in the forest by @rukman.bsky.social read it here: psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
New poem release for me! "There are lonely things in the forest", my poem about absence and climate grief is out at @thedeadlands.com today. psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
There are lonely things in the forest / Rukman Ragas / Psychopomp
Read There are lonely things in the forest, by Rukman Ragas, a poem from Issue 43 of The Deadlands, summer, 2026.
psychopomp.com
New poem release for me! "There are lonely things in the forest", my poem about absence and climate grief is out at @thedeadlands.com today. psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
There are lonely things in the forest / Rukman Ragas / Psychopomp
Read There are lonely things in the forest, by Rukman Ragas, a poem from Issue 43 of The Deadlands, summer, 2026.
psychopomp.com
Incase you missed it, I have a poem out! its about the body and also the land, about violence that shapes both.
Rukman Ragas | ருக்மன்@rukmanragas.com · 2mo agoI have a poem "the body, a planet to terraform" out today in @alocasiamag.bsky.social 's thorns issue! CW: || body, violence, abuse, so tread gently if needed || alocasia.org/2026/08/11/r...
Hi. Everything I want to say it at the following link, which contains why I think Patrick Barb should not be HWA President. I'm going to step away from socials for a few hours now, and will see you all later. 🫀 CW: sexual misconduct. theodorehill.weebly.com/statement.html
Rukman Ragas is an absolutely unparalleled voice on sensual violence and the intimate violation of colonialism. The last line made my chest tight. A truly astounding poem.
Rukman Ragas | ருக்மன்@rukmanragas.com · 2mo agoI have a poem "the body, a planet to terraform" out today in @alocasiamag.bsky.social 's thorns issue! CW: || body, violence, abuse, so tread gently if needed || alocasia.org/2026/08/11/r...
The aching beauty of those final lines! Absolutely ✨obsessed with this✨
Rukman Ragas | ருக்மன்@rukmanragas.com · 2mo agoI have a poem "the body, a planet to terraform" out today in @alocasiamag.bsky.social 's thorns issue! CW: || body, violence, abuse, so tread gently if needed || alocasia.org/2026/08/11/r...
this is one of those poems that makes you really really really mad (complimentary) and upset (admiringly)
Rukman Ragas | ருக்மன்@rukmanragas.com · 2mo agoI have a poem "the body, a planet to terraform" out today in @alocasiamag.bsky.social 's thorns issue! CW: || body, violence, abuse, so tread gently if needed || alocasia.org/2026/08/11/r...
