he/him, gmu poetry mfa alum
Washington, DC
Joined April 2022
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Nicholas Ritter (@_NicholasRitter) is a poet in the MFA program at George Mason University. He is also a teaching fellow with Poetry Alive! at juvenile detention centers in Northern VA. Find his work in The Shore Poetry and fauxmoir.
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ALT Text from Nicholas Ritter’s poem “Ballad II” in ballast issue 1.4. Black text against multicolored geometric background.
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I think we can all agree that stepping out toward the baseline in the middle of a WNBA game, getting ejected on purpose, and immediately claiming to be a victim is insanely pathetic
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🚨New Brawler Unlocked: Team Taylor🚨
Joy Yin bringing the late Cretaceous house down with TWO poems that will have you swooning, sad, and trying to remember the last time you believed in God.
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ALT "& the way we loved so hard it was prehistoric. Back when the earth still trusted us to hold up the sky." - Joy Yin
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tragic doesn’t even begin to describe this
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HNORED TO BE ON THIS LIST!!! bestnewpoets.org/finalists.p…
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Ta-Nehisi Coates on Charlie Kirk and the pundits and politicians sanitizing his legacy. vanityfair.com/news/story/ch…
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Let me get this straight: The same Supreme Court that ruled colleges CAN’T use race in the admissions process has just ruled that law enforcement officers CAN use race to conduct raids and detain people. You can’t make this up.
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Read "Clickbait" written by @kara_sweaters and illustrated by @brettjbarr666. ghostparachute.com/issue/sep…
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Between a "No Other Land" crew mate filming himself being killed by a settler, to a journalist being killed by airstrikes he was covering minutes earlier, I'm not sure how much more televised Israel's genocide can be
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With heavy hearts, we share that Split This Rock must suspend its work for the time being. Your support can help us make this pause temporary. This is a rallying call to help us bridge a $68,750 funding gap. Read the full announcement & learn more: bit.ly/HelpSplitThisRock
ALT Black rectangle with Split This Rock's red logo at the top, and a red button that reads "17 YEARS OF POETRY FOR SOCIAL CHANGE" at the bottom. In between are five photos with poets of all ages writing, reading, and performing their work.
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As a friendly reminder: when you get an acceptance from us...we actually tell you why we like the poem...in detail...and then we publish that with the poem so people can see how much we liked your poem...
(boooo form acceptances!)
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read this wonderful 500 word story by Matti Ben-Lev @MattiBL6 !
it’s about Big Steve, a patient in a drug rehab clinic. i love all the little details in this story, what a great piece !!
xraylitmag.com/big-steve-hid…
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Poets! The world is bleak but keep writing! Open now:
@GristJournal
@WestBranchMag
@rhinopoetry
@MissReviewMag
@BaltimoreReview
@sho_journal
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I know it’s a little tacky with everything currently on, but I thought I would share my classroom wishlist, should anyone feel inclined to support some lovely incoming middle schoolers 🫣🫣 amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1W…
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go read both of these poems!!
Today's Feature:
Two poems from the Like a Hammer: Poets on Mass Incarceration anthology published by @haymarketbooks: "Break from Madness" by Kennedy A. Gisege & "Sometimes I Wonder If God Really Fuck with Me Like That" by @sinfromvegas
Read here: poems.com/poem/two-poems-fro…