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Everyone’s ~favorite plum~ taking pics of the bagels I eat
Love That For Us OUT NOW! (@andchangepoetry)
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“There’s a kind of a self-reflection that I think most creative people do, even when they don’t want to. Many of us want to create a thing that is better than the skills we have, and to get there, you must be self-assessing and critical.”

@samforbreakfast’s interview with @adrian.matejka on “Be Easy” (@liverightbooks) is out now. by @samforbreakfast

Do you want @samforbreakfast ??? US TOO🫣

& aren’t I a platter
of eggs scrambled, smoked
fish stripped, sprinkled chives dazzling
on top the fluffy swirl of me, curves
of my bellied body?

Get one of our LAST 2 VIP tickets to get a table up close and personal, and don’t miss seeing this amazing cast of poets and performers for LIFE IS CABARET this Friday June 12th🌈

#chicagowriter #chicagopoets #chicagopoet #chicagopride by @samforbreakfast

Maybe florals for spring ARE groundbreaking!!!! 🌸🌸

I’ve had a rly cute spring. Joyous n sweet, amongst it all. Look for the gayest wrist EVER at the end 💁🏻‍♂️💁🏻‍♂️ by @samforbreakfast

Welcome to the world, “Love That For Us” - a FULLY collaboratively written chapbook, a beautifully birthed brain baby, a whackadoodle and silly time, by @chenchenwrites and me. Making art with your best friends is one of the most ultimate joys in this world!!!!! To me. I feel so grateful to be able to do it, and to see this little goofball book in the world.

You can buy the book FROM ME or on the link in my bio!!

Shoutout to @kevinbertolero and @andchangepoetry for making this happen!!!! And to @gkhudson for our line drawings 🥲🥲 and to @swing.sets and @gabriellegracehogan for having a friendship reading with us 💃💃💃 And to AWP!!!! Specifically @jasonbcrawford and @infullvelvet for organizing the best kink reading ever. And @smu.projectpoetica and @katie__condon for letting Chen and I do our lil things with yall!!!!

And you know. I really DO. I really do LOVE THIS FOR USSSSS by @samforbreakfast

COVER REVEAL FOR COLLABORATION!!! Make art with your friends!!!! Have fun!!! Love That For Us, an all collaborative poetry chapbook, coming March 6th 2026 is available for preorder NOW (link in bio!!)

@chenchenwrites, my bff, my luff, thank you for writing with me. For learning how to get emotional in poems with me. For growing our combined humor with me. WE ARE FUNNY!!! I feel so lucky to have you as bff. And now we have LIKE A SECOND COLLAB BOOK!!!!

So many gorgeous glowing thanks to @gkhudson for line drawing us and @kevinbertolero / @andchangepoetry for publishing us and @cmwritershouse for letting us live together in a giant house for a month and write most of these poems.

GO PREORDER NOW!!!! 🕺✨🕺✨🕺✨ by @samforbreakfast

It’s my BIRTHDAY ✨✨✨ a flirty wh0re at 34!! This year, I want to get more curious (gay)
📷 : @chenchenwrites by @samforbreakfast

What a beautiful and WILD experience, to wake up with your essay front and center on @electricliterature’s website. I worked SO hard on this piece, and everything lately has been a huge shitshow, it’s really nice to celebrate a big win!!! 🎉🎉🎉

Shoutout to grad school, where I wrote this. Thanks so much to the editors at Electric Literature, for believing in me. Read & share! If you please!!! Link in bio!!!! by @samforbreakfast

Sam Herschel Wein (@samforbreakfast) reads “Kiss of the Sun” by Mary Ruefle

#PoemsWeCarryRALP #RALP20th by @samforbreakfast

Today’s poem is selected by Sam Herschel Wein (@samforbreakfast) as part of the 20th anniversary of Read A Little Poetry.

From Sam:
“Mary Ruefle always reminds me that poetry is a living, breathing beast, a goofy but sad monster here to make me laugh through the devastation, help me believe in the world again. She is the master of surprise, the queen of the unexpected line break or turn, and most importantly, she doesn't own a computer. She is THAT PRESENT!!! In her reality!!! She has devoted her life to her creativity, and it shows, in each and every world she constructs, in every poem.

I chose "Kiss of the Sun" because it's a poem about what a poem can be, and those are always my favorite. Will poetry end when humanity ends? And will there be someone waiting there with an orange for me? And who will it be, and will I "remember on earth / I did not know how to touch it it was all so raw" ?? Sometimes I feel like Ruefle sees what poetry is capable of more than anyone else. That language is limited...And yet, Ruefle uses these shortcomings of poetry as a strength, reminding us in this poem that we should be there gifting citrus to each other, that our juices, end of world or not, still linger in each other's mouths. There is still love between us all.”

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“Kiss of the Sun” appeared in Indeed I Was Pleased With the World by Mary Ruefle, Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2007. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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Sam Herschel Wein (he/they) is a lollygagging plum of a poet who specializes in perpetual frolicking. They have an MFA from the University of Tennessee and were the recipient of a 2022 Pushcart Prize. Their third chapbook, Butt Stuff Flower Bush, is out now with Porkbelly Press. He co-founded and edits Underblong Journal. They have recent work in Poetry Northwest, The Los Angeles Review, and Puerto del Sol, among others.

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Follow @samforbreakfast to discover more of their work. Read more at samherschelwein.com. You can also purchase their latest book, Butt Stuff Flower Bush, published by Porkbelly Press.

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#readalittlepoetry #MaryRuefle #SamHerschelWein #readalittlepoem #poetry #poetrydaily #readpoetry #PoemsWeCarryRALP #RALP20th by @samforbreakfast

At 33, I finally walked in my first pride parade, and BOY WAS I SWEATY!!!!!!!!! I did get to wear a balloon sculpture tho, which, wow, we all need more balloon sculptures 🌈🌈 by @samforbreakfast

I need summer and I need summer NOWWW

📸 : @zikraarchive by @samforbreakfast