Jason O’Toole

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Full moon over the North End.

A poem from the archives.

Vivek wins as scumbag of the week and it's only Tuesday. If Amy Acton doesn't get your vote, fuck you Ohio.

"Do you disavow the Irish Republican Army?"

The Day I Did Not Go Missing #POETRY #BOOKSKY #NEWENGLANDPOETRYCLUB

A reprint of an important research paper I contributed to Alien Buddha's landmark study of the living god himself.

If nobody else told you lately

Catch me on Substack...

Congrats to #AnneCarson for winning the #NobelPrize for her beautiful series of poetry books - Mack Bolan - the Executioner.

"That was Jack Kerouac."

Morrissey - live in Lowell tonight.

Made some boomer AI slop to share with your MAGA family since it seems to get the message across:

The more you know

Meet the winner and finalists selected by me for the Amy Lowell Poetry Prize. #NewEnglandPoetryClub

Dress up fun with stolen valor Donnie!

#TurkeyMaxxing

Suicidal Tendencies at the Palladium in Worcester. Over 40 years ago I took my younger brother to his first hardcore show - Suicidal Tendencies headlined. 4 decades later, he drove us out to see them again. #hardcore #VeniceBeach #Dogtown

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“Do you even know what DRS stands for? A lot of people don't know that DRS is an acronym for Drag Reduction System. Not “drag” as in “queen” but drag that decreaes speed so DRS is the movable flap on the rear wing of the car that minimizes drag to increase top speed. I know DRS better than anyone.”

Hush a bye, don’t you cry, Go to sleepy, little baby. when you wake, You shall have cake, all the pretty little horses.

They say every trick has to throw dice with the boss - if he wants to catch a hooker.

Thank you to Dan Wilcox & the Poetry Motel for hosting me at the Social Justice Center in Albany, NY for an evening of poetry. #jasonotoolepoet #poetry #booksky

New from OPERATION RISK YOU ☆ The new game that's fun for the whole family! Natalie or Ivanka! Bet you can't tell 'em apart!

"Jason O’Toole breaks his heart to show it how big it is. In this tender, uninhibited collection, he defines what it means to be a man in any context–in backseat singing fatherly devotion, in awkward gentleness, in repentant honesty." - Willie Carver, Jr.

TRUMP thinks it's a sick burn to call @ossoff.bsky.social "Pee Wee Herman." Is it just me, or was the late Paul Reubens not a smokeshow among men?

#rawrXD #NatalieHarp #diaperlover

Thursday the 20th in Albany- #jasonotoolepoet at the Social Justice Center.

#CateringCart #AirForceOne #StunningAndBrave

Doing the Sealey Challenge but want a poetry book with pictures? In the USA or UK? Here's discount link: #poetry #poetrybook #jasonotoolepoet #lgbtqpoetry #ally #NewEnglandPoetryClub #collage

Doing the #SealeyChallenge but short on time and money? A microchap is the solution. #poetry #booksky #chapbook #jasonotoolepoet

The #DumpsterBear saga continues...though I haven't met him again lately...only seen signs of his comings and goings.

ChEk mAtE LibRuLs!!!

August 20th at 7:30 pm, I'll be reading in Albany, NY at the Social Justice Center. #poetry #jasonotoolepoet #poetryreading

I'll be reading at the Social Justice Center in Albany on 8/20 at 7:30 pm. $5 suggested donation. Open mic to follow. #poetry #jasonotoolepoet

Found Mitch! He was just out for a stroll in the Enchanted Broccoli Forest!

Anyone heard from Mitch McConnell lately?

Gonna live forever? #whereismitch

August 20th in Albany, NY - The Poetry Motel and The Social Justice Center present poetry from Jason O'Toole. That's me. I looked like this a couple months ago:

When the Red Sox win tomorrow, they'll tie the post WWII Ted Williams' led 15 game winning streak!

My 4th poetry book, "Slow Now with Clear Skies," published by MoonPath Press June 2024!

August 29th- the Whittier Birthplace Poetry Festival in Haverhill, MA! Free to attend. One big open mic with top poets & hopefully even some first time readers.

Ian Curtis would have been 70 today. #JoyDivision #postpunk

When you wake You shall have All the pretty little horsies 🐴 PONYHENGE in Lincoln, MA.

With apologies to William Carlos Williams and thanks to Chen Chen for the inspiration.

My protest poem "Golden Fangs" from my Ghost City Press chapbook WAIT OUT THE BURN is featured here:

#4. My circles are ovals. Drawing a circle freehand is difficult.

Trump in his mid 50s < Me in my late 50s.

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Crummy cellphone pics of birds seen this week in Florida.

Highly concentrated hydrogen peroxide, which is often used for commercial applications, pools, and heavy-duty cleaning, acts as a solvent. It breaks down the chemical bonds in paints, causing it to lift and peel off in sheets. #algae #reflectingpool #everythingtrumptouchesdies