Poet, performer, and diarist. Scouring the cosmic terror for glimmers of hope. I only write by hand. You can't get my stuff on am*z*n.
Joined March 2009
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May 14
Check out this video we made from my written portrait of @andrej_kapor, with photography by Lammert de Jong and editing by @Lesteresque youtube.com/watch?v=R02BT74w…
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Jun 15
My reading of "Portrait of the Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre" (which I wrote for the vernissage of the gallery's 40th anniversary show) is now up on their YouTube. I read it first in English, and then... 😲en francais!
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God help me, I've just found out about Sophie Hunter:
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This weekend I was invited to read my Portrait of the Galerie @_ArnaudLefebvre for the vernissage of their 40th anniversary show (and @PGW_Galeries weekend) Thanks so much to Arnaud and everyone who came out! And to @AGraceColor @Lesteresque for the photos!🌹
ALT Poet Jason Stoneking reads his Portrait of the Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre at the vernissage for the gallery's 40th anniversary show
ALT A crowd listening to poet Jason Stoneking perform his text at the Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre in Paris
ALT A handwritten portrait of the Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre in Paris, written by poet Jason Stoneking
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May 28
Saturday evening, I will be reading my "Portrait of the Galerie @_ArnaudLefebvre at the vernissage of the gallery's 40th anniversary show. Open from 16h-20h, performances start at 19h. I'm proud to be part of this incredible lineup of artists. I hope you'll come say hello!
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May 24
If you're looking for self-care ideas in the hellscape, try getting high some night and watching a bunch of old Prince concerts from the 80s.
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May 20
The book I wrote at La Ferme Magique for L'Antidote du Lot art festival in the south of France, is now available on my website. Complete with some hay from the farm :). Thanks again to Richard Dailey, Blaise Hanquet, and Axel Dejean for having me!
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May 20
Considering the recent controversy about a lit mag publishing an AI-generated piece, perhaps more magazines should commission work by authors who write by hand 😏👀
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May 19
the older i get the more clearly i see how much trend-chasing there is in poetry (well, this has always existed, i suspect). i want to encourage poets, especially younger ones, to give up the chase, to write instead according to your own concerns, courages, strange uncouth pulses
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Apr 22
UPDATE: SOLD!!! The Bespoke Book I wrote for my performance at @SpokenWordParis has now been purchased. But there are still some others available on my website :)
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Apr 16
Thanks to everyone who joined me Monday at @SpokenWordParis. For those who couldn't make it, the reading is now on YouTube! Thanks to @Lesteresque for filming.
youtube.com/watch?v=Ui-1Zbo4…
#poetry #spokenword #paris
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Jason Stoneking retweeted
A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.
-- Jean Cocteau
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This Monday I'll be the featured performer at the @SpokenWordParis open mic. I look forward to seeing you there! In the basement of the Au Chat Noir, 76 rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud, 75011. Readings start at 20h30.
spokenwordparis.org/2026/04/…
ALT Poet Jason Stoneking clenches his pen between his teeth in a promo shot for his featured performance at Spoken Word Paris
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Jason Stoneking retweeted
Apr 4
every time i think about paying $25 to submit to a contest, i buy a fellow poet's book instead
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Mar 20
Still on the rooftops, after all these years. 🤣
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Jason Stoneking retweeted
“You become what you give your attention to.”
-- Epictetus
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Mar 20
I finally got around to posting one of the skies I read at the rooftop vernissage for my Sky Sketches project this past summer. Thanks to Valentine and @HansenStudio for hosting, and to @Lesteresque for the 📹⛅
#sky #paris #poetry
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Jason Stoneking retweeted
The news won’t tell you, but there are lots of good people out there doing good things. There’s still kindness in the world. Be part of that. Love, like fighting fascism, is punk as fuck.
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