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Poet / Professor / Parent. Not in that order. joshuarobbins.net
"Each of Trump's proposed appointments is a surprise. It is comforting to think that he is simply a vengeful old man, lashing out. This is unlikely. He and Musk and Putin have been talking for years. The whole idea of his campaign was that this time he had a plan"
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The timely memory of these lines from Arthur Smith’s poem “Here”: “I have no thoughts, and I long for / Nothing, other / Than being party to the light, / Which has come a long way to be here, / If only for a moment, / Married to shadows.” What poem shook you today?
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Do yourself a favor and watch this tonight instead of whatever Netflix thriller or reality show. This is true drama and the illumination of the real.
19.11.2024 14:13 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Suddenly I have over 100 followers? Are you all real or bots? Or both? How can I tell?
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Writing poems Maybe i just need to love myself myself and Anyway I’m working on it
June Jordan (& moving to bluesky) mood today.
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Nearly 400 books removed from school libraries in one Tennessee county. Based on my skim of the list, most of them appear to be books by women, authors of color, &/or LGBTQ+ authors.
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