Mr. Charps

Check out my poem in the new issue of @feralpoetryandart.bsky.social

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The Body By Keith J. Powell Flies zipped around the house like a sour mood. Always there and gone like a suspicion that couldn’t quite be squashed. “There’s something dead in this house,” he said.  “It’s yo…

New #flashfiction up at Bright Flash Literary today! Thank you Kristen for giving this one a home.

Honored to have my short story appear at Bright Flash Literary Review with such an amazing collection of writers! (🚨Trigger Warnings — a bit darker than my usual stuff!) Read them all!

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Please have a look and listen to my poem, a tribute to #AndreaGibson at One Poem Only. No better person to read it than Maggie Devers. #poetry #poets #poetrycommunity #literature #booksky rembrandtscure.substack.com/p/the-bleedi...

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Once a summer, I’ll take on some tortured poet’s vision of the underworld—this summer, Rimbaud’s ‘A Season in Hell.” His bio is bananas (poetry, too), and it’s no surprise he and Whitman acted as muses for Ginsberg’s ‘Howl.’ And he did it all when he was a teenager 😳 #poetry #reading #booksky #poet

#Writing this morning.

#creativity #morning #BookSky

(Yes. I realize at this moment I am procrastinating with the best of them.)

Wow. Quite the ride. Lots of thinking to do…But even with unanswered questions that remain (some about plot, some about intent, etc)…the impact of this book is real. I taught ‘Huck’ for years (not recently), and this made that novel better. #literature #americanliterature #englishteachers #booksky

B O D Y | Two new poems by Dean Charpentier Dean Charpentier is a writer and teacher living in North Andover, MA, where he was a recent winner of the Anne Bradstreet Poetry Contest.

Check out my two new poems in the Spring Issue of the Prague-based B O D Y literary journal! Thanks to the staff at @b_o_d_y_l_i_t — it’s an absolute honor to see my work in the company of such amazing writers! #poetry #literature #literaryjournals

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Why did I wait so long to read this? Why am I reading it in a bad generic British accent? Why is it so good? #Ishiguro #KazuoIshiguro #literature #reading #Booksky #books

Knew nothing of this book beyond the back cover. Wow. Quintessential #Gothic #literature — Brushing off my HS French for some of the dialogue (Google Translate when I’m stumped). #morningcoffee #Booksky

Stole a few moments this morning even with approaching thunderstorms… #poetry #morningcoffee #morning

That would, of course, be #WaltWhitman 🤦‍♂️

Can’t complain about yesterday. Reviewing the reading before students come in. #MichaelCunningham #WaltWhifman #literature #teaching

Most recent addition to the AmLit Big Board. #literature #beatgeneration #englishteaching #englishteacher #poetry #beatpoetry #ontheroad #howl #allenginsberg #kerouac #dianediprima #dharmabums @citylightsbooks.bsky.social #booksky

Interesting! I teach a course on dystopian/post apocalyptic lit. Haven’t read this one.

lol. Chesil Beach also excellent. Very much not the same story.

Happy #tolkienreadingday to all who celebrate. Going off the beaten path this year in our quiet hotel room #tolkien #JRRT #roverandom #hobbit #LOTR #booksky

Returning to this classic after some time. First read it in college (This one I purchased in 1992 to teach in my own class). Purposeful, meditative character study, nuanced take on human nature during apocalypse, original for the era it was written in. Highly recommend. #Booksky #literature #dys

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The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day (or as often as you can).

Rules:

It has to be a book you’ve read.
It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from.

#booksky #books #bookchallenge #TheWriteWomen

Misty morning walk…”The entrance to the path was like a sort of arch leading into a gloomy tunnel made by two great trees that leant together, too old and strangled with ivy and hung with lichen to bear more than a few blackened leaves.” — JRR Tolkien #tolkien #JRRT #LOTR #walk

On this #nationalgirlsandwomeninsportsday I want to highlight these two amazing athletes and coaches, and salute all the amazing women who have played with and for them, who have mentored and been mentored by them, and who continue to change the world and make it a better place for all of us.

From my morning commute. #morning #sunrise

Cold morning walk. #sunrise #walk #winter

Morning walk. Temp in single digits. #walk #winter #morning

The films we watched and discussed over the last 3 weeks in my Dystopian/Post-Apocalyptic Film class 😳 Someone cheer me up! #dystopianfilm #dystopia #film #filmstudy #booksky

Morning, winter. #sunrise

Change of vibe this morning in Dystopian Film class. #TheTrumanShow #dystopia #filmstudy #film @brooks_school