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Dr. Han VanderHart

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Hollis Summers Poetry Prize: Larks (Ohio U Press, 2025). What Pecan Light (BCP, 2021). Editor: @riverriverbooks.bsky.social EIC: @moistpoetryjournal.bsky.social Host: @ofpoetrypodcast.bsky.social Southern. PhD Duke. they/them. Durham, NC. πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ

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Aretha Franklin - Think (feat. The Blues Brothers) - 1080p Full HD
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And Aretha Franklin. youtu.be/Vet6AHmq3_s?...

04.12.2025 20:53 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What does not disappoint is impeccable Korean fried chicken and fried rice at your local place on a December day ❀️

04.12.2025 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

whewwww

04.12.2025 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"I don't want to know how I write poetry. Poetry is dangerous: talking too much about it, like naming your gods, brings bad luck... you may improve your so-called technique, but only at the expense of your so-called soul." Margaret Atwood

04.12.2025 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

right?! πŸ‘€ bless @poetrydaily.bsky.social 🎁

04.12.2025 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This poem is impeccable. !!!

04.12.2025 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A PIG IN EVERY INBOX.

04.12.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Spam for President A hot pocket in every Chernobyl, a pig in every inbox.

Oh my GOD the Harryette Mullen poem today!!!

β€œSPAM FOR PRESIDENT”:

β€œOne thing you can say for me, I deliver the pork.”

@poetrydaily.bsky.social

04.12.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Friends, vikings, countrymen: lend me your eyes. May I present what just happened an hour ago in Iceland?

It was an early, short substorm, but it was a good one. Literal space weather!
#northernlights #aurora

03.12.2025 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 4557    πŸ” 629    πŸ’¬ 102    πŸ“Œ 35

y’all are both great. I’m going to get us all coffees/matchas.

04.12.2025 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

performative disagreement as a joke / out of context response / sigh

04.12.2025 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

The death of childhood is the beginning of poetry.

β€”Andrei Tarkovsky
#quote

04.12.2025 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

On my grave.

04.12.2025 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
We believe technique to be nothing more than failed style.

We believe technique to be nothing more than failed style.

30.11.2025 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 75    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

we are vaccinating a nation as it pleases ONE MAN??

04.12.2025 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

from now on I spell things as it pleases me

04.12.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Two wolfths

04.12.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
love is a
fixèd star
ha ha ha
ha ha ha.

love is a fixèd star ha ha ha ha ha ha.

Peter Reading

15.11.2025 03:17 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh my god can’t tell if this is satire or not 😭

04.12.2025 14:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Blue graphic with photograph of poet Nicole Cooley, book cover of MOTHER WATER ASH and the text:

OF POETRY PODCAST

MOTHER
WATER
ASH
poems
NICOLE COOLEY

(Of Form and Flood, the Documentation of Grief, and Poetry That Violates Rules)
EPISODE 81

Blue graphic with photograph of poet Nicole Cooley, book cover of MOTHER WATER ASH and the text: OF POETRY PODCAST MOTHER WATER ASH poems NICOLE COOLEY (Of Form and Flood, the Documentation of Grief, and Poetry That Violates Rules) EPISODE 81

Tune in to Episode 81 (Of Form and Flood, the Documentation of Grief, and Poetry That Violates Rules) with Nicole Cooley today!

Listen here: share.transistor.fm/s/2fb8d4c8

04.12.2025 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They should look into financializing labor again by paying a people a living wage

03.12.2025 21:41 β€” πŸ‘ 174    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
ALL IMLS grants restored in every state & territory.

ALL IMLS grants restored in every state & territory.

In response to a ruling from a federal judge in Rhode Island, the Institute of Museum and Library Services reinstated all previously canceled grants in every state and territory. It's a huge win for libraries and our communities.

In response to a ruling from a federal judge in Rhode Island, the Institute of Museum and Library Services reinstated all previously canceled grants in every state and territory. It's a huge win for libraries and our communities.

"The reinstatement of all IMLS grants means that libraries across the country will be able to resume vital services for learning, imagination, and economic opportunity. We are breathing a sigh of relief, but the fight is not over." ALA President Sam Helmick. Show up for our libraries, American Library Association.

"The reinstatement of all IMLS grants means that libraries across the country will be able to resume vital services for learning, imagination, and economic opportunity. We are breathing a sigh of relief, but the fight is not over." ALA President Sam Helmick. Show up for our libraries, American Library Association.

NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.

This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!

Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...

03.12.2025 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 6707    πŸ” 2301    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 166

for real, for reallll. but also: access. siiigh.

03.12.2025 19:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"I bought from them via bookshop" still not the same

03.12.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

really important to remember that bookshop is great if you need it but even better is to buy directly from a bookstore they are not the same

03.12.2025 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
SNOW

Snow,
blessed snow,
comes out of the sky 
like bleached flies.
The ground is no longer naked. 
The ground has on its clothes. 
The trees poke out of sheets
and each branch wears the sock of God.

There is hope.
There is hope everywhere.
I bite it.
Someone once said:
Don't bite till you know 
if it's bread or stone. 
What I bite is all bread, 
rising, yeasty as a cloud.

There is hope.
There is hope everywhere. 
Today God gives milk 
and I have the pail.

SNOW Snow, blessed snow, comes out of the sky like bleached flies. The ground is no longer naked. The ground has on its clothes. The trees poke out of sheets and each branch wears the sock of God. There is hope. There is hope everywhere. I bite it. Someone once said: Don't bite till you know if it's bread or stone. What I bite is all bread, rising, yeasty as a cloud. There is hope. There is hope everywhere. Today God gives milk and I have the pail.

There is hope. / There is hope everywhere.

Anne Sexton

03.12.2025 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Stunning 🀩 ❀️❀️❀️

03.12.2025 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image I asked the Night to breath into my mouth
Last night I dreamt that a swan was sucking jade-dew from my fingers. With eyes wide open I saw thousands of little deaths, pooling, For a moment I thought that the warm breeze made by the swan's wings would dry out the meadow's loneliness. Yet, once again I was proved wrong When I woke the candles of will were no longer burning and the blessing bowls lay shattered on the floor.
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I asked the Night to breath into my mouth Last night I dreamt that a swan was sucking jade-dew from my fingers. With eyes wide open I saw thousands of little deaths, pooling, For a moment I thought that the warm breeze made by the swan's wings would dry out the meadow's loneliness. Yet, once again I was proved wrong When I woke the candles of will were no longer burning and the blessing bowls lay shattered on the floor. 5

Walls
I meet a woman who tells me that she can hear through walls. To prove her skill, I invite her to my place. As soon as we enter the apartment, I ask her to tell me what my neighbors are talking about. Instead of putting her ear to the living room wall, she places her car to my abdomen. Bebind your navel is a Wall of Snow - says the woman. Curious, I ask her what she hears through wall. I bear the sound of sleet falling on the roof, a mother' sighing and a baby grinding its teth... I want to ask her who built the wall, but there is no one in the room, save my mother in her coffin.
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Walls I meet a woman who tells me that she can hear through walls. To prove her skill, I invite her to my place. As soon as we enter the apartment, I ask her to tell me what my neighbors are talking about. Instead of putting her ear to the living room wall, she places her car to my abdomen. Bebind your navel is a Wall of Snow - says the woman. Curious, I ask her what she hears through wall. I bear the sound of sleet falling on the roof, a mother' sighing and a baby grinding its teth... I want to ask her who built the wall, but there is no one in the room, save my mother in her coffin. 26

RΓ©ka Nyitrai’s <<With swan’s nest on her back>> is now available for pre-order! www.ethelzine.com/shop/the-sto...

01.12.2025 20:27 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Walked into dentist reception and accidentally turned on podcaster voice it’s too early for mee

03.12.2025 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

i often recall treebeard’s remark that he is not entirely on anyone’s side because no one is entirely on his side. particularly when people on here deliver lectures about who you have a duty to vote for.

03.12.2025 12:41 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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