Sean Bates

#SundayStunday #SundaySilence

Pizzeria Buono Buono out there in Higashi Nihonbashi with the purest vibes on earth.

#leica #leicam6 #leicaphotography #35mm #35mmfilm #35mmphotography #film #photography #filmphotography #tokyo #japan #pizza

Collabo photozine Textures 001 w/ design and layout by Renée Abaroa.

Features an incantation about concrete and several pictures of concrete, too, among other things.

#photozine #film #photography #memdiumformat #mediumformatphotography #35mmphotography #writing #poetry

Thanksgiving How will it go with your family this year? September hits and I'm already sharpening my teeth for that lovely meal.

How will it go with your family this year? September hits and I'm already sharpening my teeth for that lovely meal.

Today's poem is "Thanksgiving" tinyurl.com/5cnwupk7

#poems #poetry #amwriting #politics #politicalpoetry #writing #booksky #poemsky #substack #thanksgiving #family #poetrycommunity

Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.

Gmail users!!

They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.

Pass it on!!

www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...

Spider on a toothbrush.

#leica #leicam6 #35mm #film #photography #35mmfilm #35mmphotography

Just keep grading
Just keep grading
grading grading

I love science communication. I love explainers about big math concepts....but doing it myself...not so much. Happy writing!

Four Writing Prompts: Sanity Good stories center on the clashing of characters’ goals and motivations. Sometimes a character’s goals and motivations arise from attempting to live in a world based on normal, rational behav…

#writingprompt #StoryStarter #amwriting #writingcommunity #writers inventingrealityediting.com/2...

Winter Knives Cold can kill, can do violence without a touch...

Cold can kill, can do violence without a touch…

Today's poem is "Winter Knives" tinyurl.com/3w8u4ukt

#winter #cozycore #cold #poetry #writingcommunity #poemsky #poets #poemaday #substackpoetry #authors #weather #naturepoems

photo of a trail in the woods. a leaning alder. sun through the trees.

sun out in november thus a walk in the woods

Winter Knives Cold can kill, can do violence without a touch...

Cold can kill, can do violence without a touch…

Today's poem is "Winter Knives" tinyurl.com/3w8u4ukt

#winter #cozycore #cold #poetry #writingcommunity #poemsky #poets #poemaday #substackpoetry #authors #weather #naturepoems

icymi in 1937 Leadbelly wrote the couplet "Home of the brave, land of the free / don't wanna be mistreated by no bourgeoisie"

Poetry Comics Month, Day 19

Just keep grading
Just keep grading
Just keep grading
grading grading

Donate Pioneer Valley Power Packs | Free Backpack Food Program

The #shutdown may be over but the need remains.

Please consider supporting my hometown's initiative:
Pioneer Valley Power Packs.

This org provides area school children with healthy food choices through a supplemental weekend backpack program.

www.pioneervalleypowerpacks.org/pvpp-donate

What a cover.

Donate Pioneer Valley Power Packs | Free Backpack Food Program

The #shutdown may be over but the need remains.

Please consider supporting my hometown's initiative:
Pioneer Valley Power Packs.

This org provides area school children with healthy food choices through a supplemental weekend backpack program.

www.pioneervalleypowerpacks.org/pvpp-donate

parents freed a hummingbird from a skylight with a coleus flower attached to a pole

Grove All I want this winter is the feeling of a warm house guarded by woods

All I want this winter is the feeling of a warm house guarded by woods.

Today's poem is "Grove" tinyurl.com/677sr9sa

#poetry #naturepoetry #winter #cottagecore #cozycore #writingcommunity #poemsky #poets #authors

#writingcommunity What's the winter project you're gearing up for?

Me, I'm still in first draft #memoir land...

Gooood morning #writers!

Hey it's put my life back together Sunday!

Thank you thank you

Thank you!

Thank you, Paul

The Penny Dies at 232

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/b...

@johngreensbluesky.bsky.social do we have a eulogy ready?

I'm 35 today. That's a good age.

Winter in this Dusk One of my activities is inverting the diction of a poem. I love how the new poem somehow ends in a similar space as the original even though the diction is "opposite" like it exists in negative space.

Try inverting the diction of a poem. I love how the new poem somehow ends in a similar space as the original even though the diction is "opposite" like it exists in the negative space.

Today's poem is "Winter in this Dusk" after Charles Simic tinyurl.com/ysjpefnn

#poetry #teachers #craft #writing