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Elizabeth Johnston Ambrose

@poetlady74.bsky.social

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I’m a poet, animal lover, camping fanatic, and educator living in Rochester, NY. Medusa scholar. Author of Imago, Dei ( Rattle Chapbook Prize, 2021) and Wild Things (Main Street Rag, 2021).

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Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 14h

The ancient Greeks had a word for this kind of love: φιλία.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 16h

"From my personal experience, being pregnant is difficult, but being a father might be even harder. The fact that men have been doing this for hundreds of thousands of years is nothing short of miraculous."

“We’re Pregnant,” Said a Man

Friends and family, we are so excited to announce that we are pregnant. Yes, both of us are pregnant. My wife, Minerva, whose body is furiously at ...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Elizabeth Johnston Ambrose @poetlady74.bsky.social · 1d

The world is burning, but these women and these Autumn colors give me life. So grateful to have a long weekend to spend with them and our husbands in the ADK.

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Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 1d

From @clintsmithiii.bsky.social's book, COunting Descent: bookshop.org/a/862/9781938912658

#poem #books #writing

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

3D printers: WE NEED YOU! If you have a printer, start making whistles for your community. Volunteers of ours have been printing and passing them out across communities, over 200 have been handed out so far!

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Gwen @topmarx.bsky.social · 1d

Informational flyer about Rogers Park Whistle Protocols, explaining how to use whistles to alert neighbors of emergencies, with color-coded alerts, steps for use, and encouragement to form a crowd and stay loud for safety.

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Donna @donnakahn.bsky.social · 1d

The violence is coming from ICE!

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

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Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 2d

From Ada Limón's book, The Hurting Kind: bit.ly/hurtingkind

#poem #books #writing

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2d

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Elizabeth Johnston Ambrose @poetlady74.bsky.social · 2d

Buncha antifa terrorists

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Elizabeth Johnston Ambrose @poetlady74.bsky.social · 2d

Love this place

Elizabeth Johnston Ambrose @poetlady74.bsky.social · 3d

ADK with my crew 💕

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 4d

It is not too late for Donald Trump to win the Nobel Peace Prize if Mike Pence has the courage.

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Elizabeth Johnston Ambrose @poetlady74.bsky.social · 4d

Nazi sex pest is my new favorite term of endearment for the entire Repugnantcan Party.

Elizabeth Johnston Ambrose @poetlady74.bsky.social · 4d

Other folks who could be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize? I’ll start. Negan from The Walking Dead. Also, Lucille.

a man in a leather jacket is smiling while holding a baseball bat

ALT: a man in a leather jacket is smiling while holding a baseball bat

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Alina Stefanescu @alinaetc.bsky.social · 5d

still hanging on one foot,
and nothing on my mind

- Leonard Cohen, doing his best at Mt. Baldy in the book of longing 🖤

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Shaindel Beers @shaindelr.bsky.social · 5d

Please share. Wesley's family says he went fishing and didn't return.

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Resistor Vic @vicmeyers.bsky.social · 6d

This can't be shared enough

💞Sabrina💞 @sabrinarina.bsky.social · 6d

Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.

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Elizabeth Johnston Ambrose @poetlady74.bsky.social · 5d

I am thinking of my students, so many from low income backgrounds, just trying to find a way to pay for school. How they must feel to be yanked from their lives at the behest of this dictator

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Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 5d

All are welcome to join this communal discussion led by poet and professor Joseph Fasano on November 9. To register, email [email protected].

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Elizabeth Johnston Ambrose @poetlady74.bsky.social · 5d

"Long ago I lived in Heaven
because I wanted to. When I fell to earth
I knew the way" www.slowdownshow.org/episode/2025...

1370: Soot by Kaveh Akbar

Today’s poem is Soot by Kaveh Akbar.

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Elizabeth Johnston Ambrose @poetlady74.bsky.social · 5d

I think I will!

Elizabeth Johnston Ambrose @poetlady74.bsky.social · 5d

That is a GREAT acceptance!

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Elizabeth Johnston Ambrose @poetlady74.bsky.social · 5d

Same!!!!!! Except, perhaps, when they stroll in five minutes before I’m heading home lol