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A lack of connection.
My purpose in life
is depleted.
An opportunity
that is as if deleted.
Feelings that have receded.
By false optimism I was greeted.
An opportunity
that is uprooted.
My purpose in life
is depleted.
An opportunity
that is as if deleted.
Feelings that have receded.
By false optimism I was greeted.
An opportunity
that is uprooted.
November 26, 2025 at 4:21 AM
A lack of connection.
My purpose in life
is depleted.
An opportunity
that is as if deleted.
Feelings that have receded.
By false optimism I was greeted.
An opportunity
that is uprooted.
My purpose in life
is depleted.
An opportunity
that is as if deleted.
Feelings that have receded.
By false optimism I was greeted.
An opportunity
that is uprooted.
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I'm so excited to share two new poems with you that were just published Lunch Ticket 🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊
I Try So Hard Not To Bite Off His Tongue & Like A Bobcat Watching A Squirrel
lunchticket.org/i-try-so-har...
It's easier to read them on the website. 🙏🩷🙏🩷
I Try So Hard Not To Bite Off His Tongue & Like A Bobcat Watching A Squirrel
lunchticket.org/i-try-so-har...
It's easier to read them on the website. 🙏🩷🙏🩷
I Try So Hard Not to Bite Off His Tongue & One Poem - Lunch Ticket
Two poems by Sheree La Puma
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November 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I'm so excited to share two new poems with you that were just published Lunch Ticket 🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊
I Try So Hard Not To Bite Off His Tongue & Like A Bobcat Watching A Squirrel
lunchticket.org/i-try-so-har...
It's easier to read them on the website. 🙏🩷🙏🩷
I Try So Hard Not To Bite Off His Tongue & Like A Bobcat Watching A Squirrel
lunchticket.org/i-try-so-har...
It's easier to read them on the website. 🙏🩷🙏🩷
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November 25, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Nourish beginnings, let us nourish beginnings.
Not all things are blest, but the seeds
of all things are blest.
The blessing is in the seed.
This moment, this seed,
this look, this instant of love.
One life, or the faring stars.
🌱🌿🍁
#poem excerpt: Muriel Rukeyser
#micropoem
#art Mary Jo Hoffman
Not all things are blest, but the seeds
of all things are blest.
The blessing is in the seed.
This moment, this seed,
this look, this instant of love.
One life, or the faring stars.
🌱🌿🍁
#poem excerpt: Muriel Rukeyser
#micropoem
#art Mary Jo Hoffman
November 25, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Nourish beginnings, let us nourish beginnings.
Not all things are blest, but the seeds
of all things are blest.
The blessing is in the seed.
This moment, this seed,
this look, this instant of love.
One life, or the faring stars.
🌱🌿🍁
#poem excerpt: Muriel Rukeyser
#micropoem
#art Mary Jo Hoffman
Not all things are blest, but the seeds
of all things are blest.
The blessing is in the seed.
This moment, this seed,
this look, this instant of love.
One life, or the faring stars.
🌱🌿🍁
#poem excerpt: Muriel Rukeyser
#micropoem
#art Mary Jo Hoffman
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November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I'm happy about this. He's a good replacement for Bedoya in terms of hustle and grit and every now and then a #DOOP. He's a good fit for the system. People who don't like the system won't be thrilled. www.philadelphiaunion.com/news/philade...
Philadelphia Union Sign Midfielder Indiana Vassilev To New Contract | Philadelphia Union
Vassilev signs new deal through 2028 with option for 2029
www.philadelphiaunion.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I'm happy about this. He's a good replacement for Bedoya in terms of hustle and grit and every now and then a #DOOP. He's a good fit for the system. People who don't like the system won't be thrilled. www.philadelphiaunion.com/news/philade...
Today's #poetry reading video is "Ventus Ex Machina" from "too many chairs on the grass green hill", which is available as a free pdf at 226press.com.
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vimeo.com/486494803
Ventus Ex Machina
Christopher William Purdom reads "Ventus Ex Machina" from "too many chairs on the grass green hill" at 226press.com
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November 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Today's #poetry reading video is "Ventus Ex Machina" from "too many chairs on the grass green hill", which is available as a free pdf at 226press.com.
vimeo.com/486494803
vimeo.com/486494803
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today is my birthday, and I couldn’t imagine a better way to celebrate than having a new poem out in Burial Magazine! infinite gratitude to Z. H. Gill for giving this one a beautiful home :) 🙏
November 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
today is my birthday, and I couldn’t imagine a better way to celebrate than having a new poem out in Burial Magazine! infinite gratitude to Z. H. Gill for giving this one a beautiful home :) 🙏
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I am what I had to be, but I’m trying to be more.
September 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I am what I had to be, but I’m trying to be more.
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Big news! The groundhog is back at my sister's and she gave him a plum
November 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Big news! The groundhog is back at my sister's and she gave him a plum
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Come lunchtime—
for all who cannot stagger it—
we stand like kept dogs
waiting at the elevator,
holding an unspoken “stay.”
#短歌 #tanka #poetry #poesia
#haikufeels
for all who cannot stagger it—
we stand like kept dogs
waiting at the elevator,
holding an unspoken “stay.”
#短歌 #tanka #poetry #poesia
#haikufeels
November 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Come lunchtime—
for all who cannot stagger it—
we stand like kept dogs
waiting at the elevator,
holding an unspoken “stay.”
#短歌 #tanka #poetry #poesia
#haikufeels
for all who cannot stagger it—
we stand like kept dogs
waiting at the elevator,
holding an unspoken “stay.”
#短歌 #tanka #poetry #poesia
#haikufeels
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Prairie dogs are just dogs that churn their own butter.
May 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Prairie dogs are just dogs that churn their own butter.
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emerald green lights diffuse across navy canvas, stars as stray paint beading off oiled drop cloth
silence collects in branches of birch left unlit by moon, edges of ice expanding across ocean to sleeping volcano
a poem goes unfinished
silence collects in branches of birch left unlit by moon, edges of ice expanding across ocean to sleeping volcano
a poem goes unfinished
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
emerald green lights diffuse across navy canvas, stars as stray paint beading off oiled drop cloth
silence collects in branches of birch left unlit by moon, edges of ice expanding across ocean to sleeping volcano
a poem goes unfinished
silence collects in branches of birch left unlit by moon, edges of ice expanding across ocean to sleeping volcano
a poem goes unfinished
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poetic anagram = a romantic page
November 25, 2025 at 12:12 PM
poetic anagram = a romantic page
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November 25, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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My favorite childhood toy was a plug socket. Perhaps that’s why I don’t recall much of my childhood.
November 25, 2025 at 9:07 AM
My favorite childhood toy was a plug socket. Perhaps that’s why I don’t recall much of my childhood.
Watched the second half of SDFC 1-0 MNUFC. One great shot, a couple of great saves. San Diego vs. Whitecaps for the Western Conference championship.
November 25, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Watched the second half of SDFC 1-0 MNUFC. One great shot, a couple of great saves. San Diego vs. Whitecaps for the Western Conference championship.
Today's #poetry reading video is "Light bounces off the shallow" from "too many chairs on the grass green hill", which is available as a free pdf at 226press.com.
vimeo.com/486162097
vimeo.com/486162097
Light bounces off the shallow
Christopher William Purdom reads "Light bounces off the shallow" from "too many chairs on the grass green hill" at 226press.com
vimeo.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Today's #poetry reading video is "Light bounces off the shallow" from "too many chairs on the grass green hill", which is available as a free pdf at 226press.com.
vimeo.com/486162097
vimeo.com/486162097
Zolos got into a short-passing skill fight with NYCFC which is just not Union Ball, kept dumping crosses in from the left with 3 defenders standing in front of Mr. Freeze, missed on the few chances they did create, and unsurprisingly lost without a #DOOP. At least there is the Shield.
November 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Zolos got into a short-passing skill fight with NYCFC which is just not Union Ball, kept dumping crosses in from the left with 3 defenders standing in front of Mr. Freeze, missed on the few chances they did create, and unsurprisingly lost without a #DOOP. At least there is the Shield.
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Im not arguing with you. I'm just explaining very loudly why I'm right
November 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Im not arguing with you. I'm just explaining very loudly why I'm right
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The Union don't have the money to buy a new one, so ...
Only hope is to forcefeed enough young talent through the pipeline, maybe with some change-of-pace types (I think Iloski is one), to buck the trend
Only hope is to forcefeed enough young talent through the pipeline, maybe with some change-of-pace types (I think Iloski is one), to buck the trend
It simply does not work against high-level teams with time to prepare and the emotional fuel that is a playoff matchup. You need more control, and you need more top-end quality.
It's a good experiment and I'm glad we have teams with different game models in this league, but the data's the data.
It's a good experiment and I'm glad we have teams with different game models in this league, but the data's the data.
November 24, 2025 at 3:13 AM
The Union don't have the money to buy a new one, so ...
Only hope is to forcefeed enough young talent through the pipeline, maybe with some change-of-pace types (I think Iloski is one), to buck the trend
Only hope is to forcefeed enough young talent through the pipeline, maybe with some change-of-pace types (I think Iloski is one), to buck the trend
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And you, what did you pay to enter this world?
—Benjamin Garcia, with many voltas this morning 🥰
—Benjamin Garcia, with many voltas this morning 🥰
Egg Tooth
Ears are the eyes on the sides of your head. / Memory lives here, between these apostrophes.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
And you, what did you pay to enter this world?
—Benjamin Garcia, with many voltas this morning 🥰
—Benjamin Garcia, with many voltas this morning 🥰
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FT: NYCFC 1, Union 0
The Union's frequent tormentors do it again. 18 shots but no goal for the Union, who did just about everything but score
The Union's frequent tormentors do it again. 18 shots but no goal for the Union, who did just about everything but score
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 AM
FT: NYCFC 1, Union 0
The Union's frequent tormentors do it again. 18 shots but no goal for the Union, who did just about everything but score
The Union's frequent tormentors do it again. 18 shots but no goal for the Union, who did just about everything but score
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.