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Jonathan Everitt

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freelance writer | poet | Bennington MFA '20 | Rochester, N.Y. jonathaneveritt.com

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Jonathan Everitt @jonathaneveritt.bsky.social · Feb 18

"At the trial of God, we will ask: why did you allow all this?
And the answer will be an echo: why did you allow all this?"

- from Ilya Kaminsky's poem, "A City Like a Guillotine Shivers on Its Way to a Neck"

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Jonathan Everitt @jonathaneveritt.bsky.social · 4h

Can't wait!

Jonathan Everitt @jonathaneveritt.bsky.social · 4h

Excited for this🎙️

David Rosenthal @davidrosenthalpoet.bsky.social · 4h

Less than a month away!!!!

Listen to live Lit and raise funds for @translifeline.org.

Register now at:
beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com

Bearded Bards
Of BlueSky

Online readings to raise funds for Tans Lifeline.

November 8, 2025
Featuring:
Todd Dillard
Brian Spears
Matthew E. Henry
James McConachie
David J. Bauman
Jonathan Everitt

https://beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com

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Jonathan Everitt @jonathaneveritt.bsky.social · 6h

Looking great!

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Jonathan Everitt @jonathaneveritt.bsky.social · 14h

Jonathan Everitt @jonathaneveritt.bsky.social · 16h

These dudes. God. To just know everything you're saying is manifestly bogus but something compels you.

Jonathan Everitt @jonathaneveritt.bsky.social · 16h

What did they think they were? Chaos Pringles?

Jonathan Everitt @jonathaneveritt.bsky.social · 16h

Haha I thought the same thing.

Jonathan Everitt @jonathaneveritt.bsky.social · 16h

The shutdown seems to be working out great for Project 2025.

Jonathan Everitt @jonathaneveritt.bsky.social · 17h

Have a good and gentle weekend.🖤
youtu.be/J9gKyRmic20?...

Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by CrowdedHouseVEVO

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Jonathan Everitt @jonathaneveritt.bsky.social · 20h

Somebody's buying the dip.🎩

Jonathan Everitt @jonathaneveritt.bsky.social · 21h

Congratulations, poet!

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K.E. Semmel @kesemmel.bsky.social · 1d

I was thrilled to write a story on adults with #tourettesyndrome for AARP. It features some fantastic humans who've dealt with TS all their lives. Few studies have explored the impact TS has had on us adults with TS, I write, but that’s beginning to change. www.aarp.org/health/condi...

How Tourette Syndrome Affects the Lives of 5 Older Americans

Roughly half of individuals with the disorder go undiagnosed, and experts say many of them are older adults

www.aarp.org

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Jonathan Everitt @jonathaneveritt.bsky.social · 1d

Great work. Thanks for the inspiration.

Jonathan Everitt @jonathaneveritt.bsky.social · 1d

Quick. Check her mortgages.

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Jonathan Everitt @jonathaneveritt.bsky.social · 1d

LOL okay, WALL STREET JOURNAL 🫩

Jonathan Everitt @jonathaneveritt.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, it's really pretty brilliant.
Out with Guy Fawkes masks, in with Giant Chicken suits.

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Jonathan Everitt @jonathaneveritt.bsky.social · 1d

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Anomaly Film Fest @anomalyfilmfest.com · 2d

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Get yours by 10/10 and unlock full access to everything Anomaly has to offer AND save $20!

Hurry over to: www.anomalyfilmfest.com/tickets2025

#ROC #RochesterNY #FilmFestival #AnomalyFilmFest #AnomalyFilmFest2025

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Jonathan Everitt @jonathaneveritt.bsky.social · 1d

#ROC
(BTW the Rochester Beacon is consistently doing good work on the local journalism front.)

Rochester Beacon @rochesterbeacon.bsky.social · 2d

Advocates, providers, and legislators agree: unsheltered and chronic homelessness in Rochester and Monroe County are on the rise and must be addressed.

rochesterbeacon.com/2025/10/09/n...

Jonathan Everitt @jonathaneveritt.bsky.social · 1d

"The Storm" by Mary Oliver.
I always think of this little gem as we head into colder weather. First frost on the way tonight. I'm leaning into it.🤍

The Storm
A poem by Mary Oliver

Now through the white orchard my little dog
romps, breaking the new snow
with wild feet.
Running here running there, excited,
hardly able to stop, he leaps, he spins
until the white snow is written upon
in large, exuberant letters,
a long sentence, expressing
the pleasures of the body in this world.
Oh, I could not have said it better myself.

Jonathan Everitt @jonathaneveritt.bsky.social · 1d

😂

Jonathan Everitt @jonathaneveritt.bsky.social · 1d

I've been telling folks I see three types of apparent Trump supporters:

1. Delusional True Believers
2. Power-hungry cynics who know better
3. Republicans afraid of him and his mob

I think the SCOTUS 6 are a mix.

Jonathan Everitt @jonathaneveritt.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity 🖤

Jonathan Everitt @jonathaneveritt.bsky.social · 1d

Our dog watching my partner load the dishwasher:
"Why all the good smells go in the box? Not lick good smells BEFORE go in the box?!"

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Jonathan Everitt @jonathaneveritt.bsky.social · 2d

Bless his heart.

Jonathan Everitt @jonathaneveritt.bsky.social · 2d

So many.
Chili
Charlotte
Avon
#ROC #RochesterNY

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 3d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?