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My latest chapbook, A Seed Too Deep, has been released as an ebook through Indie Virginia and is now available for free on the BiblioBoard Library mobile and web platform. It’s a collection o…

JTB @jthomasbrown.com · Jul 18

Between the orange mussolini's birthday parade and ICE, we all could end up in Alligator Alcatraz.

JTB @jthomasbrown.com · Jul 18

My latest #chapbook, A Seed Too Deep, has been released as an ebook through Indie Virginia and is now available for free. It’s a collection of thirty- one of my #poems exploring #disenfranchisement in our society. #publication, #writing, #poetry

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A SEED TOO DEEP

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JTB @jthomasbrown.com · Jul 18

Enthusiastic turnout for Good Trouble Lives On in Richmond, Va. Heat index over 100 degrees but plenty of shade along Monument. Orange mussolini demanding Texas and the GOP intensify their gerrymandering. Can't let it happen. #goodtroubleliveson #votingrights #johnlewis #protests #gerrymandering

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JTB @jthomasbrown.com · Jun 19

I've had some like that. At least it wasn’t a form letter. Maybe next reply will be better news.

JTB @jthomasbrown.com · Jun 17

I cast my vote for her in the primary this morning. The Dem candidates have similar platforms so I am happy with either. The Republicans are running John Reid for Lt. Gov. If Hashmi wins the primary then it will be someone born in India vs a conservative gay man. Anything goes!

JTB @jthomasbrown.com · Jun 15

#NoKings protest in Richmond, Virginia, near where I live. It was organized, well-planned, and to the point. Above all, peaceful and unified. Senator Ghazala Hashmi delivered an inspiring speech. The message is loud and clear. Part 2 of Hashmi's speech.

JTB @jthomasbrown.com · Jun 15

I have bad knees, but I couldn't miss this protest in Richmond, Virginia, near where I live. It was organized and to the point. Above all, peaceful. Sen. Ghazala Hashmi delivered an inspiring speech. The video's cut into two parts for time requirements, but very loud and clear. Part 1:
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NO KINGS Richmond · No Kings

JTB @jthomasbrown.com · Jun 8

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Richmond” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allie...

AAP's Pallante on the US Library of Congress and Copyright Office Firings

JTB @jthomasbrown.com · May 13

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An #AI program took my #poetry collection Mooncalf, and my poem Respiratto published by Chelonian Conservancy Journal, from a database called #LibGen to train on. Sans permission. Great article in #Publishing Perspectives by P. Anderson.
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May Day Strong: We are the Many · Freedom Over Fascism

JTB @jthomasbrown.com · May 1

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May Day Strong: We Are the Many. Good turnout on a week day. Monroe Park, 620 W Main St, Richmond, VA 5pm
#maydaystrong #protests #newskies

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JTB @jthomasbrown.com · Apr 30

I'm attending May Day Strong's event, “May Day Strong: We are the Many” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/freedomoverf...

Across the country—from fruit fields in California to classrooms in Chicago, from kitchens in Queens to loading docks in Atlanta—working people are rising up. **We are demanding a country that puts ou...

May Day Strong: We are the Many · Freedom Over Fascism

JTB @jthomasbrown.com · Apr 27

Attend May Day Strong's event, “May Day Strong: We are the Many” - sign up now to join me and thousands of others who are fed up with the hostile takeover by the billionaire playboys and their sycophants! #freedomoverfascism www.mobilize.us/freedomoverf...

#USprotests #Musk #protests

Across the country—from fruit fields in California to classrooms in Chicago, from kitchens in Queens to loading docks in Atlanta—working people are rising up. **We are demanding a country that puts ou...

JTB @jthomasbrown.com · Apr 21

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Richmond Virginia

JTB @jthomasbrown.com · Apr 5

A fine protest. To the point and peaceful. Instead of dwelling on the negatives, show your displeasure and vote them out in all offices of government, starting with the lowest offices and on up. Shout out the truth in the streets and don't drink the Kool Aid. #HandsOff #protests #Musk #resist

JTB @jthomasbrown.com · Apr 21

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Conversation with a Coat

conversation was the thread between us
that couldn’t hold on
the stitching unraveled and the elbows worn

lift the handset, please, from the cradle when I call,
and put your coat on the line
we can talk some kitsch to pass the time

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Conversation with a Coat #social #justice #poetry #writingcommunity

names are the invisible shadows
with which others clothe us and we them
the sheaths of the souls within

they are entries in the phone book,
or like a coat hanging on a chair;
they are the outer layer

memories are movies
woven from dreams
clips of scenes, carefully rearranged

conversation was the thread between us
that couldn’t hold on
the stitching unraveled and the elbows worn

lift the handset, please, from the cradle when I call,
and put your coat on the line
we can talk some kitsch to pass the time
-JTB

JTB @jthomasbrown.com · Apr 5

A fine protest. To the point and peaceful. Instead of dwelling on the negatives, show your displeasure and vote them out in all offices of government, starting with the lowest offices and on up. Shout out the truth in the streets and don't drink the Kool Aid. #HandsOff #protests #Musk #resist

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JTB @jthomasbrown.com · Apr 5

Here's what went on in Richmond Virginia. It was a good day.

JTB @jthomasbrown.com · Apr 1

Hands Off! Mass Call for mobilizing against Trump's power grab · Hands Off

Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on, claiming anything standing in their way is illegal, and daring the American people...

JTB @jthomasbrown.com · Mar 12

On Saturday, March 8th, my wife and I and about 150 others demonstrated on Broad Street in Richmond, VA. near a Tesla dealership to protest billionaires (Musk especially) illegally interfering in our government. Not one of the local Richmond TV stations carried the story. News blackout.