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Laura DeHart Young 💙🌈 @lauradehartyoung.bsky.social · 19h

It’s here!

My new poetry chapbook Burnt Toast and Benedictions is now live from @BottlecapPress.

Ten poems about burnt toast, dead flies in beer and the strange holiness of domestic life—grief and humor, love and rupture, all in the same room.
💙📚 #booksky #poetry

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Burnt Toast and Benedictions, by Laura DeHart Young

Poetry, chapbook, 36 pages, from Bottlecap Features. Burnt Toast and Benedictions is a tender, unflinching meditation on the fractures of domestic life—where humor and heartbreak share intimate spaces...

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Laura DeHart Young 💙🌈 @lauradehartyoung.bsky.social · Sep 1

“As the beheadings continued to roll,
French market women
brought knitting along—
an early form of multi-tasking.”

Laura DeHart Young 💙🌈 @lauradehartyoung.bsky.social · Sep 1

Just published in Book of Matches, Issue 15! online.fliphtml5.com/qoqiq/pdvr/#...

🪓 “Heads Up, Paris!” is my ode to the French Revolution—with flying carrots, mini guillotines, and more dark humor even the French would love!
#BookOfMatchesLit #PoetryBluesky #booksky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity

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Laura DeHart Young 💙🌈 @lauradehartyoung.bsky.social · Aug 24

New poetry coming 9/1 in Book of Matches Literary Magazine. 💙📚
#booksky #poetry #poetrycommunity #writers #poetrylovers #readingcommunity #queerwriters #queerpoets #lgbtq

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Poetry being published 9/1 in Book of Matched

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Laura DeHart Young 💙🌈 @lauradehartyoung.bsky.social · Aug 15

It’s Friday! Time to relax! Enjoy an award-winning literary site: The Raven’s Perch, an international literary and visual arts magazine publishing poets and authors daily from around the world. @theravensperch.bsky.social

#writers #poets #authors #poetrycommunity

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The RavensPerch

Adding Breath to Words

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Laura DeHart Young 💙🌈 @lauradehartyoung.bsky.social · Aug 15

Read my latest poetry, “Five Feet of You” published by The Raven’s Perch.

#Booksky #poetry #booklovers #poetrycommunity #writers #poetrylovers #LGBTQ

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FIVE FEET OF YOU BY LAURA DEHART YOUNG - The RavensPerch

Our marriage of selves always worked— even in 1981, when no one would call it a marriage. Still, it felt secure without a court decree or piece of paper embossed. It never felt flimsy, impossible. It ...

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Laura DeHart Young 💙🌈 @lauradehartyoung.bsky.social · Aug 1

Don't forget to take your favorite books, short stories, and poetry on summer vacations still to come! 😊📚💙 #booksky #poetry #books #reading #summer #vacation

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · Jul 18

Dear @stephencolbert.bsky.social,

Thanks for all the years of speaking truth to power & finding the funny in fascism.
Looking forward to following you wherever you land,

Your fan, Mar🐫

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God @thegodpodcast.com · Jul 18

When a network lays off one of America’s greatest satirists, it’s not because he failed. It’s because he succeeded too loudly.

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Laura DeHart Young 💙🌈 @lauradehartyoung.bsky.social · Jul 8

TrashLight Press is a fun way to spend quiet moments reading loud words-a beautifully curated collection of art, poetry, fiction and more. Check them out. We all need something feral in our lives! trashlightpress.com #poetry #fiction #writers #readers #art @trashlightpress.bsky.social

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Laura DeHart Young 💙🌈 @lauradehartyoung.bsky.social · Apr 7

Today is “Right to Read Day.”Fight censorship and unite against book bans! Support your local library and ala.org. #booksky #reading #readingcommunity #authorsofbluesky #writingcommunity #freedom 💙📚

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Laura DeHart Young 💙🌈 @lauradehartyoung.bsky.social · Apr 4

You are 💯 correct. They were hate votes. Nothing more, nothing less.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · Apr 4

As Trump tanks the economy, he knows he and his billionaire buddies will be fine no matter what.

If you and your family have more to lose, make sure your member of Congress hears from you.

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Dow Drops 1,600 In Biggest Wipeout Since 2020 After Trump’s Tariffs Shock
The double-digit tariff hikes rippled through world markets and economists are warning that the risk of recession is climbing.

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Laura DeHart Young 💙🌈 @lauradehartyoung.bsky.social · Apr 3

Protect our libraries! April 7 is “Right to Read Day.” Vote no against local book bans and support the American Library Association at ala.org. #booksky #books #reading #readingcommunity #writers #poets 📚💙

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Laura DeHart Young 💙🌈 @lauradehartyoung.bsky.social · Mar 9

Let's hear it for the sandhill crane 🪶🐦 migration happening now on Nebraska’s Platte River - because, well, it's something beautiful to celebrate and we need more beautiful right now. 💙 #nature #sandhillcranes #birds

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Mar 8

Wow…

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Laura DeHart Young 💙🌈 @lauradehartyoung.bsky.social · Mar 1

Ukraine is a sovereign nation under attack from an invading adversary. I stand with President Zelenskyy and the people of Ukraine. #ukraine #freedom

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Laura DeHart Young 💙🌈 @lauradehartyoung.bsky.social · Feb 23

Education is an act of resistance. Reading freely is an act of resistance. #resist #booksky 💙📚 #readersofbluesky #authors #books #reading 🌈📚

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · Feb 21

BREAKING:

Canada defeats the USA to take home the #4Nations Championship 🇨🇦🇺🇸

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau tweeted: “You can’t take our country — and you can’t take our game.”

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Meidas_SocietysChild @societyschild.bsky.social · Feb 20

🚨🚨🚨
PSA- Gov. Braun has banned the distribution of the Imagination Station books in Indiana.

For those who do not know, Imagination Station is a program started by Dolly Parton which provides a free book each month to children from 0-5.

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Laura DeHart Young 💙🌈 @lauradehartyoung.bsky.social · Feb 20

It’s hard to keep calm
these days. A good book always helps. #booksky #books #readersofbluesky #reading 🌈📚 #writersofbluesky 💙📚 #poet #poetrycommunity #poetry

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Laura DeHart Young 💙🌈 @lauradehartyoung.bsky.social · Feb 12

A simple explanation for needing DEI initiatives. 🧐💙

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Laura DeHart Young 💙🌈 @lauradehartyoung.bsky.social · Feb 6

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a cartoon of snoopy dancing with the words hallelujah in the background

ALT: a cartoon of snoopy dancing with the words hallelujah in the background

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Laura DeHart Young 💙🌈 @lauradehartyoung.bsky.social · Feb 6

I am following you now. Keep up the great work! 💙

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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · Feb 5

For all the unfair characterizations of women as being subpar “DEI” hires, most of the BEST managers I've ever reported to were women.

I can think of TWO highly-qualified Women in particular who aren't convicted felons who would be a TRILLION times better than the buzzard in the Oval Office.

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