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one poet in the crowd @onepoetinthecrowd.bsky.social · 8d

Are you an alum outraged by Trump's attacks on universities? Defend your school now by signing this alumni petition in support of these 9 universities as well as campus communities across America. alumni.controlshift.app/petitions/tr...

Trump attacks 9 universities: Sign the alumni petition to defend your school now

Are you an alum outraged by Trump's attacks on universities? Defend your school now by signing this alumni petition in support of these 9 universities as well as campus communities across America.

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one poet in the crowd @onepoetinthecrowd.bsky.social · 10d

No Kings. October 18—everywhere.

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one poet in the crowd @onepoetinthecrowd.bsky.social · 13d

flowers once
red house finch
now snacks

#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry

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one poet in the crowd @onepoetinthecrowd.bsky.social · 14d

The Catwings books by Ursula K. LeGuin.

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one poet in the crowd @onepoetinthecrowd.bsky.social · 14d

Happy #caturday!

Photo of a brown tabby cat with his tongue out

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one poet in the crowd @onepoetinthecrowd.bsky.social · 14d

”Listen to the mothers” is just like “parents rights”. It is shorthand for allowing a certain small fringe group of “parents” to inflict their desired policies onto other people’s children.

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one poet in the crowd @onepoetinthecrowd.bsky.social · 16d

high hopes
in the walnut tree
the squirrels

#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku

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one poet in the crowd @onepoetinthecrowd.bsky.social · 18d

silent pond
by the old orphanage
silent geese

#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu

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one poet in the crowd @onepoetinthecrowd.bsky.social · 20d

If you love corvids and poetry then check out Poetics: Corvids by Bainbridge Island Press. I happen to have a poem in it which is very exciting! #poetry

Photo of a literary journal called Poetics: Corvids with Pineapple Sage in bloom in the background. There is an illustration of a black bird on the cover—maybe a raven or a crow.

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one poet in the crowd @onepoetinthecrowd.bsky.social · 21d

stilled autumn
cascade of crumpled leaves
caught in spider webs

#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry

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one poet in the crowd @onepoetinthecrowd.bsky.social · 22d

Tell the House to investigate government censorship of Jimmy Kimmel Live! act.indivisible.org/sign/censors...

Tell the House to investigate government censorship of Jimmy Kimmel Live!

On September 17th, ABC/Disney announced it was indefinitely suspending the late-night TV show host Jimmy Kimmel, supposedly in response to comments in his monologue regarding the murder of Charlie Kir...

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one poet in the crowd @onepoetinthecrowd.bsky.social · 26d

after hours
at the Disney World campground
real deer graze

#dailyhaikyprompt #haiku #senryu

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one poet in the crowd @onepoetinthecrowd.bsky.social · 27d

I am so sorry that has happened to you. It’s horrible that people feel emboldened to do that.

I see comments like that sometimes too and am really hoping most of those accounts are sock puppets. But even if they are, they do stoke up the hate.

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one poet in the crowd @onepoetinthecrowd.bsky.social · 29d

Me too

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one poet in the crowd @onepoetinthecrowd.bsky.social · 29d

garlic harvest
curing by the front door
begone vampires

(fun fact: the only suitable place I have to cure garlic is my front porch. I have never had any vampire trouble. Coincidence? I think not. )

#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu

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one poet in the crowd @onepoetinthecrowd.bsky.social · Sep 10

I called Governor Kemp‘s office to request Georgia allow access to Covid vaccines without having to jump through hoops like getting prescriptions. The number is 404-656-1776

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one poet in the crowd @onepoetinthecrowd.bsky.social · Sep 8

weeping willow leaves
set sail—abandoned baby
pool puddled by rain

#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu

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Ilya Kaminsky @ilyakaminsky.bsky.social · Sep 7

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Our Kids Poetry Studio in Odesa is now in its 3rd year & kids, many of whom are refugees of war, are writing beautiful poems. Despite bombardment and sleepless night, they showed up. Here is a link: poemsnotbombs.org. Please consider donating to support this work.

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one poet in the crowd @onepoetinthecrowd.bsky.social · Sep 7

Thank you!

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one poet in the crowd @onepoetinthecrowd.bsky.social · Sep 7

www.bookofmatcheslitmag.com/post/issue-1...
I have a poem in Issue 15 of Book of Matches!

Issue 15 Gathers Its Leaves

It's September and already we walk beneath trees neither fully green nor gold. We're caught between thumb and forefinger of things ripening and things falling. A time where we prepare to gather what w...

www.bookofmatcheslitmag.com

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one poet in the crowd @onepoetinthecrowd.bsky.social · Sep 7

pineapple sage
in bloom—the laughter
of hummingbirds

#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku

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one poet in the crowd @onepoetinthecrowd.bsky.social · Sep 5

I hesitate—
wisteria grows over
my intentions

(Vines)
#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu

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one poet in the crowd @onepoetinthecrowd.bsky.social · Sep 4

kissing the sea
even the old moon
is new

(new moon)
#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry

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one poet in the crowd @onepoetinthecrowd.bsky.social · Sep 3

fairy dust swirls
with dictionary dust
rearranging

#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #senryu

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one poet in the crowd @onepoetinthecrowd.bsky.social · Sep 2

coriander
from spring’s spice seed left to fall
through summer’s weeds

#dailyhaikuprompt #haiku

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