Raymond Gibson
@raymondgibson.bsky.social
MFA from FAU. Meridian (Glass Lyre, 2016), New Ruin (Ghost City, 2020). Verse found in Rust+Moth, HOOT, Moist, and Voicemail Poems. Hollywood, FL, US. Formerly @rgibson103 on Twitter.
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everything has been said but bears repeating because no one was listening at first
and everything will be repeated in perpetuity as those who just arrived strive to catch on
and the lesson will never be fully learned for those who came first have already begun to forget
and everything will be repeated in perpetuity as those who just arrived strive to catch on
and the lesson will never be fully learned for those who came first have already begun to forget
Couldn’t finish my salad tonight. I can’t eat like I used to.
November 25, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Couldn’t finish my salad tonight. I can’t eat like I used to.
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If anyone can help ... with the car broken down, I have to cancel care, Alan can't get jobs, and food costs go up cause of delivery Transit is barely a thing here & I am disabled+state stripped trans/nonbinary rights so I am denied access 2x over.
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November 20, 2025 at 11:25 AM
If anyone can help ... with the car broken down, I have to cancel care, Alan can't get jobs, and food costs go up cause of delivery Transit is barely a thing here & I am disabled+state stripped trans/nonbinary rights so I am denied access 2x over.
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I just want to publish this chapbook and maybe a couple of other poems. That’s all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I just want to publish this chapbook and maybe a couple of other poems. That’s all.
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The final poem in Charles Simic's Scribbled in the Dark (2017)
November 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The final poem in Charles Simic's Scribbled in the Dark (2017)
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Depression is rage spread thin. —George Santayana
November 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Depression is rage spread thin. —George Santayana
I’m cranky today.
November 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I’m cranky today.
What the hell am I thankful for this year? Trump? Glaucoma? Cataracts? Diabetes? The roof leaking? If I counted a blessing, I swear my finger would fall off while doing it.
November 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
What the hell am I thankful for this year? Trump? Glaucoma? Cataracts? Diabetes? The roof leaking? If I counted a blessing, I swear my finger would fall off while doing it.
I miss crying, and daydreaming. Glaucoma and aphantasia.
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I miss crying, and daydreaming. Glaucoma and aphantasia.
Fernando Pessoa trans. David Butler
November 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Fernando Pessoa trans. David Butler
I’m sick of being bitter and joyless, but don’t know how to change.
November 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I’m sick of being bitter and joyless, but don’t know how to change.
November 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Writing Congress does nothing. I’ve been doing it for over a decade.
November 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Writing Congress does nothing. I’ve been doing it for over a decade.
Dulce María Loynaz trans . James O’Connor #smallpoemsunday
November 23, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Dulce María Loynaz trans . James O’Connor #smallpoemsunday
Blood sugar is still in the 120s.
November 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Blood sugar is still in the 120s.
Had bread at dinner and overslept. Woke up with blood sugar in the 130s.
November 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Had bread at dinner and overslept. Woke up with blood sugar in the 130s.
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We did it on the Epstein petition, and we can do it again for healthcare:
Tell Congress: Support discharge petition to force vote on ACA tax credits
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November 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
We did it on the Epstein petition, and we can do it again for healthcare:
Odd. Was listening to raga malkauns on sitar and the first thing that sprang to mind was slide guitar blues.
November 21, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Odd. Was listening to raga malkauns on sitar and the first thing that sprang to mind was slide guitar blues.
Stuffing or mashed potatoes has been settled. I can’t have either. Fuck diabetes.
November 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Stuffing or mashed potatoes has been settled. I can’t have either. Fuck diabetes.
Forgot to take my blood sugar this morning.
November 21, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Forgot to take my blood sugar this morning.