panic mixie glean whorl
@upfromsumdirt.bsky.social
poet & nyeusiphile.
poetry collections: Deifying A Total Darkness; To Emit Teal; The Second Stop Is Jupiter; & The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife
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poetry collections: Deifying A Total Darkness; To Emit Teal; The Second Stop Is Jupiter; & The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife
👠👠 + 🎣👨🏿🦳 + 👰🏿♂️
i think, for my cover for We, the Umbra, im gonna go the public domain route and pluck some obscured art from the past... i wish i could find a trove of black classical 18th century artists but im sure they starved in obscurity no matter how talented they were...
Black Man with Horses
Wacław Pawliszak (Polish, 1866-1905)
Wacław Pawliszak (Polish, 1866-1905)
February 16, 2026 at 5:54 PM
i think, for my cover for We, the Umbra, im gonna go the public domain route and pluck some obscured art from the past... i wish i could find a trove of black classical 18th century artists but im sure they starved in obscurity no matter how talented they were...
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if youre familiar with tina bell then you probably know about death as well...
youtu.be/V2WbGN7xwW0?...
youtu.be/V2WbGN7xwW0?...
🔥 The Unrecognized Pioneers Of Punk Music :: A Band Called Death (Documentary)
YouTube video by FYADUB | FYASHOP
youtu.be
February 16, 2026 at 4:20 PM
if youre familiar with tina bell then you probably know about death as well...
youtu.be/V2WbGN7xwW0?...
youtu.be/V2WbGN7xwW0?...
just read Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market, tho a longtime fan of Dante Rossetti's illustrations for it... my Fayre Gabbro suite of poems was inpired by his & other fantasy illustrators like Arthur Rackham's artwork
this is my own goblin/fairytale poem from that series
(now w/ correct alt text)
this is my own goblin/fairytale poem from that series
(now w/ correct alt text)
February 16, 2026 at 4:15 PM
just read Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market, tho a longtime fan of Dante Rossetti's illustrations for it... my Fayre Gabbro suite of poems was inpired by his & other fantasy illustrators like Arthur Rackham's artwork
this is my own goblin/fairytale poem from that series
(now w/ correct alt text)
this is my own goblin/fairytale poem from that series
(now w/ correct alt text)
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I was thinking about this a lot last week when teaching about how David Walker had a bounty put on his head by enslavers for writing an anti-slavery pamphlet in 1830 that he sewed into the linings of jackets that sailors took to southern port cities. That’s how scared they were of powerful words.
can you imagine being in peril for simply having pen & paper found in your possession?
to have THE LAW deny you the liberty of placing a single letter onto even the smallest scrap of paper...
& we imagined this country as genteel & civilized.
jesus.
to have THE LAW deny you the liberty of placing a single letter onto even the smallest scrap of paper...
& we imagined this country as genteel & civilized.
jesus.
February 16, 2026 at 2:53 PM
I was thinking about this a lot last week when teaching about how David Walker had a bounty put on his head by enslavers for writing an anti-slavery pamphlet in 1830 that he sewed into the linings of jackets that sailors took to southern port cities. That’s how scared they were of powerful words.
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today's frivolous historical dispute:
the great wilkinson/davis household cream cheese war - in which one side doles out a measly teaspoon of cream cheese for breakfast bagel while the other side clamors for 2 tablespoon cream cheese representation.
the great wilkinson/davis household cream cheese war - in which one side doles out a measly teaspoon of cream cheese for breakfast bagel while the other side clamors for 2 tablespoon cream cheese representation.
February 16, 2026 at 3:01 PM
today's frivolous historical dispute:
the great wilkinson/davis household cream cheese war - in which one side doles out a measly teaspoon of cream cheese for breakfast bagel while the other side clamors for 2 tablespoon cream cheese representation.
the great wilkinson/davis household cream cheese war - in which one side doles out a measly teaspoon of cream cheese for breakfast bagel while the other side clamors for 2 tablespoon cream cheese representation.
barbara cartland is the subject author
we didnt carry much romance at our bookstore (handfuls of the very VERY latest if it came in used) but lexington already had a dedicated romance bookstore ‐ in fact all the local bookstores had their own niche & we limited our encroachment in each's territory
we didnt carry much romance at our bookstore (handfuls of the very VERY latest if it came in used) but lexington already had a dedicated romance bookstore ‐ in fact all the local bookstores had their own niche & we limited our encroachment in each's territory
Crazy that I just found out about a woman from the 20th century who wrote hundreds of books and was one of the best selling authors in history - and I have never heard of a single one of her books until today - and I know of a LOT of books.
Rather interesting. (From an author perspective.)
Rather interesting. (From an author perspective.)
February 16, 2026 at 2:34 PM
barbara cartland is the subject author
we didnt carry much romance at our bookstore (handfuls of the very VERY latest if it came in used) but lexington already had a dedicated romance bookstore ‐ in fact all the local bookstores had their own niche & we limited our encroachment in each's territory
we didnt carry much romance at our bookstore (handfuls of the very VERY latest if it came in used) but lexington already had a dedicated romance bookstore ‐ in fact all the local bookstores had their own niche & we limited our encroachment in each's territory
i always return to my haunts: black folks in the american antebellum reading & writing against the intention of white supremacy. you think "the pen is mightier than the sword" for what it could write? simply holding one couldve got our heads split!
#alwaysrebel
#alwaysrebel
Can you think of examples where people use technologies differently from what the developers intended, whether unintentionally or as an act of resistance?
February 16, 2026 at 2:20 PM
i always return to my haunts: black folks in the american antebellum reading & writing against the intention of white supremacy. you think "the pen is mightier than the sword" for what it could write? simply holding one couldve got our heads split!
#alwaysrebel
#alwaysrebel
“The trouble is if you don’t spend your life yourself, other people spend it for you.”
- Peter Shaffer, Five Finger Exercise: A Play
- Peter Shaffer, Five Finger Exercise: A Play
February 16, 2026 at 2:10 PM
“The trouble is if you don’t spend your life yourself, other people spend it for you.”
- Peter Shaffer, Five Finger Exercise: A Play
- Peter Shaffer, Five Finger Exercise: A Play
in 41 years & thousands of pages ive done internal rhymes & slant rhymes but never once completed a traditionally rhyming poem (& have only attempted to do so once, my very 1st poem - a horrible attempt at rapping), but would love to give it a try someday...
christina rossetti
A DIRGE
christina rossetti
A DIRGE
February 16, 2026 at 12:55 PM
in 41 years & thousands of pages ive done internal rhymes & slant rhymes but never once completed a traditionally rhyming poem (& have only attempted to do so once, my very 1st poem - a horrible attempt at rapping), but would love to give it a try someday...
christina rossetti
A DIRGE
christina rossetti
A DIRGE
please use alt text with your images
February 16, 2026 at 12:41 PM
please use alt text with your images
POV of a troll (you know who you are) as he over-values his "devasting" reply -
February 16, 2026 at 7:06 AM
POV of a troll (you know who you are) as he over-values his "devasting" reply -
this is a metaphor for the internet.
February 16, 2026 at 6:49 AM
this is a metaphor for the internet.
this is a metaphor for the internet.
February 16, 2026 at 6:44 AM
this is a metaphor for the internet.
im just another Magical Negro Manic Pixie Dream Girl Angry Black Poet - your typical 21st century trope-trifecta.
February 16, 2026 at 6:25 AM
im just another Magical Negro Manic Pixie Dream Girl Angry Black Poet - your typical 21st century trope-trifecta.
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Hell yes, my debut novella GRIEF EATER is now live on Barnes and Noble for pre-orders!
I would greatly appreciate any help in spreading the word. Thank you!
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/grief-eate...
@interstellarflight.bsky.social
I would greatly appreciate any help in spreading the word. Thank you!
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/grief-eate...
@interstellarflight.bsky.social
Grief Eater|eBook
Visceral, gritty, and unforgiving, GRIEF EATER is a zombie story like you've never read before. When Kristina rises from her violent death, she's not the same fragile woman her family once abandoned. ...
www.barnesandnoble.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:55 AM
Hell yes, my debut novella GRIEF EATER is now live on Barnes and Noble for pre-orders!
I would greatly appreciate any help in spreading the word. Thank you!
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/grief-eate...
@interstellarflight.bsky.social
I would greatly appreciate any help in spreading the word. Thank you!
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/grief-eate...
@interstellarflight.bsky.social
goodnight, fam...
(at least until about midnight)
albert ayler trio
GHOSTS: FIRST VARIATION
youtu.be/KnZDHaVDMRM?...
(at least until about midnight)
albert ayler trio
GHOSTS: FIRST VARIATION
youtu.be/KnZDHaVDMRM?...
Ghosts: Ghosts: Variation 1
YouTube video by Albert Ayler - Topic
youtu.be
February 16, 2026 at 1:09 AM
goodnight, fam...
(at least until about midnight)
albert ayler trio
GHOSTS: FIRST VARIATION
youtu.be/KnZDHaVDMRM?...
(at least until about midnight)
albert ayler trio
GHOSTS: FIRST VARIATION
youtu.be/KnZDHaVDMRM?...
i was not happy.
February 15, 2026 at 11:56 PM
i was not happy.
baristas could apply an "asshole tax" to cheapskate or dickish customers... no one but me ever admitted to using it —
bsky.app/profile/upfr...
bsky.app/profile/upfr...
at the coffeeshop, young folks of all races were equally unlikely to tip, but for the older heads with more secure income: black folks would over-tip, @ $5 (consciously aware of the stereotype), while their white peers tipped $1‐2.
February 15, 2026 at 11:44 PM
baristas could apply an "asshole tax" to cheapskate or dickish customers... no one but me ever admitted to using it —
bsky.app/profile/upfr...
bsky.app/profile/upfr...
i really try to avoid posting political stuff on weekends, especially on sundays, so "my bad" to self.
there are so many folks out there with better grasps than me on the political & cultural landscapes - im just a hot-take poet.
nothing but joyful shit from me for the next couple days, i swair!
there are so many folks out there with better grasps than me on the political & cultural landscapes - im just a hot-take poet.
nothing but joyful shit from me for the next couple days, i swair!
February 15, 2026 at 10:59 PM
i really try to avoid posting political stuff on weekends, especially on sundays, so "my bad" to self.
there are so many folks out there with better grasps than me on the political & cultural landscapes - im just a hot-take poet.
nothing but joyful shit from me for the next couple days, i swair!
there are so many folks out there with better grasps than me on the political & cultural landscapes - im just a hot-take poet.
nothing but joyful shit from me for the next couple days, i swair!
🚫 ai!
🚫 nazis!!
and especially
🚫 rodents!!!
(rats, squirrels, cats, hamsters, etc)
🚫 nazis!!
and especially
🚫 rodents!!!
(rats, squirrels, cats, hamsters, etc)
February 15, 2026 at 10:45 PM
🚫 ai!
🚫 nazis!!
and especially
🚫 rodents!!!
(rats, squirrels, cats, hamsters, etc)
🚫 nazis!!
and especially
🚫 rodents!!!
(rats, squirrels, cats, hamsters, etc)
without exception.
February 15, 2026 at 10:17 PM
without exception.
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Although he's been gone almost 28 years, brother Kwame Ture aka Stokely Carmichael is still teaching
you just gotta listen
you just gotta listen
February 14, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Although he's been gone almost 28 years, brother Kwame Ture aka Stokely Carmichael is still teaching
you just gotta listen
you just gotta listen
the level of hatred it takes to condone cruelty to children is a self-replicating evil condemning one's soul to total damnation (whether or not "hell" even actually exists)
which is the best gift any government can give its people (even if unintended!)...
racist southerners (& northerners) heavily favored segregation until the media showed attack dogs & water hoses at full stream being used against black people
overcoming one's own conscience is a difficult maneuver.
racist southerners (& northerners) heavily favored segregation until the media showed attack dogs & water hoses at full stream being used against black people
overcoming one's own conscience is a difficult maneuver.
February 15, 2026 at 8:28 PM
the level of hatred it takes to condone cruelty to children is a self-replicating evil condemning one's soul to total damnation (whether or not "hell" even actually exists)
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I am, by all accounts, a coward, an overthinker, and a waffler, and I don’t think I’ve ever had greater moral clarity about anything ever in my life. ICE is so absolutely morally repugnant that there is no way to live wirh yourself if you do nothing.
straight out of those Civil War histories where some ill informed white Union soldier got a view of slavery up close and became hyper abolitionist in an instant
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 9:58 PM
I am, by all accounts, a coward, an overthinker, and a waffler, and I don’t think I’ve ever had greater moral clarity about anything ever in my life. ICE is so absolutely morally repugnant that there is no way to live wirh yourself if you do nothing.