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
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people with no adventure for creativity telling us to be lazy with craft are asshats & apologists for the immoral bullshit heralded by ai supporters.
it thats your thing: do you. in quiet. it's not a brag. people who care about "the work" will always see your flaws & be unimpressed & unforgiving.
it thats your thing: do you. in quiet. it's not a brag. people who care about "the work" will always see your flaws & be unimpressed & unforgiving.
Sorry to get radical but I don’t think it’s my job or yours to embrace, accept, understand - and certainly not to use - the thing being sold to us as AI. I don’t like any part of it, so I won’t. I’m missing out? Good, that’s what I want. You’re worried about me missing out? That’s fuckin weird, man.
February 18, 2026 at 8:47 AM
people with no adventure for creativity telling us to be lazy with craft are asshats & apologists for the immoral bullshit heralded by ai supporters.
it thats your thing: do you. in quiet. it's not a brag. people who care about "the work" will always see your flaws & be unimpressed & unforgiving.
it thats your thing: do you. in quiet. it's not a brag. people who care about "the work" will always see your flaws & be unimpressed & unforgiving.
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Sorry to get radical but I don’t think it’s my job or yours to embrace, accept, understand - and certainly not to use - the thing being sold to us as AI. I don’t like any part of it, so I won’t. I’m missing out? Good, that’s what I want. You’re worried about me missing out? That’s fuckin weird, man.
February 18, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Sorry to get radical but I don’t think it’s my job or yours to embrace, accept, understand - and certainly not to use - the thing being sold to us as AI. I don’t like any part of it, so I won’t. I’m missing out? Good, that’s what I want. You’re worried about me missing out? That’s fuckin weird, man.
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Maybe you’re one of my favorite poets? Now don’t get too big for your britches.
my black spiritual phonograph
laughs at you
in thelonious longitude
like a rude joy:
a wayward comet
with expired corona
laughing in black sonograph
with its reed & wisława
induced stanzas borne
in bonanzas, bleak &
scorning tho abrubtly
obsidian / see for yourself,
come come.
laughs at you
in thelonious longitude
like a rude joy:
a wayward comet
with expired corona
laughing in black sonograph
with its reed & wisława
induced stanzas borne
in bonanzas, bleak &
scorning tho abrubtly
obsidian / see for yourself,
come come.
February 18, 2026 at 6:54 AM
Maybe you’re one of my favorite poets? Now don’t get too big for your britches.
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From SNL in 1984: Reverend Jesse Jackson in THE QUESTION IS MOOT.
Listen to him and tell me how comes that it feels in 42 years nothing has really changed?
Listen to him and tell me how comes that it feels in 42 years nothing has really changed?
February 17, 2026 at 6:51 PM
From SNL in 1984: Reverend Jesse Jackson in THE QUESTION IS MOOT.
Listen to him and tell me how comes that it feels in 42 years nothing has really changed?
Listen to him and tell me how comes that it feels in 42 years nothing has really changed?
link to thursday's free livestream of poet/professor Nikky Finney's 7pm lecture
www.youtube.com/live/L4IUbcG...
www.youtube.com/live/L4IUbcG...
Transylvania University Kenan Lecture 2026
Transylvania University, founded in 1780, is the nation’s 16th oldest institution of higher learning and is consistently ranked in national publications as one of the top liberal arts colleges in the ...
www.youtube.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:12 AM
link to thursday's free livestream of poet/professor Nikky Finney's 7pm lecture
www.youtube.com/live/L4IUbcG...
www.youtube.com/live/L4IUbcG...
"I'll be there, but when I leave there
Better be a household name
Weather man tellin' us it ain't gon' rain
So now we sittin' in a drop-top, soaking wet
In a silk suit, tryin' not to sweat
Hits somersaults without the net
But this'll be the year that we won't forget"
- outkast, b.o.b.
Better be a household name
Weather man tellin' us it ain't gon' rain
So now we sittin' in a drop-top, soaking wet
In a silk suit, tryin' not to sweat
Hits somersaults without the net
But this'll be the year that we won't forget"
- outkast, b.o.b.
What’s the best song lyric in history?
February 18, 2026 at 12:56 AM
"I'll be there, but when I leave there
Better be a household name
Weather man tellin' us it ain't gon' rain
So now we sittin' in a drop-top, soaking wet
In a silk suit, tryin' not to sweat
Hits somersaults without the net
But this'll be the year that we won't forget"
- outkast, b.o.b.
Better be a household name
Weather man tellin' us it ain't gon' rain
So now we sittin' in a drop-top, soaking wet
In a silk suit, tryin' not to sweat
Hits somersaults without the net
But this'll be the year that we won't forget"
- outkast, b.o.b.
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Wake up babe. New "economic anxiety" excuse for racism just dropped.
"People are feeling incredibly insecure, and rightly so. In those circumstances, they're looking to strongmen and women to protect them."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=psMM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=psMM...
January 31, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Wake up babe. New "economic anxiety" excuse for racism just dropped.
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Yes, same, since back in his slam poetry days. But Down for Some Ignorance was a personal theme song when I was reading a lot about ignorance (three or four books)... But he has a newer project as well (and a film).
Also Horn of the Clock Bike was another one I liked...
Also Horn of the Clock Bike was another one I liked...
Saul Williams - Down For Some Ignorance
“Down For Some Ignorance” is off Saul Williams latest album ‘MartyrLoserKing’Download on iTunes now - http://smarturl.it/MartyrLoserKing & listen on Spotify ...
youtu.be
April 12, 2024 at 3:48 PM
Yes, same, since back in his slam poetry days. But Down for Some Ignorance was a personal theme song when I was reading a lot about ignorance (three or four books)... But he has a newer project as well (and a film).
Also Horn of the Clock Bike was another one I liked...
Also Horn of the Clock Bike was another one I liked...
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I encourage everyone with interest in the intersection of Black and Native struggles, similarities, conflicts, and contradictions to read Tiffany Lethabo King's "The Black Shoals" &
"Otherwise Worlds" ed. by Tiffany Lethabo King, Jenelle Navarro, Andrea Smith
Both from @dukepress.bsky.social
"Otherwise Worlds" ed. by Tiffany Lethabo King, Jenelle Navarro, Andrea Smith
Both from @dukepress.bsky.social
October 14, 2024 at 4:28 PM
I encourage everyone with interest in the intersection of Black and Native struggles, similarities, conflicts, and contradictions to read Tiffany Lethabo King's "The Black Shoals" &
"Otherwise Worlds" ed. by Tiffany Lethabo King, Jenelle Navarro, Andrea Smith
Both from @dukepress.bsky.social
"Otherwise Worlds" ed. by Tiffany Lethabo King, Jenelle Navarro, Andrea Smith
Both from @dukepress.bsky.social
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Highly recommend this quartet of poetry selections
February 17, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Highly recommend this quartet of poetry selections
it's okay to not be well.
February 17, 2026 at 6:57 PM
it's okay to not be well.
February 17, 2026 at 6:55 PM
today's goal:
black poem as free jazz.
black poem as free jazz.
February 17, 2026 at 6:25 PM
today's goal:
black poem as free jazz.
black poem as free jazz.
i dont think a better descriptive art alt text exists on the entirety of the internet....
WATCHTOWER (1999)
Acrylic on Panel - 28" x 22"
While the figure in the tower was watching her TV, the tide came in and then receded, taking her boat and ruining her ladder in the process. 1/2
#art
Acrylic on Panel - 28" x 22"
While the figure in the tower was watching her TV, the tide came in and then receded, taking her boat and ruining her ladder in the process. 1/2
#art
February 17, 2026 at 6:17 PM
i dont think a better descriptive art alt text exists on the entirety of the internet....
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NEW EPISODE
@bobsykora.bsky.social reads Rita Dove
@thecorlew.bsky.social reads @upfromsumdirt.bsky.social
CHRIS PAUL RETIRES??
🍎: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Spotty: open.spotify.com/episode/5lVJ...
@bobsykora.bsky.social reads Rita Dove
@thecorlew.bsky.social reads @upfromsumdirt.bsky.social
CHRIS PAUL RETIRES??
🍎: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Spotty: open.spotify.com/episode/5lVJ...
love, the future, and other indignities
Podcast Episode · The Line Break · 02/17/2026 · 35m
podcasts.apple.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:42 PM
NEW EPISODE
@bobsykora.bsky.social reads Rita Dove
@thecorlew.bsky.social reads @upfromsumdirt.bsky.social
CHRIS PAUL RETIRES??
🍎: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Spotty: open.spotify.com/episode/5lVJ...
@bobsykora.bsky.social reads Rita Dove
@thecorlew.bsky.social reads @upfromsumdirt.bsky.social
CHRIS PAUL RETIRES??
🍎: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Spotty: open.spotify.com/episode/5lVJ...
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be an ontological irritant
be the black hole they pour their resentment into
be a reminder that humor is a form of compassion. that the compassion they have earned can look a lot like violence
be a reflection of what they cannot admit that they wish they could be
be a beacon of goddamned joy
be the black hole they pour their resentment into
be a reminder that humor is a form of compassion. that the compassion they have earned can look a lot like violence
be a reflection of what they cannot admit that they wish they could be
be a beacon of goddamned joy
blessed be the transsexual shitposters. for they are annoying as hell, and that is a good thing
February 17, 2026 at 2:52 PM
be an ontological irritant
be the black hole they pour their resentment into
be a reminder that humor is a form of compassion. that the compassion they have earned can look a lot like violence
be a reflection of what they cannot admit that they wish they could be
be a beacon of goddamned joy
be the black hole they pour their resentment into
be a reminder that humor is a form of compassion. that the compassion they have earned can look a lot like violence
be a reflection of what they cannot admit that they wish they could be
be a beacon of goddamned joy
follower addendum:
i might refollow if youre a visual artist, but its not a guarantee & will likely follow you from my art account, @morethanmud.bsky.social, tho i dont post often there & it remains hot-take-free. writers who follow (tho appreciated) are unlikely to be followed back
we exist here.
i might refollow if youre a visual artist, but its not a guarantee & will likely follow you from my art account, @morethanmud.bsky.social, tho i dont post often there & it remains hot-take-free. writers who follow (tho appreciated) are unlikely to be followed back
we exist here.
i joined bluesky for its writer community & thats my preference. if i said something political or smart-sounding or even smart-assed & thats what drew you here then "welcome!" but i already follow too many political discourse & newsy folks so unless you add insights, its unlikely i follow back.
February 17, 2026 at 2:49 PM
follower addendum:
i might refollow if youre a visual artist, but its not a guarantee & will likely follow you from my art account, @morethanmud.bsky.social, tho i dont post often there & it remains hot-take-free. writers who follow (tho appreciated) are unlikely to be followed back
we exist here.
i might refollow if youre a visual artist, but its not a guarantee & will likely follow you from my art account, @morethanmud.bsky.social, tho i dont post often there & it remains hot-take-free. writers who follow (tho appreciated) are unlikely to be followed back
we exist here.
for my follow-newbies:
im upfromsumdirt, a poet, visual artist, & graphic designer residing in lexington, ky. i don't submit often but my poems have appeared in a variety of anthologies & journals. my art is mostly limited to bookcover design, but ive shown in galleries & exhibitions.
my chirrens:
im upfromsumdirt, a poet, visual artist, & graphic designer residing in lexington, ky. i don't submit often but my poems have appeared in a variety of anthologies & journals. my art is mostly limited to bookcover design, but ive shown in galleries & exhibitions.
my chirrens:
February 17, 2026 at 2:20 PM
for my follow-newbies:
im upfromsumdirt, a poet, visual artist, & graphic designer residing in lexington, ky. i don't submit often but my poems have appeared in a variety of anthologies & journals. my art is mostly limited to bookcover design, but ive shown in galleries & exhibitions.
my chirrens:
im upfromsumdirt, a poet, visual artist, & graphic designer residing in lexington, ky. i don't submit often but my poems have appeared in a variety of anthologies & journals. my art is mostly limited to bookcover design, but ive shown in galleries & exhibitions.
my chirrens:
very few care about history & reality anymore... you could generate an image of abe lincoln on stage with jimi hendrix and that would be good enough for way too many people.
"remember that one silly meme?" becomes, 3 yrs later, "remember that story about?"
cognition is an unpopular elective.
"remember that one silly meme?" becomes, 3 yrs later, "remember that story about?"
cognition is an unpopular elective.
February 17, 2026 at 10:33 AM
very few care about history & reality anymore... you could generate an image of abe lincoln on stage with jimi hendrix and that would be good enough for way too many people.
"remember that one silly meme?" becomes, 3 yrs later, "remember that story about?"
cognition is an unpopular elective.
"remember that one silly meme?" becomes, 3 yrs later, "remember that story about?"
cognition is an unpopular elective.
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upfromsumdirt
MONSTROUS ENLIGHTMENT
"ndebelous" remains one of my favorite created words.
MONSTROUS ENLIGHTMENT
"ndebelous" remains one of my favorite created words.
February 17, 2026 at 4:31 AM
upfromsumdirt
MONSTROUS ENLIGHTMENT
"ndebelous" remains one of my favorite created words.
MONSTROUS ENLIGHTMENT
"ndebelous" remains one of my favorite created words.
i WANT to need to write new poems, but so far i don't.
February 16, 2026 at 11:43 PM
i WANT to need to write new poems, but so far i don't.
Affrilachian Poets 35th anny poetry reading
this friday at 6pm
carrick theater,
transylvania university in lexington
nearly 20 of us with 5 mins each to read
featuring Nikky Finney, Crystal Wilkinson, Frank X Walker, Randall Horton, Jeremy Paden, Gerald Coleman, & others
oh, & myself.
this friday at 6pm
carrick theater,
transylvania university in lexington
nearly 20 of us with 5 mins each to read
featuring Nikky Finney, Crystal Wilkinson, Frank X Walker, Randall Horton, Jeremy Paden, Gerald Coleman, & others
oh, & myself.
February 16, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Affrilachian Poets 35th anny poetry reading
this friday at 6pm
carrick theater,
transylvania university in lexington
nearly 20 of us with 5 mins each to read
featuring Nikky Finney, Crystal Wilkinson, Frank X Walker, Randall Horton, Jeremy Paden, Gerald Coleman, & others
oh, & myself.
this friday at 6pm
carrick theater,
transylvania university in lexington
nearly 20 of us with 5 mins each to read
featuring Nikky Finney, Crystal Wilkinson, Frank X Walker, Randall Horton, Jeremy Paden, Gerald Coleman, & others
oh, & myself.
the pleasures of a busy day, forgetting you made a pot of coffee, and having your first sip of the day at 6pm...
February 16, 2026 at 11:04 PM
the pleasures of a busy day, forgetting you made a pot of coffee, and having your first sip of the day at 6pm...