Brian Stephen Ellis
@brianstephenellis.bsky.social
Poetry, Prose, Teaching
"There was something about doing cocaine that was like finding your Dad’s porn."
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September, Chapter Eight: Cocaine, Part One
I woke up from a dream about running from these horse sized bees.
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December 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"There was something about doing cocaine that was like finding your Dad’s porn."
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This is metal
ICE voodoo doll discovered in New Orleans as immigration crackdown continues
A handmade “voodoo doll” portraying an ICE agent was found in Uptown New Orleans as federal immigration enforcement continues across south Louisiana.
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December 18, 2025 at 4:52 AM
This is metal
Parents are so overwhelmed. I don't have kids, but I spend, like, 3 hours a month with my friend's kids and they act like I'm performing a miracle. Its such a low bar. And I don't even really do anything! Do I want to draw k pop demon hunter comics? Fucking right I do.
December 16, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Parents are so overwhelmed. I don't have kids, but I spend, like, 3 hours a month with my friend's kids and they act like I'm performing a miracle. Its such a low bar. And I don't even really do anything! Do I want to draw k pop demon hunter comics? Fucking right I do.
I'm reading poems at this next Thursday.
December 14, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I'm reading poems at this next Thursday.
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in 2026 im gonna log out of my email and put on some chain mail
December 13, 2025 at 3:49 AM
in 2026 im gonna log out of my email and put on some chain mail
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all this to explain, would be to dive deeper than Ishmael can go
December 13, 2025 at 5:47 AM
all this to explain, would be to dive deeper than Ishmael can go
This week's pages includes one of my favorite scenes in the book, and one of my top two lines of diaglogue
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September, Chapter Seven: Dro Drought, Part Two
When Julian and I got back to the house, Andrew was standing at the end of the hall, yelling.
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December 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
This week's pages includes one of my favorite scenes in the book, and one of my top two lines of diaglogue
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<Guy watching James Garfield get assassinated> whoa and he gets struck by lightning too that's terrible luck
December 9, 2025 at 5:00 AM
<Guy watching James Garfield get assassinated> whoa and he gets struck by lightning too that's terrible luck
I'm old enough now where the lyrics of auld lang syne are quietly devastating. Do I want to share a cup of kindness?? You fucking know I do, Bobby B.
December 9, 2025 at 3:46 AM
I'm old enough now where the lyrics of auld lang syne are quietly devastating. Do I want to share a cup of kindness?? You fucking know I do, Bobby B.
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Every time my wife is hacked off at me now for doing something wrong, I just say, "It's for the book."
Why are my clothes bloody? Whhat happened to my face? It's for the book.
Why are the cops at the door? What did I do? It's for the book.
Am I in prison now for doing a murder? It's for the book.
Why are my clothes bloody? Whhat happened to my face? It's for the book.
Why are the cops at the door? What did I do? It's for the book.
Am I in prison now for doing a murder? It's for the book.
December 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Every time my wife is hacked off at me now for doing something wrong, I just say, "It's for the book."
Why are my clothes bloody? Whhat happened to my face? It's for the book.
Why are the cops at the door? What did I do? It's for the book.
Am I in prison now for doing a murder? It's for the book.
Why are my clothes bloody? Whhat happened to my face? It's for the book.
Why are the cops at the door? What did I do? It's for the book.
Am I in prison now for doing a murder? It's for the book.
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all right, Fred Schneider... I'll allow it
December 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
all right, Fred Schneider... I'll allow it
Every duo that has started a poetry reading looks like this
December 7, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Every duo that has started a poetry reading looks like this
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
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in 2017 i accidentally watched one paint smush video and every computer in america now displays an anonymous hand that mixes paint colors together as i walk by. tried leaving my phone off or at home. they can still tell it's me. well anyway take it from me it's hard to separate those paints afterwar
December 2, 2025 at 4:34 AM
in 2017 i accidentally watched one paint smush video and every computer in america now displays an anonymous hand that mixes paint colors together as i walk by. tried leaving my phone off or at home. they can still tell it's me. well anyway take it from me it's hard to separate those paints afterwar
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The City Attorney just released their proposed ballot title for the Portland Police Association's attempt to raid the clean energy fund to further grow its bloated budget.
Not only does the underlying idea really suck trying to enshrine it in the charter is an extra-shithead-y maneuver.
Not only does the underlying idea really suck trying to enshrine it in the charter is an extra-shithead-y maneuver.
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December 2, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The City Attorney just released their proposed ballot title for the Portland Police Association's attempt to raid the clean energy fund to further grow its bloated budget.
Not only does the underlying idea really suck trying to enshrine it in the charter is an extra-shithead-y maneuver.
Not only does the underlying idea really suck trying to enshrine it in the charter is an extra-shithead-y maneuver.
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Choosing to interpret my mouse running out of batteries right when I sat down to work this morning as the universe telling me I should quit my job and become a wandering mystic
December 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Choosing to interpret my mouse running out of batteries right when I sat down to work this morning as the universe telling me I should quit my job and become a wandering mystic
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heard george w bush’s voice in the martin scorsese documentary for the first time in years and felt the exact same surge of involuntary hostility towards it that i always used to feel
November 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM
heard george w bush’s voice in the martin scorsese documentary for the first time in years and felt the exact same surge of involuntary hostility towards it that i always used to feel
Has anyone made a Yule Log murder mystery?? All the action happens off screen in real time. So sharp punctuated moments of action, only heard, not seen, followed by hours of inactivity
November 29, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Has anyone made a Yule Log murder mystery?? All the action happens off screen in real time. So sharp punctuated moments of action, only heard, not seen, followed by hours of inactivity
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Today's the last day to bid on an hour of one-on-one writing coaching with me and support @brooklynpoets.bsky.social community poetry efforts into the new year!
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Brooklyn Poets 2025 End of Year Fundraising Campaign
Help us continue cultivating community and access to poetry across the borough and beyond by supporting our end-of-year fundraising campaign today!
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November 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Today's the last day to bid on an hour of one-on-one writing coaching with me and support @brooklynpoets.bsky.social community poetry efforts into the new year!
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I'm about to I in this cap
November 29, 2025 at 5:36 AM
I'm about to I in this cap
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just listen a little. / No one cares if you understand it who understands / why we're alive
Alice Notley
Alice Notley
November 29, 2025 at 3:24 AM
just listen a little. / No one cares if you understand it who understands / why we're alive
Alice Notley
Alice Notley
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we have to go back. to warn them.
November 28, 2025 at 2:49 AM
we have to go back. to warn them.
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Miles, an Indigenous actor best known for her roles in “Northern Exposure,” “Smoke Signals,” “Wyvern” and “The Last of Us,” handed them her tribal ID from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon.
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
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November 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Miles, an Indigenous actor best known for her roles in “Northern Exposure,” “Smoke Signals,” “Wyvern” and “The Last of Us,” handed them her tribal ID from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon.
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”