Carmen Barefield
@carmenbarefield.bsky.social
Writer | Poet | The Watering Hole and Roots. Wounds. Words. Fellow
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My poem "Portrait of my OCD as a To-Do List" was published today by Incessant Pipe Journal with art by the great Danielle Jones. I hope you have a chance to read it and/or listen to me read it to you. The link in the biiiioooo.
January 3, 2026 at 7:49 PM
My poem "Portrait of my OCD as a To-Do List" was published today by Incessant Pipe Journal with art by the great Danielle Jones. I hope you have a chance to read it and/or listen to me read it to you. The link in the biiiioooo.
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Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.
January 3, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.
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Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
January 3, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
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Trust me, there's no such thing as a rough draft or a final draft. It's just you writing forever.
January 1, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Trust me, there's no such thing as a rough draft or a final draft. It's just you writing forever.
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we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
December 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
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BY THE WAY
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
October 17, 2025 at 12:58 AM
BY THE WAY
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
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The evil that men do lives after them
July 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The evil that men do lives after them
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You can miss a lot in American life…
But the NAZIS??????
But the NAZIS??????
February 25, 2025 at 12:17 PM
You can miss a lot in American life…
But the NAZIS??????
But the NAZIS??????
I am watching this IMMEDIATELY!
Just came across this show and I’m so angry it wasn’t up and down the TL. Do you know how many Black folks are dying to see contemporary witches? I’m annoyed! But glad I found it now
February 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I am watching this IMMEDIATELY!
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From @victoriachang.bsky.social's book, The Trees Witness Everything: bookshop.org/a/862/978155...
#poem #poetry #books #writing
#poem #poetry #books #writing
February 20, 2025 at 2:11 PM
From @victoriachang.bsky.social's book, The Trees Witness Everything: bookshop.org/a/862/978155...
#poem #poetry #books #writing
#poem #poetry #books #writing
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If you write your enemy a sonnet you're writing foetry
February 17, 2025 at 3:01 AM
If you write your enemy a sonnet you're writing foetry
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We could just be reading great books, watching good movies, and eating fruit. Instead we have to survive/fight miserable power hoarders. What a waste of limited time.
February 13, 2025 at 3:43 AM
We could just be reading great books, watching good movies, and eating fruit. Instead we have to survive/fight miserable power hoarders. What a waste of limited time.
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what's in a witch's bag 🖤🗝️🗡️💄🕷️🧷
February 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
what's in a witch's bag 🖤🗝️🗡️💄🕷️🧷
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I hope Google staff can hear this image
February 11, 2025 at 6:52 AM
I hope Google staff can hear this image
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Tom Brady: Say No to Hate
Snoop: Say No to Hate
Kendrick:
Snoop: Say No to Hate
Kendrick:
February 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Tom Brady: Say No to Hate
Snoop: Say No to Hate
Kendrick:
Snoop: Say No to Hate
Kendrick:
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On the days I am about to give up, this Gwendolyn Brooks poem gives me an anchor.
February 9, 2025 at 11:13 PM
On the days I am about to give up, this Gwendolyn Brooks poem gives me an anchor.
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History says we forgave the executioner.
—Sharif
—Sharif
![Social Skills Training
by Solmaz Sharif
Studies suggest How may I help you officer? is the single most disarming thing to say and not What's the problem? Studies suggest it’s best the help reply My pleasure and not No problem. Studies suggest it’s best not to mention problem in front of power even to say there is none. Gloria Steinem says women lose power as they age and yet the loudest voice in my head is my mother. Studies show the mother we have in mind isn’t the mother that exists. Mine says: What the fuck are you crying for? Studies show the baby monkey will pick the fake monkey with fake fur over the furless wire monkey with milk, without contest. Studies show to negate something is to think it anyway. I’m not sad. I’m not sad. Studies recommend regular expressions of gratitude and internal check-ins. Enough, the wire mother says. [ran out of space. poem also here: https://tinyurl.com/sharifpoem]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qlmttkf54je7ie22kz7oymca/bafkreigd6yv4wvtxd2uwuzf27xbt62mpxep67ljta2edqmjeywqi7zfmhu@jpeg)
February 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
History says we forgave the executioner.
—Sharif
—Sharif
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Neo-Nazis appeared in Lincoln Heights (metro Cincinnati) Ohio and got ran out of dodge… but not before locals stole and burned their swastika flag in the street.
February 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Neo-Nazis appeared in Lincoln Heights (metro Cincinnati) Ohio and got ran out of dodge… but not before locals stole and burned their swastika flag in the street.
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It's the weekend, baby
February 8, 2025 at 12:16 AM
It's the weekend, baby