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@johnchan.bsky.social
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i just plan on sharing poetry, mostly
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phillipcrymble.bsky.social
Ringing in the new year with this Robert Creeley masterpiece
I KNOW A MAN As I sd to my friend, because I am always talking,--John, I sd, which was not his name, the darkness sur- rounds us, what can we do against it, or else, shall we & why not, buy a goddamn big car, drive, he sd, for christ's sake, look out where yr going.
January 1, 2026 at 4:52 PM
johnchan.bsky.social
Truly iconic.
mta.info Metropolitan Transportation Authority @mta.info · 4d
It's the final day of MetroCard sales—so as we say farewell to an icon, let's take a look at how it all started.

Thank you, MetroCard, for moving New York to the very last swipe.
December 31, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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phillipcrymble.bsky.social
A New Year's Eve poem as it first appeared in The North
Phillip Crymble ARE 'FRIENDS' ELECTRIC? Wheels of raw organic cheese, fresh figs and wheat-free flatbreads – bowls of couscous, eggplant florentine, a soup tureen of chic peas garnished tastefully with scallions, baby spinach leaves. The indignity of New Year's at a west-end fête. Approaching forty. No one obviously drunk. At twelve the guests seem more relieved, nonplussed. We steal outside to share a cigarette. Our wives have had enough. A Fela Kuti funk groove fills the hallway as we see them to the door. The host breaks out a bag of weed. An illustrated yoga guide for dogs held like a shield she talks of sugars, their toxicity. After finishing the wine we play some old LPs -- early Kraftwerk, B-side oddities from Closer. At half past two we're asked to leave. It's snowing. Municipal election signs in orange line the swirling street. The politics of friendship aren't so plain to see. A bottle-rocket rises in the distance. It's a mile at least to home. The snow falls down around us like a blessing we can't feel. A neighbor's lawn nativity flicks in and out of darkness –- a disconnected signal on a television screen.
December 31, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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litbowl.bsky.social
"But right now all I want is a story about human kindness"

From Ada Limón's book, The Hurting Kind: bit.ly/hurtingkind

#poem #books #writing
December 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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gravelinfluencer.bsky.social
Everyone should take a couple of minutes and watch this, because it's a perfect illustration of how ICE disappears people by making it almost impossible to communicate with family, friends, and lawyers.
December 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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gralefrit.bsky.social
It’s weird how there’s always moves to make fiction more “interactive” with different endings etc. It’s like these people have never seen the same film twice a few years apart and had a completely different reaction. All fiction is interactive. That there’s an audience is the interactive part.
December 13, 2025 at 9:14 AM
johnchan.bsky.social
“Chloe had that long, long hair that would float up all around her face like seaweed, collarbones that silt would settle into. There are girls you should never let swim”

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Take Me to Kirkland
When Chloe called me in the car that Wednesday on the way to Costco, my boyfriend Damian and I were arguing about whether or not we would be willing to swallow a goldfish for money. “You have no conce...
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December 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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isolinearchip.bsky.social
You're the guy running the vomit machine on acclaimed television series Mad Men, I'm the guy providing emotional support for the guy running the vomit machine on acclaimed television series Mad Men via a gentle hand on the shoulder, we are not the same (I'm your rock)
Guy kneeling on the ground running the vomit machine. A hand is visible on his shoulder
December 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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mattbarnthouse.bsky.social
Every Black Friday I take the time to read what is perhaps my favorite piece in the history of online media— @jonbois.bsky.social on RadioShack’s slow, painful death.

www.sbnation.com/2014/11/26/7...
A eulogy for RadioShack, the panicked and half-dead retail empire
This may very well be RadioShack’s final holiday season. Jon, a former employee, looks back on a strange, craven, five thousand-fingered strip-mall monster from a forgotten age.
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November 29, 2025 at 12:57 AM
johnchan.bsky.social
Strikes me as a v sad poem
phillipcrymble.bsky.social phillip crymble @phillipcrymble.bsky.social · Nov 26
A #friendsgiving message from Alden Nowlan
The night of the party Never have I seen women wiser or more beautiful. Never have I known men so witty, so sensitive. Here in my living room are the twenty most remarkable persons in all the world. And me, the one fool, who must dance although too heavy on his feet, sing although his vocal cords are out of tune. But that is the price I pay for such companionship. My friends, I do not get drunk for myself, I get drunk for you.
November 27, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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litbowl.bsky.social
From Hala Alyan's book, The Twenty-Ninth Year: bookshop.org/a/862/9781328511942

#poem #booksky #writing
November 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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litbowl.bsky.social
Election day feels like a good day for this one by Andrea Gibson. May their words live forever now that they are gone.

From You Better Be Lightning: bit.ly/gibsonlightning

#poem #booksky #writing
November 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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annakornbluh.bsky.social
"all lectures, assignments, feedback, and grades will be made by me without AI, nor will any of your intellectual property be fed to tools that train AI. Ideas are social, so let’s make them together. "

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November 2, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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xoxogossipgita.bsky.social
rest in peace kaleb horton. this is my husband's eulogy for our friend. davesplace.substack.com/p/my-eulogy-...
My Eulogy for Kaleb Horton
A few notes:
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October 15, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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litbowl.bsky.social
From Yrsa Daley-Ward's book, Bone: bookshop.org/a/862/978014...

#poem #books #writing
April 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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samhalpert.bsky.social
Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.
April 15, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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litbowl.bsky.social
From Pat Schneider's book, The Weight of Love: bit.ly/weightofloveLB

#poem #books #writing
April 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Israeli settlers beat up Hamdan Ballal, one of the Palestinian co-directors of the documentary film No Other Land, in the occupied West Bank, according to witnesses. He was then detained by the Israeli military.
Oscar-winning Palestinian director attacked by Israeli settlers, detained by army
Israeli settlers beat up Hamdan Ballal, one of the Palestinian co-directors of the documentary film No Other Land, in the occupied West Bank, according to witnesses. He was then detained by the Israel...
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March 25, 2025 at 1:35 AM
johnchan.bsky.social
I really love the idea that poetry can start with just a pretty idea
litbowl.bsky.social Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · Mar 21
From Jeffrey McDaniel's book, The Forgiveness Parade.

Get it here: bit.ly/forgivenessparade

#poem #books #writing
March 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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litbowl.bsky.social
From Kyla Jamieson's book, Body Count: bookshop.org/a/862/978088...

#poem #books #writing #spring
March 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
johnchan.bsky.social
Must read for today
ccrjustice.org Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · Mar 18
Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.
March 19, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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gerardbeirne.bsky.social
Night Walk by Franz Wright
March 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
johnchan.bsky.social
Done! Please call your senator, even if just dropping off a voicemail. They count those too.
aoc.bsky.social Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · Mar 12
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.

Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.

Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.

TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
johnchan.bsky.social
So pretty 🥹
phillipcrymble.bsky.social phillip crymble @phillipcrymble.bsky.social · Mar 9
Just destroyed by this Julie Bruck poem about love and disability.
March 10, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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litbowl.bsky.social
From @nancyland.bsky.social's book, Inconsolable Objects

Published by @yesyesbooks.bsky.social. Get it here: bit.ly/inconsolableobjects

#poem #books #writing
March 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM