Kirk Schlueter
@kirkschlueter.bsky.social
St. Louis-based writer and teacher, doing poetry and horror stuff. www.kirkschlueter.com
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For poetry makes nothing happen. It survives
In the valley of its making where executives
Would never want to tamper, flows on south
From the ranches of isolation and the busy griefs,
Raw towns that we believe and die in;
it survives,
A way of happening, a mouth.
(Auden on Yeats)
In the valley of its making where executives
Would never want to tamper, flows on south
From the ranches of isolation and the busy griefs,
Raw towns that we believe and die in;
it survives,
A way of happening, a mouth.
(Auden on Yeats)
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
For poetry makes nothing happen. It survives
In the valley of its making where executives
Would never want to tamper, flows on south
From the ranches of isolation and the busy griefs,
Raw towns that we believe and die in;
it survives,
A way of happening, a mouth.
(Auden on Yeats)
In the valley of its making where executives
Would never want to tamper, flows on south
From the ranches of isolation and the busy griefs,
Raw towns that we believe and die in;
it survives,
A way of happening, a mouth.
(Auden on Yeats)
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Reposted by Kirk Schlueter
The Sora AI thing is proof of something very important: The technology itself is useless without the ability to use the likenesses of real, living, unpredictable people, and the art they create. And the only way to get those likenesses or that art is to summarily steal it.
October 1, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The Sora AI thing is proof of something very important: The technology itself is useless without the ability to use the likenesses of real, living, unpredictable people, and the art they create. And the only way to get those likenesses or that art is to summarily steal it.
Me as I dip a madeleine into tea in front of Marcel Proust: “oh I’m sorry, does this TRIGGER you????”
June 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Me as I dip a madeleine into tea in front of Marcel Proust: “oh I’m sorry, does this TRIGGER you????”
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Teacher Asks What First Graders Want To Be Once Child Labor Laws Repealed
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Teacher Asks What First Graders Want To Be Once Child Labor Laws Repealed
LIBERTY, MO—After reading aloud a picture book about a puppy that works in a coal mine, local first grade teacher Brianna Montgomery asked her students Thursday what they want to be once child labor laws are repealed. “I want everyone to grab some crayons and draw a picture of what you want to be once […]
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May 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Teacher Asks What First Graders Want To Be Once Child Labor Laws Repealed
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If Jesus had focused more on kitchen table issues and less on unpopular outcasts like lepers and prostitutes, he might have won more support from white working-class Judeans.
April 20, 2025 at 2:08 AM
If Jesus had focused more on kitchen table issues and less on unpopular outcasts like lepers and prostitutes, he might have won more support from white working-class Judeans.
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the american electoral system is basically 500,000 information-resistant people across a handful of states taking a guess and then going "haha! oops!" every two years. this process takes 18 months and costs four trillion dollars every time
April 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
the american electoral system is basically 500,000 information-resistant people across a handful of states taking a guess and then going "haha! oops!" every two years. this process takes 18 months and costs four trillion dollars every time
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April 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences
April 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences
Making pancakes on a snowy Sunday is just enough to believe in love and good things
December 1, 2024 at 2:51 PM
Making pancakes on a snowy Sunday is just enough to believe in love and good things