Mr. Charps
@mrcharps.bsky.social
Teacher. Writer. Coach. Most important: husband and father. "The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love — whether we call it friendship or family or romance — is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other's light." - James Baldwin
Check out my poem in the new issue of @feralpoetryandart.bsky.social
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September 30, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Check out my poem in the new issue of @feralpoetryandart.bsky.social
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#poetry #poets #writer #booksky
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#poetry #poets #writer #booksky
Honored to have my short story appear at Bright Flash Literary Review with such an amazing collection of writers! (🚨Trigger Warnings — a bit darker than my usual stuff!) Read them all!
#shortstory #fiction #shortfiction #flashfiction #writers
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#shortstory #fiction #shortfiction #flashfiction #writers
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September 4, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Honored to have my short story appear at Bright Flash Literary Review with such an amazing collection of writers! (🚨Trigger Warnings — a bit darker than my usual stuff!) Read them all!
#shortstory #fiction #shortfiction #flashfiction #writers
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#shortstory #fiction #shortfiction #flashfiction #writers
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Please have a look and listen to my poem, a tribute to #AndreaGibson at One Poem Only. No better person to read it than Maggie Devers. #poetry #poets #poetrycommunity #literature #booksky rembrandtscure.substack.com/p/the-bleedi...
September 1, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Please have a look and listen to my poem, a tribute to #AndreaGibson at One Poem Only. No better person to read it than Maggie Devers. #poetry #poets #poetrycommunity #literature #booksky rembrandtscure.substack.com/p/the-bleedi...
Once a summer, I’ll take on some tortured poet’s vision of the underworld—this summer, Rimbaud’s ‘A Season in Hell.” His bio is bananas (poetry, too), and it’s no surprise he and Whitman acted as muses for Ginsberg’s ‘Howl.’ And he did it all when he was a teenager 😳 #poetry #reading #booksky #poet
July 21, 2025 at 11:16 AM
#Writing this morning.
#creativity #morning #BookSky
(Yes. I realize at this moment I am procrastinating with the best of them.)
#creativity #morning #BookSky
(Yes. I realize at this moment I am procrastinating with the best of them.)
July 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
#Writing this morning.
#creativity #morning #BookSky
(Yes. I realize at this moment I am procrastinating with the best of them.)
#creativity #morning #BookSky
(Yes. I realize at this moment I am procrastinating with the best of them.)
Wow. Quite the ride. Lots of thinking to do…But even with unanswered questions that remain (some about plot, some about intent, etc)…the impact of this book is real. I taught ‘Huck’ for years (not recently), and this made that novel better. #literature #americanliterature #englishteachers #booksky
July 13, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Wow. Quite the ride. Lots of thinking to do…But even with unanswered questions that remain (some about plot, some about intent, etc)…the impact of this book is real. I taught ‘Huck’ for years (not recently), and this made that novel better. #literature #americanliterature #englishteachers #booksky
Why did I wait so long to read this? Why am I reading it in a bad generic British accent? Why is it so good? #Ishiguro #KazuoIshiguro #literature #reading #Booksky #books
June 28, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Why did I wait so long to read this? Why am I reading it in a bad generic British accent? Why is it so good? #Ishiguro #KazuoIshiguro #literature #reading #Booksky #books
Knew nothing of this book beyond the back cover. Wow. Quintessential #Gothic #literature — Brushing off my HS French for some of the dialogue (Google Translate when I’m stumped). #morningcoffee #Booksky
June 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Knew nothing of this book beyond the back cover. Wow. Quintessential #Gothic #literature — Brushing off my HS French for some of the dialogue (Google Translate when I’m stumped). #morningcoffee #Booksky
Stole a few moments this morning even with approaching thunderstorms… #poetry #morningcoffee #morning
June 6, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Stole a few moments this morning even with approaching thunderstorms… #poetry #morningcoffee #morning
Can’t complain about yesterday. Reviewing the reading before students come in. #MichaelCunningham #WaltWhifman #literature #teaching
April 16, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Can’t complain about yesterday. Reviewing the reading before students come in. #MichaelCunningham #WaltWhifman #literature #teaching
Most recent addition to the AmLit Big Board. #literature #beatgeneration #englishteaching #englishteacher #poetry #beatpoetry #ontheroad #howl #allenginsberg #kerouac #dianediprima #dharmabums @citylightsbooks.bsky.social #booksky
April 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Most recent addition to the AmLit Big Board. #literature #beatgeneration #englishteaching #englishteacher #poetry #beatpoetry #ontheroad #howl #allenginsberg #kerouac #dianediprima #dharmabums @citylightsbooks.bsky.social #booksky
Happy #tolkienreadingday to all who celebrate. Going off the beaten path this year in our quiet hotel room #tolkien #JRRT #roverandom #hobbit #LOTR #booksky
March 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Happy #tolkienreadingday to all who celebrate. Going off the beaten path this year in our quiet hotel room #tolkien #JRRT #roverandom #hobbit #LOTR #booksky
Returning to this classic after some time. First read it in college (This one I purchased in 1992 to teach in my own class). Purposeful, meditative character study, nuanced take on human nature during apocalypse, original for the era it was written in. Highly recommend. #Booksky #literature #dys
March 23, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Returning to this classic after some time. First read it in college (This one I purchased in 1992 to teach in my own class). Purposeful, meditative character study, nuanced take on human nature during apocalypse, original for the era it was written in. Highly recommend. #Booksky #literature #dys
Misty morning walk…”The entrance to the path was like a sort of arch leading into a gloomy tunnel made by two great trees that leant together, too old and strangled with ivy and hung with lichen to bear more than a few blackened leaves.” — JRR Tolkien #tolkien #JRRT #LOTR #walk
March 11, 2025 at 10:51 AM
On this #nationalgirlsandwomeninsportsday I want to highlight these two amazing athletes and coaches, and salute all the amazing women who have played with and for them, who have mentored and been mentored by them, and who continue to change the world and make it a better place for all of us.
February 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
On this #nationalgirlsandwomeninsportsday I want to highlight these two amazing athletes and coaches, and salute all the amazing women who have played with and for them, who have mentored and been mentored by them, and who continue to change the world and make it a better place for all of us.
February 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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January 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The films we watched and discussed over the last 3 weeks in my Dystopian/Post-Apocalyptic Film class 😳 Someone cheer me up! #dystopianfilm #dystopia #film #filmstudy #booksky
January 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The films we watched and discussed over the last 3 weeks in my Dystopian/Post-Apocalyptic Film class 😳 Someone cheer me up! #dystopianfilm #dystopia #film #filmstudy #booksky
Change of vibe this morning in Dystopian Film class. #TheTrumanShow #dystopia #filmstudy #film @brooks_school
January 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Change of vibe this morning in Dystopian Film class. #TheTrumanShow #dystopia #filmstudy #film @brooks_school
Sometimes taking the dog out at night is worth it. #moonlight #eveningwalk
January 10, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Sometimes taking the dog out at night is worth it. #moonlight #eveningwalk
January 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Digging deeper today. The seminal Blade Runner. #dystopia #film #bladerunner #teaching #learning #filmstudy #BookSky
January 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Digging deeper today. The seminal Blade Runner. #dystopia #film #bladerunner #teaching #learning #filmstudy #BookSky