Nat Queen Coal 💎
@natashaoladokun.bsky.social
Queer poet, educator, accidental mystic. The tallest 5’3” woman you’ll ever meet. (They/She) 🌈
[Not really on here like that.]
[Not really on here like that.]
Pinned
Free Palestine motherfuckers
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“There is power in naming, as today’s poem reminds us," host @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social shares in episode 1390 of The Slowdown. "Once you see it, you can’t unsee it. Nor should you."
Read “The Poem Climbs the Scaffold and Tells You What It Sees" by @natashaoladokun.bsky.social: bit.ly/49At8by
Read “The Poem Climbs the Scaffold and Tells You What It Sees" by @natashaoladokun.bsky.social: bit.ly/49At8by
November 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
“There is power in naming, as today’s poem reminds us," host @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social shares in episode 1390 of The Slowdown. "Once you see it, you can’t unsee it. Nor should you."
Read “The Poem Climbs the Scaffold and Tells You What It Sees" by @natashaoladokun.bsky.social: bit.ly/49At8by
Read “The Poem Climbs the Scaffold and Tells You What It Sees" by @natashaoladokun.bsky.social: bit.ly/49At8by
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Happy to have a new queer poem out at @yalereview.bsky.social 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
"A useless want: All outlet and no plug,
or whatever it was the preacher called
the thing we make, my love and I, together."
From "Lust (I)" by @natashaoladokun.bsky.social, TYR's Poem of the Week.
yalereview.org/article/nata...
or whatever it was the preacher called
the thing we make, my love and I, together."
From "Lust (I)" by @natashaoladokun.bsky.social, TYR's Poem of the Week.
yalereview.org/article/nata...
Natasha Oladokun: "Lust (I)"
A poem by Natasha Oladokun: "A useless want: All outlet and no plug,"
yalereview.org
December 12, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Happy to have a new queer poem out at @yalereview.bsky.social 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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smaller. bombs
U.S. officials said they have privately outlined several steps to Israel to reduce civilian casualties in its military campaign in the Gaza Strip, including using smaller bombs, when going after Hamas leaders and infrastructure.
U.S. Officials Outline Steps to Israel to Reduce Civilian Casualties
The measures include using smaller bombs against Hamas, U.S. officials said.
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2023 at 11:25 PM
smaller. bombs
#FreePalestine
“For those of us who write, it is necessary to scrutinize not only the truth of what we speak, but the truth of that language by which we speak it.”
–Audre Lorde, “Transformation of Silence into Language and Action”
“For those of us who write, it is necessary to scrutinize not only the truth of what we speak, but the truth of that language by which we speak it.”
–Audre Lorde, “Transformation of Silence into Language and Action”
October 27, 2023 at 2:36 AM
#FreePalestine
“For those of us who write, it is necessary to scrutinize not only the truth of what we speak, but the truth of that language by which we speak it.”
–Audre Lorde, “Transformation of Silence into Language and Action”
“For those of us who write, it is necessary to scrutinize not only the truth of what we speak, but the truth of that language by which we speak it.”
–Audre Lorde, “Transformation of Silence into Language and Action”
Free Palestine motherfuckers
October 9, 2023 at 9:55 PM
Free Palestine motherfuckers
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black paramore fans are the backbone of society
September 28, 2023 at 12:04 AM
black paramore fans are the backbone of society
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I've officially migrated my newsletter away from Substack! (And away from a paid subscription model overall.)
Here's how and why I did it:
Here's how and why I did it:
It’s Migration Season with the Armadillo
The thing they say about planting trees — the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second best time is now — is roughly translatable to Substack. The best time to get on Substack was ne...
homewiththearmadillo.blog
September 29, 2023 at 12:10 PM
I've officially migrated my newsletter away from Substack! (And away from a paid subscription model overall.)
Here's how and why I did it:
Here's how and why I did it:
Guess I’m crawling back here
September 28, 2023 at 8:58 PM
Guess I’m crawling back here
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I’m in the September issue of Poetry Magazine with two poems including this anagram elegy for André Leon Talley.
September 1, 2023 at 8:24 PM
I’m in the September issue of Poetry Magazine with two poems including this anagram elegy for André Leon Talley.
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[middle of lunch rush] Are you mad at me chef
[pausing mecha while battling kaiju] Are you mad at me
[interrupting opponent during rap battle] Are you mad at me
August 18, 2023 at 2:34 AM
[middle of lunch rush] Are you mad at me chef
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Ostrobogulous [OS-truh-BAWG-yuh-luhs]
(adj.)
-Slightly risqué/indecent; bawdy/slightly off-colour
-Bizarre, interesting, or unusual
-Harmlessly mischievous
Used in a sentence:
“I can honestly say that I’ve never met anyone quite so ostrobogulous as Lady Octavia.”
My book:
https://bit.ly/GWOTDbook
(adj.)
-Slightly risqué/indecent; bawdy/slightly off-colour
-Bizarre, interesting, or unusual
-Harmlessly mischievous
Used in a sentence:
“I can honestly say that I’ve never met anyone quite so ostrobogulous as Lady Octavia.”
My book:
https://bit.ly/GWOTDbook
August 17, 2023 at 3:21 AM
Ostrobogulous [OS-truh-BAWG-yuh-luhs]
(adj.)
-Slightly risqué/indecent; bawdy/slightly off-colour
-Bizarre, interesting, or unusual
-Harmlessly mischievous
Used in a sentence:
“I can honestly say that I’ve never met anyone quite so ostrobogulous as Lady Octavia.”
My book:
https://bit.ly/GWOTDbook
(adj.)
-Slightly risqué/indecent; bawdy/slightly off-colour
-Bizarre, interesting, or unusual
-Harmlessly mischievous
Used in a sentence:
“I can honestly say that I’ve never met anyone quite so ostrobogulous as Lady Octavia.”
My book:
https://bit.ly/GWOTDbook
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We're open for proposals for craft workshops/panel discussions for the @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference in Philly on 9/23! We pay $50 per participant. No fee to submit. Send us good stuff! https://barrelhouse.submittable.com/submit/270714/conversations-and-connections-philadelphia-2023-proposals
August 15, 2023 at 2:34 PM
We're open for proposals for craft workshops/panel discussions for the @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference in Philly on 9/23! We pay $50 per participant. No fee to submit. Send us good stuff! https://barrelhouse.submittable.com/submit/270714/conversations-and-connections-philadelphia-2023-proposals
Good morning let’s read Lucille Clifton together ☀️☀️☀️☀️
August 15, 2023 at 2:37 PM
Good morning let’s read Lucille Clifton together ☀️☀️☀️☀️
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cannot believe that we taught rocks to whisper Secret Numbers so vast that their names have never before and will never be spoken again in the long span of human time, and we use them to key databases for e-commerce systems
August 12, 2023 at 4:31 AM
cannot believe that we taught rocks to whisper Secret Numbers so vast that their names have never before and will never be spoken again in the long span of human time, and we use them to key databases for e-commerce systems
“We *are* our final vocabulary, and how we use it. / There is no secret contingency. / There’s only the rearrangement, the redescription / Of little and mortal things. / There’s only this single body, this tiny garment / Gathering the past against itself, making it otherwise.”
–Charles Wright
–Charles Wright
August 11, 2023 at 12:12 AM
“We *are* our final vocabulary, and how we use it. / There is no secret contingency. / There’s only the rearrangement, the redescription / Of little and mortal things. / There’s only this single body, this tiny garment / Gathering the past against itself, making it otherwise.”
–Charles Wright
–Charles Wright
Girl dinner [pb&j at 4:00pm]
August 9, 2023 at 9:21 PM
Girl dinner [pb&j at 4:00pm]
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@natashaoladokun.bsky.social and me having a movie night
August 9, 2023 at 1:23 PM
@natashaoladokun.bsky.social and me having a movie night