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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 23h

I love Maine deeply and it took us about 20 years to figure out how to get here. I intend to live here for the remainder of my days.

But also: Right now I fantasize daily about leaving the US

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 23h

The longer they stall, the longer they keep collecting monthly premiums. Once they start paying claims, she no longer pays in.

She’s paid into this policy for decades. It’s “great” coverage.

They’d just prefer she not use her own $. Could she handle all this bs herself? No. & that’s the point.

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 23h

LTC insurer’s new game is “crediting” days we’ve paid out of pocket as elimination days, processing them before the elimination days I documented for them to count.

This stalling is tactic called “the drag.”

But I don’t quit & I keep tight notes, so you might as well just pay my momma now.

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 4d

Yo Mainers, NO ON 1 next month.

Between 30 and 42% of Mainers have used absentee ballots in recent elections. (Which is why this *already secure* option is being threatened with scaremonger language & utterly ridic “I was mailed a box of ballots by mistake” story.

NO ON 1. Protect voting access.

Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 8d

Just got a book royalty check. $7.88 ✨

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 13d

Ideally no things should cost money

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 13d

It shouldn’t cost money to run for elected office

G’night

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 14d

The Medicare rep asked me if I was “using John Hancock as a metaphor or…?”

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 16d

Graham Platner is real. Standing right next to me. The vibe is goooood.

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 22d

“This is my city. This is my city.”

Wrecked @wrecked9n76e.bsky.social · 22d

Karina Villa protecting her constituents by literally running ICE off the streets in West Chicago and yelling to residents to stay inside their homes.

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 23d

Right? Credit the author and tag the press and it’s all good. I can’t think of any small press that doesn’t 💛 this. It’s the opposite of copyright infringement—it’s word of mouth publicity and there’s nothing better! ✨

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 23d

If you happen to be near Blue Hill #Maine this week, my friend Caroline Sulzer and I will be sharing poems & artwork at the Blue Hill Public Library on Thursday.

Come say hi? We’re going to read some poetry, show some slides, and talk about how our poetic and artistic practices are interrelated. ✨

Announcement graphic with yellow and white text of event details on teal background, with the two poet/artist’s book covers in the center.

Shanna Compton & Caroline Sulzer
Poems + Pictures
Thursday, September 18 at 7:00 p.m.
Blue Hill Public Library
Howard Room, 2nd Floor
5 Parker Point Road
Blue Hill, Maine

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 26d

Its a shiny torture for real. (Hey we might stop in tomorrow & I will bring you a book. We love our Topos Blue Hill print so much we can never move.)

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 26d

Can you believe anybody invites me to read my filth and nonsense inside library buildings no you’re so much smarter than that & i can tell by the number of weapons festively displayed on your holiday card

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 26d

If the microplastics run for office maybe they’d be less poisonous & outstay their welcome on earth less aggressively than the ooze we lumpily continue to hold over own heads and ask please not to drip disgustingly down upon us especially not in the eyes think about it

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 26d

Oh ok the country is a green greasy headache with a side of mulch-vomit smell arrow combo bomb stitch-ripped undersided frenemies murder larp got it

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 28d

The reels default feed over there is driving me batshit

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · Sep 2

Heeeeyyyyy. I have a new book out. I’m doing an absolutely awful job telling anyone about it!

The 50 #collage works in DEEP WHOOSH incorporate closed-caption sound effects. Because as a HoH poet/artist I’m fascinated by them both verbally & visually. + essay + 2 poems

#VisualPoetry #ArtistBook

Deep Whoosh — Black Square Editions | Unique Literary Works & Translations

Deep Whoosh collects 50 handmade cut-and-paste collages by poet, printmaker, and book designer Shanna Compton into a vibrant, layered, and often-witty artist’s book, complete with an essay on their ma...

www.blacksquareeditions.org

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · Sep 4

Trying to get my house mother-in-law clean

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · Sep 2

So annoyed

Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · Sep 2

I lose. His right hand is still made up tho.

Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · Sep 2

$10 it’s gonna be a prerecorded statement

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · Sep 2

Some random pages from the book…

#Collage #VisualPoetry #ArtistBook

(BOTH SIGHING) a handmade collage from Deep Whoosh by Shanna Compton. Two hooded figures stand in front of a giant red poppy. The title is in the form of a closed-caption sound effect from a movie, styled in all caps within parentheses in a dark box, positioned the lower portion of the piece.

(SCREECHING, FLAPPING WINGS) a handmade collage from Deep Whoosh by Shanna Compton. A pensive-looking woman in pale grays is surrounded by vibrant pink flames and fronds. Behind her a large green cabbage and yellow half moon. The title is in the form of a closed-caption sound effect from a movie, styled in all caps within parentheses in a dark box, positioned the lower portion of the piece.

(POWER WINDS DOWN) a handmade collage from Deep Whoosh by Shanna Compton. An abstract arrangement of pieces includes a leafy green half moon or planet, rising from a torn strip with an ominous looking man’s face. In a black and white photo, two rural buildings and a large water tower and smaller power line. The title is in the form of a closed-caption sound effect from a movie, styled in all caps within parentheses in a dark box, positioned the lower portion of the piece.

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · Sep 2

Heeeeyyyyy. I have a new book out. I’m doing an absolutely awful job telling anyone about it!

The 50 #collage works in DEEP WHOOSH incorporate closed-caption sound effects. Because as a HoH poet/artist I’m fascinated by them both verbally & visually. + essay + 2 poems

#VisualPoetry #ArtistBook

Deep Whoosh — Black Square Editions | Unique Literary Works & Translations

Deep Whoosh collects 50 handmade cut-and-paste collages by poet, printmaker, and book designer Shanna Compton into a vibrant, layered, and often-witty artist’s book, complete with an essay on their ma...

www.blacksquareeditions.org

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Sep 1

Platner: No one cares that you pretend to be remorseful as you sell out to lobbyists. Symbolic opposition does not reopen hospitals. Weak condemnations do not bring back Roe V Wade. Maine deserves better than Susan Collins.

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