"...Admit impediment..." With apologies to Bill Shakesp. #rock vs. #hardplace #stones #boulders #blocks #obstacles #hunkeringdown #refusingtomove

Second of two poems in Issue 71 of The Tampa Review. (From my m.s., "Wissahickon," now knocking on the doors of some publishers.) Many thanks to TR poetry editors: Paul Corrigan & Jodi Johnson. @bdralyuk.bsky.social @deanbrowne.bsky.social @jfranklinpoet.bsky.social @macdowell1907.bsky.social

First of two poems in Issue 71 of The Tampa Review. (From my m.s., "Wissahickon," now knocking on the doors of some publishers.) Many thanks to TR poetry editors: Paul Corrigan & Jodi Johnson. #poems #parents #grief #unsaying

A gorgeous purple bromeliad from the tropical botanical garden in Naples, #Florida. Photo taken this past March. #tropicals #bromeliads #gardens #flowers

Making fun of Taco always hilarious 🤣😂🤣😂 #belgium #fifa

#Trump continues his corrupt sale of Presidential pardons and his assault on our environment in a joint poisoning of our air and our body politic. #pardons #pollution @joncooper-us.bsky.social @karenzraick.bsky.social @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/07/03/u...

I'm sorry Martha Stewart, but "Busy-Day Dump Cake" is NOT a good moniker for this otherwise delicious-looking confection. "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet..." #MissNamed #MissStake #MissInformation #MissNomer

A purple-blossomed, silver vase plant aka Aechmea fasciata, which also comes in green-leafed varieties, as well as ones with cream, pink, and red flowers. A bromeliad. Taken this past March at the Naples Botanical Garden in Naples, Florida. #Florida #tropicals #Naples #gardens

We would recommend getting an ICE whistle and staying connected to local alert networks as we continue to receive reports of raging enforcement activity affecting neighborhoods. Please do what you can to protect your loved ones and your community! ✊💚

Susan Collins votes with Donald Trump 95% of the time. I will vote with Maine 100% of the time.

Remembering today my great uncle Robert killed at the Somme This poem by Longley juxtaposes his father’s war memories with a killing from the Troubles Remembering too, Robert’s brother Tom who came home & never spoke of it – ‘dying for King and Country, slowly’ #poetry #poemoftheday #LestWeForget

Führer von Trumpf's Justice Dept quashed probe into clemency for fraudster—who bilked 10,000 Americans out of millions of their life savings. Fraudster paid Catholic priest, #Trump's friend, to lobby for commutation of 7-year sentence. #corruption #Injustice www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/u...

Exotic summer-flowering bulb opens its shocking pink (Gay Pride, anyone?) flower today in our garden. At least here, our local village chapter of the American Legion can't object to our "flag." #GayPride

After 45 years... #quartets #retirement #lastseason #goodbye #farewell #endings

“Balogun is an American by virtue of.. wait for it… birthright citizenship.” I wrote about the USMNT & how, despite Trump & Miller’s racist ranting & the DHS/groyper tweet yesterday, at this World Cup, immigration is a blessing & diversity is strength.

On this day— #Juneteenth —that commemorates the end of chattel slavery in America, I'm remembering the Tulsa Massacre of 1921. No reparations and no justice were ever provided for the hundreds of survivors. #tulsaoklahoma #TulsaMassacre #Shame #Crime

Happy that two of my poems appear in Issue 71 of "The Tampa Review." Looking forward to receiving a printed copy soon. #poems #poetry #childhood #parents #goodmagic #badmagic @utampapress.bsky.social

Wonderful Portuguese cows, near the site the Cromeleque na Herdade dos Almendres, one of the oldest megalithic sites in Europe circa 6,000 B.C., in the Early Neolithic. (Photo taken on January 2, 2025.) #cows #magic #megaliths #Portugal #cromlech #travel

From Amy Clampitt's "What The Light Was Like." #cats #interiors #catpoems #gardens

The Waterfall," by Amy Clampitt... from her book, "Archaic Figure," 1987. But it could have been written yesterday or a minute ago or will be... next year. #amyclampitt #poetry #enduring #ephemeral

Afternoon narcissus. #daffodils #April #spring #lightslant #beauty #flowerporn

And so it was written. #sentences #Zeno #architecture #poems #prose

"There is no justification for a regressive system in which the super-rich contribute less than the rest of us," write @josephestiglitz.bsky.social, @gabrielzucman.bsky.social, and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.

Questions for American VP J.D. Vance. #morality #PopeLeo #Pope #justwar #war #Iran #stayinyourlane #unitedstates #america #vatican #theology

Even in the late afternoon and past its prime, the star magnolia is still gorgeous. "Death is the mother of beauty." — Wallace Stevens #flowers #stars #magnolia #beauty #belatedness #endings

New: ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who declined to identify former clients.

Support for Abolishing ICE Hits Record High in New Poll | Truthout truthout.org/articles/sup...

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English poet, Edward Thomas. 1916 Friend of Robert Frost. #smallthings #weeds #nettles #farmlife #bigthemesinlittlespaces

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"If you give a chimp a #crystal, she might not return it. Researchers gave quartz, calcite & other crystals to captive #chimps. They were very interested & the researchers had to trade #bananas & #yogurt to get the largest crystals back. Others never turned up." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/s...

Just collateral damage, bub? #LIES #HYPOCRISY #GUILTY #IRAN #SCHOOLS #GIRLS #MIGRANTCHILDREN

#War as #distraction from #domestic woes. Zero case made for Iran attack. No public debate or discussion. No congressional authorization. Sham and shame. #Trumpstein @mark.fornes @npr @wnyc @maddowmaddow @onthemedia @lawrence_odonnell @micah_loewinger @ezraklein @chrislhayes

Adapted from a dictum of Teresa de Lauretis, coiner (and critic) of "queer theory," as found in her NYTimes obit: www.nytimes.com/.../teresa-d... #poems #poets #poetry #queerness #difference #topography #mentalgeography #beyondcategory

The Blob That Ate Trader Joe's. February 18. #berg #pile #creature #mountain #monster @traderjoesss.bsky.social @traderjoesunited.bsky.social

Read—and hear—my latest poem under the sun. In Issue 44 of "Radar Poetry." www.radarpoetry.com/world-class-... Many thanks to Rachel Marie Patterson & Dara-Lyn Shrager #poetry #villagemuse #locality #placepoem #summer

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On my moody mood board tonight. (from the Cathedral of St. Andrew, Amalfi, Italia. October 2025.) #grumpysaintly #seentoomuch #hopedtoolong

An Irish man held by ICE for five months despite having a valid work permit and no criminal record says he fears for his life and has appealed for help from Ireland’s government. “I’m not in fear of the other inmates. I’m afraid of the staff. They’re capable of anything.”

The miraculous floating Christ in the Cathedral of Saint Andrew. Amalfi, Italia. October 2025. #jesuschrist #crucifix #miracle #amalfi #saintandrew #basilica

Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."

Authoritarian regimes make you feel like shit because they will never admit they’re losing. But Trump is losing — and it’s because of the organizing work you’re doing.

From @deanbrowne.bsky.social's wonderful debut, "After Party." @picadorbooks.bsky.social #Irish #Irishpoetry #donegal #gametheory #wizarding

Dachshund sweater. Isle of Capri. Fall 2025. #dogs #dachsund #sweaters #dogfashion #fashionisto

“How many times, then, will Western journalists allow themselves to be fooled by Israeli propaganda – by military denials that later collapse under the weight of evidence?”

"Hands of Marionette Player," 1929 Italian-American-Mexican photographer, Tina Modotti. #modotti #hands #photographer #photography #marionettes #puppets #work #artistry

A street portrait by the amazing Vivian Maier, an astoundingly gifted photographer unknown until after her death in 2009. This photograph was taken in Chicago on May 16, 1957. In a bus or train waiting room perhaps? #streetscape #photography #character #empathy #personality #textures #composition

Leather goods and footwear accessories. Street scene in Naples. October 2026 #Italy #Napoli #streetscape #hair #men