Nationalpoetrymonth reading of the day. My mentor, Patrick Rosal here, aging so fine he makes the chianti jealous. Seriously, my man is fire. Hands down one of the best readers (and poets) I have ever been blessed to know. #poems #poetry #poets #writing #writers #poetryreadings

Quick #poetry hot take: People who dunk on slam poetry (pun intended) were the kids who volunteered to be hall monitors in grade school, and have the passion of a wet crouton. Gods forbid poetry be read with more energy than a dead turtle.

And for my first round selection in the 2026 Draft, Team Bross selects Michael Flanagan, Towson University.

A Poem Short Enough for Bluesky Count the spaces just as you would each letter, count nothing, with purpose, see the frame of space before we confuse nothing with all are things managing as we do to erase nothing with something, stumbling before we run out of characters, before we have time to

I am a day behind for #nationalpoetrymonth, so to follow my last share, here is a classic read by the master herself: Adrienne Rich "Diving into the Wreck". #poetry #poems #poets #april

I adore Jack Gilbert, and this is a beautiful reading of his work. I needed this tonight. #poetry #poems#jackgilbert # poets

Disgusting.

Want a good cyberpunk retelling of Snow White with great trans representation? May suggest this? #indiebooks #sciencefiction #newbool #writing #transgender #transgenderdayofvisibility

Protesting helps. Calling/writing your reps helps. Sharing resources helps. Encouraging your comrades helps. Uplifting marginalized voices helps. It ALL helps. Don't let folks who don't understand that nothing is fixed INSTANTLY get you down. It's frustrating enough w/out them making it worse.

Y'all, work has been so busy today I haven't had time to get on, but... but... but... my ace, cyberpunk Snow White retelling is out TOMORROW and I want you all to see it! Universal Link: books2read.com/CyberSnow Itch(.)io: aebrossbooks.itch.io/cybersnow #WritingCommunity 🌈🚀💫 📢📚

Here, I like sharing songs I am obsessed with, so here is Airborne Toxic Event, because beauty should be shared #music #rockmusic #indierock #airbornetoxicevent #altrock

ICE receives less training than a massage therapist.

There is no ethical use of AI

I'm so grateful to all who have supported our fundraising efforts for our local trans community. 💙🙏 We still have some trans pride mugs available. You can see them here. Approximately 30% of the proceeds will be donated to our local gender affirming closet. rakupottery.ca/mugs/

Yeah. No notes.

"We wear our traumas the way the Guillotine wears gravity." ~Andrea Gibson from "Take me with You" R. I. P.

Most Goth song you can think of-- GO! I open the bidding with "My Lucretia, my Reflection" by Sisters of Mercy. Your move internet. #gothmusic #goth

Everyone forgets that Icarus also flew/It’s the same when love comes to an end/or the marriage fails and people say/they knew it was a mistake, that everybody/said it would never work. That she was/old enough to know better. But anything/worth doing is worth doing badly-Jack Gilbert #fragmentsfriday

Just a heads up. As much as I could imagine that our bloated umpa-lumpa president would fall for this, this is fake news. Careful y'all. Double check your memes before releasing them into the wild.

To be fair here, let's take a quick census on how many times America has been threatened by pro-palestine acivists. Let's see, nothing, plus nothing, carry the nothing... 🤷 Seriously, Dorothy whacked the wrong witches.

I miss my days as editor for D10again. Partially for the free loot people would toss our way for reviews, but also for cool indie projects like these. My Bluesky doesn't provide the same frequency boost, but hopefully this little nudge will get these to the right eyes.

Not sure I am playing this game right. 🤷

Inside Higher Ed is the academic equivalent of toilet stall graffiti. And this opinion chopsalad is as souless as I expected. But it did lead me to my hot take: I hope poetry never becomes marketable. It keeps poetry safely immune to capitalism. And that's why I love it. #poetry #poets #poems

Some quick pics of the National Women's Month panel discussion my library hosted. I love that they let me plan and organize these events. #libraries #nationalwomensmonth #academia

This is my spouse and their book! Go check it out! ❤️❤️

Hey there👋 My name is Tom & I'm trying my hand at writing fiction. I'm working on a story that I've been "writing" in my head since I was a kid. I'm always open to suggestions, writing ideas, & general comments. I look forward to connecting while I'm on this journey! 😅 #writingcommunity #booksky

While I did not know Gibson, I knew her work. Brilliant, provocative, and unyielding. A heartbreaking loss. “Dying is the opposite of leaving. When I left my body, I did not go away. That portal of light was not a portal to elsewhere, but a portal to here. I am more here than I ever was before.”

Hello, y'all! I'm Addy & I'm a queer author 🌈🫶 My books: 🏴‍☠️ The Elysium Proposal - F/Enby Pirate Adventure Romantasy 💞 Where We Converge - M/M Contemporary Paranormal Romantasy in modern day Chicago 💻 CyberSnow - Sapphic, Trans, Cyberpunk retelling of Snow White books2read.com/ap/xXJm2G/AE...

For more info on my books, who I am, what I stand for, and all my occasionally glorious word-things, click on the link below. Cheers and many thanks! #poetry #poems #poet #authors #writing #booksforsale

So I have aMasters degree in English and have taught college level English courses. I am FLOORED at how bad these "educational" learning programs are. 3 with wrong "correct" answers and 2 more grammatical inaccuracies. This is what we get when our educational system goes to the lowest bidder.

I think I am going to write down all the names of those AI Scam Loan offers and turn it into a quirky ensemble cast rom-com about AIs trying to find love. Maybe call it '50 Scams of Grey'.

Y'all, if you back this, it shows up on your credit card as "BackerKit - Lesbians." You know you want that.

If you somehow missed all of my yelling last week, I am very happy to now inform you that WOMAN OF SORROW AND BLOOD IS OUT YOU CAN READ IT LIKE FOR REAL

Education in this country will only improve once we focus more on learning than we do on the material being taught.

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Oh, we had to attack Iran before they advanced their nuclear weapons program? You know who also shouldn't have nuclear weapons? Fucking ANYONE!!

If you backed him, DESPITE EVERY CONCIEVABLE WARNING, despite all of us screaming all the warnings, all the red flags, all of his narcissistic tendencies, all of racism and sexism-- YOU WERE THE PROBLEM. This monstrosity is on your heads. I am beyond done.

My spouse was helping the kiddo out with some English, and the lesson's narrator explained that "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes was about "life putting obstacles but if you try hard you can overcome". Holy shitsticks, what a master class in white washing! 🤬 #poem #racism #poetry

Finally!

LinkedIn is basically a really classy restaurant where you are somehow both the guest and the meal at the same time.

A quick plug for those looking for a cyberpunk heist asventure with heaps of lgbtq+ representation. Preorders are live for ebook editions!

post something random if you want bc I sure would love to see it and my BIRTHDAY is in March (allegedly).

The reason libraries are defunded, and the narrative of their obsolescence so heavily pushed, is that community and shared knowledge is always a threat to those who seek to abuse their power. The system only benefits them in so long as we remain divided and uneducated. Libraries ARE resistance.

If you have to ban books, you are on the wrong side of history, the wrong side of justice, and the wrong side of morality. Everything this MAGA administration does dehumanizes and villainizes our friends, our family, our neighbors. If you even hesitate to denounce this, you are the problem.

We will never have a proper education system until Information Literacy and Logic are core requirements for every kid all the way through high school.

If you work against education, you're on the wrong side of history. If you want to make voting harder, you're on the wrong side of history. If you deny science, you're on the wrong side of history. If you think your race, religion, or culture is superior... ...you get the point.