Shout-out here to Patrick Grizzell, the Sacramento Poetry Center, & the audience who came to listen, clap, & snap for Sixteen Rivers poets Lenore Myers, Camille Norton, & Moira Magneson, & the marvelous, mysterious Gene Berson. And, props to the charismatic NSAA for emceeing the open mic! #poetrysky

Pass it on: A shiver of poets reading this Monday, May 25, 7:30 pm @ the Sacramento Poetry Center! 💨 #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrysky #sacramento

BREAKING: Harry Dunn and Daniel Hodges, two law enforcement officers who clashed with Jan. 6 insurrectionists, have sued to block the Trump 'slush fund'. They're asking a federal judge to find the creation of the fund illegal and reverse any transfers that Treasury has made to DOJ to implement it.

Incredible performance by David Byrne on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert! Dance, Stephen, Dance!

For the latest beta on viruses, no one delivers like @bettycjung.bsky.social! This is an important 🧵 about the latest, terrifying Ebola outbreak.

BREAKING: The judge in the $1.7B slush fund suit has dismissed the case, but she says THERE IS NO SETTLEMENT OF RECORD. As I said earlier, the media must stop reporting that this slush fund is a settlement. It's just plain THEFT. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

if your sound is off just know that they're all singing "High hopes"

I can’t say exactly if this essay by poet Roger Reeves is a confrontation or a reckoning with the horrors of American history and the seemingly irreconcilable wounds of slavery, but I can say it is powerful, and shattering, and a must-read.

My favorite mother’s day cartoon from the stupendous @rosemarymosco.com

The Voting Rights Act is done for. This country has boarded the Time Machine and is now hurtling back to the Bad Old Days. We should all be sounding the hue and cry!

A 🧵 worth reading for a preview of what’s coming down the pike regarding the silencing of free speech.

My kind of woman! 🤩

“After their humans were disappeared by ICE”

Trump is well on his way to destroying every good thing in America.

"The energy, the faith, the devotion – that we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it." John F. Kennedy

Today’s most beautiful thing! Bless Syrena! Praise Tabitha!

To whoever did this at the #NoKings in Boston: Thank you.❤️ It made me tear up. And we must to be reminded of needless damage to humanity that results directly from the careless, bellicose bluster coming from the Pentagon and White House.

De Niro: Every morning when I get up, I reach for my phone to look at the headlines of the day, and for some time now, I start every morning depressed about the latest outrage from our would-be king. I mean, it’s amazing—every fucking day there’s something new and crazy, but it’s different today…

#handsoff #nokings #ReleaseALLthefiles #EpsteinFiles #lovemyGov #itsthefuckingguns #midterms26 #getridofElectoralCollege #TheEpsteinBallroom #endtheiranwarnow Release ALL the files NOW 25th Ammendment NOW Abolish ICE NOW

The tiny twin towns of Coloma-Lotus exercising their free speech rights on the Coloma-Lotus 49 bridge overlooking the American River! This is what Democracy looks like! #NoKings

EL DORADO COUNTY IS SHOWING UP FOR NO KINGS! 💫

I predict that AFTERIMAGES, Lenore Myers’ first full-length poetry collection, is going to storm the poetry palace! It’s radical! #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetnews @lenimo.bsky.social

Good morning, BlueSky

Deer enjoying cherry blossoms in Nara, Japan: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/s...

Poet and Poetry Flash editor Richard Silberg needs some love and tenderness! ❤️‍🩹 💸

Activists don't let ICE goons get an inch in Vermont

Especially when you bomb a school full of children.

I gotta say, Carolyn’s latest poetry collection is a flower 🌺 bomb, meaning every page is intoxicatingly redolent!

Kristi Noem testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee using weasel words up the wazoo, *the likes of which nobody has ever seen before.*

I am so tired of fragile little men starting wars. I am so tired of fragile little men making policy decisions that harm us all. I am so tired of fragile little men doing horrendous harm to children and expecting us all to forget about it. I am so tired of fragile little men with their tantrums.

It’s strange to live in a world where millions believe scientists, researchers, and doctors are all lying, but a fraud-convicted reality TV host is telling the truth.

These plain-speaking poems by Howie Good are deep. So much heart and soul.

This hurts the heart.

Everyone! Everyone! A poem for our times!

Happening tomorrow! Woo-hoo! 💫 #poetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #poetnews

ICE in action terrorizing Maria Santay, a US citizen. Because: patriarchy. Because: racism. Because: entitlement. Because: misogyny. Because: sociopathy. Because: malignant narcissism. Because: Trump’s America. Because: They can. #abolishICE

The kids are all right! Happening in San Francisco right now!

Two excellent must-read pieces by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social that explain “coercive control,” the dynamic fueling the stories Homan and this administration insist upon when resistors refuse to kowtow to their violent rhetoric and tactics. The old, ancient stories of the gaslighting patriarchy.

Sixteen Rivers poet & press co-founder, Terry Ehret (that's her in the photo), is the special guest poet tonight at Poetic License Online Poetry Reading. She'll be sharing poems on the theme of Doubt, in particular the kinds of doubt artists & writers struggle with! See below for the link! #poetry

The fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, the second Minneapolis resident killed by federal agents this month, follows weeks of violent and abusive immigration enforcement actions in the city. HRW analyzed and verified eight videos showing before, during, and after the shooting: https://bit.ly/4riahYt

Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.

Sixteen Rivers invites California poets to participate in A Courage of Poets, a statewide, peaceable gathering of poets & writers intended to bear witness out loud to the ICE killings of Renée Good, Keith Porter Jr., Silverio Villegas González, & Alex Pretti. 👇 #poetry #poetrycommunity #Poetrysky

One little thing you can do if you’re feeling helpless tonight: throw a few bucks to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota. They’re reportedly stretched thin for obvious reasons and could use some help if you can offer it. www.ilcm.org?ref=badfaith...

This Saturday : : Cagney and Ingersoll shall "sing the body electric." ⚡ Come listen! ⚡ #poetry #poetnews #poetrycommunity @glenningersoll.bsky.social

James Cagney! Glenn Ingersoll! Fujita V poets, guaranteed to blow down the timbers of the poetry house! This Saturday, January 24, 3 to 5 pm @ Northbrae Community Church, 941 The Alameda, Berkeley. Come and be amazed! #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrysky #poetnews @glenningersoll.bsky.social

Tick. Tick. Tick. ⏰ Ten days left to submit your fabulous manuscript to our fabulous press! Twelve midnight ,February 1, is the witching hour. C'mon! You can do it! #callforsubmissions #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrysky

Cagney and Ingersoll . . . partners in rhyme. Kind of like Butch and Sundance. Or Monk and Coltrane. A poet pairing for the ages. Don't miss these two! Saturday, Jan. 24 at Northbrae Community Church, 941 The Alameda, Berkeley. 3-5 pm. 'Til then! #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrysky #Berkeley