sometimes to read a book of poetry is to be reminded that another person is much funnier and better at expressing their pain than you are

feeling hot on a cold day #ootd

A #JaneAusten quote that can't be reposted often enough.

surf ‘n turf and cocktails showgirls and back room deals at the Winter White House ballroom outside people beg for meals hedonists do not feel the outrage they believe they’re above it all but when hunger strikes the masses the status quo will fall #Emoetry #Outraged

Listen to more Nina Simone.

Economy starting to feel like I need a harem of old men

The economics ain't economizing

Yeah, some days those home chores ain't happening ya'll

My inner voice is my ultimate nemesis. Otherwise, I deserve better villains. The quality here is trash.

I don't need cargo shorts. I need a cargo dress. I have a ton of crap to carry but want to look sexy

Rot is not the end Hidden worlds rise from the old Beauty feeds on change #haikufeels #prompt #Rot #Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry #Ecopoetry #Nature #Mushrooms #Fungus #Fungi #ImageAndVerse #Haiga #Hope #Resilience #Renewal

I feel for the boys in their drab clothing.

Ever write things on the Jenga blocks to make game funnier/spicier/a drinking game? Well, what if mid-game, words started appearing on the blocks- scary words none of you wrote?

Wordle 1,591 2/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I can't believe I just did that. 😃

Our national parks are increasingly stressed because of the government shutdown. With a large portion of National Park Service staff furloughed, there are fewer personnel available to enforce rules or care for the land. Across parks, reports are emerging of trash accumulating,

your anxiety might be a 10 but so the fuck. are. you.

Please keep me in your thoughts during this difficult time (the two weeks of perfect autumn weather during which I have to try to wear all of my light jackets so I don’t feel like I wasted my money on them)

OOTD just trying to stay cozy and warm in my thrifted finds while I survive Friday 🫶

It's amazing what new buttons can do for a thrift find.

Mustered up the courage to go to No Kings. Got my pic taken by local yokel conservative news and its on FB with 1.1 gazillion comments about how fat I am, after I lost +150 pounds in the last 2 years. FML

The NFL is not considering dropping Bad Bunny as its Super Bowl halftime headline performer, Commissioner Roger Goodell said Wednesday, reaffirming a decision to put the Grammy-winning Puerto Rican artist on the league’s biggest stage. https://to.pbs.org/4oxBxk7

#CancelSpotify They are running ICE ads. They aren't the only company, but I think we should make an example out of Spotify and do an economic boycott against companies supporting masked, armed agents terrorizing innocent Americans with impunity. Spread the word. www.snopes.com/fact-check/s...

If you're making your bits and bobbles and the performance expected of people with certain bits and bobbles your whole entire personality, you're doing it wrong.

Ready for winter! $12 sweater thrift haul. Need new buttons on the cardigan. Otherwise, they look great.

I want to play the OG version of Monopoly because life isn't bleak enough.

Taking up a new hobby is almost as fun as the actual doing of the hobby.

OOTD from last week. 100% thrifted. Dearly love the Coach purse.

It's been awhile, but I'm back at it. I finally went thrifting again. OOTD 100% thrift outfit I wore to work today.

Why in the year 2025 do we not have a voting app? A voting app, an app where you vote. I'm genuinely asking.

I gotta flex a bit. Wordle 1,573 3/6 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

She stared down upon the tiny techno tablet held between her palms scratching glyphs with tapping thumbs Overcome with inspiration she flung her thoughts as dragonflies into the net capturing their brilliance in a momentary status #poetry

Right in the middle of doing something you love, you may realize that somewhere along the line it stopped being fun. That happens. You are allowed to give up a hobby or a sport or anything or anybody. For a while or forever. Don’t trap yourself by what you used to like.

Why must bad things come in threes? I would ask that, but my bad things have exceeded the limits of superstition.

I come from narcissists who came from broken people that could have been narcissistic who came from other broken people; that is my #ancestry- a line of broken people, like coke bottles at a homemade shooting range; no one ever bothered to fix it, just passed it on ad infinitum #promptcombo #poetry

The kindness you just did for me. Small, the choice you made. To ask if I needed help. I say no and yet- You helped just by asking. Thank you, kind stranger.

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Dreading when <boss> comes in daily to yell across the <workplace> about their personal political and religious opinions for no good reason while we all sit silently, wondering how this is relevant to <our job>.

Female kickers are the future of American football, and I will live to see it.

Okay, look I just want to be the Ash Ketchum of my damn Pokémon league, but this Jessie-n-James standing in my way.

So, how are I doing? So glad you asked...

Worrye not about 'being productive,' for thou art not a product. Thou art a star daunsinge yn a hopeful skye. A signal blinking across centuryes and worldes. Thou art a song performid just once and perfectlye.

Watch your posture and stay hydrated, y'all 🫶

David Letterman is right: you can't appease a tyrant.

The ineffable weight of hate Covers us like the ashes Of a million volcanoes. Lava flow of irrationality Threatens to swallow our Hearts, and silence our Joys forever. The breath of life is inside us. Light on our feet We dance the dust away. #BlueSkyRelay #ineffable #poetry #resist #Vss365

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

I am desperately seeking ennui Wishing I could not feel so acutely The pain, oh the pain, I feel Damn, I am sick of feeling All the damn feels #poetry

This week was exceedingly challenging from a work and personal standpoint. Even the weekend. But at times like this you just have to keep going. All you can do is your best so you keep trying to do your best. You just have to trust that the sun will still come out again. cuz it will ❤️

Heavy Rein Every day I take the rein, And I drop it Over, and over, again. I pick it back up all day long, Resolved, or resigned, Determined to make Something of this Day of mine. This heavy reign Keeps me strong, If I didn't have it All I do would feel wrong. #Vss365 #rein #emotery #poetry