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Mostly poetry and soccer from an antifascist, neurodivergent, genderqueer, Christian heretic perspective. Also practical and impractical uses of language and images in and out of our current context, and an item a day from the published archives.

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226 Press @226press.bsky.social · Nov 14

Books: 226press.com/books.html Videos: 226press.com/videos.html poetry book reviews: philart.net/chrispurdom/...

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Raymh @rayhourigan.bsky.social · 9h

Darkest night delights,
Diabolical desires,
Debauchery's ode.
#BedroomEyesPrompt #DarkestNight #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@knickersnpearls.bsky.social
@oldsoulprose.bsky.social

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The Hermit of Everything @hermiteveryday.bsky.social · 7h

The groan of old trees,
Bent by the weight of seasons,
Holding up the moon.

#dailyhaikuprompt groan

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Carl Phillips @cphillipspoet.bsky.social · 6h

A new poem in the new issue of Agni @agnimagazine.bsky.social 🫨

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Sarah Hina @sarahhina.bsky.social · 6h

"Imagine for a moment . . . "
the article warns

and I do—I imagine
everything that could go wrong.

But right now
it's morning
in autumn

where sunshine stings
your hooded eyes
and opens up
your veins.

Imagine, for a moment,
that you are happy
in your pain.

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Bridget @8rid6et.bsky.social · 6h

🍁 🍂🍁

leaves fall where they may
then a man with a machine
blows them all away

#haiku #senryu #fall

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 6h

Today’s poem is selected by Sophie Howarth as part of the 20th anniversary of Read A Little Poetry.

"Praying" appeared in Thirst by Mary Oliver, published by Beacon Press, 2007. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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PoetessOProinntigh @poetessoprunty.bsky.social · 6h

America, an experiment
A Republic going strong
Until it wasn't:

'Wasn't' was a group of money-hungry like like-minded thieves devoid of conscious
Guilt never crossed their wicked minds

Dirty deeds, backroom deals
Hellbent on removing the everyday man for robotics

They too, empty souls

#vss365

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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 12h

BUILD A SUN (Anagrammed Lines)

I build a sun. Feted, it rises.
Inside its beautiful reds,
in its dust, a blue fire dies.

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226 Press @226press.bsky.social · 8h

Today's #poetry reading video is "For the Walt Whitman of Her Generation" from "shades of grey".
The book is available as a free pdf at 226press.com.
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For the Walt Whitman of Her Generation

Christopher William Purdom reads "For the Walt Whitman of Her Generation" from "shades of grey" on 226press.com

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 10h

Attacks on trans rights are often framed as efforts to "protect women."

But the reality is that such attacks only protect the patriarchy. Because enforcing a strict sex-based gender binary makes it easier to tilt that binary into a hierarchy where women are subordinate to men.

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 10h

Big tech firms are shutting down programs aimed at supporting women in STEM careers. Signaling once again that the spine of corporate America is as hollow as its pockets are deep.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/23/t...

‘Their history is just erased’: Google drops a key program for boosting women in tech | CNN Business

Google is offloading a key career resource program for supporting women in tech, another sign the search giant is unwinding its diversity programs following political pressure over diversity, equity a...

www.cnn.com

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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 9h

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Ronnie Smith @rfsmith.bsky.social · 12h

Thank you again @victoriaspires.bsky.social for this weeks #PromptCombo . Here’s mine, from the balcony, #DreamLogic . Love to all.

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Raymh @rayhourigan.bsky.social · 14h

In my head, it's all
Religious psychosis, a
Mass insanity.
#firewords280 #ReligiousPsychosis #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity
@artinwords.bsky.social

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 10h

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J-T Kelly @j-tkelly.bsky.social · 4d

Because #poetry

Because

Because of science
we are always asking
how much.
How much for that knowledge?
we ask the scientist,
who is a terrible businessperson.

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SwitchedFeelings @switchedfeelings.bsky.social · 9h

It's not about you -
It's my own relationship
Witnessing myself

#senryu

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226 Press @226press.bsky.social · 21h

Ready for #HellIsReal on FS1 so I don’t have to fuss with AppleTV. Getting to listen to the Fox folks call the Union the best team in the league while talking up everybody but. We’re from Phillip, F’ing Philly. #DOOP

226 Press @226press.bsky.social · 1d

Today's #poetry reading video is "And all that's implied" from "And all that’s implied".
The book is available as a free pdf at 226press.com.
vimeo.com/485246160

And all that's implied

Christopher William Purdom reads "And all that's implied" from "And all that's implied" on 226press.com

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Holy Hera 🪞🧿✨ @holyhera.bsky.social · 1d

Shaking off stardust,
re-calibrating
to the highest timeline.

A waking human—
a walking avatar,
coming back
online.

#Poetry #Poem #Skypoet

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 1d

im sorry you cant have food but we gave all our money to one guy who “invented” 2 day shipping and another thats promising robot butlers so you can see how our hands are tied

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

Lots of people say that Garfield shouldn’t hate Mondays because he’s a cat and doesn’t have a job and is therefore useless but what people don’t realize is that Garfield’s unspoken lust is to emulate humanity to the point he became bipedal so of course he’d dream of a soul crushing office job

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ANMLY @anmlymag.bsky.social · 1d

"If they come for trans people, I will not be able to leave. I feel like a plastic mug, I am bound to certain places. My mother says I should not be afraid of the fascists. I ask my father if he still loves me if I cannot work."

—Willow Bram Desjardins

anmly.org/ap41/willow-...

Willow Bram Desjardins – ANMLY

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PoetessOProinntigh @poetessoprunty.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning, beautiful people.

hoarfrost
and
an
orange
pumpkin

caw
of
crows

dead
of
winter
Arriving
soon

but
first
the
thinning
veil

🫖☕️🥰

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Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social · 1d

RENEGADE (Palindrome)

Named a general,
war began.
Amid, I manage, brawl,
a renegade man.

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Amy Borgman @ireneaddie.bsky.social · 1d

first autumn fire
a single fruit fly
becomes a spark

#haiku #nature

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