Adrienne Edwards
@abetutor.bsky.social
Reader. Democrat. I’ve been eating poetry.
Reposted by Adrienne Edwards
Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.
February 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.
Reposted by Adrienne Edwards
On the days I am about to give up, this Gwendolyn Brooks poem gives me an anchor.
February 9, 2025 at 11:13 PM
On the days I am about to give up, this Gwendolyn Brooks poem gives me an anchor.
curiosity is chaos
without the fear
~ Tony Vigorito
without the fear
~ Tony Vigorito
February 10, 2025 at 3:25 AM
curiosity is chaos
without the fear
~ Tony Vigorito
without the fear
~ Tony Vigorito
Reposted by Adrienne Edwards
For the record:
the economy was doing just fine twelve days ago
the economy was doing just fine twelve days ago
February 3, 2025 at 5:41 AM
For the record:
the economy was doing just fine twelve days ago
the economy was doing just fine twelve days ago
“.… Articulating the inscape of the windhover is not capturing a ‘takeaway’ message. It is articulating the way the rhythm of that being resonates in us.”
~ Charles Taylor
~ Charles Taylor
January 31, 2025 at 12:13 AM
“.… Articulating the inscape of the windhover is not capturing a ‘takeaway’ message. It is articulating the way the rhythm of that being resonates in us.”
~ Charles Taylor
~ Charles Taylor
Reposted by Adrienne Edwards
Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
January 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
where there is no hope
we must invent hope
~ Camus
we must invent hope
~ Camus
January 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM
where there is no hope
we must invent hope
~ Camus
we must invent hope
~ Camus
and light,
more new light,
always arrives
~ Spencer Reece
more new light,
always arrives
~ Spencer Reece
January 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM
and light,
more new light,
always arrives
~ Spencer Reece
more new light,
always arrives
~ Spencer Reece
Nowhere the lee side.
Everywhere risk.
As it was. As it is.
~ Tranströmer
Everywhere risk.
As it was. As it is.
~ Tranströmer
January 24, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Nowhere the lee side.
Everywhere risk.
As it was. As it is.
~ Tranströmer
Everywhere risk.
As it was. As it is.
~ Tranströmer
God can’t getcha if you’re singin’ a song
January 22, 2025 at 5:43 AM
God can’t getcha if you’re singin’ a song
In a time of destruction, create something.
~ Maxine Hong Kingston
~ Maxine Hong Kingston
January 22, 2025 at 4:11 AM
In a time of destruction, create something.
~ Maxine Hong Kingston
~ Maxine Hong Kingston
Wrong solitude vinegars the soul
Right solitude oils it
~ Jane Hershfield
Right solitude oils it
~ Jane Hershfield
November 29, 2024 at 10:45 PM
Wrong solitude vinegars the soul
Right solitude oils it
~ Jane Hershfield
Right solitude oils it
~ Jane Hershfield
The usual suspects are out there yelling "There are 23 million government workers! Fire most of them!" No awareness that most work for local governments, and most of *them* are schoolteachers. Federal employment hasn't grown since the 1950s
November 27, 2024 at 1:56 AM
The usual suspects are out there yelling "There are 23 million government workers! Fire most of them!" No awareness that most work for local governments, and most of *them* are schoolteachers. Federal employment hasn't grown since the 1950s
Grief ain’t no song
~ Mahogany L Browne
~ Mahogany L Browne
November 21, 2024 at 4:41 AM
Grief ain’t no song
~ Mahogany L Browne
~ Mahogany L Browne
Our return is different from our setting out
~Tu Fu
~Tu Fu
November 21, 2024 at 4:39 AM
Our return is different from our setting out
~Tu Fu
~Tu Fu
Art is to console those who are broken by life
~ VV Gogh
~ VV Gogh
November 21, 2024 at 4:38 AM
Art is to console those who are broken by life
~ VV Gogh
~ VV Gogh
You’ll never be complete
And that’s as it should be
~Tomas Transtromer
And that’s as it should be
~Tomas Transtromer
November 21, 2024 at 4:37 AM
You’ll never be complete
And that’s as it should be
~Tomas Transtromer
And that’s as it should be
~Tomas Transtromer
I stop somewhere
waiting for you
~ Walt Whitman
waiting for you
~ Walt Whitman
November 21, 2024 at 4:35 AM
I stop somewhere
waiting for you
~ Walt Whitman
waiting for you
~ Walt Whitman
Write. Sing. Rest.
Eat cherries…
~ Ann Lamott
Eat cherries…
~ Ann Lamott
November 21, 2024 at 4:34 AM
Write. Sing. Rest.
Eat cherries…
~ Ann Lamott
Eat cherries…
~ Ann Lamott
I learn that the phrase
“still small voice” (KJV)
is translated from the Hebrew by a modern translator as
“a sound of sheer silence”
~ NT Wright, Paul
“still small voice” (KJV)
is translated from the Hebrew by a modern translator as
“a sound of sheer silence”
~ NT Wright, Paul
November 17, 2024 at 9:21 AM
I learn that the phrase
“still small voice” (KJV)
is translated from the Hebrew by a modern translator as
“a sound of sheer silence”
~ NT Wright, Paul
“still small voice” (KJV)
is translated from the Hebrew by a modern translator as
“a sound of sheer silence”
~ NT Wright, Paul
“… look we are parasocial friends,
So you parasocial know where I’m coming from”
~ Finneas (musician)
So you parasocial know where I’m coming from”
~ Finneas (musician)
November 17, 2024 at 8:58 AM
“… look we are parasocial friends,
So you parasocial know where I’m coming from”
~ Finneas (musician)
So you parasocial know where I’m coming from”
~ Finneas (musician)
“… and no one let’s go of anyone’s hand”
~ Chris Hayes sign off one night
~ Chris Hayes sign off one night
November 17, 2024 at 8:51 AM
“… and no one let’s go of anyone’s hand”
~ Chris Hayes sign off one night
~ Chris Hayes sign off one night
As writers
as revolutionaries
tell the truth. Your truth.
~ Dorothy Allison
as revolutionaries
tell the truth. Your truth.
~ Dorothy Allison
November 17, 2024 at 8:05 AM
As writers
as revolutionaries
tell the truth. Your truth.
~ Dorothy Allison
as revolutionaries
tell the truth. Your truth.
~ Dorothy Allison
The string is more important than the grateful bead
~ Steve Turtell
~ Steve Turtell
November 17, 2024 at 8:03 AM
The string is more important than the grateful bead
~ Steve Turtell
~ Steve Turtell