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Paolo Manalo

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Paolo Manalo @paolomanalo.bsky.social · Nov 10

I just realized that I have an account here.

Life update: new chapbook out and our poetry titles travelled to the Frankfurt Book Fair with the other titles by Filipino authors.

(Thank you, @littlenoun.bsky.social.com)

The cover of the Books Philippines Rights Catalog 2024-2025 for Poetry which was part of the display at the recent Frankfurt Book Fair

A page from the Books Philippines Rights Catalog 2024-2025 for Poetry featuring the cover and details of Happily Ever Ek-ek: Poems by Paolo Manalo

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Paolo Manalo @paolomanalo.bsky.social · 10d

Wrath is the Alpha and Vineyard is the Omega. This is or should be what The Grapes of Wrath is about. Yes.

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Kelli Russell Agodon @kelliagodon.bsky.social · 15d

"her memory is a cloud she can't hold..."

Lots of feels with this poem for my mum. Sent with love for anyone with a parent or loved one with Alzheimer's/dementia. It's a journey.

(And thank you @poetsorg.bsky.social and Rick Barot for sharing this one. It means a lot.)

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 16d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Paolo Manalo @paolomanalo.bsky.social · 21d

Isa na akong ganap na tropical depression.

it goes moo! @wheresmycow.bsky.social · 22d

Congrats, @paolomanalo.bsky.social

#PaoloPH

Screenshot of a tweet from the Philippine weather service PAGASA, with maps showing the new typhoon's projected path, intensity forecast levels, and satellite imagery

Tweet reads:
TROPICAL CYCLONE BULLETIN NR. 1
Tropical Depression #PaoloPH
Issued at 11:00 AM, 01 October 2025
Valid for broadcast until the next bulletin at 5:00 PM today.

THE LOW PRESSURE AREA EAST OF SOUTHERN LUZON DEVELOPED INTO TROPICAL DEPRESSION “PAOLO”.

Link: tinyurl.com/TCB-PaoloPH

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Matt McManus @mattpolprof.bsky.social · 21d

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Paolo Manalo @paolomanalo.bsky.social · 21d

Ordered this physical album from Japan to celebrate all the milestones of SB19 this Simula at Wakas era. Pulled a Stell photocard.

Simula at Wakas album of SB19 in a jewel case with a Stell photocard on top of it.

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · Aug 15

New #WriterBeware blog post: A brief backgrounder on authors' class action lawsuit against Anthropic for unauthorized AI training, plus how you can find out if your books may be included and how to add yourself to a contact list for official class action notices writerbeware.blog/2025/08/15/b...

Bartz v Anthropic: Find Out if You May Be Part of This Class Action - Writer Beware

Almost exactly a year ago, a group of authors filed suit against AI company Anthropic over its creation of an enormous library of digitized books to train its Claude LLMs. In addition to purchasing an...

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · Aug 14

sandwich guy got charged with one count of monte cristo

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phillip crymble @phillipcrymble.bsky.social · Aug 12

Unconscionable to let the great Donald Justice’s centenary pass without posting a poem. This paean to childhood from his debut collection seems only fitting.

The Poet at Seven

And on the porch, across the upturned chair,
The boy would spread a dingy counterpane
Against the length and majesty of the rain
And on all fours crawl in it like a bear,
To lick his wounds in secret, in his lair;
And afterwards, in the windy yard again,
One hand cocked back, release his paper plane,
Frail as a mayfly to the faithless air.
And summer evenings he would spin around
Faster and faster till the drunken ground
Rose up to meet him; sometimes he would squat
Among the foul weeds of the vacant lot,
Waiting for dusk and someone dear to come
And whip him down the street, but gently, home.

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Paolo Manalo @paolomanalo.bsky.social · Aug 6

DUNGKA! sa Simula at Wakas Experience ng SB19.

Five mannequins wearing one set of outfits worn by SB19 in the Dungka! music video with a placard in the background that says "KULTURA PANGALAGAAN!"

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @hayao.lol · Aug 6

I will *never* apologize for a post

etching of a centaur captioned

According to Greek mythology, Chiron was a half horse, half human doctor.

This made him the Centaur for Disease Control.

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Paolo Manalo @paolomanalo.bsky.social · Aug 6

Received a copy of Conversations with my Self(ies): Poems by Pierra Calasanz-Labrador with illustrations by Wiji Lacsamana.

A copy of Conversations with my Self(ies): Poems by Pierra Calasanz-Labrador with illustrations by Wiji Lacsamana. The cover has an illustration of a mirror that reflects someone, face unseen, in a long dress and red shoes taking a photo.

For my lockdown comrades,
And for Toto, always.

And in loving memory of Daddy Julian Labrador, editor and friend Randy Bustamante, and fur kids Fredly and Captain Tsubasa.

Dear Paolo, Fellow weaver of words -- here's to celebrating the joy in everyday things. Pierra

Paolo Manalo @paolomanalo.bsky.social · Aug 1

Found my cat book bag! I'm now determined to finish Jay E. Tria's Playlist series this year. It's Book 1's (Songs of Our Breakup) 10th anniversary.

White on black glow-in-the-dark cat book bag containing the book Songs of Our Breakup by Jay E. Tria.

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Paolo Manalo @paolomanalo.bsky.social · Jul 30

Rizal: *writing sequel to Noli me tangere*

Me: I'm not gonna let you filibuster, bitch!

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jul 24

WATCH — @anakasparian.bsky.social unleashes on Shabbos Kestenbaum: “No, I’m gonna let you filibuster, b*tch… I can’t stand it. It’s unbearable.”

Paolo Manalo @paolomanalo.bsky.social · Jul 29

Yes 💯

j-hoe stan @allmostblue.bsky.social · Jul 29

Yoongi: The Lamy 2000

The 1966 Bauhaus inspired modern classic of fountain pen design. It's sleek, it uses neat technology, it's nearly unbreakable, and it's almost aggressively functional. But also? It never fucking dries out. Ever. It's a writing tool above all else.

The aggressively minimalist, black and silver silouette of the Bauhaus-inspired Lamy 2000

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Paolo Manalo @paolomanalo.bsky.social · Jul 29

Almost done with this project and it will be a Nov/Dec release.

From a file saved in a Poetry Drafts folder.

Title: Apocryphal
Epigraph from Jose Rizal (1895): "Ay! el mundo se destrurirá pero no falbarán incantos."

Paolo Manalo @paolomanalo.bsky.social · Jul 29

What I loved about it is finding that right situation that pressures late 30s/early 40s characters into doing something expected of them at that age but they also have their respective agencies to resist the situation if they wish.

Paolo Manalo @paolomanalo.bsky.social · Jul 29

Finishing the Six 32 Central series of @minavesguerra.com with Totally Engaged. It's one of the few stories in Philippine literature that touch on "aging out" in PH-US migration narratives.

Copy of Totally Engaged by Mina V. Esguerra next to a coffee mug.

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Paolo Manalo @paolomanalo.bsky.social · Jul 28

Getting back to my own reading momentum and working on the pandemic TBR pile starting with So Forward by @minavesguerra.com

Print copy of So Forward by Mina V. Esguerra with a Kasama Una Pabitin fountain pen

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Paolo Manalo @paolomanalo.bsky.social · Jul 26

And my soldiers are SB19 💦

The first Wish Bus Stopover Session shows the Wish Bus rigged with scaffolds and a makeshift stage where SB19 perform their song Dungka! with the members brandishing water guns to an eager crowd.

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🔞Poe! 👻 commissions open 🔥 @tailiepoe.bsky.social · Jul 24

Can I just say how fucking ridiculous it is that queer and nsfw art is more heavily regulated than the fucking plagiarism machine destroying our planet that is genAI

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Maya C. Popa @mayacpopa.bsky.social · Jul 21

Friends, I wrote a piece on poet Laura Gilpin, who died of glioblastoma in 2006.

She is best known for “The Two-Headed Calf.”

With gratitude to the Poetry Foundation for allowing me to try to restore this remarkable healthcare practitioner/poet’s legacy.

www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/170...

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phillip crymble @phillipcrymble.bsky.social · Jul 21

Couldn't let Wendy Cope's 80th birthday pass without posting this absolute knock-out punch of a poem.

Differences of Opinion

I He Tells Her

He tells her that the earth is flat -
He knows the facts, and that is that.
In altercations fierce and long
She tries her best to prove him wrong.
But he has learned to argue well.
He calls her arguments unsound
And often asks her not to yell.
She cannot win. He stands his ground.

The planet goes on being round.

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Paolo Manalo @paolomanalo.bsky.social · Jul 21

I thought it was just me.

Thorn Mooney @thornthewitch.bsky.social · Jul 21

2. Leuchtturm1917 120g paper is an offense. It is easily the worst advertised-as fountain pen friendly paper on the market.

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James Kettle @jameskettle.bsky.social · Jul 21

NO IT FUCKING ISNT ALL THE CREATIVES ARE FUCKING **BROKE**

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