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Samiya Bashir
@scryptkeeper.bsky.social
· Dec 30
The swamp as radical possibility - Poetry Clinic
N., Bay Area, CA, United States
poetryclinic.org
Sharing my newest Poetry Clinic Residency piece -- it's been such a gift to be in residence with this phenomenal project -- Check out Letter #2 (of 5) and don't miss Letter #1!
My response: Don’t. Don’t reconcile, deepen. Deepen… "
Read it here: poetryclinic.org/the-swamp-as...
#blacksky
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My response: Don’t. Don’t reconcile, deepen. Deepen… "
Read it here: poetryclinic.org/the-swamp-as...
#blacksky
#booksky
Ooooooooo!!! This tease can not STAND!!!!
February 14, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Ooooooooo!!! This tease can not STAND!!!!
I have so so much to say about making these two magical weeks. About this, the final episode of my @Slowdownshow.org hosting visit. And I will. I will ...
but for now I'm just going to keep sharing and letting the work speak for itself.
Because the work ... whew ... does it ever speak. <3 <3 <3
but for now I'm just going to keep sharing and letting the work speak for itself.
Because the work ... whew ... does it ever speak. <3 <3 <3
"'Crossing the Rubicon' has long been a widely used idiom. It refers to having stepped over a line, or passed a point of no return," guest host @scryptkeeper.bsky.social shares in episode 1456.
Read “Rubicon” by Carl Phillips, from SPEAK LOW (@fsgbooks.bsky.social): bit.ly/3Ma4QMt
Read “Rubicon” by Carl Phillips, from SPEAK LOW (@fsgbooks.bsky.social): bit.ly/3Ma4QMt
February 13, 2026 at 9:48 PM
I have so so much to say about making these two magical weeks. About this, the final episode of my @Slowdownshow.org hosting visit. And I will. I will ...
but for now I'm just going to keep sharing and letting the work speak for itself.
Because the work ... whew ... does it ever speak. <3 <3 <3
but for now I'm just going to keep sharing and letting the work speak for itself.
Because the work ... whew ... does it ever speak. <3 <3 <3
Long a widely used idiom, “Crossing the Rubicon” refers to a stepped-over line, a passed point of no return, when one has taken the final step into dangerous waters from which there is no retreat; once that line has been crossed, nothing will ever be the same. — Samiya
February 13, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Long a widely used idiom, “Crossing the Rubicon” refers to a stepped-over line, a passed point of no return, when one has taken the final step into dangerous waters from which there is no retreat; once that line has been crossed, nothing will ever be the same. — Samiya
February 13, 2026 at 2:18 AM
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ICE "withdrawing" from Minnesota, but using those agents to already intensify deportations in Pittsburgh & elsewhere.
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paydayreport.com/ice-withdraw...
ICE "Withdrawing" from Minnesota, but Intensifying in Pittsburgh & Elsewhere
Immigrants’ rights activists are also concerned that the withdrawal of thousands of federal agents from Minneapolis could simply lead to a transfer of these agents to intensify ICE operations in other...
paydayreport.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:01 PM
ICE "withdrawing" from Minnesota, but using those agents to already intensify deportations in Pittsburgh & elsewhere.
paydayreport.com/ice-withdraw...
paydayreport.com/ice-withdraw...
Sure. Yeah. I mean. I’m sure I’m … fine.
February 12, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Sure. Yeah. I mean. I’m sure I’m … fine.
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"United States secretary of health and human services"
February 12, 2026 at 10:09 PM
"United States secretary of health and human services"
9 and a maybe? I still haven’t tried escargot. But peas are gross, mushrooms are an absolute NO and you can’t convince me that blue cheese is not repurposed vomit so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
February 12, 2026 at 10:18 PM
9 and a maybe? I still haven’t tried escargot. But peas are gross, mushrooms are an absolute NO and you can’t convince me that blue cheese is not repurposed vomit so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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"Today’s poem is one of those that crushes me with its ending," guest host @scryptkeeper.bsky.social shares in today's episode, number 1456.
Read "Historical Site" by Tommye Blount — from FANTASIA FOR THE MAN IN BLUE (@fourwaybooks.bsky.social) — and our full episode transcript: bit.ly/4tugh2l
Read "Historical Site" by Tommye Blount — from FANTASIA FOR THE MAN IN BLUE (@fourwaybooks.bsky.social) — and our full episode transcript: bit.ly/4tugh2l
February 12, 2026 at 6:18 PM
"Today’s poem is one of those that crushes me with its ending," guest host @scryptkeeper.bsky.social shares in today's episode, number 1456.
Read "Historical Site" by Tommye Blount — from FANTASIA FOR THE MAN IN BLUE (@fourwaybooks.bsky.social) — and our full episode transcript: bit.ly/4tugh2l
Read "Historical Site" by Tommye Blount — from FANTASIA FOR THE MAN IN BLUE (@fourwaybooks.bsky.social) — and our full episode transcript: bit.ly/4tugh2l
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There should be no avoiding this devastating poem read by Samiya Bashir @scryptkeeper.bsky.social at @slowdownshow.org www.slowdownshow.org/episode/2026...
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1454: Katherine with the Lazy Eye. Short. And Not a Good Poet by francine j. harris
Today’s poem is Katherine with the Lazy Eye. Short. And Not a Good Poet by francine j. harris.
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February 12, 2026 at 7:13 AM
There should be no avoiding this devastating poem read by Samiya Bashir @scryptkeeper.bsky.social at @slowdownshow.org www.slowdownshow.org/episode/2026...
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"Everyone is a hero to someone, or a beauty, or a problem, or all of the above," guest host @scryptkeeper.bsky.social shares in episode 1454.
Read "Katherine with the Lazy Eye. Short. And Not a Good Poet" by francine j. harris and our full episode transcript: bit.ly/4rKlDou
Read "Katherine with the Lazy Eye. Short. And Not a Good Poet" by francine j. harris and our full episode transcript: bit.ly/4rKlDou
February 12, 2026 at 12:04 AM
"Everyone is a hero to someone, or a beauty, or a problem, or all of the above," guest host @scryptkeeper.bsky.social shares in episode 1454.
Read "Katherine with the Lazy Eye. Short. And Not a Good Poet" by francine j. harris and our full episode transcript: bit.ly/4rKlDou
Read "Katherine with the Lazy Eye. Short. And Not a Good Poet" by francine j. harris and our full episode transcript: bit.ly/4rKlDou
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My first question was wondering how close this was to Broadway and my second was how close this was to the African Burial Grounds...
Looks like literally one block away and then a 30 min walk down (i.e. close)
We will never know the depths of the devastation Black people endured here
#Reparations
Looks like literally one block away and then a 30 min walk down (i.e. close)
We will never know the depths of the devastation Black people endured here
#Reparations
February 11, 2026 at 11:34 AM
My first question was wondering how close this was to Broadway and my second was how close this was to the African Burial Grounds...
Looks like literally one block away and then a 30 min walk down (i.e. close)
We will never know the depths of the devastation Black people endured here
#Reparations
Looks like literally one block away and then a 30 min walk down (i.e. close)
We will never know the depths of the devastation Black people endured here
#Reparations
😮💨
omg how was that so long ago
omg how was that so long ago
February 11, 2026 at 5:55 AM
😮💨
omg how was that so long ago
omg how was that so long ago
As someone who grew up in the hippiest of hippy-ass college towns (outside of say Berkeley) in the muhfunhn coke-laced 80s we learned the alt-archy quick: weed creates community; coke creates angry isolated wannabe capitalists. I’m not anti-…do you…but like: are you really having fun? No? Then WHY?!
How many lines of coke would someone you’re chilling with have to do in front of you before you leave?
February 11, 2026 at 4:56 AM
As someone who grew up in the hippiest of hippy-ass college towns (outside of say Berkeley) in the muhfunhn coke-laced 80s we learned the alt-archy quick: weed creates community; coke creates angry isolated wannabe capitalists. I’m not anti-…do you…but like: are you really having fun? No? Then WHY?!
Y’all!! This poem sneaks up on me and takes me OUT every time. What exquisite beauty. How absolutely YES. And the broadside too is divine! Such an honor and a pleasure to share this with the world ❤️❤️❤️🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
"That existential question can feel like judgment or threat, but the poet turns it back toward the daily realities of our own agency," guest host @scryptkeeper.bsky.social shares in episode 1452 of The Slowdown.
Read “A Backstory Beyond My Recounting” by Paulann Petersen: bit.ly/4bLyEta
Read “A Backstory Beyond My Recounting” by Paulann Petersen: bit.ly/4bLyEta
February 9, 2026 at 11:48 PM
“ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS SHINE”
Y’all!! This poem sneaks up on me and takes me OUT every time. What exquisite beauty. How absolutely YES. And the broadside too is divine! Such an honor and a pleasure to share this with the world ❤️❤️❤️🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
"That existential question can feel like judgment or threat, but the poet turns it back toward the daily realities of our own agency," guest host @scryptkeeper.bsky.social shares in episode 1452 of The Slowdown.
Read “A Backstory Beyond My Recounting” by Paulann Petersen: bit.ly/4bLyEta
Read “A Backstory Beyond My Recounting” by Paulann Petersen: bit.ly/4bLyEta
February 9, 2026 at 11:41 PM
“ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS SHINE”
Y’all!! This poem sneaks up on me and takes me OUT every time. What exquisite beauty. How absolutely YES. And the broadside too is divine! Such an honor and a pleasure to share this with the world ❤️❤️❤️🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
"That existential question can feel like judgment or threat, but the poet turns it back toward the daily realities of our own agency," guest host @scryptkeeper.bsky.social shares in episode 1452 of The Slowdown.
Read “A Backstory Beyond My Recounting” by Paulann Petersen: bit.ly/4bLyEta
Read “A Backstory Beyond My Recounting” by Paulann Petersen: bit.ly/4bLyEta
February 9, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Y’all!! This poem sneaks up on me and takes me OUT every time. What exquisite beauty. How absolutely YES. And the broadside too is divine! Such an honor and a pleasure to share this with the world ❤️❤️❤️🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Reposted by Samiya Bashir
"That existential question can feel like judgment or threat, but the poet turns it back toward the daily realities of our own agency," guest host @scryptkeeper.bsky.social shares in episode 1452 of The Slowdown.
Read “A Backstory Beyond My Recounting” by Paulann Petersen: bit.ly/4bLyEta
Read “A Backstory Beyond My Recounting” by Paulann Petersen: bit.ly/4bLyEta
February 9, 2026 at 11:16 PM
"That existential question can feel like judgment or threat, but the poet turns it back toward the daily realities of our own agency," guest host @scryptkeeper.bsky.social shares in episode 1452 of The Slowdown.
Read “A Backstory Beyond My Recounting” by Paulann Petersen: bit.ly/4bLyEta
Read “A Backstory Beyond My Recounting” by Paulann Petersen: bit.ly/4bLyEta
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This is beyond reprehensible
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:33 AM
This is beyond reprehensible
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Type J Dilla into Google for a surprise
February 7, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Type J Dilla into Google for a surprise
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"Our most important journeys often take us through vistas that we hadn’t, couldn’t, even imagine when we took our first steps," guest host @scryptkeeper.bsky.social shares in today's episode.
Read “Diving into the Wreck” by Adrienne Rich: bit.ly/4ttzEIP
Read “Diving into the Wreck” by Adrienne Rich: bit.ly/4ttzEIP
February 6, 2026 at 11:58 PM
"Our most important journeys often take us through vistas that we hadn’t, couldn’t, even imagine when we took our first steps," guest host @scryptkeeper.bsky.social shares in today's episode.
Read “Diving into the Wreck” by Adrienne Rich: bit.ly/4ttzEIP
Read “Diving into the Wreck” by Adrienne Rich: bit.ly/4ttzEIP
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Really moved by @scryptkeeper.bsky.social's fill-ins on the @slowdownshow.org, showcasing the power of #poetry
1450: Home by Warsan Shire
Today’s poem is Home by Warsan Shire.
www.slowdownshow.org
February 6, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Really moved by @scryptkeeper.bsky.social's fill-ins on the @slowdownshow.org, showcasing the power of #poetry