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Sean Bates @seanjbates.bsky.social · 4h

Read along here: seanjbates.substack.com/p/busy

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Christopher Ayala @rattysnake.bsky.social · 9h

New short film about a superstitious guy getting ready for yard work featuring a poem from
@seanjbates.bsky.social

#shorts #shortfilm #poetryshort #digitalshort #canon #canon5d #digitalphotography #cinema

youtu.be/f9berOg6CVw

Ep. 1: Busy

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Mike Spry @mikespry.bsky.social · 8h

Took a long break from SM, but there's no better way to return than by sharing this beautiful poem/short written by @seanjbates.bsky.social & crafted/directed by @rattysnake.bsky.social. Chris's eye matches perfectly w Sean's words #shortfilm #poetry #poem #poetrysky

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Ep. 1: Busy

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Sean Bates @seanjbates.bsky.social · 5h

A superstitious guy gets ready for yard work.

I'm experimenting with a new form with my friend Chris Ayala taking my words and giving them image and movement.

Behold the first of our new short form cinepoems, "Busy"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9be...

#poems #writingcommunity #poemsky #cinepoem

Ep. 1: Busy

YouTube video by Deep Local

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Natalie Weiner @natalieweiner.bsky.social · 1d

still proud of this piece, which attempts to complicate one of the things d'angelo was (unfairly) best known for

Natalie Weiner @natalieweiner.bsky.social · Aug 14

www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip...

Why D’Angelo’s ‘Untitled’ Video Is Still Uniquely Provocative, Nearly Two Decades Later

The video for Dâ€™Angeloâ€™s â€œUntitled (How Does It Feel)â€ is famously simple: a man, nude as far as the edge of the frame sitting low on his hips, singing so passionately it seems like his inspir...

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Sean Bates @seanjbates.bsky.social · 1d

Soon. The poetry is coming.

Sean Bates @seanjbates.bsky.social · 2d

New #poetry project with @rattysnake.bsky.social coming this week!

#cinepoems #writing #poemsky #shortform

A guy named Sean, dressed in boots, jeans, shirt, vest and hat, sits on a bench with orange cushions. A boom mic extends from the frame of the picture towards Sean.

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Sean Bates @seanjbates.bsky.social · 2d

New #poetry project with @rattysnake.bsky.social coming this week!

#cinepoems #writing #poemsky #shortform

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Sean Bates @seanjbates.bsky.social · 1d

I am going to dwell in and enjoy that "let it settle" part when I get there!

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Sean Bates @seanjbates.bsky.social · 2d

New #poetry project with @rattysnake.bsky.social coming this week!

#cinepoems #writing #poemsky #shortform

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Sean Bates @seanjbates.bsky.social · 5d

#KeukaLake can only have a few restaurants. The buildings predate the zoning and have lived many lives, gathering #ghoststories: amusement park, bear cages, water slide, cork-gun shooting gallery, brothel...

Today's poem "...Or Ruby Cottage" tinyurl.com/4ws4uuef

#UpstateNY #poetry #restaurants

...Or Ruby Cottage

Keuka Lake can only have a few restaurants. The buildings predate the zoning and have lived many lives, gathering ghosts: amusement park, bear cages, water slide, cork-gun shooting gallery, brothel...

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Sean Bates @seanjbates.bsky.social · 2d

How often do you read your #wip especially a #firstdraft? Idk if I'm scared to read it before I get it out of my head because of a frustration with the content...or for the desire to start revising

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Sean Bates @seanjbates.bsky.social · 6d

New #poems!

"Natural History" & "Mind Made" out now at @emergejournal.bsky.social

emergeliteraryjournal.com/current-issu...

#poemsky #writingcommunity #poetry #authors

Current Issue | Issue 35

Emerge Literary Journal: 2025 Editor’s Note It’s October 2025. We’ve entered fall, the season of bright color. I love the turning of greens to fiery reds, oranges, yellows, how leaves make th…

emergeliteraryjournal.com

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Sean Bates @seanjbates.bsky.social · 5d

huzzah!

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Sean Bates @seanjbates.bsky.social · 5d

#KeukaLake can only have a few restaurants. The buildings predate the zoning and have lived many lives, gathering #ghoststories: amusement park, bear cages, water slide, cork-gun shooting gallery, brothel...

Today's poem "...Or Ruby Cottage" tinyurl.com/4ws4uuef

#UpstateNY #poetry #restaurants

...Or Ruby Cottage

Keuka Lake can only have a few restaurants. The buildings predate the zoning and have lived many lives, gathering ghosts: amusement park, bear cages, water slide, cork-gun shooting gallery, brothel...

tinyurl.com

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 5d

Libra season is upon us. My power is now infinite and fall has finally fallen. Crisp and clear today. Praise Beyoncé.

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Sean Bates @seanjbates.bsky.social · 5d

Frosty Friday. Almost time to break out the winter #poems.

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Sean Bates @seanjbates.bsky.social · 6d

Also an update... I saw @theformat.com at The Beacon last week...and not only was my 15yo self healed, but I legitimately levitated

Purple concert lighting shines down on a crowd. A large sign reads The Format

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Sean Bates @seanjbates.bsky.social · 6d

New #poems!

"Natural History" & "Mind Made" out now at @emergejournal.bsky.social

emergeliteraryjournal.com/current-issu...

#poemsky #writingcommunity #poetry #authors

Current Issue | Issue 35

Emerge Literary Journal: 2025 Editor’s Note It’s October 2025. We’ve entered fall, the season of bright color. I love the turning of greens to fiery reds, oranges, yellows, how leaves make th…

emergeliteraryjournal.com

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Christopher Ayala @rattysnake.bsky.social · 6d

Pic of me smiling while taking in a bright happy future.

#pentax #pentaxcamera #film #photography #filmphotography #mediumformat #mediumformatfilm #mediumformatphotography #filmphoto #phoenix #arizona #saguarocactus #camelbackmountain

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Sean Bates @seanjbates.bsky.social · 6d

Today in #EnglishClass David Foster Wallace's "Consider the Lobster" and asking students to imagine a physical magazine.

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Sean Bates @seanjbates.bsky.social · 7d

The Finger Lakes. This is wine country and where my family tried to run restaurants. I was a tourist in my region's history of work, tending to land, lakes, industry and champagne.

Today's poem "On the Champagne Line" tinyurl.com/5xbj3ehu

#poetry #UpstateNY #FingerLakes #writing #poemsky #history

On The Champagne Line

Upstate New York. The Finger Lakes. This is wine country and where my family tried to run restaurants. I was a tourist in my region's history of work and tending to land and industry and champagne.

tinyurl.com

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Sean Bates @seanjbates.bsky.social · 7d

Tiana Clark's 'Scorched Earth' on the longlist for the #NationalBookAward. Let's go!!

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Sean Bates @seanjbates.bsky.social · 7d

The Finger Lakes. This is wine country and where my family tried to run restaurants. I was a tourist in my region's history of work, tending to land, lakes, industry and champagne.

Today's poem "On the Champagne Line" tinyurl.com/5xbj3ehu

#poetry #UpstateNY #FingerLakes #writing #poemsky #history

On The Champagne Line

Upstate New York. The Finger Lakes. This is wine country and where my family tried to run restaurants. I was a tourist in my region's history of work and tending to land and industry and champagne.

tinyurl.com

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Sean Bates @seanjbates.bsky.social · 7d

Raiiiiiinyyyyy day #poems kinda mood out here

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Christopher Ayala @rattysnake.bsky.social · 8d

One hell of a tree.

#mamiya7ⅱ #mamiya7 #film #photography #filmphotography #photo #colorphoto #mediumformat #mediumformatphotography #mediumformatfilm #massachusetts

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