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“All that you touch you change. All that you change changes you."
~Octavia Butler
Happy Halloween!
October 31, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Dear #Norfolk #Virginia, this a friendly reminder that you can early vote in our statewide #election until Sat., Nov. 1.

Let's do this! 🗳️
October 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Yes! It's about time to reverse the apocalypse unleashed by the Cubs' 2016 World Series victory.
October 28, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The attempted dismantling of the US public health system continues. AP found anti-science bills in 43 state legislatures in 2025. The bills targeted #fluoride, #vaccines & #milk safety laws.

apnews.com/article/vacc...
October 27, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Wut? Wuuuuut?!

#Caturday
October 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
W.S. Merwin
October 8, 2025 at 12:09 PM
#HamptonRoads #Virginia @bobbyscott.house.gov is holding a telephone town hall on the government #shutdown tomorrow evening.
October 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
October 2, 2025 at 11:35 AM
September 26, 2025 at 10:53 AM
From #RobertRedford 's powerful on-screen presence to his founding of the Sundance Film Festival to his advocacy for Indigenous rights and the environment, he leaves behind an incredible legacy.

RIP to an American legend.

www.npr.org/2025/09/16/1...
September 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
September 15, 2025 at 11:02 AM
"Robinson was suddenly flush with US funds that transformed him from rightwing agitator to self-styled 'citizen journalist'... that helped his Unite the Kingdom demonstration draw 110,000 protesters to the streets of London on Saturday."

observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
September 14, 2025 at 11:40 AM
#Norfolk #Virginia, check this out: new poems on the #ElizabethRiverTrail. Congratulations to all the poets!
September 5, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Zed Nelson's new book The #Anthropocene Illusion focuses less on humans' destruction of nature but more on how that destruction is warping our relationship with the natural world.

www.npr.org/sections/goa...
September 1, 2025 at 10:14 AM
In the latest chapter of idiotic things you wish weren't true...

Cat books have been pulled from shelves in TN, FL, and IA (data from @penamerica.bsky.social ).

Take action against #bookbans: pen.org/dont-censor-...
July 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Hey, #HamptonRoads, come on down to the @musewriterscenter.bsky.social this Friday, 7/25, for a 🔥 evening of word-working with #GreyHues, #OdeahWard, & yours truly. Hosted by #SynnikaLofton.

#poetry #757
July 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.
July 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
For those of us old enough to remember, he looks like Konstantin Cherneko (or half of the Politburo) with a dye job.
July 8, 2025 at 10:16 AM
For a good time, call Zohran...
July 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Signs of July

#Norfolk #Virginia
July 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
June 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
My friend Vaughn M. Watson has a new poetry collection out. I had the opportunity to speak with him about the book for #GreenLindenPress. I'm excited to have our conversation in the journal's latest issue.Many thanks to editor @christophernelson.bsky.social!

www.greenlindenpress.com/interviews-a...
June 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
A sadly still relevant poem by Nima Yushij in a potent English translation by @kbassiri.bsky.social

anotherchicagomagazine.net/2025/04/01/t...
June 20, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Thank you. I will, for a moment, imagine the evening news covering Pres. Kaine jamming on his harmonica with NATO dignitaries or hiking near Camp David during the summer.
June 19, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Sending Father's Day love to all
June 15, 2025 at 11:41 AM