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Joy K:
@joykazzz.bsky.social
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writes, teaches, edits. paris review, american poetry review, boston review, copper nickel, best american poetry. licorice. tennis.
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rosmarie waldrop.
five lines from the poem “difficulties of a heavy body” by rosmarie waldrop
November 29, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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i am so happy right now
a hand in sunshine holding two orange circus peanut candies
November 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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i’m happy with who i am but if i had to be someone else on earth for a day
tennis player hsieh su-wei: a petite asian woman with hair pulled back, sunglasses, and mysterious mirthful i’m-up-to-something smile leaping toward the camera on an nyc sidewalk. in a sporty pink dress and white sneakers
August 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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every summer i invite one friend to come listen to Deepstep Come Shining (CD’s full recording) on the hottest day. it’s a conversion. dip them in the river. feed them vanilla yogurt, a peach, boiled peanuts. “an acquired taste”

it’s Deepstep day.
cover of Deepstep Come Shining: a crone wearing a necklace of two hummingbirds. her collarbones stand out like a tiara
August 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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chunks of watermelon in a white bowl with a small cloud of whipped cream.
August 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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the monks were good again this week. here are my top three. #pittsburghbuddhistcenter
three sri lankan monks sitting side by side in front of the clean white wall of a public library. their robes are three different shades of saffron.
August 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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this tahini is so good.

i love those tiny fatty seeds. could not live without tahini
a jar of Lior tahini
July 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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praise for maya joint’s kit. freaking excellent. deep grass green, zip front, skirt same green but sheer, + amber goggles. raducanu’s kit just looks shrunken.
pony-tailed, red haired woman tennis player in deep grass green kit with zip front, skirt same green but sheer, amber goggles, white visor, white sneakers
June 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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this book of poems, PORTAL, by tracy fuad is wonderful
cover of tracy fuad’s PORTAL, white background with abstract circular black and white op art first page of the poem “Radicality” second page of “Radicality”
June 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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@dapowell.bsky.social the fuse box in Sevenels! see esp bottom right. i was inside yesterday by some wild magic. thought of you.
fuse box from the 1930s at Sevenels, poet amy lowell’s estate. bottom right fuse key reads MISS LOWELL’S LAMP IN LIBRARY.
May 31, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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night tree.
a cherry tree in full white bloom on an urban street at night flanked by some white parked cars a cherry tree in full white bloom on an urban street at night flanked by some white parked cars and with two small houses behind it. the houses are warmly lit inside
April 20, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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this is my dog ruben two states away. poor lonely guy. if you have a second to send a thought message 🥺
video shot of a poodle, dark apricot colored, standing all alone in the middle of a dog boarding room. a few other dogs play at the edges of the room. same poodle a moment later, exuding sadness, now completely alone, lying down, facing away from the camera
April 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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here are glimpses of the gigantic boston protest!
hand drawn penguins on a protest sign life size human skeleton piggyback on a protestor whose sign reads CONGRESS GET A BACKBONE hand painted smokey bear sign ONLY YOU CAN PREVENT OLIGARCHY tiny subtle sign in vast crowd ironically says ‘i’m not a big fan of the government’
April 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Boston. vast.
vast protest with two hand shaped signs saying HANDS OFF in foreground sign with hand-drawn greenland penguins on it that says HE MAY TAKE OUR FISH BUT HE WILL NEVER TAKE OUR FREEEEEDOOOMMMM woman with a human size skeleton riding piggyback with sign saying CONGRESS GET A BACKBONE crowd closeup with someone holding small inconspicuous sign that says “i’m not a big fan of the government”
April 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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in boston missing my dog so much i went to an adoptable dog meet n greet for kisses. this is dutchess 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 she is looking for her forever home and she is WONDERFUL mspca.org
the happiest lady pit bull mix you ever saw, pale caramel coat, giant smile, and bright topaz colored eyes.
March 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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post a picture when your pet was little
a doodle puppy stands on a wood floor next to a carton of oat milk for scale. floor and puppy are the same redfish-gold color. puppy is just slightly taller than the mil carton.
March 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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#didthistoday filed comments on state dept website strongly objecting to 3 proposed passport application policy changes that target trans people! spread the word flood the comments
screenshot of state dept url where you can file a comment against the proposed changes screenshot of state dept url where you can file a comment against the proposed changes screenshot of state dept url where you can file a comment against the proposed changes
March 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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reading Vigdis Hjorth’s Will and Testament in my new boston place. where my husband’s slippers and my dog are visiting!
a golden doodle sits before a sofa on which vigdith hjorth’s novel is perched on a pair of jeans (inside which are my legs). there is a white house among silhouetted trees on the book cover. and a pair of green slippers between the dog and the sofa.
March 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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i had to leave my dog in pittsburgh. i am sad.
a goldendoodle with a short, neat poodle cut and a very fluffy tail stands on a blue and red carpet in a sunny living room looking soulfully into the camera
February 20, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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take good care &sorry for your chaos! we miss u (watched this last night and all i could think was what would TBS say! )
poster for 1980s french documentary THE FRENCH, a cartoon-style line drawing of bjorn borg with a tennis ball for a head
February 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Ms Ice Sandwich by Mieko Kawakami is a perfect story. Whoever recommended this little book here is brilliant
cover of Ms Ice Sandwich, a novella, paperback, with simple illustrations of thin sandwich triangles scattered over a bright blue cover. the title is reversed out of the blue background.
February 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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if you are having a low moment about humanity, treat yourself and go see Flow! i strongly endorse and i don’t even like cats.
movie poster for Flow. an animated, very startled-looking cat with dark fur and large gold eyes in ocean surrounded by colorful fish. pov looking up from underwater at the cat above you; it is framed in brilliant sunlight
February 4, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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Lion’s share, a phrase originating in a fable, in which the lesson is, explicitly, that a partnership with the powerful is never to be trusted

—Tracy Fuad, PORTAL
portion of page 28 of tracy fuad’s poetry book Portal, with the quoted phrase circled in yellow
February 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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today is mom’s death date / yahrtzeit. i’m donating to PFCC, 🇮🇱 + 🇵🇸 fams who have all lost people in the war and who are working together for peace. i will never give up on the dream of peace.

www.theparentscircle.org/en/about_eng...
a gold beeswax candle in a mason jar burns in front of a framed black and white photo of a young jewish american couple sitting in the sun in the 1950s. the flame’s reflection, in the photo, is over the young woman’s head. she is wearing a white summer dress. the candle and photo sit on a white kitchen counter between a coffee grinder and a gray pottery jug.
January 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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caught in the rain HNY selfie
a white mom and asian teen girl lean into each other in the car, faintly smiling, hair plastered to their faces, clothes soaked. mom wears large rain-splashed glasses.
December 29, 2024 at 8:49 PM