Sara R Burnett
@srburnett.bsky.social
Writer, Poet, Teacher, Parent
Author of Seed Celestial (winner of the Autumn House Press Poetry Prize)
Curator of Poems to Carry You e-letter
www.sararburnett.com
Author of Seed Celestial (winner of the Autumn House Press Poetry Prize)
Curator of Poems to Carry You e-letter
www.sararburnett.com
Still time to register for my class starting next Tuesday evening online where we will read and write poems that unpack resilience. Poems, I think, many of us need to hear... and maybe write? All levels welcome. Recently laid off feds get a discount. (Books not req).
www.sararburnett.com/classes
www.sararburnett.com/classes
May 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Still time to register for my class starting next Tuesday evening online where we will read and write poems that unpack resilience. Poems, I think, many of us need to hear... and maybe write? All levels welcome. Recently laid off feds get a discount. (Books not req).
www.sararburnett.com/classes
www.sararburnett.com/classes
My latest "Poems to Carry You" is about the ways in which poems navigate the relationship with the news, between truth & what feels true — & what they can tell us about leading meaningful lives in spite of & because of it.
News & art made by my 8 year old.
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News & art made by my 8 year old.
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May 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
My latest "Poems to Carry You" is about the ways in which poems navigate the relationship with the news, between truth & what feels true — & what they can tell us about leading meaningful lives in spite of & because of it.
News & art made by my 8 year old.
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News & art made by my 8 year old.
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This week's batch of curated poems on resilience is an homage to the people who have helped or cared for others.
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May 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This week's batch of curated poems on resilience is an homage to the people who have helped or cared for others.
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Join me starting May 27th as we build our resilience muscles through poetry in a series of 3 online classes. Open to all levels of writing. Former federal employees are eligible for scholarship. My hope is this is a class you didn't know you needed right now.
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ONLINE CLASS: Containers of Light and Dark: Reading and Writing Poetry of Resilience (2563)
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April 29, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Join me starting May 27th as we build our resilience muscles through poetry in a series of 3 online classes. Open to all levels of writing. Former federal employees are eligible for scholarship. My hope is this is a class you didn't know you needed right now.
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politics-prose.com/list/online-...
My daughter’s signs and mine. #handsoff2025
April 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My daughter’s signs and mine. #handsoff2025
“You can cut all the flowers, but you can’t keep spring from coming.”- Pablo Neruda
More on spring poems of resilience in my Poems to Carry You Letter.
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More on spring poems of resilience in my Poems to Carry You Letter.
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Poems to Carry You
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March 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
“You can cut all the flowers, but you can’t keep spring from coming.”- Pablo Neruda
More on spring poems of resilience in my Poems to Carry You Letter.
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More on spring poems of resilience in my Poems to Carry You Letter.
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You can search to see if your work is being used for Meta-backed AI research.
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Meta's Massive AI Training Book Heist: What Authors Need to Know - The Authors Guild
Today, The Atlantic published a search tool that allows authors to check if their works are in LibGen, an illegal pirate site AI companies copied for their AI systems. This is a similar tool to the on...
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March 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
You can search to see if your work is being used for Meta-backed AI research.
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The UK has now issued a travel warning for the US: possible arrest or detention for failing to meet entry requirements.
March 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The UK has now issued a travel warning for the US: possible arrest or detention for failing to meet entry requirements.
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"Despite the district’s ruling, Inama refuses to remove the signs, even if it means risking her job. 'There’s no way I would be able to allow myself to just take it down and roll over to what I feel like they’re asking me to do.'"
Teacher ordered to remove signs from classroom, including one saying 'Everyone is welcome here'
“There are only two opinions on this sign: Everyone is welcome here, or not everyone is welcome here,” argues Sarah Inama, a sixth-grade history teacher.
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March 21, 2025 at 1:03 AM
"Despite the district’s ruling, Inama refuses to remove the signs, even if it means risking her job. 'There’s no way I would be able to allow myself to just take it down and roll over to what I feel like they’re asking me to do.'"
Let’s build our resilience writing muscles together! This Wed, free Workshop!
We look forward to hosting @srburnett.bsky.social for our first 'Fake AWP' event of 2025!
Fake AWP: Poetry of Resilience with Sara R. Burnett
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EST, online
Free registration: www.brownbaglit.com/events
Fake AWP: Poetry of Resilience with Sara R. Burnett
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EST, online
Free registration: www.brownbaglit.com/events
March 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Let’s build our resilience writing muscles together! This Wed, free Workshop!
I love Vermonters. So glad the VP chose Sugarbush mountain to ski this weekend and was met with massive protest.
March 1, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I love Vermonters. So glad the VP chose Sugarbush mountain to ski this weekend and was met with massive protest.
“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference.” — Elie Wiesel
March 1, 2025 at 12:39 AM
“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference.” — Elie Wiesel
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Looking forward to offering a free workshop on resilience poetry with @brownbaglit.bsky.social Any writer or anyone in interested in reading and writing poetry to strengthen your spirit right now is welcome! Register below.
Attention writers!
Save the dates:
Details coming soon for Brown Bag Lit's four session, free, Fake AWP series in March.
www.brownbaglit.com
Save the dates:
Details coming soon for Brown Bag Lit's four session, free, Fake AWP series in March.
www.brownbaglit.com
February 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Looking forward to offering a free workshop on resilience poetry with @brownbaglit.bsky.social Any writer or anyone in interested in reading and writing poetry to strengthen your spirit right now is welcome! Register below.
A friend sent this to me and it's very timely. I have incidentally started to memorize a poem again (Invictus) as a way to build inner strength.
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How Poetry Helps Me Resist the Algorithm
Instead of defaulting to the notifications on my phone, poetry has inspired me to begin the day in a different way.
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February 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
A friend sent this to me and it's very timely. I have incidentally started to memorize a poem again (Invictus) as a way to build inner strength.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/m...
I have made it a habit. I call 2 republican senators a day on an issue (lately the DOE for me) like it’s a something on my to-do list. The 5 Calls app makes it very easy to do (although I usually tweak the script). In my mind, something is better than nothing. Make some noise!
February 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I have made it a habit. I call 2 republican senators a day on an issue (lately the DOE for me) like it’s a something on my to-do list. The 5 Calls app makes it very easy to do (although I usually tweak the script). In my mind, something is better than nothing. Make some noise!
I am the granddaughter of Cuban exiles who escaped a Russian-backed Communist regime. To see Marco Rubio, a child of Cuban exiles who fled for the same reason, make friends with Russia today has my grandparents turning in their graves. The utter shame and hypocrisy of it.
February 19, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I am the granddaughter of Cuban exiles who escaped a Russian-backed Communist regime. To see Marco Rubio, a child of Cuban exiles who fled for the same reason, make friends with Russia today has my grandparents turning in their graves. The utter shame and hypocrisy of it.
Called senators Suzanne Collins and Tim Scott today about protecting DOE. I made contact with Tim Scott’s office twice. The first time they hung up on me so I called back and got another person who was more polite.
February 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Called senators Suzanne Collins and Tim Scott today about protecting DOE. I made contact with Tim Scott’s office twice. The first time they hung up on me so I called back and got another person who was more polite.
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We could just be reading great books, watching good movies, and eating fruit. Instead we have to survive/fight miserable power hoarders. What a waste of limited time.
February 13, 2025 at 3:43 AM
We could just be reading great books, watching good movies, and eating fruit. Instead we have to survive/fight miserable power hoarders. What a waste of limited time.
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Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
February 14, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.