August Chalmers
@augustchalmers.bsky.social
Writer. Poet. Reader https://linktr.ee/augustchalmers
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August Chalmers (@augustchalmers)
Calypso’s Island, Departure of Ulysses (Farewell to Calypso), Samuel Palmer, 1848–49 — The Whitworth, University of Manchester. He was offered immortality. He wanted the smoke of his own roof. They ...
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What Came Out of the Bushes
The weather got cold, or all of the food we ate earlier gave us warmth.
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Goya’s "The Dog" This is part of his Black Paintings series. Goya created these works directly onto the walls of his home during a period of battling severe health issues. My favorite of the series. In fact, it served as my iPhone wallpaper for a bit. Seeing this in person is on my bucket list.
The Norwegians have discovered Pickford’s Achilles’ heel: a shot on target.
At work I write emails nobody wants and docs nobody reads. At night I write fiction and poetry. One of these pays. The other gets me through the day.
I published a poem today called "God's Creatures." It's short, about that feeling when a film or a song moves you and you turn around to tell someone, and no one's there. If it lands, subscribing (free) means the next one comes straight to you. God's Creatures open.substack.com/pub/augustch...
God's Creatures
I watched a good film
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Unfortunately, this is AI-generated. sports.yahoo.com/articles/ima...
Image of Iranian World Cup footballer with school backpack is AI-generated
The Iranian men's national football team brought children's backpacks onto the pitch before a March 2026 friendly as a tribute to the victims of a strike that hit a school at the start of the Middle E...
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PaintingGirl@poliglotgirl.bsky.social · 2mo agoI don’t know who will see this, but this man is a hero to his country. The Iranian soccer team has been treated abominably by the Trump administration. Thankfully, other teams have received a warm welcome from ordinary Americans. But this broke my heart.
Airports get named for presidents. Kennedy. Reagan. Ford. The custom is you wait until they are dead or at least gone. The waiting was the point. It let history render a verdict first. Palm Beach became DJT today, while he is in office. He is not interested in the verdict.
I published a poem today called "God's Creatures." It's short, about that feeling when a film or a song moves you and you turn around to tell someone, and no one's there. If it lands, subscribing (free) means the next one comes straight to you. God's Creatures open.substack.com/pub/augustch...
God's Creatures
I watched a good film
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Airports get named for presidents. Kennedy. Reagan. Ford. The custom is you wait until they are dead or at least gone. The waiting was the point. It let history render a verdict first. Palm Beach became DJT today, while he is in office. He is not interested in the verdict.
A tragedy in four words. "We never said goodbye."
Sharing my first post on Substack. A poem. open.substack.com/pub/augustch...
Blue Tarp
A building wrapped in blue tarp,
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Best first line from a book you’ve ever read? Let’s see if people think of the same line.
And the only good multimillionaire is someone who knows every extra zero was somebody else's wage.
Lost their chairs in their respective universities, their livelihoods, and were targeted by the fascist regime with false accusations.
jojobabe@ntresting2me.bsky.social · 4w agoWhat happened to the 12 who refused?
1931: Mussolini asks every Italian professor to sign a loyalty oath to Fascism. 12 refuse. Out of 1,200. The rest sign, tell themselves they’ll do more good from the inside. Turns out you don’t always need to burn books. You can just hand people a form.
Reports indicate that the White House is considering renaming Belgian waffles to Liberty Cakes in response to the team USA’s loss to Belgium.
Reports indicate that the White House is considering renaming Belgian waffles to Liberty Cakes in response to the team USA’s loss to Belgium.
I just wrote my first note on Substack substack.com/profile/5261...
August Chalmers (@augustchalmers)
First post, and I keep starting it wrong. Every version comes out sounding braver than I am. Here's the truer thing: I've wanted to write for a long time and kept finding reasons not to. Work, mostly...
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All England has to do now is stop Erling Haaland, something the entire country has spent years hilariously failing to do
Jude Bellingham will undoubtedly receive all the accolades, but it’s worth noting how exceptional Anthony Gordon was during this game. Mexico deserves credit having an excellent tournament and being wonderful hosts. They will be greatly missed in the upcoming rounds.
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Fiction and poetry by August Chalmers. Ordinary people, a drink poured too early, the thing nobody says out loud. Read it here first. Click to read August's Substack, by August Chalmers, a Substack pu...
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Starting a Substack and I want to do it right. Writers who've grown one — what's the one thing you wish you'd done from day one? Genuinely asking, and I'll take every bit of advice I can get.