Just made the mistake of going to see Verity in the theater. I want a refund and my two hours and my brain cells back. JFK. 😣😂😞.
Elizabeth Johnston Ambrose
@poetlady74.bsky.social
I’m a poet, animal lover, camping fanatic, and educator living in Rochester, NY. Medusa scholar. Author of Imago, Dei ( Rattle Chapbook Prize, 2021) and Wild Things (Main Street Rag, 2021). 2025 Betsy Colquitt Poetry Award.
"They were like, we need to check to make sure that you don't have a penis." This woman has a work permit and a pending asylum case. But she was taken into custody, and deeply humiliated.
Transgender woman says ICE tackled her at Rochester airport, held her in men's detention facility
A transgender woman from Singapore says ICE agents arrested her at Rochester's airport and held her at an all-men's detention center in Batavia.
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Last night I was at a #blackhistorymonth event & speaking were Anthony Walker’s mother & sister They spoke so eloquently about how they have turned their pain into purpose This poem begins with a list of flower names and ends with young men who lost their lives to violence #poetry #poemoftheday
Poem for your Friday 10.23.26 Magpies Recognize Themselves in the Mirror ~ By Kelli Russell Agodon —America breaks my heart some days /I watched a woman have a breakdown in the mall today/what I could see was all of us/ Some days the sky is too bright. And like that, we were her...
I have news! You are looking at a certified Zumba instructor, coming to a YMCA near you— at least if you live in Rochester (my plan for the next phase of my life, since AI can’t teach Zumba!)
Poetry proves again and again that any single overall theory of anything doesn't work. Poetry is always the cat concert under the window of the room in which the official version of reality is being written. -- Charles Simic
Tonight's guest is Mark Yakich, anthologist of The Poetry Reader and author of Spiritual Exercises, among other collections of his own. We'll talk about the trouble with poetry, as it's taught, and how we might right the ship. Join us live at 8pm ET!
Mark Yakich: How to Read Poetry, The Poetry Reader & Experimental Poetics | Rattlecast 364
YouTube video by Rattle Poetry
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Roc friends, GO SEE TOP DOG, UNDER DOG at GEVA. Make it a priority.
Date night @ Geva Theater to see Top Dog, Underdog 💕
NEW: ICE is trying to deport a mother of 4 while her husband is at Fort Benning in Army basic training. When she went to pick up the family's military IDs, Navy personnel turned her over to ICE. She's been in the US since age six. With @nancyayoussef.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
He Joined the Military. They Reported His Wife to ICE.
When a soldier’s wife went to pick up her military ID at a base in Texas, ICE officers showed up.
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Dear friends—well, say—I’m feeling so thankful to reach 97 months of sobriety, and to celebrate, here are 97 literary journals opening for submissions in November and some are open now: substack.com/home/post/p-...
97 Literary Journals Opening Up For No-Fee Submissions In November
Celebrating 97 Months Of Sobriety
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Disconnect!
Jorie Graham@joriegraham.bsky.social · 3w agoWhy the Hell are we allowing this to happen? Everyone really needs to SAVE THAT MUCH TIME? Do you? What exactly are we doing with all the time we've saved? Disconnect from everything now if you can. Or, read this, and then figure out how to disconnect..... www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
POEM 377: "Give Me a Crow" by Robin Turner (@robinturnerpoet.bsky.social) "O give me the just before an about-to-be rain, a little psalm to hold & pocket, small pine of beautiful ruin to come." stonecirclereview.com/give-me-a-cr... #Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
A smart and moving poem about a grotesque crime and its surreal “punishment” ( to write an essay).
Rattle Poetry@rattlepoetry.bsky.social · 3w agoCelesta Cox, this week's Poets Respond selection Read the full poem here: www.rattle.com/in-this-essa... #poetry
I also meant to mention that @jonathaneveritt.bsky.social and Willa Carroll and Andreas Von Scheele will be featuring their films in the event! Dance performances, too!!
So excited to read as part of this cool, multidisciplinary ecology-themed Fringe Fest show tomorrow night. I'll be reading with Lytton Smith on Friday. Saturday readers: Alicia Hoffman, JR Fenn, & Stephen West; Sunday: Al Abonado & Tony Leuzzi. More info here: rochesterfringe.com/tickets-and-...
The Kenyon Review is accepting applications for 2027-2029 Fellowships. Fellows will undertake a significant writing project, teach in Kenyon College's English Department, and serve on KR's editorial team. Learn more: kenyonreview.org/fellowship/ Apply here: careers.kenyon.edu/jobs/kenyon-...
Last night, after a long walk along the beach and beside marshes, I came back to the camper and watched the Mary Oliver documentary. What a gorgeous film; she touched so many lives. Highly recommend (here's the free link): www.pbs.org/wnet/america...
Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World | American Masters | PBS
Celebrate the work of writer Mary Oliver, who published more than 30 collections of poetry and essays on nature, beauty, and love.
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