Naugatuck River Review has a new issue out, with superb narrative poetry inside, and cover art by Octavio Quintanilla! @naugatuckriverrvw.bsky.social Go to Lulu.com or naugatuckriverreview.org to order a copy. Submissions for the 18th narrative poetry contest are open too!.

This is what solidarity looks like. Together, we will win.

Photo taken yesterday of a brown belted bumblebee in our beach roses.

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The Bait-and-Switch President

Once untouchable, Medicaid is now in Republican crosshairs

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The purpose of #poetry is to remind us how difficult it is to remain just one person, for our house is open, there are no keys in the doors, and invisible guests come in and out at will... only with the hope that good spirits, not evil ones, choose us for their instrument. #Milosz

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Wordpeace needs more submissions! Please go to our website to submit your poetry, short fiction or nonfiction, and artwork. No fee. While you're there, check out the archives, issue 7.2, Ukraine in Solidarity. The upcoming issue is on Community and Survival. wordpeace.co

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#StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 Decent people around the world do.

Yashar Ali 🐘@yasharali.bsky.social · last yr.

In an extraordinary display of public support, heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers from all over Europe and Canada are posting in support of Ukraine in response to the Oval Office meeting with Trump, Zelenskyy, and Vance.

Check out the new climate change themed issue of Wordpeace! Submissions are also open through March 31st for our summer/fall issue the theme for which is community and survival. wordpeace.co

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"It is difficult to get the news from poems yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there." by William Carlos Williams

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@chrismurphyct.bsky.social This is a five-alarm fire.

If you can.

This is going around for prez day. Everyone needs to get out and do something as often as possible.

Don’t buy stuff on February 28. Money’s the only thing these dicks understand. #resist

Absolutely!! 🌈🏳️‍🌈

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I had a poem in the NY Times in Jan. 2017 about the inauguration and I think it's more interesting now than then. Thanks to Nicholas Kristoff for holding a "T***p Poetry Contest. Posting the link without the picture if possible. archive.nytimes.com/kristof.blog...

Check out the new climate change themed issue of Wordpeace! Submissions are also open through March 31st for our summer/fall issue the theme for which is community and survival. wordpeace.co

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Fuck it. Trans folks need MATERIAL SUPPORT. @distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting. Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...

Although you won’t hear of it in the news, Russia bombed Odesa, Ukraine again last night. Multiple dead and wounded: