Sean Bates
@seanjbates.bsky.social
writer/poet/educator https://substack.com/@seanjbates https://linktr.ee/seanbateswrites poems in: Paddler Press Emerge Literary Journal Stone Canoe Rising Phoenix Review "What Saves Us"anthology ed. Martín Espada https://tinyurl.com/44yksnmp
Toad sipped his tea. “Frog,” he asked, “are you making this up?” “Maybe yes and maybe no,” said Frog.
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I have to get near some water today. I want to write some summer poems.
Twilight Imperium is on Boardgame Arena which means my siblings and I can always be quietly waging a space war every day 🥲
Huge impact on me and my writing and my teenagerness. Just saw him perform last year. Wow. Only 56. Rip Glen Hansard. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Oscar-winning songwriter Glen Hansard killed in crash
Hansard, who was 56, won the best song Oscar for the 2007 low-budget musical film Once.
bbc.com
The streak stumbles but a sentence keeps it alive.
Sean Bates@seanjbates.bsky.social · last wk.The streak lives.
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun, Red Alert 2, Lotr extended editions and bonus bts features (obviously)
Sophia_Nyx 🏳️⚧️@sophianyx.bsky.social · 2w agoName physical media you purchased more than once.
#5amwritersclub Ok, heart of the summer, I'm trying to go on a lil streak here.
This morning, I thought "I don't need two breakfasts. I can just have one breakfast." And you know what? I was so wrong
@naugatuckriverrvw.bsky.social naugatuckriverreview.org Submit to Naugatuck River Review’s 18th annual contest! Submissions for the 18th annual narrative poetry contest are open July 1 – Sept. 1, 2026. Mary Beth Hines will judge. #poetry #submissions #writingcommunity @chillsubs.bsky.social
Naugatuck River Review
A Journal of Narrative Poetry that Sings
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Matt Damon, aka Odysseus, has often been on a difficult quest to get home (Private Ryan, Interstellar, Martian, etc). One of the first was Damon as Spirit the Wild Stallion, a film I watched dozens of times with my eldest daughter when she was little.
Spirit Stallion
Alt: Wild horse running, from Disney movie Spirit
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The Odyssey as LA allegory: a magnificent thread
EMILY WILSON@emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 2w agoNobody ever has a normal meal, and everyone is focused on looking sexy rather than having sex.
Naugatuck River Review has a new issue out with superb narrative poetry and cover art by Octavio Quintanilla! @naugatuckriverrvw.bsky.social @leedes.bsky.social Go to Lulu.com or naugatuckriverreview.org to order a copy (submissions for the 18th narrative poetry contest are also open!).
@naugatuckriverrvw.bsky.social naugatuckriverreview.org Submit to Naugatuck River Review’s 18th annual contest! Submissions for the 18th annual narrative poetry contest are open July 1 – Sept. 1, 2026. Mary Beth Hines will judge. #poetry #submissions #writingcommunity @chillsubs.bsky.social
Naugatuck River Review
A Journal of Narrative Poetry that Sings
naugatuckriverreview.org
rare to see someone doing an actually good bit on the internet dot com these days, but this one is good
Yours in negritude, Ryan K. Smith@mewefree.bsky.social · 2w agoTwo people tried to enter a screening of The Odyssey without buying tickets after hiding inside a miniature model of the Trojan Horse. 😂😂😂
