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Marlanda Dekine

@dekinesoul.bsky.social
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wife • silly • reverent • kin • poet Licensed Social Worker Author: Thresh & Hold (Hub City Press)

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Marlanda Dekine @dekinesoul.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
BIPOC CREATIVES register at www.eventbrite.com/e/psny-bipoc... ✨ Let’s write from the body, from intuition, and from the deep field of memory that lives beneath language. ✨🖤💐 July 7 7 PM EST Virtual, registration required. #newyork #newyorkpoetry #newyorkcreatives #newyorkcity #newyorkcitylife
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Marlanda Dekine @dekinesoul.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Discernment towards decision. 🙏🏾 💜 #admitted
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Marlanda Dekine @dekinesoul.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
I’ll be hosting an Open Mic Poetry Night at the Myrtle Beach Art Museum to celebrate the first day of National Poetry Month. Bring a poem you’ve written, a favorite poem to share, or simply come to listen and enjoy an evening of community. Wednesday, April 1 5–6:30 PM Myrtle Beach Art Museum
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Chanea Bond @heymrsbond.com · 30/01/2026
Today’s @poets.org Poem a Day by @dekinesoul.bsky.social is WHYYYY reading poems first thing in the morning is the move. poets.org/poem/memory-...
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Published on Academy of American Poets (https://poets.org)
Memory Poem
I am a child of wonder again and rain tells me to watch for snails and slugs.
I gather dirt, sand, and sticks for the terrarium
where I make a safe home
away from footsteps, fast cars, and ditch water.
I don't want them to die so I make them a space for living.
I ask my ma to buy lettuce
because in the book I got from the library
Ilearned they will eat lettuce.
I am greedy to learn what keeps everything alive.
Their spiral shapes leave shiny trails behind.
I imagine I am a snail leaving magic everywhere I go.
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Copyright © 2026 by Marlanda Dekine. Originally published in Poem-a-Day on January 30, 2026, by the Academy of American Poets.
About this Poem
"When it began to rain, I stepped onto the front porch and listened, remembering how often I did this as a child. I turned to automatic writing, letting the poem come without trying to control what emerged. In crafting it, I found myself returning to that early sense of attention and wonder. I hope this poem holds the memory in a way I can return to."
—Marlanda Dekine
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nori @nori.gay · 31/07/2025
trying to get my lesson how grandma said now i know running for my life cannot be running from myself rain flooding my home all around is water for me to wade
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Marlanda Dekine @dekinesoul.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Two new poems published in Salvation South! www.salvationsouth.com/marlanda-dek... #poetry
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We Have Always Been Here
Explore Marlanda Dekine’s poetry in “We Have Always Been Here,” two new poems for National Poetry Month from the author of “Thresh & Hold.”
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Marlanda Dekine @dekinesoul.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
This Saturday, I’ll be creating live at Artista Vista’s Live Art Mart in Columbia, SC. 🌿 I’ll be listening, writing, and inviting you to make poems from unexpected sources. Come be part of a living poem. 🌼 📍 516 Senate | 📅 April 12 | 🕐10 AM-3 PM #Poetry #ColumbiaSC
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Nicole Ziege News @nicoleziege.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
DYK: South Carolina hasn't had a poet laureate since 2020? But cities & counties are working to fill in that void! Most recently, Georgetown County followed suit, naming Marlanda Dekine as its first: #poetry #poetrycommunity #SouthCarolina www.postandcourier.com/myrtle-beach...
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SC still doesn't have a poet laureate. Georgetown County just appointed its own.
Marlanda Dekine, a Plantersville community native and accomplished poet, has been selected as the Georgetown County Library system's first poet laureate.
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Honorée Fanonne Jeffers @blklibrarygirl.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
What the [redacted] is going on?
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Courtney LeBlanc @wordperv.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Tonight's bedtime poetry. @dekinesoul.bsky.social
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