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Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein

@fklein907.bsky.social
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Alaskan poet, teacher, parent. Books: Text Messages from The Angel Gabriel (Gnashing Teeth 2024), Another Life (Riot in Your Throat 2025) linktr.ee/francesklein

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Todd Dillard @toddedillard.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
FYI signups are going live soon for my workshop: "So Your Poetry Manuscript Is The Exact Length You Want It But Submission Guidelines Need Ten More Pages: How to Write Poems That Enjamb Across Page Breaks"
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Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein @fklein907.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Voting for the first politician that makes it illegal to have three male contestants on Jeopardy!
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Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein @fklein907.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I remember being very scared of Ratigan and the clock scene in The Great Mouse Detective
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Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein @fklein907.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
There are two stages of having a maple tree in the yard— Most of the year: haha fuck yeah!! Yes!! Rake Season: well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
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Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein @fklein907.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Poetry never takes a night off, apparently
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Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein @fklein907.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Being a mom of a 6-10 year old is like: I Am a Normal Lady; In My Drawer is a Bag of Human Teeth
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Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein @fklein907.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Being a mom of a 6-10 year old is like: I Am a Normal Lady; In My Drawer is a Bag of Human Teeth
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Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein @fklein907.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
36-24-36 but the first measurement is the neck
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Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein @fklein907.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Netflix really is not trying with their documentary titles anymore: “The murdered pastor’s wife” “My worst neighbor ever” The next one is just going to be called Crime_Doc_Final_Final_RealOne.doc
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Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein @fklein907.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Now all you need is some Chicago artists to do flash tattoos while the readings are happening 👀
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Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein @fklein907.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I do not need AI to “recap my year,” my brain does that every night when I’m trying to fall asleep
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Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein @fklein907.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
True, I once judged a speech round where a kid did a death drop as part of a speech about the history of drag, that’s a risk right there
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Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein @fklein907.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hilarious to me that I have to do a module on “concussions in sports” for my role as the drama and debate coach
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Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein @fklein907.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
he should be at the club
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Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein @fklein907.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
he should be at the club
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Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein @fklein907.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Like, there are a lot of type-B women in local politics who really only ran for whatever elected office they hold because either no one was running, or the only candidate was a repulsive man
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Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein @fklein907.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
People portray women in politics as type A ball-busters, but I think they might be just the national level?
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Memento (spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
saying "hope everyone can be normal today" as i log on to the no one can be normal site
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Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein @fklein907.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My other group project is called “trying to raise a child in a burning world”
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Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein @fklein907.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I am engaged in the ultimate group project: full time employment
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Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein @fklein907.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If you assign a group project in grad school I should be allowed to tase you
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Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein @fklein907.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
LET’S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
A picture of a white hand holding a knitting needle with a knitted square approx 2 inches wide and 3 inches long. It is amateurish but does not look as unhappy as the previous knitting
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Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein @fklein907.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Mom found grandma’s binder of Pokémon cards. Everyone’s fighting over who gets the charizard
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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"Sometimes, i’ll be reading and my wife will come over and ask very pointed questions about Mrs. Brisby and the rats of N.I.M.H. and i realize all too late she’s trying to feel out whether i want to have sex, but i’ve already failed the test." - Poem set during my forty-seventh year, Justin Lacour
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Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein @fklein907.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If it helps, know that my dad (who has not read any of my books) once said that he didn't really like poems "except that one about the sad mars rover" 😂
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Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein @fklein907.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When I say “who’s that?? 👀” and I really want the answer to be baba yaga
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Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein @fklein907.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It doesn’t! But it exists!
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Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein @fklein907.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Knitting is proof that autistic people have always existed because no way did a neurotypical person come up with this shit
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Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein @fklein907.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Thank you! I need something to do instead of doom scrolling and this literally ties my hands up
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Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein @fklein907.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It only took two days, four YouTube videos and a book for literal children, but I learned to knit! I am bad at it! I will keep trying!
A picture of a hand holding a small patch of knitting with pink string. The knitted work appears to be in pain, crying out to a god that neither listens nor cares. In the background is a “how to knit” book for children
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Flight: A Literary Sampler @flightlit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
And the issue rounds out with some speculative fiction from Palak Aggarwal flight-literary.ghost.io/palak-aggarw...
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Palak Aggarwal- Fiction
The Rooms After Forgetting The boarding house had no name on the door. People still found it when they needed to disappear from something, though they never said that directly. They said they were...
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Flight: A Literary Sampler @flightlit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Then, creative nonfiction from the always incredible @thorntonforreal.bsky.social flight-literary.ghost.io/lisa-thornto...
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Lisa Thornton- Creative Nonfiction
I Learned to Count at Seventeen New Hampshire is 1,000 miles from Illinois. Thirty-five years ago, a Greyhound bus ticket cost $20. Two years is long enough for a dad to be divorced and forget how ...
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Flight: A Literary Sampler @flightlit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Followed by poetry from Justin Lacour: flight-literary.ghost.io/justin-lacou...
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Justin Lacour- Poetry
Poem set during my forty-seventh year So i’m walking behind a woman slinging her yoga mat down Magazine Street.  i’m trying not to look because a saint wouldn’t look. John Coltrane said he wanted t...
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Flight: A Literary Sampler @flightlit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Flight 6 opens with our Brewer's Choice selection from @michaelgrantsmith.bsky.social flight-literary.ghost.io/michael-gran...
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Michael Grant Smith- Brewer's Choice
Disemploy Guidelines (1) Of all the capuchin monkeys who ever worked here, you are our favorite capuchin monkey. Your boss has a problem with you. They despise your talent and goals. Your boss is ...
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Flight: A Literary Sampler @flightlit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Flight 6 is live! We had big dreams for our 1st birthday issue, but life got in the way. You can read all about how we put the issue together here: flight-literary.ghost.io/flight-6-now...
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Flight 6 Now Live!
This issue of Flight marks one year of sharing what we think is some of the best damn writing and art out there. Flight 1 landed in August of 2025, which means that by now we've passed that one year m...
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Megan @ Sugar Pig @sugarpigblog.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"You are guaranteed compensation if you took the purity pledge along with everyone else just so you could hold the new kid’s hand in the promise circle"
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Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein @fklein907.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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You may be entitled to financial compensation if you screamed yourself hoarse singing Dashboard Confessional, but it didn’t get you any closer to kissing Tommy Brooks behind the bowling alley. You...
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Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein @fklein907.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein @fklein907.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
earned an honorary degree in engineering for the way I got all the parts of the board game back in the box without breaking anything or crying
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Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein @fklein907.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
The youth are learning the consequences of early 2000’s fashion
A picture of a girl wearing a pair of long, oversized jeans. The bottom 10-12 inches of the jeans from hem up are soaking wet
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Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein @fklein907.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
7, pushing mashed potatoes with his fork: this is just like my very own stripper! Me: … Husband: … Me: …because it makes— 7: because it makes STRIPS!
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Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein @fklein907.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“Yes I will vote for you, but I won’t put your AI campaign sign in my yard” is a real thing I just had to say
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Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein @fklein907.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
7, pushing mashed potatoes with his fork: this is just like my very own stripper! Me: … Husband: … Me: …because it makes— 7: because it makes STRIPS!
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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Absolutely thrilled that my debut book, a flash fiction collection, @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social is out Oct. 13. Kindle preorders now on Amazon. Printed text available 10/13. Remote launch SAT 11/14, 10:00 am PT. Details soon. Heartfelt thanks @vanwinkle.bsky.social. #flashfiction
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Flight: A Literary Sampler @flightlit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
We love hearing from our submitters ☺️☺️☺️
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Flight: A Literary Sampler @flightlit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
We’ll never make you deal with submittable. Send us something cool!
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Mr Dr Bae @dallas-taylor.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Top tier husbanding right there
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Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein @fklein907.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I don’t need to wonder why my husband is so thoughtful because I’ve seen his dad put an empty coffee cup in the microwave so my MIL’s coffee will be the perfect temperature when it’s poured
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Jeopardy! but it’s one of those sex thrillers from the ‘90s starring, like, Stephen Baldwin.
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Todd Dillard @toddedillard.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
friendly reminder if you did not get a best of the net nomination you can always just *holds up net* *holds up fish costume* *waggles eyebrows*
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