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Andromeda @ulveheksa.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Questionnaire by Wendell Berry

Maria Martin @mariamartin.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

This is a cento written by Ed Gold composed of public quotes from Donald Trump about the Iran war. The poem writes itself. newversenews.blogspot.com?utm_source=s...

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TheNewVerse.News

The New Verse News presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.

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Maria Martin @mariamartin.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Man, as a writer and person who has done the first couple of weeks of the "Artist's Way" more than once I sure would be embarrassed if my petty journals were subpoenaed.

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Maria Martin @mariamartin.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

How do you feel about hyper local poet laureates? Do you feel that it increases opportunities for the poetry community in small cities or does it funnel the majority of poetry opportunities towards one person?

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Maria Martin @mariamartin.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

My pitch: First Memory by Louise Gluck Long ago, I was wounded. I lived to revenge myself against my father, not for what he was-- for what I was: from the beginning of time in childhood, I thought that pain meant I was not loved. It meant I loved.

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I’m convinced Hegseth is just an AI that Judith Butler created to demonstrate that Gender is a social construct

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Maria Martin @mariamartin.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I've been walking outside a lot lately. It's nice to notice the season changes, etc. This week I noticed the smell of fresh cut watermelon sticks around even after the watermelon has been eaten and the people have gone back inside. Twice I walked by a house and thought someone ate watermelon here.

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Maria Martin @mariamartin.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I just really liked the part in summer house when Kyle and Carl were fighting and Carl's neck vein was popping and he was shouting "Look withinnn" while being held back by producers.

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waldokanto.bsky.social @waldokanto.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Marjane Satrapi 1969-2026

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Maria Martin @mariamartin.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

so many official presidential photos of this man making professor plum eyes because he thinks it makes him look smart.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 26/05/2026

JUST IN: South Carolina has voted to leave their House districts alone for the upcoming midterm elections. “Neither my conscience nor my common sense will allow me to stop an election that is already underway,” said one state senator. newrepublic.com/post/210897/...

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Maria Martin @mariamartin.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Im so happy for kyle and Amanda that they are getting divorced my god.

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Maria Martin @mariamartin.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Judged a high school poetry contest, and the kids are alright! and by alright I mean depressed but with a sense of humor and sound.

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Maria Martin @mariamartin.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

They said it couldn't be done, but the other day I successfully got a couple with a fake service dog to leave a crowded art reception.

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PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 22/04/2026

If AI is so great, remove it from everything where it's been implemented without user consent and make it a user pays subscription service and see how many people REALLY want it

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 22/04/2026

The WaPo editorial board when Republicans gerrymander in Texas versus when Democrats gerrymander in Virginia.

Screenshot of an online opinion article by the Editorial Board. The headline reads, "The Texas gerrymander freakout," with the subheadline, "What's happening in the Lone Star State is not a threat to democracy." The publication date is August 20, 2025.

Screenshot of an online opinion article from The Washington Post by the Editorial Board. The headline reads, "Virginia plunges America deeper into the gerrymandering abyss," with the subheadline, "The redistricting scheme was always a power grab by Democrats. Voters went along with it."

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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 07/04/2026

Completely unstable and perilous. The House must bring up impeachment articles, and the Senate needs to remove a president who wants to commit war crimes. We cannot sit idly by as Donald Trump threatens to end an entire civilization.

Washington Post
Trump warns ‘a whole civilization will die’ if Iran doesn’t make a deal
The president had issued a deadline of 8 p.m. Eastern time for Iran to open up the Strait of Hormuz, pledging destruction by midnight if leaders don’t comply.

April 7, 2026 at 9:22 a.m. EDT26 minutes ago
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Maria Martin @mariamartin.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Boy was this singer songwriter based in Nashville surprised when Gov. McMaster called him up and asked him to be SC new poet laureate. Especially since the art commission had already done an application process and created a list of finalists. Finalists that are poets and live in the state of SC.

postandcourier.com

‘A big F you’: After a 6-year vacancy, SC has a new poet laureate. Why is he not a poet?

Poets across SC were confused and upset at the news that the governor has appointed a Nashville-based singer-songwriter as poet laureate.

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Maria Martin @mariamartin.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Oh no the Bradford Pear trees are in bloom.

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Jonathan Larsen @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints. One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…

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U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus

Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

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Maria Martin @mariamartin.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

I'm going to AWP with the intention of making some poet friends, so if you see me looming nearby while you catch up with your friends, that's all i'm doing ok?

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Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.

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Maria Martin @mariamartin.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

The moon belongs to the poets, not Elon Musk.

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Maria Martin @mariamartin.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Also, if you need to get a passport, expect delays.

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Tristan Lee @tristanl.ee · 10/02/2026

People on Reddit are getting Amazon to refund their Ring products because of their partnership with Flock and that creepy Super Bowl ad www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...

Screenshot of Amazon customer support chat getting refund for a Ring Floodlight Cam

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Screenshot of chat with Amazon customer support getting refund for a Ring product bought in October 2020

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Infographic telling Ring customers they can get refunds for their purchases through Amazon

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/02/2026

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken. Hundreds of kids are still detained. We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 04/02/2026

Just to throw this in at the end: if you can afford a donation, the Midwest Immigration Bond Fund is helping detainees post bond and get them out of custody ASAP. A worthy cause.

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Maria Martin @mariamartin.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

I want another RHOSLC reunion but Heather attends by zoom and has to be unmuted when it is her turn to talk.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

ICE's decision to just leave cars abandoned in the roads is one of those dystopian things that makes you recoil in shock when you encounter it.

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Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Alex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence this morning

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Daramola @izdaramola.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

When dogs get together this is what they say

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Majda Gama @majda.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

I have not stopped thinking about this man since he disappeared into the tear gas. Turns out, he’s my people!

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Please share. 💔

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Maria Martin @mariamartin.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

www.standwithminnesota.com Send me proof of $150+ donation and I will paint a 8"x10" watercolor house portrait/pet portrait/whatever. I can commit to 4 between now and the end of February. You could give it to your mom, she would love it. Samples of my work are on my website. mariasprogress.com

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Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory

Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Yesterday, Minneapolis gave us hope. That’s what they’re trying to kill: the will of a people who are willing to fight them.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

If you are angry, stay angry. They want us to think this is normal and how life will be. I’ll be dammed if I ever let that happen.

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Maria Martin @mariamartin.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

U.S. Officials report that Jonathan Ross is even more delicate than the Princess and the Pea.

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phillip crymble @phillipcrymble.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Who would cut / her home to pieces and row away for that? Maggie Smith, from Good Bones (2017)

YOU COULD NEVER TAKE A CAR TO
GREENLAND,

my daughter says. Unless the car could float.
Unless by car you mean boat. Unless the ocean
turned to ice and promised not to crack.
Unless Greenland floated over here,
having lifted its anchor. Unless we could row
our country there. Our whole continent
would have to come along, wouldn't it? Unless
we cut ourselves free. What kind of saw
could we use for that? What kind of oars
could deliver one country to another?
She asks, Why is Greenland called Greenland
if it's not green? Why is Iceland called
Iceland if it's greener than Greenland?
Unless it's a trick, a lie: the name Greenland
is an ad for Greenland. Who would go
promised nothing but ice? Who would cut
her home to pieces and row away for that?

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David Atkinson @davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Some poems don’t whisper, they warn. The 2nd person address is confrontational but the poet deliberately avoids naming the guilty, meaning 76 years later there is still terrible truth and relevance in this poem. “Do not feel safe. The poet remembers.” #poetry #poemoftheday

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Maria Martin @mariamartin.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

I wish someone would have pressed trump on his claim that countries are sending people from insane asylums into the USA. Because I think he started saying that because he was confused by the term "asylum seekers". That's how dumb and lackadaiscal he is allowed to be.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

“Four migrants died while in custody of U.S. immigration authorities over the first 10 days of 2026, according to government press releases, a loss of life that followed record detention deaths last year under President Donald Trump.” www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

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Four migrants die in US immigration custody over first 10 days of 2026

The deaths included two migrants from Honduras, one from Cuba and another from Cambodia.

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Dana Delibovi @danadelibovi.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

This podcast with Carl Phillips and @davidnaimon.bsky.social is incredible! So many ideas to boost the poet's craft and creative energy. So much heart. Plus—Phillips answers a great question from @hanvanderhart.bsky.social and mentions my guiding light, Teresa of Ávila. ❤️

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Carl Phillips : Scattered Snows, to the North - Tin House

Today’s guest is one of the most singular and celebrated Anglophone poets writing today, Carl Phillips. We center his latest collection, Scattered Snows, to the North, his first since winning the 2023...

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Maria Martin @mariamartin.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

I will never allow Spotified Wrapped to tell me how many times I listened to the same five songs.

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🫜🫚🌶️ Caitlin Spice 🌶️🫚🫜 @catespice.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

This literally means that if a trans person requires GnRH blockers for cancer treatment (i.e breast or prostate), they CANNOT get cancer treatment. Insane. Absolutely insane - and deadly.

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