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Back in the mid-20th century, the FBI could place an individual under surveillance solely for being LGBTQ. This is what enabled the anti-queer witch hunts of the McCarthy era. Now, DHS permits surveillance of LGBTQ people again. Just being queer makes you a suspect. www.advocate.com/politics/dhs...

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Y’know, they are people. Those “beggars” in the streets— they used to be children, snuggled in sheets. Now, they have no one, no shoes on their feet. Their sheets are now tattered, alone in the streets.

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vermillion blood drips from immortal fingers staining future's snow #haiku #poems #poetry #vss

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#poetry #poems #poetrycommunity

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Lord, I know You’re not like ChatGPT but still I’m seeing solids in vapors Disillusioned with dissolution’s glee I am learning to ask for Your favors #vss #poetry #spirituality

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Words escape me, my Mind is a wreck right now, find solace in nature --- A hawk soars above Majestic, magic, and free In every facet --- Stroll amongst the trees Remembering solitude One with the forest --- My mind is awake again #haikufeels #vssdaily #haikuchallenge #vsscreative #Wordscape #Scape

submitted 16 hours ago • 3 comments

there nations gather legions of nerves and tendons here naught, but starlight #haiku #poetry #micropoetry

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procession before the monks and their drumming merely crickets frogs, and birds singing #haiku #poetry #dailyhaikuprompt

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If the suns tilt Ajar, who tilts them? Most High God does. If a word’s said, A word’s first thought, Mind made meeker. In cosmic flow, All existent’s Made in Your Name. #vss #poetry

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“Let all be cheaper,” said the would-be king. “Let bricks crack easier “and all kiss my ring.” “We’ll make it cheaper,” kneeling have-nots sing. “We’ll build your theatre “for crumbling, o king.” #vss #poetry #bskypoetry

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Barely human, hardly alive, enthralled by logos in rhythm, subsumed in capital’s disguise, everything’s branded, everything’s ash at the altar of coin’s stride. #poetry #vss #bskypoetry

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I’m at least as real as Álvaro de Campos. How real he is, has been, only God really knows. 💞 #pluralsky #pluralwriters #micropoetry #bskypoetry #poetry

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My soul, O Lord, in Thee doth rest, Unbridled gift, love’s pure behest. No lesser trust can fill my frame, But casting all, I praise Thy name. Boundless I yield, no fear, no stay, For Thou, my Lord, Thou art my way. #vss365

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You rip, you tear, you claw at the ground. "More, more, more." And with each scrap of flesh, what you have is worth less. And with each lessening, your hunger grows. Tear a person to shreds, I dare you. Our blood won't fill your empty souls.

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I think most people are intuitively aware of this but something like the official White House account posting an “ASMR” video of shackled immigrants is not just cruel for its own sake, it’s intentional envelope-pushing to ramp up to desensitization over inhumane detention, camps, and deaths

submitted 9 days ago • 384 comments

quantum entanglement the perceived distance between any two paired hearts is an illusion #haiku #poetry #wolftwin

submitted 12 days ago • 4 comments

Darkness holds the words, Heroes, Gods, and men arise, Firelight crackles. 📜 🔥 #HaikuChallenge (Bard) #DailyPrompt #Senryu #PoetrySjy #MicroPoem #Storyteller

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All these articles about Democrats moaning over their messaging issues make me tired. You know what's more important than messaging? ACTION. Don't TALK about the price of eggs. Tell people "MEET US IN THE PARK - WE'RE GIVING OUT FREE EGGS. THAT'S RIGHT - FREE EGGS FROM THE DEMOCRATS!"

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It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too. EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them. Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)

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palmetto bug scuttling the floor the wall the ceiling! broom! plaster crevice - H.M. #poetry #haiku #micropoetry #bskypoetry #vss

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Capitalism can’t even be non exploitative in theory. Thats the whole basis. The whole basis of the system is exploitation.

submitted 15 days ago • 23 comments

I've been able to brush off most of the erasure of trans people from government websites, but this one is REALLY getting under my skin. It's just complete revisionist history. How fucking dare they Old vs. new

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My students this morning did a really good job discussing this Langston Hughes poem and both the potential and drawbacks of a politics of comparative memory of persecution and atrocity.

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Remember this story when you hear about J.D. Vance's trip to Dachau today: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/w...

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Call to action: Protest Tesla in Berkeley, California on Saturday, February 15th, 12PM. #3E #EndOligarchy #TeslaTakeover

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Fire brings renewal Rain mends the ashy fissures A mouse ventures forth #DailyHaikuPrompt #Haiku #Poetry #WritingPrompts #Fire #Mend

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💚💚💚💚💚💚 jade pond frog completely camoflaged until it leaps! - H.M. #vss #poetry #micropoetry #haikufeels #haiku

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some words are riots catching wildfire some words are fireflies #vss #haiku #micropoetry #bskypoetry #poetry

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“What you perceive as a simple rise in costs is [...] a calculated strategy. The plan? [...] To push those already struggling into an abyss of poverty where they will face an impossible choice. Perish or submit to servitude [...] Make no mistake, this is economic warfare, and the target is you.”

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‼️ The National Park Service has REMOVED mentions of transgender people being involved with Stonewall. Not only did the remove the world "Transgender" but changed "LGBTQ+" to "LGBQ+". The federal government is attempting to erase us and take away our history. This pride, we riot.

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@51st.news doing journalism for the people. They’ve written up an explainer about what’s happening with ICE, how residents can protect themselves, and how we can help protect our neighbors. 51st.news/how-to-defen...

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tall emerald cypress sways & brushes against a marble nose #vss #micropoetry #haiku

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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ stealth retreat his eyes are daggers cold mercury ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #sheikhawrites #micropoetry #vss365

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a stillness you & me & the river time’s ribbon cut & loosed into the waking sky, all grey & blind to our suns hidden beneath the steeple of cold hands a cathedral of oxeye that hum a dirge from the #safe-haven of the reeds shh, can you hear it? that’s where our bones will be #vss365

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full moon to earth when will you take to your mending? #dailyhaikuprompt mend

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but if you shut up your soul in the body, and abuse it, and say, i understand nothing, i can do nothing, i am afraid of the sea, i cannot climb up to heaven, i know not who i am, i cannot tell what i shall be: what have you to do with god?

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a #sonnet (lightly revised) from last month's sonnet practice ❤️🌟 #vss #poetry #bskypoetry

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∴ mercury dawn— ridge-line wavers, lungs run thin ice etches the trail ∴ · ∴ boot-clipped crampons spark scramble-scuffed stone yields, tumbling heart-hands lurching grip ∴ · ∴ summit winds arrive cloudbanks shear, pouring gold-veined rivers into sky ∴ #vss365 #haikufeels #vssmagic #senryu #haiku

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Hard to avoid the conclusion that concentration camp memorial sites increasingly serve as sites of penance and pilgrimage for bigots to use to proclaim themselves cleansed of their past sins, before they go right back to their bigotry. Which is actually a deeply Christian use of such sites.

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little puddle a beetle swims in circles #haiku #poetry #dailyhaikuprompt (spiral)

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red-winged blackbirds loudly fill the wetlands with joy! #dailyhaikuprompt #haiku #poetry #micropoetry

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How to Kill a Haiku Forget the brief moment ignore the image the breath the lightning crack of sudden enlightenment Count count count the syllables write what fits the pattern; forget the “frog” the “petals” the “wet “black bough” #poetry #haiku #poet

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between bare plum twigs flowers of negative space faintly cloud-scented

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i feel i’m a small animal when God holds me (not a metaphor) #micropoetry #spirituality #haiku #vss

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