April Kendra
@ank2025.bsky.social
Host of Literative, a new podcast for active literacy, engaging with others' words so we can find our own. Join us at https://shows.acast.com/literative
Passionate advocate for libraries, educators, intellectual freedom and the First Amendment.
Passionate advocate for libraries, educators, intellectual freedom and the First Amendment.
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Poems for a Poet | Literative
Remembering Renee Nicole Good
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Welcome to Literative, bringing literature out of the classroom and into the real world:
that place where hearts break and bullets fly,
where courage and callousness collide,
where we open or we close our eyes,
where we can tell the truth or lie.
💙📚🦋 #poetry
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that place where hearts break and bullets fly,
where courage and callousness collide,
where we open or we close our eyes,
where we can tell the truth or lie.
💙📚🦋 #poetry
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It insists that love, loyalty, and presence are not collateral damage.
The dog saw.
The world saw.
We are responsible for what we do with that knowing.
If this speaks to you, sharing is one way of bearing witness.
Ken Gorczyca, DVM
Veterinary Death Doula and Artist
The dog saw.
The world saw.
We are responsible for what we do with that knowing.
If this speaks to you, sharing is one way of bearing witness.
Ken Gorczyca, DVM
Veterinary Death Doula and Artist
January 22, 2026 at 12:32 AM
It insists that love, loyalty, and presence are not collateral damage.
The dog saw.
The world saw.
We are responsible for what we do with that knowing.
If this speaks to you, sharing is one way of bearing witness.
Ken Gorczyca, DVM
Veterinary Death Doula and Artist
The dog saw.
The world saw.
We are responsible for what we do with that knowing.
If this speaks to you, sharing is one way of bearing witness.
Ken Gorczyca, DVM
Veterinary Death Doula and Artist
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to remember.
I fell in love with both—
with Renee, whose life mattered,
and with the dog who bore witness when others turned away.
This painting is an act of protest.
It refuses erasure.
It insists that love, loyalty, and presence are not collateral damage.
The dog saw.
The world saw.
I fell in love with both—
with Renee, whose life mattered,
and with the dog who bore witness when others turned away.
This painting is an act of protest.
It refuses erasure.
It insists that love, loyalty, and presence are not collateral damage.
The dog saw.
The world saw.
January 22, 2026 at 12:29 AM
to remember.
I fell in love with both—
with Renee, whose life mattered,
and with the dog who bore witness when others turned away.
This painting is an act of protest.
It refuses erasure.
It insists that love, loyalty, and presence are not collateral damage.
The dog saw.
The world saw.
I fell in love with both—
with Renee, whose life mattered,
and with the dog who bore witness when others turned away.
This painting is an act of protest.
It refuses erasure.
It insists that love, loyalty, and presence are not collateral damage.
The dog saw.
The world saw.
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“The Witness”- Renee Good’s Dog
Renee Good was murdered in front of her dog, her wife—
and in front of the world.
As a veterinarian, I could not stop thinking about the dog:
what it means to watch the one you love be taken by state violence,
to survive,
to remember.
I fell in love with both—
Renee Good was murdered in front of her dog, her wife—
and in front of the world.
As a veterinarian, I could not stop thinking about the dog:
what it means to watch the one you love be taken by state violence,
to survive,
to remember.
I fell in love with both—
January 22, 2026 at 12:26 AM
“The Witness”- Renee Good’s Dog
Renee Good was murdered in front of her dog, her wife—
and in front of the world.
As a veterinarian, I could not stop thinking about the dog:
what it means to watch the one you love be taken by state violence,
to survive,
to remember.
I fell in love with both—
Renee Good was murdered in front of her dog, her wife—
and in front of the world.
As a veterinarian, I could not stop thinking about the dog:
what it means to watch the one you love be taken by state violence,
to survive,
to remember.
I fell in love with both—
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Good morning
Yes photoshop
But
POWERFUL
All these years & America still hasn't learned
But they call themselves
"CHRISTIAN "
"Love thy Neighbor "
Hypocrisy
Bitter Pill to Swallow
Once again as I always say
"What have we become?"
So please, call your Senators 202 224-3121 Stop funding ICE
Yes photoshop
But
POWERFUL
All these years & America still hasn't learned
But they call themselves
"CHRISTIAN "
"Love thy Neighbor "
Hypocrisy
Bitter Pill to Swallow
Once again as I always say
"What have we become?"
So please, call your Senators 202 224-3121 Stop funding ICE
January 24, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Good morning
Yes photoshop
But
POWERFUL
All these years & America still hasn't learned
But they call themselves
"CHRISTIAN "
"Love thy Neighbor "
Hypocrisy
Bitter Pill to Swallow
Once again as I always say
"What have we become?"
So please, call your Senators 202 224-3121 Stop funding ICE
Yes photoshop
But
POWERFUL
All these years & America still hasn't learned
But they call themselves
"CHRISTIAN "
"Love thy Neighbor "
Hypocrisy
Bitter Pill to Swallow
Once again as I always say
"What have we become?"
So please, call your Senators 202 224-3121 Stop funding ICE
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JUST 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽‼️ It definitely pisses me off! Blessings💙🙏🏽💙
It should piss everyone in the U.S. off that a first-year public school teacher averages $45k a year, while a first-year ICE agent averages about $80k and gets a $50k sign-on bonus. We are bankrolling terrorists & bankrupting teachers. This is a systemic values problem, not a budget one.
January 24, 2026 at 4:43 AM
JUST 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽‼️ It definitely pisses me off! Blessings💙🙏🏽💙
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On the off-chance you still believe that both sides are the same.
January 24, 2026 at 12:45 AM
On the off-chance you still believe that both sides are the same.
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in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
January 24, 2026 at 12:38 AM
in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
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Get them out
no more free ride
Support JACK SMITH
and keep him safe
he's got the evidence....
no more free ride
Support JACK SMITH
and keep him safe
he's got the evidence....
January 23, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Get them out
no more free ride
Support JACK SMITH
and keep him safe
he's got the evidence....
no more free ride
Support JACK SMITH
and keep him safe
he's got the evidence....
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Cannot see the end of it.
January 23, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Cannot see the end of it.
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We have to talk about the trauma that ICE is inflicting upon minors by kidnapping their parents in front of them.
January 22, 2026 at 8:38 PM
We have to talk about the trauma that ICE is inflicting upon minors by kidnapping their parents in front of them.
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WHO removing Us Flag
January 23, 2026 at 9:45 PM
WHO removing Us Flag
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“There was ample opportunity to be able to safely hand that 5 year old child off to adults."
January 23, 2026 at 5:36 PM
“There was ample opportunity to be able to safely hand that 5 year old child off to adults."
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Here is a literal preschooler wearing a Spider-Man backpack, just like all of our kids, as the hand of a much larger masked ICE agent holds onto his backpack, as if he were a flight risk.
They want to tell you a kid with a Spider-Man backpack is evil
Liam Ramos' innocence, like the innocence of all kids, is unimpeachable. The visuals of his arrest are excruciating.
www.motherjones.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Here is a literal preschooler wearing a Spider-Man backpack, just like all of our kids, as the hand of a much larger masked ICE agent holds onto his backpack, as if he were a flight risk.
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Brian Allen
🚨 HOLY SMOKES: ICE agents in Maine just photographed a civilian’s face and name and said they’re putting it in a database.
When the woman asked why, the agent’s response was basically: “Now you’re considered a domestic terrorist.”
This is intimidation. Not law enforcement.
🚨 HOLY SMOKES: ICE agents in Maine just photographed a civilian’s face and name and said they’re putting it in a database.
When the woman asked why, the agent’s response was basically: “Now you’re considered a domestic terrorist.”
This is intimidation. Not law enforcement.
January 23, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Brian Allen
🚨 HOLY SMOKES: ICE agents in Maine just photographed a civilian’s face and name and said they’re putting it in a database.
When the woman asked why, the agent’s response was basically: “Now you’re considered a domestic terrorist.”
This is intimidation. Not law enforcement.
🚨 HOLY SMOKES: ICE agents in Maine just photographed a civilian’s face and name and said they’re putting it in a database.
When the woman asked why, the agent’s response was basically: “Now you’re considered a domestic terrorist.”
This is intimidation. Not law enforcement.
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Saying “I don’t do politics” is a privilege.
Democracy rarely falls all at once. It erodes slowly, quietly, through apathy & disengagement. Everytime someone says “I don’t do politics,” they help normalize silence and silence is fertile ground for authoritarianism.
#DefendersofDemocracy
#SheShed
Democracy rarely falls all at once. It erodes slowly, quietly, through apathy & disengagement. Everytime someone says “I don’t do politics,” they help normalize silence and silence is fertile ground for authoritarianism.
#DefendersofDemocracy
#SheShed
January 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Saying “I don’t do politics” is a privilege.
Democracy rarely falls all at once. It erodes slowly, quietly, through apathy & disengagement. Everytime someone says “I don’t do politics,” they help normalize silence and silence is fertile ground for authoritarianism.
#DefendersofDemocracy
#SheShed
Democracy rarely falls all at once. It erodes slowly, quietly, through apathy & disengagement. Everytime someone says “I don’t do politics,” they help normalize silence and silence is fertile ground for authoritarianism.
#DefendersofDemocracy
#SheShed
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They're taking money that's supposed be used for your healthcare. They're using it to fund detention centers run by corporations that contribute to Republicans to detain your neighbors. These are the same corporations who are donors to the same politicians who gave them the money.
January 23, 2026 at 8:41 PM
They're taking money that's supposed be used for your healthcare. They're using it to fund detention centers run by corporations that contribute to Republicans to detain your neighbors. These are the same corporations who are donors to the same politicians who gave them the money.
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Incredible words
January 17, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Incredible words
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Yesterday I went back to Broadview for the first time since being federally indicted to stand in solidarity with the hundreds of people who braved the cold to speak with one voice:
Abolish ICE.
Abolish ICE.
January 18, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Yesterday I went back to Broadview for the first time since being federally indicted to stand in solidarity with the hundreds of people who braved the cold to speak with one voice:
Abolish ICE.
Abolish ICE.
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When you nurture, encourage, reward the "better angels" of human nature like compassion, empathy, humanity, and community, you end up with a great nation that all can enjoy. When you nurture, encourage, reward bigotry, greed, selfishness, lies, and corruption, you destroy a great nation
November 16, 2024 at 5:47 PM
When you nurture, encourage, reward the "better angels" of human nature like compassion, empathy, humanity, and community, you end up with a great nation that all can enjoy. When you nurture, encourage, reward bigotry, greed, selfishness, lies, and corruption, you destroy a great nation
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We don't need a dictator. And we certainly don't need you, Donald.
January 22, 2026 at 8:30 PM
We don't need a dictator. And we certainly don't need you, Donald.
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If we survive this without him starting ww3, I might eat my words, but I am really pissed off at some of the world leaders pandering to him. Especially European and NATO leaders. Have we learned nothing from history? He is a narcissistic psychopath. He is sadistic, destructive, and insatiable.
January 23, 2026 at 9:33 PM
If we survive this without him starting ww3, I might eat my words, but I am really pissed off at some of the world leaders pandering to him. Especially European and NATO leaders. Have we learned nothing from history? He is a narcissistic psychopath. He is sadistic, destructive, and insatiable.