Melissa Eleftherion Carr
@apoetlibrarian.bsky.social
Poetry. Libraries. Adventures. Transformations.
Author of Suture, Malocchia, field guide to autobiography, gutter rainbows, 12 chapbooks, & more.
Busy mom. Poems all over.
Cat butler. Dog wrangler.
https://apoetlibrarian.wordpress.com/
she/they
Author of Suture, Malocchia, field guide to autobiography, gutter rainbows, 12 chapbooks, & more.
Busy mom. Poems all over.
Cat butler. Dog wrangler.
https://apoetlibrarian.wordpress.com/
she/they
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some above/ground press author activity: Renée Sarojini Saklikar, Melissa Eleftherion, Orchid Tierney, Juliet Cook, Isabel Sobral Campos, Benjamin Niespodziany + Stan Rogal, / @orchidtierney.bsky.social ;
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September 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
some above/ground press author activity: Renée Sarojini Saklikar, Melissa Eleftherion, Orchid Tierney, Juliet Cook, Isabel Sobral Campos, Benjamin Niespodziany + Stan Rogal, / @orchidtierney.bsky.social ;
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Prop 50 for dummies: It’s the X to block the 2 OOs your opponent threw down in Tic-Tac-Toe
October 28, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Prop 50 for dummies: It’s the X to block the 2 OOs your opponent threw down in Tic-Tac-Toe
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5 minutes. That's all it takes to start fighting book bans.
It's #LetFreedomReadDay. We're asking you to do at least one thing today to fight censorship. Then keep doing it!
bit.ly/LetFreedomReadDay
We're stronger TOGETHER.
#CensorshipIsSo1984 #BannedBooksWeek
It's #LetFreedomReadDay. We're asking you to do at least one thing today to fight censorship. Then keep doing it!
bit.ly/LetFreedomReadDay
We're stronger TOGETHER.
#CensorshipIsSo1984 #BannedBooksWeek
October 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
5 minutes. That's all it takes to start fighting book bans.
It's #LetFreedomReadDay. We're asking you to do at least one thing today to fight censorship. Then keep doing it!
bit.ly/LetFreedomReadDay
We're stronger TOGETHER.
#CensorshipIsSo1984 #BannedBooksWeek
It's #LetFreedomReadDay. We're asking you to do at least one thing today to fight censorship. Then keep doing it!
bit.ly/LetFreedomReadDay
We're stronger TOGETHER.
#CensorshipIsSo1984 #BannedBooksWeek
That part of Mouth for War where he talks about “hairspray to hold raw energy”
September 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
That part of Mouth for War where he talks about “hairspray to hold raw energy”
A library patron grabbed me by the tiny hole in my cardigan - “You have a hole!” #librarianlife
September 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
A library patron grabbed me by the tiny hole in my cardigan - “You have a hole!” #librarianlife
It’s 10pm. Do you know where the Epstein files are?
September 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM
It’s 10pm. Do you know where the Epstein files are?
My heart, my hermit crab essay. So much late 80s metal in my queer desire
September 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM
My heart, my hermit crab essay. So much late 80s metal in my queer desire
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Re: Covid vax ban, they have backed down before in the face of pushback on medical issues. This requires outcry from the public and electeds. Use @5calls.org and @resist.bot to contact your reps. Here is a script. I'm focusing on "most vulnerable" as those move the narrative the easiest.
August 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Re: Covid vax ban, they have backed down before in the face of pushback on medical issues. This requires outcry from the public and electeds. Use @5calls.org and @resist.bot to contact your reps. Here is a script. I'm focusing on "most vulnerable" as those move the narrative the easiest.
Got another flat tire & am reminded of how much easier my life was when I rode a bike to work everyday!
August 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Got another flat tire & am reminded of how much easier my life was when I rode a bike to work everyday!
Mini midlife crisis number 6 is buying yourself stickers and an LL Cool J cd for your birthday
August 19, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Mini midlife crisis number 6 is buying yourself stickers and an LL Cool J cd for your birthday
martial law is trending, y’all
August 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
martial law is trending, y’all
Writing linear sentences is such a struggle for me. All these characters moving through rooms. How do novelists do this?
August 2, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Writing linear sentences is such a struggle for me. All these characters moving through rooms. How do novelists do this?
I love Kamala Harris & would vote for her again
August 2, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I love Kamala Harris & would vote for her again
The best library staff meetings include Storytime 📚📚
July 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The best library staff meetings include Storytime 📚📚
“In the fields, the bodies burning
As the war machine keeps turning
Death and hatred to mankind
Poisoning their brainwashed minds”
I wish this weren’t still so fucking relevant. Rip Ozzy
As the war machine keeps turning
Death and hatred to mankind
Poisoning their brainwashed minds”
I wish this weren’t still so fucking relevant. Rip Ozzy
July 23, 2025 at 5:05 AM
“In the fields, the bodies burning
As the war machine keeps turning
Death and hatred to mankind
Poisoning their brainwashed minds”
I wish this weren’t still so fucking relevant. Rip Ozzy
As the war machine keeps turning
Death and hatred to mankind
Poisoning their brainwashed minds”
I wish this weren’t still so fucking relevant. Rip Ozzy
My teenage son called me at work instead of texting so I worried something was wrong. He just wanted to talk about Ozzy dying 😭 Rip 💖 Bark at the Moon got me through middle school
July 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
My teenage son called me at work instead of texting so I worried something was wrong. He just wanted to talk about Ozzy dying 😭 Rip 💖 Bark at the Moon got me through middle school
Even some of Trump's biggest media supporters are turning on him over the Epstein cover-up. app.sosha.ai/s/iRD7fmJG
MAGA media rips Trump over Epstein cover-up
app.sosha.ai
July 22, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Even some of Trump's biggest media supporters are turning on him over the Epstein cover-up. app.sosha.ai/s/iRD7fmJG
“We don’t believe you
Cause we the people”
Cause we the people”
July 5, 2025 at 12:28 AM
“We don’t believe you
Cause we the people”
Cause we the people”
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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
If you ever wanna talk shit about someone without them knowing, put it in a poem.
July 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
If you ever wanna talk shit about someone without them knowing, put it in a poem.
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It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
June 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
A library patron came in to my work yesterday to tell me she read my first book (field guide to autobiography) and it was like “sitting in a tide pool high on mushrooms” 🍄
June 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
A library patron came in to my work yesterday to tell me she read my first book (field guide to autobiography) and it was like “sitting in a tide pool high on mushrooms” 🍄
Do you too prioritize your dog’s comfort?
June 20, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Do you too prioritize your dog’s comfort?
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some above/ground press author activity: Orchid Tierney, Ryan Skrabalak, Julie Carr, Elizabeth Robinson, Michael Martin Shea + Melissa Eleftherion, / @apoetlibrarian.bsky.social @orchidtierney.bsky.social ;
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some author activity: Tierney, Skrabalak, Carr, Robinson, Shea + Eleftherion,
Orchid Tierney is the third in the above/ground press author spotlights via the above/ground press substack ; Ryan Skrabalak is interviewed ...
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June 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
some above/ground press author activity: Orchid Tierney, Ryan Skrabalak, Julie Carr, Elizabeth Robinson, Michael Martin Shea + Melissa Eleftherion, / @apoetlibrarian.bsky.social @orchidtierney.bsky.social ;
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