Compendium: The Kitchen Sink
@bvancekitchensink.bsky.social
A library of assorted writings... poems, stories, plays, opinion, photography
On Organized & Unorganized Conspiracy open.substack.com/pub/bobvance... #essay #writersandpoets #conspiracies #nineeleven @followers
On Organized & Unorganized Conspiracy
an exploration out of my own experience
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February 12, 2026 at 3:17 PM
On Organized & Unorganized Conspiracy open.substack.com/pub/bobvance... #essay #writersandpoets #conspiracies #nineeleven @followers
Somewhere Outside Salinas
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Somewhere Outside Salinas
a poem from the train
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February 8, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Somewhere Outside Salinas
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Bring Me the Jawbone of Caligula! open.substack.com/pub/bobvance... #writersandpoets #writers #satire #wierd
Bring Me the Jawbone of Caligula!
and 1st paragraphs from 11 more attempted novels
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February 5, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Bring Me the Jawbone of Caligula! open.substack.com/pub/bobvance... #writersandpoets #writers #satire #wierd
Wall Street Dreams & Beyond the Personal open.substack.com/pub/bobvance... #poetry #poets #poems #poetsandwriters #poetryreading #nineeleven
Wall Street Dreams & Beyond the Personal
a reading of four poems
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February 1, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Wall Street Dreams & Beyond the Personal open.substack.com/pub/bobvance... #poetry #poets #poems #poetsandwriters #poetryreading #nineeleven
Notes, Scribbles, Bitches, and Ideas open.substack.com/pub/bobvance... #shortessay #essay #politics #writersandpoets #notes #rants #poets
Notes, Scribbles, Bitches, and Ideas
10 shorts, snow to smartphones
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January 29, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Notes, Scribbles, Bitches, and Ideas open.substack.com/pub/bobvance... #shortessay #essay #politics #writersandpoets #notes #rants #poets
Train Songs open.substack.com/pub/bobvance... #poetry #poetsandwriters #trains @highlight @followers #plains #writersandpoets
Train Songs
3 short poems from the train
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January 25, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Train Songs open.substack.com/pub/bobvance... #poetry #poetsandwriters #trains @highlight @followers #plains #writersandpoets
The Importance of Grade 5 and Beyond open.substack.com/pub/bobvance... #writersandpoets #memoir #vietnamwar #poetsandwriters #babyboomers #essay @followers
The Importance of Grade 5 and Beyond
a memoir of some kind of awakening
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January 22, 2026 at 3:22 PM
The Importance of Grade 5 and Beyond open.substack.com/pub/bobvance... #writersandpoets #memoir #vietnamwar #poetsandwriters #babyboomers #essay @followers
The Deer That Died This Winter open.substack.com/pub/bobvance... #poetry #poetsandwriters #writersandpoets #WinterPoetry #poem
The Deer That Died This Winter
and 2 more poems published in magazines
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January 18, 2026 at 3:18 PM
The Deer That Died This Winter open.substack.com/pub/bobvance... #poetry #poetsandwriters #writersandpoets #WinterPoetry #poem
Some Outtakes and Little Inklings open.substack.com/pub/bobvance...
Some Outtakes and Little Inklings
a collection of ruminations
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January 15, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Some Outtakes and Little Inklings open.substack.com/pub/bobvance...
Toward Canonizing a Saint for Murdered Poets open.substack.com/pub/bobvance...
#poetry #poetsandwriters #poetryreading #writersandpoets
#poetry #poetsandwriters #poetryreading #writersandpoets
Toward Canonizing a Saint for Murdered Poets
a poetry reading
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January 11, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Toward Canonizing a Saint for Murdered Poets open.substack.com/pub/bobvance...
#poetry #poetsandwriters #poetryreading #writersandpoets
#poetry #poetsandwriters #poetryreading #writersandpoets
About Fashion-sense and the Poet's Dilemma
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About Fashion-sense and the Poet's Dilemma
a story from the 1970s
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January 8, 2026 at 3:36 PM
About Fashion-sense and the Poet's Dilemma
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It will be hard we know
and the road will be muddy and rough
but we'll get there
heaven knows how we will get there
we'll know we're there
youtu.be/laQaQRGZ6Ys?...
and the road will be muddy and rough
but we'll get there
heaven knows how we will get there
we'll know we're there
youtu.be/laQaQRGZ6Ys?...
Woyaya
YouTube video by Art Garfunkel - Topic
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January 7, 2026 at 4:02 AM
It will be hard we know
and the road will be muddy and rough
but we'll get there
heaven knows how we will get there
we'll know we're there
youtu.be/laQaQRGZ6Ys?...
and the road will be muddy and rough
but we'll get there
heaven knows how we will get there
we'll know we're there
youtu.be/laQaQRGZ6Ys?...
The Three Great Stimulants
Joni Mitchell
I picked the morning paper off the floor
It was full of other people's little wars
Wouldn't they like their peace?
Don't we get bored?
And we call for the three great stimulants
Of the exhausted ones
Artifice, brutality and innocence
Artifice and innocence
Joni Mitchell
I picked the morning paper off the floor
It was full of other people's little wars
Wouldn't they like their peace?
Don't we get bored?
And we call for the three great stimulants
Of the exhausted ones
Artifice, brutality and innocence
Artifice and innocence
The Three Great Stimulants
YouTube video by Joni Mitchell - Topic
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January 5, 2026 at 8:56 PM
The Three Great Stimulants
Joni Mitchell
I picked the morning paper off the floor
It was full of other people's little wars
Wouldn't they like their peace?
Don't we get bored?
And we call for the three great stimulants
Of the exhausted ones
Artifice, brutality and innocence
Artifice and innocence
Joni Mitchell
I picked the morning paper off the floor
It was full of other people's little wars
Wouldn't they like their peace?
Don't we get bored?
And we call for the three great stimulants
Of the exhausted ones
Artifice, brutality and innocence
Artifice and innocence
O Big River open.substack.com/pub/bobvance...
#poetry #poetsandwriters #writersandpoets #mississippiriver #neworleans
#poetry #poetsandwriters #writersandpoets #mississippiriver #neworleans
O Big River
two chants: a video reading
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January 4, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Journey by Rail to an Idea of Home open.substack.com/pub/bobvance...
#traintravel #photoessay #writersandpoets #poetsandwriters #essay @followers #highlights
#traintravel #photoessay #writersandpoets #poetsandwriters #essay @followers #highlights
Journey by Rail to an Idea of Home
a photo essay
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January 1, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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#traintravel #photoessay #writersandpoets #poetsandwriters #essay @followers #highlights
#traintravel #photoessay #writersandpoets #poetsandwriters #essay @followers #highlights
Traveling Across Texas by Train open.substack.com/pub/bobvance... #poetry #poetsandwriters #writersandpoets #traintravel #familyhistory @followers @highlight
Traveling Across Texas by Train
a poem from the rails
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December 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Traveling Across Texas by Train open.substack.com/pub/bobvance... #poetry #poetsandwriters #writersandpoets #traintravel #familyhistory @followers @highlight
It's a Hard Life open.substack.com/pub/bobvance... #personalessay #essay #writersandpoets #poetsandwrters #humanity
It's a Hard Life
a personal swim through tears, rage, and kids
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December 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Lemkin Institute Rebukes Clinton for Blaming Youth Outrage Over Gaza Genocide on TikTok www.commondreams.org/news/hillary...
Lemkin Institute Rebukes Clinton for Blaming Youth Outrage Over Gaza Genocide on TikTok | Common Dreams
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide—something the secretary might consider."
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December 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Lemkin Institute Rebukes Clinton for Blaming Youth Outrage Over Gaza Genocide on TikTok www.commondreams.org/news/hillary...
The new McCarthyism on steroids www.facebook.com/share/r/1APu...
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December 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The new McCarthyism on steroids www.facebook.com/share/r/1APu...
The Widows, Insomnia, Notre Dame open.substack.com/pub/bobvance... #poetry #poetsandwriters #writersandpoets
The Widows, Insomnia, Notre Dame
3 poems published in magazines (and their stories)
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December 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Some Snow Stories open.substack.com/pub/bobvance... #shortstories #writersandpoets #snowstories #poetsandwriters @followers #highlight
Some Snow Stories
3 short short stories (w/ snow)
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December 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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More about aid distribution in Gaza. www.facebook.com/share/v/1Cpw...
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December 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
More about aid distribution in Gaza. www.facebook.com/share/v/1Cpw...