Diane Silver
@dianesilver.bsky.social
I'm a poet and essayist who's looking for the blossoms in this mud pit we find ourselves in. You can also find me at Poetry & Life at Dianesilver.substack.com
In the midst of all the chaos, a moment of Zen. dianesilver.substack.com/p/friday-zen...
Friday Zen - 3 October 2025
I’ve come to love my adopted home of Lawrence, Kansas, but oh my, I will never forget the home of my heart—the Great Lakes.
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October 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
In the midst of all the chaos, a moment of Zen. dianesilver.substack.com/p/friday-zen...
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When a great poet dies, and you can't breathe.
The Glory of Andrea Gibson
When a Great Poet Dies
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July 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
When a great poet dies, and you can't breathe.
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May 27, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Art has a special role to play in this moment. It can tell a story far more effectively than someone like me. Artists, please do your thing!
May 23, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Art has a special role to play in this moment. It can tell a story far more effectively than someone like me. Artists, please do your thing!
Time to have fun today. Here's my review of Pat Murphy's new novel
The Lesson of Sherlock Holmes & Peter Pan
Learning the Art of Perception
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May 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Time to have fun today. Here's my review of Pat Murphy's new novel
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“Employees are requested to please notify” the EPA or the Office of Personnel Management “of any other agency office, sub-unit, personnel position description, contract, or program focusing exclusively on DEI.”
Nobody used the tip line.
Nobody used the tip line.
NEW: When Trump took office, the administration set up a tip line for employees to identify and assist in slashing programs focused on diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.
Not one of the EPA’s more than 15,000 employees used it.
Not one of the EPA’s more than 15,000 employees used it.
Trump Asked EPA Employees to Snitch on Colleagues Working on DEI Initiatives. They Declined.
EPA staff didn’t use a tip line set up by the Trump administration to identify and assist in slashing programs focused on diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.
www.propublica.org
May 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
“Employees are requested to please notify” the EPA or the Office of Personnel Management “of any other agency office, sub-unit, personnel position description, contract, or program focusing exclusively on DEI.”
Nobody used the tip line.
Nobody used the tip line.
Every Friday I try to remind myself of all the beauty in our world. Here’s today’s Friday Zen.
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Friday Zen - 16 May 2025
This is one of my favorite photos and favorite moments.
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May 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Every Friday I try to remind myself of all the beauty in our world. Here’s today’s Friday Zen.
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Honestly, I know of no such blatant case of political imprisonment & infringement of political speech in the USA in modern times. Maybe there are going back decades, but this was deeply shameful, from the moment masked men unjustly kidnapped her, stuffed her into a van, & locked her up.
Finally. My fellow Fulbright Scholar Rumeysa Ozturk has been freed.
My country jailed her for over a month as—let’s be perfectly frank—a political prisoner. Why? Because she wrote a mild oped that criticised Israel in her student newspaper.
I've thought of her every day.
My country jailed her for over a month as—let’s be perfectly frank—a political prisoner. Why? Because she wrote a mild oped that criticised Israel in her student newspaper.
I've thought of her every day.
May 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Honestly, I know of no such blatant case of political imprisonment & infringement of political speech in the USA in modern times. Maybe there are going back decades, but this was deeply shameful, from the moment masked men unjustly kidnapped her, stuffed her into a van, & locked her up.
Can poetry bring justice?
"Some Twist of Blood and Heat Still Spark"
In Celebration of Denise Low and National Poetry Month
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April 29, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Can poetry bring justice?
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BREAKING: Police just surrounded Rev. William Barber, prominent activist and pastor, as he and others prayed in the U.S. Capitol Rontunda.
Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.
I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.
Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.
I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.
April 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
BREAKING: Police just surrounded Rev. William Barber, prominent activist and pastor, as he and others prayed in the U.S. Capitol Rontunda.
Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.
I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.
Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.
I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.
I first met Donika Kelly when we were both students in a class on sonnets, and then I met her poetry. Wow
This is a Prayer Like a Sea Star is a Prayer
In Celebration of Donika Kelly and National Poetry Month
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April 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I first met Donika Kelly when we were both students in a class on sonnets, and then I met her poetry. Wow
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Excellent question.
Which Congressional Democrat is going to fly to El Salvador to demand the release of the people the Trump regime abducted and forced into concentration camps?
April 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Excellent question.
May all senators with a conscience follow Cory Booker's example and hold the floor of the U.S. Senate by speaking the truth
April 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
May all senators with a conscience follow Cory Booker's example and hold the floor of the U.S. Senate by speaking the truth
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Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
April 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
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Just discovered my short story "God Only Knows," which appeared in the November 2024 issue of @chmmagazine.bsky.social, is now available for you to read free online. Enjoy! cosmichorrormonthly.com/fiction/god-...
God Only Knows - Cosmic Horror Monthly
by Scott Edelman From CHM #53 November 2024 If Benjamin had been doing this by the letter, he supposed he […]
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February 21, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Just discovered my short story "God Only Knows," which appeared in the November 2024 issue of @chmmagazine.bsky.social, is now available for you to read free online. Enjoy! cosmichorrormonthly.com/fiction/god-...
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i just cannot get over how much the administration’s response to the crash shows a profound disrespect for the lives of the people they are supposed to serve
January 31, 2025 at 3:15 AM
i just cannot get over how much the administration’s response to the crash shows a profound disrespect for the lives of the people they are supposed to serve
Today I’m contemplating water
Friday Zen - 24 January 2025
When I was a kid, I loved swimming underwater—no mask, no flippers, no air except for my held breath.
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January 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Today I’m contemplating water
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January 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Instead of fretting or doomscrolling, spend Monday (9 am Pacific, noon eastern) with @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social and friends @lizogbu.bsky.social @akayawind.bsky.social @charliejane.bsky.social Anand Giridharadas and @billmckibben.bsky.social