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Alison Birch
@irishali13.bsky.social
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Mom. Doctoral Candidate-ABD.
Faculty Lecturer of Linguistics & Literacy.
Poet Published: Canada-PaddlerPress.
Texas Poetry. Poetry World. Dem. Ally.
Coffee - kitchen dancing, walks, music, comedy, well-written shows are my things. Sometimes, I'm funny.
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Alison Birch @irishali13.bsky.social · Feb 15
Let's be very clear: Strong men - men who are truly role models - don't need to put down women to make themselves feel powerful. People who are truly strong lift others up. People who are truly powerful bring others together.

~ Michelle Obama
irishali13.bsky.social
Good night, friends. ⭐️
A small, grey, black, and white cat is gazing at the snow.
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 AM
irishali13.bsky.social
Waking up in 2025

—The M.O. has been whenever the truth is getting close —

—Expect major distractions, a plethora of lies, and a clown car full of confusion.

—Keep your game face and your wits about you.

— 👀
November 14, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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In case you need to hear these words...
Sudden Hymn in Winter What if, after years of trial, a love should come and lay a hand upon you and say, this late, your life is not a crime —Joseph Fasano
November 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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I might not know any of you in person, but you've helped me get through some really heavy days. I appreciate you more than you know. 💙🫂🙏
November 14, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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The universe does have a way of conspiring to bring the people we need into our lives, whether it's for a brief moment ... or a lifetime.
The universe does have a way of conspiring to bring the people we need into our lives, whether it's for a brief moment ... or a lifetime. Best friends — looking through a lens.
November 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
irishali13.bsky.social
Well, I did it —
Yesterday's news cycle made me spiral.
I put my Christmas tree up.
Then, I held back and went for the
Netflix murder drama
Beast In Me - instead of holiday cheer.

Win some, lose some.
November 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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It was the best of times...............
The moment when 30 million Americans received healthcare (2010) #cdnpoli
November 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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irishali13.bsky.social
the most beautiful
part of you
is the part
the mirror
fears

~ Joseph Fasano
November 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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War (1943)
by Marc Chagall
November 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Obsessing over a Linda Gregg poem again

“I don't expect the light / to save me, but I do believe / in the ritual.”
#poetry
The Light Continues Every evening, an hour before / the sun goes down, I walk toward / its light, wanting to be altered. / Always in quiet, the air still. / Walking up the straight empty road / and then back. When the sun / is gone, the light continues /high up in the sky for a while. / When I return, the moon is there. / Like a changing of the guard. / I don't expect the light / to save me, but I do believe / in the ritual. I believe / I am being born a second time / in this very plain way.
November 12, 2025 at 1:04 AM
irishali13.bsky.social
the most beautiful
part of you
is the part
the mirror
fears

~ Joseph Fasano
November 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Glassa half Full (2024)
by Anne-Marie Ellis
November 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
irishali13.bsky.social
—I think I've seen this film before
And I didn't like the ending
… I think I've seen this film before And I didn't like the ending So I'm leaving out the front door... ~ Taylor Swift A woman walking out the front door.
November 14, 2025 at 1:38 PM
irishali13.bsky.social
don't get too close; I'll turn you into poetry. Maybe
November 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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November 13, 2025 at 8:45 PM
irishali13.bsky.social
For your Friday ~ this beautiful poem.
What's Unsaid
~ Dr. Maya C. Popa
—Only once did a boar burst out of the woods like a question just as soon retracted. Then we were alone again with everything we didn't say
How often driving down those roads we hoped we wouldn't hit something, the goats we'd passed that morning herded by that hour so the jackals wouldn't make quick work of them, red yolk rupturing over peaks as we raced the light down the mountain. Only once did a boar burst out of the woods like a question just as soon retracted. Then we were alone again with everything we didn't say, the wind farms winding their great arms through nothing, turning from a place too far to hear. Dr. Maya C. Popa
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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November 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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—Poets On A Friday
— Poets On A Friday A woman with a scrunchy smiley face and horns made with fingers. ⭐️ TGIF
November 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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If you had told me a decade ago that we would elect a pedophile to the Oval Office (twice) before we elected a woman, I would’ve called you crazy.

Boy do I feel sheepish right now.
November 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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City walk (2023)
by Anton Yatsyk
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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When you realize everyone is healing from something, it's a lot easier to just be kind to people.

~ Lewis Howes
November 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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My sister made this & got goofy.
November 14, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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Everything so stupid but I have faith it can get stupider
November 14, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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November 14, 2025 at 7:38 AM
irishali13.bsky.social
Good night, friends. ⭐️

“Somewhere out there, there's a yellow umbrella for everyone,” ~ Ted Mosby
Lady with a yellow umbrella. “Somewhere out there, there's a yellow umbrella for everyone,” Ted Mosby
November 14, 2025 at 3:04 AM