~ Alison Peace
@irishali13.bsky.social
Mom. Doctoral Candidate-ABD.
Faculty Lecturer of Linguistics & Literacy.
Poet Published: Canada-PaddlerPress.
Texas Poetry. Poetry World. Dem. Ally.
Sometimes, I'm funny.
Faculty Lecturer of Linguistics & Literacy.
Poet Published: Canada-PaddlerPress.
Texas Poetry. Poetry World. Dem. Ally.
Sometimes, I'm funny.
Pinned
~ Alison Peace
@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
~ Michelle Obama
—love is when you have someone
who makes you feel safe
~ Alison P. Birch
who makes you feel safe
~ Alison P. Birch
February 19, 2026 at 1:10 AM
—love is when you have someone
who makes you feel safe
~ Alison P. Birch
who makes you feel safe
~ Alison P. Birch
Reposted by ~ Alison Peace
I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
February 17, 2026 at 11:41 AM
I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
Reposted by ~ Alison Peace
— Barack Obama
44th U.S. President
44th U.S. President
February 7, 2026 at 12:42 AM
— Barack Obama
44th U.S. President
44th U.S. President
Reposted by ~ Alison Peace
The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe, and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.
~ James Baldwin
~ James Baldwin
February 16, 2026 at 12:25 PM
The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe, and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.
~ James Baldwin
~ James Baldwin
He is more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.
~ Emily Brontë
Wuthering Heights
~ Emily Brontë
Wuthering Heights
February 18, 2026 at 1:36 PM
He is more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.
~ Emily Brontë
Wuthering Heights
~ Emily Brontë
Wuthering Heights
Don't you dare settle for fine.
~ Roy Kent
Ted Lasso
~ Roy Kent
Ted Lasso
February 18, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Don't you dare settle for fine.
~ Roy Kent
Ted Lasso
~ Roy Kent
Ted Lasso
That's Someone's Son
Recently, I heard a woman in public say
but that's someone's son—
—filled with sadness, tired of hearing bad behavior defended
I said
I'm someone's daughter
I didn't deserve any of the horrible things brought on me by someone's son!
Signed -Someone's Daughter - apb
Recently, I heard a woman in public say
but that's someone's son—
—filled with sadness, tired of hearing bad behavior defended
I said
I'm someone's daughter
I didn't deserve any of the horrible things brought on me by someone's son!
Signed -Someone's Daughter - apb
February 18, 2026 at 1:17 PM
That's Someone's Son
Recently, I heard a woman in public say
but that's someone's son—
—filled with sadness, tired of hearing bad behavior defended
I said
I'm someone's daughter
I didn't deserve any of the horrible things brought on me by someone's son!
Signed -Someone's Daughter - apb
Recently, I heard a woman in public say
but that's someone's son—
—filled with sadness, tired of hearing bad behavior defended
I said
I'm someone's daughter
I didn't deserve any of the horrible things brought on me by someone's son!
Signed -Someone's Daughter - apb
Reposted by ~ Alison Peace
Girls reading, 1939 by US photographer Dorothea Lange #WomensArt
February 16, 2026 at 5:48 AM
Girls reading, 1939 by US photographer Dorothea Lange #WomensArt
~ Jane Hirshfield
As silence is not silence
—but a limit of hearing.
As silence is not silence
—but a limit of hearing.
February 18, 2026 at 12:48 PM
~ Jane Hirshfield
As silence is not silence
—but a limit of hearing.
As silence is not silence
—but a limit of hearing.
Poem for Women Wednesday
HALF SHELLS
by ~ Kelli Russell Agodon
—On the ferry I overhear a man tell his cellphone that he wants to stay married, that they can make this right/he fucked up, can do better./The man holds his phone like a friend he's trying not to lose/…I wish he'd just…
HALF SHELLS
by ~ Kelli Russell Agodon
—On the ferry I overhear a man tell his cellphone that he wants to stay married, that they can make this right/he fucked up, can do better./The man holds his phone like a friend he's trying not to lose/…I wish he'd just…
February 18, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Poem for Women Wednesday
HALF SHELLS
by ~ Kelli Russell Agodon
—On the ferry I overhear a man tell his cellphone that he wants to stay married, that they can make this right/he fucked up, can do better./The man holds his phone like a friend he's trying not to lose/…I wish he'd just…
HALF SHELLS
by ~ Kelli Russell Agodon
—On the ferry I overhear a man tell his cellphone that he wants to stay married, that they can make this right/he fucked up, can do better./The man holds his phone like a friend he's trying not to lose/…I wish he'd just…
Reposted by ~ Alison Peace
A Quiet Light
by Daniel Gerhartz
by Daniel Gerhartz
February 17, 2026 at 5:32 PM
A Quiet Light
by Daniel Gerhartz
by Daniel Gerhartz
you deserve to be chosen
not merely considered
not merely considered
February 18, 2026 at 12:20 PM
you deserve to be chosen
not merely considered
not merely considered
Reposted by ~ Alison Peace
Bergen, Norway (2025)
by Sergiu Ciochină
by Sergiu Ciochină
February 18, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Bergen, Norway (2025)
by Sergiu Ciochină
by Sergiu Ciochină
Reposted by ~ Alison Peace
Reposted by ~ Alison Peace
someone you can be with for hours and still want more
February 17, 2026 at 6:22 PM
someone you can be with for hours and still want more
Reposted by ~ Alison Peace
Reposted by ~ Alison Peace
Good night, friends. ⭐️
February 18, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Good night, friends. ⭐️
Your friendship has been the most important of my life ~Edward Ferrars
You will always have it
~ Elinor Dashwood
Sense & Sensibility ~ Jane Austen
You will always have it
~ Elinor Dashwood
Sense & Sensibility ~ Jane Austen
February 17, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Your friendship has been the most important of my life ~Edward Ferrars
You will always have it
~ Elinor Dashwood
Sense & Sensibility ~ Jane Austen
You will always have it
~ Elinor Dashwood
Sense & Sensibility ~ Jane Austen
—Don't worry if someone doesn't like you. The fact is, most people are struggling to like themselves.
~ apb
~ apb
February 17, 2026 at 1:19 PM
—Don't worry if someone doesn't like you. The fact is, most people are struggling to like themselves.
~ apb
~ apb
Reposted by ~ Alison Peace
Morning Star Woman
Betty Albert ~ Cree
n.d.
Betty Albert ~ Cree
n.d.
February 16, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Morning Star Woman
Betty Albert ~ Cree
n.d.
Betty Albert ~ Cree
n.d.
Maya Angelou once said,
“The most valuable thing you will leave behind in this world is how you made people feel."
—How you make others feel is the emotional imprint left on everyone you meet.
“The most valuable thing you will leave behind in this world is how you made people feel."
—How you make others feel is the emotional imprint left on everyone you meet.
February 17, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Maya Angelou once said,
“The most valuable thing you will leave behind in this world is how you made people feel."
—How you make others feel is the emotional imprint left on everyone you meet.
“The most valuable thing you will leave behind in this world is how you made people feel."
—How you make others feel is the emotional imprint left on everyone you meet.
—Ana Maria Edulescu
everything in blue
everything in blue
February 17, 2026 at 1:00 PM
—Ana Maria Edulescu
everything in blue
everything in blue
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
That is all.
~ Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray
That is all.
~ Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray
February 17, 2026 at 12:51 PM
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
That is all.
~ Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray
That is all.
~ Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray