Kayla Burrell
@kayburr.bsky.social
•poet & translator
•a cappella enthusiast
•mostly writes about bugs & plants 🌱
•a cappella enthusiast
•mostly writes about bugs & plants 🌱
Who was 20th-century lesbian poet #ReneeVivien, aka #Sapho1900? Find out in my new co-authored article with Dr. Nathan Brown: "Clair-obscur: Shadows, Light, and Agency in the Lesbian Poetry of Renée Vivien", published in the MIFLC Review miflc.com/wp-content/u...
#poetry #sappho #french #translation
#poetry #sappho #french #translation
miflc.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Who was 20th-century lesbian poet #ReneeVivien, aka #Sapho1900? Find out in my new co-authored article with Dr. Nathan Brown: "Clair-obscur: Shadows, Light, and Agency in the Lesbian Poetry of Renée Vivien", published in the MIFLC Review miflc.com/wp-content/u...
#poetry #sappho #french #translation
#poetry #sappho #french #translation
Connections
Puzzle #885
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November 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Connections
Puzzle #885
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Puzzle #885
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IIIIII thought I started early but I should have started sooner 🎶
November 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
IIIIII thought I started early but I should have started sooner 🎶
Arc de… what, now!?!? Aca-scuse me? I thought I was seeing a piece by @theonion.com but nope, it’s real and made international news 😭😭😭
October 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Arc de… what, now!?!? Aca-scuse me? I thought I was seeing a piece by @theonion.com but nope, it’s real and made international news 😭😭😭
Happily back in my quiet city. Fewer motorcycles here (but not zero)
October 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Happily back in my quiet city. Fewer motorcycles here (but not zero)
Je déteste les motos. Nothing needs to be that loud 😖
October 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Je déteste les motos. Nothing needs to be that loud 😖
Passport control at Paris CDG airport asked me if I had double nationality. No, but I wish! Maybe one day… #itscrazyhowmuchsaferifeeloutsidetheusrightnow
September 17, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Passport control at Paris CDG airport asked me if I had double nationality. No, but I wish! Maybe one day… #itscrazyhowmuchsaferifeeloutsidetheusrightnow
Wordle 1 544 2/6
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September 11, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Reposted by Kayla Burrell
Being anti-AI in higher ed is starting to feel more and more like being Cassandra at the gates of Troy. But it’s fine. I’m sure there aren’t any soldiers inside that giant wooden horse. Totally great that we brought it inside the walls.
September 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Being anti-AI in higher ed is starting to feel more and more like being Cassandra at the gates of Troy. But it’s fine. I’m sure there aren’t any soldiers inside that giant wooden horse. Totally great that we brought it inside the walls.
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One of my a cappella arrangements is now published! www.sheetmusicdirect.com/en-US/se/ID_...
One of my a cappella arrangements is now published! www.sheetmusicdirect.com/en-US/se/ID_...
Case Of The Ex (Whatcha Gonna Do) (arr. Kayla Burrell) Sheet Music | Mya | SSAA Choir
Download and Print Case Of The Ex (Whatcha Gonna Do) (arr. Kayla Burrell) sheet music for SSAA Choir by Mya from Sheet Music Direct.
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September 10, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Hey hey hey hey hey
One of my a cappella arrangements is now published! www.sheetmusicdirect.com/en-US/se/ID_...
One of my a cappella arrangements is now published! www.sheetmusicdirect.com/en-US/se/ID_...
Back-to-school blues but the blues are because I graduated and don’t go there anymore 🥲 #postgrad #backtoschool #takemeback #iloveschool #college
August 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Back-to-school blues but the blues are because I graduated and don’t go there anymore 🥲 #postgrad #backtoschool #takemeback #iloveschool #college
I just watched Portrait of a Lady on Fire for the first time, and I have to share that never has a movie made me cry so violently. It’s my new favorite. I am not okay
August 26, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I just watched Portrait of a Lady on Fire for the first time, and I have to share that never has a movie made me cry so violently. It’s my new favorite. I am not okay
Here’s a new poem spun from an old one:
“Grief” is the thing with talons
(After Emily Dickinson)
#poem #poetry #emilydickinson #grief #writing
“Grief” is the thing with talons
(After Emily Dickinson)
#poem #poetry #emilydickinson #grief #writing
July 13, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Here’s a new poem spun from an old one:
“Grief” is the thing with talons
(After Emily Dickinson)
#poem #poetry #emilydickinson #grief #writing
“Grief” is the thing with talons
(After Emily Dickinson)
#poem #poetry #emilydickinson #grief #writing
The other day I explained solar panels to my dog. Just in case she was wondering
June 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The other day I explained solar panels to my dog. Just in case she was wondering
Low-stakes mini-rant: Tell me why I can braid my hair while walking but STILL cannot for the life of me figure out how to use a claw clip!?
June 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Low-stakes mini-rant: Tell me why I can braid my hair while walking but STILL cannot for the life of me figure out how to use a claw clip!?
If I had a nickel for every time I wrote a poem to a dead fly, I’d have 2 nickels…which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice 🪰
June 13, 2025 at 12:56 AM
If I had a nickel for every time I wrote a poem to a dead fly, I’d have 2 nickels…which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice 🪰
Surely one of these semesters, we won’t have a natural disaster… 😅
March 26, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Surely one of these semesters, we won’t have a natural disaster… 😅
Unpopular opinion:
I love a good comma splice in a text message
I love a good comma splice in a text message
February 1, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Unpopular opinion:
I love a good comma splice in a text message
I love a good comma splice in a text message
Question for writers:
Do you write first drafts in pencil, pen, or keyboard?
Do you write first drafts in pencil, pen, or keyboard?
January 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Question for writers:
Do you write first drafts in pencil, pen, or keyboard?
Do you write first drafts in pencil, pen, or keyboard?
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esp poetry in translation!!
December 29, 2024 at 3:30 PM
esp poetry in translation!!
Even dragons have seasonal decorations!
December 14, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Even dragons have seasonal decorations!
A cappella is so fun cause when else are you going to sing “Puff, the Magic Dragon” with 10 other people while one of you operates a 5-foot-long dragon puppet? #acappella
December 7, 2024 at 8:38 PM
A cappella is so fun cause when else are you going to sing “Puff, the Magic Dragon” with 10 other people while one of you operates a 5-foot-long dragon puppet? #acappella
So true LOL just last night I was like, “oh I’ll just write down this poem line I thought of real quick”…an hour later I was still at my notebook
Two stages of writing:
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
December 5, 2024 at 3:45 AM
So true LOL just last night I was like, “oh I’ll just write down this poem line I thought of real quick”…an hour later I was still at my notebook
For those interested, here’s the link to one of my poems that was recently published in The Echo (Furman University’s literary and visual arts magazine)! scholarexchange.furman.edu/echo/vol2024...
I’ve also included a screenshot 🐦⬛
I’ve also included a screenshot 🐦⬛
November 20, 2024 at 4:01 AM
For those interested, here’s the link to one of my poems that was recently published in The Echo (Furman University’s literary and visual arts magazine)! scholarexchange.furman.edu/echo/vol2024...
I’ve also included a screenshot 🐦⬛
I’ve also included a screenshot 🐦⬛