Kyla Houbolt
@luaz.bsky.social
I write poems and I garden. *Becoming Altar*, new and selected poems, available here: https://asterismbooks.com/product/becoming-altar-new-and-selected-poems
https://kylahoubolt.us/becoming-altar.html
https://kylahoubolt.us/becoming-altar.html
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#Poetry -- Such a pretty book! I know the main style now is a lot more with images and creative type treatments, but this just sings to me. (pic by Pearl Pirie, screengrabbed by me.) A few copies still available signed, or you can get one from asterismbooks.com if you want to gaze at this eye candy.
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Sadly, ICE learned what not to do in Minnesota… they have not left… but are spreading out in disguise tricking and nabbing people before we can respond. We need a new plan….
February 15, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Sadly, ICE learned what not to do in Minnesota… they have not left… but are spreading out in disguise tricking and nabbing people before we can respond. We need a new plan….
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"Have absent thoughts for a long time."
Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono
February 15, 2026 at 4:22 AM
"Have absent thoughts for a long time."
Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono
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Some plants get conservation efforts. Others get bulldozed. Kinda like people.
February 15, 2026 at 7:50 AM
Some plants get conservation efforts. Others get bulldozed. Kinda like people.
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✨LIGHT CHEMICAL SEA - Cover Reveal!✨
After years of writing tiny stories about small moments, I’m so excited to announce that my flash fiction chapbook LIGHT CHEMICAL SEA is forthcoming November 10, 2026 with @bullcitypress.com
Preorders are now available:
bullcitypress.com/product/ligh...
After years of writing tiny stories about small moments, I’m so excited to announce that my flash fiction chapbook LIGHT CHEMICAL SEA is forthcoming November 10, 2026 with @bullcitypress.com
Preorders are now available:
bullcitypress.com/product/ligh...
February 5, 2026 at 3:36 PM
✨LIGHT CHEMICAL SEA - Cover Reveal!✨
After years of writing tiny stories about small moments, I’m so excited to announce that my flash fiction chapbook LIGHT CHEMICAL SEA is forthcoming November 10, 2026 with @bullcitypress.com
Preorders are now available:
bullcitypress.com/product/ligh...
After years of writing tiny stories about small moments, I’m so excited to announce that my flash fiction chapbook LIGHT CHEMICAL SEA is forthcoming November 10, 2026 with @bullcitypress.com
Preorders are now available:
bullcitypress.com/product/ligh...
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www.birdrescue.org/all-black-he...
"Human intervention didn’t come in time. While the heron didn’t survive, its story offers a powerful learning opportunity about recognizing the subtle signs of contaminated wildlife." 2/2 #HeronHeroes
"Human intervention didn’t come in time. While the heron didn’t survive, its story offers a powerful learning opportunity about recognizing the subtle signs of contaminated wildlife." 2/2 #HeronHeroes
All-Black Heron Found in Louisiana Highlights How Oiling Can Go Unnoticed - International Bird Rescue
A large, all-black heron spotted in Slidell, LA, sparked major debate in the birding community on social media this past week, with many assuming the bird had a rare genetic condition called melanism....
www.birdrescue.org
February 15, 2026 at 5:36 AM
www.birdrescue.org/all-black-he...
"Human intervention didn’t come in time. While the heron didn’t survive, its story offers a powerful learning opportunity about recognizing the subtle signs of contaminated wildlife." 2/2 #HeronHeroes
"Human intervention didn’t come in time. While the heron didn’t survive, its story offers a powerful learning opportunity about recognizing the subtle signs of contaminated wildlife." 2/2 #HeronHeroes
Holy crap. Oh sure, make people drunker and they'll be less likely to notice we're taking over the whole fucking world. Crikey.
February 15, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Holy crap. Oh sure, make people drunker and they'll be less likely to notice we're taking over the whole fucking world. Crikey.
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Gonna start posting about this a bit more to try and get it on my mind. I'm not sure what to do if no small press goes for it; it's not meant for trad publication. Too scrappy and short
it's been 2 years since i wrote my magical realism novel about the care industry and unionists with guns, 1.5 years since i started a small edit of it, and i'm on the second to last chapter
someone yell at me to finish this fucking thing
someone yell at me to finish this fucking thing
February 15, 2026 at 6:36 AM
Gonna start posting about this a bit more to try and get it on my mind. I'm not sure what to do if no small press goes for it; it's not meant for trad publication. Too scrappy and short
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Hadn't realised this got published. Happened a long time ago but has stayed with me. Thanks FemAsia for giving it a home. And this piece has also evolved - an initial version and then this one at the Ochre Sky workshop facilitated by the @natashabadhwar.bsky.social
femasiamagazine.com/courage/
femasiamagazine.com/courage/
Courage - FemAsia Magazine
I didn’t get to meet B. She was not the protagonist of the story. This was an assignment on exploring the many lived meanings of reintegration for survivors of trafficking. And I had come to meet a ...
femasiamagazine.com
February 15, 2026 at 6:42 AM
Hadn't realised this got published. Happened a long time ago but has stayed with me. Thanks FemAsia for giving it a home. And this piece has also evolved - an initial version and then this one at the Ochre Sky workshop facilitated by the @natashabadhwar.bsky.social
femasiamagazine.com/courage/
femasiamagazine.com/courage/
Everybody has already seen this, right? Love to this guy's heart.
“I’ve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.” 😕🇺🇸💔
(From @crindivisible.bsky.social )
(From @crindivisible.bsky.social )
February 15, 2026 at 7:21 AM
Everybody has already seen this, right? Love to this guy's heart.
Next year, when the treacle surrounding this date begins to cloy, I vow to recall this other more wholesome significance of the day:
Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.
February 15, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Next year, when the treacle surrounding this date begins to cloy, I vow to recall this other more wholesome significance of the day:
A joyous read: The Old Silk Road. (Not too long either, go on, read it.)
How I unravelled the stories and legends woven on the old Silk Road
How I unravelled the stories and legends woven on the old Silk Road
www.thetimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 7:15 AM
A joyous read: The Old Silk Road. (Not too long either, go on, read it.)
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“DHS traps people with serial killer methods” arrives in the news one (1) day after “DHS taunts jailed children with Nazi methods,” for those keeping track
ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 15, 2026 at 4:27 AM
“DHS traps people with serial killer methods” arrives in the news one (1) day after “DHS taunts jailed children with Nazi methods,” for those keeping track
Poem
February 15, 2026 at 7:09 AM
Poem
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I think “floaty boats murder monster” is how I’m going to refer to all bears from now on
Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
February 15, 2026 at 6:03 AM
I think “floaty boats murder monster” is how I’m going to refer to all bears from now on
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North Carolina lawmakers have voted to remove all college campus voting sites. Specifically at the largest HBCU in the US NC A&T. They now have to walk 30 minutes to their nearest polling place. Students are protesting this - pls share and support.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZThx29BJ9/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZThx29BJ9/
Even without an on-campus voting site, NCAT students still marched to the polls. 💙💛 Students at North Carolina A&T showed that barriers won’t stop their voices. When access isn’t easy, they organize. ...
TikTok video by HBCU Student Action Alliance
www.tiktok.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:55 PM
North Carolina lawmakers have voted to remove all college campus voting sites. Specifically at the largest HBCU in the US NC A&T. They now have to walk 30 minutes to their nearest polling place. Students are protesting this - pls share and support.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZThx29BJ9/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZThx29BJ9/
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Show a sheep or horse they’re loved this Valentine’s Day & fill a haynet for £5! 🩷
The cost of hay has SKY ROCKETED in the UK hay shortage crisis
we’d be so thankful for any help towards our goal: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
Please share! ❤️
#rescueanimals #animalsanctuary #valentinesday
The cost of hay has SKY ROCKETED in the UK hay shortage crisis
we’d be so thankful for any help towards our goal: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
Please share! ❤️
#rescueanimals #animalsanctuary #valentinesday
February 14, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Show a sheep or horse they’re loved this Valentine’s Day & fill a haynet for £5! 🩷
The cost of hay has SKY ROCKETED in the UK hay shortage crisis
we’d be so thankful for any help towards our goal: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
Please share! ❤️
#rescueanimals #animalsanctuary #valentinesday
The cost of hay has SKY ROCKETED in the UK hay shortage crisis
we’d be so thankful for any help towards our goal: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
Please share! ❤️
#rescueanimals #animalsanctuary #valentinesday
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Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
February 14, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
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February 12, 2026 at 10:49 AM
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a poem In Which I congratulate, celebrate, and warn my partner about some things. Happy Valentine's Day to the weirdos, the half-armored, the persistent attempters of eros and twilight comedy.
February 14, 2026 at 2:02 PM
a poem In Which I congratulate, celebrate, and warn my partner about some things. Happy Valentine's Day to the weirdos, the half-armored, the persistent attempters of eros and twilight comedy.
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LOVE SONNET OF THE CAUTIOUS ROMANTIC
February 14, 2026 at 8:08 AM
LOVE SONNET OF THE CAUTIOUS ROMANTIC
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The people who are telling you they are withdrawing ICE from Minnesota are the same people who told you a year ago they would release the Epstein Files in full.
They are not to be trusted. They are allergic to truth and incapable of decency.
Stay vigilant.
Stay united.
Keep fighting.
We will win.
They are not to be trusted. They are allergic to truth and incapable of decency.
Stay vigilant.
Stay united.
Keep fighting.
We will win.
February 14, 2026 at 4:37 AM
The people who are telling you they are withdrawing ICE from Minnesota are the same people who told you a year ago they would release the Epstein Files in full.
They are not to be trusted. They are allergic to truth and incapable of decency.
Stay vigilant.
Stay united.
Keep fighting.
We will win.
They are not to be trusted. They are allergic to truth and incapable of decency.
Stay vigilant.
Stay united.
Keep fighting.
We will win.
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Absolutely, 💯
February 14, 2026 at 4:44 AM
Absolutely, 💯