The Poet Crescendo
@poetcresc.bsky.social
KC Cresc 📍ATL
🖊 Writer
🖊 Poet
🖊 Professional Yapper(*)
*(Written, will stare at feet in person)
🌐 www.poetcrescendo.com
🖊 Writer
🖊 Poet
🖊 Professional Yapper(*)
*(Written, will stare at feet in person)
🌐 www.poetcrescendo.com
Alexa, LEARN WHO R.F. KUANG IS. PLEASE. YOU CAN GUESS STEPHEN KING, EMILY HENRY, EVEN ED CATMILL.
STOP PLAYING WITH ME 😭
STOP PLAYING WITH ME 😭
Tried getting Akinator to guess R.F. Kuang all morning. You can guess all these white authors but not my BABY?!?! 😭 Infuriating 😂
Gotta teach him some black and brown authors apparently.
Gotta teach him some black and brown authors apparently.
December 4, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Alexa, LEARN WHO R.F. KUANG IS. PLEASE. YOU CAN GUESS STEPHEN KING, EMILY HENRY, EVEN ED CATMILL.
STOP PLAYING WITH ME 😭
STOP PLAYING WITH ME 😭
The more I hear about what they did to Kevin Jonas the more I want to ship the younger brothers back to the warehouse.
December 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The more I hear about what they did to Kevin Jonas the more I want to ship the younger brothers back to the warehouse.
Seeing the monthly rating of some readers. All the black, poc, and queer books are 1s or 2s.
The cookie cutter others with the same white protagonists we had in the 2010s getting 4s and up?
Oh... we know what you are... 😶
The cookie cutter others with the same white protagonists we had in the 2010s getting 4s and up?
Oh... we know what you are... 😶
December 2, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Seeing the monthly rating of some readers. All the black, poc, and queer books are 1s or 2s.
The cookie cutter others with the same white protagonists we had in the 2010s getting 4s and up?
Oh... we know what you are... 😶
The cookie cutter others with the same white protagonists we had in the 2010s getting 4s and up?
Oh... we know what you are... 😶
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You really suck when a children's book publisher has to scold you
December 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
You really suck when a children's book publisher has to scold you
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"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
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time.com/7335723/auto...
The Real Way Schools are Failing Boys
“If we really want boys to succeed, we need to ensure that they know how to both beat—and lose— to girls."
time.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
time.com/7335723/auto...
time.com/7335723/auto...
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I’m tired™ buy my books.
December 1, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I’m tired™ buy my books.
How To Write A Poem Of The Year 😏😌🤍🖤 click this to get a peek at my poem of 2026 too 👀
[ open.substack.com/pub/thepoetc... ]
[ open.substack.com/pub/thepoetc... ]
How To Write A Poem Of The Year
You come across my way again seeing leaves and sticky notes fluttering outside of the cracked open door.
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November 29, 2025 at 9:52 PM
How To Write A Poem Of The Year 😏😌🤍🖤 click this to get a peek at my poem of 2026 too 👀
[ open.substack.com/pub/thepoetc... ]
[ open.substack.com/pub/thepoetc... ]
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Today’s #poetryprompt:
Picture an emotion as though it were a person. Now write me a poem about the house that emotion lives in. What is it like? Where is it?
#MPPrompt
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Picture an emotion as though it were a person. Now write me a poem about the house that emotion lives in. What is it like? Where is it?
#MPPrompt
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November 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Today’s #poetryprompt:
Picture an emotion as though it were a person. Now write me a poem about the house that emotion lives in. What is it like? Where is it?
#MPPrompt
I repost replies. Follow for daily prompts
Picture an emotion as though it were a person. Now write me a poem about the house that emotion lives in. What is it like? Where is it?
#MPPrompt
I repost replies. Follow for daily prompts
Tried getting Akinator to guess R.F. Kuang all morning. You can guess all these white authors but not my BABY?!?! 😭 Infuriating 😂
Gotta teach him some black and brown authors apparently.
Gotta teach him some black and brown authors apparently.
November 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Tried getting Akinator to guess R.F. Kuang all morning. You can guess all these white authors but not my BABY?!?! 😭 Infuriating 😂
Gotta teach him some black and brown authors apparently.
Gotta teach him some black and brown authors apparently.
WRONG. I FOUND ONE PERSON TO BARK ABOUT THIS BOOK.
And I cannot call anyone about this because I feel like I've bitched to >>>everyone<<< about this.
November 24, 2025 at 1:44 AM
WRONG. I FOUND ONE PERSON TO BARK ABOUT THIS BOOK.
I've never had a book bother me this much about how much I did not like the couple (mainly) the woman so much so... to where it is highly ranked in a new category I am making going: FMC is meh and doesn't deserve him.
I've NEVER hated a FMC this much dear LORD.
I've NEVER hated a FMC this much dear LORD.
November 24, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I've never had a book bother me this much about how much I did not like the couple (mainly) the woman so much so... to where it is highly ranked in a new category I am making going: FMC is meh and doesn't deserve him.
I've NEVER hated a FMC this much dear LORD.
I've NEVER hated a FMC this much dear LORD.
I wrote about my birthday present from a long time friend of mine.
Learn to play with your friends inner child 😌
📖 Go and get your adult friends children's books 📖
[ open.substack.com/pub/thepoetc... ]
Learn to play with your friends inner child 😌
📖 Go and get your adult friends children's books 📖
[ open.substack.com/pub/thepoetc... ]
Get Your Adult Friends Children’s Books
How To Be Friends With Your Adult Friend’s Inner Child
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November 22, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I wrote about my birthday present from a long time friend of mine.
Learn to play with your friends inner child 😌
📖 Go and get your adult friends children's books 📖
[ open.substack.com/pub/thepoetc... ]
Learn to play with your friends inner child 😌
📖 Go and get your adult friends children's books 📖
[ open.substack.com/pub/thepoetc... ]
"You shouldn’t have to sacrifice connection and digital boundary setting."
November 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
"You shouldn’t have to sacrifice connection and digital boundary setting."
The Oversaturation of Digital Necromancers
Social Media Doesn’t Let Me Mourn
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November 15, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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I started a Substack because I wanted a place for my essays to live. My lukewarm prose and character exploration can live on Tumblr... that's fine... but here is where you'll find the key signature to my thoughts 😌
November 8, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I started a Substack because I wanted a place for my essays to live. My lukewarm prose and character exploration can live on Tumblr... that's fine... but here is where you'll find the key signature to my thoughts 😌
💌 Love Across Lifetimes 💌
Read my first Substack here where I reflect the simple joys of being loved gingerly and feeling seen across different lifetimes.
[ open.substack.com/pub/thepoetc... ]
Read my first Substack here where I reflect the simple joys of being loved gingerly and feeling seen across different lifetimes.
[ open.substack.com/pub/thepoetc... ]
Love Across Lifetimes
Loving my friends and being loved by them no matter the version of myself
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November 8, 2025 at 9:19 PM
💌 Love Across Lifetimes 💌
Read my first Substack here where I reflect the simple joys of being loved gingerly and feeling seen across different lifetimes.
[ open.substack.com/pub/thepoetc... ]
Read my first Substack here where I reflect the simple joys of being loved gingerly and feeling seen across different lifetimes.
[ open.substack.com/pub/thepoetc... ]
I love that I'm finally past the newness of my phone where it being case-less doesn't give me instant anxiety.
November 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I love that I'm finally past the newness of my phone where it being case-less doesn't give me instant anxiety.
Alexa, play Obsessed x Mariah Carey 💁🏽
🙏🏽Pray That You're Wrong About Me 🙏🏽
Otherwise know that your truth will come to light soon.
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Otherwise know that your truth will come to light soon.
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · "And what are you hoping for? That I am a liar?"...
It would be easier to simplify this to that, wouldn't it? You, just minding your own business; then me interrupting your stra…
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November 8, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Alexa, play Obsessed x Mariah Carey 💁🏽
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wind poet
the drift of seasons
on my shoulders
the drift of seasons
on my shoulders
November 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
wind poet
the drift of seasons
on my shoulders
the drift of seasons
on my shoulders
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Featured in Wholesome Direct 2024, The August Before is a narrative puzzle game about cleaning up, sorting out, and moving on. "Pack up the life you will take with you. All is well that ends well — and all is well that ends."
November 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Featured in Wholesome Direct 2024, The August Before is a narrative puzzle game about cleaning up, sorting out, and moving on. "Pack up the life you will take with you. All is well that ends well — and all is well that ends."
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i feel like here is a good place to share some great buttons i've seen recently
November 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
i feel like here is a good place to share some great buttons i've seen recently
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*sighs* well, thanks for coming to my insanity Ted talk 😌
Let's not have another one of these for the rest of the year...
Let's not have another one of these for the rest of the year...
November 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
*sighs* well, thanks for coming to my insanity Ted talk 😌
Let's not have another one of these for the rest of the year...
Let's not have another one of these for the rest of the year...
A part of me wants to write about this... but then I feel like I would have a swat team come in and steal me to admit me into the cushion hotel... another part of me wonders if my previous writing about this was a damn PREMONITION.
November 6, 2025 at 9:53 PM
A part of me wants to write about this... but then I feel like I would have a swat team come in and steal me to admit me into the cushion hotel... another part of me wonders if my previous writing about this was a damn PREMONITION.
This kid is spying on me I just can't prove it yet...
a bald man is driving a red car with his head out the window
ALT: a bald man is driving a red car with his head out the window
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November 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
This kid is spying on me I just can't prove it yet...