Raymond Gibson
@raymondgibson.bsky.social
MFA from FAU. Meridian (Glass Lyre, 2016), New Ruin (Ghost City, 2020). Verse found in Rust+Moth, HOOT, Moist, and Voicemail Poems. Hollywood, FL, US. Formerly @rgibson103 on Twitter.
Pinned
everything has been said but bears repeating because no one was listening at first
and everything will be repeated in perpetuity as those who just arrived strive to catch on
and the lesson will never be fully learned for those who came first have already begun to forget
and everything will be repeated in perpetuity as those who just arrived strive to catch on
and the lesson will never be fully learned for those who came first have already begun to forget
Dora Maar “Untitled“
November 15, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Dora Maar “Untitled“
Waitress at IHOP comped me a coffee so I left her a $3 tip.
November 15, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Waitress at IHOP comped me a coffee so I left her a $3 tip.
Maybe I’ll go out for coffee tonight
November 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Maybe I’ll go out for coffee tonight
Reposted by Raymond Gibson
The bird tills the soil,
The serpent sows,
Death, enriched,
Praises the harvest.
Pluto in the sky!
-René Char
(tr. W. S. Merwin)
The serpent sows,
Death, enriched,
Praises the harvest.
Pluto in the sky!
-René Char
(tr. W. S. Merwin)
November 15, 2025 at 1:09 AM
The bird tills the soil,
The serpent sows,
Death, enriched,
Praises the harvest.
Pluto in the sky!
-René Char
(tr. W. S. Merwin)
The serpent sows,
Death, enriched,
Praises the harvest.
Pluto in the sky!
-René Char
(tr. W. S. Merwin)
Put the peanut butter, jelly, vienna sausages, and ramen in the lil free library today, because I figure hunger can’t wait.
November 14, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Put the peanut butter, jelly, vienna sausages, and ramen in the lil free library today, because I figure hunger can’t wait.
Reposted by Raymond Gibson
November 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Reposted by Raymond Gibson
I owe ~$1500 (see image) to the hospital for my 10/20/2025 procedures. Donations to Help Hope Live=TAX DEDUCTIBLE. I can't access funds w/out medical receipts!
W/ACA premiums skyrocketing, I will be uninsured by 01/01 & need to raise $500 for that ...
helphopelive.org/campaign/159...
W/ACA premiums skyrocketing, I will be uninsured by 01/01 & need to raise $500 for that ...
helphopelive.org/campaign/159...
November 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I owe ~$1500 (see image) to the hospital for my 10/20/2025 procedures. Donations to Help Hope Live=TAX DEDUCTIBLE. I can't access funds w/out medical receipts!
W/ACA premiums skyrocketing, I will be uninsured by 01/01 & need to raise $500 for that ...
helphopelive.org/campaign/159...
W/ACA premiums skyrocketing, I will be uninsured by 01/01 & need to raise $500 for that ...
helphopelive.org/campaign/159...
Got my car back.
November 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Got my car back.
Blood sugar was 136. No more meatballs.
November 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Blood sugar was 136. No more meatballs.
Reposted by Raymond Gibson
The room is
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
November 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The room is
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
Hope the car’s not in the shop long. I need groceries.
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Hope the car’s not in the shop long. I need groceries.
Reposted by Raymond Gibson
NEW: Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. w @nahaltoosi
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
NEW: Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. w @nahaltoosi
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Had the car towed to a shop. Ate lunch at a Chinese take-out. Walked home and fell asleep for five hours.
November 13, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Had the car towed to a shop. Ate lunch at a Chinese take-out. Walked home and fell asleep for five hours.
Car won’t start.
November 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Car won’t start.
I want sleep and coffee. Feel like I’m either getting the latter or neither.
November 12, 2025 at 4:20 AM
I want sleep and coffee. Feel like I’m either getting the latter or neither.
Got about $32 worth of groceries to put in the lil free library.
November 11, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Got about $32 worth of groceries to put in the lil free library.
Reposted by Raymond Gibson
Raquel Forner, Desolation, 1942
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135806
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135806
November 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Raquel Forner, Desolation, 1942
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135806
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135806
“The Dreams of Māna-Yood-Sushāī”
November 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
“The Dreams of Māna-Yood-Sushāī”
