Daniel Samir Cyran
@solace121.bsky.social
A poet and a poetry. Author of Resuscitations (2024). I founded a small press called Anvil Tongue. Now days I talk with trees tho. 🌲
starkandsaintredwood.com
starkandsaintredwood.com
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Listening to Dwayne Monroe is always a learning experience. I'm try to make this!
Wednesday @cloudquistador.bsky.social returns to MAKC at 10 AM EST!
ICE, Smartphones, and the Mesh of Surveillance with Dwayne Monroe
www.youtube.com/live/7AQE2E-...
ICE, Smartphones, and the Mesh of Surveillance with Dwayne Monroe
www.youtube.com/live/7AQE2E-...
January 20, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Listening to Dwayne Monroe is always a learning experience. I'm try to make this!
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"Abolishing an agency that teargasses two-year-olds and shoots mothers in the street isn't radical. It is basic human decency."
Read this crucial essay by @victorerikray.bsky.social and @hebagowayed.bsky.social:
Read this crucial essay by @victorerikray.bsky.social and @hebagowayed.bsky.social:
Abolishing ICE isn’t enough – it’s time to center people’s humanity | Heba Gowayed and Victor Ray
It’s far from radical to reject a system predicated on violence – despite what thinktanks might claim
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:52 PM
"Abolishing an agency that teargasses two-year-olds and shoots mothers in the street isn't radical. It is basic human decency."
Read this crucial essay by @victorerikray.bsky.social and @hebagowayed.bsky.social:
Read this crucial essay by @victorerikray.bsky.social and @hebagowayed.bsky.social:
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i cannot be fully alive
in this country
that peddles death, promotes death
chases death, denies life...
~ Poem to Venezuelans
#poetry
www.starkandsaintredwood.com/2026/01/poem...
in this country
that peddles death, promotes death
chases death, denies life...
~ Poem to Venezuelans
#poetry
www.starkandsaintredwood.com/2026/01/poem...
Poem to Venezuelans
i cannot be fully alive in this country that peddles death, promotes death chases death, denies life i want to see you, i want to see in...
www.starkandsaintredwood.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:50 PM
i cannot be fully alive
in this country
that peddles death, promotes death
chases death, denies life...
~ Poem to Venezuelans
#poetry
www.starkandsaintredwood.com/2026/01/poem...
in this country
that peddles death, promotes death
chases death, denies life...
~ Poem to Venezuelans
#poetry
www.starkandsaintredwood.com/2026/01/poem...
so many of my recent draft edits are "delete the last 4 lines, you was doing too much" 🫠
January 20, 2026 at 1:39 AM
so many of my recent draft edits are "delete the last 4 lines, you was doing too much" 🫠
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Madness. Insanity
An anti-CRT movement targeted an accomplished educator — driving her out of two Georgia school districts.
The mission began inside a golf community clubhouse on a Sunday afternoon, where parents were coached on how to land a Fox News appearance.
(Published 2022)
By @nicolefcarr.bsky.social
The mission began inside a golf community clubhouse on a Sunday afternoon, where parents were coached on how to land a Fox News appearance.
(Published 2022)
By @nicolefcarr.bsky.social
White Parents Rallied to Chase a Black Educator Out of Town. Then, They Followed Her to the Next One.
Cecelia Lewis was asked to apply for a Georgia school district’s first-ever administrator job devoted to diversity, equity and inclusion. A group of parents — coached by local and national anti-CRT gr...
www.propublica.org
January 20, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Madness. Insanity
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The Essential June Jordan
January 20, 2026 at 12:47 AM
The Essential June Jordan
Well damn
Europe may begin selling U.S. assets in response to a new conflict with the US—a move that could trigger a dollar collapse, Bloomberg reports. Deutsche Bank analysts warn Washington’s key vulnerability is living off global financing—and Europe may decide it no longer wants to bankroll the U.S.
January 19, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Well damn
Alfa Mist - Live at Real World Studios
YouTube video by Alfa Mist
youtu.be
January 19, 2026 at 9:32 PM
I watched a documentary last night about Japan’s “evaporated people” — a sad, heart wrenching experience. Makes one wonder if this particular version of so-called society is not entirely a mistake that keeps being repeated, day in and day out
January 19, 2026 at 7:36 PM
I watched a documentary last night about Japan’s “evaporated people” — a sad, heart wrenching experience. Makes one wonder if this particular version of so-called society is not entirely a mistake that keeps being repeated, day in and day out
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BHP are excited to welcome Kawai Shen as Jan26 guest editor! @kawaishen.bsky.social
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ULTRAVIOLET
Fresh bruises, wine stains, amethyst talismans, wilted lilacs, metallic fougeres, overripe mulberries, indigo children, laser burns, grape candy, supernova dust
burninghousepress.com/2026/01/03/j...
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ULTRAVIOLET
Fresh bruises, wine stains, amethyst talismans, wilted lilacs, metallic fougeres, overripe mulberries, indigo children, laser burns, grape candy, supernova dust
burninghousepress.com/2026/01/03/j...
January 3, 2026 at 11:36 AM
BHP are excited to welcome Kawai Shen as Jan26 guest editor! @kawaishen.bsky.social
_
ULTRAVIOLET
Fresh bruises, wine stains, amethyst talismans, wilted lilacs, metallic fougeres, overripe mulberries, indigo children, laser burns, grape candy, supernova dust
burninghousepress.com/2026/01/03/j...
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ULTRAVIOLET
Fresh bruises, wine stains, amethyst talismans, wilted lilacs, metallic fougeres, overripe mulberries, indigo children, laser burns, grape candy, supernova dust
burninghousepress.com/2026/01/03/j...
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has it already been 3 months since this dropped? feels like ive been promoting this for over a year!
get your copy wherever you like, but @kentuckypress.bsky.social still has their discounted sale going on until the end of january.
get your copy wherever you like, but @kentuckypress.bsky.social still has their discounted sale going on until the end of january.
January 19, 2026 at 1:34 AM
has it already been 3 months since this dropped? feels like ive been promoting this for over a year!
get your copy wherever you like, but @kentuckypress.bsky.social still has their discounted sale going on until the end of january.
get your copy wherever you like, but @kentuckypress.bsky.social still has their discounted sale going on until the end of january.
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periodic reminder that I have a patreon called Working Notebook: poetry drafts, out of print chapbooks, and photography.
subscriptions start at $1 or build your own:
www.patreon.com/nikkiwallsch...
subscriptions start at $1 or build your own:
www.patreon.com/nikkiwallsch...
Get more from Working Notebook on Patreon
poetry, photography, prose
www.patreon.com
July 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
periodic reminder that I have a patreon called Working Notebook: poetry drafts, out of print chapbooks, and photography.
subscriptions start at $1 or build your own:
www.patreon.com/nikkiwallsch...
subscriptions start at $1 or build your own:
www.patreon.com/nikkiwallsch...
I’m titling this piece, “The Crux of Ambition” 😭
January 19, 2026 at 7:05 PM
I’m titling this piece, “The Crux of Ambition” 😭
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This. Book. Is Gorgeous. Thank you, @susanlleary.bsky.social for your words! You can preorder and have in your hands soon here: triohousepress.myshopify.com/products/mor...
January 19, 2026 at 3:45 PM
This. Book. Is Gorgeous. Thank you, @susanlleary.bsky.social for your words! You can preorder and have in your hands soon here: triohousepress.myshopify.com/products/mor...
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2 small art pieces for $ if you are interested. Having surgery and will be laid up for awhile--trying to generate some $ to tide me over... 1 cradled piece and 1 paper with glass + handmade frame (maple ebonized). I used to build frames for galleries. DM #artwork, #worksonpaper
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January 19, 2026 at 6:19 PM
2 small art pieces for $ if you are interested. Having surgery and will be laid up for awhile--trying to generate some $ to tide me over... 1 cradled piece and 1 paper with glass + handmade frame (maple ebonized). I used to build frames for galleries. DM #artwork, #worksonpaper
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Re the audacity, anti-Blackness and the I-Don’t-Know-What-Else required to kill a man and then set aside a day for future generations where the common ritual is de-contextualizing and bastardizing his legacy
January 19, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Re the audacity, anti-Blackness and the I-Don’t-Know-What-Else required to kill a man and then set aside a day for future generations where the common ritual is de-contextualizing and bastardizing his legacy
June Jordan’s poem, In Memoriam: Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 19, 2026 at 3:23 PM
June Jordan’s poem, In Memoriam: Martin Luther King, Jr.
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particularly interested in hearing from more transfemme poets and writers!
beestung is now open for new work by two-spirit, genderqueer, and non-binary writers!
beestungmag.com/about/
beestungmag.com/about/
January 18, 2026 at 5:00 PM
particularly interested in hearing from more transfemme poets and writers!