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Poetry & prose from the edge of memory. Myth-soaked, grief-blooded, and liminal. Michael Bates writes what haunts & heals: raven feathers, ghost mirrors, forgotten names, and Sacred Woods.
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It’s dangerous and despicable that the President has threatened to hang members of a co-equal branch of government for releasing a video he disagrees with.
This isn’t normal. We must continue to make our voices heard and condemn all threats of political violence.
This isn’t normal. We must continue to make our voices heard and condemn all threats of political violence.
November 20, 2025 at 9:53 PM
It’s dangerous and despicable that the President has threatened to hang members of a co-equal branch of government for releasing a video he disagrees with.
This isn’t normal. We must continue to make our voices heard and condemn all threats of political violence.
This isn’t normal. We must continue to make our voices heard and condemn all threats of political violence.
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We know who you are…
November 20, 2025 at 3:56 AM
We know who you are…
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Harvest of Memory
A Chronicle of Stolen Joy
The harvest festival, but for memories.
Bright ones. Joyful ones.
The kind you don’t notice missing.
If your past feels dim lately…
maybe it wasn’t time doing the taking.
#Poetry #Poems #Harvest #DarkPoetry
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A Chronicle of Stolen Joy
The harvest festival, but for memories.
Bright ones. Joyful ones.
The kind you don’t notice missing.
If your past feels dim lately…
maybe it wasn’t time doing the taking.
#Poetry #Poems #Harvest #DarkPoetry
Full poem: ⬇️
vocal.media/poets/harves...
Harvest of Memory
A Chronicle of Stolen Joy
vocal.media
November 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Harvest of Memory
A Chronicle of Stolen Joy
The harvest festival, but for memories.
Bright ones. Joyful ones.
The kind you don’t notice missing.
If your past feels dim lately…
maybe it wasn’t time doing the taking.
#Poetry #Poems #Harvest #DarkPoetry
Full poem: ⬇️
vocal.media/poets/harves...
A Chronicle of Stolen Joy
The harvest festival, but for memories.
Bright ones. Joyful ones.
The kind you don’t notice missing.
If your past feels dim lately…
maybe it wasn’t time doing the taking.
#Poetry #Poems #Harvest #DarkPoetry
Full poem: ⬇️
vocal.media/poets/harves...
Where Summer Lost Winter
A story of warmth, distance, and everything in between.
A love caught between heat and frost.
If you’ve ever burned for someone who could never hold your weather, this one’s going to sting a bit.
#Poetry #Poems #WritingCommunity
Full poem: ⬇️
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A story of warmth, distance, and everything in between.
A love caught between heat and frost.
If you’ve ever burned for someone who could never hold your weather, this one’s going to sting a bit.
#Poetry #Poems #WritingCommunity
Full poem: ⬇️
vocal.media/poets/where-...
Where Summer Lost Winter
A story of warmth, distance, and everything in between.
vocal.media
November 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Where Summer Lost Winter
A story of warmth, distance, and everything in between.
A love caught between heat and frost.
If you’ve ever burned for someone who could never hold your weather, this one’s going to sting a bit.
#Poetry #Poems #WritingCommunity
Full poem: ⬇️
vocal.media/poets/where-...
A story of warmth, distance, and everything in between.
A love caught between heat and frost.
If you’ve ever burned for someone who could never hold your weather, this one’s going to sting a bit.
#Poetry #Poems #WritingCommunity
Full poem: ⬇️
vocal.media/poets/where-...
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When Two Flames Touch
A Dance We Weren’t Supposed to Share
Two bodies. One forbidden dance.
Skin to skin, heat rising,
and the world falling out of rhythm
while we spun ourselves into something new.
#Poetry #Poems #Dance #love #Life
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A Dance We Weren’t Supposed to Share
Two bodies. One forbidden dance.
Skin to skin, heat rising,
and the world falling out of rhythm
while we spun ourselves into something new.
#Poetry #Poems #Dance #love #Life
Full poem: ⬇️
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When Two Flames Touch
A Dance We Weren’t Supposed to Share
vocal.media
November 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Remember when moderates and pearl clutchers and Stephen Miller would get their panties in a twist when we called this regime Nazis. Bc they're fucking Nazis.
Whichever little knee-benders at the Coast Guard didn't stand up against this...shame on you.
Whichever little knee-benders at the Coast Guard didn't stand up against this...shame on you.
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Remember when moderates and pearl clutchers and Stephen Miller would get their panties in a twist when we called this regime Nazis. Bc they're fucking Nazis.
Whichever little knee-benders at the Coast Guard didn't stand up against this...shame on you.
Whichever little knee-benders at the Coast Guard didn't stand up against this...shame on you.
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Chump's Economy Is A Freakin
Wreck,and He Wants To Hide The
Truth......
Wreck,and He Wants To Hide The
Truth......
November 20, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Chump's Economy Is A Freakin
Wreck,and He Wants To Hide The
Truth......
Wreck,and He Wants To Hide The
Truth......
Fight Colorado!! Push back against Trump!
Donald Trump is trying to transfer Colorado-convicted elections clerk, Tina Peters, from state prison to a federal prison, although she was convicted of state crimes (election fraud). He's trying to pardon her – although this would be illegal. If he succeeds in transferring her, he will pardon her.
November 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Fight Colorado!! Push back against Trump!
When Two Flames Touch
A Dance We Weren’t Supposed to Share
Two bodies. One forbidden dance.
Skin to skin, heat rising,
and the world falling out of rhythm
while we spun ourselves into something new.
#Poetry #Poems #Dance #love #Life
Full poem: ⬇️
vocal.media/poets/when-t...
A Dance We Weren’t Supposed to Share
Two bodies. One forbidden dance.
Skin to skin, heat rising,
and the world falling out of rhythm
while we spun ourselves into something new.
#Poetry #Poems #Dance #love #Life
Full poem: ⬇️
vocal.media/poets/when-t...
When Two Flames Touch
A Dance We Weren’t Supposed to Share
vocal.media
November 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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The rich will get richer, and we're all going to get poorer. It's a big club, and we ain't in it.
Members of Congress are getting rich trading stocks and flouting the current, toothless regulations.
Everyone Wants to Ban Congressional Stock Trades, but Some Supporters Worry Mike Johnson Is Stalling
Members of Congress are getting rich trading stocks and flouting the current, toothless regulations. Will Mike Johnson stall a ban?
interc.pt
November 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The rich will get richer, and we're all going to get poorer. It's a big club, and we ain't in it.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Your mouth, a smear of crimson
Arching below eyes that
Straight and level shine,
Across a field of white
Beyond, the calm dark sky
Set against the sun
#ও☉❢☉✑
#poetry
#writing
#micropoetry
#blueskywriters
#writingcommunity
Arching below eyes that
Straight and level shine,
Across a field of white
Beyond, the calm dark sky
Set against the sun
#ও☉❢☉✑
#poetry
#writing
#micropoetry
#blueskywriters
#writingcommunity
November 19, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Your mouth, a smear of crimson
Arching below eyes that
Straight and level shine,
Across a field of white
Beyond, the calm dark sky
Set against the sun
#ও☉❢☉✑
#poetry
#writing
#micropoetry
#blueskywriters
#writingcommunity
Arching below eyes that
Straight and level shine,
Across a field of white
Beyond, the calm dark sky
Set against the sun
#ও☉❢☉✑
#poetry
#writing
#micropoetry
#blueskywriters
#writingcommunity
When the Ice Called My Name
A Dance on Breaking Ice
Cold that cuts.
Sky fire that tempts.
A river that almost took me.
I stepped onto the frozen edge
heard the water whisper for me.
Transformation.
#Poetry #Poems #Winter #ice #Life
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A Dance on Breaking Ice
Cold that cuts.
Sky fire that tempts.
A river that almost took me.
I stepped onto the frozen edge
heard the water whisper for me.
Transformation.
#Poetry #Poems #Winter #ice #Life
Full poem: ⬇️
vocal.media/poets/when-t...
When the Ice Called My Name
A Dance on Breaking Ice
vocal.media
November 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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listen closely here:
the trees #speak in language old,
their leaves hold knowledge
dear and boldly keep colors
even as they fall to ground
#haikufeels #haiku #tanka #poem #poetry #autumn #leaves #trees #photography
the trees #speak in language old,
their leaves hold knowledge
dear and boldly keep colors
even as they fall to ground
#haikufeels #haiku #tanka #poem #poetry #autumn #leaves #trees #photography
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
listen closely here:
the trees #speak in language old,
their leaves hold knowledge
dear and boldly keep colors
even as they fall to ground
#haikufeels #haiku #tanka #poem #poetry #autumn #leaves #trees #photography
the trees #speak in language old,
their leaves hold knowledge
dear and boldly keep colors
even as they fall to ground
#haikufeels #haiku #tanka #poem #poetry #autumn #leaves #trees #photography
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Personalized gold bars from the Swiss.
Used jumbo jet from Qatar.
Huge amounts of $$$ from crypto.
The amount of corruption in the White House is at unconscionable levels. We need some real serious ethics across the federal government.
Used jumbo jet from Qatar.
Huge amounts of $$$ from crypto.
The amount of corruption in the White House is at unconscionable levels. We need some real serious ethics across the federal government.
November 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Personalized gold bars from the Swiss.
Used jumbo jet from Qatar.
Huge amounts of $$$ from crypto.
The amount of corruption in the White House is at unconscionable levels. We need some real serious ethics across the federal government.
Used jumbo jet from Qatar.
Huge amounts of $$$ from crypto.
The amount of corruption in the White House is at unconscionable levels. We need some real serious ethics across the federal government.
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Bring it!
Keep reminding them so they toss and turn in bed all night long for the duration.
Keep reminding them so they toss and turn in bed all night long for the duration.
Swalwell: Kristi Noem and Tom Homan, you should familiarize yourselves with this room. Get to know that witness chair — you’re going to be parked in it for a long time. Accountability is coming.
November 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Bring it!
Keep reminding them so they toss and turn in bed all night long for the duration.
Keep reminding them so they toss and turn in bed all night long for the duration.
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