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"The fatal problem with poetry: poems." Ben Lerner
"Poetry survives because it haunts" Louise Glück
"Read poetry books like they’re comics." Jordan Davis
"All poets understand the final uselessness of words" Joy Harjo
"Poetry survives because it haunts" Louise Glück
"Read poetry books like they’re comics." Jordan Davis
"All poets understand the final uselessness of words" Joy Harjo
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Goodness gracious they are more than incompetent, they are, like… negatively competent.
Like, they actually suck the competence out of the atmosphere around them and make everyone dumber around them.
Like, they actually suck the competence out of the atmosphere around them and make everyone dumber around them.
October 20, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Goodness gracious they are more than incompetent, they are, like… negatively competent.
Like, they actually suck the competence out of the atmosphere around them and make everyone dumber around them.
Like, they actually suck the competence out of the atmosphere around them and make everyone dumber around them.
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we kill our life by living it
—Tony Barnstone
—Tony Barnstone
Why I’m Not a Carpenter by Tony Barnstone - Rattle: Poetry
Each time the carpenter with a sharp rap sets a nail / then whangs it head and shaft into the tan flesh of the wood / and slips the hammer back into the leather belt, / I think of Achilles casting his...
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September 6, 2025 at 9:52 PM
we kill our life by living it
—Tony Barnstone
—Tony Barnstone
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ah yes the two types of poets
September 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
ah yes the two types of poets
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Ode to the Maggot by Yusef Komunyakaa
December 9, 2024 at 6:18 PM
Ode to the Maggot by Yusef Komunyakaa
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Very disappointing to see people sharing, honestly, this new residential school denialist article from the National Post, including some historians. As a historian of education, here's a 🧵 on the most egregious points from this article that serve to minimize the harms of residential schooling.
November 29, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Very disappointing to see people sharing, honestly, this new residential school denialist article from the National Post, including some historians. As a historian of education, here's a 🧵 on the most egregious points from this article that serve to minimize the harms of residential schooling.
