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BeWyrd
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Poet, producer, musician, artist | President of Throw! Poetry Collective | M.Ed. | Be yourself & be wyrd
Israel is a tyrannical state
A weekslong Israeli military operation across several West Bank cities has displaced roughly 40,000 Palestinians from their homes, in what historians and researchers say is the biggest displacement of civilians in the territory since the Arab-Israeli war of 1967. nyti.ms/3QkUV4P
February 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Both me and my basil plant pressed against a window pane
Word of the day, for the umpteenth time, is ‘apricate’, the sister of ‘apricity’. It means to bask in the warmth of the sun, especially on a chilly day.
February 18, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Come learn about the incredible Throw! Poetry Collective and the poetry slams we run the 1st Saturday of every month chez Le Basement
Come one come all to our #LunchAndLearn with Throw! Poetry Collective. Tuesday, February 25th at noon, join us on Zoom to hear Throw! President @bewyrd.bsky.social tell us about Throw!'s monthly #openmic and #poetryslam events.

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February 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
«  very fine people »
A 35-year-old Tennessee man who was among the first wave of rioters to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was convicted on Wednesday of separate charges of plotting to kill the FBI agents who investigated his role in the attack.
Man Convicted of Plotting to Kill Agents Who Investigated His Role in Jan. 6
Edward Kelley was found guilty of conspiring to murder the agents two weeks after he was convicted at a separate trial of assault and other charges related to the Capitol attack.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2024 at 11:35 AM
Reposted by BeWyrd
I checked with an editor at the NYT Magazine this week and they just… don’t publish poems anymore.

People underestimated the impact of Boyer’s refusal at the time but whew. Powerful refusal.
Anne Boyer has resigned as the poetry editor of the New York Times magazine: “Because our status quo is self-expression, sometimes all artists have left is to refuse. So I refuse.”
November 15, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Safe from (your)self

The 1st poem in the series
Your Song is (not) a Solo

This poem is about the shape of our dreams and the presence (or absence) of your breath towards making those dreams a reality

#poetry #poem #original #spokenword #liveperformance #montreal
November 15, 2024 at 3:12 PM
TIL the heart can store memories and people who have received transplants will remember experiences from their host donor
November 12, 2024 at 2:25 PM
As America develops into a truly fascist nation, will Canada welcome fleeing refugees?

Quebec just closed its border to immigrants, full-stop

So What’s the plan?
November 12, 2024 at 11:07 AM
For anyone who struggled with Imposters Syndrome, this one is for you!
December 15, 2023 at 3:24 PM
I won QWF’s Ian Ferrier Spoken Word Award!

You can check out the winning poem, Survival Mechanisms, here

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November 15, 2023 at 11:01 PM
I was today years old when I learned that the ancient words for Palestine & Israel are similar: wrestler/rival/adversary
November 11, 2023 at 3:31 PM