Alf
@burntreynolds.bsky.social
An elder millennial turned leftover terrestrial, former combat soldier (fodder) turned free verse Ginsburg-esque poet, and non-practicing intellectual trying to dream bigger than a six inch screen as a local community host for poetry open mics.
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Alf
@burntreynolds.bsky.social
· Mar 5
Last month's #community #poetry #openmic that I host was my most attended since I started it. We had 11. Last night it was held again, and we beat that with 19 attending. It was incredible y'all!
BlueSky poetry section is very useful.
I like how I used all the correct tags and everyone's just ignored my question.
It's so difficult to put on a positive face these days. So much fragmentation. So much unwillingness to help.
C'est la vie.
#poetry #community
#poets
I like how I used all the correct tags and everyone's just ignored my question.
It's so difficult to put on a positive face these days. So much fragmentation. So much unwillingness to help.
C'est la vie.
#poetry #community
#poets
June 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
BlueSky poetry section is very useful.
I like how I used all the correct tags and everyone's just ignored my question.
It's so difficult to put on a positive face these days. So much fragmentation. So much unwillingness to help.
C'est la vie.
#poetry #community
#poets
I like how I used all the correct tags and everyone's just ignored my question.
It's so difficult to put on a positive face these days. So much fragmentation. So much unwillingness to help.
C'est la vie.
#poetry #community
#poets
#Poetry #Poets #Community
Anyone want to fill me in on how to make people care about poetry? Open mics? I've been running one for almost two years with almost nothing to show for it. Lots of one-timers and they never come back.
Feels like having to pull teeth and, it's difficult to stay positive.
Anyone want to fill me in on how to make people care about poetry? Open mics? I've been running one for almost two years with almost nothing to show for it. Lots of one-timers and they never come back.
Feels like having to pull teeth and, it's difficult to stay positive.
June 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM
#Poetry #Poets #Community
Anyone want to fill me in on how to make people care about poetry? Open mics? I've been running one for almost two years with almost nothing to show for it. Lots of one-timers and they never come back.
Feels like having to pull teeth and, it's difficult to stay positive.
Anyone want to fill me in on how to make people care about poetry? Open mics? I've been running one for almost two years with almost nothing to show for it. Lots of one-timers and they never come back.
Feels like having to pull teeth and, it's difficult to stay positive.
@democrats-veterans.house.gov
Why do you let them get away with saying this kind of stuff? Why are you letting them take credit for things y'all did? This is what the ppl mean when they say they watch the Dems to fight back to stop this kind of stuff from happening and take credit for what you did.
Why do you let them get away with saying this kind of stuff? Why are you letting them take credit for things y'all did? This is what the ppl mean when they say they watch the Dems to fight back to stop this kind of stuff from happening and take credit for what you did.
May 20, 2025 at 8:58 PM
@democrats-veterans.house.gov
Why do you let them get away with saying this kind of stuff? Why are you letting them take credit for things y'all did? This is what the ppl mean when they say they watch the Dems to fight back to stop this kind of stuff from happening and take credit for what you did.
Why do you let them get away with saying this kind of stuff? Why are you letting them take credit for things y'all did? This is what the ppl mean when they say they watch the Dems to fight back to stop this kind of stuff from happening and take credit for what you did.
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I'm sick of news that makes me think even for a moment 'that's it, that's the whole ballgame'
I'll never *actually accept the idea that all is lost. but some days are harder than others
I'll never *actually accept the idea that all is lost. but some days are harder than others
April 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I'm sick of news that makes me think even for a moment 'that's it, that's the whole ballgame'
I'll never *actually accept the idea that all is lost. but some days are harder than others
I'll never *actually accept the idea that all is lost. but some days are harder than others
Last month's #community #poetry #openmic that I host was my most attended since I started it. We had 11. Last night it was held again, and we beat that with 19 attending. It was incredible y'all!
March 5, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Last month's #community #poetry #openmic that I host was my most attended since I started it. We had 11. Last night it was held again, and we beat that with 19 attending. It was incredible y'all!
@zeteo.com Hope y'all snatch up Joy Reid after she was unceremoniously axed from MSNBC for doing her job.
February 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
@zeteo.com Hope y'all snatch up Joy Reid after she was unceremoniously axed from MSNBC for doing her job.
Kendrick Lamar straight out called him out at the start of his show when he said, the revolution about to be televised. You picked the right time, but the wrong guy.
youtube.com/shorts/Xaual...
Love it. #hiphop #superbowl
youtube.com/shorts/Xaual...
Love it. #hiphop #superbowl
Kendrick Lamar DRAGS Trump during Super Bowl halftime show 🔥
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
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February 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Kendrick Lamar straight out called him out at the start of his show when he said, the revolution about to be televised. You picked the right time, but the wrong guy.
youtube.com/shorts/Xaual...
Love it. #hiphop #superbowl
youtube.com/shorts/Xaual...
Love it. #hiphop #superbowl
The Halo Effect - March of the Dead (Melodic Death Metal)
Unreqvited - A Pathway to the Moon (Atmospheric Black Metal)
16 - Guides For The Misguided (Sludge Metal)
Three of my favorite heavy albums released this year, so far, check them out!
#music2025 #music #metal
Unreqvited - A Pathway to the Moon (Atmospheric Black Metal)
16 - Guides For The Misguided (Sludge Metal)
Three of my favorite heavy albums released this year, so far, check them out!
#music2025 #music #metal
February 10, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The Halo Effect - March of the Dead (Melodic Death Metal)
Unreqvited - A Pathway to the Moon (Atmospheric Black Metal)
16 - Guides For The Misguided (Sludge Metal)
Three of my favorite heavy albums released this year, so far, check them out!
#music2025 #music #metal
Unreqvited - A Pathway to the Moon (Atmospheric Black Metal)
16 - Guides For The Misguided (Sludge Metal)
Three of my favorite heavy albums released this year, so far, check them out!
#music2025 #music #metal
@chrislhayes.bsky.social Why isn't MSNBC screaming from the rooftops about Elon Musk taking over the Treasury Department?
February 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
@chrislhayes.bsky.social Why isn't MSNBC screaming from the rooftops about Elon Musk taking over the Treasury Department?
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They want us to feel despair. They want us to feel insignificant. They want to max out our bandwidth. They want us to be numb. They want us to stop shining the light on their depravity so that they can be free to conspire against us in the shadows.
Don't give them what they want.
Don't give them what they want.
January 29, 2025 at 10:10 AM
They want us to feel despair. They want us to feel insignificant. They want to max out our bandwidth. They want us to be numb. They want us to stop shining the light on their depravity so that they can be free to conspire against us in the shadows.
Don't give them what they want.
Don't give them what they want.
José "Cha Cha" Jiménez, a street-wise Puerto Rican who in the late 1960s transformed a Chicago gang called the Young Lords into a militant voice for expanded social services, fair housing and education for his people, has died at 76. RIP.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/u...
José Jiménez Dies at 76; Turned a Gang Into a Voice for Puerto Ricans
He retooled the Young Lords into a militant advocacy and service organization, modeled after the Black Panthers. Based in Chicago, it had chapters nationwide.
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2025 at 5:44 AM
José "Cha Cha" Jiménez, a street-wise Puerto Rican who in the late 1960s transformed a Chicago gang called the Young Lords into a militant voice for expanded social services, fair housing and education for his people, has died at 76. RIP.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/u...
I don't know what I write. In chats at open mics, some people refer to it as free verse, one even said it sounds like Ginsburg (swoon), some call it rhythmic prose, some say it's definitely not slam poetry, but it definitely is some form of poetry. Mixed feelings on existing in uncertainty.
#poetry
#poetry
January 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I don't know what I write. In chats at open mics, some people refer to it as free verse, one even said it sounds like Ginsburg (swoon), some call it rhythmic prose, some say it's definitely not slam poetry, but it definitely is some form of poetry. Mixed feelings on existing in uncertainty.
#poetry
#poetry
I was told that the January 6ers were ANTIFA and BLM. Why would Trump pardon them??
January 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I was told that the January 6ers were ANTIFA and BLM. Why would Trump pardon them??
open.spotify.com/album/2iXwKe...
Dana Margolin's voice is so raw and achingly honest; it cuts right through you. The music is a whirlwind: gentle and introspective, other times exploding. It's beautiful and devastating, carrying the weight and struggle of her heartbreak. #postpunk #indierock
Dana Margolin's voice is so raw and achingly honest; it cuts right through you. The music is a whirlwind: gentle and introspective, other times exploding. It's beautiful and devastating, carrying the weight and struggle of her heartbreak. #postpunk #indierock
Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me
Porridge Radio · Album · 2024 · 11 songs
open.spotify.com
January 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
open.spotify.com/album/2iXwKe...
Dana Margolin's voice is so raw and achingly honest; it cuts right through you. The music is a whirlwind: gentle and introspective, other times exploding. It's beautiful and devastating, carrying the weight and struggle of her heartbreak. #postpunk #indierock
Dana Margolin's voice is so raw and achingly honest; it cuts right through you. The music is a whirlwind: gentle and introspective, other times exploding. It's beautiful and devastating, carrying the weight and struggle of her heartbreak. #postpunk #indierock
Bruh. Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) referring to President-elect Donald Trump as “daddy” is grotesque.
January 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Bruh. Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) referring to President-elect Donald Trump as “daddy” is grotesque.
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People who cape the hardest for TikTok seemed to be apolitical to me. Now I'm seeing video after video of people in the TikTok community praising Trump.
Tabling the fact that this was a scam, we care more about saving social media than we do about saving democracy, we are our own worst enemy.
Tabling the fact that this was a scam, we care more about saving social media than we do about saving democracy, we are our own worst enemy.
January 20, 2025 at 9:35 AM
People who cape the hardest for TikTok seemed to be apolitical to me. Now I'm seeing video after video of people in the TikTok community praising Trump.
Tabling the fact that this was a scam, we care more about saving social media than we do about saving democracy, we are our own worst enemy.
Tabling the fact that this was a scam, we care more about saving social media than we do about saving democracy, we are our own worst enemy.
open.spotify.com/album/6EQlO9... I really, really, really like this. The vocals remind me of Carcass. The music reminds me of older Dark Tranquility and Amorphis. So a nice mix between Gothenburg death metal, and Finnish death metal. #2025music #deathmetal #music
March Of The Unheard
The Halo Effect · Album · 2025 · 12 songs
open.spotify.com
January 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
open.spotify.com/album/6EQlO9... I really, really, really like this. The vocals remind me of Carcass. The music reminds me of older Dark Tranquility and Amorphis. So a nice mix between Gothenburg death metal, and Finnish death metal. #2025music #deathmetal #music
I have a newer poem that I've been working on for 25 days or so now trying to memorize it. I did it for the first time from memory last night, and it mostly did okay, I had a hiccup at the start but I was told that I recovered well but I left out two words when I picked it up again. #poetry #openmic
January 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I have a newer poem that I've been working on for 25 days or so now trying to memorize it. I did it for the first time from memory last night, and it mostly did okay, I had a hiccup at the start but I was told that I recovered well but I left out two words when I picked it up again. #poetry #openmic
Packed tonight. Standing room only for the first hour. It was great. #poetry #openmic #community #tulsa
January 16, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Packed tonight. Standing room only for the first hour. It was great. #poetry #openmic #community #tulsa
My favorite movies growing up were Flight of the Navigator, and Harry and the Hendersons and I haven't watched them in over 25 years.
January 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
My favorite movies growing up were Flight of the Navigator, and Harry and the Hendersons and I haven't watched them in over 25 years.
After working on it for a month, and then editing it while I was memorizing it (dumb, lol) for the last month since I finished the first version, I can confidently say that I have officially memorized my newest poem at 473 words.
I'm proud because it's been a while since I've memorized one. #poetry
I'm proud because it's been a while since I've memorized one. #poetry
January 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
After working on it for a month, and then editing it while I was memorizing it (dumb, lol) for the last month since I finished the first version, I can confidently say that I have officially memorized my newest poem at 473 words.
I'm proud because it's been a while since I've memorized one. #poetry
I'm proud because it's been a while since I've memorized one. #poetry
My new apartment's office manager was complaining about a $30 aluminum-free deodorant. I recommended mine (same brand as my shampoo/conditioner) for only $9, and she blurted out, "oh my god your hair is beautiful!" #longhair
a bald man with a beard is making a funny face and says `` you 're making me blush '' .
ALT: a bald man with a beard is making a funny face and says `` you 're making me blush '' .
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January 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
My new apartment's office manager was complaining about a $30 aluminum-free deodorant. I recommended mine (same brand as my shampoo/conditioner) for only $9, and she blurted out, "oh my god your hair is beautiful!" #longhair