Charlie Bottle
@charliebottle.bsky.social
Poetry is Charlie Bottle's passion.
He believes that Poetry uses the economy of words to express the essence of our humanity.
https://spillwords.com/author/charliebottle/
He believes that Poetry uses the economy of words to express the essence of our humanity.
https://spillwords.com/author/charliebottle/
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“The present moment feels like a moment in which a reconsideration of the afterlife, hell in particular, might be called for.”
Finding Love in a Poetic Hellscape - Electric Literature
Shane McCrae discusses God, Dante, and the craft of writing poetry in "New and Collected Hell: A Poem"
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January 5, 2026 at 11:01 PM
“The present moment feels like a moment in which a reconsideration of the afterlife, hell in particular, might be called for.”
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There are reports of gunfire or anti-aircraft fire in Caracas, Venezuela, with the cause of the incident currently unknown.
January 6, 2026 at 1:22 AM
There are reports of gunfire or anti-aircraft fire in Caracas, Venezuela, with the cause of the incident currently unknown.
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October 22, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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September 13, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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MSNBC captured the crowd from the Boston "No Kings" rally:
October 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
MSNBC captured the crowd from the Boston "No Kings" rally:
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For the second time this year, protesters gathered for “No Kings” rallies against the Trump administration. See more from the mass protests: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
October 18, 2025 at 11:56 PM
For the second time this year, protesters gathered for “No Kings” rallies against the Trump administration. See more from the mass protests: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
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Large crowds of protesters gathered in cities across the U.S. on Saturday as part of a mass “No Kings” demonstration against the Trump administration. nyti.ms/4hocDS0
October 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Large crowds of protesters gathered in cities across the U.S. on Saturday as part of a mass “No Kings” demonstration against the Trump administration. nyti.ms/4hocDS0
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Since the 1980s, Ben & Jerry’s has donated 7.5% of its profits to climate justice, refugee aid, and racial equity, making them one of the earliest pioneers of corporate philanthropy.
Long before it was fashionable, they proved giving back could be part of business.
Long before it was fashionable, they proved giving back could be part of business.
October 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Since the 1980s, Ben & Jerry’s has donated 7.5% of its profits to climate justice, refugee aid, and racial equity, making them one of the earliest pioneers of corporate philanthropy.
Long before it was fashionable, they proved giving back could be part of business.
Long before it was fashionable, they proved giving back could be part of business.
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In the 1830s, Cornelius Vanderbilt told New York officials he would pull every ferry off the Hudson if they didn’t hand him a monopoly. Once he had it, he set prices as he pleased.
As he put it: "What do I care about the law? Hain’t I got the power?"
As he put it: "What do I care about the law? Hain’t I got the power?"
October 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
In the 1830s, Cornelius Vanderbilt told New York officials he would pull every ferry off the Hudson if they didn’t hand him a monopoly. Once he had it, he set prices as he pleased.
As he put it: "What do I care about the law? Hain’t I got the power?"
As he put it: "What do I care about the law? Hain’t I got the power?"
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Azim Premji, Wipro’s tech magnate, has given over $21 billion through his foundation.
As one of the largest living donors, he has helped rebuild schools, clinics, and communities across India and is still running projects that touch millions of lives.
As one of the largest living donors, he has helped rebuild schools, clinics, and communities across India and is still running projects that touch millions of lives.
October 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Azim Premji, Wipro’s tech magnate, has given over $21 billion through his foundation.
As one of the largest living donors, he has helped rebuild schools, clinics, and communities across India and is still running projects that touch millions of lives.
As one of the largest living donors, he has helped rebuild schools, clinics, and communities across India and is still running projects that touch millions of lives.
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In 1995, Oseola McCarty, who spent her life washing clothes, donated her entire $150,000 life savings to fund scholarships.
A big heart matters more than a big bank account.
A big heart matters more than a big bank account.
September 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
In 1995, Oseola McCarty, who spent her life washing clothes, donated her entire $150,000 life savings to fund scholarships.
A big heart matters more than a big bank account.
A big heart matters more than a big bank account.
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I seek your forgiveness
your bright blooms cut
from the stem which
secured you to the earth,
your life giver,
sit now upon my desk,
a foreign world,
yet this is my pledge
I will admire you
until your blooms fade
your beauty will instil joy
you will be my inspiration
#Wordsmith #Poppies #Inspire
your bright blooms cut
from the stem which
secured you to the earth,
your life giver,
sit now upon my desk,
a foreign world,
yet this is my pledge
I will admire you
until your blooms fade
your beauty will instil joy
you will be my inspiration
#Wordsmith #Poppies #Inspire
October 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I seek your forgiveness
your bright blooms cut
from the stem which
secured you to the earth,
your life giver,
sit now upon my desk,
a foreign world,
yet this is my pledge
I will admire you
until your blooms fade
your beauty will instil joy
you will be my inspiration
#Wordsmith #Poppies #Inspire
your bright blooms cut
from the stem which
secured you to the earth,
your life giver,
sit now upon my desk,
a foreign world,
yet this is my pledge
I will admire you
until your blooms fade
your beauty will instil joy
you will be my inspiration
#Wordsmith #Poppies #Inspire
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We’re two weeks away from the largest day of peaceful protest in American history. No matter where you live, there’s probably a No Kings Day event happening near you to show we won’t cower in response to Trump’s authoritarian takeover: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
October 4, 2025 at 12:44 PM
We’re two weeks away from the largest day of peaceful protest in American history. No matter where you live, there’s probably a No Kings Day event happening near you to show we won’t cower in response to Trump’s authoritarian takeover: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
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Watching Thatcher on the news as a kid I asked my Dad where's Wales' parliament? He explained why we didn't have one. That's not fair I said. We reasoned it out. He started voting @plaidcymru.bsky.social shortly after.
I still feel the same way about our Statehood.
I still feel the same way about our Statehood.
I can’t begin to tell you how damaging “the world isn’t fair, get used to it” line has been to every child’s psyche growing up and therefore has led to a world that stays unfair. If we teach children to get used to an unfair world, we are destroying the possibility of a better world.
October 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Watching Thatcher on the news as a kid I asked my Dad where's Wales' parliament? He explained why we didn't have one. That's not fair I said. We reasoned it out. He started voting @plaidcymru.bsky.social shortly after.
I still feel the same way about our Statehood.
I still feel the same way about our Statehood.
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Look, we have to take our entertainment where we can, somebody look up the pentagon pizza index and tell us if he’s dead yet.
October 4, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Look, we have to take our entertainment where we can, somebody look up the pentagon pizza index and tell us if he’s dead yet.
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The good news is if he’s dead again we get to have 2 days of funny social media memes like we did last time.
October 3, 2025 at 11:40 PM
The good news is if he’s dead again we get to have 2 days of funny social media memes like we did last time.
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Are we doing the “is the dictator dead or is he away plotting worse things” game again.
Trump has not been seen in public since Tuesday and has no public events on his calendar today
October 3, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Are we doing the “is the dictator dead or is he away plotting worse things” game again.
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Anyway, I tell the young people I work with that the time-void is one of the best tools they have at their disposal. The time before you release your work into the world, when no one is waiting for it, you get to live in the play of creativity. I wish I had taken longer on my first book.
October 4, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Anyway, I tell the young people I work with that the time-void is one of the best tools they have at their disposal. The time before you release your work into the world, when no one is waiting for it, you get to live in the play of creativity. I wish I had taken longer on my first book.
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I know that for artists who are newer, momentum is urgent during a time of late capitalism (which I think is deeply unfair to those artists). But the more renowned artists out there have the luxury of time because their audiences will wait, their appetites will still be there for the work.
October 4, 2025 at 10:30 AM
I know that for artists who are newer, momentum is urgent during a time of late capitalism (which I think is deeply unfair to those artists). But the more renowned artists out there have the luxury of time because their audiences will wait, their appetites will still be there for the work.
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I just think that as an artist it’s important to give your audience time to miss your work. Like disappear into the woods for a year or so, have new experiences and then come back with something that is made of those experiences.
October 4, 2025 at 10:22 AM
I just think that as an artist it’s important to give your audience time to miss your work. Like disappear into the woods for a year or so, have new experiences and then come back with something that is made of those experiences.
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Lack of money is why we don’t have enough working class artists being able to create seminal works. I don’t think the arts should belong solely to generationally wealthy people with access, it’s deeply damaging to have only one demographic hold the keys.
October 4, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Lack of money is why we don’t have enough working class artists being able to create seminal works. I don’t think the arts should belong solely to generationally wealthy people with access, it’s deeply damaging to have only one demographic hold the keys.
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On this, just remembered that I heard a story once about how an author’s friends got together and gifted her a years salary so that she could write her book without having to worry about money. The author was Harper Lee and the book was To Kill A Mocking Bird.
Anyway, I tell the young people I work with that the time-void is one of the best tools they have at their disposal. The time before you release your work into the world, when no one is waiting for it, you get to live in the play of creativity. I wish I had taken longer on my first book.
October 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM
On this, just remembered that I heard a story once about how an author’s friends got together and gifted her a years salary so that she could write her book without having to worry about money. The author was Harper Lee and the book was To Kill A Mocking Bird.
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I wrote my upcoming verse novel Hekate inspired by ancient Greek poet and playwright Euripides’ structure. I loved writing this book and was bereft when I finished it. It’s one of those stories that lingers - an intimating goddess of necromancy telling us her origins.
June 5, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I wrote my upcoming verse novel Hekate inspired by ancient Greek poet and playwright Euripides’ structure. I loved writing this book and was bereft when I finished it. It’s one of those stories that lingers - an intimating goddess of necromancy telling us her origins.
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BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
October 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
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While others wrung riches from the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee assumed the mantle of moral authority, fighting to safeguard the web’s openness and promote equitable access. Can he do it again?
Tim Berners-Lee Invented the World Wide Web. Now He Wants to Save It
In 1989, Sir Tim revolutionized the online world. Today, in the era of misinformation, addictive algorithms, and extractive monopolies, he thinks he can do it again.
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October 2, 2025 at 9:41 PM
While others wrung riches from the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee assumed the mantle of moral authority, fighting to safeguard the web’s openness and promote equitable access. Can he do it again?