Marlanda Dekine
@dekinesoul.bsky.social
✨leadership and love and poetry
Poet & Author of Thresh & Hold (Hub City Press)
Poet Laureate of Georgetown County Libraries
Founder + CEO at www.dekinestrategies.com
Poet & Author of Thresh & Hold (Hub City Press)
Poet Laureate of Georgetown County Libraries
Founder + CEO at www.dekinestrategies.com
Read with me in 2026. thelongreading.substack.com
The Long Reading | Marlanda Dekine | Substack
The Long Reading, where we read books together and participate in live discussions of each book, building presence with language and community. Click to read The Long Reading, by Marlanda Dekine, a Su...
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December 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Read with me in 2026. thelongreading.substack.com
Excited to share that my project In My Gut Is a Field has received support from the SC Arts Commission (with NEA support) & the John & Susan Bennett Memorial Arts Fund!
I also help other artists with grants & writing projects—www.marlandadekine.com.
#SCArts #NEA #Poetry #ArtistSupport #WritersLife
I also help other artists with grants & writing projects—www.marlandadekine.com.
#SCArts #NEA #Poetry #ArtistSupport #WritersLife
September 4, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Excited to share that my project In My Gut Is a Field has received support from the SC Arts Commission (with NEA support) & the John & Susan Bennett Memorial Arts Fund!
I also help other artists with grants & writing projects—www.marlandadekine.com.
#SCArts #NEA #Poetry #ArtistSupport #WritersLife
I also help other artists with grants & writing projects—www.marlandadekine.com.
#SCArts #NEA #Poetry #ArtistSupport #WritersLife
I'd love to work with you and read your writing.
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New Tiers for Writers + Creators | Marlanda Dekine
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August 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I'd love to work with you and read your writing.
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trying to get my lesson how grandma said
now i know running
for my life cannot be running from myself
rain flooding my home
all around is water
for me to wade
now i know running
for my life cannot be running from myself
rain flooding my home
all around is water
for me to wade
"beauty finds me dappled in ecstasy
i found by the magnolia outside
maybe these were killing fields
but today my heart is here"
—Marlanda Dekine
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i found by the magnolia outside
maybe these were killing fields
but today my heart is here"
—Marlanda Dekine
beestungmag.com/issue10/one-...
One Poem by Marlanda Dekine – beestung
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July 31, 2025 at 5:01 PM
trying to get my lesson how grandma said
now i know running
for my life cannot be running from myself
rain flooding my home
all around is water
for me to wade
now i know running
for my life cannot be running from myself
rain flooding my home
all around is water
for me to wade
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Call for submissions of #art #poetry #photography #essays #painting #fiction #mixedmedia to celebrate Congaree National Park. #poetsofBlueSky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #artistsofBlueSky
A Better Way to Celebrate the 4th
Honor the Earth, Air, Fire, and Water at Congaree National Park
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July 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Call for submissions of #art #poetry #photography #essays #painting #fiction #mixedmedia to celebrate Congaree National Park. #poetsofBlueSky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #artistsofBlueSky
I've led 20+ poetry events, supported emerging writers, and co-edited a SC anthology. As I prep for performances across the Southeast, I’m booking collaborations through early 2026. Let’s connect—schedule a 30-min consult to see what we can build.
#poetry #openforbooking #writingcommunity
#poetry #openforbooking #writingcommunity
July 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I've led 20+ poetry events, supported emerging writers, and co-edited a SC anthology. As I prep for performances across the Southeast, I’m booking collaborations through early 2026. Let’s connect—schedule a 30-min consult to see what we can build.
#poetry #openforbooking #writingcommunity
#poetry #openforbooking #writingcommunity
Hi, y'all! If you or someone you know will be near Georgetown, SC, check out a free writing workshop next week on "Writing the Family".
You can register here: www.eventbrite.com/cc/georgetow...
You can register here: www.eventbrite.com/cc/georgetow...
Georgetown SC Library Poet Laureate Offerings
This collection includes upcoming events offered to the public by the Georgetown County Libraries' Poet Laureate, Marlanda Dekine.
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May 7, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Hi, y'all! If you or someone you know will be near Georgetown, SC, check out a free writing workshop next week on "Writing the Family".
You can register here: www.eventbrite.com/cc/georgetow...
You can register here: www.eventbrite.com/cc/georgetow...
I invite you to support Freedom Readers! We are helping kids learn to read in a country where books are actively being banned. Your support provides students with new books and funds our ongoing tutoring sessions. Give today and support the freedom to read.
www.palmettogivingday.org/p2p/416898/m...
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Marlanda Dekine, Board Member's Champion Profile | Palmetto Giving Day
Help Marlanda Dekine, Board Member's champion efforts for Palmetto Giving Day
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May 6, 2025 at 10:38 AM
I invite you to support Freedom Readers! We are helping kids learn to read in a country where books are actively being banned. Your support provides students with new books and funds our ongoing tutoring sessions. Give today and support the freedom to read.
www.palmettogivingday.org/p2p/416898/m...
www.palmettogivingday.org/p2p/416898/m...
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This little boy had the best weekend without his mommies. Best cat sitter ever! #mrrobbie #maincooncat
April 23, 2025 at 7:14 PM
This little boy had the best weekend without his mommies. Best cat sitter ever! #mrrobbie #maincooncat
Two new poems published in Salvation South! www.salvationsouth.com/marlanda-dek... #poetry
We Have Always Been Here
Explore Marlanda Dekine’s poetry in “We Have Always Been Here,” two new poems for National Poetry Month from the author of “Thresh & Hold.”
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April 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Two new poems published in Salvation South! www.salvationsouth.com/marlanda-dek... #poetry
"I want you to know I have
always understood my place. That
the only feeling more beautiful than
your fear is your want."
poets.org/poem/america...
always understood my place. That
the only feeling more beautiful than
your fear is your want."
poets.org/poem/america...
American Abyss
I followed here the heart
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April 15, 2025 at 10:43 AM
"I want you to know I have
always understood my place. That
the only feeling more beautiful than
your fear is your want."
poets.org/poem/america...
always understood my place. That
the only feeling more beautiful than
your fear is your want."
poets.org/poem/america...
Reposted by Marlanda Dekine
Everything begins in childhood.
The song starts there, the poem.
It was a spring morning when I was born.
It was May. My mother’s hair was long.
The animals and earth were waking up,
preparing for a summer riot.
—Han VanderHart
“ars poetic with birth ledger and crawfish” in @salvationsouth.com
The song starts there, the poem.
It was a spring morning when I was born.
It was May. My mother’s hair was long.
The animals and earth were waking up,
preparing for a summer riot.
—Han VanderHart
“ars poetic with birth ledger and crawfish” in @salvationsouth.com
The Song Starts There
Han VanderHart's visceral poetry kicks off Salvation South's celebration of National Poetry Month, showcasing queer poetry from the South.
www.salvationsouth.com
April 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Everything begins in childhood.
The song starts there, the poem.
It was a spring morning when I was born.
It was May. My mother’s hair was long.
The animals and earth were waking up,
preparing for a summer riot.
—Han VanderHart
“ars poetic with birth ledger and crawfish” in @salvationsouth.com
The song starts there, the poem.
It was a spring morning when I was born.
It was May. My mother’s hair was long.
The animals and earth were waking up,
preparing for a summer riot.
—Han VanderHart
“ars poetic with birth ledger and crawfish” in @salvationsouth.com
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I’m so glad we connected!! 💛
April 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I’m so glad we connected!! 💛
This Saturday, I’ll be creating live at Artista Vista’s Live Art Mart in Columbia, SC. 🌿 I’ll be listening, writing, and inviting you to make poems from unexpected sources. Come be part of a living poem. 🌼
📍 516 Senate | 📅 April 12 | 🕐10 AM-3 PM
#Poetry
#ColumbiaSC
📍 516 Senate | 📅 April 12 | 🕐10 AM-3 PM
#Poetry
#ColumbiaSC
April 9, 2025 at 11:03 AM
This Saturday, I’ll be creating live at Artista Vista’s Live Art Mart in Columbia, SC. 🌿 I’ll be listening, writing, and inviting you to make poems from unexpected sources. Come be part of a living poem. 🌼
📍 516 Senate | 📅 April 12 | 🕐10 AM-3 PM
#Poetry
#ColumbiaSC
📍 516 Senate | 📅 April 12 | 🕐10 AM-3 PM
#Poetry
#ColumbiaSC
Before the 3 PM reading at the Myrtle Beach Art Museum, I will read my set 2-3 more times aloud. I will drink lots of water, pray, meditate, and sleep. Oh, and I will sit in the front yard. It is okay that I still get nervous. It means I care about what I am doing. 🫶🏾✨💜 #poetry #breath
April 4, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Join me for Writing Wisdom, my free, weekly, live class combining #writing #journaling #poetry and #mindfulness - today will have an Irish theme for #StPatricksDay ☘️
Click the link to see the time in your area.
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Click the link to see the time in your area.
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March 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Join me for Writing Wisdom, my free, weekly, live class combining #writing #journaling #poetry and #mindfulness - today will have an Irish theme for #StPatricksDay ☘️
Click the link to see the time in your area.
insig.ht/e/IK67O8S9NRb
Click the link to see the time in your area.
insig.ht/e/IK67O8S9NRb
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What does it mean to unmake history? To sound a future one. Don't miss today's episode with Canisia Lubrin, about her 59 stories that, alongside Torkwase Dyson, with pen and with brush, unmake the 59 Black codes of King Louis XIV. Audio: tinhouse.com/podcast/cani...
Canisia Lubrin : Code Noir - Tin House
Award-winning poet Canisia Lubrin talks about her debut fiction, Code Noir. The fifty-nine stories in this collection are each prefaced by one of Louis XIV’s fifty-nine “Black codes,” the rules of con...
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February 26, 2024 at 4:03 PM
What does it mean to unmake history? To sound a future one. Don't miss today's episode with Canisia Lubrin, about her 59 stories that, alongside Torkwase Dyson, with pen and with brush, unmake the 59 Black codes of King Louis XIV. Audio: tinhouse.com/podcast/cani...
I hope to see you. 💜✨#NationalPoetryMonth
March 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I hope to see you. 💜✨#NationalPoetryMonth
Look at these smiles from Session Two of Office Hours! We talked about writing projects, poetry written by Ching-In Chen and Ra Malika Imhotep, and we wrote to the prompt above. We shared, and we laughed. Drop in whenever you'd like. I'll be there with a prompt and for mutual feedback on projects. 🫶🏿
March 12, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Look at these smiles from Session Two of Office Hours! We talked about writing projects, poetry written by Ching-In Chen and Ra Malika Imhotep, and we wrote to the prompt above. We shared, and we laughed. Drop in whenever you'd like. I'll be there with a prompt and for mutual feedback on projects. 🫶🏿
Yesterday's session of Office Hours for All Everywhere was life-giving! Here are the prompts from our time together: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Be safe and take care! Feel free to drop in next week. You can register for Office Hours at www.marlandadekine.com.
Be safe and take care! Feel free to drop in next week. You can register for Office Hours at www.marlandadekine.com.
Session One - Google Drive
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March 5, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Yesterday's session of Office Hours for All Everywhere was life-giving! Here are the prompts from our time together: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Be safe and take care! Feel free to drop in next week. You can register for Office Hours at www.marlandadekine.com.
Be safe and take care! Feel free to drop in next week. You can register for Office Hours at www.marlandadekine.com.
This is one of my favorite interviews on writing the dead, the South, the family, and keeping oneself alive
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@south85journal.bsky.social
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@south85journal.bsky.social
South 85 Journal | Tyree Daye Interview
YouTube video by South 85 Journal
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February 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This is one of my favorite interviews on writing the dead, the South, the family, and keeping oneself alive
youtu.be/NIkZ_H2_XOc?...
@south85journal.bsky.social
youtu.be/NIkZ_H2_XOc?...
@south85journal.bsky.social
Peace 🌞 I have a new guided meditation available on Insight Timer. It is free, and it will be a beautiful start to your day.
insig.ht/f9siVvmjaRb 🤲🏾✨
insig.ht/f9siVvmjaRb 🤲🏾✨
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February 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Peace 🌞 I have a new guided meditation available on Insight Timer. It is free, and it will be a beautiful start to your day.
insig.ht/f9siVvmjaRb 🤲🏾✨
insig.ht/f9siVvmjaRb 🤲🏾✨
An "i", an "I", and a "We". I love this little clip and the laughter at the end.
February 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
An "i", an "I", and a "We". I love this little clip and the laughter at the end.
