F. Kate Langan
@fkatelangan-author.bsky.social
Poet, chair caner, reader, writer, animal lover, knitter, spinner.
Reposted by F. Kate Langan
Hurling Anchors.
All the spaces around me
and in my head fill up
until I lose my grip
and my temper.
Then I spend my time
hurling anchors up
into the sky in hopes
(cont'd)
All the spaces around me
and in my head fill up
until I lose my grip
and my temper.
Then I spend my time
hurling anchors up
into the sky in hopes
(cont'd)
April 8, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Hurling Anchors.
All the spaces around me
and in my head fill up
until I lose my grip
and my temper.
Then I spend my time
hurling anchors up
into the sky in hopes
(cont'd)
All the spaces around me
and in my head fill up
until I lose my grip
and my temper.
Then I spend my time
hurling anchors up
into the sky in hopes
(cont'd)
Butterflies.
Do butterflies see
The vibrant colours
Of their wings
Or feel delicate and transient
As they flit through our
Plodding sphere?
(cont'd)
Do butterflies see
The vibrant colours
Of their wings
Or feel delicate and transient
As they flit through our
Plodding sphere?
(cont'd)
March 13, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Butterflies.
Do butterflies see
The vibrant colours
Of their wings
Or feel delicate and transient
As they flit through our
Plodding sphere?
(cont'd)
Do butterflies see
The vibrant colours
Of their wings
Or feel delicate and transient
As they flit through our
Plodding sphere?
(cont'd)
Push You, Pull Me
through the pain
of missing young
white arms that once
hung around my neck
with love and neediness.
(cont'd)
through the pain
of missing young
white arms that once
hung around my neck
with love and neediness.
(cont'd)
March 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Push You, Pull Me
through the pain
of missing young
white arms that once
hung around my neck
with love and neediness.
(cont'd)
through the pain
of missing young
white arms that once
hung around my neck
with love and neediness.
(cont'd)
Reposted by F. Kate Langan
"Public investment" vs "Wasteful Subsidy." The only problem with this clever Singer cartoon is that some people might actually not get that it’s sarcastically illustrating the incorrect perception problem, NOT telling the truth.
Just in case it actually needs to be said, the truth is the opposite.
Just in case it actually needs to be said, the truth is the opposite.
March 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM
"Public investment" vs "Wasteful Subsidy." The only problem with this clever Singer cartoon is that some people might actually not get that it’s sarcastically illustrating the incorrect perception problem, NOT telling the truth.
Just in case it actually needs to be said, the truth is the opposite.
Just in case it actually needs to be said, the truth is the opposite.
Certitude.
Hold, hold dear passion
For what is the gamble
But your self worth?
Or, go for it all the way
And cry never no fair play
Nor lead astray
With hints of fidelity
Unless you are sure.
(cont'd)
Hold, hold dear passion
For what is the gamble
But your self worth?
Or, go for it all the way
And cry never no fair play
Nor lead astray
With hints of fidelity
Unless you are sure.
(cont'd)
March 2, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Certitude.
Hold, hold dear passion
For what is the gamble
But your self worth?
Or, go for it all the way
And cry never no fair play
Nor lead astray
With hints of fidelity
Unless you are sure.
(cont'd)
Hold, hold dear passion
For what is the gamble
But your self worth?
Or, go for it all the way
And cry never no fair play
Nor lead astray
With hints of fidelity
Unless you are sure.
(cont'd)
A Void.
I am nothing
but a void
in the air.
F. Kate Langan 2007.
(published by Five Fleas Itchy Poetry, November 2022)#nothingness#Nihilism#themeaningoflife
I am nothing
but a void
in the air.
F. Kate Langan 2007.
(published by Five Fleas Itchy Poetry, November 2022)#nothingness#Nihilism#themeaningoflife
March 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
A Void.
I am nothing
but a void
in the air.
F. Kate Langan 2007.
(published by Five Fleas Itchy Poetry, November 2022)#nothingness#Nihilism#themeaningoflife
I am nothing
but a void
in the air.
F. Kate Langan 2007.
(published by Five Fleas Itchy Poetry, November 2022)#nothingness#Nihilism#themeaningoflife
One Hundred Eighty Degrees.
Voices in the caverns And passageways of the mind Whisper directions Directives, suggestions.
Listen, they entreat Listen to our wisdom. We will tell you the way To happiness.
(cont'd)
Voices in the caverns And passageways of the mind Whisper directions Directives, suggestions.
Listen, they entreat Listen to our wisdom. We will tell you the way To happiness.
(cont'd)
February 27, 2025 at 12:27 AM
One Hundred Eighty Degrees.
Voices in the caverns And passageways of the mind Whisper directions Directives, suggestions.
Listen, they entreat Listen to our wisdom. We will tell you the way To happiness.
(cont'd)
Voices in the caverns And passageways of the mind Whisper directions Directives, suggestions.
Listen, they entreat Listen to our wisdom. We will tell you the way To happiness.
(cont'd)
Reposted by F. Kate Langan
In thinking about mental health and wellness, we want to recognize other groups under persecution as well: people who are transgender/nonbinary, have disabilities, don‘t have documentation, people of color, and others. Take care of yourselves, find your communities, be allies and support each other.
February 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
In thinking about mental health and wellness, we want to recognize other groups under persecution as well: people who are transgender/nonbinary, have disabilities, don‘t have documentation, people of color, and others. Take care of yourselves, find your communities, be allies and support each other.
Reposted by F. Kate Langan
February 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Beware! Potentially triggering topic.
Irony.
It is a very funny thing
this raging against
the mother for what
she has done
and said to wound
when she does not get
her way,
for it makes me want
to kill myself,
not her!
F. Kate Langan 2015.#suicide#emotionalwounds#rageagainstthehurt
Irony.
It is a very funny thing
this raging against
the mother for what
she has done
and said to wound
when she does not get
her way,
for it makes me want
to kill myself,
not her!
F. Kate Langan 2015.#suicide#emotionalwounds#rageagainstthehurt
February 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Beware! Potentially triggering topic.
Irony.
It is a very funny thing
this raging against
the mother for what
she has done
and said to wound
when she does not get
her way,
for it makes me want
to kill myself,
not her!
F. Kate Langan 2015.#suicide#emotionalwounds#rageagainstthehurt
Irony.
It is a very funny thing
this raging against
the mother for what
she has done
and said to wound
when she does not get
her way,
for it makes me want
to kill myself,
not her!
F. Kate Langan 2015.#suicide#emotionalwounds#rageagainstthehurt
Noise Sucks.
Oh, the vacuums I have known;
like children, I might say;
difficult and loud.
So, I find myself mothering
my four-year-old
and my canister vacuum
in similar ways.
Please, just come around
this corner here with me
(cont'd)
Oh, the vacuums I have known;
like children, I might say;
difficult and loud.
So, I find myself mothering
my four-year-old
and my canister vacuum
in similar ways.
Please, just come around
this corner here with me
(cont'd)
February 24, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Noise Sucks.
Oh, the vacuums I have known;
like children, I might say;
difficult and loud.
So, I find myself mothering
my four-year-old
and my canister vacuum
in similar ways.
Please, just come around
this corner here with me
(cont'd)
Oh, the vacuums I have known;
like children, I might say;
difficult and loud.
So, I find myself mothering
my four-year-old
and my canister vacuum
in similar ways.
Please, just come around
this corner here with me
(cont'd)
Sewn In Badges
A young man's secrets drive
A wedge between memories
Of sparkling child-times, and hopes
For future success.
He is not with us
Anymore as he sits
Alone in his room with fingers
On the keys
Of world-sparking-
Neurons. He keeps
(cont'd)
A young man's secrets drive
A wedge between memories
Of sparkling child-times, and hopes
For future success.
He is not with us
Anymore as he sits
Alone in his room with fingers
On the keys
Of world-sparking-
Neurons. He keeps
(cont'd)
February 23, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Sewn In Badges
A young man's secrets drive
A wedge between memories
Of sparkling child-times, and hopes
For future success.
He is not with us
Anymore as he sits
Alone in his room with fingers
On the keys
Of world-sparking-
Neurons. He keeps
(cont'd)
A young man's secrets drive
A wedge between memories
Of sparkling child-times, and hopes
For future success.
He is not with us
Anymore as he sits
Alone in his room with fingers
On the keys
Of world-sparking-
Neurons. He keeps
(cont'd)
Dating Men.
Dating:
Return for a full refund within thirty days
Seventy five percent within sixty.
Test the upholstery with your decor
With your friends and family.
Test the lips, the hands, the look in the eye
And see whether it rings true.
Please return undamaged.
(cont'd)
Dating:
Return for a full refund within thirty days
Seventy five percent within sixty.
Test the upholstery with your decor
With your friends and family.
Test the lips, the hands, the look in the eye
And see whether it rings true.
Please return undamaged.
(cont'd)
February 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Dating Men.
Dating:
Return for a full refund within thirty days
Seventy five percent within sixty.
Test the upholstery with your decor
With your friends and family.
Test the lips, the hands, the look in the eye
And see whether it rings true.
Please return undamaged.
(cont'd)
Dating:
Return for a full refund within thirty days
Seventy five percent within sixty.
Test the upholstery with your decor
With your friends and family.
Test the lips, the hands, the look in the eye
And see whether it rings true.
Please return undamaged.
(cont'd)
The Dis-empowered
Why can't I just be normal?
Easy going, laid back?
Instead, it's a fight
From dawn until dusk
Against the murderous fury
I feel at the injustices
On the weak
By the powerful
(cont'd)
Why can't I just be normal?
Easy going, laid back?
Instead, it's a fight
From dawn until dusk
Against the murderous fury
I feel at the injustices
On the weak
By the powerful
(cont'd)
February 19, 2025 at 11:27 PM
The Dis-empowered
Why can't I just be normal?
Easy going, laid back?
Instead, it's a fight
From dawn until dusk
Against the murderous fury
I feel at the injustices
On the weak
By the powerful
(cont'd)
Why can't I just be normal?
Easy going, laid back?
Instead, it's a fight
From dawn until dusk
Against the murderous fury
I feel at the injustices
On the weak
By the powerful
(cont'd)
Reposted by F. Kate Langan
"Canadian wind turbines, made with Canadian steel and aluminium, should power Canadian data centres."
Sierra Clubs Canada and U.S. meet in Montréal. Media Release: www.sierraclub.ca/wind-energy-... #CDNMedia #CDNpoli #WindEnergy #RenewableEnergy #Tariffs
Sierra Clubs Canada and U.S. meet in Montréal. Media Release: www.sierraclub.ca/wind-energy-... #CDNMedia #CDNpoli #WindEnergy #RenewableEnergy #Tariffs
Wind Energy and Tariffs - Sierra Club Canada
Wind Energy and Tariffs: Canadian wind turbines, made with Canadian steel and aluminium, should power Canadian data centres.
www.sierraclub.ca
February 12, 2025 at 6:26 PM
"Canadian wind turbines, made with Canadian steel and aluminium, should power Canadian data centres."
Sierra Clubs Canada and U.S. meet in Montréal. Media Release: www.sierraclub.ca/wind-energy-... #CDNMedia #CDNpoli #WindEnergy #RenewableEnergy #Tariffs
Sierra Clubs Canada and U.S. meet in Montréal. Media Release: www.sierraclub.ca/wind-energy-... #CDNMedia #CDNpoli #WindEnergy #RenewableEnergy #Tariffs
Reposted by F. Kate Langan
Stand with climate disaster survivors in their call for corporate pollution to be capped. Take action at www.sierraclub.ca/action-item/...
#EmissionsCap
#EmissionsCap
December 17, 2024 at 5:39 AM
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#EmissionsCap
#EmissionsCap
Gullible Gulls.
Gullible gulls
greedy for the spoils
from giving hands
in deep pockets.
Gullible gulls
who will listen
to the toxic caw
of the self-preserving flock,
and will land on
the poisonous deck
of a sinking ship
crewed by rats.
F. Kate Langan 2005#complacency#followers#mindlessness
Gullible gulls
greedy for the spoils
from giving hands
in deep pockets.
Gullible gulls
who will listen
to the toxic caw
of the self-preserving flock,
and will land on
the poisonous deck
of a sinking ship
crewed by rats.
F. Kate Langan 2005#complacency#followers#mindlessness
February 19, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Gullible Gulls.
Gullible gulls
greedy for the spoils
from giving hands
in deep pockets.
Gullible gulls
who will listen
to the toxic caw
of the self-preserving flock,
and will land on
the poisonous deck
of a sinking ship
crewed by rats.
F. Kate Langan 2005#complacency#followers#mindlessness
Gullible gulls
greedy for the spoils
from giving hands
in deep pockets.
Gullible gulls
who will listen
to the toxic caw
of the self-preserving flock,
and will land on
the poisonous deck
of a sinking ship
crewed by rats.
F. Kate Langan 2005#complacency#followers#mindlessness
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"Silence—the deepest speech..."
—Paul Laurence Dunbar (1903)
#ForgottenPoets #blackhistorymonth #poetry
"Silence—the deepest speech..."
—Paul Laurence Dunbar (1903)
#ForgottenPoets #blackhistorymonth #poetry
February 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
.
"Silence—the deepest speech..."
—Paul Laurence Dunbar (1903)
#ForgottenPoets #blackhistorymonth #poetry
"Silence—the deepest speech..."
—Paul Laurence Dunbar (1903)
#ForgottenPoets #blackhistorymonth #poetry
My Day
Is there anything pressing to do today?
Only the ironing
And then the vacuuming.
That sucks!
And the dusting.
That will wipe the smile off my face.
And the dining room table needs a polish.
(cont'd)
Is there anything pressing to do today?
Only the ironing
And then the vacuuming.
That sucks!
And the dusting.
That will wipe the smile off my face.
And the dining room table needs a polish.
(cont'd)
February 17, 2025 at 11:51 PM
My Day
Is there anything pressing to do today?
Only the ironing
And then the vacuuming.
That sucks!
And the dusting.
That will wipe the smile off my face.
And the dining room table needs a polish.
(cont'd)
Is there anything pressing to do today?
Only the ironing
And then the vacuuming.
That sucks!
And the dusting.
That will wipe the smile off my face.
And the dining room table needs a polish.
(cont'd)
Reposted by F. Kate Langan
This is our Canada, our flag is a symbol of unity and peace. #OCanada #FlagDay #Canada #CanadaIsUnited #MapleLeaf
🍁Vive 🍁 le 🍁 Canada 🍁🇨🇦🍁
🍁Vive 🍁 le 🍁 Canada 🍁🇨🇦🍁
February 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This is our Canada, our flag is a symbol of unity and peace. #OCanada #FlagDay #Canada #CanadaIsUnited #MapleLeaf
🍁Vive 🍁 le 🍁 Canada 🍁🇨🇦🍁
🍁Vive 🍁 le 🍁 Canada 🍁🇨🇦🍁
Reposted by F. Kate Langan
The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.
February 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.
Polish.
In the shadow of a power mother
deprived of the fatherly glow
of approval
a pretty child withers
and takes the dark path
to polish her self-loathing
and shame.
F. Kate Langan 2012.
#parents#selfloathing#shame#growingup
In the shadow of a power mother
deprived of the fatherly glow
of approval
a pretty child withers
and takes the dark path
to polish her self-loathing
and shame.
F. Kate Langan 2012.
#parents#selfloathing#shame#growingup
February 15, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Polish.
In the shadow of a power mother
deprived of the fatherly glow
of approval
a pretty child withers
and takes the dark path
to polish her self-loathing
and shame.
F. Kate Langan 2012.
#parents#selfloathing#shame#growingup
In the shadow of a power mother
deprived of the fatherly glow
of approval
a pretty child withers
and takes the dark path
to polish her self-loathing
and shame.
F. Kate Langan 2012.
#parents#selfloathing#shame#growingup
Blah Blah Blah Love.
Blah
Blah
Blah
Love.
None of those matter now
because we are here --
X marks the spot
in time and space --
where none of these words matter.
Now we’re in another moment
in which to live
to the fullest.
Please take my hand.
Love.
F. Kate Langan 2019.#Valentine#action#love
Blah
Blah
Blah
Love.
None of those matter now
because we are here --
X marks the spot
in time and space --
where none of these words matter.
Now we’re in another moment
in which to live
to the fullest.
Please take my hand.
Love.
F. Kate Langan 2019.#Valentine#action#love
February 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Blah Blah Blah Love.
Blah
Blah
Blah
Love.
None of those matter now
because we are here --
X marks the spot
in time and space --
where none of these words matter.
Now we’re in another moment
in which to live
to the fullest.
Please take my hand.
Love.
F. Kate Langan 2019.#Valentine#action#love
Blah
Blah
Blah
Love.
None of those matter now
because we are here --
X marks the spot
in time and space --
where none of these words matter.
Now we’re in another moment
in which to live
to the fullest.
Please take my hand.
Love.
F. Kate Langan 2019.#Valentine#action#love
I'm excited to announce my book, "The Grand Plan, A Tale of Romance, Crime and Boatbuilding," will be promoted as part of a special sale on @Smashwords to celebrate 2025 Read an Ebook Week from
February 13, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I'm excited to announce my book, "The Grand Plan, A Tale of Romance, Crime and Boatbuilding," will be promoted as part of a special sale on @Smashwords to celebrate 2025 Read an Ebook Week from