Alison Birch
@irishali13.bsky.social
Mom. Doctoral Candidate-ABD.
Faculty Lecturer of Linguistics & Literacy.
Poet Published: Canada-PaddlerPress.
Texas Poetry. Poetry World. Dem. Ally.
Sometimes, I'm funny.
Faculty Lecturer of Linguistics & Literacy.
Poet Published: Canada-PaddlerPress.
Texas Poetry. Poetry World. Dem. Ally.
Sometimes, I'm funny.
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Alison Birch
@irishali13.bsky.social
· Feb 15
Let's be very clear: Strong men - men who are truly role models - don't need to put down women to make themselves feel powerful. People who are truly strong lift others up. People who are truly powerful bring others together.
~ Michelle Obama
~ Michelle Obama
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Good night, friends. ⭐️
November 24, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Good night, friends. ⭐️
November 24, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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folks, I think we have enough data from our little "what would happen if the stupidest person alive were president" experiment, can we try something else now
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
folks, I think we have enough data from our little "what would happen if the stupidest person alive were president" experiment, can we try something else now
Good night, friends. ⭐️
November 24, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Good night, friends. ⭐️
Haiku
for you
love between us
is
speech and breath.
loving you
is a long river running.
~ Sonia Sanchez
for you
love between us
is
speech and breath.
loving you
is a long river running.
~ Sonia Sanchez
November 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Haiku
for you
love between us
is
speech and breath.
loving you
is a long river running.
~ Sonia Sanchez
for you
love between us
is
speech and breath.
loving you
is a long river running.
~ Sonia Sanchez
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I am laid back
— but I can lean forward
Real quick
— but I can lean forward
Real quick
November 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I am laid back
— but I can lean forward
Real quick
— but I can lean forward
Real quick
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I believe in pink.
I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong.
I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I believe in miracles.
~ Audrey Hepburn
I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong.
I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I believe in miracles.
~ Audrey Hepburn
November 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I believe in pink.
I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong.
I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I believe in miracles.
~ Audrey Hepburn
I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong.
I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I believe in miracles.
~ Audrey Hepburn
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Kindness is the only way forward
.
.
November 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Kindness is the only way forward
.
.
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“It’s reasonable for all poets to say that they work in STEM.”
Our greatest tool for fighting AI might actually be poetry.
Can “adversarial poetry” save us from AI?
Turns out, the Terminator movies would have been more realistic if Sarah Conner had a poetry MFA. In a new paper titled “Adversarial Poetry as a Universal Single-Turn Jailbreak Mechanism in Large L…
buff.ly
November 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
“It’s reasonable for all poets to say that they work in STEM.”
When people try to come back into my life after doing me wrong.
Sorry, I can't cause I already told my mom what you did.
Sorry, I can't cause I already told my mom what you did.
November 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
When people try to come back into my life after doing me wrong.
Sorry, I can't cause I already told my mom what you did.
Sorry, I can't cause I already told my mom what you did.
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The is the prettiest part of the world.
Away travelling for a few days so here are a few snowy photographs from last week. Back in Yorkshire soon. Best wishes James
November 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The is the prettiest part of the world.
Never go in search of love,
go in search of life,
and life will find you
the love you seek.
~ Atticus
go in search of life,
and life will find you
the love you seek.
~ Atticus
November 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Never go in search of love,
go in search of life,
and life will find you
the love you seek.
~ Atticus
go in search of life,
and life will find you
the love you seek.
~ Atticus
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Grand Dame Queenie, 2013
by US painter Amy Sherald #womensart
by US painter Amy Sherald #womensart
November 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Grand Dame Queenie, 2013
by US painter Amy Sherald #womensart
by US painter Amy Sherald #womensart
You were
the one
I wanted
to wake up with
on Sunday morning
and make
a cup of coffee for.
the one
I wanted
to wake up with
on Sunday morning
and make
a cup of coffee for.
November 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
You were
the one
I wanted
to wake up with
on Sunday morning
and make
a cup of coffee for.
the one
I wanted
to wake up with
on Sunday morning
and make
a cup of coffee for.
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Poem for your Sunday
~ Franz Wright, in God's Silence
— Walking home, for a moment
you almost believe you could start again.
And an intense love rushes to your heart, and hope. It's unendurable, unendurable.
~ Franz Wright, in God's Silence
— Walking home, for a moment
you almost believe you could start again.
And an intense love rushes to your heart, and hope. It's unendurable, unendurable.
November 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Poem for your Sunday
~ Franz Wright, in God's Silence
— Walking home, for a moment
you almost believe you could start again.
And an intense love rushes to your heart, and hope. It's unendurable, unendurable.
~ Franz Wright, in God's Silence
— Walking home, for a moment
you almost believe you could start again.
And an intense love rushes to your heart, and hope. It's unendurable, unendurable.
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Maria Callas
Lady Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
November 23, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Maria Callas
Lady Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
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Butternut squash and a green chili relish I made
November 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Butternut squash and a green chili relish I made
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Good night, friends. ⭐️
Hope you're all having a good weekend.
Hope you're all having a good weekend.
November 23, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Good night, friends. ⭐️
Hope you're all having a good weekend.
Hope you're all having a good weekend.
Because I knew you, I have been changed for good.
Credit: Josie Balka
Credit: Josie Balka
November 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Because I knew you, I have been changed for good.
Credit: Josie Balka
Credit: Josie Balka
Caturday #caturday
My sweetest cat nephew, Leo, was a rescue kitty during the pandemic. I used to hold him on my chest in my coat to keep him warm. He was found hiding in a box, definitely not thriving.
He still loves boxes and is doing well.
Named after Leopold's ice cream in Savannah, Ga.
My sweetest cat nephew, Leo, was a rescue kitty during the pandemic. I used to hold him on my chest in my coat to keep him warm. He was found hiding in a box, definitely not thriving.
He still loves boxes and is doing well.
Named after Leopold's ice cream in Savannah, Ga.
November 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Caturday #caturday
My sweetest cat nephew, Leo, was a rescue kitty during the pandemic. I used to hold him on my chest in my coat to keep him warm. He was found hiding in a box, definitely not thriving.
He still loves boxes and is doing well.
Named after Leopold's ice cream in Savannah, Ga.
My sweetest cat nephew, Leo, was a rescue kitty during the pandemic. I used to hold him on my chest in my coat to keep him warm. He was found hiding in a box, definitely not thriving.
He still loves boxes and is doing well.
Named after Leopold's ice cream in Savannah, Ga.