Jacqueline Saphra
@jsaphra.bsky.social
Poet, activist, teacher, retired mother
Hurrah and thanks!
November 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Hurrah and thanks!
Reposted by Jacqueline Saphra
. @jsaphra.bsky.social’s sonnet eschews sentiment while remaining fully responsive to the turn of the seasons:
…All these questions to the heart as if
it has some agency. It’s just a metaphor
for faith among the ruins, a way to live
while knowing what we take, then take some more…
#EcoSonnetChain
…All these questions to the heart as if
it has some agency. It’s just a metaphor
for faith among the ruins, a way to live
while knowing what we take, then take some more…
#EcoSonnetChain
May 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
. @jsaphra.bsky.social’s sonnet eschews sentiment while remaining fully responsive to the turn of the seasons:
…All these questions to the heart as if
it has some agency. It’s just a metaphor
for faith among the ruins, a way to live
while knowing what we take, then take some more…
#EcoSonnetChain
…All these questions to the heart as if
it has some agency. It’s just a metaphor
for faith among the ruins, a way to live
while knowing what we take, then take some more…
#EcoSonnetChain
Reposted by Jacqueline Saphra
In the meantime, here’s @jsaphra.bsky.social’s very fine sonnet:
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Postcards from Malthusia DAY THIRTY-ONE: Jacqueline Saphra
#17 8th April “They tell us coronavirus is a great leveller. It’s not. It’s much much harder if you’re poor.”; (Emily Maitlis, BBC Newsnight) A mist has settled on the Thames, the air is cl…
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April 8, 2025 at 9:38 AM
In the meantime, here’s @jsaphra.bsky.social’s very fine sonnet:
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#NewBootsAndPantisocracies #PostcardsFromMalthusia
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#NewBootsAndPantisocracies #PostcardsFromMalthusia
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Reposted by Jacqueline Saphra
Summer Term: 3-TERM COURSES – Our weekly workshop groups: you’ll find thoughtful critique & a welcoming poetry community. W/ tutors: @aanaxagorou.bsky.social, @jsaphra.bsky.social, Wayne Holloway-Smith, @astridalben.bsky.social, Rachel Long, Mark Waldron, Shazea Quraishi, Richard Price
March 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Summer Term: 3-TERM COURSES – Our weekly workshop groups: you’ll find thoughtful critique & a welcoming poetry community. W/ tutors: @aanaxagorou.bsky.social, @jsaphra.bsky.social, Wayne Holloway-Smith, @astridalben.bsky.social, Rachel Long, Mark Waldron, Shazea Quraishi, Richard Price
I guess I have always seen you as a whistleblower @nytimes.com but your whistle is not blowing.
February 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I guess I have always seen you as a whistleblower @nytimes.com but your whistle is not blowing.