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Jude Marr PhD (he/him)
@judemarr.bsky.social
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Poet, editor, humanist, trans guy. Former librarian, writing center director, also taught college. We Know Each Other By Our Wounds (Animal Heart Press, 2020) and Pushcart nominated. https://judemarr.com
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A bright day here in Coimbra and the seagulls are chilling
Seagulls sitting in sunshine on the rail of a dock. In the background, a footbridge spans the river Mondego in Coimbra, Portugal
November 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate. I'm here, with my favorite tree, trying to stay hopeful :)
The poet, a short man with gray facial hair and eyeglasses, wearing a blue beanie and sweater. Behind me, a resilient tree, propped up and moss covered.
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Twenty years. Good grief.
A crumpled, faded blue tee shirt with an inscription in white and orange: The ING New York City Marathon Finisher
November 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Day trip to Porto #NoKings
A No Kings sticker on my blue shirt with the yellow stripe
October 18, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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A treat for my birthday, which was last week. Year 68 begins with the Phantom in Lisbon
An impressive theater frontage at night, with a very large banner advertising Phantom of the Opera lit up above the entrance
October 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Saturday evening, on my way to the store. A little night music.
A group of musicians in front of an ancient, ornate church in a city square
September 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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A Sunday night selfie. I hope you have the best week you can in the circumstances. I plan to.
The poet, wearing a plaid shirt and blue eyeglasses, stands in front of a bare window. It's dark outside. The beard is growing, the hair receding.
September 8, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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The poet at the botanic garden. A head-and-shoulders selfie against a background of -growing shrubs. A sixty-something guy in a blue shirt.
July 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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A great turnout for the protest today In Porto, Portugal. This was my favorite sign #nokings
A man in shorts and sunglasses holding a sign that says, Even Our Sardines Are More Democratic A group of protesters holding signs with a palm tree and city buildings in the background
June 14, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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We are about to have a book fair, and yesterday I woke up to Dr Angelou below my window #Coimbra
Looking down on a narrow, cobbled street, a drawing of Maya Angelou in red and green hangs from a transverse wire. Across the street, the features of a yellow building with a junction box. A stack of giant fake books in a city square
June 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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This is the other side of my favorite, wounded tree. As you can see, it's doing well. And today is Portugal Day. A cooler day, light rain, and then sun again. A storm brewing. There will also be singing #Coimbra #JardimBotânico
In the center, a twisted old tree trunk with healthy, blooming offshoots. Taller trees and an old stone gallery behind. In the foreground, rose beds.
June 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Hey, guess who made it to Coimbra. For those who don't know, I rescued Bird from the streets of Lafayette, LA, close to ten years ago. When I move, Bird moves too. The Bird abides
A window ledge. On the left, an unframed picture, three rows of three rusty knots. On the right, the rusty head and neck of what used to be part of a lawn ornament. Bird's beak is long and sharp. She has her back to the art. It's dark outside but no drapes. You can just see the shadowy yellow building across the narrow street.
May 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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The power is back on in my neighborhood and in most other places in Portugal, I believe. Still no word that I've heard on exactly what happened. An interesting day
A view from my window, looking down on a large streetlight attached to the yellow-painted wall of the building opposite
April 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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The Igreja de São Tiago, a hop and a step from where I live, has a small house for local street cats that mirrors the church's Romanesque architecture
An old church in honey colored stone. The door is deep set inside a Romanesque, curved arch. A steep flight of steps leads up to the door from a cobbled square. To the left of the picture, a very small triangular structure with three doors that mirror the church Close up of the small triangular structure. It's made of wood with a fenced area at the base
April 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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A good turnout on a beautiful day for a protest in solidarity. Mostly Americans, but we got some honks from locals, especially a city garbage truck that went around the block several times! #handsoff
A sunny day. Trees, Portuguese cobbles. A crowd gathers. People with signs, one with a Ukrainian flag, get ready to protest in downtown Porto
April 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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En route to Portugal, my new home 👋
#transdayofvisibility
Selfie of the poet on a train. Round brown felt hat, blue jacket, plaid shirt. Blue-framed glasses, grey facial hair. My expression? Solid
March 31, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Last day in Edinburgh
A view from the third floor, looking down and out across the interior of the main hall at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. A curved glass roof over tiers of Victorian ironwork. A few expertly placed exhibits and ditto visitors
March 27, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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This is where I stay when I pass through London. Jealous, right?
The view from inside a hostel dorm bunk bed. Rumpled white duvet with my tan leather duffle bag and blue jacket at the far end. Above, the underside of the top bunk's mattress. The sides are plain wood panels with a dark curtain drawn across the open side. Shadows from the small lamp behind me.
March 24, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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Another night in London, back to Portugal tomorrow. I'm not living a dream, mine or yours. I'm doing what's necessary to survive. Just like you.
At the National Theatre on London's South Bank. Night. Green light projected on the smooth, concrete side of a modern building, along with the words National Theatre, upended in white
March 17, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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Dogsitting with Charlie 🐶
A black and white spaniel draped across my lap, fast asleep
March 14, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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"Claustrophobia" out now in the new issue of Cider Press Review. Check it out :) Thanks, Caron.

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Claustrophobia days I’m so angry I can’t breathe in a small town that cinches round me like a noose, narrow sidewalks, narrow minds but I hold my elbows in, don’t meet their eyes streets recoil, buildings back away toward the edge of town, the precipice I snap the rope and plunge on and on, through scrub, through spindly trees, grabby branches, dirt to the fence, the razor wire the turkey stench warehoused, waiting beaks and feet already chopped, birds barely breathe, trapped behind blank walls, breast to fattened breast, dust and ammonia their eyes, I imagine, bright with fear.
March 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Backlit in my newly rented shoebox studio apartment. If I get my visa 🤞 I'll add some personal touches. Meanwhile I'm enjoying a private space, and having gotten this far
The poet, bathed in light, in a small, white and grey studio. I'm wearing a dark blue hoodie from the Universidade de Coimbra
March 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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This is a discrete view of the men's bathroom at the hostel where I'm staying before I pick up my apartment keys tomorrow. Last night as a tourist?This hostel btw is a literal stone's throw from the old cathedral and belongs to them. Ah, if they only knew :) Also, I appear to be alone here
A slant view of a modern men's bathroom with a shelf of cube-shaped sinks and a row of shower stalls with green glass (not transparent) doors
February 28, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Y'all, I found an apartment. A tiny studio to be exact, which will suit me just fine, at least for a year. And then we'll see. Always assuming the visa application works out, of course. The street name means "Alley of Pleasures" and the 2nd image is the church next door. Make up your own jokes :)
A tiled street sign on a white wall says "Beco Dos Prazeres." Arial view of a city center neighborhood in Coimbra shows red tiled-roofs, alleys and streets, around a baroque church
February 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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The Jade Museum in San Jose, Costa Rica. A beautifully curated collection impressively housed. Brace yourselves for the fourth image :)
At dusk, a large, dark grey modern building that, like a lump of uncut jade, has subtle facets revealed in slanting light A museum case display of jade and clay artefacts - a pot, a bottle, a selection of tools, in subtle shades of green, cream, and red A clay figure that is part human part bat, with proportionately very small arms and also short wings. A red shirt to the groin; a tall, decorative headpiece; fangs A display cabinet with three outsized clay penises, all erect. One also has testicles, in proportion
January 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM