Julie Babcock
@juliebabcock.bsky.social
poet (Autoplay & Rules for Rearrangement) writer, human. co-editor of the lit & craft mag Public School Poetry.
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Found old Toys 'R'Us batteries in this spider. Was sad when they went bankrupt in 2018. And creeped out now to discover the store's kinda been resurrected through a company called Tru Kids.
October 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Found old Toys 'R'Us batteries in this spider. Was sad when they went bankrupt in 2018. And creeped out now to discover the store's kinda been resurrected through a company called Tru Kids.
Go stubbornness! Reminds me of this red cedar that somehow is growing out of our stone fireplace
October 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Go stubbornness! Reminds me of this red cedar that somehow is growing out of our stone fireplace
My Menard's rebate application was accepted! A premonition for future acceptances?
October 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
My Menard's rebate application was accepted! A premonition for future acceptances?
Tonight's meal all provided by my little garden (well, except the rice & panko on the squash)
September 30, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Tonight's meal all provided by my little garden (well, except the rice & panko on the squash)
After a several-way tie from the 50 national book award longlist selections, my Capstone students revoted. Excited to read Angela Flournoy's The Wilderness with them!
September 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
After a several-way tie from the 50 national book award longlist selections, my Capstone students revoted. Excited to read Angela Flournoy's The Wilderness with them!
Gorgeous joy at my great grandparent's farm this weekend- a big, sprawling Catholic family celebrating the marriage of 2 beautiful brides 🏳️🌈
September 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Gorgeous joy at my great grandparent's farm this weekend- a big, sprawling Catholic family celebrating the marriage of 2 beautiful brides 🏳️🌈
This resonates so much- at a really hard period a few years ago, our family spent an afternoon making playdough puppies & it was great & they're still on our windowsill, dried & demented looking
September 14, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This resonates so much- at a really hard period a few years ago, our family spent an afternoon making playdough puppies & it was great & they're still on our windowsill, dried & demented looking
Open Mike Eagle @ The Fillmore last night doing it all. Amazing show, amazing artist
September 1, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Open Mike Eagle @ The Fillmore last night doing it all. Amazing show, amazing artist
Almost didn't see this preying mantis right next to me
August 31, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Almost didn't see this preying mantis right next to me
Organizing my garden tomatoes so I know which ones need to be eaten first (no, I don't have my syllabi for tomorrow posted)
August 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Organizing my garden tomatoes so I know which ones need to be eaten first (no, I don't have my syllabi for tomorrow posted)
You moved! You were amazing!
August 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
You moved! You were amazing!
My preorder copy of Aracelis Girmay's Green of All Heads came today! Excited to dive in! Thanks @boa-editions.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
My preorder copy of Aracelis Girmay's Green of All Heads came today! Excited to dive in! Thanks @boa-editions.bsky.social
Surreal to walk into a bookstore looking for Auden poems and see my own book of poetry next to it!
August 4, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Surreal to walk into a bookstore looking for Auden poems and see my own book of poetry next to it!
Love this page of a 13th century bestiary on cats. Much less Christian symbolism and a lot more look at what magicks cats can do!
July 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Love this page of a 13th century bestiary on cats. Much less Christian symbolism and a lot more look at what magicks cats can do!
Been working through some weird 21st c. bestiary prose poem ideas inspired by these folks.
July 14, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Been working through some weird 21st c. bestiary prose poem ideas inspired by these folks.
Cat through the grape arbor
July 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Cat through the grape arbor
Goat yoga to celebrate a wonderful friend's 50th- so much goat joy!
July 12, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Goat yoga to celebrate a wonderful friend's 50th- so much goat joy!
Cat of the hydrangeas
June 23, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Cat of the hydrangeas
Sun cat with rhubarb & lilacs
June 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Sun cat with rhubarb & lilacs
Japanese maple seeds- so much color!
May 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Japanese maple seeds- so much color!
Also, celebrating this mother's day with an 18-yr-old home from college and a final novel ms. it's taken me a decade to get right. My amazing partner drew this picture on my title page for me
May 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Also, celebrating this mother's day with an 18-yr-old home from college and a final novel ms. it's taken me a decade to get right. My amazing partner drew this picture on my title page for me
