Kaitlin Shetler
@kaitlinshetler.bsky.social
writes so-so poetry and dorky fanfiction, flaming heretic, unsettling fascination with horror tropes, and fan of a democracy not crumbling into fascism
we may go quiet
for a minute
be bound by fear
or law
or cages
or marriage
or church
or government
censored
and silenced
exiled
and imprisoned
cowed
and shaken
but always
still
never not
human
#poemsfortheresistance #poetry #poetrycommunity #america #trump
for a minute
be bound by fear
or law
or cages
or marriage
or church
or government
censored
and silenced
exiled
and imprisoned
cowed
and shaken
but always
still
never not
human
#poemsfortheresistance #poetry #poetrycommunity #america #trump
August 12, 2025 at 4:43 AM
we may go quiet
for a minute
be bound by fear
or law
or cages
or marriage
or church
or government
censored
and silenced
exiled
and imprisoned
cowed
and shaken
but always
still
never not
human
#poemsfortheresistance #poetry #poetrycommunity #america #trump
for a minute
be bound by fear
or law
or cages
or marriage
or church
or government
censored
and silenced
exiled
and imprisoned
cowed
and shaken
but always
still
never not
human
#poemsfortheresistance #poetry #poetrycommunity #america #trump
June 4, 2025 at 6:35 AM
#poemsfortheresistance
my third grader went to sleep last night holding her stuffed rabbit and talking about minecraft
she tells me funny things about school
her friends play a game under a tree
she calls it “queen of the world”
my third grader went to sleep last night holding her stuffed rabbit and talking about minecraft
she tells me funny things about school
her friends play a game under a tree
she calls it “queen of the world”
April 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
#poemsfortheresistance
my third grader went to sleep last night holding her stuffed rabbit and talking about minecraft
she tells me funny things about school
her friends play a game under a tree
she calls it “queen of the world”
my third grader went to sleep last night holding her stuffed rabbit and talking about minecraft
she tells me funny things about school
her friends play a game under a tree
she calls it “queen of the world”
#poemsfortheresistance
this is a soft apocalypse
a gentle genocide
the slow boiling of values and decency
a southern politic at church potlucks and neighborhood lynchings
this is a soft apocalypse
a gentle genocide
the slow boiling of values and decency
a southern politic at church potlucks and neighborhood lynchings
April 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
#poemsfortheresistance
this is a soft apocalypse
a gentle genocide
the slow boiling of values and decency
a southern politic at church potlucks and neighborhood lynchings
this is a soft apocalypse
a gentle genocide
the slow boiling of values and decency
a southern politic at church potlucks and neighborhood lynchings
February 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
#poemsfortheresistance
when they take your voice
use your feet to make trouble
and when they take your feet
use your hands to make waves
and when the hands go
use your eyes to burn warnings
and when your eyes fail
use your heart to beat change
when they take your voice
use your feet to make trouble
and when they take your feet
use your hands to make waves
and when the hands go
use your eyes to burn warnings
and when your eyes fail
use your heart to beat change
February 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
#poemsfortheresistance
when they take your voice
use your feet to make trouble
and when they take your feet
use your hands to make waves
and when the hands go
use your eyes to burn warnings
and when your eyes fail
use your heart to beat change
when they take your voice
use your feet to make trouble
and when they take your feet
use your hands to make waves
and when the hands go
use your eyes to burn warnings
and when your eyes fail
use your heart to beat change
It went on and on and on, until one day, when one of his subjects walked through the woods, they came upon the old witch’s house, abandoned and forgotten, just waiting to be found.
Something stirred, long buried and bound, and that’s where our story really begins.
Something stirred, long buried and bound, and that’s where our story really begins.
February 19, 2025 at 10:46 PM
It went on and on and on, until one day, when one of his subjects walked through the woods, they came upon the old witch’s house, abandoned and forgotten, just waiting to be found.
Something stirred, long buried and bound, and that’s where our story really begins.
Something stirred, long buried and bound, and that’s where our story really begins.
#poemsfortheresistance
a woman once died from toxic empathy
the coroner said her heart gave out
after it was crushed by the weight of all the needs she carried on her back
“toxic empathy,”
the coroner said,
“killed this woman.”
“beware,”
the king said,
“because it might be catching.”
a woman once died from toxic empathy
the coroner said her heart gave out
after it was crushed by the weight of all the needs she carried on her back
“toxic empathy,”
the coroner said,
“killed this woman.”
“beware,”
the king said,
“because it might be catching.”
February 17, 2025 at 6:03 AM
#poemsfortheresistance
a woman once died from toxic empathy
the coroner said her heart gave out
after it was crushed by the weight of all the needs she carried on her back
“toxic empathy,”
the coroner said,
“killed this woman.”
“beware,”
the king said,
“because it might be catching.”
a woman once died from toxic empathy
the coroner said her heart gave out
after it was crushed by the weight of all the needs she carried on her back
“toxic empathy,”
the coroner said,
“killed this woman.”
“beware,”
the king said,
“because it might be catching.”
Happy Valentine’s Day (2025 Edition) (Part 2)!
February 14, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Happy Valentine’s Day (2025 Edition) (Part 2)!
Happy Valentine’s Day (2025 Edition)!
February 14, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Happy Valentine’s Day (2025 Edition)!
#poemsfortheresistance
despots have it so easy in america
they can just point
and the christians attack
ready-made soldiers
already armored for the lord
despots have it so easy in america
they can just point
and the christians attack
ready-made soldiers
already armored for the lord
February 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
#poemsfortheresistance
despots have it so easy in america
they can just point
and the christians attack
ready-made soldiers
already armored for the lord
despots have it so easy in america
they can just point
and the christians attack
ready-made soldiers
already armored for the lord
#poemsfortheresistance
violent criminals deserve violent deaths
say the violent men
who write the laws
it’s jesus’s will to cut the wheat from the chaff
say the men selling the wheat
profiting off the labor of the migrants they force to cut
violent criminals deserve violent deaths
say the violent men
who write the laws
it’s jesus’s will to cut the wheat from the chaff
say the men selling the wheat
profiting off the labor of the migrants they force to cut
February 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
#poemsfortheresistance
violent criminals deserve violent deaths
say the violent men
who write the laws
it’s jesus’s will to cut the wheat from the chaff
say the men selling the wheat
profiting off the labor of the migrants they force to cut
violent criminals deserve violent deaths
say the violent men
who write the laws
it’s jesus’s will to cut the wheat from the chaff
say the men selling the wheat
profiting off the labor of the migrants they force to cut
#poemsfortheresistance
it’s called resistance for a reason
but exercise has never been my forte
and i’m afraid when the going gets tough
i hide under weighted blankets and doom scrolling
it’s called resistance for a reason
but exercise has never been my forte
and i’m afraid when the going gets tough
i hide under weighted blankets and doom scrolling
February 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
#poemsfortheresistance
it’s called resistance for a reason
but exercise has never been my forte
and i’m afraid when the going gets tough
i hide under weighted blankets and doom scrolling
it’s called resistance for a reason
but exercise has never been my forte
and i’m afraid when the going gets tough
i hide under weighted blankets and doom scrolling
#poemsfortheresistance
the price of eggs is important
to families struggling to put food on their tables
to farmers, maybe
but not to billionaires
not ever to billionaires
the price of eggs is important
to families struggling to put food on their tables
to farmers, maybe
but not to billionaires
not ever to billionaires
January 27, 2025 at 11:37 PM
#poemsfortheresistance
the price of eggs is important
to families struggling to put food on their tables
to farmers, maybe
but not to billionaires
not ever to billionaires
the price of eggs is important
to families struggling to put food on their tables
to farmers, maybe
but not to billionaires
not ever to billionaires
#poemsfortheresistance
someone said consent was like tea
which is great metaphor for kids
but not for men
someone said consent was like tea
which is great metaphor for kids
but not for men
January 26, 2025 at 8:32 AM
#poemsfortheresistance
someone said consent was like tea
which is great metaphor for kids
but not for men
someone said consent was like tea
which is great metaphor for kids
but not for men
#poemsfortheresistance
handle an oligarch
the same way you’d handle a god
defer
defend
devote
tell him he’s in charge
handle an oligarch
the same way you’d handle a god
defer
defend
devote
tell him he’s in charge
January 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
#poemsfortheresistance
handle an oligarch
the same way you’d handle a god
defer
defend
devote
tell him he’s in charge
handle an oligarch
the same way you’d handle a god
defer
defend
devote
tell him he’s in charge
#poemsfortheresistance
i don’t think freedom dies quickly
i don’t think it is assassinated in secret places
i don’t think freedom dies quickly
i don’t think it is assassinated in secret places
January 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
#poemsfortheresistance
i don’t think freedom dies quickly
i don’t think it is assassinated in secret places
i don’t think freedom dies quickly
i don’t think it is assassinated in secret places
I don’t disagree that the TikTok ban is a big deal, but there’s only one site I would burn this country down for.
January 19, 2025 at 5:48 AM
I don’t disagree that the TikTok ban is a big deal, but there’s only one site I would burn this country down for.
I feel like there’s probably a book out there about this.
January 19, 2025 at 5:09 AM
I feel like there’s probably a book out there about this.
