Margot Schilpp
@margotschilpp.bsky.social
Poet, teacher, human. Four books of poetry from Carnegie Mellon and a new one on the way: Markers and Shrines (October 2025).
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Chris Murphy: "There's a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing & it was just destroyed without any conversation in the public, without any consent of Congress. It's absolutely illegal. That visual is powerful b/c you're watching destruction of the rule of law as those walls come down"
October 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Chris Murphy: "There's a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing & it was just destroyed without any conversation in the public, without any consent of Congress. It's absolutely illegal. That visual is powerful b/c you're watching destruction of the rule of law as those walls come down"
A few early copies of my new book, Markers and Shrines (Carnegie Mellon University Press), have arrived! I’m thrilled! It’s available to pre-order now at your favorite independent bookstore or through CMUP’s distributor: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Markers and Shrines
A poetic exploration of how we carry the past forward: reshaped but never broken. In Markers and Shrines, Margot Schilpp traces the moments that define us—the losses that strip away our former selves ...
press.uchicago.edu
August 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
A few early copies of my new book, Markers and Shrines (Carnegie Mellon University Press), have arrived! I’m thrilled! It’s available to pre-order now at your favorite independent bookstore or through CMUP’s distributor: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
A daughter said today: “I think a wasp head just fell out of my sleeve.”
June 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
A daughter said today: “I think a wasp head just fell out of my sleeve.”
I will miss so very much the members of the graduate poetry workshop this semester—amazing poems. Amazing people. ❤️
May 6, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I will miss so very much the members of the graduate poetry workshop this semester—amazing poems. Amazing people. ❤️
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In occupied France, people would drop their used matches folded into a V, as a secret sign of resistance. People who opposed the Nazis would see them, knew they weren't alone, & felt emboldened to take action.
Some modern day equivalents here--small but powerful actions you can absolutely do:
Some modern day equivalents here--small but powerful actions you can absolutely do:
Thirty lonely but beautiful actions you can take right now which probably won't magically catalyze a mass movement against Trump but that are still wildly important
Why? Because others will see you do them, and it will make it easier for them to take their own (slightly less lonely but equally beautiful) action by your side
thewhitepages.net
February 25, 2025 at 3:21 AM
In occupied France, people would drop their used matches folded into a V, as a secret sign of resistance. People who opposed the Nazis would see them, knew they weren't alone, & felt emboldened to take action.
Some modern day equivalents here--small but powerful actions you can absolutely do:
Some modern day equivalents here--small but powerful actions you can absolutely do:
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Elon Musk has purchased $40M on a series of Superbowl ads attacking USAID. Watch this ad, which tells the truth, instead.
#saveforeignaid #standwithUSAID
#saveforeignaid #standwithUSAID
February 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Elon Musk has purchased $40M on a series of Superbowl ads attacking USAID. Watch this ad, which tells the truth, instead.
#saveforeignaid #standwithUSAID
#saveforeignaid #standwithUSAID
Overwhelmed by the news? By so many consequential decisions being made (apparently) without thought? Here's a link to something we can all do--make our voices heard! 5calls.org
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
5calls.org
February 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Overwhelmed by the news? By so many consequential decisions being made (apparently) without thought? Here's a link to something we can all do--make our voices heard! 5calls.org
Happy New Year! And may 2025 be far less terrible than I fear it could be.
January 1, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Happy New Year! And may 2025 be far less terrible than I fear it could be.
Occasionally I recognize that no matter how invested I am in a poem or in family and friends' lives or in political events, I won't necessarily live to see the ends of all those stories.
November 18, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Occasionally I recognize that no matter how invested I am in a poem or in family and friends' lives or in political events, I won't necessarily live to see the ends of all those stories.
Feels great to have deactivated my Twitter account after having it since 2008. And I’m feeling optimistic about this new space!
November 15, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Feels great to have deactivated my Twitter account after having it since 2008. And I’m feeling optimistic about this new space!
Who knew that shopping for clothes for a high school senior to wear during a debate tournament in California would be so stress-free!?
October 22, 2023 at 10:52 PM
Who knew that shopping for clothes for a high school senior to wear during a debate tournament in California would be so stress-free!?
Whew. Took me a while to get here! 🤷🏻♀️
October 12, 2023 at 4:19 PM
Whew. Took me a while to get here! 🤷🏻♀️