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Mer
@mer-writes.bsky.social
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(They/he)
Poet. Cyborg. Animal.

Currently under construction. Mid-metamorphosis. Indecent. Just practicing. Messin around.

MFA in Poetry ~ Warren Wilson College
Hampshire College F18
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jordanpfot.bsky.social
86 fucking years old.
June 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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acyn.bsky.social
“Tasted a little tear gas— tasted like fascism”
June 8, 2025 at 4:40 AM
mer-writes.bsky.social
Very captivated once more by the incredible work of Roxanna Bennet. She precisely names the shame that becomes inseparable from sense of self when moving through the world in a neurodiverse mindbody. She plays with the way that micro (self) reflects macro as one grapples with Who Gets to be Human
May 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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fiadh.bsky.social
May 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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litbowl.bsky.social
From Gabrielle Calvocoressi's book, The First Time I Saw Amelia Earhart.

#poem #books #writing
April 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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chicago4poets.bsky.social
Blue Hour Reading (With Ayokunle Falomo and Viola Lee) and Open Mic- Tomorrow, April 16, 6-7pm at 800 West Buena Avenue. #Chicago4Poets #PoetryEventsChicago #Poetry #Poet #PoetsChicago #PoetsofChicago #HaymarketHouse #ChicagoPoetryCenter #PoetryMonth
In large green letters text reads: Poetry Reading. Subtitle: Ayokunle Falomo and Viola Lee. Date of Event: 6-7 pm 16 April 2025. Event's Location: Haymarket House 800 West Buena Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60613. Chicago Poetry Center's Blue Hour Generative Workshop: The Blue Hour Reading includes a breif open mic followed by two featured poets from Chicago and beyond. The open mic includes five readers drawn lottery-style from a hat that goes out at 7:15. The reading starts promptly at 7:30. Each open mic poet reads one poem or for three minutes, whichever comes first.
April 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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emilyesfraser.bsky.social
I’ve Been Thinking about Love Again Vievee Francis Those who live to have it and those who live to give it. Of course there are those for whom both are true, but never in the same measure. Those who have it to give are like cardinals in the snow. So easy and beautifully lit. Some are rabbits. Hard to see except for those who would prey upon them: all that softness and quaking and blood. Those who want it cannot be satisfied. Eagle-eyed and such talons, any furred thing will do. So easy to rip out a heart when it is throbbing so hard. I wander out into the winter. I know what I am.
April 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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dare-williams.bsky.social
The purpose of poetry is to remind us how difficult it is to remain just one person, for our house is open there no keys in the doors, and invisible guests come in and out at will.

- Czesław Miłosz
April 12, 2025 at 4:06 AM
mer-writes.bsky.social
Didn’t match our costumes but the vibes are still unmatched #c2e2
Selfie with Mer dressed as Frodo Baggins in his Fellowship cloak and Eliza is dressed as Bea with a white motorcycle helmet and a pink visor, complete with a Puppycat stuffed animal. Selfie with Mer dressed as Frodo Baggins in his Fellowship cloak with The One Ring and Eliza is dressed as Bea with a white motorcycle helmet and a pink visor and a pink and white striped shirt
April 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
mer-writes.bsky.social
Baby boy from his worst (no, best!) angles
April 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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tacobellquarterly.org
Hey look at me I've been here for years and I still have zero books out. You can just be a writer! No qualifications! No clue what you're doing! Just making things and telling other people about it all day who barely care! That's all I do!
April 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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i-find-planets.bsky.social
Look! A planet! Can you go there with me? Can you go there with me?
April 8, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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libro.fm
Donate to your public library, get a free Libro.fm audiobook credit! 📚🥰❤️

This week is #NationalLibraryWeek and just like our beloved indie bookshops, libraries play an essential role in our communities.

But, more than ever, they need our support.

Learn more: blog.libro.fm/libraryweek/
Support your local library! Donate $15 or more to a public library this National Library Week and receive a free Libro.fm audiobook credit. How it works: Just like our beloved indie bookshops, libraries play an essential role in our communities. They need our support to ensure they can keep offering free resources, learning spaces, and much more. This National Library Week, if you donate $15 or more to a public library, you’ll receive a free audiobook credit from Libro.fm. Just submit your proof of donation at blog.libro.fm/libraryweek by April 18, 2025, 5 PM PT, to receive an emailed credit by April 25, 2025
April 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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h1twom4n.bsky.social
Friday night with the lads, they get a bit wild
April 4, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
Guys really do love to hear themselves talk, huh.
The image is a screenshot of a tweet from Comrade Sisko (@Pinko69420 ), accompanied by two fist bump emojis. The tweet includes a photo of a person sitting in a car, wearing a gray Bass Pro Shops cap and glasses. Overlaid on the image is white text that reads: "Let's start with a 200% tariff on podcast equipment for straight men." The background outside the car window shows a clear sky, power lines, and some buildings.
April 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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antidramallama.bsky.social
Friends, if you're going to the protests this weekend, PLEASE:
1. DO NOT SIGN UP IN ADVANCE. It's a great way for bad-faith actors to find you.
2. DO NOT TAKE SELFIES. And blur faces in any photo you take!
3. BE SAFE. Stay with a group, be ready for potential violence. #protest #resist #takeaction 🧵
April 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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tacobellquarterly.org
Just write words. They don't have to be good. In fact, the less you feel about them the better off you will be. Preserve yourself. You're going to be doing this for the rest of your life.
April 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
mer-writes.bsky.social
In honor of #transdayofrememberance I want to share some #poetry #bookrecommedations for all the #transallies #transfolks and #poets of all kinds. These book recs will be ORDERED but not RANKED bc I do not and cannot pick favorites or impose hierarchy.
March 31, 2025 at 7:44 PM
mer-writes.bsky.social
Now this is my favorite #transdayofvisibility yet. How I crave for everyone from my past life to embrace this me with simplicity and joy instead of grasping and grieving the me they used to know! And some of them do. It really can be this easy, it can!
jomiles.bsky.social Jo Miles @jomiles.bsky.social · Mar 31
It's also the day for my favorite meme!

If this aging Klingon warrior can get it right, so can anyone.
Jadzia Dax and Kor hugging: "Curzon, my beloved old friend." "I'm Jadzia now." "Jadzia, my beloved old friend!"
March 31, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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radicalgraffiti.bsky.social
"Deny, Defend, Depose / Free Luigi"
Spotted in downtown Chicago
March 31, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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orcspiration.bsky.social
HANG UP YOUR LONGBOW, TODAY YOU WILL BATTLE THE THOUGHTS THAT WOULD STEAL OUR JOY. AND YOU WILL WIN.
March 31, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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toddedillard.bsky.social
them: this poem is two poems

me: it absolutely is not

the poem:
a textbook with a picture of Rousseau’s head that someone has added a doodle of an anime school girl’s outfit and stockings to
March 30, 2025 at 10:34 PM
mer-writes.bsky.social
Please do not post pictures from #teslatakedown or any other protest with others’ faces unblurred! Protestors could get doxxed(and even deported)😔😔😔 be safe <3
March 31, 2025 at 1:59 AM