Pichchenda Bao
@pichchendabao.bsky.social
Sometimes I write things down, whenever I get a minute.
Big poetry weekend coming up! Can’t wait to join the lineup at A Persistence of Cormorants in Brooklyn. This is such a cool reading series and space. Come out to Brooklyn! Next Sunday! 1:30 PM. 165 2nd Street. Brooklyn. I’ll be trying out some new poems!
July 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Big poetry weekend coming up! Can’t wait to join the lineup at A Persistence of Cormorants in Brooklyn. This is such a cool reading series and space. Come out to Brooklyn! Next Sunday! 1:30 PM. 165 2nd Street. Brooklyn. I’ll be trying out some new poems!
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This times a thousand, and it's messed up how a political assassination just kind of fell out of the news right away.
A radical Christian just murdered the speaker of a state house but the real worry is the theocratic muslim who said the bus should be cheaper
June 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This times a thousand, and it's messed up how a political assassination just kind of fell out of the news right away.
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White supremacist terrorism and anti-abortion terrorism serve the same goal—solidifying white, cis, male power—and they work in tandem, bleeding into each other. And until we take anti-abortion violence seriously, it will continue to be a training ground for broader white supremacist terrorism.
June 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
White supremacist terrorism and anti-abortion terrorism serve the same goal—solidifying white, cis, male power—and they work in tandem, bleeding into each other. And until we take anti-abortion violence seriously, it will continue to be a training ground for broader white supremacist terrorism.
I’ve been so privileged to work with a few young Palestinian writers through We Are Not Numbers (WANN). One of them, Taqwa Ahmed al-Wawi, has gone on to publish more pieces in other venues since then. I am so proud and in awe of her spirit and determination to make her own future.
May 31, 2025 at 10:34 AM
I’ve been so privileged to work with a few young Palestinian writers through We Are Not Numbers (WANN). One of them, Taqwa Ahmed al-Wawi, has gone on to publish more pieces in other venues since then. I am so proud and in awe of her spirit and determination to make her own future.
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murder is bad and if you feel that way then hopefully you also agree mass murder is bad
May 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
murder is bad and if you feel that way then hopefully you also agree mass murder is bad
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Mark my words and please understand: They erase your history so that they can erase your rights.
April 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Mark my words and please understand: They erase your history so that they can erase your rights.
Free at noon tomorrow at AWP in LA? Come to our offsite reading at the Arts District Brewery Company! I’ll be trying out some new poems with Nancy Agabian, Catherine Fletchers, Jared Harél, Mary Lannon, & Vaughn Watson. I love these writers so much. I hope you’ll join us.
March 29, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Free at noon tomorrow at AWP in LA? Come to our offsite reading at the Arts District Brewery Company! I’ll be trying out some new poems with Nancy Agabian, Catherine Fletchers, Jared Harél, Mary Lannon, & Vaughn Watson. I love these writers so much. I hope you’ll join us.
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The important thing to understand about the Trump administration is that it is always lying. It isn't simply indifferent to the truth; it has contempt for it and for those who tell it. This must be broadly understood.
March 28, 2025 at 1:17 AM
The important thing to understand about the Trump administration is that it is always lying. It isn't simply indifferent to the truth; it has contempt for it and for those who tell it. This must be broadly understood.
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It’s important to understand that when a white person says “this has never happened before” or compares some oppressive behavior to a foreign regime, but it *did* happen here to Black/brown people for years/decades/centuries, it represents a massive blow to solidarity. It’s selfish.
March 20, 2025 at 9:31 PM
It’s important to understand that when a white person says “this has never happened before” or compares some oppressive behavior to a foreign regime, but it *did* happen here to Black/brown people for years/decades/centuries, it represents a massive blow to solidarity. It’s selfish.
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When the history of this time is written down, the cowardice will be remembered as much as the fascism
March 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
When the history of this time is written down, the cowardice will be remembered as much as the fascism
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I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
March 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
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People convince themselves that animals can’t feel or think but desperately believe that a computer program that spews out summaries is something magical and intelligent
March 13, 2025 at 10:43 AM
People convince themselves that animals can’t feel or think but desperately believe that a computer program that spews out summaries is something magical and intelligent
Dear LA, I’ll be in your neck of the woods in a couple weeks!
March 14, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Dear LA, I’ll be in your neck of the woods in a couple weeks!
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The ‘can machines do creative writing’ thing is mostly a distraction from the use of the machines to go through text and images to cancel grants and put people on deportation lists
March 13, 2025 at 10:34 AM
The ‘can machines do creative writing’ thing is mostly a distraction from the use of the machines to go through text and images to cancel grants and put people on deportation lists
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From a poetry collection by Mary Oliver, where after a hundred poems showcasing gentle observations on nature and animals, she hits you with this
March 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
From a poetry collection by Mary Oliver, where after a hundred poems showcasing gentle observations on nature and animals, she hits you with this
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Not hearing enough noise about Mahmoud Khalil from folks who like to quote the "first they came for" poem. Y'all get that the point is that they came for controversial, easily othered groups first, right? Now, it's trans people, immigrants, and student activists. Your turn will come. Fight now.
March 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Not hearing enough noise about Mahmoud Khalil from folks who like to quote the "first they came for" poem. Y'all get that the point is that they came for controversial, easily othered groups first, right? Now, it's trans people, immigrants, and student activists. Your turn will come. Fight now.