r kay (they/them)
@r-kay.bsky.social
they/them. director @brooklynpoets.bsky.social in western mass from southern appalachia. occasionally online / chronically ill / always gay 🇵🇸 poems in HAD, Copper Nickel, Catapult & hiding around the internet. Tin House '25.
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Join us for our Awards Gala on December 7, ft. the inimitable @poetpatriciasmith.bsky.social alongside award winners Maria Rubio & Gurlie Myricks, faculty Sam Cha, fellow Disha Trivedi, Mandana Chaffa, Cornelius Eady, Eugenia Leigh, Miller Oberman & Tara Skurtu.
2025 Awards Gala | Honoring Patricia Smith — Brooklyn Poets
Help us raise funds for our operations, including fellowships, workshops, readings and free programming while celebrating our honoree, award winners, and community members including Patricia Smith,…
brooklynpoets.org
October 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Join us for our Awards Gala on December 7, ft. the inimitable @poetpatriciasmith.bsky.social alongside award winners Maria Rubio & Gurlie Myricks, faculty Sam Cha, fellow Disha Trivedi, Mandana Chaffa, Cornelius Eady, Eugenia Leigh, Miller Oberman & Tara Skurtu.
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Wow! We're up to 175 participants & more than $10k in pledges/direct contributions!
Let’s keep the momentum going ❤️🔥 You can still join the #sealeychallenge Poetry Pledge Fundraiser for Gaza, as a participant or sponsor, at any time. Details here: mailchi.mp/openpoetrybo...
Let’s keep the momentum going ❤️🔥 You can still join the #sealeychallenge Poetry Pledge Fundraiser for Gaza, as a participant or sponsor, at any time. Details here: mailchi.mp/openpoetrybo...
August 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Wow! We're up to 175 participants & more than $10k in pledges/direct contributions!
Let’s keep the momentum going ❤️🔥 You can still join the #sealeychallenge Poetry Pledge Fundraiser for Gaza, as a participant or sponsor, at any time. Details here: mailchi.mp/openpoetrybo...
Let’s keep the momentum going ❤️🔥 You can still join the #sealeychallenge Poetry Pledge Fundraiser for Gaza, as a participant or sponsor, at any time. Details here: mailchi.mp/openpoetrybo...
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Early registration is now open for our fall workshops, online and in-person, ft. Angel Nafis, @robertwoodlynn.bsky.social, @taraskurtu.bsky.social, @rosebudbenoni.bsky.social & more! Through August 17, members save $40 and nonmembers save $25 on all workshops at brooklynpoets.org/workshops/all
Poetry Workshops — Brooklyn Poets
Build your poetic craft and community in our small, intensive workshops taught by award-winning poets, both online and in person at 144 Montague Street in historic Brooklyn Heights!
brooklynpoets.org
August 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Early registration is now open for our fall workshops, online and in-person, ft. Angel Nafis, @robertwoodlynn.bsky.social, @taraskurtu.bsky.social, @rosebudbenoni.bsky.social & more! Through August 17, members save $40 and nonmembers save $25 on all workshops at brooklynpoets.org/workshops/all
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Don’t miss our final July workshops exploring the personal & political stakes of writing, possibilities of dreaming, activism & love, multimedia poetry & the poetic toolbox w/ @imogenxtian.bsky.social, alma valdez-garcia, Starr Davis, Emma Sheinbaum & Kyle Liang! brooklynpoets.org/workshops/all
July 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Don’t miss our final July workshops exploring the personal & political stakes of writing, possibilities of dreaming, activism & love, multimedia poetry & the poetic toolbox w/ @imogenxtian.bsky.social, alma valdez-garcia, Starr Davis, Emma Sheinbaum & Kyle Liang! brooklynpoets.org/workshops/all
i’ve learned the body is capable of truly miraculous things, like coming down with both strep & covid in the same week
April 1, 2025 at 11:28 PM
i’ve learned the body is capable of truly miraculous things, like coming down with both strep & covid in the same week
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If you’re feeling stuck today, try this prompt from @storiesandnoise.bsky.social & don’t forget to ask for everything <3.
In this prompt helps you feel a little less stuck, consider signing up for their online workshop "Prompt Queen: A Generative Ball" at brooklynpoets.org/workshop/p/p...
In this prompt helps you feel a little less stuck, consider signing up for their online workshop "Prompt Queen: A Generative Ball" at brooklynpoets.org/workshop/p/p...
March 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
If you’re feeling stuck today, try this prompt from @storiesandnoise.bsky.social & don’t forget to ask for everything <3.
In this prompt helps you feel a little less stuck, consider signing up for their online workshop "Prompt Queen: A Generative Ball" at brooklynpoets.org/workshop/p/p...
In this prompt helps you feel a little less stuck, consider signing up for their online workshop "Prompt Queen: A Generative Ball" at brooklynpoets.org/workshop/p/p...
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Don't miss your last chance to register for these upcoming workshops with @ds-waldman.bsky.social, @sethwleeper.bsky.social, @storiesandnoise.bsky.social and Alexis Aceves Garcia! Learn more about each at brooklynpoets.org/workshops/all
February 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Don't miss your last chance to register for these upcoming workshops with @ds-waldman.bsky.social, @sethwleeper.bsky.social, @storiesandnoise.bsky.social and Alexis Aceves Garcia! Learn more about each at brooklynpoets.org/workshops/all
i love poets i love reading lil poems together in community, thank you @tinhouse.bsky.social & especially this group of brilliant folks & @chenchenwrites.bsky.social for your generosity & time over the last week #thww
February 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
i love poets i love reading lil poems together in community, thank you @tinhouse.bsky.social & especially this group of brilliant folks & @chenchenwrites.bsky.social for your generosity & time over the last week #thww
ignoring the eight inches of snow i need to finish shoveling from my driveway to hang with the lgbtqia2s-writers squad at @tinhouse.bsky.social & i have no regrets bc this writing is the 🔥 my frozen self needs
(don't follow up on this when i'm dealing with the aftermath in two days)
(don't follow up on this when i'm dealing with the aftermath in two days)
February 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
ignoring the eight inches of snow i need to finish shoveling from my driveway to hang with the lgbtqia2s-writers squad at @tinhouse.bsky.social & i have no regrets bc this writing is the 🔥 my frozen self needs
(don't follow up on this when i'm dealing with the aftermath in two days)
(don't follow up on this when i'm dealing with the aftermath in two days)
got misgendered as a performance/slam poet in workshop today & as someone whose actual gender is most awkward nerd of the page that ever lived—i'm flattered
February 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
got misgendered as a performance/slam poet in workshop today & as someone whose actual gender is most awkward nerd of the page that ever lived—i'm flattered
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Maybe you want to write a love poem. Maybe all you want to write about is rage. Either way, you deserve to spend some time with your own words this season. If you were looking for a push, here it is: Save $20 on any workshop using code ODETOMYSELF. mailchi.mp/brooklynpoet...
February 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Maybe you want to write a love poem. Maybe all you want to write about is rage. Either way, you deserve to spend some time with your own words this season. If you were looking for a push, here it is: Save $20 on any workshop using code ODETOMYSELF. mailchi.mp/brooklynpoet...
look at all these poets 🔥
Join us in congratulating our Brooklyn Poets Fellows for the winter-spring 2025 season! Congrats as well to our finalists & semifinalists who've earned a partial award. Read our full announcement at mailchi.mp/brooklynpoet...
February 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
look at all these poets 🔥
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i need more than small acts of kindness i need BIG OVERTHROWINGS OF GOVERNMENT
February 8, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i need more than small acts of kindness i need BIG OVERTHROWINGS OF GOVERNMENT
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If I have any credibility or goodwill among you, please please please read this.
REVIVING THE FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY AND LIFTING THE MORATORIUM ON FEDERAL EXECUTIONS, applying to “aliens, who traverse our borders and remain in the United States without legal status.”
www.justice.gov/ag/media/138...
REVIVING THE FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY AND LIFTING THE MORATORIUM ON FEDERAL EXECUTIONS, applying to “aliens, who traverse our borders and remain in the United States without legal status.”
www.justice.gov/ag/media/138...
www.justice.gov
February 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
If I have any credibility or goodwill among you, please please please read this.
REVIVING THE FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY AND LIFTING THE MORATORIUM ON FEDERAL EXECUTIONS, applying to “aliens, who traverse our borders and remain in the United States without legal status.”
www.justice.gov/ag/media/138...
REVIVING THE FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY AND LIFTING THE MORATORIUM ON FEDERAL EXECUTIONS, applying to “aliens, who traverse our borders and remain in the United States without legal status.”
www.justice.gov/ag/media/138...
i guess i have to submit a proposal to pay poets to steal the declaration of independence, metaphorically
(donate to your local arts nonprofit pls we need you)
(donate to your local arts nonprofit pls we need you)
So, the National Endowment for the Arts announced today that they are reworking the guidelines for all 2026 grants and will be prioritizing projects that center the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It's now just a propaganda fund.
www.arts.gov/news/press-r...
www.arts.gov/news/press-r...
Updates on National Endowment for the Arts FY 2026 Grant Opportunities
The National Endowment for the Arts is updating its FY 2026 grant guidelines, with deadlines in March and July 2025. These changes impact organizations applying in the Grants for Arts Projects or Chal...
www.arts.gov
February 7, 2025 at 1:07 AM
i guess i have to submit a proposal to pay poets to steal the declaration of independence, metaphorically
(donate to your local arts nonprofit pls we need you)
(donate to your local arts nonprofit pls we need you)
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DeeSoul Carson | /build god, then we’ll talk
(encoded in hexadecimal, but I’m being nice and including the decoded text)
Published in Seventh Wave Mag
(encoded in hexadecimal, but I’m being nice and including the decoded text)
Published in Seventh Wave Mag
February 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
DeeSoul Carson | /build god, then we’ll talk
(encoded in hexadecimal, but I’m being nice and including the decoded text)
Published in Seventh Wave Mag
(encoded in hexadecimal, but I’m being nice and including the decoded text)
Published in Seventh Wave Mag
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It’s also your final chance to register for workshops starting next week with @omotarajames.bsky.social, Matthew Gellman, Gregory Crosby and Ramya Ramana! brooklynpoets.org/workshops/all
February 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
It’s also your final chance to register for workshops starting next week with @omotarajames.bsky.social, Matthew Gellman, Gregory Crosby and Ramya Ramana! brooklynpoets.org/workshops/all