Sean Bates
@seanjbates.bsky.social
writer/poet/educator
https://substack.com/@seanjbates
poems in:
Emerge Literary Journal
Stone Canoe
Rising Phoenix Review
"What Saves Us: Poems of Empathy and Outrage in the Age of Trump"
ed. Martín Espada https://tinyurl.com/44yksnmp
https://substack.com/@seanjbates
poems in:
Emerge Literary Journal
Stone Canoe
Rising Phoenix Review
"What Saves Us: Poems of Empathy and Outrage in the Age of Trump"
ed. Martín Espada https://tinyurl.com/44yksnmp
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Winter in this Dusk
One of my activities is inverting the diction of a poem. I love how the new poem somehow ends in a similar space as the original even though the diction is "opposite" like it exists in negative space.
tinyurl.com
Try inverting the diction of a poem. I love how the new poem somehow ends in a similar space as the original even though the diction is "opposite" like it exists in the negative space.
Today's poem is "Winter in this Dusk" after Charles Simic tinyurl.com/ysjpefnn
#poetry #teachers #craft #writing
Today's poem is "Winter in this Dusk" after Charles Simic tinyurl.com/ysjpefnn
#poetry #teachers #craft #writing
I'm 35 today. That's a good age.
November 13, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I'm 35 today. That's a good age.
Reposted by Sean Bates
Try inverting the diction of a poem. I love how the new poem somehow ends in a similar space as the original even though the diction is "opposite" like it exists in the negative space.
Today's poem is "Winter in this Dusk" after Charles Simic tinyurl.com/ysjpefnn
#poetry #teachers #craft #writing
Today's poem is "Winter in this Dusk" after Charles Simic tinyurl.com/ysjpefnn
#poetry #teachers #craft #writing
Winter in this Dusk
One of my activities is inverting the diction of a poem. I love how the new poem somehow ends in a similar space as the original even though the diction is "opposite" like it exists in negative space.
tinyurl.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Try inverting the diction of a poem. I love how the new poem somehow ends in a similar space as the original even though the diction is "opposite" like it exists in the negative space.
Today's poem is "Winter in this Dusk" after Charles Simic tinyurl.com/ysjpefnn
#poetry #teachers #craft #writing
Today's poem is "Winter in this Dusk" after Charles Simic tinyurl.com/ysjpefnn
#poetry #teachers #craft #writing
Try inverting the diction of a poem. I love how the new poem somehow ends in a similar space as the original even though the diction is "opposite" like it exists in the negative space.
Today's poem is "Winter in this Dusk" after Charles Simic tinyurl.com/ysjpefnn
#poetry #teachers #craft #writing
Today's poem is "Winter in this Dusk" after Charles Simic tinyurl.com/ysjpefnn
#poetry #teachers #craft #writing
Winter in this Dusk
One of my activities is inverting the diction of a poem. I love how the new poem somehow ends in a similar space as the original even though the diction is "opposite" like it exists in negative space.
tinyurl.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Try inverting the diction of a poem. I love how the new poem somehow ends in a similar space as the original even though the diction is "opposite" like it exists in the negative space.
Today's poem is "Winter in this Dusk" after Charles Simic tinyurl.com/ysjpefnn
#poetry #teachers #craft #writing
Today's poem is "Winter in this Dusk" after Charles Simic tinyurl.com/ysjpefnn
#poetry #teachers #craft #writing
Reposted by Sean Bates
In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
November 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
Reposted by Sean Bates
Reposted by Sean Bates
There are 1,700 ballots that need signature confirmation. That is enough to change the election.
Go. Check. Your. Ballot.
komonews.com/news/local/s...
Go. Check. Your. Ballot.
komonews.com/news/local/s...
November 11, 2025 at 2:31 AM
There are 1,700 ballots that need signature confirmation. That is enough to change the election.
Go. Check. Your. Ballot.
komonews.com/news/local/s...
Go. Check. Your. Ballot.
komonews.com/news/local/s...
Reposted by Sean Bates
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx8s... it's time to rewatch a classic of youtube
Why Heroquest is so Great
YouTube video by BardicBroadcasts
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx8s... it's time to rewatch a classic of youtube
Reposted by Sean Bates
Then Toad poured a glass of water over his head.
November 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Then Toad poured a glass of water over his head.
Reposted by Sean Bates
Low notes and high notes, lots of character...
Today's poem is "Syrah" tinyurl.com/36pxxnyx
#writingcommunity #poetry #winepoems #viniculture #poemaday #poemsky #amwriting
Today's poem is "Syrah" tinyurl.com/36pxxnyx
#writingcommunity #poetry #winepoems #viniculture #poemaday #poemsky #amwriting
Syrah
Low notes and high notes, lots of character...
tinyurl.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Low notes and high notes, lots of character...
Today's poem is "Syrah" tinyurl.com/36pxxnyx
#writingcommunity #poetry #winepoems #viniculture #poemaday #poemsky #amwriting
Today's poem is "Syrah" tinyurl.com/36pxxnyx
#writingcommunity #poetry #winepoems #viniculture #poemaday #poemsky #amwriting
Low notes and high notes, lots of character...
Today's poem is "Syrah" tinyurl.com/36pxxnyx
#writingcommunity #poetry #winepoems #viniculture #poemaday #poemsky #amwriting
Today's poem is "Syrah" tinyurl.com/36pxxnyx
#writingcommunity #poetry #winepoems #viniculture #poemaday #poemsky #amwriting
Syrah
Low notes and high notes, lots of character...
tinyurl.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Low notes and high notes, lots of character...
Today's poem is "Syrah" tinyurl.com/36pxxnyx
#writingcommunity #poetry #winepoems #viniculture #poemaday #poemsky #amwriting
Today's poem is "Syrah" tinyurl.com/36pxxnyx
#writingcommunity #poetry #winepoems #viniculture #poemaday #poemsky #amwriting
Boy am I sick of all of my students copy/pasting sections into and out of Grammarly...it's the em-dash mothership.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Boy am I sick of all of my students copy/pasting sections into and out of Grammarly...it's the em-dash mothership.
I think this is happening. #TwilightImperium #boardgames
November 9, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I think this is happening. #TwilightImperium #boardgames
It's a one sentence day
November 7, 2025 at 11:03 AM
It's a one sentence day
Reposted by Sean Bates
...we hear the manners of power and the time demanding.
Today's poem "In the Smoking Room" tinyurl.com/d8d68xxv
#poetry #power #politics #clocks #poemsky #writingcommunity #steampunk #poetsofbluesky
Today's poem "In the Smoking Room" tinyurl.com/d8d68xxv
#poetry #power #politics #clocks #poemsky #writingcommunity #steampunk #poetsofbluesky
In the Smoking Room
...we hear the manners of power and the time demanding.
tinyurl.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM
...we hear the manners of power and the time demanding.
Today's poem "In the Smoking Room" tinyurl.com/d8d68xxv
#poetry #power #politics #clocks #poemsky #writingcommunity #steampunk #poetsofbluesky
Today's poem "In the Smoking Room" tinyurl.com/d8d68xxv
#poetry #power #politics #clocks #poemsky #writingcommunity #steampunk #poetsofbluesky
...we hear the manners of power and the time demanding.
Today's poem "In the Smoking Room" tinyurl.com/d8d68xxv
#poetry #power #politics #clocks #poemsky #writingcommunity #steampunk #poetsofbluesky
Today's poem "In the Smoking Room" tinyurl.com/d8d68xxv
#poetry #power #politics #clocks #poemsky #writingcommunity #steampunk #poetsofbluesky
In the Smoking Room
...we hear the manners of power and the time demanding.
tinyurl.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM
...we hear the manners of power and the time demanding.
Today's poem "In the Smoking Room" tinyurl.com/d8d68xxv
#poetry #power #politics #clocks #poemsky #writingcommunity #steampunk #poetsofbluesky
Today's poem "In the Smoking Room" tinyurl.com/d8d68xxv
#poetry #power #politics #clocks #poemsky #writingcommunity #steampunk #poetsofbluesky
@johngreensbluesky.bsky.social what #poetry are you reading before it's a certain month in both directions?
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
@johngreensbluesky.bsky.social what #poetry are you reading before it's a certain month in both directions?
Good things are possible and we don't have to settle.
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Good things are possible and we don't have to settle.
Reposted by Sean Bates
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
Reposted by Sean Bates
these two are about to absolutely body OpenAI
November 3, 2025 at 11:28 PM
these two are about to absolutely body OpenAI
Reposted by Sean Bates
I want to see the signs of writing, of my teaching, my work. But somedays I dream of a woodpile getting smaller as the logs pile up satisfied.
Today's poem "Woodpile" tinyurl.com/589dkvsc
#poetry #writingcommunity #childhood #work #labor #growingup #poemsky #poems #writing #parenthood
Today's poem "Woodpile" tinyurl.com/589dkvsc
#poetry #writingcommunity #childhood #work #labor #growingup #poemsky #poems #writing #parenthood
Woodpile
I want to see the signs of writing, of my teaching, my work. But somedays I dream of a woodpile getting smaller as the logs pile up satisfied.
tinyurl.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I want to see the signs of writing, of my teaching, my work. But somedays I dream of a woodpile getting smaller as the logs pile up satisfied.
Today's poem "Woodpile" tinyurl.com/589dkvsc
#poetry #writingcommunity #childhood #work #labor #growingup #poemsky #poems #writing #parenthood
Today's poem "Woodpile" tinyurl.com/589dkvsc
#poetry #writingcommunity #childhood #work #labor #growingup #poemsky #poems #writing #parenthood
I want to see the signs of writing, of my teaching, my work. But somedays I dream of a woodpile getting smaller as the logs pile up satisfied.
Today's poem "Woodpile" tinyurl.com/589dkvsc
#poetry #writingcommunity #childhood #work #labor #growingup #poemsky #poems #writing #parenthood
Today's poem "Woodpile" tinyurl.com/589dkvsc
#poetry #writingcommunity #childhood #work #labor #growingup #poemsky #poems #writing #parenthood
Woodpile
I want to see the signs of writing, of my teaching, my work. But somedays I dream of a woodpile getting smaller as the logs pile up satisfied.
tinyurl.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I want to see the signs of writing, of my teaching, my work. But somedays I dream of a woodpile getting smaller as the logs pile up satisfied.
Today's poem "Woodpile" tinyurl.com/589dkvsc
#poetry #writingcommunity #childhood #work #labor #growingup #poemsky #poems #writing #parenthood
Today's poem "Woodpile" tinyurl.com/589dkvsc
#poetry #writingcommunity #childhood #work #labor #growingup #poemsky #poems #writing #parenthood
Reposted by Sean Bates
Zohran just pulled up on an Ari stream and I am LOSING MY MIND
November 2, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Zohran just pulled up on an Ari stream and I am LOSING MY MIND