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
Update... I'm red ☹️
November 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Update... I'm red ☹️
I think this is happening. #TwilightImperium #boardgames
November 9, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I think this is happening. #TwilightImperium #boardgames
How awesome is "The Secret of NIMH"? I have a kid and I'm so excited to share art that inspired and bewildered...even scared me when I was younger. I've been thinking about what art they can/should be exposed to and how scary some 'kids' movies from the '80s and '90s are.
#movies #animation #parents
#movies #animation #parents
October 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM
How awesome is "The Secret of NIMH"? I have a kid and I'm so excited to share art that inspired and bewildered...even scared me when I was younger. I've been thinking about what art they can/should be exposed to and how scary some 'kids' movies from the '80s and '90s are.
#movies #animation #parents
#movies #animation #parents
New #poetry project with @rattysnake.bsky.social coming this week!
#cinepoems #writing #poemsky #shortform
#cinepoems #writing #poemsky #shortform
October 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
New #poetry project with @rattysnake.bsky.social coming this week!
#cinepoems #writing #poemsky #shortform
#cinepoems #writing #poemsky #shortform
Also an update... I saw @theformat.com at The Beacon last week...and not only was my 15yo self healed, but I legitimately levitated
October 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Also an update... I saw @theformat.com at The Beacon last week...and not only was my 15yo self healed, but I legitimately levitated
Tiana Clark's 'Scorched Earth' on the longlist for the #NationalBookAward. Let's go!!
October 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Tiana Clark's 'Scorched Earth' on the longlist for the #NationalBookAward. Let's go!!
I want to be curious, but maybe to explore has more to do with ego: the desire to catalogue and understand what has no need of me. I can turn wonder into a will to stand aside. I can let it be.
Today's poem is for September: "Trapped Wet" tinyurl.com/39n5s4r5
#poemsky #writing #nature #Fall #poetry
Today's poem is for September: "Trapped Wet" tinyurl.com/39n5s4r5
#poemsky #writing #nature #Fall #poetry
September 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
August 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
#Algospeak by @etymologynerd.bsky.social has me scheming for spring semester already... students will see and hear themselves in these discussions.
#amreading #booksky #englishteachers
#amreading #booksky #englishteachers
August 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
#Algospeak by @etymologynerd.bsky.social has me scheming for spring semester already... students will see and hear themselves in these discussions.
#amreading #booksky #englishteachers
#amreading #booksky #englishteachers
Currently, I #amreading "The Changeling" @victorlavalle.bsky.social
Definitely a great example of "100 pages in, shit goes down".
#booksky
Definitely a great example of "100 pages in, shit goes down".
#booksky
August 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Currently, I #amreading "The Changeling" @victorlavalle.bsky.social
Definitely a great example of "100 pages in, shit goes down".
#booksky
Definitely a great example of "100 pages in, shit goes down".
#booksky
August 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
July 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
#boardgame Saturday continues with civ.
July 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
#boardgame Saturday continues with civ.
#boardgame Saturday. Wayfarers of the South Tigris
July 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
#boardgame Saturday. Wayfarers of the South Tigris
A little outdoor #boardgame session. #Cascadia is the perfect pace
July 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
A little outdoor #boardgame session. #Cascadia is the perfect pace
Trying out the #Wingspan expansions today. #boardgames
June 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Trying out the #Wingspan expansions today. #boardgames
I am not good at #Eclipse #boardgames
May 17, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I am not good at #Eclipse #boardgames
Today it's #homestead yard work. Gotta learn someday
April 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Today it's #homestead yard work. Gotta learn someday
After falling asleep at the table... we're back at it.
April 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
After falling asleep at the table... we're back at it.
Wayfarers of the South Tigris on a rainy #boardgames Friday
April 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Wayfarers of the South Tigris on a rainy #boardgames Friday
Fulfilling my oath. #Boardgames on a rainyday. I may not be losing #civ
April 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Fulfilling my oath. #Boardgames on a rainyday. I may not be losing #civ
I start the #lesson with the cartoon trolley problem. Students reason that 1 person suffering is preferable to 5. In the text, #LeGuin 's narrator adds, no relishes, in the details of paradise, even invites us to imagine it for ourselves before revealing the contingency.
🧵(5/17) #thoughtproblem
🧵(5/17) #thoughtproblem
March 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I start the #lesson with the cartoon trolley problem. Students reason that 1 person suffering is preferable to 5. In the text, #LeGuin 's narrator adds, no relishes, in the details of paradise, even invites us to imagine it for ourselves before revealing the contingency.
🧵(5/17) #thoughtproblem
🧵(5/17) #thoughtproblem
I do start the lesson with the cartoon trolley problem. Students tend to reason that one suffering is preferable to five. When the story adds, no relishes, in the details of paradise, even invites us to imagine it for ourselves before revealing the single suffering child. (5/15)
March 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I do start the lesson with the cartoon trolley problem. Students tend to reason that one suffering is preferable to five. When the story adds, no relishes, in the details of paradise, even invites us to imagine it for ourselves before revealing the single suffering child. (5/15)
Today's poem..."Sleazeball" tinyurl.com/5n6ktjzz
#amwriting #poems #poetry #bartending #restaurants #writing #writingcommunity #booksky
#amwriting #poems #poetry #bartending #restaurants #writing #writingcommunity #booksky
March 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Today's poem..."Sleazeball" tinyurl.com/5n6ktjzz
#amwriting #poems #poetry #bartending #restaurants #writing #writingcommunity #booksky
#amwriting #poems #poetry #bartending #restaurants #writing #writingcommunity #booksky