SV
@svarke06.bsky.social
Secondary educator, professional dilettante
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What a perfect poem for right now.
From Ada Limón's book, Bright Dead Things: bit.ly/adabright
#poem #books #writing
From Ada Limón's book, Bright Dead Things: bit.ly/adabright
#poem #books #writing
January 13, 2026 at 1:15 AM
What a perfect poem for right now.
From Ada Limón's book, Bright Dead Things: bit.ly/adabright
#poem #books #writing
From Ada Limón's book, Bright Dead Things: bit.ly/adabright
#poem #books #writing
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Too many of us who have spent our lives studying the history racism in this country were dismissed as hyperbolic and hysterical and biased and people who have not studied this history and were willfully blind to the truth of America and been wrong about it all were uplifted as the voices of reason.
January 12, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Too many of us who have spent our lives studying the history racism in this country were dismissed as hyperbolic and hysterical and biased and people who have not studied this history and were willfully blind to the truth of America and been wrong about it all were uplifted as the voices of reason.
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Today’s Featured Poem:
“II. Cardinals” by Kevin Young from Night Watch published by @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
Read here:
poems.com/poem/ii-card...
“II. Cardinals” by Kevin Young from Night Watch published by @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
Read here:
poems.com/poem/ii-card...
II. Cardinals
whites & blues, the dogwood
winking at you
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January 3, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Today’s Featured Poem:
“II. Cardinals” by Kevin Young from Night Watch published by @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
Read here:
poems.com/poem/ii-card...
“II. Cardinals” by Kevin Young from Night Watch published by @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
Read here:
poems.com/poem/ii-card...
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“Let this radicalize you rather than lead you to despair.” - @prisonculture.bsky.social
The everyday courage of normal people is breathtaking
January 10, 2026 at 12:44 AM
“Let this radicalize you rather than lead you to despair.” - @prisonculture.bsky.social
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Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.
January 8, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.
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Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE yesterday, was a published poet
Indeed, she won the 2020 Academy of American Poets Prize for a piece called "On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs"
It's beautiful and you can read it here:
poets.org/2020-on-lear...
The poem's conclusion is haunting me now
Indeed, she won the 2020 Academy of American Poets Prize for a piece called "On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs"
It's beautiful and you can read it here:
poets.org/2020-on-lear...
The poem's conclusion is haunting me now
January 8, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE yesterday, was a published poet
Indeed, she won the 2020 Academy of American Poets Prize for a piece called "On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs"
It's beautiful and you can read it here:
poets.org/2020-on-lear...
The poem's conclusion is haunting me now
Indeed, she won the 2020 Academy of American Poets Prize for a piece called "On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs"
It's beautiful and you can read it here:
poets.org/2020-on-lear...
The poem's conclusion is haunting me now
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Sometimes all you can do is make the world 0.0000000000001% less awful by being a good person and it feels very meaningless but it’s also the only thing that really matters
January 7, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Sometimes all you can do is make the world 0.0000000000001% less awful by being a good person and it feels very meaningless but it’s also the only thing that really matters
![Screen shot from the show Andor. Someone says to Mon Mothma “They [meaning the Empire] don’t even bother to lie badly anymore.” Mon replies “I suppose that’s the final humiliation.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ny5w2k6brb2kdubxnevke6li/bafkreibrxbmhwrnkwo2ztnczubpnzpup3uf6dpyhs7mk2uxpeoeynhjo2q@jpeg)
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"In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. No matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there's something stronger – something better, pushing right back." - Albert Camus
January 2, 2026 at 6:04 PM
"In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. No matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there's something stronger – something better, pushing right back." - Albert Camus
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W.S. Merwin with a beautiful
poem for the day that it is.
poem for the day that it is.
January 1, 2026 at 10:24 AM
W.S. Merwin with a beautiful
poem for the day that it is.
poem for the day that it is.
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Always worth a post
December 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Always worth a post
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2025 learning + 2026 reminder for teachers/educators:
We need to tell the good stories, too, about what is happening in our classrooms and schools. To tell them frequently and loudly and meaningfully.
(Because we know no one else is going to at this point.)
We need to tell the good stories, too, about what is happening in our classrooms and schools. To tell them frequently and loudly and meaningfully.
(Because we know no one else is going to at this point.)
December 31, 2025 at 2:31 PM
2025 learning + 2026 reminder for teachers/educators:
We need to tell the good stories, too, about what is happening in our classrooms and schools. To tell them frequently and loudly and meaningfully.
(Because we know no one else is going to at this point.)
We need to tell the good stories, too, about what is happening in our classrooms and schools. To tell them frequently and loudly and meaningfully.
(Because we know no one else is going to at this point.)
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Please enjoy the whole of @toddedillard.bsky.social's remarkably moving, Pushcart-nominated poem, "What the Husband Keeps," from Issue 20 of Stanchion Magazine.
www.stanchionzine.com/post/what-th...
www.stanchionzine.com/post/what-th...
December 31, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Please enjoy the whole of @toddedillard.bsky.social's remarkably moving, Pushcart-nominated poem, "What the Husband Keeps," from Issue 20 of Stanchion Magazine.
www.stanchionzine.com/post/what-th...
www.stanchionzine.com/post/what-th...
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We should ask why it’s so easy for terms and concepts like “Heritage American” and “Western Chauvinism” are met with earnest analysis and exploration while academic theory produced by Black scholars are summarily dismissed by people reading introductory texts if that.
December 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
We should ask why it’s so easy for terms and concepts like “Heritage American” and “Western Chauvinism” are met with earnest analysis and exploration while academic theory produced by Black scholars are summarily dismissed by people reading introductory texts if that.
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Nativity (1954), by Indian artist Angelo da Fonseca (1902-1967)
December 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Nativity (1954), by Indian artist Angelo da Fonseca (1902-1967)
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Merry Christmas, New York City 🎄🗽
[Animation by Sarah Elawad]
[Animation by Sarah Elawad]
December 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Merry Christmas, New York City 🎄🗽
[Animation by Sarah Elawad]
[Animation by Sarah Elawad]
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Merry Christmas! Let justice be your inheritance so that peace may be your portion 🙏🏾
#TheologizinBigger
#TheologizinBigger
December 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Merry Christmas! Let justice be your inheritance so that peace may be your portion 🙏🏾
#TheologizinBigger
#TheologizinBigger
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to be clear: Jesus also said denying help to the poor is rejecting God.
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and stra...
www.reuters.com
December 25, 2025 at 3:52 AM
to be clear: Jesus also said denying help to the poor is rejecting God.
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The act of writing is *thinking*. If you do not allow yourself to think thoughts that feel wrong, you will never get a feel for what feels *right*.
December 24, 2025 at 4:01 AM
The act of writing is *thinking*. If you do not allow yourself to think thoughts that feel wrong, you will never get a feel for what feels *right*.
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
December 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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the holidays are a time of reflection, a time in which i reflect on how i am still very much an introvert and don't want to be around all these people
December 19, 2025 at 11:23 PM
the holidays are a time of reflection, a time in which i reflect on how i am still very much an introvert and don't want to be around all these people
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"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
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There is no Christianity. There are Christianities.
December 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
There is no Christianity. There are Christianities.