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Toby
@tesharpe.bsky.social
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fire princess with a UBC MFA and a weird evil heart. 🌈 writer. find my stuff in Geist, Hey Alma, The Chestnut Review, The Ex-Puritan, etc. Here's a linky-link.
https://ex-puritan.ca/for-my-next-trick/
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promoting my own work? chic!

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#substack #poetry
November 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
tesharpe.bsky.social
Some of y'all might also be losing your minds. Some of you thus might like this poem.

tobysharpe.substack.com/p/cope

#poetry #substack
October 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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bears are hot 🐻🐼🐻‍❄️

(dare I use the #bear hashtag? slay)
August 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Made up this writing prompt at @ubccrwr.bsky.social and still think it's one of my favourites. Check out some more at my substack if you'd like! 😎

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#poetry
August 12, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Some lines from a new piece of vulnerable hecking poetry from me. The piece is called The Flop's Song. xo

tobysharpe.substack.com/p/the-flops-...

#substack #poetry
May 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Wrote a love story. A love story with zero demonic presences or poltergeists, so I'm really challenging myself here. Check out the #substack post here.

tobysharpe.substack.com/p/you-have-t...
February 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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sharing snippets from my own work? because I'm a poet? wow...

tobysharpe.substack.com/p/write-back...

#substack #poetry #lmao!!
February 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
tesharpe.bsky.social
me when other queer people exist in this cold world
The Pokémon Gengar is smiling surrounded by other happy Pokémon
November 28, 2024 at 3:34 PM
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Eileen Myles is good at poem
A poem called At A Waterfall, Reykjavik "I still feel like the world is a piece of bread I'm holding out half to you."
December 20, 2023 at 12:44 PM
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just thinkin about young Keanu, obvi
A photo of Keanu Reeves from decades ago.
November 20, 2023 at 1:42 PM
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too busy daydreamin' and disassociatin'' guvna!
In one panel, Kim Kardashian says "I'm like dropping hints that I didn't process this entire conversation". In the next panel she's just saying "haha yeah".
October 12, 2023 at 5:51 PM
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this was a big, major, huge moment for me
A man in a blue jacket and white mask has a huge pink paper necklace with a cardboard picture of Jigglypuff on it.
September 12, 2023 at 10:55 PM
tesharpe.bsky.social
living my best post-surgery life
Jake from Adventure Time sobs then snores as he cries himself to sleep.
August 30, 2023 at 9:01 PM
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points??? made
Luigi says "you're god's gift to women? Funny, you don't look anything like oatmeal to me..."
August 30, 2023 at 12:02 PM
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😡🥰😡
Over an image of the film Fight Club, Hello Kitty says "the first rule of fight club is to have fun and be yourself"
August 27, 2023 at 12:15 PM
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sitting in the urgent care centre broiling with madness
A small cat says "no talk me I Angy" and a small raccoon says "pls talk me I lonly".
August 27, 2023 at 11:48 AM
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my curse
Salem from Sabrina says "Don't ask me, I was an English major".
August 26, 2023 at 7:59 PM
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absolutely glowing guvna
Jenna Maroney from 30 Rock says "You look like that flash card they told me means sadness".
August 23, 2023 at 4:32 PM
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me arriving onto yet another social media platform without the willpower to build a following
Miss Piggy from the Muppets receives gasps of delight and applause.
August 23, 2023 at 11:22 AM
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a new friend??? and don't I deserve friends??? and jewelry???
A cat sitting in a tree.
August 22, 2023 at 5:31 PM
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desperately* trying to summon up this kind of energy

*with much desperation
The Pokemon Poliwhirl stands up wearing a crown.
August 22, 2023 at 1:18 PM
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Uma Thurman as Poison Ivy saying "I'm...poison."
August 22, 2023 at 12:23 PM
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A scene from The Nanny. Fran Fine points at the camera and says "Oh, look! My name's on TV!" under the caption "Fran Fine: Disgruntled Nut".
August 19, 2023 at 2:20 PM
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watching the leaves dance outside
In two panels, the egg-creature Gudetama asks "who gets to say what you're worth? Shouldn't you be the one who decides?"
August 16, 2023 at 6:55 PM
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🌈
A set of twelve identical posters read "No Pride Without Trans Pride".
August 16, 2023 at 2:11 PM