Thomas DeFreitas
@thomasdef634.bsky.social
Poet (he/him), author of WALKING BETWEEN THE RAINDROPS (Kelsay Books, 2025), WINTER IN HALIFAX (Kelsay, 2021).
My chapbook, Elegies & Devotions, has been accepted by Kelsay Books for publication in late '25.
June 2, 2025 at 9:39 AM
My chapbook, Elegies & Devotions, has been accepted by Kelsay Books for publication in late '25.
Coming back to myself.
April 23, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Coming back to myself.
Rituals are riddles.
March 12, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Rituals are riddles.
celebrating my poetpals with abandon & antic joy, esp. the luminous human Fizzle B
March 12, 2025 at 10:39 AM
celebrating my poetpals with abandon & antic joy, esp. the luminous human Fizzle B
My sleep was Brazilian.
A carnival of elsewhere.
A carnival of elsewhere.
March 9, 2025 at 4:48 AM
My sleep was Brazilian.
A carnival of elsewhere.
A carnival of elsewhere.
Meanwhile, forsythia plots
its yellow revolution
in various cells and cellars.
its yellow revolution
in various cells and cellars.
March 9, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Meanwhile, forsythia plots
its yellow revolution
in various cells and cellars.
its yellow revolution
in various cells and cellars.
This match between KC and Philly,
I deem preternaturally silly.
I deem preternaturally silly.
February 9, 2025 at 9:51 AM
This match between KC and Philly,
I deem preternaturally silly.
I deem preternaturally silly.
icicle.
incandescent pain.
lamppost.
cold sobriety.
lightbulb.
coffee and industry.
table.
digression and dactyls.
incandescent pain.
lamppost.
cold sobriety.
lightbulb.
coffee and industry.
table.
digression and dactyls.
January 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
icicle.
incandescent pain.
lamppost.
cold sobriety.
lightbulb.
coffee and industry.
table.
digression and dactyls.
incandescent pain.
lamppost.
cold sobriety.
lightbulb.
coffee and industry.
table.
digression and dactyls.
It is going to be purple. It is going to be pantaloon. It is going to be all the things.
January 21, 2025 at 6:24 AM
It is going to be purple. It is going to be pantaloon. It is going to be all the things.
liverypudlian
giacomo flattopper
groovin' up slowly
the son of a gun
wrote several songs ono-
matopoetically
some of these canticles
hit number one
(not to self-congratulate
but 5/6 is a killer line-break)
giacomo flattopper
groovin' up slowly
the son of a gun
wrote several songs ono-
matopoetically
some of these canticles
hit number one
(not to self-congratulate
but 5/6 is a killer line-break)
January 20, 2025 at 8:05 AM
liverypudlian
giacomo flattopper
groovin' up slowly
the son of a gun
wrote several songs ono-
matopoetically
some of these canticles
hit number one
(not to self-congratulate
but 5/6 is a killer line-break)
giacomo flattopper
groovin' up slowly
the son of a gun
wrote several songs ono-
matopoetically
some of these canticles
hit number one
(not to self-congratulate
but 5/6 is a killer line-break)
Remembering back in '07
when then-Senator Obama
announced for the presidency
in Springfield, Illinois.
He spoke for nearly an hour
in twelve-degree cold.
He didn't take his speech indoors.
Just sayin'.
when then-Senator Obama
announced for the presidency
in Springfield, Illinois.
He spoke for nearly an hour
in twelve-degree cold.
He didn't take his speech indoors.
Just sayin'.
January 20, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Remembering back in '07
when then-Senator Obama
announced for the presidency
in Springfield, Illinois.
He spoke for nearly an hour
in twelve-degree cold.
He didn't take his speech indoors.
Just sayin'.
when then-Senator Obama
announced for the presidency
in Springfield, Illinois.
He spoke for nearly an hour
in twelve-degree cold.
He didn't take his speech indoors.
Just sayin'.
night prayer fails me
i read your poem
i read your poem
January 19, 2025 at 9:21 PM
night prayer fails me
i read your poem
i read your poem
My analogies
don't limp. No, they run
phucking marathons.
They've got the moves
like Benatar, all 99
of their balloons
are luft.
don't limp. No, they run
phucking marathons.
They've got the moves
like Benatar, all 99
of their balloons
are luft.
January 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
My analogies
don't limp. No, they run
phucking marathons.
They've got the moves
like Benatar, all 99
of their balloons
are luft.
don't limp. No, they run
phucking marathons.
They've got the moves
like Benatar, all 99
of their balloons
are luft.
Join me, friend!
Let's drink
the pure winter starlight.
Let's drink
the pure winter starlight.
January 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Join me, friend!
Let's drink
the pure winter starlight.
Let's drink
the pure winter starlight.
Current reading. Jane Kenyon: The Making of a Poet by Dana Greene (Univ. of Illinois Press, 2023). Thanks, Debba, for the gift!
December 26, 2024 at 11:42 AM
Current reading. Jane Kenyon: The Making of a Poet by Dana Greene (Univ. of Illinois Press, 2023). Thanks, Debba, for the gift!
Nettled. And being out & about isn't helping.
November 25, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Nettled. And being out & about isn't helping.
knowing what it's like
to be excluded
they choose to include
knowing what it's like
to be torn down
they choose to lift up
knowing what it's like
to be insulted
they choose to praise
we have had
too much of hate
let's follow them
and choose to love
to be excluded
they choose to include
knowing what it's like
to be torn down
they choose to lift up
knowing what it's like
to be insulted
they choose to praise
we have had
too much of hate
let's follow them
and choose to love
November 22, 2024 at 10:03 AM
knowing what it's like
to be excluded
they choose to include
knowing what it's like
to be torn down
they choose to lift up
knowing what it's like
to be insulted
they choose to praise
we have had
too much of hate
let's follow them
and choose to love
to be excluded
they choose to include
knowing what it's like
to be torn down
they choose to lift up
knowing what it's like
to be insulted
they choose to praise
we have had
too much of hate
let's follow them
and choose to love
Reposted by Thomas DeFreitas
It was the Busta Rhymes
It was the Wusta Rhymes
It was the Wusta Rhymes
November 20, 2024 at 4:27 PM
It was the Busta Rhymes
It was the Wusta Rhymes
It was the Wusta Rhymes
"Use your attention in ways that will build up your love." --Very Rev. Kate Moorehead Carroll, 10th dean of St John's Cathedral, Jacksonville, 15th November '24, in her morning devotion
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Dean Kate’s Morning Devotion Friday Nov 15, 2024
YouTube video by St. John's Cathedral
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November 21, 2024 at 8:09 AM
"Use your attention in ways that will build up your love." --Very Rev. Kate Moorehead Carroll, 10th dean of St John's Cathedral, Jacksonville, 15th November '24, in her morning devotion
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what is this din
of voices and choices
these throngs
of isolate souls
huddled against calamity
of voices and choices
these throngs
of isolate souls
huddled against calamity
November 19, 2024 at 11:20 PM
what is this din
of voices and choices
these throngs
of isolate souls
huddled against calamity
of voices and choices
these throngs
of isolate souls
huddled against calamity
Heart full. Four poets. Music in between the poems. Amazing conversation. The perfect evening.
November 19, 2024 at 3:18 AM
Heart full. Four poets. Music in between the poems. Amazing conversation. The perfect evening.
heartcheck:
maybe i'm off-kilter.
maybe i'm weird.
but maybe
so is everybody else.
i mean, look at us!
stumbling wonders, all.
maybe i'm off-kilter.
maybe i'm weird.
but maybe
so is everybody else.
i mean, look at us!
stumbling wonders, all.
November 18, 2024 at 12:20 AM
heartcheck:
maybe i'm off-kilter.
maybe i'm weird.
but maybe
so is everybody else.
i mean, look at us!
stumbling wonders, all.
maybe i'm off-kilter.
maybe i'm weird.
but maybe
so is everybody else.
i mean, look at us!
stumbling wonders, all.
what we're used to
is not necessarily
what is normal
what is healthful
what is good
is not necessarily
what is normal
what is healthful
what is good
November 17, 2024 at 9:41 AM
what we're used to
is not necessarily
what is normal
what is healthful
what is good
is not necessarily
what is normal
what is healthful
what is good
undaunted stars above
candescent avenues
candescent avenues
November 17, 2024 at 8:10 AM
undaunted stars above
candescent avenues
candescent avenues