Kristen Brida
@velourworm.bsky.social
Poet | words in The Journal, Fairy Tale Review, New Delta Review, and elsewhere | I am obsessed with my cat
www.kristenbrida.com
www.kristenbrida.com
I know Emily Dickinson is denying the allegations in the afterlife that she’s related to Taylor Swift after this album
October 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I know Emily Dickinson is denying the allegations in the afterlife that she’s related to Taylor Swift after this album
I feel like Taylor swift is in desperate need of cutthroat MFA poets workshopping her lyrics
October 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I feel like Taylor swift is in desperate need of cutthroat MFA poets workshopping her lyrics
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Oh look it was one person, not all of us!
September 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Oh look it was one person, not all of us!
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I love returning to a manuscript I haven’t touched in months, reading a line edit and thinking, “oh you BITCH” (complimentary) instead of “oh you BITCH” (derogatory)
June 21, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I love returning to a manuscript I haven’t touched in months, reading a line edit and thinking, “oh you BITCH” (complimentary) instead of “oh you BITCH” (derogatory)
I just listened to a podcast whose sponsor was LOCKHEED MARTIN?????
Girl WHAT
Girl WHAT
June 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I just listened to a podcast whose sponsor was LOCKHEED MARTIN?????
Girl WHAT
Girl WHAT
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If you are a Northern California person upset about Chuck Schumer’s @schumer.senate.gov ‘s craven betrayal of our country, his book tour will be in Corte Madera at The Book Passage on 3/22
Thanks to @chriswarcraft.bsky.social for the alert, now we know where to visit him in NorCal too 👍🏼
Thanks to @chriswarcraft.bsky.social for the alert, now we know where to visit him in NorCal too 👍🏼
March 15, 2025 at 5:52 AM
If you are a Northern California person upset about Chuck Schumer’s @schumer.senate.gov ‘s craven betrayal of our country, his book tour will be in Corte Madera at The Book Passage on 3/22
Thanks to @chriswarcraft.bsky.social for the alert, now we know where to visit him in NorCal too 👍🏼
Thanks to @chriswarcraft.bsky.social for the alert, now we know where to visit him in NorCal too 👍🏼
Chuck Schumer is a piece of shit. Almost as much as John Fetterman
March 15, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Chuck Schumer is a piece of shit. Almost as much as John Fetterman
I see twitter is cyber bullying Alex Dimitrov once again can we cyber bully him here too 👉🏻👈🏻 🥹
March 8, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I see twitter is cyber bullying Alex Dimitrov once again can we cyber bully him here too 👉🏻👈🏻 🥹
I hope when Michelle Trachtenberg got to heaven she told Jesus that the bitch is back
February 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I hope when Michelle Trachtenberg got to heaven she told Jesus that the bitch is back
Do you care about democracy? Do you love free books?
If you sign up for 5 calls and call your politician-I will mail you a free book from my shelf
If you sign up for 5 calls and call your politician-I will mail you a free book from my shelf
February 15, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Do you care about democracy? Do you love free books?
If you sign up for 5 calls and call your politician-I will mail you a free book from my shelf
If you sign up for 5 calls and call your politician-I will mail you a free book from my shelf
The Philly pilgrimage to the parade is a sight to behold
(caravans of people walking on I-95 with their 12 packs in tow)
(caravans of people walking on I-95 with their 12 packs in tow)
February 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The Philly pilgrimage to the parade is a sight to behold
(caravans of people walking on I-95 with their 12 packs in tow)
(caravans of people walking on I-95 with their 12 packs in tow)
Scheduled a dr. appointment and they said we have Monday available, assuming we don’t burn down the city.
I asked for the latest appointment just in case I needed to recover from burning down Philly
I asked for the latest appointment just in case I needed to recover from burning down Philly
February 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Scheduled a dr. appointment and they said we have Monday available, assuming we don’t burn down the city.
I asked for the latest appointment just in case I needed to recover from burning down Philly
I asked for the latest appointment just in case I needed to recover from burning down Philly
Taylor Swift, you must choose. Boys are temporary but Philly is forever 🦅💕
January 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Taylor Swift, you must choose. Boys are temporary but Philly is forever 🦅💕
The way this bar has been pulling for the Bills almost as much as we were pulling for the Eagles
January 27, 2025 at 1:54 AM
The way this bar has been pulling for the Bills almost as much as we were pulling for the Eagles
I’ve been strength training specifically for this moment—
climbing up a Crisco-slicked lampposts
GO BIRDS
climbing up a Crisco-slicked lampposts
GO BIRDS
January 26, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I’ve been strength training specifically for this moment—
climbing up a Crisco-slicked lampposts
GO BIRDS
climbing up a Crisco-slicked lampposts
GO BIRDS
If Emilia Perez wins Best Picture at the Oscar’s that will be my 13th reason
January 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
If Emilia Perez wins Best Picture at the Oscar’s that will be my 13th reason
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ChatGPT is down? Huh. Crazy how that doesn't affect my life in literally any way at all
January 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
ChatGPT is down? Huh. Crazy how that doesn't affect my life in literally any way at all
ICYMI: I have a poem up at DIALOGIST— a sonnet about my selfie ✨💕
"I want myself as regurgitate— / an intimacy fragmented and bare..."
Selfie Sonnet [Woman in green lace dress takes a selfie in a coffee shop] by Kristen Brida.
dialogist.org/poetry/2025-...
Selfie Sonnet [Woman in green lace dress takes a selfie in a coffee shop] by Kristen Brida.
dialogist.org/poetry/2025-...
Poetry, Week 1: Kristen Brida — DIALOGIST
Selfie Sonnet [Woman in green lace dress takes a selfie in a coffee shop] I absorb my lace, a tattoo instead of a new layer. I pick my mint skin, I chip like dollar store nail polish, a glade of mea...
dialogist.org
January 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
ICYMI: I have a poem up at DIALOGIST— a sonnet about my selfie ✨💕
If you told me 10 years ago that I’d be obsessed with and rooting for Spencer Pratt in 2025, I would have slapped myself
January 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
If you told me 10 years ago that I’d be obsessed with and rooting for Spencer Pratt in 2025, I would have slapped myself
I have a poem up at DIALOGIST!! I’ve been having a moment with selfies & sonnets
Lmk what you think of this!
Lmk what you think of this!
"I want myself as regurgitate— / an intimacy fragmented and bare..."
Selfie Sonnet [Woman in green lace dress takes a selfie in a coffee shop] by Kristen Brida.
dialogist.org/poetry/2025-...
Selfie Sonnet [Woman in green lace dress takes a selfie in a coffee shop] by Kristen Brida.
dialogist.org/poetry/2025-...
Poetry, Week 1: Kristen Brida — DIALOGIST
Selfie Sonnet [Woman in green lace dress takes a selfie in a coffee shop] I absorb my lace, a tattoo instead of a new layer. I pick my mint skin, I chip like dollar store nail polish, a glade of mea...
dialogist.org
January 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I have a poem up at DIALOGIST!! I’ve been having a moment with selfies & sonnets
Lmk what you think of this!
Lmk what you think of this!
me, an italian-american outside of planned parenthood: AY I'm abortin here
November 17, 2024 at 5:29 PM
me, an italian-american outside of planned parenthood: AY I'm abortin here
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How do you face fascism? I like Orwell's version: ground yourself in direct and immediate experience, trust your senses, find some joy, turn back to face the fascists and tell truths to combat the lies.
November 13, 2024 at 7:35 PM
How do you face fascism? I like Orwell's version: ground yourself in direct and immediate experience, trust your senses, find some joy, turn back to face the fascists and tell truths to combat the lies.
