Walter Rowland Butler
@wrrb.bsky.social
I carve spoons, collect vintage fountain pens, and very little else.
IG: @wrb_woodwork
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What a poem.
From Jeffrey McDaniel's book, Alibi School, published by @therealmanicdpress.bsky.social.
#poem #books #writing
From Jeffrey McDaniel's book, Alibi School, published by @therealmanicdpress.bsky.social.
#poem #books #writing
December 11, 2025 at 11:59 PM
What a poem.
From Jeffrey McDaniel's book, Alibi School, published by @therealmanicdpress.bsky.social.
#poem #books #writing
From Jeffrey McDaniel's book, Alibi School, published by @therealmanicdpress.bsky.social.
#poem #books #writing
Richard Olney, in Simple French Food (Wiley, 1974)
A minor prose masterpiece prefacing his potato-leek soup.
(Which is easy, and profoundly soul-satisfying)
A minor prose masterpiece prefacing his potato-leek soup.
(Which is easy, and profoundly soul-satisfying)
November 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Richard Olney, in Simple French Food (Wiley, 1974)
A minor prose masterpiece prefacing his potato-leek soup.
(Which is easy, and profoundly soul-satisfying)
A minor prose masterpiece prefacing his potato-leek soup.
(Which is easy, and profoundly soul-satisfying)
Marjoram. I love this stuff.
September 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Marjoram. I love this stuff.
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"You know / I always need to save something, to control it."
'Aubade as Fuel' from LOVE PRODIGAL by Traci Brimhall (Copper Canyon Press) @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social
Sheer brilliance 🤍
#poetry #poetrybooks #poetrycollections
'Aubade as Fuel' from LOVE PRODIGAL by Traci Brimhall (Copper Canyon Press) @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social
Sheer brilliance 🤍
#poetry #poetrybooks #poetrycollections
August 1, 2025 at 9:24 AM
"You know / I always need to save something, to control it."
'Aubade as Fuel' from LOVE PRODIGAL by Traci Brimhall (Copper Canyon Press) @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social
Sheer brilliance 🤍
#poetry #poetrybooks #poetrycollections
'Aubade as Fuel' from LOVE PRODIGAL by Traci Brimhall (Copper Canyon Press) @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social
Sheer brilliance 🤍
#poetry #poetrybooks #poetrycollections
Here’s a moody shot of a fantastic-looking pen: the Pilot MYU, from the first year they were made, 1971.
June 25, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Here’s a moody shot of a fantastic-looking pen: the Pilot MYU, from the first year they were made, 1971.
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who called it woke pope and not Opus DEI
May 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
who called it woke pope and not Opus DEI
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Cassocks are red
Conclaves are dope
Wake up babe we got a
Conclaves are dope
Wake up babe we got a
May 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Cassocks are red
Conclaves are dope
Wake up babe we got a
Conclaves are dope
Wake up babe we got a
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'Language as the body's echo, body as the instrument of life.'
This is stunning.
#amreading #amwriting
lithub.com/words-as-bor...
This is stunning.
#amreading #amwriting
lithub.com/words-as-bor...
Words as Borders, Weapons, Traps: Sarah Aziza on Being a Palestinian Writer Today
Q: What is it like to be a Palestinian writer at this time? A: Once, I had no name. I rose each day as if it were the first morning on earth. I moved sturdy and permeable, translucent with a wonder…
lithub.com
April 26, 2025 at 10:41 AM
'Language as the body's echo, body as the instrument of life.'
This is stunning.
#amreading #amwriting
lithub.com/words-as-bor...
This is stunning.
#amreading #amwriting
lithub.com/words-as-bor...
Painted plant stands, front and right, and their barn sale inspiration, back left.
#woodworking
#woodworking
April 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Painted plant stands, front and right, and their barn sale inspiration, back left.
#woodworking
#woodworking
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A hundred passes; your cold shoulder has shaved me to a sliver. But not to nothing. And oh, what is left is sharp. I won't cling anemic to your love's #penumbra anymore. A crescent moon, I gut the night, bleed stars upon the begging palms of darkness, & sideslip full-bodied into a new day.
#vss365
#vss365
March 4, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Here’s one for the #fountainpen threads- a ca. 1930’s Swan Jackdaw Toledo. Black and red-mottled ebonite wrapped with hand-engraved 24k gold bands.
February 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Here’s one for the #fountainpen threads- a ca. 1930’s Swan Jackdaw Toledo. Black and red-mottled ebonite wrapped with hand-engraved 24k gold bands.
e.e. cummings is pretty metal about his art
January 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
e.e. cummings is pretty metal about his art
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All This Plus A Bell
& there were words
& there were words
& there were songs
& there were phonemes
& Her knock knees were touch
stones & her hooves sugar that mountain
& the wind sugars that mountain
& somewhere there is an ocean & that
ocean makes my ears wish they were hands
& there were words
& there were words
& there were songs
& there were phonemes
& Her knock knees were touch
stones & her hooves sugar that mountain
& the wind sugars that mountain
& somewhere there is an ocean & that
ocean makes my ears wish they were hands
December 28, 2024 at 3:27 PM
All This Plus A Bell
& there were words
& there were words
& there were songs
& there were phonemes
& Her knock knees were touch
stones & her hooves sugar that mountain
& the wind sugars that mountain
& somewhere there is an ocean & that
ocean makes my ears wish they were hands
& there were words
& there were words
& there were songs
& there were phonemes
& Her knock knees were touch
stones & her hooves sugar that mountain
& the wind sugars that mountain
& somewhere there is an ocean & that
ocean makes my ears wish they were hands
Letting AI do the heavy lifting this season. A USB-compatible turkey helps.
November 28, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Letting AI do the heavy lifting this season. A USB-compatible turkey helps.
Odd little side table with a nod to Sam Maloof.
October 30, 2024 at 8:51 AM
Odd little side table with a nod to Sam Maloof.
From Hannah Bonner’s collection of poems, “Another Woman” (Eastover, 2024).
October 12, 2024 at 12:30 PM
From Hannah Bonner’s collection of poems, “Another Woman” (Eastover, 2024).
Robert Olen Butler, from Severances.
August 31, 2024 at 9:43 AM
Robert Olen Butler, from Severances.
The Meatles
Make a band meatier
Sisters of Meatloaf
Sisters of Meatloaf
make a band meatier:
Daft Pork
Daft Pork
July 7, 2024 at 11:39 PM
The Meatles
See a torty, post a torty. This is Dola.
July 7, 2024 at 10:01 PM
See a torty, post a torty. This is Dola.
Irving Layton on berries.
June 23, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Irving Layton on berries.