deborah poe

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poet, #booksky mind, reader, book artist, random outburster—author of Our Parenthetical Ontology, Elements, Between Worlds, Hélène, the last will be stone too, keep. deborahpoe.com [she/they]

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deborah poe@poebot· 15d

makes me so happy @robmclennan.bsky.social & @hassensaker.bsky.social / you connected in Ottawa. coming from @adelaideblair.bsky.social’s Manifesto Destiny book event tonight where I read my asymmetric empathy anti-derangement manifesto—”avoid the spin, empathy warriors.” waving easterly. ♥️

deborah poe@poebot· 23d

July 20, 2026 — @newyorker.com #Sundaypoem

deborah poe@poebot· 28d

— Juan Carlos Rodriguez Romero • Justin Bryant Nelson • Carlos Jimenez • Jose Garcia-Sorto • Carlitos Ricardo Parias • Phillip M. Brown • Marimar Martinez • Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez • Francisco Longoria • Jose Mendez-Chavez • Ruben Ray Martinez

A book cover or poster featuring the phrase "SAY THEIR NAMES" in large, bold, black block letters that dominate the frame. The background consists of a dense, textured collage of handwritten names in varying shades of red ink. The names are written in a mix of cursive and print, entirely filling the spaces behind and between the large black letters. The overall composition creates a powerful, heavily layered visual effect honoring individuals.

deborah poe@poebot· Jul 11

katuryay with koda

Black and grey kitteh on a couch with a half-smile on his visage chillin' on some folded blankets and pillowcase

deborah poe@poebot· Jun 13

Caturyay with Donna Stonecipher, Ruins of Nostalgia (Wesleyan UP 2023)

picture of “the Ruins of Nostalgia 43” with patterns of light on the page and a Finnegan Django Jirafa Turtleback cat peeking over the left, top of the book. poem from the Ruins of Nostalgia by Donna Stonecipher

deborah poe@poebot· May 29

just finished 1st read of Soham Patel’s ‘The Daughter Industry’. peeps du poetry—it’s brilliant and a worthwhile read.

deborah poe@poebot· May 22

saw this and immediately thought of you, @thedaybooks.bsky.social

photo of a long, flowy sundress—off white with library date stamps across the fabric.

deborah poe@poebot· May 6

an inspiring read, a mantra-full manifesto. be your own soft place to land. be. lillien.substack.com/p/black-summ...

deborah poe@poebot· Apr 27

last night, I was staring at this as the sun went down and imagining a play about a future where the only plants remaining were dandelions. on a related note, have you read Jaqueline Harpman’s I who have never known men?

deborah poe@poebot· Apr 25

….abstain from the tyranny of your time” Yanara Friedland, reading from Thanatographies (FC2 2026) in Bellingham

deborah poe@poebot· Mar 30

from Ethel Rackin’s ‘In Time’ #poe/mbot

deborah poe@poebot· Mar 28

got flights before No Kings was announced for today—thanks to all of you in the streets—holler extra for me. in solidarity.

me in red resistance hat at gate for flight

deborah poe@poebot· Mar 28

books coming with me—on a trip to be with friend family Tommy Orange’s novel ‘Wandering Stars’ & Ethel Rackin's poetry collection ‘In Time’

Tommy Orange’s novel Wandering Stars and Ethel Rackin's poetry collection In Time

deborah poe@poebot· Mar 27

imitation poem with these paragraphs, from Arundhati Roy’s Mother Mary Comes to Me

page 224 from “It became painfully clear that nuclear weapons were lethal and even if they aren’t used…to Why does it all seem familiar?…

deborah poe@poebot· Mar 9

Republicans, in contrast, have elected one of the most corrupt politicians in U.S. history…gutted the entirety of U.S. corporate oversight…created untold chaos and harm with gestapo-grade racial policing and unnecessary, costly war. karlbode.com/polling-show...

deborah poe@poebot· Mar 2

I am sick, sad, and furious. let us continue to make art that refuses any of this as normal, right, just or acceptable.

deborah poe@poebot· Feb 19

from the Vox editorial team @paceuniversity.bsky.social to launching a brand new zine! my former student Amanda Leigh is partnering with NGC to showcase the voices of adults living with #Cystinosis. seeking writing & art #submissions by 5/4/26 please help spread the word.

deborah poe@poebot· Jan 17

poem from 'The Speed of Darkness', Muriel Rukeyser

Pages 130-131 in Selected Poems Muriel Rukeyser, editor Adrienne Rich
I lived in the first century of world wars.
Most mornings I would be more or less insane,
The newspapers would arrive with their carless stories,
The news would pour out of various devices
Interrupted by attempts to sell products to the unseen.
I would call my friends on other devices;
They would be more or less mad for similar reasons.
Slowly I would get to pen and paper,
Make my poems for others seen and unseen.
In the day I would be reminded of those men and women
Brave, setting up signals across vast distances,
Considering a nameless way of living, of almost unimagined values.
As the lights darkened, and the lights of night brightened,
We would try to imagine them, try to find each other.
To construct peace, to make love, to reconcile
Waking with sleeping, ourselves with each other,
Ourselves with ourselves. We would try by any means
To reach the limits of ourselves, to reach beyond ourselves,
To let go the means, to wake
I lived in the first century of these wars.

deborah poe@poebot· Jan 2

going to take a January hiatus from the socials, peeps. wishing you well in earliest 2026—happy new year.

deborah poe@poebot· Dec 31

grateful to the journalists, thinkers, writers here in the blue sky who continue to speak truth to power. just a few of many—thank you @karlbode.com @jamellebouie.net @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social @brandonshimoda.bsky.social @esqueer.net @bencollins.bsky.social. adieu 2025.

deborah poe@poebot· Dec 20

caturyay in a box (encore, alors)

picture of Koda Brown Bear the cat in a box labeled heavy with paws toes extended and in major cute overload.

deborah poe@poebot· Dec 13

I like taking the Seattle alleys

deborah poe@poebot· Dec 7

Du Fu once wrote that a man “must read the contents of five cartloads of books” (男儿须读五车书). Real literacy, in other words, is born of wide reading. Without it, a person cannot describe themselves, construct the narrative of their life, or articulate it for others. thebaffler.com/odds-and-end...

photo of the first paragraph of Kim Hyesoon's "Literacy and Suicide Rates" in the Brain Rot without Borders from recent issue of The Baffler. piece translated from the Korean by Jack Saebyok Jung.

deborah poe@poebot· Dec 7

drill into observations from around the globe on literacy, reading, and literature and their relationship to, as Nicolás Medina Mora in his introduction, writes "the unholy alliance between capital & state." 1st read free if you don't already subscribe thebaffler.com/odds-and-end... @thebaffler.com

deborah poe@poebot· Dec 6

caturyay in a box

deborah poe@poebot· Nov 24

oh boy, fun rabbit hole to go down—looking up artwork by this list of writers/artists published what seems an eternity ago in a special Trickhouse folio of Turkish visual poets, curated by @keyclaw.bsky.social

list of Ten Turkish Visual Poets from an old Trickhouse issue and curated by visual poet Nico Vassilakis.

Baris Çetinkol

Ayşegül Tözeren

Derya Önder

Ercan Y. Yılmaz

Serkan ışın

Hakan Sarkdemir

Liman Mehmetcihat

Derya Vural

Suzan Sari

Zeynep Cansu Başeren

deborah poe@poebot· Nov 22

Caturyay in the bag

deborah poe@poebot· Nov 5

reading this excellent book again—one of those I believe every American should read.

deborah poe@poebot· Nov 2

business reply voting envelope held just outside the drop box. hand wears Phoenix-themed, red press-on nails. the envelope reads “Vote!”

deborah poe@poebot· Oct 30

1 in 8 Americans are on SNAP benefits. a line for your east wing valediction.