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Posts by Sappho Stanley

A Jefferson salamander being held by my friend. He is wearing gloves which you should do if you ever handle a salamander because their skin is incredibly sensitive.

A Jefferson salamander being held by my friend. He is wearing gloves which you should do if you ever handle a salamander because their skin is incredibly sensitive.

A spotted salamander with bright yellow spots. We found him chilling underneath a log.

A spotted salamander with bright yellow spots. We found him chilling underneath a log.

A large fairy shrimp.

A large fairy shrimp.

My friend took me to the bog where he found those fairy shrimp and we found lots of cool creatures! Yet another W for the grass touching community

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Picture of sapph's cat kevin he's orange and his face is flat. He's staring intently at something past the photographers shoulder, in front of a window

Picture of sapph's cat kevin he's orange and his face is flat. He's staring intently at something past the photographers shoulder, in front of a window

Kevin is so funny like I'll try to move him towards me to cuddle and he'll run away. So what I do now when I want him to cuddle with me is I'll pick him up, 720 his ass, toss him in the laundry (gently obvs) and then bro will run up and start cuddling with me for the rest of the night.

1 year ago 9 1 1 0
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1250: 52 Blue by Sappho Stanley The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily · Episode

hey girlies my beautiful gf had a reading of their poem 52 blue released on the slowdown podcast! it would mean a lot to us if you checked it out. i’m so proud of sappho and they deserve every success they have been getting recently open.spotify.com/episode/7hQD...

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Stationery
by Agha Shahid Ali

The moon did not become the sun.
It just fell on the desert
in great sheets, reams
of silver handmade by you.
The night is your cottage industry now,
the day is your brisk emporium.
The world is full of paper.

Write to me.

Stationery by Agha Shahid Ali The moon did not become the sun. It just fell on the desert in great sheets, reams of silver handmade by you. The night is your cottage industry now, the day is your brisk emporium. The world is full of paper. Write to me.

If you don't know this poet, you should. He died too early and I have carried this poem with me since his death in 2001. I believe everyone should know it... those last 2 lines.

From Rooms Are Never Finished by Agha Shahid Ali.

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Egg nog and cold brew is a combo too many of y’all sleep on….

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Makuhita

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I just had a dream that they made an Ohio movie. They cast Adam Sandler as The Rizzler.

1 year ago 9 1 0 0
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A 3 segment tulip latte art that I fucking ate. It's well centered and looks cute. Not perfect but idc this is big improvement for me

A 3 segment tulip latte art that I fucking ate. It's well centered and looks cute. Not perfect but idc this is big improvement for me

I fucking ate with this latte art god damnnnnn. I got a lot of room to improve, but I'm still very proud of this one :)

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Been dreaming of bees and needles

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He loves sourdough too!

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He loves sourdough too!

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Kevin (my cat) really loves Hawaiian sweet rolls!!!:0

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Willow James Claire — Poetry Online Willow James Claire (James O’Leary) is a trans poet from Arizona. Their work has been nominated for the Best New Poets, Best of the Net, and Pushcart Prize anthologies, and has appeared in Frontie...

today is a day to celebrate. it's publication day for this wildly powerful and inventive poem by @willowpoet.bsky.social!

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THE WHITE, THE RED & THE PINK IN-BETWEEN

When the wall I say I've hit gives under my hand like skin I'm told
Breathe deeply
but if I did my ribs would crack like a book like the nave's ceiling with its grayed teeth grinding away on the old story
She must be
in the pages somewhere
in the drifting snow of February
She must be
here
in the petals held aloft like planets & suddenly soft as bathwater on the back of my hand
in the cottonwood Aurry & catalpa trash of May
like film catching fire
here
at last in the hemorrhage of summer roses

the canopy of crisp
blood & Cro-Magnon brow of the Japanese maple
She must be here
somewhere
within the gothic bones of my rib cage riding the twin gales Sorrow & Desire

THE WHITE, THE RED & THE PINK IN-BETWEEN When the wall I say I've hit gives under my hand like skin I'm told Breathe deeply but if I did my ribs would crack like a book like the nave's ceiling with its grayed teeth grinding away on the old story She must be in the pages somewhere in the drifting snow of February She must be here in the petals held aloft like planets & suddenly soft as bathwater on the back of my hand in the cottonwood Aurry & catalpa trash of May like film catching fire here at last in the hemorrhage of summer roses the canopy of crisp blood & Cro-Magnon brow of the Japanese maple She must be here somewhere within the gothic bones of my rib cage riding the twin gales Sorrow & Desire

queen of the rodeo
Once I held her to me
I held her
long & in me
our skin breath bones blood one
story
chewed off like a limb

queen of the rodeo Once I held her to me I held her long & in me our skin breath bones blood one story chewed off like a limb

riding the twin gales Sorrow & Desire

—Kathy Fagan

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What’d it do?:0

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Hiccups are at least in the top 5 of worst human body experiences of all time

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Oh my fucking GOD!!!!!!

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Got any games on your phone?

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Kevin, my Persian cat, is laying on a table with light shining in on my euphorbias and Kevin’s fur.

Kevin, my Persian cat, is laying on a table with light shining in on my euphorbias and Kevin’s fur.

!! Kevin!! With the euphorbias. This is his new spot in the new apartment :3

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girls

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Giant red bull fridge I found on side of the road

Giant red bull fridge I found on side of the road

🚨 RED ALERT RED BULL FRIDGE AQUIRED!!! 🚨

2 years ago 4 1 1 0

I love finding new poets:) I was up all night reading Loren Goodman which led me to reading DIAGRAM issues :)

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I liked this picture of me from a bit ago :3

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:( such a big depression has washed over me today.

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A selfie I took wearing long black jeans and a cute crop top

A selfie I took wearing long black jeans and a cute crop top

She blue on my sky till I uhhhh till I uhhhhhhhhhh...

2 years ago 7 1 0 0

Wrote three poems this summer and one was for @tbq.bsky.social 💅💅☺️

2 years ago 8 1 0 0

I started journaling recently and I’ve never felt more productive?? I just use the thing to write down line/entire poem ideas, write about my day, etc… and put things like movie tickets and shit and it helps me get into a creative zone when reading isn’t getting me there :)

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Picture of my cat, a Persian with a flat face, and his tongue licking his nose. His name is Kevin.

Picture of my cat, a Persian with a flat face, and his tongue licking his nose. His name is Kevin.

Kevin!!! The kittiest of cats

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While watching Barbie I saw the pink light from the projector reflect off the screen and then reflect off of a bald man’s head and I got the strangest tinge of appreciation of life and it’s beauty.

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