Rishi Agrawal

High School English Teacher in Northern Virginia. BA from @UVA, MFA in Poetry from @IUBloomington. Ex-Lawyer. Indian-American. He/him. Kind of weird.

[Rishi Agrawal @MrA_ELA]

Not completely leaving here yet. But once I figure out how to find cat pictures from the other place, then I am gone.

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Still annoyed at @washingtonpost but at least they can write a headline.

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Hoping to see our first South Asian president. #Harris_Walz2024

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@thesarahkelly @rebeccalehmann @writesloud You’re correct.

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It’s less of a hobby and more of a lifestyle.

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@emmabo @PoetryShore @amykdebellis @TheArtOfMercy Great poem. I always love seeing people use geeky allusions in poetry, and especially when it’s more than a passing reference.

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@TheLincoln I am skittish about submitting for publication (though I love acceptances). But I am still in the “love having written” camp. Even if the audience is just me.

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@_rayehendrix Now you tell me…

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I put magnetic poetry on my board in my classroom. Found this amazing creation!

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Love when signs are written in iambic.

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@TomSnarsky Wonderful poem. Lux was one of my favorite poets and I was always disappointed that so many people just dismissed him as a “comic poet.”

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@MaxPlaysMTG That was when fetch lands were in Standard. My deck at the time was easily over $1k.

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One of my students was supposed to write a literary analysis about The Great Gatsby and Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison. Except he wrote about The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells...

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Should I feel appreciated?

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@AirInHand Great poem!

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Great poem today. In my head canon, this poem was rejected by @TBQuarterly and then ended up here.

[Academy of American Poets @POETSorg]

the unholy trinity of suburban late-night salvation
barring seemingly endless options of worship

bean burrito breadsticks and mashed potatoes
or a soft taco pan pizza and a buttered biscuit

––Aaron Tyler Hand
@AirInHand
#PoemADay

https://t.co/rBwE9P4cmz

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I just commented on a student paper (which randomly went from third person to second person): "weird pronoun shift." Feels like a book title (though probably not for me).

[Tom Snarsky @TomSnarsky]

happy birthday Frank O’Hara 🎈

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Laptop died last night.

First thought: can I afford a new one?

Second thought: are all my poems backed up???

(They should be, but I need to be more intentional about it.)

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