Hemlyn

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[Hemlyn @hemlynr]

Thank you,@BuildingSharjah Sharjah for immortalising a small piece of my father's story in a chapter in your book, thanks to all the work put in by @ammarmak It's not every day one gets to see a parent recognised and celebrated on a public forum.

[Hemlyn @hemlynr]

I got what happened today
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35/35 https://t.co/5icSdMNUcc

Rare day where I only had to Google one answer yaaaas

[Siddharth @svaradarajan]

I got what happened today
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35/35 https://t.co/FuxKWaTit5

[Hemlyn @hemlynr]

@stridewallops @nooksneedlesco Yesssssa, mushroom cat is the cutest! Looks like Choochoo!

[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

🖤

[Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem]

“reading / rereading / the long-awaited / prose / of your / body”

— C.D. Wright
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This poem appeared in Steal Away: Selected and New Poems by C.D. Wright, published by Copper Canyon Press, 2003. Shared here with deep gratitude.

[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

Today's poetry thread: INFATUATION

Been there. 🖤 Feel free to add poems.

[Hemlyn @hemlynr]

There will always be a way to say "I saw this coming, I told you so."

[eigenrobot @eigenrobot]

everything 👏 is 👏 monocausal 👏 and 👏 specifically 👏 results 👏 from 👏 whatever 👏 shit 👏 I'm 👏 on 👏 about 👏 at 👏 any 👏 given 👏 time

[Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem]

“It needs repeating / over and over / to catch her attention / over and over,”

— Rose Cook
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This poem appeared in Notes From a Bright Field by Rose Cook, published by Cultured Llama, 2013. Shared here with deep gratitude.

[Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem]

“What I want / I simply reach out and take, no delicacy now, / the dark human bread I eat handful / by greedy handful.”

— Dorianne Laux

[Hemlyn @hemlynr]

This poem and more here: https://t.co/Mc0CbSa3oT

[Hemlyn @hemlynr]

Ah this poem by @akhilkatyal2

[Punch Cat @PunchingCat]

cats have been bothering their humans since the dawn of time

[ruby 🐊 @roobeekeane]

Tea:
- calming
- many flavours
- the answer to all problems

Coffee:
- Anxiety Juice™
- 3 heartbeats for the price of 1
- more than 4 cups and you can talk to electricity

[Daak @DaakVaak]

Wisdom from Bashir Badr as in life's endless cycles, friends can turn into enemies and enemies into friends.

[@Catllc @catllc]

@Joseph_Fasano_

[Hemlyn @hemlynr]

A minor yet annoying tragedy: neighbours with excellent sound systems but terrible taste in music.

[New Scientist @newscientist]

Many studies claim that drinking a little alcohol will help you live longer, but a new review shows how they're based on bad science. https://t.co/svn9330qwb

[Regina Rosenfeld @ReginaRosenfeld]

Molly Brodak: