sam

she/her | apocalypse poet

[sam @samstebbins_]

Baby’s first skulls

[HAD @havehadhavehad]

the "note" for today's poem from Sam Stebbins — "From the 1970s through the 1990s, a black bear named Samantha lived in a cage in front of Thirsty’s gas station in Cadillac, Michigan." — reminds me of Ivan the gorilla in the shopping mall where I grew up

https://t.co/oLgzHA8xZl

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Who wants to tell them?

[sam @samstebbins_]

This is a fundamentally evil institution. Let it burn

[new swiftie @arianadotgov]

everyone’s tweeting “this is all because the democrats XYZ” which yes is true, but i really don’t think it can be overstated how much people just hate women. like more than anything else that is just the truth that looms undeniably large

[sam @samstebbins_]

I’m having an excellent time, to be clear

[sam @samstebbins_]

So far Poetry School is mostly asking “what is a poem? What is a sentence?” Over and over again and the answer is always “ahhhh!!!!!”

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[sam @samstebbins_]

I asked my intro to creative writing students what books they liked and they listed self help titles. Depressing.

[sam @samstebbins_]

Writing CNF again.
50% feeling free and excited to share my ideas. Unencumbered by poetic concerns of rhythm, sound, form
50% I forgor

[sam @samstebbins_]

It’s time for us as a culture to be honest with ourselves. Trader Joe’s is just Aldi for if you’re insecure and a little bit classist

[Nina Turner @ninaturner]

Solidarity with @RashidaTlaib ✊🏾🇵🇸💜

[pariah carey @katyydidnt]

can’t wait for hockey season to start back up so i can become withdrawn and morose multiple nights a week

[sam @samstebbins_]

me (above) & me, sending an email (below)

[National Flash Fiction Day @nationalflashfd]

FlashFlood: 'One Does Not Simply Walk out of Prairie Village, Ohio' by Amorak Huey https://t.co/mQjjbKe6Xj #nffd2024

[sam @samstebbins_]

“What are you up to this summer Sam?” Writing a poem every day and then getting mad when it’s not good thank you so much for asking

[Appalachian Prison Book Project (APBP) @AppalachianPBP]

Happy #Pride! At APBP, we're celebrating by uplifting some great work from and about members of the #LGBTQ+ community who have been impacted by mass incarceration.

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[sam @samstebbins_]

Yay Ella!!!

[HAD @havehadhavehad]

another beautiful little lightning bolt of wonder, today from Ella Wisniewski!

https://t.co/qwXOcnpZJ2

[sam @samstebbins_]

Podcast idea: “Men Explain Things to Me.” Each ep a male guest has to teach me something in a non-condescending manner. If they start to mansplain an alarm sounds and they owe me $10,000