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francine j. harris

@francinejharris

Author of Here is the Sweet Hand, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award.

If you follow me for #s you will get blocked. Not good for your #s.

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Luther Hughes (@lutherxhughes) 's Twitter Profile Photo

New (love) poem alert in Seattle Met’s new poetry section curated by Paul Hlava Ceballos— ā€œThis, Too, Shall Be Namedā€ Thanks Paul for giving this little one some wings ā˜ŗļø

New (love) poem alert in <a href="/SeattleMet/">Seattle Met</a>’s new poetry section curated by <a href="/PaulHlava/">Paul Hlava Ceballos</a>— ā€œThis, Too, Shall Be Namedā€ 

Thanks Paul for giving this little one some wings ā˜ŗļø
forgive us our debts (@balconyplant) 's Twitter Profile Photo

U.S. Department of Education has NONE of my historical #studentloan pymt info & said call MOHELA who has NONE of that info cuz they weren’t my servicer for the past decade. I have a copy but DoE only accepts it from #MOHELA. 2.5 hrs later MOHELA says they send info weekly to FSA #CancelStudentDebt

<a href="/usedgov/">U.S. Department of Education</a> has NONE of my historical #studentloan pymt info &amp; said call <a href="/MOHELA/">MOHELA</a> who has NONE of that info cuz they weren’t my servicer for the past decade. I have a copy but DoE only accepts it from #MOHELA. 2.5 hrs later MOHELA says they send info weekly to FSA #CancelStudentDebt
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Creeping up on the end of the month, you know what that means.... IT'S GO TIME PEOPLE. Where to submit your writing this week: bit.ly/m/ChillSubs #WritingCommunity

Creeping up on the end of the month, you know what that means....

IT'S GO TIME PEOPLE. 

Where to submit your writing this week: bit.ly/m/ChillSubs 

#WritingCommunity
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Since Justin Phillip Reed is in town and reading tonight, here's another look at The Poetics of Horror: A Review of Justin Phillip Reed’s With Bloom Upon Them and Also with Blood gulfcoastmag.org/online/36.2-wi… via Gulf Coast Journal

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"...one of us asked. machetes, clippers, saws. they explained that an invasive species is called that to make the culling easier." -Christina Olivares poets.org/poem/preservin…

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Congratulations to the 2025 GuggenheimFoundation with special attention to AJB poets Richie Hofmann (SECOND EMPIRE), francine j. harris (PLAY DEAD), Cynthia Cruz (RUIN), and Mihaela Moscaliuc, the author of FATHER DEAD and the forthcoming HEARTMOOR šŸ’š More at buff.ly/LOOQUJV

Congratulations to the 2025 <a href="/GuggFellows/">GuggenheimFoundation</a> with special attention to AJB poets <a href="/RichieHof/">Richie Hofmann</a> (SECOND EMPIRE), <a href="/francinejharris/">francine j. harris</a> (PLAY DEAD), Cynthia Cruz (RUIN), and Mihaela Moscaliuc, the author of FATHER DEAD and the forthcoming HEARTMOOR šŸ’š More at buff.ly/LOOQUJV
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ā€œthey ask me to remember / but they want me to remember / their memoriesā€œĀ  — Lucille Clifton . . . This poem appeared in The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010 by Lucille Clifton, published by BOA Editions Ltd., 2012. Shared here with deep gratitude.

ā€œthey ask me to remember / but they want me to remember / their memoriesā€œĀ 

— Lucille Clifton

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This poem appeared in The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010 by Lucille Clifton, published by BOA Editions Ltd., 2012. Shared here with deep gratitude.
francine j. harris (@francinejharris) 's Twitter Profile Photo

..then the spread of Miss Celie’s teethĀ  like the good earth opening into a field of Cosmos wild and wide before the eye as laughter cascades from her mouthĀ  like a fit of trumpet and trombones sounding on anyĀ  God-given night outta Harpo’s -Jari Bradley poets.org/poem/you-can-l…

Democrats (@thedemocrats) 's Twitter Profile Photo

$930 BILLION. That’s how much Trump’s latest budget is set to cut from Medicaid. It’s the largest Medicaid cut in history. Over 10 million Americans could lose their health care. Kill. The. Bill.

Adam Schiff (@senadamschiff) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Republicans’ One Big Ugly Bill will be an unmitigated disaster for our economy and our country. This bill will result in the closure of hospitals and clinics, kick millions of Americans off their health care and slash food assistance, all in order to give a massive tax cut to