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On the Imperial Highway: New and Selected Poems | Jayne Cortez

News of the possible lynching in Mississippi has sent me over the edge today.

Excerpts from There It Is by Jayne Cortez
Full poem: https://spare.poems.com/poem/there-it-is/

#poemadayish #poetrypals #overcomingevilempires #readingispolitical #antifabookclub
@dabbe @Cuilin

Cuilin And there it is!!! I‘m so tired today, so sad, resting to fight another day. 😞 5d

dabbe I. Can't. Even. P😢WERFUL. 💛💜🧡 5d

lil1inblue @Cuilin #ditto 😓 4d

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lil1inblue @dabbe 💔 💔 💔 4d

AnnCrystal 😢 this just can't be happening again...✊🏼🥺. 4d

lil1inblue @AnnCrystal 💔😓 💔 4d

Reggie Also because I‘ve been on YouTube rabbit holes. There‘s been Black truckers who have gone missing near West Virginia and North Carolina. One was found hanging and same thing. It was ruled a suicide. 2d

lil1inblue @Reggie 💔💔💔 2d

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dabbe

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RIP, Polly Holliday. 🧡🩶💜

Kristy_K, DebinHawaii, Mimi28, TheBookHippie, JenlovesJT47, Susanita, Reggie, vivastory, Itchyfeetreader, jdiehr, CBee, dabbe, kelli7990, Jari-chan, ImperfectCJ, lil1inblue, The_Book_Ninja, julieclair, AnnCrystal, bellabella, BooksandCoffee4Me

Ruthiella Ah Flo! An icon of‘70s television. 1w

JenlovesJT47 😔♥️ 1w

dabbe @Ruthiella Loved her and the show! 🧡💜🤎 1w

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dabbe @JenlovesJT47 🧡💜🤎 1w

Leftcoastzen She was awesome! 1w

TheBookHippie Oh I adored her!!!😭🥹😭 1w

mcctrish I loved this show and Flo ❤️❤️❤️ 1w

dabbe @Leftcoastzen @TheBookHippie @mcctrish It always cracked me up that the diner was in Phoenix and was made to look like a hodunk backwards place out in the desert somewhere. And those waitress outfits! 🩷😂🩷 1w

TheBookHippie @dabbe 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 1w

AnnCrystal
👏🏼🐝😢🎬🥲🐝💝. 1w

dabbe @TheBookHippie 💜😂🩶 1w

dabbe @AnnCrystal 💜🩶🧡 1w

lil1inblue ❤ ❤ ❤ 1w

dabbe @lil1inblue 💜🧡💛 1w

DGRachel I loved this show!! 1w

dabbe @DGRachel #ditto! 💜🧡💛 1w

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BarkingMadRead

Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh

Ch 1.1: #andsowemeetsebastian 🤮 🪟 #pollypeachum #inetrestingwaytomeet #hiscrewseemsfun 🤷🏻‍♀️ #charliebecomeshisbestie #daytriptobrideshead #soundsstunning #dyingtoknowthebackstory #nannyistheonlyonewemeet #intriguedaboutjulia #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish @kwmg40 @librarybelle @bookwormjillk @cuilin @barbarajean @thebookhippie @ruthiella @deblovestoread @lil1inblue @julieclair @annececilie @morr_books @crinoline_laphroaig @willaful @daisey @clare-dragonfly @sparklemn @kao @peanutnine @elizamarie 2w

Cuilin There‘s so much commentary online about this novel that I decided to annotate it!! Loved “The sun was behind us as we drove, so that we seemed to be in pursuit of our own shadows.” 2w

Bookwormjillk @Cuilin I have never read this. I'll have to go back and read all the commentary after. 2w

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TheBookHippie @Cuilin I got a new copy so I could flag it up 🤣🙌🏼 2w

Cuilin @TheBookHippie We need to share what we‘re flagging somehow. I have five different themes that I‘m annotating. I don‘t want to put spoilers in the chat! I‘ll tag you in a spoiler post perhaps 🤔 2w

TheBookHippie @Cuilin I think flagging is my book love language 🤣😅 I generally do quotes to print out -quotes to write on and quotes to ponder 😅🙃😊 2w

TheBookHippie @Cuilin I‘m also tracking the LGBTQIA undercurrent 2w

mcctrish I‘m here for the flagging - I only watched this before and I replaced my childhood teddy with a brand new Gund at the time and named him Elliot. He went everywhere with me. 2w

Cuilin @mcctrish 🧸 cute. I loved the TV adaptation more than the movie. 2w

Cuilin @Bookwormjillk I recommend, it‘s interesting. 2w

mcctrish @Cuilin I only watched the mini series - I was in Grade 12 but now I might try and dig up the movie 2w

Cuilin @mcctrish It‘s good. I think Emma Thompson (love) plays Sebastian‘s mom, but I don‘t think anybody can play Ryder like Jeremy Irons. 2w

ElizaMarie I‘m enjoying the ride so far —- but have no idea what I‘m reading or where this story is going. I feel like I‘m reading into the “friendship” as more? But maybe it‘s just me. We will see —- also have not seen the movie or read any reviews so fresh eyes here! —- these books yall pick are generally not something I‘ve ever ventured towards before (part of the fun) 2w

Bookwormjillk @ElizaMarie not just you 2w

dabbe @mcctrish 💜🩶🧡 2w

dabbe @Bookwormjillk @ElizaMarie #ditto 2w

dabbe The way Ryder describes Sebastian re: his beauty reminds me of Nick describing Jay Gatsby. Definitely more feelings going on here. 💜🩶🧡 2w

willaful @Bookwormjillk yup 2w

Bookwormjillk @dabbe do you think Nick had feelings for Gatsby? 2w

lil1inblue @Cuilin I highlighted the same passage. Such stunning writing. 😍 2w

lil1inblue @TheBookHippie "flagging is my book love language" makes me feel seen. ? #hardsame 2w

lil1inblue @dabbe Ooh. Interesting comparison. I also got Dorian Gray vibes. Definite feelings. 💖 2w

dabbe @lil1inblue Ooh, good one, too! 🧡🩶💜 2w

dabbe @Bookwormjillk I seriously do. There is also an inference to a sexual encounter between Nick and Mr. McKee in chapter 2. The narrative ends with an ellipsis (...) after Nick and Mr. McKee leave a party, suggesting a passage of time and a sexual encounter. This is supported by details like Nick being in the bedroom and Mr. McKee being in his underwear, which would have been unusual for two heterosexual men to be in that situation in the 1920s. (edited) 2w

dabbe @Bookwormjillk I also think so because of his relationship with Jordan, a tomboy-ish female who plays golf. And that relationship doesn't work out, nor did his one with the girl back home. He seems in love with Gatsby or the idea of him. All inferences, but hard ones to ignore. 2w

lil1inblue @dabbe @Bookwormjillk Now I want to re-read Gatsby. I read it in school in the 90s, so we obviously didn't explore homosexual themes (gasp! 😱🤣 ). I see what you mean, Denise, but don't remember details. 🤔 2w

dabbe @lil1inblue 💜🩶🧡 2w

Bookwormjillk @lil1inblue @dabbe I‘ll have to pay more attention next time I re-read! 2w

dabbe @Bookwormjillk Whoah! Please forgive the overzealous teacher in me! I never picked up on that when I first read it. It's only after YEARS of teaching it that my brain (and wormhole digging) got me to this point. I hate sounding like a know-it-all. I'm so sorry. 🧡💜💛 2w

Bookwormjillk @dabbe no! I appreciate it. I love Gatsby and I re-read it every year so I‘m happy to have a new angle to look at. Thank you! 2w

Clare-Dragonfly Oh good, I‘m so glad I‘m not the only one seeing the subtext (and that it will get even more explicit)! When Sebastian was wearing Ryder‘s tie I was like “it can‘t be, this is a WWII novel” and then the teddy bear and he‘s weird but charms everyone and one of his friends at the party is an aesthete… and then the aesthete tells SEBASTIAN that he‘d like to fill him full of ARROWS… and I‘m delighted that it‘s totally gay. 🏳️‍🌈😁 2w

dabbe @Bookwormjillk 🧡🩶💜 1w

dabbe @Clare-Dragonfly 🧡🩶💜 1w

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dabbe

The Raven | Edgar Allan Poe

#haikuhive #haikuaday

It must be slowly turning into autumn if I have Poe on my mind. 🖤🐦‍⬛🖤

TheBookHippie Yes it‘s almost time for my sleepy hallow dinner too!! 1mo

dabbe @TheBookHippie What's that? I want to go! 🧡💜💛 1mo

TheBookHippie @dabbe I tagged you in our first annual. This year is year number two! 1mo

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dabbe @TheBookHippie I want pictures of this year, too! That way I can live vicariously through you! 🧡🎃💛 1mo

TheBookHippie @dabbe 🙃😘 1mo

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝👍🏼🍂🐝💝. 1mo

lil1inblue 🖤🖤🖤 1mo

kspenmoll “Love this” says my cat Poe- 😻Full name is Edgar Allan Poe. His Mama who took the feral cat babies in her home to foster ( Emily Dickinson, our Em) was a HS English teacher. 😀 (edited) 1mo

JenlovesJT47 Oops missed this one too. Love Poe 🖤🖤🖤🐦‍⬛ 1mo

dabbe @kspenmoll They have the loveliest of kitty mamas ever! 🖤🐾🐾🖤 1mo

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 🖤🐦‍⬛🖤 1mo

dabbe @AnnCrystal 🖤🐦‍⬛🖤 1mo

dabbe @lil1inblue 🖤🐦‍⬛🖤 1mo

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 #ditto! 🖤🐦‍⬛🖤 1mo

kspenmoll @dabbe Awww you are so kind! 1mo

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dabbe

The Complete Peanuts 1950-1952 | Charles M. Schulz

#haikuaday #haikuhive

#myhero 💛🤎🧡

JenlovesJT47 Love Snoopy!! 😍♥️ 1mo

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 #ditto! ♥️😍 1mo

AnnCrystal Go Snoopy 👏🏼🤩🐝💝💝💝. 1mo

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Mimi28 I sent you a letter on Tuesday 🫶🏽🩷🙏🏽 1mo

dabbe @AnnCrystal 🧡🤎💛 1mo

dabbe @Mimi28 YAY! I look forward to reading it! 🧡🤎💛 1mo

lil1inblue I loved the Flying Ace vs. Red Baron subplots in the cartoons! Love this so much! 😍 1mo

dabbe @lil1inblue Schulz had so many incredible plot lines! 💛💜🧡 1mo

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dabbe

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#haikuhive

From SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE:
Sam Baldwin: Didn't you see “Fatal Attraction“?
Jonah Baldwin: You wouldn't let me!
Sam Baldwin: Well, I saw it, and it scared the shit out of me! It scared the shit out of every man in America!

Hence, this haiku:
One weekend's passion
ignites an obsession cured
only with a bath's blood.

TheBookHippie 🤭🥘🐰 1mo

Suet624 👏 👏 👏 1mo

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝👍🏼🎬🐝💝. 1mo

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lil1inblue Excellent! 😂🤭🐰 1mo

dabbe @TheBookHippie @Suet624 @AnnCrystal @lil1inblue What a movie! 😂 1mo

JenlovesJT47 Beware of bunny boilers!! 🐇🐰😱 1mo

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 😂🎯😂 1mo

IMASLOWREADER loved that movie 1mo

dabbe @IMASLOWREADER 🩵🎯🩵 1mo

Reggie I love this movie and I love Glen Close. 1mo

dabbe @Reggie #ditto! 🩵🎯🩵 1mo

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dabbe

When Harry Met Sally. . . | Nora Ephron

#haikuaday #haikuhive

Watched this last night. Such nostalgia. 🧡🤎💛

AmyG The best! 1mo

TheBookHippie The very best! 1mo

JenlovesJT47 I love this freaking movie and somehow made it to age 35 before watching it. Was kicking myself! ♥️♥️♥️ 1mo

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Leftcoastzen A delight! 1mo

kspenmoll Such a fabulous, fun movie! 1mo

CBee One of my favorites!! 1mo

dabbe @AmyG @TheBookHippie @JenlovesJT47 @Leftcoastzen @kspenmoll @CBee
This one has all the feels, doesn't it? 💛🧡🤎 1mo

lil1inblue I have the hardest time picking favorites, but when it comes to Rom Coms, this is the gold standard and is my favorite by far. 🥰🥰🥰 1mo

lil1inblue I love that last line. Just perfect. 😘🤌🏻 1mo

Ruthiella One of my favorite movies of all time. I can quote much of it due to repeated viewing! 1mo

dabbe @lil1inblue #ditto! 🧡🤎💛 1mo

dabbe @lil1inblue 🧡🤎💛 1mo

dabbe @Ruthiella 🧡🤎💛 1mo

AnnCrystal You captured this beautifully 👏🏼🐝👍🏼🎬🐝💝. 1mo

dabbe @AnnCrystal TY! 💛🤎🧡 1mo

DrSabrinaMoldenReads I love that movie 1mo

dabbe @DrSabrinaMoldenReads IKR? It never gets old for me. 🧡🤎💛 1mo

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dabbe

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#TLT @dabbe

I decided to choose quotes from movies. Above are three faves. What are yours? 😍

lil1inblue Perfect choices. Especially the Bacall line! 😍 1mo

AmyG I know all three of those. Great choices. 1mo

dabbe @lil1inblue 😍🤗😍 1mo

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dabbe @AmyG 😍🤗😍 1mo

KadaGul Perfect 💯 Choices. I can watch Alfred Hitchcock‘s Notorious with Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman 24/7. I'm a sucker for BW movies 🎬 1mo

TheBookHippie To have and have not ♥️♥️♥️♥️ 1mo

Susanita So many good quotes in Casablanca 1mo

dabbe @KadaGul #ditto Especially film noir. 🎬 1mo

dabbe @TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️ 1mo

dabbe @Susanita “Round up the usual suspects!“ 😂 1mo

TheBookHippie In our commune we must have movie night 1mo

dabbe @TheBookHippie Is is the same night every week? 1mo

TheBookHippie @dabbe Yes. 🤭👀 1mo

dabbe @TheBookHippie 😍 1mo

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BarkingMadRead

Wives and Daughters | Elizabeth Gaskell

ch 58: #rogerisalittlejealousofmollysnewfriends #interestingturnofevents #heaskshertovisithamleyhall #foraimeeofcourse #mammaisjealousofmollysattentions #howshemakeseverythingaboutherselfisamazing #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @bookwormjillk @librarybelle @lcsmcat @thearomaofbooks @cuilin @rubyslippersreads @mcctrish @ruthiella @eeclayton @julieclair @clare-dragonfly @elizamarie @peanutnine @dabbe @willaful @jewright @bklover @alldebooks 2mo

AllDebooks Can you imagine how suffocating it must have been to live with someone like that? Molly needs to get away. 2mo

Bookwormjillk I know I say this every day but today I really might just have to keep reading. 2mo

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ElizaMarie @Bookwormjillk I ended up finishing it- tried really had to stay on schedule but couldn‘t 2mo

ElizaMarie @AllDebooks yes!!!! That woman is a narcissist and insufferable!!!! I just can‘t! 2mo

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk @ElizaMarie I finished it last week 🙈 2mo

Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead the only thing keeping me from finishing was a family reunion last week, but I'm back now. It's only a matter of time. 2mo

julieclair I think a little jealousy is good for Roger! 2mo

Cuilin @ElizaMarie I finished it last week also. 2mo

rubyslippersreads @ElizaMarie @Bookwormjillk I couldn‘t resist finishing either. 2mo

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk I‘m ready to wrap this up !!! @julieclair we‘ve had enough dilly dallying with Roger, if jealousy gets him going then pile it on 2mo

Bookwormjillk @julieclair I agree- let him see what he might miss out on. 2mo

dabbe @BarkingMadRead #ditto 😂🎯😂 2mo

dabbe @Bookwormjillk 🎯🩵🎯 He deserves to suffer a wee bit more for not choosing Molly to begin with. 2mo

Bookwormjillk @dabbe fair- a couple more chapters at least 2mo

Lcsmcat @ElizaMarie Me too! 2mo

Lcsmcat @dabbe True! 2mo

Bklover I finished it too. 2mo

Clare-Dragonfly I kept giggling at the conversation between #notgoodenough and #notarealclare. They were both working so hard to make sure they were right! 2mo

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CBee

Totally Weird and Wonderful Words | Erin McKean

Today‘s #weirdwords selection is from Jewish folklore. Sign me up for anything folklore, mythological, and the like 🤓 @TheBookHippie your post inspired me 😁 #weirdwordwednesday

CBee @Megabooks @Daisey @Amiable @vivastory @Catlass007 @mandarchy @dabbe @IndoorDame @peanutnine @psalva @sace @slategreyskies @Lil1inblue @Deblovestoread @BookmarkTavern @Cuilin @Kerrbearlib @jen_the_scribe 2mo

TheBookHippie 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙 2mo

dabbe I want a golem as a protector! Mine would probably turn into a destructive one, though ... like Gollum in LOTR. 🩵💙🩵 2mo

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CatLass007 I just finished the first three books of the Black Hat Bureau series, in which one of the main characters is a golem. Fun books! 2mo

lil1inblue @dabbe #ditto 🩵🤣 2mo

JenniferEgnor There is a great movie about this. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8329290/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk 2mo

AlaMich This is a great novel with a golem as the MC.

The Golem and the Jinni

2mo

CBee @dabbe hahaha mine probably would too. I‘d rather some Heinzelmännchen: https://germangirlinamerica.com/heinzelmannchen-the-elves-of-cologne/ 2mo

CBee @AlaMich I‘ve heard that‘s a good one! 2mo

CBee @JenniferEgnor one that wreaks havoc, I see 🫣🫣 2mo

CBee @CatLass007 cool! 2mo

dabbe @CBee @CBee Oh, yes please! How adorable! 🩵💙🩵 2mo

CatLass007 There was an episode of the X-Files that featured a golem. But when Dana Scully was narrating, she called it a gollum. 2mo

AnnCrystal 🆒☺️👍🏼💝. 2mo

StaceGhost I just saw a really cool seminar about golems in folklore! Love all the new books with golems coming out 2mo

CBee @CatLass007 I think the pronunciation is similar? I can see how one would pronounce it gollum. I‘m too much of an LOTR fan to make that mistake 😂🤓 2mo

CBee @StaceGhost that sounds awesome! 2mo

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