(she/they) Neurodivergent poet, generally unable to resist puzzles. 🦋 www.kpaldrich.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/kpaldrich.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/kpaldrich.bsky.social/post/3mpoaippn4c2jLovely poem by Jessica Covil-Manset. Imagine https://iexile.com/writing/imagine/02 Jul 2026 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:mrkmgexmq2pdplcsi7y6pnta/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpoaippn4c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/kpaldrich.bsky.social/post/3mofy7etsh22dYesterday, I put poems I like enough to submit into one Scrivener file and realized I have 20. 20! I also typed 6 newer poems from handwritten drafts, some of which are almost okay to submit. This is to cautiously say—omg, yay? Maybe I will make something book-shaped after all.16 Jun 2026 14:13 +0000at://did:plc:mrkmgexmq2pdplcsi7y6pnta/app.bsky.feed.post/3mofy7etsh22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/kpaldrich.bsky.social/post/3modrrtj3r22gI want to post more, but I’m a bit of a perfectionist, and also never know what to say. So, maybe I’ll just post imperfect pictures. I was thinking everyday, but honestly, I’ll forget. So instead, let’s just say, everyday I think of it. Today, I present, “A Wee Dragonfly Says Hello."15 Jun 2026 17:12 +0000at://did:plc:mrkmgexmq2pdplcsi7y6pnta/app.bsky.feed.post/3modrrtj3r22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/kpaldrich.bsky.social/post/3mmavztedd22fApollo demands entry into the living room.20 May 2026 03:00 +0000at://did:plc:mrkmgexmq2pdplcsi7y6pnta/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmavztedd22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/kpaldrich.bsky.social/post/3mmavoa2eo22fI’m probably late to the chat, but it feels worth saying anyway... The reason empathy is the 'enemy’ of the state right now is because experiencing another person as a fully realized individual makes you more inclined to demand for them what you would demand for yourself.20 May 2026 02:54 +0000at://did:plc:mrkmgexmq2pdplcsi7y6pnta/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmavoa2eo22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/kpaldrich.bsky.social/post/3ml73peqhjs2mI also discovered that even in May, you can begin to get frost-nipped fingers if you don’t wear gloves while being showered in tree-snow. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:mrkmgexmq2pdplcsi7y6pnta/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml73peqhjs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/kpaldrich.bsky.social/post/3ml73c77vqk2mI broke my broom knocking snow off the tree branches I could reach last night and this morning. The leafy tops of the ash trees look ominous under six inches of snowfall. Send help. 😭06 May 2026 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:mrkmgexmq2pdplcsi7y6pnta/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml73c77vqk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/kpaldrich.bsky.social/post/3mkpujubdsk2kPlease consider signing this petition to stay the execution of James Broadnax, scheduled for today (April 30th). Links to information on this case, and how to contact Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s office are in the comments. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-the-execution-of-james-broadnax-in-texas30 Apr 2026 14:53 +0000at://did:plc:mrkmgexmq2pdplcsi7y6pnta/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpujubdsk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/kpaldrich.bsky.social/post/3mjwzwqabfk2eThe very next sentence after this quote is my heart: “If we let them, poems also encourage the more difficult notion that your life ought to be as important to me as my own life is; that I can only truly honor and protect myself by honoring and protecting you.” -Tracy K. Smith, "Fear Less" [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Apr 2026 17:53 +0000at://did:plc:mrkmgexmq2pdplcsi7y6pnta/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwzwqabfk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/kpaldrich.bsky.social/post/3mjwyxyji4c2t"In order to get to community, we have to go quiet, slow down, allow ourselves to be both vulnerable and brave, and approach one another with an idea as simple as, ‘I’m me, you’re you, we are not the same, and yet perhaps we can feel safe here together talking about something as simple as a poem.’” https://bookshop.org/p/books/fear-less-poetry-in-perilous-times-tracy-k-smith/3f646c233e346d0720 Apr 2026 17:36 +0000at://did:plc:mrkmgexmq2pdplcsi7y6pnta/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwyxyji4c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/kpaldrich.bsky.social/post/3mj5mysi6a22hSorry I haven’t posted lately, I’m bad at social media. And “career-building.” And, really, consistency in general. For balance, here’s what I’m good at: Puzzles. Starting to read books. Meeting puppers, and locating their best spot for scritches.10 Apr 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:mrkmgexmq2pdplcsi7y6pnta/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5mysi6a22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/kpaldrich.bsky.social/post/3mgas6jqcoc25There are real people in my life who said they voted for 47 because they thought he would be better on foreign policy. They thought he would keep the U.S. from getting involved in another war. That strategy…has not panned out for them.04 Mar 2026 17:20 +0000at://did:plc:mrkmgexmq2pdplcsi7y6pnta/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgas6jqcoc25