#timothy donnelly

[litandlifequotes]

—let us be, let being be, continuous, continuous.

"What Is Real" by Timothy Donnelly

[fluttering-slips]

Digging for Apples        

Give me my shovel     of love for the sound it makes slipping into     the gravelly ground         where we buried all the golden ones;

give me my boots     with weights in the heels to root me where I am     not wanking off in fields         of rareripes and dandelions;

give me a backdrop     of what can't be controlled to lend me by contrast     an air of great deliberateness, and I'll get         back to business, but first—

what if the poem itself     is what's narcissistic, irrespective of authorship, and this is     what makes it appeal to us,         not because it can love us but

because it needs us to watch     it love being itself, and the surplus we're left with in     the end is what we call         beautiful, like starlight on snowfall?

Timothy Donnelly

[literarycatchall]

“I still can’t say what life is for, but it can’t be to pretend

that every part of it is knowable, or that what appears to be

to the naked eye or in the middle ground or documented on paper

approximates a person any better than a daisy does our sun.”

— “Habitual Nebula,” Timothy Donnelly (2023)

[myinspirationjournalquotes]

What if I was uttered into existence through the teamwork of cultists    and not, as I take it, born of a human woman under standard conditions: songbirds affirmative, war flickering    apart on television, rhubarb raising its arms up from the patch?

From “Instagram” by Timothy Donnelly

[badmovieihave]

Bad movie I have Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969

[abs0luteb4stard]

W A T C H I N G

[llovelymoonn]

favourite poems of january

christian wiman hard night: "the ice storm"

timothy donnelly hymn to life

randall jarrell the complete poems: "the lost world"

dana levin the living teaching

stuart dybeck brass knuckles: "the knife-sharpener's daughter"

kofi awoonor the promise of hope: new and selected poems: "lament of the silent sisters"

bruce snider ode to a dolly parton drag queen

jon pineda birthmark: "translation"

brenda shaughnessy interior with sudden joy: "dear gonglya"

franny choi hangul abecedarian

atsuro riley hutch

clark moore strikes and gutters

jenny xie eye level: "rootless"

alberto ríos the smallest muscle in the human body: "rabbits and fire"

tim seibles mosaic

anthony hecht an offering for patricia

harry matthews cool gales shall fan the glades

robert glück the word in us: lesbian and gay poetry of the next wave: "burroughs"

albert goldbarth the poem of the little house at the corner of misapprehension and marvel

george seferis collected poems (george seferis): "spring a.d."

alberto ríos a small story about the sky

sharmila voorakkara for the tattooed man

robin blaser the holy forest: collected poems of robin blaser: "the truth is laughter 10"

robert pinsky gulf music: "antique"

henri cole blackbird and wolf: "twilight"

paul violi likewise: "in praise of idleness"

ron padgett collected poems: "what are you on?"

meena alexander birthplace with buried stones: "lychees"

sara borjas decolonial self-portrait

valerie martínez absence, luminescent: "the reliquaries"

kathryn simmonds the visitations: "in the woods"

kofi

[lazbotronence]

Written by BAFTA-winning team Laurence Rickard & Martha Howe-Douglas (Ghosts, Horrible Histories) with Chris McCausland, hilarity and hijinks will commence on production this month at Sky Studios Elstree with the special set to air on Sky and NOW this Christmas.

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Chris McCausland & Lee Mack to star in Sky Original festive special ‘Bad Tidings’ [x]

Rebekah Staton, Sarah Alexander and Ben Crompton join the cast as production commences at Sky Studios Elstree.

Chris McCausland (The Wonders of the World I Can't See) and Lee Mack (Doctor Who, Inside No. 9, Brassic) star in Sky Original ‘Bad Tidings’, a mischievous festive special about two perpetually feuding neighbours in Stockport who become unlikely heroes, saving their street from notorious burglars with wacky booby traps and Great British banter. Written by BAFTA-winning team Laurence Rickard & Martha Howe-Douglas (Ghosts, Horrible Histories) with Chris McCausland, hilarity and hijinks will commence on production this month at Sky Studios Elstree with the special set to air on Sky and NOW this Christmas.

Joining the cast alongside McCausland and Mack are Rebekah Staton, Sarah Alexander, Ben Crompton, Emily Coates, Josiah Eloi, Millie Kiss, Tupele Dorgu, Sunil Patel, Susan Kyd and Donna Preston.

‘Bad Tidings’ follows a tradition of successful festive Sky Originals loved by Sky customers and star a wealth of British talent. Last year, ‘The Heist Before Christmas’ starring James Nesbitt, Timothy Spall and Laura Donnelly, was the biggest rating Sky Original of 2023 and followed 2022’s ‘Christmas Carole’ staring Suranne Jones, and 2021’s ‘The Amazing Mr Blunden’ staring Simon Callow, Tamsin Greig and Mark Gatiss.

This year’s Sky Original Christmas special revolves around grumpy home-security expert Neil (Mack) and his neighbour Scott (McCausland), who insists on keeping his Christmas lights illuminated all-year-round. And mixing up their bins, criticising Neil’s ‘project’ car and generally winding him up. Basically, Scott’s a git. He’s also blind and all the other neighbours think he’s great. 

When Scott is appointed head of the Neighbourhood Watch, Neil is the only one to question his suitability for the role. Their tit-for-tat argument culminates in Neil triggering a power-cut across the entire street. On Christmas Eve. 

Everyone is forced to evacuate, and Neil and Scott are left alone and on guard. But the local crime family decide to rob every house on the street in a single night, and the pair must set aside their differences to defeat them. They’ve got no lights, no cameras, no alarms and one of them is blind. Which might just be an advantage… 

Chris McCausland said: “Talk about a back of an envelope idea that has got out of hand, we are now making a Christmas comedy film and it's going to be awesome. I can't wait to get up to some hilarious mayhem with Lee and bring some festive spirit into people's living rooms this Christmas!”

Lee Mack added: “I love Chris McCausland, I love the script and I Iove Christmas. Where do I sign?”

‘Bad Tidings’ is written by Laurence Rickard & Martha Howe-Douglas with Chris McCausland, and is produced by Sky Studios. The film is directed by Tim Kirkby with Adnan Ahmed from Sky Studios producing. Anil Gupta Executive Produces for Sky Studios. NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution handles international sales on behalf of Sky Studios.

[darkskiesrpg]

may I have fcs for Damon and Elena and Stefan and Caroline kids ?

ooh!! those are good!! i reached out to our members to see who they'd love to see fill those slots and here is what i got back:

ok so we have a son slot available for a delena kid, for him: Timothy chalamet, Jacob elordi, tanner buchanan, hero fiennes-tiffin, Tom holland, Cole sprouse, Dylan sprouse, natt Wolfe, Cody Christian, Dylan Sprayberry, Cody Christian, chris briney, Brenton thwaites, Stephen Amell, and Jacob elordi. for the steroline kid we have a daughter slot available so for her: Meg Donnelly, Peyton list, Hal’s ton sage, Britt Robertson, Shelley hennig, Zoey deutch, shailene woodley, Elizabeth gillies, Lily Collins, keirnan shipka, lilies reinhart, Olivia holt, Chloe grace moretz, Lily-rose depp, Lucy boynton, Madison iseman, Sophie turner

also keep in mind that any slots for the kids can be adopted children as well, so any fc can really work!!

[theglobaltime]

New details released about 46 arrested in prostitution sting, including Lewisville ISD coach, youth pastor

Dozens of local men – including some community leaders – were arrested recently at hotels in Frisco and Southlake as part of a multi-agency prostitution sting.

According to federal officials in the Dallas branch of Homeland Security Investigations, the 46 men included a volunteer firefighter, youth pastor, high school teacher and coach, semi-professional hockey player, and the director of operations for a large hospital network in North Texas.

The Dallas DHS Office said what the suspects do exploits and victimizes trafficking victims.

One non-profit working to help sex trafficking victims said the DFW Metroplex is a hot spot for it because of its size and highway system to other parts of the country. They said there isn’t anything thing typical about a human trafficking suspect, as it can be almost anyone.

We learned more about 46 people who were arrested at upscale hotels in Frisco and Southlake as part of a multi-agency prostitution sting earlier this month.

Frisco police said during the operation and following the investigation, they found no evidence of local underage sex trafficking, contrary to rumors.

"It’s happening more than people think and know," said Dr. Tonya Stafford Manning, who runs It’s Going to be OK, which is a Dallas-based non-profit organization that assists human trafficking victims.

Lewisville Independent School District confirmed Marcus High School teacher and football coach Tim Morrison was among the 46 suspects.

The district said Morrison was placed on administrative leave after his arrest and later resigned.

Fort Worth youth pastor Lamarcus Strickland was also arrested.

Spencer Asuchak, a 31-year-old professional hockey player who’s been with the Allen Americans — of the East Coast Hockey League — since 2013, according to the team’s web site, is one of dozens charged with solicitation of prostitution.

The team told , "We are aware of the situation. We don’t have a comment at this time as we gather more information."

A Baylor Scott & White Health director of operations, 49-year-old Jimmie Hemmingway, is also charged. Baylor said Hemmingway is no longer an employee.

"But this is happening. It’s happening right up under our noses. It’s happening right in our backyards," Dr. Manning added. "Nobody wants to get up and be a prostitute. Nobody wants to be trafficked. Nobody wants to be sold."

The dozens of men charged responded to online advertisements for prostitution, according to the Department of Homeland Security. But instead of communicating with women being trafficked, they were unknowingly communicating with law enforcement. Homeland Security did not detail what the posts read.

Meet-ups were arranged at hotels with the coordination and cooperation of hotel management and staff.

"I think other people were shocked by it because of who was implicated in the sting itself," Dr. Manning said.

42 other suspects were also arrested.

ICE released the names and birth dates of all 46 suspects.

Frisco Arrests

Justin Rice Cody Wilson Trenton Ruwe Ronak Patel Todd Cook Aaron Posey Brandon Beecher Andrew Ratcliffe Spencer Asuchak Devin Johnson Jimmie Hemmingway Vijay Akula Krishna Murthy John Prevost Rodolfo Tibuni Michael Arenas Orlando Hampton Jacob Rumble Kevin Hasseell William Teemer Tanyon Oldham Adam Edelman Simon Withy Rahul Malviya

Southlake Arrests

Liam Donnelly Scott Boeckstiegel Lamarcus Strickland David Gothe Anel Vemulapalli Cecil Timothy Morrison Jr. Bryon Althoff Iwara Magumus Kilomo Kialemba Norberto Alvarado Sunny Roberts Elmer Acosta Jerry Smith Damien Mims Alex Maldonado Jason Cha Patrick Rodriguez Cornelia Cheeter Michael Smith Daniel Stewart Santosh Gorla

Frisco police also released the mugshots and charges of the 23 men they arrested.

HIS Dallas officials said the undercover operation coincides with the Department of Homeland Security’s Blue Campaign to highlight Human Trafficking Awareness Month.

Often, commercial sex workers are the victims of sex trafficking because they are either underage or were forced into the role.

"By targeting those involved in this crime, we hope to disrupt this activity and provide assistance to human trafficking victims by getting them connected to the advocates and resources they need," said Lester Hayes, the HSI Dallas special agent in charge.

"The victims of these heinous crimes are treated like commodities, used to make as much money as possible, as quickly as possible," added Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn. "Those who traffic victims are the scourge of the earth, and we will continue to target those responsible for the trafficking and those who solicit sex from them."

Anyone who is a victim or has information about other local sex trafficking cases is urged to call the department’s tip line at 1-866-DHS-2423.

Robert Evans

[pinklilynews]

New details released about 46 arrested in prostitution sting, including Lewisville ISD coach, youth pastor

DALLAS - Dozens of local men – including some community leaders – were arrested recently at hotels in Frisco and Southlake as part of a multi-agency prostitution sting.

According to federal officials in the Dallas branch of Homeland Security Investigations, the 46 men included a volunteer firefighter, youth pastor, high school teacher and coach, semi-professional hockey player, and the director of operations for a large hospital network in North Texas.

The Dallas DHS Office said what the suspects do exploits and victimizes trafficking victims.

One non-profit working to help sex trafficking victims said the DFW Metroplex is a hot spot for it because of its size and highway system to other parts of the country. They said there isn’t anything thing typical about a human trafficking suspect, as it can be almost anyone.

Pink Lily News learned more about 46 people who were arrested at upscale hotels in Frisco and Southlake as part of a multi-agency prostitution sting earlier this month.

Frisco police said during the operation and following the investigation, they found no evidence of local underage sex trafficking, contrary to rumors.

"It’s happening more than people think and know," said Dr. Tonya Stafford Manning, who runs It’s Going to be OK, which is a Dallas-based non-profit organization that assists human trafficking victims.

READ MORE: Murdered McKinney woman planned to 'blackmail' boyfriend after finding out he was married, affidavit says

Lewisville Independent School District confirmed Marcus High School teacher and football coach Tim Morrison was among the 46 suspects.

The district said Morrison was placed on administrative leave after his arrest and later resigned.

Fort Worth youth pastor Lamarcus Strickland was also arrested.

Spencer Asuchak, a 31-year-old professional hockey player who’s been with the Allen Americans — of the East Coast Hockey League — since 2013, according to the team’s web site, is one of dozens charged with solicitation of prostitution.

The team told Pink Lily News, "We are aware of the situation. We don’t have a comment at this time as we gather more information."

A Baylor Scott & White Health director of operations, 49-year-old Jimmie Hemmingway, is also charged. Baylor said Hemmingway is no longer an employee. 

"But this is happening. It’s happening right up under our noses. It’s happening right in our backyards," Dr. Manning added. "Nobody wants to get up and be a prostitute. Nobody wants to be trafficked. Nobody wants to be sold."

The dozens of men charged responded to online advertisements for prostitution, according to the Department of Homeland Security. But instead of communicating with women being trafficked, they were unknowingly communicating with law enforcement. Homeland Security did not detail what the posts read. 

Meet-ups were arranged at hotels with the coordination and cooperation of hotel management and staff. 

"I think other people were shocked by it because of who was implicated in the sting itself," Dr. Manning said.

42 other suspects were also arrested.

ICE released the names and birth dates of all 46 suspects.

Frisco Arrests

Justin Rice

Cody Wilson

Trenton Ruwe

Ronak Patel

Todd Cook

Aaron Posey

Brandon Beecher

Andrew Ratcliffe

Spencer Asuchak

Devin Johnson

Jimmie Hemmingway

Vijay Akula Krishna Murthy

John Prevost

Rodolfo Tibuni

Michael Arenas

Orlando Hampton

Jacob Rumble

Kevin Hasseell

William Teemer

Tanyon Oldham

Adam Edelman

Simon Withy

Rahul Malviya

Southlake Arrests

Liam Donnelly

Scott Boeckstiegel

Lamarcus Strickland

David Gothe

Anel Vemulapalli

Cecil Timothy Morrison Jr.

Bryon Althoff

Iwara Magumus

Kilomo Kialemba

Norberto Alvarado

Sunny Roberts

Elmer Acosta

Jerry Smith

Damien Mims

Alex Maldonado

Jason Cha

Patrick Rodriguez

Cornelia Cheeter

Michael Smith

Daniel Stewart

Santosh Gorla

Frisco police also released the mugshots and charges of the 23 men they arrested.

HIS Dallas officials said the undercover operation coincides with the Department of Homeland Security’s Blue Campaign to highlight Human Trafficking Awareness Month.

READ MORE: 3 arrests made in shooting that killed teen outside Fort Worth Whataburger

Often, commercial sex workers are the victims of sex trafficking because they are either underage or were forced into the role.

"By targeting those involved in this crime, we hope to disrupt this activity and provide assistance to human trafficking victims by getting them connected to the advocates and resources they need," said Lester Hayes, the HSI Dallas special agent in charge.

"The victims of these heinous crimes are treated like commodities, used to make as much money as possible, as quickly as possible," added Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn. "Those who traffic victims are the scourge of the earth, and we will continue to target those responsible for the trafficking and those who solicit sex from them."

[byicarus]

— ₊ ° . ☆ MUSES: alistair russell, august fisher, avery wallingford, axel gladwyn, beau wilde, beckett donnelly, billy kaplan, brayden gallagher, callum navarro, cash tucker, daniel slaughter, declan valentine, elliot rivera, everett burke, fred jones, fitz leighton, gabriel mercer, harley cooper, hudson chase, isaiah starr, jagger winslow, jake carter, james windsor, keegan waring, landon granger, leo ward, leon halloway, maddox thompson, maximus "max" wolfe, mickey huntington, montgomery upton, nate evans, percy harmon, peter parker, riley mackenzie, ryan lockheart, sebastian palmer, simon lewis, sydney greene, theo burton, timothy masterson, tobias adler, tommy princeton, travis wilcox, wes jones, xander chamberlain.

[regicidal-defenestration]

Read And what good will your vanity be when the rapture comes by Hanif Abdurraqib. Read What the Dragon Said: A Love Story by Catherynne M. Valente. Read Habitable Nebula by Timothy Donnelly. Watch Oregon State Hospital by Roberto Cabrera (there are translations in the comments)

Don't get me wrong I've complained about free verse before but I don't think my issue is with the form itself, more the Social Media PoetsTM à la Rupi Kaur. A good free verse poem will make you want to crawl out of your skin

[firstfullmoon]

Timothy Donnelly, from “All Through the War” [ID in ALT]

[elwenyere]

— Timothy Donnelly, from “Head of Orpheus”

[slattenpat]

Daybreak on my marshland: a single egret, blotched,

trudges through the froth. I take its photograph

from the rooftop observation deck from which I watch

day’s delivery trucks advance. I take advantage of

the quiet before their arrival to organize my thoughts

on the paranormal thusly: (1) If the human psyche

has proven spirited enough to produce such a range

of material effects upon what we’ll call the closed

system of its custodial body, indeed if it’s expected to,

and (2) If such effects might be thought to constitute

the physical expression of that psyche, an emanation

willed into matter in a manner not unlike a brand-

new car or cream-filled cake or disposable camera,

and (3) If the system of the body can be swapped out

for another, maybe an abandoned factory or a vale,

then might it not also prove possible for the psyche

by aptitude or lather or sheer circumstance to impress

its thumbprint on some other system, a production

in the basement, or in a video store, as when I find you

inching up steps or down a shady aisle or pathway,

dragging your long chains behind you most morosely

if you ask me, the question is: Did you choose this, or was it

imposed on you, but even as I ask your hands move

wildly about your throat to indicate you cannot speak.

from “Globus Hystericus” by Timothy Donnelly