Sam Sarmiento
i write, write, write!
NY ✈️ Baltimore City
“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥,
𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘪𝘵.” Anaïs Nin
- Looking forward to reading Mood Machine by Liz Pelly on tonight’s night owl to New York. 🎶
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- Our puppy got into our library today. This was a book of poetry self-published by my husband’s aunt, Rosaria F. Baker, in 2000. Luckily, I was able to find a copy online. The morning trash has been tucked out of sight. I feel like I am covering up the scene of a crime.
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- Just read through a journal I kept on-and-off over the course of my most formative years (age 15-20). So many mixed emotions— from the search for identity, to travels, to falling in love. The best opportunity to write your heart out was yesterday. The second best opportunity is today.
- Started a new journal for 2025 — an absolutely refreshing feeling. I read comments a moment ago from a man whose journals (kept ages 24-51) are undergoing archive at his local university. It immediately reminded me of Anaïs Nin.
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- I am so sad over this loss. What an absolute hero of a poet.
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- The best way to comfort oneself—famous rejections! (Carrie is definitely not “science fiction”, and the life of Anaïs Nin itself was an art. Also, Ernest Hemmingway’s response is cruel and unusual punishment.)
- I have received my first rejection! A rite of passage, I guess … … still stings. :’)
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- Reposted by Sam Sarmientosometimes your art is literally fine, you’ve just been staring at it for too long
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- Submitted; an incredible feeling! 😤 #poetry #amwriting
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- I am gearing up to make my first submission(s) to a literary magazine, and I feel so anxious. Standing at the precipice of a new endeavor either feels terribly extraordinary or extraordinarily terrible. #amwriting
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- Reposted by Sam SarmientoYes, libraries are invaluable for their collections and public services they offer, but also social contact without the expectation to interact with anyone or spend any money is so important to so many people
- An evening love poem.— #poetry #lovepoems
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- Good evening. The #poetry prompt for this one was, “flowers through concrete”.
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- “Love Poem for An Apocalypse” by Dave Lucas.
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- “Vow” by Emily Jungmin Yoon.
- Reposted by Sam SarmientoNormalize posting the messy sketches! Normalize sharing your least favorite pieces! Normalize creating art for vengeance by drawing your enemies in compromising positions with various farm equipment! Normalize group critiques!
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- Good evening; the poetry prompt for this one was “endless”—
- My question to those #poets who have published: Was there ever any worry about the cohesiveness of a project? What was your process in determining which poems are included and which are left out? Did it ever matter to you, or did it all just seem to flow?
- “When the pawn hits the conflicts, he thinks like a king; […]” is a poem that will live forever rent-free in my head.
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- I am rereading Jane Eyre for the first time since I was maybe 18 or 19. My opinion of Mr. Rochester has changed … dramatically. Jane, however, will always be my hero. :)
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- This is an anti-war poem, written a couple of months back. This year has been a drawn out bleeding of writing against violence. #poetry #antiwarpoem
- We write when there is laughter and when there is sorrow; when hope lacks as does clear vision. We write as the words roll off warmer than the room. We write because it is like breathing— to extend a held breath, with faith in its patience.
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- Reposted by Sam SarmientoWhat if we get off everything and just start reading?
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