Such a nice post to wake up to! Thank you @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social 😍 I’m grateful for the donated words project by @midwesternskirt.bsky.social that inspired me to write this one! 💖
Writer spotlight (there's not one but TWO horror poets today!)
@thebrettoreilly.bsky.social – Aftertaste
@spookyspatters.bsky.social - Entering the Haunted Manor of My Chronically Ill Body
@fleapaw.bsky.social l - Skeleton in the Cellar (and many haikus!)
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selfie of me and my boyfriend in a parking lot. i’m on the left with long brownish hair wearing black-rimmed glasses, a black shirt, and a purple cardigan. my boyfriend has short dark hair with some grey, a beard, and is wearing black-rimmed glasses and a grey and brown plaid shirt over a grey tee. image is framed by a thick magenta border at the top and bottom.
hanging out in the parking lot where we lingered a long while after we first met up at a coffee shop in august of 2020.🩷
photo of me, a white woman, with long reddish-brown hair. i am standing in front of tall sunflowers, looking downward & smiling at the camera. i am wearing a white t-shirt and a blue-green vest. i am wearing a flower necklace. the sky looks partially cloudy. photo taken in 1993 or 1994.
me in 1993 or 1994🌻
white rectangular image, longer vertically. black text reads: i woke up in the middle of the night yelling HELP ME. i was inside of a stressful, life-or-death dream before it happened. now it’s just about midday. i am terribly awake. the sun has found me. i could be in a blanket if i wanted to be. i could drive far away from my nightmare. but i am in america, in the fresh light of afternoon, frozen in my home because i’m not sure that heading in any direction is safe right now. even just standing here in my kitchen seems like a bad choice. i am making a sensible lunch trying not to scream HELP ME at any moment.
if you followed me on facebook, i didn’t unfollow or block you. i just got the fuck out of there. IG is my primary profile instagram.com/midwesternskirt
happy 22nd bday to MIDWESTERN SKIRT! this was my 1st self-published chapbook of poems & only print book. released near the end of 2003 at a low point. some poems started in college circa 1997. most were new in 2002-2003. in 2018 i created a FREE online PDF version & audiobook!
tinyurl.com/midwskirt
black square image. at center is a close-up rectangular photo (longer vertically) of magnetic poetry on a white refrigerator. magnets are white with black typed text and read as follows: surrender I am on leave an hour a year long as a green or moon blue wandering song
i am bringing back some of my magnetic poetry.
surrender
I am on leave
an hour
a year
long
as a green
or blue moon
wandering
song
- K Weber
If PayPal is easier here's that.
paypal.me/theseGhosts?...
I'm flat broke, my wife is sick and bills are piling up. Help if you can.
buymeacoffee.com/mountmourn
white rectangular image, longer vertically, includes the text of a poem. the text in black reads as follows: Christmas Shopping I leave the house with my underwear on inside-out 5 winter miles later, I want to scream the aisles Hands grasp, gnarled Yule faces seethe; a doll loses its head I long for home, a child who's writhed in a shopping cart too long All that is left in the aftermath is the solace of my bedroom I wrap myself from spools: the ribbons of anxiety, the tape I fasten breath and bones together and prepare to give myself away - K Weber from "Bluest Grey" (2012)
it’s that time of year… good luck out there!
happy 6th bday to THIS ASSEMBLY! this was the first collab poetry collection we did! 150+ participants. people donated words, lines, themes… some wrote poems… some helped edit… there were polls & music inspiration!
original artwork by Greg Lawhun
free PDF & audio:
tinyurl.com/thisassembly...
the data center of my heart has watery eyes.
SHINE Issue 5 launch day promo
Today's the day! The 1-year anniversary issue of SHINE Quarterly is AVAILABLE here:
tinyurl.com/36hehcme
Watch the launch video here:
youtu.be/ADqjbsKe1YM
Join #shinepoetry in supporting the:
#internationalcommunity
#poetrycommunity
#booklaunch
#stockingstuffers for
#poetrylovers / #booklovers
congrats @authorlindamcrate.bsky.social♥️ her publishing credits have skyrocketed this year! always great to see her words out in the world!😊
continuing my walkthrough of DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES over at @donatedwords.bsky.social!
we are at the back cover! thanks for joining me in this walkthrough over the last few weeks!
see original post for more details!
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PAGE 31/SPECIAL NOTES/PROBABLY TMI
some final info regarding this collection!
see original post for more details!
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PAGE 30/PRAISE FOR DONATED WORDS POEM PROJECTS & CONTACT DETAILS
see original post for kind words about these projects, contact info & more!
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PAGE 29/MORE DONATED WORDS PROJECT INFORMATION
see original post for more about… MORE!
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PAGE 28/THANK YOU
see original post for all details! so many thanks!
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PAGES 25-27/AUTHOR BIOS
see original post for all details!
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thank you for participating!!!🩷
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PAGE 24/“Twinkling” by @mishiepoet.bsky.social
words donated by
@gendeguzman.bsky.social
Kashiana Singh
@elderflowersour.bsky.social
author took on a “flavor word” challenge
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continuing my walkthrough of DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES over at @donatedwords.bsky.social!
PAGE 23/“desired outcome” by @bythiswillalone.bsky.social
words donated by
Meesh Montoya
Patrick Dorsey
@mishiepoet.bsky.social
author took on a “palindrome word” challenge
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thank you @norbaikin.bsky.social!!! norb has been in like every single collab project the last 7 years! that bowls me over & makes me so happy!🧡
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PAGE 22/“A heartsick plea…” by @opwriter.bsky.social
words donated by
@midwesternskirt.bsky.social
Melinda Farrar
@norbaikin.bsky.social
author took on a “heat word” challenge
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PAGE 21/“Song of the Seasons” by Millie H
words donated by
@karenmsteiger.bsky.social
Julia Beach
@midwesternskirt.bsky.social
author took on an “animal word” challenge
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Tune in to find out WTF this season on a Very Special Episode of “Oh Hell No! My Neighbor Has A Cybertruck Now: The K Weber Story”🤢
just looking at it hurts my feelings💔
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PAGE 20/“Keep the Change” by @kileylee.bsky.social
words donated by
@karenmsteiger.bsky.social
Patrick Dorsey
Julia Beach
@esfletcher.bsky.social
author took on a “month word” challenge
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