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@stonespiral

🏰 poet + artist πŸ•―οΈ'to light a candle' poetry workshop est. 2023 πŸ“– two chapbooks: Garden of the good Flowers and Brentwood πŸ–ŠοΈ writing in: eunoia review, anti heroin chic, pile press kleinmk.squarespace.com

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Green and pink flyer with a photo of Sarah grinning and holding an ice cream cone with rainbow sprinkles. Text reads: do not find me at awp Baltimore. I will not be there I will be at my home you also can't find me at my home I will have my phone off entirely I will be cozy in my bed. I guess you can email me.

Green and pink flyer with a photo of Sarah grinning and holding an ice cream cone with rainbow sprinkles. Text reads: do not find me at awp Baltimore. I will not be there I will be at my home you also can't find me at my home I will have my phone off entirely I will be cozy in my bed. I guess you can email me.

11.02.2026 18:46 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
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What Not Reading Does to Your Writing More thoughts on "TV brain prose" and why reading is, yes, useful for your writing.

Since everyone is (sigh) debating if writers benefit from reading books, I dissected a passage shared as β€œevidence” that non-readers can write great prose: countercraft.substack.com/p/what-not-r...

22.02.2026 21:00 πŸ‘ 598 πŸ” 172 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 55
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I made 15 color pencil landscapes on black linen archival paper. Here are 4 of them.

06.01.2026 04:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œ2026” from The Book of Joshua
@blackoceanbooks.bsky.social 2014

06.02.2026 02:47 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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After Margaret Atwood

07.02.2026 04:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ₯Ή

07.02.2026 20:36 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

what should I do for my 30th birthday???

03.02.2026 03:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The corner of p. 79 in Ursula K. Le Guin's Book of Cats shows Ursula's drawing of a scruffy little cat, all black with green eyes and a slightly grumpy expression, sitting upright with her tail curled in front of her.

The corner of p. 79 in Ursula K. Le Guin's Book of Cats shows Ursula's drawing of a scruffy little cat, all black with green eyes and a slightly grumpy expression, sitting upright with her tail curled in front of her.

A detail from Ursula K. Le Guin’s Book of Cats (Library of America, 2025).

22.01.2026 01:11 πŸ‘ 205 πŸ” 45 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

cannot overstate how valuable & important nat's work is, I'm eating up this series especially lately <3

18.01.2026 01:06 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

nat deserves all the support !!!!!!! throw them some cash

18.01.2026 01:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Donate to Help a Trans Disabled Artist Make Ends Meet, organized by nat raum Hi, my name is Nat and I was fired from my job on 9/11/25 for reasons I feel are … nat raum needs your support for Help a Trans Disabled Artist Make Ends Meet

hi. i got hit with news that was absolutely blindsiding today and am unsure how i am going to pay my bills this month. i started a gofundme. this is really fucking hard for me to do; please share.

gofund.me/740396f7e

13.01.2026 02:12 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 6

one more week to register :-)

17.01.2026 23:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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"To Light a Candle" is an asynchronous poetry workshop by mail. Registration for the ninth session is open 1/11 thru 1/25! Optional donation of $5-15 :)

forms.gle/ZspBGnuefrvJ...

πŸ•―οΈ

11.01.2026 19:38 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Oh and btw 2026 is for art, for craft, for direction, for growth, and for creation. With these, we nourish ourselves

01.01.2026 19:18 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

happy christmas eve eve time to pre-order a collection by a Palestinian christian w poems abt friendship & obsession threaded thru w faith πŸ₯° hostpublications.com/products/the...

23.12.2025 18:46 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

did a bunch of admin today and it was mostly depressing πŸ‘ time to watch my husband play god of war

22.12.2025 23:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Christmas Slime

A dragon quest slime is wearing a Christmas hat in a field of snow

Christmas Slime A dragon quest slime is wearing a Christmas hat in a field of snow

Simply

Having

A wonderful

22.12.2025 18:05 πŸ‘ 5660 πŸ” 3067 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

lost season 3 finale LETS GOOOOO

17.12.2025 02:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

husband spent half an hour trawling the poetry stacks to handpick books for me ☺️

13.12.2025 17:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

me too!!!! so good

13.12.2025 05:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

sent you a DM!

16.11.2025 16:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

(words/word donors 2 of 3)

MIRACLE - @karenmsteiger.bsky.social
PERMISSION - Melinda Farrar
PROLIX - Meesh Montoya
REGENT - @stonespiral.bsky.social
SIMULTANEOUS - @norbaikin.bsky.social
SIPHON - @gendeguzman.bsky.social SYMPHONIC - Patrick Dorsey
TIDE - @krislindbeck.bsky.social

11.11.2025 18:13 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

it's movie november. the month where we go to the movies a lot

09.11.2025 18:50 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

just went to a gallery that she currently has a show in and I'm simply blown away again by her talent and mind ...

09.11.2025 18:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

an artist i really admire floated the idea of collaborating to me and i basically panicked and said "that sounds cool!"

03.11.2025 01:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

secured tickets for Frankenstein!!!

20.10.2025 22:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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sneak peek at β€œcobble” β€” a new micro publication launching at @smallpublishers.bsky.social next weekend. very much a rock paper scissors situation. thank you @essencepress.bsky.social for cutting these paper stone poΓ¨mes. 2nd image is a cobble of coral fossil from the River Ribble in North Yorkshire

18.10.2025 12:34 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Summer Farah

still looking for reviewers/interviewers/other-forms-of-coverage for my debut poetry collection THE HUNGERING YEARS πŸ’œπŸƒ please reach out (summerfarah.com) ‼️

19.09.2025 15:27 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

!!!!!!!!

17.10.2025 00:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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On Making Work into Play: Leila Chatti on Wildness Before Something Sublime In Winter 2022, I was lucky enough to be part of Leila Chatti’s Tin House workshop for poetry. At the end of our one-on-one session, she told me she wasn’t sure if she could conceive of a book for her...

spoke with leila chatti about her new collection for @adimagazine.bsky.social πŸ’™

14.10.2025 16:01 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1