Cari O.

I could not book that Amsterdam salon fast enough. I MISS my writers. 💜💜

Writing a poem over a divine lunch and taking things too far in my description of a cucumber slice these things cannot be helped.

Happy birthday to the most encouraging group of writers I know! I’ve been with them in Berlin, Brussels, Madrid, and Paris … and I can’t wait for where we go this year. 💜💜💜

U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.

A picture of Cari Oleskewicz at the microphone reading from her chapbook at Studio 620 in St. Petersburg, FL.

I had a great time last week listening to @cariwriting.bsky.social share poems from her new chapbook, which won the Yellow Jacket Press 2025 chapbook award.

#poetryopenmic #poetrychapbooks #poetry #floridapoets

So glad I had the chance to hear your work as well, Christa! Hope to see you at another open mic this spring. 💜

A Perfect Day Not to Meet - Thin Skin Jon is no doubt wandering Egmont Park, wondering if he got a detail wrong. He is looking for me, anxious perhaps that I am late, but certain I will show. I am a good person, he trusts that.

So happy to have a flash piece (which began as a writing prompt last year) in the fantastic @thin-skin.bsky.social … enjoy all the good work in this issue. 💜 thin-skin.com/flash-fictio...

Tickets procured and yes I am looking forward to September even though it’s only January. See you in Madrid, EWS besties. 💜

Flyer advertising a poetry reading on Feb 4 at Studio620 in St Pete FL

And so this is happening. If you find yourself in St Petersburg FL in early February, please come hear me read some poems. Maybe read some of your own! 💜

You’ll find me celebrating this incredible organization ALWAYS, and especially on their 2nd birthday. 🎉🌟🩵

Book and mug on a porch. Book is “The Curious Kitten at the Chibineko Kitchen”

#Fridayreads is a sweet and tender story. 🩵

Woman reading in front of a microphone

Glass of cider

Group of poets

Reading poems! Sipping cider! So grateful to have a literary crew at “home” in Florida. 💜

Marie is one of the finest writers I know, so this tracks. 🥂🎉

#caturday vibes

No, YOU!!! 💜💜🤗🤗

Highly recommend all online and in-person offerings from this beloved salon. 💜💜💜

Book cover: In winter I get up at night by Jane Urquhart

Perfect #fridayreads for the mood 💜 📚

Wildly distressed about missing this salon! 💜

Cheers to Submission Rituals (Which May or May Not Include a Glass of Wine) | Chill Subs Blog How to build a submission practice you'll actually stick to

I wrote a blog for Chill Subs! And I managed to write it about wine!Read it here. Cheers. 🍷

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Salt Marsh — The Fourth River by Cari Oleskewicz

A poem of mine is included in The Fourth River’s winter edition, which is beautifully dedicated to our feathered bird friends. Enjoy Salt Marsh and all the other gorgeous work here. #poetry

www.thefourthriver.com/o16-poetry/2...

Coffee and eclair

Heading to 🌟 Paris 🌟 this morning to hang out with my favorite writing community ever… allons-y! @saloneurope.bsky.social

Dictionary Description of whoa versus woah.

Listen, if you’re writing a memoir about horses, this is absolutely relevant information, thank you @merriam-webster.com 🐎 #amwriting

So much fun reading and listening tonight, and I love my @saloneurope.bsky.social fam.

Set of books - Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck and a collection of stories by Shirley Jackson

A double dose of #fridayreads today, and I’ll be adding some László Krasznahorkai before the weekend is over, too, because #Nobel
Happy reading, friends.

Meet us in Paris, writer friends!

Book cover: Foster by Claire Keegan in a leafy park

My #fridayreads is “Foster” by Claire Keegan, which I began reading in a lovely, leafy park in Brussels 💜

a cartoon character holding a sign that says not disturb Alt: a cartoon character holding a sign that says not disturb

Don’t ask me to do anything for the next month. I already HAD too much writing to do, and now that I’m fresh off the @saloneurope.bsky.social salon in Brussels, there is even MORE writing to do. I’m at my desk. And I’m not leaving it until Madrid. 💜

Yes! I’m happy we found each other. 😊

And I’d loooooove to see that pic 😍