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Sandra Simonds

@sandmansimonds.bsky.social

Poet and Trail πŸƒπŸ»β€β™€οΈ Runner, Magician Vermont Book Award in Fiction 2023 for Assia. 9 books of poetry Burning Oracle (poetry-ish) coming 2026 Wesleyan University Press Arctic Circle Residency, May 25 ❄️

762 Followers  |  650 Following  |  225 Posts  |  Joined: 22.11.2023  |  2.0344

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Out on the road
I don't see where I'm going

07.10.2025 14:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

my students just told me about the Seinfeld wale album

06.10.2025 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

i mean we give antidepressants to dogs

06.10.2025 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

this isn’t vermont

06.10.2025 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

weirdo carrying a gun in a craft store

05.10.2025 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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will be in nyc next month …

05.10.2025 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œpoeta nascitur, non fit,” quoth the despondent AI

05.10.2025 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

i want to live in a remote cabin
thinks I on a weekly basis

04.10.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

def not the norm

01.10.2025 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

i had no idea there are industries that value your intelligence & do not that you are weird af

01.10.2025 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

yeah i’m a total karen bc if you don’t make my americano correctly i am def having a psychotic break

01.10.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

as they should

28.09.2025 18:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

adjuncts and low paid instructors were always dealing with this problem…nothing has changed for them

28.09.2025 18:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

student: how do you know chat wrote my poem?

me: 🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨🫨

28.09.2025 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

bc no one reads this…i’m supposed to interview lucinda williams & also job stuff 😒 omg killin me

28.09.2025 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I swear if I don’t work out a ton, I just waste away…going back to the gym 2 try 2 gain some kgs

27.09.2025 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

anyway I loved college

26.09.2025 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

friend from fsu asked me to be on a career panel for college students and they asked all the panelists if we did any extracurricular activities in college & i said β€œdepends on what you mean by extracurricularβ€œ & no one laughed

26.09.2025 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

can you take me to the store
and then the bank?

26.09.2025 18:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

But it don't snow here
It stays pretty green
I'm going to make a lot of money
Then I'm going to quit this crazy scene

21.09.2025 23:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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the only God I have ever understood

21.09.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

when you dream about someone & they contact you the next morn

21.09.2025 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hurricane Season, California

20.09.2025 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

can you squeeze me into an empty page of your diary?

20.09.2025 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There are periods of life that get worse before they get much better. Sometimes change is forced on us. Be nimble and curious.

19.09.2025 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am the student who shows up at 8am for office hours. Professor, I am sorry 🀣

19.09.2025 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

this is where I talk to myself πŸ˜ƒ

18.09.2025 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If you can train yourself to trade short term misery for long term positive outcomes, you might be able to write a book

18.09.2025 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

like bringing owls to Athens

13.09.2025 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I literally only come on here to make fun of this platform. My son texts me he got a 97 on his history test and according to Alfred Adler, I’m not supposed to say β€œgreat job.”

11.09.2025 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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