Elisa Carlsen

My dog Olive on her 7th birthday. A pic of her as a puppy and a llama on the wall AND an actual llama outside that she barked at when I fed it an overripe banana.

Making the best out of the curves in the road.

#tinyhome
#desert
#dogbirthdays

Finally

#tarot

Been that kind of day

#theroad

Oh wow! Thank you so much. I needed that love right at this moment.

“I’m not the best, but I am cheap and I will show up.”

- Me to the dog I’m petsitting today.

Listening to two old guys talk about their wives and food…”I love chili but Kathy doesn’t. She can’t do beans.”

I wonder what else Kathy can’t do…

#marriage #keypeninsula

My great grandmother’s grave in Lakeview Cemetery, Seattle. She left behind four children, her only daughter was my grandmother. I gave her 4 sunflowers to remember them.

Our stories start somewhere. Mine started here, before I was born. I have been its witness. Now it’s my turn to choose.

Astoria Creative Writing Festival 2025

I got this great selfie with Dayle Olson, met the poet laureate of Oregon (she’s kickass) got to hug Marianne Monson and kept my soul moving towards the light.

#wordsmatter

#Iceland

2025 Nature & Culture International Poetry Film Festival

I’m here following the leads…

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I’m just here for the art.

#life

A still from my poetry film, The Basin. Digital screening starts October 11th. phoeticphonotheque.com

#October

Well, you have a standing invitation to the ranch. You can look up Girlfarm and see where it is. The owners are queer and run a Hipcamp too, there’s a few tiny homes on the property and the vision long term is to offer retreat to writers and artists.

Dang, I’d love to meet up. I’m currently living on a ranch in the wilds of Nevada, splitting time with Oregon. Do you have any travel to the west coast coming up?

Congratulations on being named a finalist for a Lammy! That’s fantastic. Nice to see you around too! I missed your presence when I left Insta.

The lions at the gate get fiercer, the closer you get to home.

“Where there is no love, put love, and you will find love.”

-St. John of the Cross

#ilovethemystics

#oregon

Think less. Love more.

#unsolicitedadvice

“We are afraid to lose the control we think we have over the life we think we are living.”

- James Finley

#control

This is my life now.

September 6th, 6 p.m. at Bellingham’s fabulous Village Books, I’ll be joining the talented author Lyanda Lynn Haupt in conversation about my latest book, Sylvan Crone, and likely our common passions of nature connection, nature writing, and the wonders of birds.
@villagebookswa.bsky.social

A room with a view.

I spent 2024 grieving my father’s death and reflecting on my connection to Nevada.

The year resulted in me making a poetry film that considers how landforms have shaped my story.

It just got selected for the Nature and Culture Poetry Film Festival in Denmark!

#poetryfilm
#poetry
#nevada

Love isn’t what you say, it’s what you do.

#llama
#friends

A pilot light on five acres in Humboldt County.

I don’t love them either. They are professional stalkers with moderately effective programs.

I love you