Jonathan Frazer Lessard: Writer

First #Raku Firing. Clay to me is the opposite of writing. When you write you are in your head, trying to figure things out. When you work with clay the less you think about it the better things turn out.

#clay #ceramics #glaze #grog #rakupottery #rakufiring #writing #writer #poem #poetry #words

I buy those libraries and get those books to people who appreciate them. One of my favorite parts of my job. @lostcoastme.bsky.social

New chapbook out. Part of my Paper Baby series. One poem a day, one chapbook for each month. This is February’s. Hit me up if you’d like a copy!

#chapbook #paperbaby #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry #poet #poetry #poem #selfpublished #author #zine #poetryzine #mainepoet #lessardwrites #writer

www.thehorrorzine.com/Poetry/May20...

I’m a featured poet in this months The Horror Zine! Check out the link for my poems: A Ghost Perhaps, Anita, Through The Crack, and Ones And Zeros. You can also buy a physical copy of the magazine online!

#thehorrorzine #lessardwrites #poem #blueskypoet #poet

FIRST DRAFT:BE SAFE OUT THERE

Thinking about all of those putting there livelihood and safety on the line today. You are the true patriots.

#poem #poetry #poet #chapbook #dailypoem #dailypoetry #blueskypoetry #blueskypoet #blueskypoem #protest #patriot #writer #writing #morningwords #words #unite

FIRST DRAFT: WHITE HOLE

#whitehole #poetry #poet #poem #chapbook #firstdraft #dailypoem #dailypoetry #blueskypoem #blueskypoetry #blueskypoet #bluesky #blueskywriter #blueskywriting #writer #writing #maine #mainewriter #metaphor #subconscious #subconsciouswriting #flowofconscious #beatpoet #beat

FIRST DRAFT: SOME SMALL THIRST

#poetsofbluesky #blueskypoem #blueskypoet #firstdraft #poem #poetry #poet #chapbook #poemeveryday #dailypoetry #dailypoem #writing #writer #somesmallthirst #small #thirst #sheers #stomach #other #otherworld #otherworldy

My wife has been sick and I’ve been sleeping on an air mattress in the living room

#whatisbed #poetsofbluesky #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry #bed #mattress #sheets #pillows #headboard #comforter #boxspring #sandybeach #leafygreens #mainepoet #chapbook #lessardwrites #sandybeach #beach #mothersarms

It’s 4:07pm. Do you know where your beet is? Here’s a hint: LOST COAST. Thurs-Mon 11-4pm.
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#lostcoastme #kittery #maine
#gelostclub #votelostcoast #beetfarming #beet #lostbeet #vintage #records #midcentury #resale #funnyvideo #selfemployed #toys #collectibles #thriftstorefind #bosslady #junkshop

Chapbook restock! All the larger format ones are 20+ pages with 20+ poems and some sort of short and illustration(s) and are $12 or two for $20. Mini one $8. Stop into lostcoastme.bluesky.com or hit me up to get one or a few.

#lessardwrites #lostcoastme #chapbook

Thanks for this. Sludging through my first draft of my first book. There’s a lot of good ideas in it but it is rough! I needed this reminder that I just have to get it done and then I can build on it!

FIRST DRAFT: HUMAN ONCE

This is a response to seeing viral dance videos juxtaposed against images of human suffering on my social media feed. What are our priorities and how will we be judged by future generations?

#blueskypoem #blueskypoetry #blueskypoet #poet #poem #poetry #chapbook #dailypoetry

So good/disturbing.

FIRST DRAFT:WARMTH VERSUS THE WIND

The seasons are changing around here, but winter isn’t giving up.

#poetsofbluesky #poetryofbluesky #poemsofbluesky #poem #poet #poetry #chapbook #dailypoetry #firstdraft #mainepoet #firstdraft #selfpublished #author #selpublishedauthor #writing #writer #dragon

First Attempt at a Tanka Poem.
First Draft:Plumb Fingers

#tanka #tankapoem #blueskypoem #blueskypoetry #bluesktpoet #poem #poet #poetry #chapbook #dailypoem #dailypoetry #author #selfpublished #selfpublish #plumb #plumbbob #strum #fingers #harukimurakami #firstpersonsingular #poems #japan #japanese

FIRST DRAFT:FATHERLESS

Don’t have any kids, but did have one for about thirty seconds in a pizzeria yesterday, when a little girl thought I was her father.❤️

#lessardwrites #writer #writing #poem #poetry #poet #blueskypoem #blueskypoetry
#blueskypoet #firstdraft #fatherless #selfpublished #chapbook

Not a haiku, but maybe a haiku.

FIRST DRAFT: I AM OVER EVERYTHING

#blueskypoetry #blueskypoem #blueskypoet #poet #poem #poetry #dailypoetry #poemeveryday #published #publishedauthor #author #selfpublished #chapbook #poetrychapbook #overeverything #iamovereverythig #skincells #bookshelf #dust #skin

LAST DAYS: featured in my chapbook Potato Country and The Portland Dirt issue #2. Both available @lostcoastme.bsky.social

#lostcoastme #theportlanddirt #potatocountry #chapbook #author #poet #poem #poetry #blueskypoem #blueskypoetry #blueskypoet #lastdays #orangebeef #selfpublished #maine

The Anniversary/Snow Days:
First Drafts.

Went to go see The Anniversary last night. Hadn’t seen them in 20+ years. They did not disappoint!

#theanniversary #snowdays #poem #poet #poetry #blueskypoem #blueskypoetry #blueskypoet #snow #firstdraft #chapbook #lessardwrites #poemsforsale #portlandme

Amazing what our friends, neighbors, and family members are willing to sacrifice for themselves and others for a false sense of security.

Security is love
Security is community

#blueskypoem #blueskypoetry #blueskypoet #poetcommunity #poet #poem #poetry #gun #guns #guncontrol #community #love #fear

Some books at work. Read My Heart Is A Chainsaw, Mew, and 20th Century Ghosts. Would recommend all.

Got an Aura photograph with my wife last night. Doesn’t quite have to do with writing, but was a moving experience nonetheless.

#aura #auraphoto #aurapicture #auraphotography #instax #photography #instant #light #radiate #radiant #blue #purple #magenta #green #theveil #plane #otherworldly

Some of Jon’s favorite vintage pieces in the shop right now. Check out @lostcoastme on Insta or FB for purchase!

#blueskyvintage #blueskyvintagecommunity #vintage #vintageclothing #vintagecommunity #vintageclothingcommunity #nirvana #vintagenirvana #thewho #tshirts #vintagetshirts #graphictshirt

FIRST DRAFT:WHAT WE ONCE WERE

#firstdraft #whatweoncewere #poetry #poem #poet #blueskypoem #blueskypoetry #bluesskypoet #writer #writing #selfpublished #selfpublishing #author #chapbook #grandmother #chickens #blackwaterroad #creamation #dailypoetry #death #deathpoem #deathpoetry

Some cuts are deep and don’t heal. Why do I hold onto things that I know will hurt me?

FIRST DRAFT:HIVE

#firstdraft #hive #honey #poetry #poem #poet #blueskypoetry #blueskypoem #blueskypoet #trauma #stepmother #chapbook #author #dailypoetry #dailypoem #dailypoet #superballsunday #mainepoet #bees

FIRST DRAFT: FREEDOM AT THE ALTER OF INDIFFERENCE

Sometimes it just comes out all at once and it takes some time to understand what it means.

#blueskypoem #blueskypoetry #blueskypoet #poet #poem #poetry #firstdraft #firstdraftpoem #knife #sacrifice #blade #chapbook #selfpublished #author #alter

FIRST DRAFTS:
BURNT TONGE/WHAT REMAINS

#blueskypoetry #blueskypoet #blueskypoem #poem #poetry #selfreflection #burnttongue #whatremains #author #poet #chapbook #selfpublished #dailypoetry #poetryeveryday #firstdraft #firstdrafts #blueskywriter #blueskywriting #written #writtenword #therepy #wordup

FIRST DRAFT:NO HARM

Cat jaw
Furried flat against my paw
Bushy bum buried
Within the indent of my arm
Uncleft, closed clawed, no harm

#blueskypoet #blueskypoetry #blueskypoem #poem #poetry #poet #chapbook #firstdraft #noharm #poetry #author #selfpublished #bushybum #catpoetry #mainepoet #catpoem

FIRST DRAFT:LIKE A CAT

I DIDN’T HAVE THE ENERGY
TO DO ANYTHING THIS MORNING
OR LETHARGY
TO DO NOTHING AS WELL
SO I STAYED CURLED IN BED
UNDERNEATH ALL THE COVERS
I CURLED LIKE A CAT
WITH ITS TAIL

#blueskypoem #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry #poet #poem #poetry #writer #author #chapbook #firstdraft #1

I live in Maine and every other business is named Mainely… and then lists other things.