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Katharine Whitcomb

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Poet, writer: HABITATS (Jan 2024) from Poetry NW Editions, THE DAUGHTER’S ALMANAC @UnivNebPress & 4 other πŸ“šProf @cwuenglish she/her www.katharinewhitcomb.com Living in VT.

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We call that a MANDATE

05.11.2025 03:17 β€” πŸ‘ 166    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

[Exit Clown.]

05.11.2025 02:15 β€” πŸ‘ 9127    πŸ” 2233    πŸ’¬ 51    πŸ“Œ 50
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Weathering Sometimes (the writing) life batters us like rain storms and brings the leaves down--and we keep going anyway.

open.substack.com/pub/katharin... New essay on my Substack with lots of book recs, links, inspiration, and weathering the writing life.

26.10.2025 01:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Katharine Whitcomb Press Play to hear the author read their piece. Jupiter in Retrograde October through early February, the horoscope saidthere will be second guessing what is already known. Intuition should be bala…

sweetlit.org/katharine-wh... I'm pleased that a new poem from my manuscript, The Earth Clock, is out today on the wonderful Sweet Literary! "Jupiter in Retrograde," everybody.

14.10.2025 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Katharine Whitcomb Press Play to hear the author read their piece. Jupiter in Retrograde October through early February, the horoscope saidthere will be second guessing what is already known. Intuition should be bala…

sweetlit.org/katharine-wh... I'm pleased that a new poem from my manuscript, The Earth Clock, is out today on the wonderful Sweet Literary! "Jupiter in Retrograde," everybody.

14.10.2025 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fascism occurs twice: first as the tragedy of a Second World War started by men who fought the First and knowingly chose slaughter, then as the farce of an ignorant draft dodger trying to provoke a war against his own people.

05.10.2025 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3174    πŸ” 942    πŸ’¬ 145    πŸ“Œ 41
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Falling into Stick Season Updates, Recaps, Inspirations, and Recs for Writers

open.substack.com/pub/katharin... Writer friendsβ€”check out the new installment of The Writing Life Substack!

02.10.2025 23:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mike Nellis (@mikenellis) This is the best messaging I’ve seen from any Democrats on the shutdown. Kudos to AOC, Bernie, and their teams for putting this out there.

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02.10.2025 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We need an HHS Secretary who respects science and does not make policy based on conspiracy theories.

Vaccines are safe and effective.

Kennedy is threatening the health of our kids and all Americans.

He must resign.

04.09.2025 19:59 β€” πŸ‘ 12089    πŸ” 3706    πŸ’¬ 644    πŸ“Œ 342

Thanks so much, @monicamonk.bsky.social !

03.09.2025 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Poem Ending with a Line by Deborah Digges - Tahoma Literary Review Sometimes when I cannot write I remember my professor’s astonishing beauty, how we fell before the heft of her hair, lay down on her creased pages &

Congratulations @katharinewhitcomb.bsky.social
on the publication of this beautiful poem in
tahomaliteraryreview.com/selections/p...

03.09.2025 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Check out my new Substack β€” Letter from Germany!
katharinewhitcomb.substack.com/p/letter-fro...

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Check out my new Substack β€” Letter from Germany!
katharinewhitcomb.substack.com/p/letter-fro...

02.09.2025 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Frame #1461 from E50 Balloonacy

Frame #1461 from E50 Balloonacy

07.08.2025 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

Thank you so much! This poem is very special to meβ€”so that means a lot!! πŸ’š

04.08.2025 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Poem Ending with a Line by Deborah Digges - Tahoma Literary Review Sometimes when I cannot write I remember my professor’s astonishing beauty, how we fell before the heft of her hair, lay down on her creased pages &

tahomaliteraryreview.com/selections/p... Happy to share my elegy for the poet Deborah Digges in the Summer Issue of @tahomareview.bsky.social! Many heartfelt thanks to Jessica Cuello and all the great people at Tahoma Literary Review. The whole issue is wonderful. πŸ’š

04.08.2025 18:53 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Letter from Quebec Writing life updates and opportunities (after a week of water and forest on the St. Lawrence)

open.substack.com/pub/katharin... Hey writers--check out my new Substack!

16.07.2025 20:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ecotonemagazine.org #litmaglove #themoonissue

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Fall :: Viburnum - Ecotone Before leaves lose their green, the season sighs a beat Β Β Β Β in September, a pause, & once-ferocious weeds die back. Ripe tomatoes

Read the full poem + subscribe: ecotonemagazine.org/poetry/fall-...

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#Ecotone #TheMoonIssue #LitMagLove

09.07.2025 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A review of Habitats: Poems by Katharine Whitcomb – Compulsive Reader

compulsivereader.com/2025/05/16/a...

I'm very grateful for this new compassionate review of Habitats up on Compulsive Reader today!

16.05.2025 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Monet’s shadow in the water-lily pond

Ph. Monet

18.04.2025 09:47 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Today's poem is "Animate Objects"
by Katharine Whitcomb
from Habitats
Are you listening? Subscribe to our substack and hear the poet read the poem.
www.versedaily.org/2024/animate...

05.10.2024 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Steve Kerr, always articulate and strong.

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a wolf is running through the snow in a forest ALT: a wolf is running through the snow in a forest

My thoughts this morning.

16.04.2025 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bumper sticker idea: β€œMy other car is the door at the end of my suffering.”

15.04.2025 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

are these ashes from that destroyed city, Gomorrah?

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open.substack.com/pub/katharin...

New Substack post with some green spring energy!

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How did we get civil rights? Corey Booker

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Civil Rights and Historical Honesty A historian's reaction a recent executive order

Civil Rights and Historical Honesty
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AWP friends!! I’m signing copies of HABITATS at booth #1017 TODAY Friday at 11:00 AM! Come see me!

28.03.2025 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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