Rachel Nelson's Avatar

Rachel Nelson

@rachelhnelson.bsky.social

Poet, scientific copy editor, Michigander, she/her

73 Followers  |  90 Following  |  10 Posts  |  Joined: 15.10.2023  |  1.4866

Latest posts by rachelhnelson.bsky.social on Bluesky

Post image

Robert Hayden's The Web is knocking me out tonight

16.01.2026 00:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image Post image

I'm inspired by #thesealeychallenge to read more this August. Even if I don't hit double digits, I appreciate the opportunity to focus more on poetry (even though I'm sure my sci-fi/romance novels will miss me).

05.08.2025 01:49 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

♥️ thank you, honey

28.07.2025 22:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I'm thrilled to have a poem in @ecotonemagazine.bsky.social's beautiful moon issue. Thank you for including my work!

28.07.2025 22:01 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
Preview
Somewhere Swimming like everyone, I love children,

Somewhere Swimming, by Kyla Marshell

poets.org/poem/somewhe...

18.07.2025 00:24 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Poetry collection book. ALL THE BLOOD INVOLVED IN LOVE by Maya Marshall. On the cover, a Black woman in a white lace dress wears a fluffy white sheep mask/head over her head. She is tenderly taking care of a black wig on an ironing board. Both textures are fluffy. The lighting is dim and pensive.

Poetry collection book. ALL THE BLOOD INVOLVED IN LOVE by Maya Marshall. On the cover, a Black woman in a white lace dress wears a fluffy white sheep mask/head over her head. She is tenderly taking care of a black wig on an ironing board. Both textures are fluffy. The lighting is dim and pensive.

Loved this evocative, brutal, and tender poetry collection ALL THE BLOOD INVOLVED IN LOVE by Maya Marshall. So glad I came across @haymarketbooks.org at #AWP25 ❤️

20.06.2025 00:08 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
Post image

Chris Abani's Mbubu, from Smoking the Bible

02.05.2025 20:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“We pull the dog away from the bleaching skeleton / but examine stages of decay // up close. We keep our bodies here too, on the shore. / The lake turns the skin…”

Happy to see @versedaily.bsky.social feature this poem by my friend @rachelhnelson.bsky.social

www.versedaily.org/2025/ourbodi...

21.04.2025 17:46 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Thank you, Sarah ♥️

21.04.2025 18:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you!

15.04.2025 20:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Rachel Nelson "Our Bodies" — THE SHORE

The lake has not yet found a use for the bones.

—Rachel Nelson, "Our Bodies" in @theshorepoetry.bsky.social
www.theshorepoetry.org/rachel-nelso...

04.04.2025 19:35 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
Post image

Nikki Giovanni 🖤

There aren't enough hearts

12.12.2024 02:09 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

This amazing poem by June Jordan. www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...

22.11.2023 01:57 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

@rachelhnelson is following 20 prominent accounts