@cbdesautels.bsky.social
Poet. A DANGEROUS PLACE (Sarabande Books). She/her.
Thank you so much for this, Gail! It means a lot to me--thank you for reading. β€οΈ
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Miss the deadline for our annual prizes? Weβve got you. π«Ά
16.02.2025 17:02 β π 14 π 4 π¬ 1 π 2#Essayists! Would love to see more cnf in the @westbranchmagazine.bsky.social submissions database! Flash and work under 3500 words most welcome. No fee submissions. We pay contributors. Additional details: westbranchsubmissions.bucknell.edu
11.02.2025 21:49 β π 5 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Please behold this magnificent octopus I saw on a shore dive last week. π (Photo credit Lukas Arias)
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Frost flowers on the creek yesterday. These only form when it is very cold, and very still, and it has been both. It feels like magic. βοΈ
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Many, many thanks to @narrativemag.bsky.social for making a home for "Some Half-World." This poem means a lot to me. β€οΈ (Link in comments.)
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Let's endure winter together, by making our own little web of work. βοΈ Check out The Winter Writer: Six Weeks of Writing in Community. β¨ Tuesday evenings, online, starting February 11. β¨
10.01.2025 18:39 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
We marked the new year with a small offering. May you get what you need this year. β¨
01.01.2025 22:20 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The ether is in the ice again. π
21.12.2024 20:45 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
All bundled up. Time to test the lake ice. βοΈ
21.12.2024 19:09 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Have you made the NYT sticky cranberry gingerbread? Life changing. Freezes well.
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The 10yo & I made peppermint marshmallows!
20.12.2024 02:18 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Reposting b/c AWP has a legit means of transferring registrations. You should go to LA! Let's talk!
17.12.2024 00:02 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you! π
16.12.2024 20:13 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Many thanks to @cincinnatireview.bsky.social & @lisaampleman.bsky.social for giving a home to two new poems, including the first in a short series of prose poems considering shame & girlhood.
16.12.2024 19:40 β π 10 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0Yes! Great one.
14.12.2024 00:09 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Anyone need a discounted AWP registration? Hit me up. It looks like I'll be flying in the opposite direction instead. π
13.12.2024 19:40 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1
What are your favorite winter poems? βοΈ
Here's one of mine.
Are you a poet 40 and over who has published no more than one full-length collection of poetry?? Send ten pages of poems for me to read for this year's @poetrysociety.org Robert Winner Memorial Award!
04.12.2024 20:46 β π 35 π 15 π¬ 2 π 1Two sides of the same lake. βοΈβοΈ
04.12.2024 16:52 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Here's my new favorite joke:
knock knock
who's there?
hike
hike who?
Unsuspecting friend.
I await with bated breath.
Sets the perfect trap.
Thank youβthat means a lot to me!
03.12.2024 01:46 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks for reading, Elizabeth. ππ
03.12.2024 01:15 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Really happy to have a recent poem in the fall issue of Pleiades, which is packed with great work. Many thanks to @jennymolberg.bsky.social & @caitlincowan.bsky.social.
02.12.2024 23:28 β π 22 π 4 π¬ 2 π 0Back on it.
02.12.2024 01:31 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1Booked AWP! Who else is going to be there? π΄
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