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Dawn Manning

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writer, metalsmith, covered bridge troll, cat whisperer. Author of POSTCARDS FROM THE DEAD LETTER OFFICE. ND; she/they

163 Followers  |  270 Following  |  67 Posts  |  Joined: 11.11.2024  |  2.1925

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Sturgeon moonrise. #moon

10.08.2025 02:08 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Accurate.

05.08.2025 12:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A photo of Robin Williams quoting him as saying "You're only given one little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it."

A photo of Robin Williams quoting him as saying "You're only given one little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it."

*adds "keeper of the spark of madness" to resume. #robinwilliams #we'reallmadhere

28.07.2025 18:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Embrace radical candor. #followyourbliss

15.07.2025 12:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

May Luca, our neighborhood leucistic groundhog, bring you a momentary respite in these dark times. #nature #animals #groundhog

08.07.2025 13:34 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Flood Diary: the exciting sequel #nature #rainbow #creeklife #coveredbridge

02.07.2025 14:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Flood Diary from the Tollhouse on the Manatawny. (Part 1) #storm #nature #creek

02.07.2025 14:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Sun rain with corn and power lines and big RAINBOW energy. 😁🌈🌦️ #happypride 🏳️‍🌈 #rainbow

26.06.2025 21:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Poe abides. #cat

25.06.2025 22:27 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I’ve also found “Geez Louise” useful on this front.

18.06.2025 22:10 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I had an amazing time at Poetry by the Sea this year as The Gylys Villanelle Prize recipient!

16.06.2025 20:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This eastern dobsonfly came to visit. Despite the intimidating mandibles, they are quite harmless. This one was about five inches long and seemed as curious about me as I was about him. #fridaythe13th #nature #friendshipgoals

13.06.2025 22:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Cheers! #fridaythe13th

13.06.2025 21:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Scott’s a bad influence on the gargoyles.

24.05.2025 22:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

He just keeps putting out bangers! ❤️❤️❤️ #writer #historian #bestpartnerever

09.05.2025 12:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Behold Samantha: the incarnation of hot messes. #cat #hotmess

07.05.2025 22:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Happy Beltane!

02.05.2025 00:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Speakers And then a kiss, but more than this     I wish you love

This tribute by Dimitri Reyes is such a great way to start the day. #poetry

24.04.2025 11:13 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

That’s exactly the journey I went. As a teen: yeah OK. As an adult: Sylvia, you deliciously sarcastic fiend!

22.04.2025 15:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The Bell Jar. Plath is deeply, darkly funny and I think people over look that bc of the sadness.

22.04.2025 15:10 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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God Maybe there are a number of Gods to wade through before falling at the feet of the last true one

Another fine poem from Christian J. Collier:

19.04.2025 13:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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'Fun fact' as mood for this Pink Moon weekend. #activelydying

13.04.2025 14:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Comic with a police man accusing a woman of being filthy

Comic with a police man accusing a woman of being filthy

Happy friday, ya filthy poets! #poetrymonth

04.04.2025 17:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
papers lined up in rows and marked with a color coding system

papers lined up in rows and marked with a color coding system

Manifesting peak ND poet- powers over here. #neurosparkly

03.04.2025 15:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Everytime I take him out, there's the risk he'll go full Dying Gaul on me...

01.04.2025 12:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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In this Poem, We Will Not Glorify Sunrise nor admire the apples that blossom / during a February heat wave
10.03.2025 12:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Loving today’s pocket-sized poem by Sarah Freligh up at AAP (link in comments):

10.03.2025 12:50 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
Limahl - Never Ending Story (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by RHINO Limahl - Never Ending Story (Official Music Video)

Can’t stress enough how much I needed this totally 80s moment today. #mood #neverendingstory

09.03.2025 22:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Time to eat ALL the donuts!

04.03.2025 18:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Tartan Details - The Scottish Register of Tartans The Scottish Register of Tartans is an online database of tartan designs, established by the Scottish Register of Tartans Act 2008 and administered by the National Records of Scotland.

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22.02.2025 21:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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