Natalie Solmer

A New Year Grows Its First Set of Teeth Kevin A. Risner is a product of Ohio and author of multiple poetry chapbooks. He also has work published in various journals including Gordon Square Review, Great Lakes Review, Memoi…

Here's a poem of mine that the @nataliesolmer.bsky.social and the other folks at The Indianapolis Review were kind enough to publish earlier this week. There's also an audio of me reading it! Happy August, friends. theindianapolisreview.com/a-new-year-g...

Any other poets have a spouse who doesn't really "get" poetry?

Here's my latest published poem from The Indianapolis Review, entitled "I Take My Husband to Readings by Award-Winning Poets." Thank you, editor @nataliesolmer.bsky.social

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Yep! I resonated with this. 😃😃😃

Resisting the Rewind There is an odd comfort in repetition. Even as a child, I reread the same books again and again, the characters like friends, the stories like memories. Today on the plane, there’s a man four seats ahead across the aisle who has watched and rewound the “Shallow” scene from A Star is Born at least fifteen times on his iPad. Over and over, as if he’s memorizing it. Or reliving it. I cannot see his face. It seems too intimate to watch him watch, a longing I do not know how to name. A past I cannot fathom. Later, I knife my way through crowds of roller bags toward a way out, following signs and wonder how some navigate through thick woods with only their internal compasses, even when the trail disappears, each direction a pastiche of branches, leaves, and sky. This is knowledge that is not taught but earned. Hours and hours of learning the way the earth can lead if you allow it, attuned to the present tense, eyes open. I’ve lived too long under the spell of the past, but cannot release its comfort all at once. I begin to pay attention to the curve of a branch, the swell of the water. I once was told that each bridge not crossed is as good as burned, so I start my way to the other side. Watch as I dive in. I’m learning how to split the difference.

Thanks to editor @nataliesolmer.bsky.social of The Indianapolis Review for featuring "Resisting the Rewind" in the new summer issue. Time and memory are popping up in my writing a lot these days, but not usually Lady Gaga songs...

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Hottt off the press--the Indianapolis Review Summer 2025 Issue! Featuring an interview with @gnatalielouise ! Check it out-- theindianapolisreview.com?fbclid=PAQ0x...
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Thanks @nataliesolmer.bsky.social for featuring some ekphrasis I fashioned for The Indianapolis Review! A poem inspired by @joyellemcsweeney.bsky.social and the insect-flecked Schiaparelli piece below. And "Cipher": inspired by the late Alber Elbaz's own glittering swarm:

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Amanda Auchter @alauchter reviews Sarah Ruden's book on Sylvia Plath in the Indianapolis Review Spring Issue theindianapolisreview.com/amanda-aucht...
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Make sure to read David Cope's Review of Katie Kalisz's latest book, Flu Season in the Indianapolis Review Spring Issue theindianapolisreview.com/a-review-of-...
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If you missed Becca Downs @beccad___ Review of Kristine Esser Slentz's latest book, be sure to check it out in The IndianapolisReviewSpringIssue
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They're here!! Stepped outside to get my mail and saw this Monarch! Also an Eastern Swallowtail 🦋🦋🦋

Sebastian Subir @sebastiansubir in the Indianapolis Review Spring Issue theindianapolisreview.com/news-watchin...
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Featured Artist Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad in the Indianapolis Review Spring Issue theindianapolisreview.com/featured-art...
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@sfmontgomery.bsky.social Sarah Fawn Montgomery @sarahfawnmontgomery with a poem about chronic pain in the Indianapolis Review Spring Issue theindianapolisreview.com/chronic-pain...
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Read the full comic by Shruti Singh in the Indianapolis Review Spring Issue theindianapolisreview.com/featured-art...
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Don Hogle with a fascinating poem about finally winning "the prize" in the Indianapolis Review Spring Issue
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Don Hogle with a fascinating poem about finally winning "the prize" in the Indianapolis Review Spring Issue
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Steven Fromm with a baseball/father poem in The Indianapolis Review Spring Issue! theindianapolisreview.com/rally/?fbcli...
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Artist Michael Moreth in The Indianapolis Review Spring Issue theindianapolisreview.com/featured-art...
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Cal Freeman @johnfreeman5984 in the Indianapolis Review Spring Issue! theindianapolisreview.com/yelping-wald...
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Featured Artist Carolyn Guinzio in the Indianapolis Review Spring Issue! theindianapolisreview.com/featured-art...
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This river/labor peom by @nbot56 Nancy Botkin in the Indianapolis Review Spring Issue! theindianapolisreview.com/below-the-ri...
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This poem by Mary Ardery in The Indianapolis Review Spring Issue! Read the poem in full here theindianapolisreview.com/bring-on-the...
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If you missed our interview with Derek Mong in our Spring Issue, be sure to check it out! Here he discusses the long poem...read the interview in full theindianapolisreview.com/featured-poe... @derekmong.bsky.social

This book has been a very good travel companion 😊 (especially because it is about travel!) ❤️ this 🇵🇱 author

The best bfast- homemade ackee & breadfruit 🇯🇲

Swam in a waterfall during a thunderstorm wearing a weird outfit because my suitcase was stuck in Chicago @YS Falls 🇯🇲

Indianapolis area writers & artists of all types & disciplines! We need more applications!!! Reach out to me with questions---