sara matson (she/her)

SUMMER NEEDS by Sara Matson <1> my suede hand warm + gloved pinning swollen fist on  either side of ur mandible + screaming until the jaw snaps (so visceral !) my wet thigh sticky (unexpected blood) i tuck my …

Happy Sunday!

Go have look at our newest contributor @saramatson.bsky.social to this month's theme at @thearsonista.bsky.social

a gorgeous poem sure to set you right for the coming week!

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Chicago Style with Sara Matson YouTube video by Joe Bielecki

Had a wonderful chat with Joe to kick off 2026! It was an honor and joy.✨ thanks to the fantastic Jay Besemer @divinetailor.bsky.social for the recommendation, support, and brilliant kindness, always! ✨listen to the show on YouTube now!

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YouTube video by Joe Bielecki Chicago Style with Sara Matson

Writing the Rapids is back! I start the year off talking to @saramatson.bsky.social about her poetry, fashion as costume, period romances, and my early theory about a Chicago style of poetry.

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She’s wearing a wig on top of another wig as a hat, insisting on frightening people with her sculptures, just like I will be one day. 🖤

my uncle and I have matching acab shirts and I’m so grateful to be related to one of my favorite humans 🌈

Halp, I Clipped My Nails Too Short and Now I’m in Sensory Hell: The Sara Matson Story. Now playing!

YouTube video by Sara Matson Words // Friends Recording January 2026. Hosted by Sara Matson

the video of the words//friends poetry reading I was in last night is up! listen to me read alongside a bunch of very talented poets! thanks to @saramatson.bsky.social for organizing! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUBo...

I made lunch and put it on the table, turning around to grab my water bottle. In that 2 seconds, Mal jumped onto the table and my plate and licked my quesadilla lunch 😹😹💀 no I didn’t eat it #MalPal #hesaidMYlunch #catslovequeso

Tomorrow! ✨ the first Words // Friends of 2026 is recording live on Zoom✨ tap the link in my bio to get free access to the live show ✨

A white goat sticks out his pink tongue

first hoof trim of 2026 for the goats 🐐#spaday

sometimes you just need to drink tea & talk to your German uncles on videochat for an hour 💖

it’s funny when the rest of the world has to live in a liminal space, too

Emotionally I’m here

weekday brunch with the girls to renew my strength to finish the end of the year fiercely 💖🎉🪩

✨Thursday✨

sisters of mercy and house guest cleaning 🎶 frost giant appeasement begins tonight

maple syrup with edible glitter. holiday shopping for nieces/nephew/grand nieces complete.

wearing a black gown to visit nadya tolokonnikova’s exhibit, мрія що збулася 🖤🇺🇦

deeply inspired by this beautiful book! ✨

come find out what lies at the intersection of scratch n sniff and poetry ✨ free stuff is today 4-6pm, msg me for the location 🎉

my ancestors invented Scratch n Sniff technology, what a dreammmmmmm!!

give me an opportunity to get delightfully weird with it and I promise, I will. 🤩

give me an opportunity to get delightfully weird with it and I promise, I will. 🤩

Unbelievably excited for this ✨ puppets, poetry, and pals ✨ DM me for the address, it’s going to be a BLAST!!!

square image with black background and black border. a digital book page is at the center. the page is white with black text. the title of a poem, “slipper,” is at the top left of the page. poem text is as follows: slipper before daylight, i cleaned the humidifier + admired my nails stretching my palms beneath city tide a single shoe tumbles across the beach to uproarious applause a singular moment in time + laces i explained + explained (in my prolix way) until it was determined i had done nothing that could be proved i find her hand, we leave the scene and she skips, both of us thinking wistfully of the shoe Sara Matson long rectangular box, longer horizontally, is at the bottom of the page. has a black border and white background. black text reads the donated words author used: daylight tide prolix and then a blue underlined jump link to the donated words list. then the name of the challenge “include a word related to travel” and the author’s word choice: beach page number 7 is in black text at bottom center of page

white square image with black text reads: Sara Matson (she/her) is a poet in Chicago and host of the seasonal online reading series, Words / / Friends. Her microchap, Ardently, is part of the Ghost City Press Summer Series and available now. Find her on Instagram @skeletorsmom or Bluesky @saramatson.bsky.social

DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES walkthrough!

PAGE 7: “slipper” by @saramatson.bsky.social

featuring words donated by @opwriter.bsky.social - DAYLIGHT
@krislindbeck.bsky.social - TIDE
Meesh Montoya - PROLIX

challenge: travel word
author chose: beach

free PDF collection: tinyurl.com/2025daylight

routine maintenance on a plumbing thing in the house and the plumber that came is a old pal from high school!! getting the hot goss when you don’t know the people is FUN

sometimes you just gotta eat veggie sushi with people you love

An honor and joy to read with these brilliant writers ✨ thank you Ben for curating such fantastic readings! ✨

Mal and Jayne Sunday snugglin’

Wednesday! ✨ I’m reading with extraordinary folks at the Whistler at 6pm ✨ hosted by the fantastic Ben Niespodziany!