casey coukos

I've gotta say, draft two of this novel is going wayyy faster than draft one 🙏

(Hopefully I didn't just jinx myself😬)

Unmoored

Your "above and beyond"—the moments you liked me— were gulps of salt-tinged air satisfying my lungs between swells. A life vest of shelter, food, strep throat doctor visits bobbed my head, but only above a calm sea. I was alone during storms. Surging waves sucked me under, soaking my…

Unmoored Your “above and beyond”—the moments you liked me— were gulps of salt-tinged air satisfying my lungs between swells. A life vest of shelter, food, strep throat doctor visits bobbed my he…

My poem is now live with @eunoiareview.bsky.social!

Read "Unmoored" here:
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Golden leaves flutter
on fresh breeze, sequins on a
dancer's twirling skirt

#micropoetry #haiku

Just passed another milestone in my novel-writing journey—50,000 words!

This story has been a year and a half in the making already, so this achievement feels wonderful. Gonna bask in it today and then back to #writing! 🖊️

A black-headed, blue-bodied Steller's jay sits perched on a railing with a snack in its beak. Plants surround the jay.

Happy Autumn Equinox to you and this beautiful Steller's jay!

Waning crescent moon sits to the left of Venus and, very tiny, Regulus on a lightening blue sky

The crescent Moon glows
near Venus and Regulus
as dawn awakens

#DailyHaikuPrompt - Glow

Crows gather on dew
damp field, flying synchronous
at my bright approach

#DailyHaikuPrompt - Morning

Lotus' leaves float
upon the pond’s smooth surface—
a life preserver.

#DailyHaikuPrompt: Lotus

Like a pumpkin, I
long to rest on verdant lawn
smiling at the crows

#DailyHaikuPrompt: Pumpkin

Beneath golds and reds
of fallen leaves and spent dreams
I, at last, reap rest.

#dailyhaikuprompt

Prompt: Harvest

Okay this isn't exactly true. I had a poem published in an anthology for fifth graders back in the day... but my teacher did all the hard work submitting that one. So let me amend this to say, "for the first time ever (as an adult)!"

Super exciting news—one of my poems has been accepted for publication for the first time ever! I can't wait to share this poem with the world.

(And now I'm even more excited for October than usual 🦇🎃)

Nature’s Permission The leaves have started falling ‘round me, allyellow and brown and spotted.They pile on me where I’m sat on a logcovered in moss and rotted. As seasons will change, the wheel keeps turning.Spring t…

New poem! "Nature's Permission" ~ caseydcwrites.com/2025/08/24/n...

Moments: Breakfast on the Beach Crow strides along the lake shore,testing shells and debris with its beak, tossing away the misfires. A splash, water hopping against a nearby rock,startles the bird momentarily. Crow continue…

In my "Moments" series, I share snippets of real life, just little moments that I find meaningful! Read my first Moment, "Breakfast on the Beach," here: caseydcwrites.com/2025/08/23/m...

Hello Bluesky! I'm Casey, a writer and poet based in the PNW. Follow me for nature/fantasy/other writing 🦉