Sean Bates

Tiana Clark's 'Scorched Earth' on the longlist for the #NationalBookAward. Let's go!!

On The Champagne Line Upstate New York. The Finger Lakes. This is wine country and where my family tried to run restaurants. I was a tourist in my region's history of work and tending to land and industry and champagne.

The Finger Lakes. This is wine country and where my family tried to run restaurants. I was a tourist in my region's history of work, tending to land, lakes, industry and champagne.

Today's poem "On the Champagne Line" tinyurl.com/5xbj3ehu

#poetry #UpstateNY #FingerLakes #writing #poemsky #history

Raiiiiiinyyyyy day #poems kinda mood out here

One hell of a tree.

#mamiya7ⅱ #mamiya7 #film #photography #filmphotography #photo #colorphoto #mediumformat #mediumformatphotography #mediumformatfilm #massachusetts

It is my favorite day in #englishclass

Today in pairs, my #students must #proofread by listening to their #essay read to outloud. The Horror!

But seriously the ear catches what your head voice misses. Read it aloud! even just to your phone or to the mirror or to no one.

#5amwritersclub today was one of those sessions that feels like the key finally turned in the lock and opened. Like I can see the path again in this #memoir

An Interview with Shannon Lintott · P I N H O L E • P O E T R Y Shannon Lintott’s poems have been featured in the Literary Review of Canada, NōD Magazine and the Power of Words Exhibit at Arts Etobicoke and are forthcoming in Phylum Press, Great Lakes Review and t...

Our first interview and feature poem from our October 2025 issue is with Shannon Lintott, who shares their poem ‘knot,’ along with thoughts on creative success as an artist, animals that live in the shadows and how a poem begins. Thanks Shannon!

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Riverwatch I wish we had a seedy river district. I wish we had a river festival. But for a community built on the water, our river only lorded over us as a threat and a memory of storm.

I wish we had a seedy river district. I wish we had a river festival. But for a community built on the water, our river only lorded over us as a threat and a memory of storm.

Today's poem "Riverwatch" tinyurl.com/2kpw9kpc

#poetry #weatherpoems #writing #history #Upstate #poemaday #poemsky #authors

And now we have a new album! 👀

Passion and Form Ah, they have kissed! The rhyme Comes in unnoticed.

A Louise Glück miniature that appeared in The Threepenny Review in 2023. To my knowledge, it remains uncollected.

Riverwatch I wish we had a seedy river district. I wish we had a river festival. But for a community built on the water, our river only lorded over us as a threat and a memory of storm.

I wish we had a seedy river district. I wish we had a river festival. But for a community built on the water, our river only lorded over us as a threat and a memory of storm.

Today's poem "Riverwatch" tinyurl.com/2kpw9kpc

#poetry #weatherpoems #writing #history #Upstate #poemaday #poemsky #authors

#5amWritersClub may the word count be ever in your favor

#boardgamingcommunity #tabletop

Homestead or Die: An Extremely Maine Board Game Unlike Any Other A Waldo County homesteader designed a board game where survival requires cooperation, skills — and a sauna.

@rattysnake.bsky.social with the #boardgame hook up: this game looks laser focused on its demographic, me.
#HomesteadOrDie

www.midcoastvillager.com/life/homeste...

Deep Lock Quarry Bike Path On our morning run we jogged through a museum in the woods. People in puffy vests and headphones walked their small dogs through a monument to work.

On our morning run we jogged through a museum in the woods. People in puffy vests and headphones walked their small dogs through a monument to work.

Today's poem is "Deep Lock Quarry Bike Path" tinyurl.com/3j8abz35

#poetry #history #Cuyahoga #work #labor #writingcommunity #amwriting #poemsky

Deep Lock Quarry Bike Path On our morning run we jogged through a museum in the woods. People in puffy vests and headphones walked their small dogs through a monument to work.

On our morning run we jogged through a museum in the woods. People in puffy vests and headphones walked their small dogs through a monument to work.

Today's poem is "Deep Lock Quarry Bike Path" tinyurl.com/3j8abz35

#poetry #history #Cuyahoga #work #labor #writingcommunity #amwriting #poemsky

#writingcommunity

Nice.

#mamiya #mamiya7ii #mamiya7 #film #photography #filmphotography #photo #halloween #mediumformat #mediumformatfilm #mediumformatphotography #mediumformatphoto #120film

Eaves I can't help but tell the stories of doors, of old houses, of hearth and fire. In the world I want, we tell the small tales and we listen.

I can't help but tell the stories of doors, of old houses, of hearth and fire. In the world I want, we tell the small tales and we listen.

Today's poem: "Eaves" tinyurl.com/ms54uw3y

#poetry #writingcommunity #poemaday #poemsky #legends #myths #AmericanMythos #Upstate #NewEngland #homesteading

Eaves I can't help but tell the stories of doors, of old houses, of hearth and fire. In the world I want, we tell the small tales and we listen.

I can't help but tell the stories of doors, of old houses, of hearth and fire. In the world I want, we tell the small tales and we listen.

Today's poem: "Eaves" tinyurl.com/ms54uw3y

#poetry #writingcommunity #poemaday #poemsky #legends #myths #AmericanMythos #Upstate #NewEngland #homesteading

#5amwritersclub for today can it be the #5amreadersclub?

Me, reading the year of birth of my students

Turn down a road. Look around and see.

#mamiya #mamiya7 #film #photography #filmphotography #mediumformat #mediumformatfilm #mediumformatphoto #mediumformatphotography #mediumformatfilmphotography #tokyo #japan #shinjuku

I've been evil. My students hate my word maximum. They've been trained to think more is more and what makes a good essay is a lengthy word count. But not today. It's time to cut cut cut.

On Millersburg Ferry These state history signs make me miss my exit. I need to know. I need to see what was worth remembering. What spirit was worth giving a sign? Which ghost story is waiting to be read?

These state history signs make me miss my exit. I need to know. I need to see what was worth remembering. What spirit was worth giving a sign? Which ghost story is waiting to be read?

Today's poem "On the Millersburg Ferry" tinyurl.com/mr38t536

#poetry #history #ghoststories #writing #PAhistory

I need you all to know that I'm seeing a little band called The Format tmr in NYC and they are back together for a few shows and my middle school self is so overjoyed that it was hard to focus on writing today.

It was a scorcher in Kyoto this year.

#leica #leicacamera #leicaphotography #35mm #35mmfilm #35mmphotography #35mmfilmphotography #film #photography #filmphotography #kyoto #japan #leicam6 #m6 #streetphotography #colorphoto #colorphotography

On Millersburg Ferry These state history signs make me miss my exit. I need to know. I need to see what was worth remembering. What spirit was worth giving a sign? Which ghost story is waiting to be read?

These state history signs make me miss my exit. I need to know. I need to see what was worth remembering. What spirit was worth giving a sign? Which ghost story is waiting to be read?

Today's poem "On the Millersburg Ferry" tinyurl.com/mr38t536

#poetry #history #ghoststories #writing #PAhistory

Touch by Matthew Thorburn - Rattle: Poetry No, no, I did it already, I want to say, but then just give in, follow the tall older lady to the back of May’s Hair Salon so she can wash my mop before she cuts it.

How tender,
the way she cups her hand to keep
warm rinse water away from my eyes …

—Matthew Thorburn