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Laura Donnelly

@laurakdonnelly.bsky.social

Author of Midwest Gothic (Ashland Poetry Press) and Watershed (Cider Press Review). Poetry prof at SUNY Oswego.

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23.08.2025 20:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Planted these for the bees, glad the bees approve

23.06.2025 12:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Snow bank mostly covering a white mailbox

Snow bank mostly covering a white mailbox

That little red dot is how we find our mailbox in the snow bank.

20.02.2025 11:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œAmerica, itโ€™s clear youโ€™ve gone without deodorant,
driven into inquisition, arrived on time and tried
to find distraction in the waiting room."

16.02.2025 14:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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15.02.2025 13:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Text to poem "Poem to Watch over You"

Text to poem "Poem to Watch over You"

You are welcome, you are welcome, you are welcome.

Omotara James

15.02.2025 02:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 50    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

And breath in there somewhere.

15.02.2025 13:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I wrote a poem about ushering in my forties with an MRI. Thank you to the marvelous @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social for giving this one a home!

10.02.2025 23:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"Sing me a love song of glaciers & seed vaults. You be the blue-tailed skink soaking up concreteโ€™s residual heat; Iโ€™ll be the puffball that rises in the wake of punishing rain." -- Jane Saterfield sending us postcards from the Anthropocene in @ecotonemagazine.bsky.social

05.02.2025 11:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s a fantastic pattern! (Really, all your patterns are!)

04.02.2025 22:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Woman wearing a pink sweater

Woman wearing a pink sweater

Pink sweater

Pink sweater

Pink sweater

Pink sweater

Finally finished knitting @katedaviesdesigns.bsky.social #carbeth sweater. Mug for scale in pre/post blocking photos. (I was nervous pre-blocking, but itโ€™s perfect.) Yarn = Hikoo Sueno. Colorway = โ€œbashfulโ€ (lol). Love all Kate Daviesโ€™ patterns. #knitting #knitsky

04.02.2025 12:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes!! It is a work of art (and joy, and hope)!

02.02.2025 23:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Tropical Sunset Tomato Indeterminate - A bright bi-colored variety with the perfect balance of sweetness and acidity. Golden with orangy pink stripes. A cherry sized heirloom. Fruit will stay in the ripe stage for a long ti...

100% โ€” ordering my tropical sunset tomato seeds this week migardener.com/products/tro...

02.02.2025 20:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"to lay their / great pale cheek against the burning / cheek of earth and say, There, there, child.โ€

02.02.2025 19:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Joy Harjo from her book An American Sunrise.

29.01.2025 15:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 45    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Cat with eyes closed next to a Buddha statue.

Cat with eyes closed next to a Buddha statue.

Meditation w/ Sue

29.01.2025 20:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Today's climate action.

26.01.2025 18:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œlike a world // slipping through its own handsโ€

26.01.2025 16:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sent to me in a bday card this past week :) Gorgeous poem and a bright spot in the midst ofโ€ฆ all the things. I'm delighted it circled back to you here, @dapowell.bsky.social.

26.01.2025 12:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
โ€œAs for What the Rain Can Doโ€ by D.A. Powell

โ€œAs for What the Rain Can Doโ€ by D.A. Powell

Ok, Bluesky, letโ€™s start here

25.01.2025 13:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 60    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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