I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Staunton, VA” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Join us @ Rapunzel's. Oct 1: Poetry Unfolding: Make & Decorate Cootie Catcher/Fortune Teller Poems; Oct 8: Haiku Practice to See the World Around You; Oct 15: DIY Culture & Zine Making; Oct 22: Whyse Words: Performance & Spoken Word Workshop, Whyse Legion. Register bit.ly/47XMpTG

& Poetry: A free multi-arts workshop series 1st 4 Wednesdays in October 4-6 PM tailored for participants 14 and older at Rapunzel's Coffee and Books in Lovingston. Register:

As we resist Trump’s tyranny, America gains solidarity. As we gain solidarity, we feel more courageous. As we feel courageous and stand up to Trump, we weaken him and his regime. As we weaken Trump and his regime, we have less to fear.

Support the candidates endorsed by "Track AIPAC." They are not taking campaign contributions from an organization that that takes a "my country right or wrong" stance vis a vis the actions of the current Israeli government in Gaza. www.trackaipac.com/endorsements

The American Prospect: "Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) decided that she could live with a bill that takes food and medicine from vulnerable people to fund tax cuts tilted toward the wealthy, as long as it didn’t take quite as much food away from Alaskans." americanprospect.bluelena.io/index.php?ac...

Wild Ink walk Saturday July 12 9-12:30. Hosted by the nature Foundation at Wintergreen. Shamokin Springs Nature Preserve is lush with plant and fungal life now, and with its braided streams is an oasis of cooler temperatures on these hot days. Learn more and register: tnfw.org/event/wild-i...

Many states have re-branded their Medicaid programs so people about to lose their healthcare do not know they are on Medicaid. In Kansas it is KanCare, for e.g. You can look up the names in any state here: www.ncsl.org/resources/ma...

My poem "Stem Mother" is accompanied by a host of other terrific writing in this special issue of Wildscape. wildscapelit.com/stemmotheram...

Pleased to join a crew of fine writers in the first Special Issue by Wildscape Journal - a multi-layerd and evocative exploration of motherhood. wildscapelit.com/special-issu...

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS CHARLOTTESVILLE” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

Camped and hiked last week and got to observe a couple of timber rattlers.

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS CHARLOTTESVILLE” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns

2 of my poems are semifinalists in the Tulip Tree Wild Women Contest. Fingers crossed. www.tuliptreepub.com/wild-women-c...

Chatted with a few friends today who didn't know they needed to register for the online book launch that's on Sat Apr 26th at 2PM. Let me know via email, phone, Bluesky, text etc. if you want to be added to the list to receive the zoom link!

Came across this submisson call today. Am going to send them something. You do too! www.indolentbooks.com/submitting-t...

Like the monks who walked this path to protect the saint’s body from marauders, Alanna Mitchell knows that she is also “on a journey of trial and sacrifice in the modern British wilderness.” But, she wonders, “what am I trying to find?” @alannamitchell.bsky.social

Virtual Book Launch for my debut full-length ecopoetry collection "Species of Concern" on April 26th 2-3 EDT. Go to my website for more info (wildink.net) and email me to register and be sent the zoom link. Featured panelists poet Nancy Allen and science writer and playwright Alanna Mitchell.

See ya there!

I have tariffed the penguins that are on Heard Island and which you were probably assuming did not export goods forgive me they were taking advantage of us so cunning and so cold

WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS! Cory Booker is throwing down—filibustering & standing up to Trump’s authoritarian overreach. This is what we need—Dems who disrupt, resist, and fight back. Booker’s stand is a rallying cry for all of us to demand better. Watch here 👉🏾 www.youtube.com/live/v2utlMx...

See you in Cville Apr 5. Stonefield, corner of 29 & Hydraulic. 1-2 PM.

Four Fabulous poets for April at 2nd Act Books

And I'm doing some local readings - hope you can make it!

Apr Events Online:

April Events Online: Apr 2nd

Another cover I'm excited to post: Just Labor, a poetry collection launching (along with Attached to the Living World: A New Ecopoetry Anthology) in March at AWP LA!

Thank you, Leigh Cuen, for this review in Southern Review of Books!: "The collection highlights the connection between human bodies and ecology. . . . It offers glimmers of chaos and darkness and bliss for readers who dare to confront them." southernreviewofbooks.com/2025/03/12/a...?

A few new events coming up. Check out wildink.net to learn more. Apr 26 an online/virtual launch for those who could not be at the live one.

Go on a pilgrimage with me along St. Cuthbert's Way in the Scottish borderlands! broadview.org/a-pilgrim-se... @broadviewmedia.bsky.social @wildinkpoet.bsky.social

This is absolutely the truth!!

Let's go.

Hope you can join us for this online event:

Today I begin encouraging my followers and friends from FB and Insta to find me here. If you were not able to attend my in person book launch for "Species of Concern," a virtual version is coming up toward the end of April. Stay tuned for more.

Poet friends, As you close out 2024, you may find helpful to read this amazing note by the brilliant Brenda Hillman that was published in Too Little/Too Hard: tlth.co.uk/dearemerging...

This promises to be an amazing event. And the first fellowship is for poets age 60 and older, named for poet Miles Coon who created the Palm Beach Poetry Festival that Hellbender is now continuing (application info will be coming at the end of February so bookmark now!). www.hellbenderpoets.org

Well hello. Nothing much to report except I'm having a book launch party in early January for my first full-length poetry collection, called "Species of Concern," and am very excited to be planning it. It'll be an in-person event but maybe in February I will hold a virtual one. Stay tuned.