me in 1993 or 1994🌻

if you followed me on facebook, i didn’t unfollow or block you. i just got the fuck out of there. IG is my primary profile instagram.com/midwesternskirt

happy 22nd bday to MIDWESTERN SKIRT! this was my 1st self-published chapbook of poems & only print book. released near the end of 2003 at a low point. some poems started in college circa 1997. most were new in 2002-2003. in 2018 i created a FREE online PDF version & audiobook! tinyurl.com/midwskirt

i am bringing back some of my magnetic poetry. surrender I am on leave an hour a year long as a green or blue moon wandering song - K Weber

If PayPal is easier here's that. paypal.me/theseGhosts?...

I'm flat broke, my wife is sick and bills are piling up. Help if you can. buymeacoffee.com/mountmourn

it’s that time of year… good luck out there!

happy 6th bday to THIS ASSEMBLY! this was the first collab poetry collection we did! 150+ participants. people donated words, lines, themes… some wrote poems… some helped edit… there were polls & music inspiration! original artwork by Greg Lawhun free PDF & audio: tinyurl.com/thisassembly...

the data center of my heart has watery eyes.

Today's the day! The 1-year anniversary issue of SHINE Quarterly is AVAILABLE here: tinyurl.com/36hehcme Watch the launch video here: youtu.be/ADqjbsKe1YM Join #shinepoetry in supporting the: #internationalcommunity #poetrycommunity #booklaunch #stockingstuffers for #poetrylovers / #booklovers

congrats @authorlindamcrate.bsky.social♥️ her publishing credits have skyrocketed this year! always great to see her words out in the world!😊

continuing my walkthrough of DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES over at @donatedwords.bsky.social! we are at the back cover! thanks for joining me in this walkthrough over the last few weeks! see original post for more details! 🧡💛🧡💛🧡

continuing my walkthrough of DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES over at @donatedwords.bsky.social! PAGE 31/SPECIAL NOTES/PROBABLY TMI some final info regarding this collection! see original post for more details! 🧡💛🧡💛🧡

continuing my walkthrough of DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES over at @donatedwords.bsky.social! PAGE 30/PRAISE FOR DONATED WORDS POEM PROJECTS & CONTACT DETAILS see original post for kind words about these projects, contact info & more! 🧡💛🧡💛🧡

continuing my walkthrough of DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES over at @donatedwords.bsky.social! PAGE 29/MORE DONATED WORDS PROJECT INFORMATION see original post for more about… MORE! 🧡💛🧡💛🧡

continuing my walkthrough of DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES over at @donatedwords.bsky.social! PAGE 28/THANK YOU see original post for all details! so many thanks! 🧡💛🧡💛🧡

continuing my walkthrough of DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES over at @donatedwords.bsky.social! PAGES 25-27/AUTHOR BIOS see original post for all details! 🧡💛🧡💛🧡

continuing my walkthrough of DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES over at @donatedwords.bsky.social! PAGE 24/“Twinkling” by @mishiepoet.bsky.social words donated by @gendeguzman.bsky.social Kashiana Singh @elderflowersour.bsky.social author took on a “flavor word” challenge 🧡💛🧡💛🧡

continuing my walkthrough of DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES over at @donatedwords.bsky.social! PAGE 23/“desired outcome” by @bythiswillalone.bsky.social words donated by Meesh Montoya Patrick Dorsey @mishiepoet.bsky.social author took on a “palindrome word” challenge 🧡💛🧡💛🧡

thank you @norbaikin.bsky.social!!! norb has been in like every single collab project the last 7 years! that bowls me over & makes me so happy!🧡

continuing my walkthrough of DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES over at @donatedwords.bsky.social! PAGE 22/“A heartsick plea…” by @opwriter.bsky.social words donated by @midwesternskirt.bsky.social Melinda Farrar @norbaikin.bsky.social author took on a “heat word” challenge 🧡💛🧡💛🧡

continuing my walkthrough of DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES over at @donatedwords.bsky.social! PAGE 21/“Song of the Seasons” by Millie H words donated by @karenmsteiger.bsky.social Julia Beach @midwesternskirt.bsky.social author took on an “animal word” challenge 🧡💛🧡💛🧡

Tune in to find out WTF this season on a Very Special Episode of “Oh Hell No! My Neighbor Has A Cybertruck Now: The K Weber Story”🤢 just looking at it hurts my feelings💔

continuing my walkthrough of DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES over at @donatedwords.bsky.social! PAGE 20/“Keep the Change” by @kileylee.bsky.social words donated by @karenmsteiger.bsky.social Patrick Dorsey Julia Beach @esfletcher.bsky.social author took on a “month word” challenge 🧡💛🧡💛🧡

VOTE FOR YOUR FAVES! www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...

continuing my walkthrough of DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES at @donatedwords.bsky.social! PAGES 18-19/“Entering the Haunted Manor of My Chronically Ill Body” by @spookyspatters.bsky.social words donors Meesh Montoya @karenmsteiger.bsky.social @kimmannix.bsky.social “game word” challenge 🧡💛🧡💛🧡

continuing my walkthrough of DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES over at @donatedwords.bsky.social! PAGE 17/"Cnut” by @salvius23.bsky.social words donated by @krislindbeck.bsky.social Julia Beach @kimmannix.bsky.social author took on a “scent word” challenge 🧡💛🧡💛🧡

continuing my walkthrough of DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES over at @donatedwords.bsky.social! PAGE 16/"Sheltered” by @midwesternskirt.bsky.social (hi, it’s me!) words donated by: @mishiepoet.bsky.social Kashiana Singh Melinda Farrar i took on a “cold word” challenge 🧡💛🧡💛🧡

Feels right that my donated word (kerfuffle) was woven into a melancholy-tinged poem as part of the @donatedwords.bsky.social project

continuing my walkthrough of DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES over at @donatedwords.bsky.social! PAGE 15/"Tapestry of the Living” by Misty H words donated by @authorlindamcrate.bsky.social @kimmannix.bsky.social @esfletcher.bsky.social author took on a “music word” challenge 🧡💛🧡💛🧡

continuing my walkthrough of DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES over at @donatedwords.bsky.social! PAGE 14/"Shadowcast” by @melissacuisine.bsky.social words donated by @gendeguzman.bsky.social Patrick Dorsey @madelinksi.bsky.social author took on a “light word” challenge 🧡💛🧡💛🧡

continuing my walkthrough of DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES over at @donatedwords.bsky.social! PAGE 13/"Absorption” by @karenmsteiger.bsky.social words donated by @krislindbeck.bsky.social @norbaikin.bsky.social @madelinksi.bsky.social author took on a “scientific term” challenge 🧡💛🧡💛🧡

continuing my walkthrough of DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES over at @donatedwords.bsky.social! PAGE 12/an untitled poem by Julie Luepke words donated by @midwesternskirt.bsky.social Kashiana Singh @madelinksi.bsky.social 🧡💛🧡💛🧡

episode 10 of They’re Just Records is here! i join mark of @resignationrecs.bsky.social again to discuss… xmas music. love it or hate it: it’s big on vinyl. we talk fave winter-themed songs, too! & there’s a playlist! theyrejustrecords.buzzsprout.com/2517355/epis...

continuing my walkthrough of DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES over at @donatedwords.bsky.social! PAGE 11/"Buoyant / Flamboyant” by @prestonspantry.bsky.social words donated by @opwriter.bsky.social @authorlindamcrate.bsky.social @mishiepoet.bsky.social author took on a “hobby word” challenge 🧡💛🧡💛🧡

continuing my walkthrough of DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES over at @donatedwords.bsky.social! PAGE 10/"Forever the regent of my heart” by @tiffanysciacca.bsky.social words donated by @stonespiral.bsky.social @esfletcher.bsky.social @opwriter.bsky.social author did a “sound word” challenge 🧡💛🧡💛🧡

continuing my walkthrough of DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES over at @donatedwords.bsky.social! PAGE 9/“Birthday Wish” by Sarah O’Brien features words donated by @authorlindamcrate.bsky.social Melinda Farrar @stonespiral.bsky.social & the author took on a “shape word” challenge 🧡💛🧡💛🧡

Birdwatching with my oldest has definitely helped with grief in the two springs since my father died, and I’m grateful to K for the challenge of working donated words into what turned out to be a poem I urgently needed to write about it. 🪶

continuing a walkthrough of DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES at @donatedwords.bsky.social! PAGE 8/“Simultaneous Fields” by @grousehollow.bsky.social word donors @norbaikin.bsky.social @stonespiral.bsky.social @gendeguzman.bsky.social & author took on ”opposite of assigned word” challenge 🧡💛🧡💛🧡

continuing my walkthrough of DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES over at @donatedwords.bsky.social! PAGE 7/“slipper” by @saramatson.bsky.social features words donated by @opwriter.bsky.social @krislindbeck.bsky.social Meesh Montoya & the author took on a travel-related word challenge 🧡💛🧡💛🧡

continuing my walkthrough of DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES over at @donatedwords.bsky.social! PAGE 6/& DAYLIGHT: intro to 17 pieces of writing by 17 authors each using 3-4 donated words from a pool of 17 words donated (& more!) 🧡💛🧡💛🧡 get the free PDF: tinyurl.com/2025daylight

continuing my walkthrough of DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES over at @donatedwords.bsky.social! PAGE 5/“Tenfold” poem: i wrote this one last year with the help of 22 first-time contributors! 🧡💛🧡💛🧡

continuing my walkthrough of DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES over at @donatedwords.bsky.social! PAGE 4/tenfold orioles: an intro to the poem “Tenfold” 🧡💛🧡💛🧡

continuing my walkthrough of DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES over at @donatedwords.bsky.social! PAGES 2&3: WELCOME (includes IN MEMORIAM section for dear collaborators who have passed) 🧡💛🧡💛🧡

continuing my walkthrough of DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES over at @donatedwords.bsky.social! PAGE 1/TOC 🧡💛🧡💛🧡

i am starting a walkthrough of DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES over at @donatedwords.bsky.social! 🧡💛🧡💛🧡

This is Karen’s debut book of poetry! I was fortunate enough to read an advanced manuscript and provide a quote for the book’s back cover! Grab a copy and find out why I said “[w]hile some pieces look cancer straight in the eye, others take on the beauty and ugliness in nature and the otherworldly.“

was in an accident monday evening while trying to reunite a dog i found that morning with her owner. went to ER friday & have concussion. i am banged up in an already banged-up body. everyone is ok. car damage was not overwhelming. but im just very sad & sore. and this world already hurts so much.

thanks for all of the readership & support!💛