A visceral question to which everyone remembers the answer. Where were you on September 11, 2001? open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

My poem is up @villaineralit.bsky.social ! #poetry

Another day, another food recall. This time I got caught when the music stopped. I’ll let you know if I grow an extra ear. #foodsafety #radioactiveshrimp #chronicillness I Ate Radioactive Shrimp! open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

WWBD? What would Barbie do about existing as a woman with a chronic illness? #chronicillness #disability Existing as a Woman with a Chronic Illness is Not Allowed open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

My experience with a popular food delivery service and food borne illness. #disability #chronicillness The Chicken That Sent Me to the ER open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

Every day, I take medication that makes me feel like I’m dying just so I can go on living. #chronicillness #disability How My Heart Transplant Medication is Damaging My Brain open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

American healthcare is about to change dramatically, making it more difficult and more expensive to access the care you need. #disability #chronicillness #Medicaid The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse of American Healthcare open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

I know CAV will kill me eventually, but not today. I intend to celebrate the joy and beauty in every day I have left. #chronicillness #disability #transplant Heart Transplant Checkup open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

My personal perspective on dealing with being a caregiver while struggling with my own health issues. #chronicillness #caregiving #caregiverfatigue Caregiving with a Chronic Illness - I don't have enough spoons for this shit open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

An inside look at my personal experience dealing with living in poverty while disabled and pregnant. Memoir excerpt. Poverty, Pregnancy, and Disability open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi... #disability #chronicillness #poverty

Ozzy Osbourne passed away today. This is the story of how he saved my life. #mentalhealth #Ozzy You Can't Kill Rock and Roll open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

This is my rebuttal as to why people on Medicaid can’t just go out and get jobs. Based on my personal experience, it’s not that easy. #disability #chronicillness The Realities of Trying to Maintain Employment with a Disability - a Personal Perspective open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

How much do you really know about the medications you take? How safe is it? Are you taking pills or poison? #chronicillness #disability #transplantlife #medicine Pill Rhymes with Kill for a Reason open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

Data on how far-reaching disability is and how your odds of becoming disabled increase with age. Please share to spread awareness if you or someone you love has a physical or mental disability. #chronicillness #disability July is Disability Pride Month open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

The eternal balancing act of caring for myself while caring for others. #chronicillness #disability #caregiving You Can Come Home Again open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

I’m excited to announce that three of my poems have been selected to appear in Survival & Beyond: A Survivor Anthology! Gunmetal Gray Silence New Year’s Eve at Walmart It will be available July 16, 2025 as a free e-book or purchase a hardcopy at this link: safepass.org/anthology #booksky

Anger is a Gift: An Anthology of Resistance and Response Poems to the 2024 Elections over 80 poets on the sociopolitical landscape following the 2024 elections #writingcommunity #booksky #resistance My Poem, "Blessed Be the Froot Loops" to be included in Anthology open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

My essay, “One Dog, Two Hearts,” is featured in "Publish Her Anthology: Dog Years," essays about the bond between women and their dogs. Proceeds benefit publishing and grants for underrepresented women authors. Click here for the pre-order link: lnkd.in/gRYiGyhC #writingcommunity #booksky

Take action today to save American Healthcare! #disability #chronicillness The Big Ugly Bill Will Kill Us All! open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

A call to action to protect the most vulnerable among us. #foodinsecurity #disability #protectMedicaid All Politics is Personal open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

I’m coming up on a full month here in Tennessee, caring for my father in home hospice. Recently, my stepmother came home from the hospital, and I’ve found that the caregiving game has moved to the next level. Hospice Update June 21, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

My essay about Gidget McFidget accompanying me through my heart transplant will be featured in this anthology. Check it out! #writingcommunity #booksky My Essay, "One Dog, Two Hearts" to be Published in Anthology open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

Recently, I’ve been walking the final footsteps of this journey with my father, accompanying him on his inevitable last walk. The Long Walk Home open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

Every day, I choose to marvel at moments of beauty that appear like sparkling flashes sprinkled over the general decay and disarray of life. Finding Moments of Joy in the Midst of Crisis open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

Life is hard, but life is also precious. Find the beauty in every day. #ChronicIllness #Disability Reasons To Go On Living open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

While Trump wastes millions on a military parade in DC, we're mobilizing everywhere else to show that organized people power is stronger than his authoritarian aspirations. app.sosha.ai/s/NcpQvEWl

Behind the scenes at a recent medical encounter and how PTSD affected me. #PTSD #ChronicIllness #Disability #HeartTransplant #MedicalTrauma Medical Trauma - A Personal Case Study open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

My heart stopped shortly after my thirty-sixth birthday. Never-before published details of my near-death experience. #NearDeathExperience #ChronicIllness #Disability #Survival I Died 21 Years Ago open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

New traumas can compound on old traumas, sometimes creating a tower of baggage we can’t carry alone. #MentalHealth #MentalHealthMonth #Trauma #PTSD #C-PTSD The Interplay of Medical Trauma and Pre-existing PTSD open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

Excited to have three new poems published by @villaineralit.bsky.social!! 🔪🔪🔪 villaineralit.com/2025/05/13/t...

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Be a superhero and reach out to a loved one who is struggling today. We are all fighting a battle we don’t need to fight alone. #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalHealth Do You Need a Team of Superheroes to Battle Mental Illness? open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

The Force is like Duct Tape. It has a light side, a dark side, and it hold everything together. On this Star Wars Day, may the Force compel you to register as an organ donor. #DonateLife #OrganDonation Life Goes On - Until It Doesn't open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

Finding comfort in a legacy of art that will live on after my father is gone. #hospice #artsky My Father the Artist open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

Reflections on gratitude for this life I get to live every single day thanks to the generosity of an organ donor. #DonateLife #NationalDonateLifeMonth #OrganDonation #OrganTransplant #GiftOfLife Gratitude - Redux open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

Please take a moment to acquaint yourself with the viscerally stunning poetry of Jessica L. Walsh. #NationalPoetryMonth #PoetryCommunity #Booksky Poet Review of the Week: Jessica L. Walsh open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

Finding the bright spot in a dark situation can become our guiding light. Tennessee Whiskey and Mountain Moonshine open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

I’m pleased to share our Poet of the Week - Courtney LeBlanc. Please check out Courtney’s work and her latest poetry collection. #NationalPoetryMonth #Poetry #booksky #writingcommunity @wordperv.bsky.social Poet Review of the Week: Courtney LeBlanc open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

Reflections on what it means to lose a parent I never really got to know. #family #grieving #healing Getting to Know My Father at the Same Time I’m Losing Him open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

A poem dedicated to the people who struggle just to stay afloat from day to day. #NationalPoetryMonth #Poetry #writingcommunity #booksky #inequity April Poetry: Best Laid Plans open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

A light-hearted poem fitting for Springtime, asking the unspoken questions of the heart. #NationalPoetryMonth #Poetry #BodyPositivity #WritingCommunity #booksky April Poetry: Asking the Body open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

My tribute to Kurt Cobain, dead at 27, and my own eerily similar attempt shortly before his. CW: mention of suicide. #NationalPoetryMonth #Poetry #WritingCommunity #SuicidePrevention April Poetry: Bread, Drugs, and Rock and Roll open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

Anyone else interested in joining me for some female rage? Experience a poetry collection that resonates deeply with the hidden and often unspoken experiences of women. #NationalPoetryMonth #Poetry #FemaleRage Poet Review of the Week: Danielle Coffyn open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

One of my rare “happy poems” about birds and stuff. Enjoy! #NationalPoetryMonth #Poetry #PoetryCommunity April Poetry: Wetland open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

The poem I wrote to celebrate the end of seven years of chemically induced writer’s block from anti-depressants. April Poetry: Lillith’s Bloom open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi... #NationalPoetryMonth #Poetry #Depression

My essay about living my life with a looming expiration date appears in “The Bucket.” Check it out and subscribe to the The Bucket today. Expiration Date: Outliving My Heart open.substack.com/pub/thebucke... #ChronicIllness #Disability

Written after I buried my last remaining family member. April Poetry: On a Dark Horse Riding open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi... #NationalPoetryMonth #PoetryCommunity #Art #Booksky

April Poetry: On a Dark Horse Riding Written after I buried my last remaining family member. open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi... #NationalPoetryMonth #Poetry #WritingCommunity

An accounting of my many scars and the stories behind them. #NationalPoetryMonth #Poetry #PoetryCommunity April Poetry: 42 Scars open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

My review of a brilliant poet and her most recent collection. #NationalPoetryMonth #Poetry Poet Review of the Week: Joan Kwon Glass open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

Capturing the anxiety and uncertainty of waiting to live or die. #NationalPoetryMonth #Poetry April Poetry: Flying Standby open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...