“And just like that it’s over. We tend to our wounded, we count our dead. Black and white soldiers wonder alike if this really means freedom. Not. Yet.” - Hamilton, an American Musical Happy Juneteenth, a National Independence Day.

Brand-new essay publication, all about marriage and road trips and that time Joseph Smith found the golden plates in his backyard and started the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Please enjoy this account of our trip to the Hill Cumorah Pageant. shannonfrostgreenstein.com/2026/06/02/i...

“I drive and I listen to the notes dancing through the dark on the way to my ears –   the chimes and the melody and the perfect fifths – as the night opens up ahead of me and the rest of my life beckons from right down the road.” - @shannonfrostgre.bsky.social voicemailpoems.org/2026/04/28/t...

Does anyone want to come see But I’m a Cheerleader on the big screen at the independent movie theater in my suburb of Philadelphia on June 27? I’ll pick you up a ticket and let you park in my driveway. ❤️ “We don’t use profanity or double negatives here at True Directions.”

On the MOVE shannonfrostgreenstein.com/2026/02/28/o... Yesterday was the 41st anniversary of the MOVE bombing. I wrote this story not to center myself, but because people should know. It's high time we start recognizing the epigenetic trauma of being Black in Philadelphia. #Philadelphia #MOVE

Inquiring minds want to know:

Can I PLEASE be Livvy Dunne when I grow up? She’s not only flawless, but her double layout is 🤌💋

Dude. I want to balance a budget and provide universal childcare, too.

New poem dropped! Shout out to Broadway Dance Center, masochism, and finding your purpose, however briefly it may last. #dance #dancer #dancing #poetry #poet #poem #writer #writing #author #Broadway

Thanks to Hidden Peak Press. Go Birds.

Take Your Child to Work Day, and never did I think this was something I could do with my son. He has come so far. 🥹 #ASD #autismspectrumdisorder #motherhood #love

Multi-media goodness. 👍

I’m delighted to appear over the airwaves with @voicemailpoems.bsky.social, and I had a blast recording this one. Please enjoy some musings on the God Paradox, set to the dulcet tones of my very own voice. #philly #poet #poetry #poem #writing #author #Philosophy #writingcommunity #amwriting

Come see the coulrophobic read poetry, literally surrounded by clowns!!! It’s my personal tenth circle of Dante’s Hell, and YOU’RE invited!!

Guys, this is the day after my birthday, so come celebrate with me on April 29! #philly #poetryreading #poetry #poet

Content warning for sex with Charles Darwin.

And every word of it is true. 👍

Intelligence is SEXY.

It’s…on. #philly #poetry #poetryreading #poer

STOKED. #poetry #poetryreading #poet #writing #philly

Genetics. 🧬

Mommy is raising some WRITERS. 👍👍👍 #writing #writer #author #amwriting #writingcommunity #poetry #BLM #MedicareForAll #GoBirds

Connections Puzzle #1009 🟩🟦🟨🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Connections gettin’ SNEAKY today.

Beware the Ides.

My 7 year-old’s newest drawing. I am doing this parenting thing RIGHT. 👍

Not a single Christian lives in this house - the occupents are a Jew, a Humanist and staunch atheist, and whatever the heck that makes Omri and River - but LOOK WHAT I DID for our first Easter in the new house!!!

NEWS TO ME. Also, we have never once been to Chuck E. Cheese, so…??? 🤷‍♀️

Wordle 1,725 2/6 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I’m disproportionately excited about this. What a good day. What a beautiful life.

Connections Puzzle #1002 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Nothing like an afternoon dopamine burst. 👍

You want a title? I’ll GIVE you a title. @stanchion.bsky.social is a publisher who GETS my vision, and they have earned my undying love and support. #poem #poetry #poet #writer #writing #nonfiction #amwriting #writingcommunity #Philly

So grateful to @StanchionZine for including my poem in Issue 21, “The Music Issue.” This journal is consistently gorgeous, timely, and so well-curated. Being in print never looked so good. 👍 #poem #poetry #poet #writer #writing #nonfiction #amwriting #writingcommunity #Philly

My new book is only $10, perfect for a quick afternoon read! If you’ve ever expressed an interest in Simone Biles, the Magnificent Seven, or the repercussions of a lifetime of undiagnosed mental illness, this story is your jam! 🤣 Delighted to sign and hand deliver in the Philly region. ❤️

shannonfrostgreenstein.com/2026/02/28/o... Ok, Philly, and cities near and wide. This is a short story I wrote about the MOVE bombing in 1985, and I researched the SH*T out of it. I hope you take a moment to read! #fiction #shortstory #writer #writing #author #historicalfiction #writingcommunity

Connections Puzzle #981 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Sweet dopamine, I like you best before the darkness of night. 👍

A series I’ve entitled, “Annoyed: A Gwen Verdon Triptych.” #cat

I want to be Mackenzie Scott when I grow up. Not to make out HUGE in a divorce settlement, but to be the only ethical billionaire, and the person who is redefining philanthropy, ultimately acknowledging huge inequities and injustices in our society and working to change them.

Delighted to receive an acceptance from @inkinthirds.bsky.social, with a poem that wastes no words in conveying my wrath and rage for health insurance companies, which...let us recall...were founded as FOR-PROFIT business entities with literally no focus on patient welfare or care at all. #poetry

Today is the Day that Alex Honnold definitely will not die! 🤞🤞🤞

Wordle 1,667 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I am PROUD of this. This took mental WORK.

Wordle 1,664 2/6 🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 *snap snap snap*

Y’all, you see that Fall ‘26? That last one right there? That’s ME. 🤩

shannonfrostgreenstein.com/2025/12/31/l... A brand-new poem in the nearly-old year, thanks to @feralpoetryandart.bsky.social. I meant every single word. #writer #writing #author #poet #poetry #poem #amwriting #writingcommunity #capitalism

Let’s all hope Alex Honnold doesn’t fall off that building in Taipei. 🤞

Gettin’ our Messiah on.

I just used the term “bespoke” in an email. I am ON FIRE today. 🔥🔥🔥 #writer #writing #author #literary #fiction #poetry #writinglife #writingcommunity #amwriting #pretension #poet

$10 with Bottlecap Press, and, with it, you get a trauma dump about mental illness, swooning over Simone Biles, and a comprehensive history of USA Gymnastics under the Communist-bloc reign of the Karolyis! Happy to sign and hand-deliver in the Philly region! bottlecap.press/products/ali...

The most wonderful time of the year.

Wordle 1,617 2/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 F*ck yeah!

I'm going to get one of those "WWJD" bracelets that we all wore in middle school, only it's going to say "WWZMD," because I trust Zohran Mamdani to save us all. And because Democratic Socialism is actually the ideology that most closely resembles what Jesus was preaching about in the first place. 🤣