I've been taking a picture straight up at the sky every morning when I walk the dog for over 4 months. It's become a lovely ritual & I love seeing the patterns over time (like the sky is much bluer in April & you can the wildfire smoke effect in June). #naturelover #mindfulness #photoprompt #skies

#poetry #readersky #blueskypoets #poetrycommunity #bpd #mentalhealth #mentalillness #mooddisorder #bipolar #recovery

#blueskypoets #poetry #poetrycommunity #CronesOfAnarchy #CoA #mindfulness #naturelover

Watching videos of #gabbypetito I remember that feeling. To anyone still living this -- reach out for help, make a safety plan, and get away. #poetry #survivor #domesticviolence #awareness #readersky #DomesticViolence #Abuse #DomesticAbuse #DVSupport #Narcissist #Gaslighting

today I woke up and decided to dress in stillness #tanka #poetry

#SenseWrds 94 I've declared today a couch day To rest my injured hip or heart (Also injured, but whose isn't?) But still I am at my desk, peering down At the weathered road That I love for its emptiness And still I hear my grandmothers: No rest. Just guilt. Do more. I bear the sin of stillness.

From Flower Girls (Floral Feminist Poems) This activity was funded in part with a grant from Southwest Minnesota Arts Council made possible by the voters of Minnesota, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts & cultural heritage fund. #blueskypoets #poetry #foraging #wildfoods #rewild

ICYMI: In last week's CMD episode we debunked the New York Times' podcast about gender affirming care for trans youth. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCrL...

One of the pieces in Flower Girls (Floral Feminist Poems & Artwork). I did the art for this one, freehand with a mouse, which is surprisingly difficult. ;) afflink: amzn.to/4ez3Las

#selfcare #mindfulness #dumpsterfire #keepongoing

It has never been about anything but hate and scapegoating.

ICE are terrorists and traitors to the constitution.

I grew up in a working-class family. I’m running for Congress by day and waiting tables by night. I know what working families need because I’ve lived it — and I’ll fight for policies that work for us, not the wealthy and well-connected.

#blueskypoets #poetry #poetrycommunity #LetThemEatCake #RiseUp #SpeakOut #DoSomething #BlueCrew #CronesOfAnarchy #CoA #NotMyPresident #EatTheRich #SocialJustice

They plan to roll back green energy investments. That will spike our utility bills while warming our planet. A double hit only the GOP could conjure.

🦊 Written this week..... #WomensPoetry #WomensWriting #blueskypoets #poetry #poetrycommunity

My mother & aunts had a complicated relationship with religion, partly because of time they spent in a Catholic orphanage in the 1940's. From Crazy Broken Thing (Poems from the Attic Book 1) (afflink: amzn.to/4l4j7GC) #WomensPoetry #WomensWriting #blueskypoets #atheism #poetry #poetrycommunity

This makes me weep. "Hortman told MinnPost she decided when she was 10 years old she would be the first female president, while watching the 1980 presidential campaign." #melissahortman #feminism www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Bloodroot, from my book Flower Girls, artwork by Daryl Hrdlicka in pencil and wild mushroom ink #afflink -- amzn.to/4je3Tyi #WomensPoetry #WomensWriting #blueskypoets #poems #writingcommunity #poem #poetrycommunity #feminism #survivors #triggerwarning

Look at the frog in my garden!

One of my latest works, thinking about all the women who came before me and real life in those "romantic" olden days.... #WomensPoetry #WomensWriting #blueskypoets #poems #writingcommunity #poem #poetrycommunity

#FontFiveUp Merci, France

Living the fairy tale life. 👠 #WomensPoetry #WomensWriting #blueskypoets #poems #writingcommunity #poem #poetrycommunity

From "Crazy Broken Thing," my first book in the Poems from the Attic series. afflink: amzn.to/4jcSCNB #blueskypoets #poems #poetry

Finally, a goal I can rock. 😉

A poem from the attic, written 30 years ago to my first husband and published in 2022 in Slut Shamed (Inappropriate Feminist Poems) (#afflink amzn.to/4hGl6OZ).

Let’s face it. Getting rid of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is to make way for less qualified white men to take positions they don’t deserve.

Another poem from Flower Girls (Floral Feminist Poetry & Artwork). Art by Victoria Bayer with foraged wild mushroom ink. amzn.to/4je3Tyi (afflink) #poetry #poetrycommunity

Courage in action. Don't give in to fascists!

Watch and learn. This is how its done.

1. Nearly a century ago, Nazis burned trans books to usher in fascism. Now, Trump is doing the same, digitally burning all records of transgender people and striking the community from records. This must be seen for what it is: a move towards atrocity. Subscribe to support my journalism.

Origami Girl, from Crazy Broken Thing, my first book in the Poems from the Attic poetry series. amzn.to/4kcx19y (afflink). * Made possible by the voters of MN through a grant from the MN State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

PLEASE: Watch what happened in Coeur d'Alene Idaho today. This is fascism. Unmarked cops. 1A violations. RESIST.

Trump is firing federal workers who are not funded by taxpayers www.aol.com/trump-firing...

Join the millions of Americans who are not going to feed the corporations on February 28. We are done with the oligarchs and big corporations taking advantage of the system, of us. Join us in a day without spending! Economic Blackout is February 28th, 2025.

well done, @chriswarcraft.bsky.social

This. @brianstelter.bsky.social @cnn.com #Protests This seems very, very newsworthy. #HuntingtonBeach #ChrisKluwe Former NFL Punter.

From Flower Girls (Floral Feminist Poems & Art). Out now on Amazon amzn.to/4je3Tyi (afflink) or (better) ask your local library or bookseller to carry it. #poetry #poetrycommunity

You cannot fire so many people and shutter so many agencies and services and not expect things to start to go very bad very quickly. Our job is to highlight not only the chaos and cruelty of the firings, but also the devastating consequences. The public must turn on this madness and soon.

Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.