Thank you so much, Valarie!

Ice on the lake today. Wish I could share that clattery sound it makes in the waves. 🎶

One month countdown to EXPLODING HEAD, out on Feb 6! So grateful to @eugenialeigh.bsky.socialwww.perseabooks.com/exploadinghead

Mood.

Thank you for this issue! Happy 8-year anniversary!

My poem "Hinge" about the mice in our cabinet and the lonely job of being the mother of a teenager is in the new issue of Whale Road Review. www.whaleroadreview.com/hoffman/@katiemanningpoet.bsky.social for this beautiful issue, and congrats on 8 years of Whale Road Review!

Waiting for a leaf to fall.

Thank you!

When I was a kid, I was so shy, and so intent on being perfect, that when I slit my hand open in elementary school, I let it bleed until I felt lightheaded (more with anxiety than blood loss!) and finally passed out in the nurse's office. I still have the scar. #poetry #OCD

I'm looking forward to my copy!