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Elisa Carlsen

@iamrabbitnow.bsky.social

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contemplative / queer /outsider / poet in residence @ Girlfarm /author of Cormorant (Unsolicited Press) https://linktr.ee/elisacarlsen?utm_source=linktree_profile_share

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Elisa Carlsen @iamrabbitnow.bsky.social · Apr 2

Friendship isn’t half the holy life, it’s the whole of it.

Upaddha Sutta

Elisa Carlsen @iamrabbitnow.bsky.social · 9d

Listening to two old guys talk about their wives and food…”I love chili but Kathy doesn’t. She can’t do beans.”

I wonder what else Kathy can’t do…

#marriage #keypeninsula

Elisa Carlsen @iamrabbitnow.bsky.social · 10d

My great grandmother’s grave in Lakeview Cemetery, Seattle. She left behind four children, her only daughter was my grandmother. I gave her 4 sunflowers to remember them.

Our stories start somewhere. Mine started here, before I was born. I have been its witness. Now it’s my turn to choose.

Elisa Carlsen @iamrabbitnow.bsky.social · 11d

Astoria Creative Writing Festival 2025

I got this great selfie with Dayle Olson, met the poet laureate of Oregon (she’s kickass) got to hug Marianne Monson and kept my soul moving towards the light.

#wordsmatter

Elisa Carlsen @iamrabbitnow.bsky.social · 16d

#Iceland

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Elisa Carlsen @iamrabbitnow.bsky.social · 19d

2025 Nature & Culture International Poetry Film Festival

I’m here following the leads…

poeticphonotheque.com/events/kbhpo...

Elisa Carlsen @iamrabbitnow.bsky.social · 20d

I’m just here for the art.

#life

Elisa Carlsen @iamrabbitnow.bsky.social · 24d

A still from my poetry film, The Basin. Digital screening starts October 11th. phoeticphonotheque.com

Elisa Carlsen @iamrabbitnow.bsky.social · 25d

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Spotify – Web Player

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Elisa Carlsen @iamrabbitnow.bsky.social · 26d

#October

Elisa Carlsen @iamrabbitnow.bsky.social · Oct 1

Well, you have a standing invitation to the ranch. You can look up Girlfarm and see where it is. The owners are queer and run a Hipcamp too, there’s a few tiny homes on the property and the vision long term is to offer retreat to writers and artists.

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Elisa Carlsen @iamrabbitnow.bsky.social · Sep 29

Dang, I’d love to meet up. I’m currently living on a ranch in the wilds of Nevada, splitting time with Oregon. Do you have any travel to the west coast coming up?

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Elisa Carlsen @iamrabbitnow.bsky.social · Sep 28

Congratulations on being named a finalist for a Lammy! That’s fantastic. Nice to see you around too! I missed your presence when I left Insta.

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Elisa Carlsen @iamrabbitnow.bsky.social · Sep 24

The lions at the gate get fiercer, the closer you get to home.

Elisa Carlsen @iamrabbitnow.bsky.social · Sep 22

“Where there is no love, put love, and you will find love.”

-St. John of the Cross

#ilovethemystics

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Elisa Carlsen @iamrabbitnow.bsky.social · Sep 14

#oregon

Elisa Carlsen @iamrabbitnow.bsky.social · Sep 7

Think less. Love more.

#unsolicitedadvice

Elisa Carlsen @iamrabbitnow.bsky.social · Sep 5

“We are afraid to lose the control we think we have over the life we think we are living.”

- James Finley

#control

Elisa Carlsen @iamrabbitnow.bsky.social · Aug 28

This is my life now.

Reposted by Elisa Carlsen

Heather Durham @feralheatherd.bsky.social · Aug 24

September 6th, 6 p.m. at Bellingham’s fabulous Village Books, I’ll be joining the talented author Lyanda Lynn Haupt in conversation about my latest book, Sylvan Crone, and likely our common passions of nature connection, nature writing, and the wonders of birds.
@villagebookswa.bsky.social

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Elisa Carlsen @iamrabbitnow.bsky.social · Aug 24

A room with a view.

Elisa Carlsen @iamrabbitnow.bsky.social · Aug 13

I spent 2024 grieving my father’s death and reflecting on my connection to Nevada.

The year resulted in me making a poetry film that considers how landforms have shaped my story.

It just got selected for the Nature and Culture Poetry Film Festival in Denmark!

#poetryfilm
#poetry
#nevada

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Elisa Carlsen @iamrabbitnow.bsky.social · Aug 12

Love isn’t what you say, it’s what you do.

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Elisa Carlsen @iamrabbitnow.bsky.social · Aug 9

#llama
#friends

Elisa Carlsen @iamrabbitnow.bsky.social · Jul 25

A pilot light on five acres in Humboldt County.

Elisa Carlsen @iamrabbitnow.bsky.social · Jul 15

I don’t love them either. They are professional stalkers with moderately effective programs.

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