Dr. Colleen S. Harris 💙📚 #booksky #libraries #spoonie
@warmaiden.bsky.social
Poet & academic library scholar. Author: The Light Becomes Us (Main Street Rag, 2025), Toothache in the Bone (boats against the current, 2025), recent work in Gone Lawn, SheilaNaGig, Berkeley Poetry Review, ONE ART, more #spoonie www.colleensharris.com
Perpetrating deanery.
November 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Perpetrating deanery.
That reminds me, I should write a poem about the year I set myself on fire with the Thanksgiving turkey and ended up browless, lashless, and with a crewcut...
November 25, 2025 at 2:29 AM
That reminds me, I should write a poem about the year I set myself on fire with the Thanksgiving turkey and ended up browless, lashless, and with a crewcut...
I am so excited - the first personal essay/CNF piece I've written in more than 10 years was just picked up by Unleash Lit (www.unleashlit.com). "Corkscrew Willow Women" will come out in January!
#writing 📝 #booksky 📖 #nonfiction 💙📚
#writing 📝 #booksky 📖 #nonfiction 💙📚
Unleash Lit | Substack
Our mission as a holistic arts organization is to support storytellers. We bring the joy of creativity to a diverse and inclusive audience of artists, writers, and readers through workshops, publicati...
www.unleashlit.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I am so excited - the first personal essay/CNF piece I've written in more than 10 years was just picked up by Unleash Lit (www.unleashlit.com). "Corkscrew Willow Women" will come out in January!
#writing 📝 #booksky 📖 #nonfiction 💙📚
#writing 📝 #booksky 📖 #nonfiction 💙📚
if you haven't read @Eula Biss's "The Pain Scale," which 1st appeared in Seneca Review, you should. As someone with a chronic pain condition, it was one of the 1st times I read something & felt understood. www.snreview.org/biss.pdf
#writing #criplib #criplit #spoonie #inspiration #writing
#writing #criplib #criplit #spoonie #inspiration #writing
www.snreview.org
November 18, 2025 at 8:03 AM
if you haven't read @Eula Biss's "The Pain Scale," which 1st appeared in Seneca Review, you should. As someone with a chronic pain condition, it was one of the 1st times I read something & felt understood. www.snreview.org/biss.pdf
#writing #criplib #criplit #spoonie #inspiration #writing
#writing #criplib #criplit #spoonie #inspiration #writing
Got home tonight to major editorial love in my inbox:
- @jmwwjournal.bsky.social accepted my #poem "Poison Games"
- @poetrysouth.bsky.social accepted my poem "She Thought Hell Would Be Farther Away"
So excited!!!
#poetry 💙📚 #booksky 📖 #writing 📝 #ReadMorePoetry @blueskypoetry.bsky.social
- @jmwwjournal.bsky.social accepted my #poem "Poison Games"
- @poetrysouth.bsky.social accepted my poem "She Thought Hell Would Be Farther Away"
So excited!!!
#poetry 💙📚 #booksky 📖 #writing 📝 #ReadMorePoetry @blueskypoetry.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Got home tonight to major editorial love in my inbox:
- @jmwwjournal.bsky.social accepted my #poem "Poison Games"
- @poetrysouth.bsky.social accepted my poem "She Thought Hell Would Be Farther Away"
So excited!!!
#poetry 💙📚 #booksky 📖 #writing 📝 #ReadMorePoetry @blueskypoetry.bsky.social
- @jmwwjournal.bsky.social accepted my #poem "Poison Games"
- @poetrysouth.bsky.social accepted my poem "She Thought Hell Would Be Farther Away"
So excited!!!
#poetry 💙📚 #booksky 📖 #writing 📝 #ReadMorePoetry @blueskypoetry.bsky.social
Reposted by Dr. Colleen S. Harris 💙📚 #booksky #libraries #spoonie
This is a really great lineup of poets, and I'm proud to be on the list. December 13th, it's a Saturday, 5-6:45 ET.
I hope you can log on!
I hope you can log on!
LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY
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Join us for live literature, and help raise funds for @translifeline.org
It’s FREE and ONLINE so anyone can join from anywhere!
Info and registration at: beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:46 AM
This is a really great lineup of poets, and I'm proud to be on the list. December 13th, it's a Saturday, 5-6:45 ET.
I hope you can log on!
I hope you can log on!
Excited to finally have my first copies of my newest #poetry chapbook, The Girl and the Gifts out of Bottlecap Press! It’s got all of the best things: family, mythology, and love of the land and the sea. Grab it at bottlecap.press/products/gifts #booksky 💙📚 #writing 📚☁️ @blueskypoetry.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Excited to finally have my first copies of my newest #poetry chapbook, The Girl and the Gifts out of Bottlecap Press! It’s got all of the best things: family, mythology, and love of the land and the sea. Grab it at bottlecap.press/products/gifts #booksky 💙📚 #writing 📚☁️ @blueskypoetry.bsky.social
Proud my #poem "Nel Mezzo Del Cammin Di Nostra Vita," originally in @soflopojo.bsky.social, will be in the Sligo Creek anthology Bearing Witness: Poetry for Troubled Times. Original at www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com/poetry-37-ma...
#booksky 💙📚 #poetry @blueskypoetry.bsky.social #criplib
#booksky 💙📚 #poetry @blueskypoetry.bsky.social #criplib
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www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Proud my #poem "Nel Mezzo Del Cammin Di Nostra Vita," originally in @soflopojo.bsky.social, will be in the Sligo Creek anthology Bearing Witness: Poetry for Troubled Times. Original at www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com/poetry-37-ma...
#booksky 💙📚 #poetry @blueskypoetry.bsky.social #criplib
#booksky 💙📚 #poetry @blueskypoetry.bsky.social #criplib
Thrilled my #poem "Theories of Rain" is in the new Hood of Bone Review! It's about midway down - ctrl+f "colleen" will get you there. Grateful to editor Grace Ezra for including me w/such talent!
www.hoodofbonereview.org/issue-four-n...
#booksky 📚💙 #poetry 📖 #writing @blueskypoetry.bsky.social 📝
www.hoodofbonereview.org/issue-four-n...
#booksky 📚💙 #poetry 📖 #writing @blueskypoetry.bsky.social 📝
Issue Four - Nov. 2025 | Hood Of Bone
www.hoodofbonereview.org
November 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Thrilled my #poem "Theories of Rain" is in the new Hood of Bone Review! It's about midway down - ctrl+f "colleen" will get you there. Grateful to editor Grace Ezra for including me w/such talent!
www.hoodofbonereview.org/issue-four-n...
#booksky 📚💙 #poetry 📖 #writing @blueskypoetry.bsky.social 📝
www.hoodofbonereview.org/issue-four-n...
#booksky 📚💙 #poetry 📖 #writing @blueskypoetry.bsky.social 📝
Super proud to have my #poem "The Leafcutter (Megachile rotundata)" in Hawai'i Pacific Review! It's short - give it a look and let me know what you think: hawaiipacificreview.org/2025/11/03/t...
#booksky 💙📚 #writing 📖 #Poetry 📝@blueskypoetry.bsky.social 📚☁️ #ReadMorePoetry
#booksky 💙📚 #writing 📖 #Poetry 📝@blueskypoetry.bsky.social 📚☁️ #ReadMorePoetry
The Leafcutter (Megachile rotundata)
by Colleen S. Harris Brightly flowering plantsin easy reach are the most tempting—the candied pinks and purplesof azaleas, alfalfa, lilac.
hawaiipacificreview.org
November 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Super proud to have my #poem "The Leafcutter (Megachile rotundata)" in Hawai'i Pacific Review! It's short - give it a look and let me know what you think: hawaiipacificreview.org/2025/11/03/t...
#booksky 💙📚 #writing 📖 #Poetry 📝@blueskypoetry.bsky.social 📚☁️ #ReadMorePoetry
#booksky 💙📚 #writing 📖 #Poetry 📝@blueskypoetry.bsky.social 📚☁️ #ReadMorePoetry
Aaaah! My #poem "Common Ivy (Hedera helix)" was accepted for publication by Drexel's Paper Dragon!!
#booksky 💙📚 #writing 📖 #poetry 📝 #writing @blueskypoetry.bsky.social
#booksky 💙📚 #writing 📖 #poetry 📝 #writing @blueskypoetry.bsky.social
joy from inside out is dancing with her arms in the air and saying yay !
ALT: joy from inside out is dancing with her arms in the air and saying yay !
media.tenor.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Of possible interest @parisnoire.bsky.social
PRE-ORDER WEDNESDAY!! ❤️🔥 Pre-order the 2nd printing of The House Archives Built & Other Thoughts on Black Archival Possibilities by @dorothyjberry.bsky.social starting Wednesday, 10/29, 3p Eastern USA. www.weherepress.org
October 28, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Of possible interest @parisnoire.bsky.social
Reposted by Dr. Colleen S. Harris 💙📚 #booksky #libraries #spoonie
I agree with this so hard.
October 27, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I agree with this so hard.
Reposted by Dr. Colleen S. Harris 💙📚 #booksky #libraries #spoonie
What a disgrace. And what an embarrassment for @cnn.com.
Scoop: During a trip to DC last week, CNN CEO Mark Thompson made a visit to the White House, where he promoted the network’s new streamer
Staffers were taken aback the next morning when Thompson urged them to ease up on East Wing renovation coverage
www.status.news/p/mark-thomp...
Staffers were taken aback the next morning when Thompson urged them to ease up on East Wing renovation coverage
www.status.news/p/mark-thomp...
Mark Thompson’s D.C. Drop-In
CNN’s chief has Washington talking about his private meeting at the White House—following which he urged the network to ease up on coverage of Trump’s East Room demolition, Status has learned.
www.status.news
October 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
What a disgrace. And what an embarrassment for @cnn.com.
Reposted by Dr. Colleen S. Harris 💙📚 #booksky #libraries #spoonie
lol what the wealthy today don't seem to understand is part of staying wealthy in society is not pissing off the masses.
There's a reason why Carnegie and the Rockefellers poured money into institutions. Gutting institutions and making it harder for the masses to survive is a...choice.
There's a reason why Carnegie and the Rockefellers poured money into institutions. Gutting institutions and making it harder for the masses to survive is a...choice.
October 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
lol what the wealthy today don't seem to understand is part of staying wealthy in society is not pissing off the masses.
There's a reason why Carnegie and the Rockefellers poured money into institutions. Gutting institutions and making it harder for the masses to survive is a...choice.
There's a reason why Carnegie and the Rockefellers poured money into institutions. Gutting institutions and making it harder for the masses to survive is a...choice.
Jackdaw Review published 3 of my best #poems “Considering a Diagnosis at Martin’s Fort Lake,” “Ocean Aubade,” & “Tragedy Should Be More Dramatic”--read at online.fliphtml5.com/nnzao/ioyf/#... (link to my work in issue)
#booksky 💙📚 @blueskypoetry.bsky.social 📖 #writing #poetry 📝 #criplib #spoonie
#booksky 💙📚 @blueskypoetry.bsky.social 📖 #writing #poetry 📝 #criplib #spoonie
Cover Page Jackdaw Review Issue 3
online.fliphtml5.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Jackdaw Review published 3 of my best #poems “Considering a Diagnosis at Martin’s Fort Lake,” “Ocean Aubade,” & “Tragedy Should Be More Dramatic”--read at online.fliphtml5.com/nnzao/ioyf/#... (link to my work in issue)
#booksky 💙📚 @blueskypoetry.bsky.social 📖 #writing #poetry 📝 #criplib #spoonie
#booksky 💙📚 @blueskypoetry.bsky.social 📖 #writing #poetry 📝 #criplib #spoonie
My #poem "To the Doctor with a 12-Step Skin Care Routine" was accepted by The Bryant Review! It mentions how tough we women are who grew up as girls scrubbing our faces w/walnut shell shards to feel clean. I SEE YOU, LADIES.
💙📚 #booksky 📖 @blueskypoetry.bsky.social 📝 #writing #poetry
💙📚 #booksky 📖 @blueskypoetry.bsky.social 📝 #writing #poetry
October 24, 2025 at 7:12 AM
My #poem "To the Doctor with a 12-Step Skin Care Routine" was accepted by The Bryant Review! It mentions how tough we women are who grew up as girls scrubbing our faces w/walnut shell shards to feel clean. I SEE YOU, LADIES.
💙📚 #booksky 📖 @blueskypoetry.bsky.social 📝 #writing #poetry
💙📚 #booksky 📖 @blueskypoetry.bsky.social 📝 #writing #poetry
Hey all. I'm not affiliated w/them except as customer, but after a big weght loss I've been using ThredUp to thrift my too-large clothes & to try clothes on the cheap to try on as I figure out what size I am in various brands. It's been a budget godsend.
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October 18, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Hey all. I'm not affiliated w/them except as customer, but after a big weght loss I've been using ThredUp to thrift my too-large clothes & to try clothes on the cheap to try on as I figure out what size I am in various brands. It's been a budget godsend.
www.thredup.com
www.thredup.com
My #poem "The Leafcutter (Megachile rotundata)" has been accepted and is forthcoming from Hawai'i Pacific Review!! So excited to have a piece in a magazine I've long admired.
💙📚 #booksky 📖 #poetry 📝 #writing
💙📚 #booksky 📖 #poetry 📝 #writing
a baby is sitting in a crowd with a woman holding him and screaming yes .
ALT: a baby is sitting in a crowd with a woman holding him and screaming yes .
media.tenor.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I can’t wait to get my copy!!!
happy day of official recognition, little guy...
THE SHOES OF THE FISHERMAN'S WIFE • poems • upfromsumdirt
available from @kentuckypress.bsky.social - or (hopefully) everywhere books are sold.
THE SHOES OF THE FISHERMAN'S WIFE • poems • upfromsumdirt
available from @kentuckypress.bsky.social - or (hopefully) everywhere books are sold.
October 15, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I can’t wait to get my copy!!!
ERMEHGERD! I've been nominated for a Pushcart by MockingHeart Review for my #poem "Morning Commute"!!! Immensely grateful to their team & readers. You can read it here: mockingheartreview.com/archives/vol...
#poetry 💙📚 #writing 📖 #booksky 📝 @blueskypoetry.bsky.social
#poetry 💙📚 #writing 📖 #booksky 📝 @blueskypoetry.bsky.social
Colleen S. Harris
MORNING COMMUTE A quick jerk of my ringless left hand is allit would take. I could ruin this Tuesdaymorning, the air sodden with near-rain flirting with the grubby pines guardingthe shoulder of thi…
mockingheartreview.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:46 AM
ERMEHGERD! I've been nominated for a Pushcart by MockingHeart Review for my #poem "Morning Commute"!!! Immensely grateful to their team & readers. You can read it here: mockingheartreview.com/archives/vol...
#poetry 💙📚 #writing 📖 #booksky 📝 @blueskypoetry.bsky.social
#poetry 💙📚 #writing 📖 #booksky 📝 @blueskypoetry.bsky.social
Reposted by Dr. Colleen S. Harris 💙📚 #booksky #libraries #spoonie
"The Unity Conference," called "Redacted: Navigating the Complexities of Censorship," was canceled at Weber State University. (Utah) 📚
www.ksl.com/article/5138...
www.ksl.com/article/5138...
Weber State cracks down on censorship conference
Weber State University abruptly canceled a conference dealing with the complexities of censorship, citing a need to comply with Utah's diversity, equity and inclusion law, which prohibits government e...
www.ksl.com
October 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
"The Unity Conference," called "Redacted: Navigating the Complexities of Censorship," was canceled at Weber State University. (Utah) 📚
www.ksl.com/article/5138...
www.ksl.com/article/5138...
AAAH! Editor Budd of The Orange Rose let me know they nominated my #poem What You Don't Learn as a New York Catholic" for a #Pushcart!!!!!! They publish gorgeous work, so I'm crazy proud! Read it:
theorangeroselitmag.com/2025/08/22/w...
#poetry 📖 #writing 📝 #booksky 💙📚 @blueskypoetry.bsky.social
theorangeroselitmag.com/2025/08/22/w...
#poetry 📖 #writing 📝 #booksky 💙📚 @blueskypoetry.bsky.social
“What You Don’t Learn as a New York Catholic” by Colleen S. Harris
Priests don’t tell you that Eveis from Eastern Kentucky,land of harvest-gold hillsand homemade apple pie shine.That if you’re not baptized in it,or born of the landwhere the trees bear the fruit,yo…
theorangeroselitmag.com
October 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
AAAH! Editor Budd of The Orange Rose let me know they nominated my #poem What You Don't Learn as a New York Catholic" for a #Pushcart!!!!!! They publish gorgeous work, so I'm crazy proud! Read it:
theorangeroselitmag.com/2025/08/22/w...
#poetry 📖 #writing 📝 #booksky 💙📚 @blueskypoetry.bsky.social
theorangeroselitmag.com/2025/08/22/w...
#poetry 📖 #writing 📝 #booksky 💙📚 @blueskypoetry.bsky.social