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Ann E Michael
@aempoet.bsky.social
#poet --Poet, retired academic writing coach, gardener, blogger.
Three books of poetry, 6 chapbooks: www.annemichael.blog
Not ambitious. Curious about the world. Working on being more of a mensch.
Almost winter. Tulip trees. Blue sky.
#bluesky #tuliptree #December
December 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Cuz #mums
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December 1, 2025 at 12:03 AM
🌱 #gardening #snapdragon
Five frosts at least, but one hardy snapdragon continues blooming in the garden.
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Well, just gonna say it: I was not blown away by the Guillermo del Toro Frankenstein.
#meh #Frankenstein #movies
November 13, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Time of year. 🌱
#wind #autumn #grasses #gardening
November 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Watercolor: Japanese maple in November, just before the windy days arrive. 🌱
November 12, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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November 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
#gardening #liquidambar #autumnleaves

Sweetgum leaves on a young tree.
November 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Quasi-jungle cat.
#catlife #cat
November 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
He's so exhausted.
From napping all day long.
#Catlife #cats
November 6, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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An elegy for a space canine.
#blog #laika #dog #poem
ann e michael
Poetry, nature, books, & speculative philosophical musings
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November 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Reposted by Ann E Michael
I'm going! You should come! (zoom)

Sun 2 Nov 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM: ONE ART x Keystone Poetry -

(I missed the in-person release so I'm glad this is happening.)

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ONE ART x Keystone Poetry – Zoom, Sun Nov 2, 2025 - ONE ART x Keystone Poetry Date: Sunday, November 2 Time: 2:00pm Eastern Please Note: This is a virtual event held via Zoom. >>> Tickets A...
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November 1, 2025 at 11:59 AM
🌱 last of season, after heavy frost last night.
#lateharvest
October 27, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Latest blog post: More on traveling in Turkey, and a bit about poetic devices.
#blog #poetry #Turkey #zeugma #Euphrates
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Zeugma
Zeugma, an ancient city in what is now Türkiye’s Gaziantep Province, is near where we began our tour of a 2000-km section of the Silk Road trade route. The city’s name comes from the an…
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October 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
🌱 Milkweed puffs.
#garden #nativeplant #milkweed
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
🌱 tithonia and bumblebee, late October 🩷
#gardening #bee
October 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Autumn colors look lovely against turquoise!
#Autumn #sweetgum #liquidambar #turquoise
October 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
🌱 #ceramic #autumn
The ceramic head finds itself draped in walnut branch and foliage.
October 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Because snake goddess queens are stunning.
#snake #goddess #folklore #turkey #Kurdish #Anatolia
October 20, 2025 at 11:03 PM
🌱 yeah autumn.
#autumn #vivid #leaf
October 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Back home: Pennsylvania, where autumnal hues have emerged. 🌱
#autumnal
October 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Traveling through Mesopotamia, meeting the bald ibis man, being from the USA abroad.
#baldibis #turkey #travel
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Adventure and ibises
At my daughter’s suggestion, we ended up in Mesopotamia: central to eastern Turkey, fertile crescent, Euphrates and Tigris, vaguely following the borders of Syria, Iran, and Armenia up toward…
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October 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM