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Lex Orgera

@crowandthepoet.bsky.social

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Poet, essayist, herbal history buff, animal friend, woods wanderer, editor, doodler. AGATHA, coming soon from JackLeg Press. Exploring earth and ether at crowandthepoet.substack.com.

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Lex Orgera @crowandthepoet.bsky.social · 7d

Over on IG I posted this with the Halloween theme song, which was one of my better ideas today. Another of Agatha’s cute quips from my upcoming book AGATHA.

Lex Orgera @crowandthepoet.bsky.social · 8d

Monday doodle.

Lex Orgera @crowandthepoet.bsky.social · 9d

This is from the poem “Agatha at Dawn” in AGATHA. The poem begins, “& then we’re trying / on the molecules / of sainthood, delivering / ourselves to the gods / of caffeine.”

AGATHA is officially out in the world Oct 13 from @jacklegpress.bsky.social

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Lex Orgera @crowandthepoet.bsky.social · 15d

Homecoming.

Lex Orgera @crowandthepoet.bsky.social · 16d

My weird little Agatha made it onto a list :) Thanks to all.

Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · Sep 2

This month’s new poetry leans into mystics, martyrs, bats, blood sonnets!

Mystics, Martyrs, Bats, Blood Sonnets: Seven Poetry Collections to Read in September

Poetry Readers, what a month. Copper Canyon delivers a much-anticipated one-two punch with Richard Siken’s I Do Know Some Things and Natalie Shapero’s Stay Dead. Our most recent U.S. Poet Laureate,…

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Lex Orgera @crowandthepoet.bsky.social · 16d

A plant I didn’t know. Carolina horsenettle. In the nightshade family. Thorny! Those lovely flowers!

Lex Orgera @crowandthepoet.bsky.social · 17d

I’ve never been much of a letter reader, but these Darwin letters are strangely delightful to me. I’m just at the beginning. He’s still 17 or 18 and doesn’t yet know what he wants to do with his life.

Lex Orgera @crowandthepoet.bsky.social · 18d

In one of my best procrastination moments yet, I’m looking at real estate prices in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. For absolutely no reason.

Lex Orgera @crowandthepoet.bsky.social · Aug 13

Please stop using AI to write. It’s so so dumb, both the AI and the stupid writing.

Lex Orgera @crowandthepoet.bsky.social · Jul 24

I’m so bad at keeping up with socials. But here’s a robot and a link to my latest poem.

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The Radio Church

A short poem and some other notes on joy

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Lex Orgera @crowandthepoet.bsky.social · Jul 7

The funeral home is offering a free meal at Golden Corral in exchange for a talk about pre-planning. If I were a meat eater this would be tempting. 😂

Lex Orgera @crowandthepoet.bsky.social · Jun 27

For you.

Lex Orgera @crowandthepoet.bsky.social · Jun 25

Do you use your bed like an office?

Lex Orgera @crowandthepoet.bsky.social · Jun 19

I can’t keep up with Bluesky. How do people keep up with all the socials? My brain feels literally crammed full of information daily. What do you all do to keep all the ones and zeros from making you loopy?