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Jenny Mattern
@jengelmattern.bsky.social
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MG author. Fledgling poet. Rep’d by Nicole Eisenbraun @ Ginger Clark Literary Agency. WHERE THE LIGHT SHINES IN releasing fall 2026. Website: jemattern.com
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Jenny Mattern @jengelmattern.bsky.social · Nov 15
“Do not give up. The race goes to the relentless.”

This inspirational inscription from my author-hero, Kate DiCamillo, warrants sharing with the #kidlit community here. ❣️
Photo of an inside page of The Hotel Balzaar that’s signed by Kate DiCamillo with the message: “For Jenny, who is a writer too. Do not give up. The race goes to the relentless.” The Hotel Balzaar by Kate DiCamillo features a red cover with a drawing of a little girl and a parrot.
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Jenny Mattern @jengelmattern.bsky.social · 10h
Aw, I hope so. 🥹
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Jenny Mattern @jengelmattern.bsky.social · 12h
Thank you! 🙏
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Jenny Mattern @jengelmattern.bsky.social · 16h
Solidarity. That one, unfortunately, is 100% autobiographical.
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Jenny Mattern @jengelmattern.bsky.social · 16h
I’m Weeping Over Jane Goodall

& the supermoon
has started to deflate
so I've missed that too
and my coffee
tastes more bitter
than usual
and I—
proud of my abilities
to drink it black
as a raven’s wing—
think perhaps
I’ll add some sugar today
to celebrate
a life well lived

#poetry #poetsofbluesky
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Jenny Mattern @jengelmattern.bsky.social · 2d
night chill
my basil plant
throws in the towel

#DailyHaikuPrompt (night chill) #haiku
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Jenny Mattern @jengelmattern.bsky.social · 3d
Thank you! ☺️
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Jenny Mattern @jengelmattern.bsky.social · 3d
The 3rd (or is it 4th) anniversary of the Limerick Amigas’ founding just passed, so I would guess there are well over a hundred Tom poems!
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Jenny Mattern @jengelmattern.bsky.social · 3d
sticky thoughts
I sprinkle more flour
on the dough

#DailyHaikuPrompt (flour) #haiku
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Karyn Curtis @karyncurtiswrites.bsky.social · 3d
With Canadian Thanksgiving coming
Tom figured he’d hit the ground running
"Their stuffing and peas
Will be served without me!"
So he flew off to Cabo for sunning

Turkey Tom's #LimerickSunday adventures by @jengelmattern.bsky.social, @booksbycindy.bsky.social, and me
two turkeys running in a dirt field with the words viralhog on the bottom right
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Jenny Mattern @jengelmattern.bsky.social · 4d
letting go
anew
yellow leaf

#DailyHaikuPrompt (yellow leaf) #haiku
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Jenny Mattern @jengelmattern.bsky.social · 5d
💔💔💔
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Jenny Mattern @jengelmattern.bsky.social · 5d
frost-covered window
the urge to avoid
too much clarity

#DailyHaikuPrompt (frost) #haiku
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Jenny Mattern @jengelmattern.bsky.social · 6d
Thanks, Bill! I’m so happy to have the air turn crisp & cool.
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Jenny Mattern @jengelmattern.bsky.social · 7d
camouflaging
our true selves
hunter’s moon

#DailyHaikuPrompt (hunter’s moon) #haiku
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Jenny Mattern @jengelmattern.bsky.social · 8d
high tide
the moon and I
exhausted

#DailyHaikuPrompt (high tide) #haiku
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Jenny Mattern @jengelmattern.bsky.social · 9d
♥️♥️♥️
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Jenny Mattern @jengelmattern.bsky.social · 9d
Thank you! 🥰
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Jenny Mattern @jengelmattern.bsky.social · 9d
Thank you!! I love autumn so much!
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Jenny Mattern @jengelmattern.bsky.social · 9d
summer slips by
carried on the laughter
of yellowing grasses

#DailyHaikuPrompt (laughter) #haiku
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Jenny Mattern @jengelmattern.bsky.social · 10d
painting the town red
against our better judgment
we stay up past nine

#DailyHaikuPrompt (red) #haiku
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Jenny Mattern @jengelmattern.bsky.social · 10d
Thank you! That is the highest form of praise!
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Jenny Mattern @jengelmattern.bsky.social · 11d
🥰🥰🥰
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Jenny Mattern @jengelmattern.bsky.social · 11d
Thank you, Charli!
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Jenny Mattern @jengelmattern.bsky.social · 11d
low tide
another attempt
to fill myself

#DailyHaikuPrompt (low tide) #haiku
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Jenny Mattern @jengelmattern.bsky.social · 12d
Thank you! 🙏