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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 10h

Me trying to get into @mcsweeneys.net again:

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 21h

#tbt

Poem for Work Travel

Five-dollar
Twizzlers in bed
if not now, when?

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 22h

#tbt

Poem for Work Travel

Five-dollar
Twizzlers in bed
if not now, when?

Reposted by Jessica Whipple

Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 2d

"This poem is an exercise in... if necessary, answering a question with “I don’t know.”

Here's a poem and commentary on uncertainty, plus thoughts from @markdanowsky.bsky.social of One Art (where it first ran).

Thx to Justin Aoba of Slow Orbit.

syzygyworkshop.org/jessica-whip...

SYZYGY

SYZYGY is a writing workshop and publication founded by the Heung Coalition.

syzygyworkshop.org

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you for sharing, @adrianf.bsky.social.

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 2d

"This poem is an exercise in... if necessary, answering a question with “I don’t know.”

Here's a poem and commentary on uncertainty, plus thoughts from @markdanowsky.bsky.social of One Art (where it first ran).

Thx to Justin Aoba of Slow Orbit.

syzygyworkshop.org/jessica-whip...

SYZYGY

SYZYGY is a writing workshop and publication founded by the Heung Coalition.

syzygyworkshop.org

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Reposted by Jessica Whipple

Literary Mama @literarymama.bsky.social · 2d

"her whole trailer a trousseau of embroidered belief"

from Ingrid Andersson's midwifery poem, "Prenatal Visits," in our Sept/Oct issue:

Prenatal Visits

Covering the walls inside the first home,dozens of passages of Scripture, calligraphedby hand or painstakingly hand-stitched, her whole trailer a trousseau of embroidered belief:The Lord is my shepher...

literarymama.com

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you for sharing, Casey.

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 4d

#ocdawarenessweek happens in October so I'll be sharing a little here about my own experience having #OCD. I got to speak publicly at The Row House Forum in Lancaster, PA a few years ago about mental illness, fear, and hope. The full audio is in the next post.

A woman sitting in front of a small audience

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 4d

therowhouse.org/ocd if you'd like to listen or share with anyone who might find it helpful/relatable

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 4d

#ocdawarenessweek happens in October so I'll be sharing a little here about my own experience having #OCD. I got to speak publicly at The Row House Forum in Lancaster, PA a few years ago about mental illness, fear, and hope. The full audio is in the next post.

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 4d

Bookmarking

Adrian Dallas Frandle @adrianf.bsky.social · 4d

learning about pilcrows & other shady characters (i.e. weirdo monks and typographers)

white book with red and black writing called Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation & Other Typographical Marks by Keith Houston (typographical marks are interspersed thru the text, like “Ke!th H*uston”

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 6d

Well, here's this

Giant blow up pumpkin in a restaurant vestibule. So big it's smooshed between an arcade game and the wall.

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 6d

I have no stuffed cabbage.
Thus,
I am sad.

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 6d

Did you hear him on NPR's Fresh Air yesterday?

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 7d

Is there anyone who is available to read a light poem for simple feedback?

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 8d

I'm in if you're in! Maybe with two of us it will get going, ha.

Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 8d

...I may have made it up...in which case it isn't a thing, I don't think...

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 8d

Should have saved these for #ThriftedThursday!

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 8d

For the Sake of Argument

Each of us
standing firmly
upon our convictions
I can see your slope
is more slippery than
mine
is more slippery than
your slope, which I can see
standing immovably upon
our convictions
each of us

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 9d

I forgot to say that unsolicited advice or experience-sharing is 100% welcome!

Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 9d

I had a writing weekend and one of the things I worked on was deciding whether to start work on a poetry collection.

It's a goal that's still a long way off but I decided I'm going for it.

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 9d

I had a writing weekend and one of the things I worked on was deciding whether to start work on a poetry collection.

It's a goal that's still a long way off but I decided I'm going for it.

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 12d

All is well, although I've skipped town for the weekend!

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 12d

Spotted! @seanthomasd.bsky.social at The Ivy Bookshop

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 12d

Collections!