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Jonathan Frazer Lessard: Writer
@lessardwrites.bsky.social
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First #Raku Firing. Clay to me is the opposite of writing. When you write you are in your head, trying to figure things out. When you work with clay the less you think about it the better things turn out.

#clay #ceramics #glaze #grog #rakupottery #rakufiring #writing #writer #poem #poetry #words
October 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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New chapbook out. Part of my Paper Baby series. One poem a day, one chapbook for each month. This is February’s. Hit me up if you’d like a copy!

#chapbook #paperbaby #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry #poet #poetry #poem #selfpublished #author #zine #poetryzine #mainepoet #lessardwrites #writer
July 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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www.thehorrorzine.com/Poetry/May20...

I’m a featured poet in this months The Horror Zine! Check out the link for my poems: A Ghost Perhaps, Anita, Through The Crack, and Ones And Zeros. You can also buy a physical copy of the magazine online!

#thehorrorzine #lessardwrites #poem #blueskypoet #poet
May 2, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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FIRST DRAFT:BE SAFE OUT THERE

Thinking about all of those putting there livelihood and safety on the line today. You are the true patriots.

#poem #poetry #poet #chapbook #dailypoem #dailypoetry #blueskypoetry #blueskypoet #blueskypoem #protest #patriot #writer #writing #morningwords #words #unite
April 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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FIRST DRAFT: WHITE HOLE

#whitehole #poetry #poet #poem #chapbook #firstdraft #dailypoem #dailypoetry #blueskypoem #blueskypoetry #blueskypoet #bluesky #blueskywriter #blueskywriting #writer #writing #maine #mainewriter #metaphor #subconscious #subconsciouswriting #flowofconscious #beatpoet #beat
April 5, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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FIRST DRAFT: SOME SMALL THIRST

#poetsofbluesky #blueskypoem #blueskypoet #firstdraft #poem #poetry #poet #chapbook #poemeveryday #dailypoetry #dailypoem #writing #writer #somesmallthirst #small #thirst #sheers #stomach #other #otherworld #otherworldy
April 4, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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My wife has been sick and I’ve been sleeping on an air mattress in the living room

#whatisbed #poetsofbluesky #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry #bed #mattress #sheets #pillows #headboard #comforter #boxspring #sandybeach #leafygreens #mainepoet #chapbook #lessardwrites #sandybeach #beach #mothersarms
April 3, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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It’s 4:07pm. Do you know where your beet is? Here’s a hint: LOST COAST. Thurs-Mon 11-4pm.
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#lostcoastme #kittery #maine
#gelostclub #votelostcoast #beetfarming #beet #lostbeet #vintage #records #midcentury #resale #funnyvideo #selfemployed #toys #collectibles #thriftstorefind #bosslady #junkshop
March 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Chapbook restock! All the larger format ones are 20+ pages with 20+ poems and some sort of short and illustration(s) and are $12 or two for $20. Mini one $8. Stop into lostcoastme.bluesky.com or hit me up to get one or a few.

#lessardwrites #lostcoastme #chapbook
March 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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FIRST DRAFT: HUMAN ONCE

This is a response to seeing viral dance videos juxtaposed against images of human suffering on my social media feed. What are our priorities and how will we be judged by future generations?

#blueskypoem #blueskypoetry #blueskypoet #poet #poem #poetry #chapbook #dailypoetry
March 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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FIRST DRAFT:WARMTH VERSUS THE WIND

The seasons are changing around here, but winter isn’t giving up.

#poetsofbluesky #poetryofbluesky #poemsofbluesky #poem #poet #poetry #chapbook #dailypoetry #firstdraft #mainepoet #firstdraft #selfpublished #author #selpublishedauthor #writing #writer #dragon
March 3, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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First Attempt at a Tanka Poem.
First Draft:Plumb Fingers

#tanka #tankapoem #blueskypoem #blueskypoetry #bluesktpoet #poem #poet #poetry #chapbook #dailypoem #dailypoetry #author #selfpublished #selfpublish #plumb #plumbbob #strum #fingers #harukimurakami #firstpersonsingular #poems #japan #japanese
February 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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FIRST DRAFT:FATHERLESS

Don’t have any kids, but did have one for about thirty seconds in a pizzeria yesterday, when a little girl thought I was her father.❤️

#lessardwrites #writer #writing #poem #poetry #poet #blueskypoem #blueskypoetry
#blueskypoet #firstdraft #fatherless #selfpublished #chapbook
February 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Not a haiku, but maybe a haiku.

FIRST DRAFT: I AM OVER EVERYTHING

#blueskypoetry #blueskypoem #blueskypoet #poet #poem #poetry #dailypoetry #poemeveryday #published #publishedauthor #author #selfpublished #chapbook #poetrychapbook #overeverything #iamovereverythig #skincells #bookshelf #dust #skin
February 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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LAST DAYS: featured in my chapbook Potato Country and The Portland Dirt issue #2. Both available @lostcoastme.bsky.social

#lostcoastme #theportlanddirt #potatocountry #chapbook #author #poet #poem #poetry #blueskypoem #blueskypoetry #blueskypoet #lastdays #orangebeef #selfpublished #maine
February 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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The Anniversary/Snow Days:
First Drafts.

Went to go see The Anniversary last night. Hadn’t seen them in 20+ years. They did not disappoint!

#theanniversary #snowdays #poem #poet #poetry #blueskypoem #blueskypoetry #blueskypoet #snow #firstdraft #chapbook #lessardwrites #poemsforsale #portlandme
February 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Amazing what our friends, neighbors, and family members are willing to sacrifice for themselves and others for a false sense of security.

Security is love
Security is community

#blueskypoem #blueskypoetry #blueskypoet #poetcommunity #poet #poem #poetry #gun #guns #guncontrol #community #love #fear
February 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Some books at work. Read My Heart Is A Chainsaw, Mew, and 20th Century Ghosts. Would recommend all.
February 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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Got an Aura photograph with my wife last night. Doesn’t quite have to do with writing, but was a moving experience nonetheless.

#aura #auraphoto #aurapicture #auraphotography #instax #photography #instant #light #radiate #radiant #blue #purple #magenta #green #theveil #plane #otherworldly
February 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Some of Jon’s favorite vintage pieces in the shop right now. Check out @lostcoastme on Insta or FB for purchase!

#blueskyvintage #blueskyvintagecommunity #vintage #vintageclothing #vintagecommunity #vintageclothingcommunity #nirvana #vintagenirvana #thewho #tshirts #vintagetshirts #graphictshirt
February 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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FIRST DRAFT:WHAT WE ONCE WERE

#firstdraft #whatweoncewere #poetry #poem #poet #blueskypoem #blueskypoetry #bluesskypoet #writer #writing #selfpublished #selfpublishing #author #chapbook #grandmother #chickens #blackwaterroad #creamation #dailypoetry #death #deathpoem #deathpoetry
February 13, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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Some cuts are deep and don’t heal. Why do I hold onto things that I know will hurt me?

FIRST DRAFT:HIVE

#firstdraft #hive #honey #poetry #poem #poet #blueskypoetry #blueskypoem #blueskypoet #trauma #stepmother #chapbook #author #dailypoetry #dailypoem #dailypoet #superballsunday #mainepoet #bees
February 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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FIRST DRAFT: FREEDOM AT THE ALTER OF INDIFFERENCE

Sometimes it just comes out all at once and it takes some time to understand what it means.

#blueskypoem #blueskypoetry #blueskypoet #poet #poem #poetry #firstdraft #firstdraftpoem #knife #sacrifice #blade #chapbook #selfpublished #author #alter
February 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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FIRST DRAFTS:
BURNT TONGE/WHAT REMAINS

#blueskypoetry #blueskypoet #blueskypoem #poem #poetry #selfreflection #burnttongue #whatremains #author #poet #chapbook #selfpublished #dailypoetry #poetryeveryday #firstdraft #firstdrafts #blueskywriter #blueskywriting #written #writtenword #therepy #wordup
February 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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FIRST DRAFT:NO HARM

Cat jaw
Furried flat against my paw
Bushy bum buried
Within the indent of my arm
Uncleft, closed clawed, no harm

#blueskypoet #blueskypoetry #blueskypoem #poem #poetry #poet #chapbook #firstdraft #noharm #poetry #author #selfpublished #bushybum #catpoetry #mainepoet #catpoem
February 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM