Marie A Bailey
@marieannbailey.bsky.social
Writer, iPhone photographer, knitter, weaver, and mama to two cats. Taking life one day at a time.
Thank you, Rep. Kelly!
I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
January 8, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Thank you, Rep. Kelly!
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She was a mother and a poet.
I didn’t have words for this before we knew who she was. I don’t have words for this now.
Here is her poem that won the Academy of American Poets Prize in 2020.
poets.org/2020-on-lear...
I didn’t have words for this before we knew who she was. I don’t have words for this now.
Here is her poem that won the Academy of American Poets Prize in 2020.
poets.org/2020-on-lear...
January 8, 2026 at 4:29 PM
She was a mother and a poet.
I didn’t have words for this before we knew who she was. I don’t have words for this now.
Here is her poem that won the Academy of American Poets Prize in 2020.
poets.org/2020-on-lear...
I didn’t have words for this before we knew who she was. I don’t have words for this now.
Here is her poem that won the Academy of American Poets Prize in 2020.
poets.org/2020-on-lear...
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I highly recommend @janes-studio.bsky.social! Jane is a true professional and a delight to work with!
Jane's Poetry Press - 2027. Callout for 2 (or maybe 3) poets.
I make poetry books for fun & to give poets a platform. I’m drawn to poets who have a friendly, supportive online presence and who actively encourage and uplift others in the poetry community. Being inclusive really matters to me.
I make poetry books for fun & to give poets a platform. I’m drawn to poets who have a friendly, supportive online presence and who actively encourage and uplift others in the poetry community. Being inclusive really matters to me.
January 5, 2026 at 5:42 PM
I highly recommend @janes-studio.bsky.social! Jane is a true professional and a delight to work with!
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Jane's Poetry Press - 2027. Callout for 2 (or maybe 3) poets.
I make poetry books for fun & to give poets a platform. I’m drawn to poets who have a friendly, supportive online presence and who actively encourage and uplift others in the poetry community. Being inclusive really matters to me.
I make poetry books for fun & to give poets a platform. I’m drawn to poets who have a friendly, supportive online presence and who actively encourage and uplift others in the poetry community. Being inclusive really matters to me.
January 2, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Jane's Poetry Press - 2027. Callout for 2 (or maybe 3) poets.
I make poetry books for fun & to give poets a platform. I’m drawn to poets who have a friendly, supportive online presence and who actively encourage and uplift others in the poetry community. Being inclusive really matters to me.
I make poetry books for fun & to give poets a platform. I’m drawn to poets who have a friendly, supportive online presence and who actively encourage and uplift others in the poetry community. Being inclusive really matters to me.
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Good morning! This is my first Monday Morning Musings for 2026. This is my weekly post of #poetry #photos and commentary on the past week.
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On the Day the US Invaded Venezuela, I took a Walk
Monday Morning Musings: On the Day the US Invaded Venezuela, I took a Walk Unsettled, uncertain,ice-haunted, I watched the geese again, their rhythms a secret to me,the increased intensity of bicyc…
merrildsmith.org
January 5, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Good morning! This is my first Monday Morning Musings for 2026. This is my weekly post of #poetry #photos and commentary on the past week.
merrildsmith.org/2026/01/05/o...
merrildsmith.org/2026/01/05/o...
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January 5, 2026 at 1:47 AM
An Open Letter to Congress on the Escalation of War with Venezuela
An Open Letter to Congress on the Escalation of War with Venezuela
An open letter to Congress about the military escalation with Venezuela. Spoiler alert: I'm against it.
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January 4, 2026 at 4:35 PM
An Open Letter to Congress on the Escalation of War with Venezuela
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Ever relevant, this poem by Mary Oliver, especially today.
January 3, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Ever relevant, this poem by Mary Oliver, especially today.
Five Things on New Year's Day 2026
Five Things on New Year’s Day 2026
Five things on this first day of the new year. I muse on organizing, aging, shifting, writing and cats.
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January 1, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Five Things on New Year's Day 2026
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Fourteen Years jenniferkellandperry.com/2025/12/30/f...
Fourteen Years
Hey, folks! Wordpress informs me that I have an anniversary. As of yesterday, I have been blogging for fourteen years. Truth be told—and as many of you know—I don’t blog as often as I used to, but …
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December 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Fourteen Years jenniferkellandperry.com/2025/12/30/f...
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Here a novel idea, let’s let the survivors redact the Epstein files.
December 30, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Here a novel idea, let’s let the survivors redact the Epstein files.
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Here they are as promised! A new batch of prompts for 2025 from me to you with love & gratitude. 🎁 Give 15 minutes a day to your writing during this busy season and start 2026 with 15 fresh drafts or at least some glimmers. Use January to polish and send off. ❤ open.substack.com/pub/artoffla...
With Gratitude: Fifteen Prompts to Get Us Through the Rest of (Another) Tired, Old Year
“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language.
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December 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Here they are as promised! A new batch of prompts for 2025 from me to you with love & gratitude. 🎁 Give 15 minutes a day to your writing during this busy season and start 2026 with 15 fresh drafts or at least some glimmers. Use January to polish and send off. ❤ open.substack.com/pub/artoffla...
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“Alone, I’d neglect my hygiene. I’d forget to feed the cats or pay our bills and lose my phone. In the end, I’d forget language altogether.”
I love this 💔 beauty by the wonderful @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social @okaydonkeymag.com 💔
I love this 💔 beauty by the wonderful @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social @okaydonkeymag.com 💔
"We two share memories of being taken to the movies, her slipping alone to the back row where her married boyfriend waited."
"On Your 60th Birthday, Resembling Our Mother, Dead at 61" by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD:
"On Your 60th Birthday, Resembling Our Mother, Dead at 61" by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD:
On Your 60th Birthday, Resembling Our Mother, Dead at 61 by Patricia Q. Bidar
You emerge from your apartment, wheatfield hair ablaze in the afternoon sun. My big sister, skinny in a form-fitting dress. Today you are 60. I smooth my Hawaiian shirt over my paunch. “Birth…
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December 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
“Alone, I’d neglect my hygiene. I’d forget to feed the cats or pay our bills and lose my phone. In the end, I’d forget language altogether.”
I love this 💔 beauty by the wonderful @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social @okaydonkeymag.com 💔
I love this 💔 beauty by the wonderful @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social @okaydonkeymag.com 💔
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Love this so much! 💗
December 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Love this so much! 💗
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It's a great deal!
"Record of Dissent" paperback is 4.99, the at-cost minimum Amazon allows. If you want a copy or want to give one to someone who believes in pushing back, now’s a good time. And if you’ve already read it and got something from it, we’d be grateful for a review. Reviews help a ton with visibility.
Holiday Pricing for Record of Dissent: $4.99
Happy holidays, friends. As a little end-of-year thank you, we have dropped the price of Record of Dissent: Poems of Protest in an Authoritarian Age on Amazon to $4.99 for the entire month of Decem…
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December 9, 2025 at 12:38 AM
It's a great deal!
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What a lovely surprise to see this again and a lovely reminder of a piece that has special meaning for me. Thanks for sharing @pdforan.bsky.social
“When the days tick off the calendar and the anniversary inevitably rolls around, what I really want is …’
@kimsrogers.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/august/
@kimsrogers.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social gooseberry-pie.com/august/
August - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Photo Getty Images/Unsplash+ by Kim Steutermann Rogers When box turtles seek the muck of ponds and skunks the undersides of back porches. When late summer scorches squirrels and bird baths desiccate, ...
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December 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM
What a lovely surprise to see this again and a lovely reminder of a piece that has special meaning for me. Thanks for sharing @pdforan.bsky.social
“If I can’t beat out Jimmy Kimmel in terms of talent, then I don’t think I should be president,” Trump added.
I agree.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I agree.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump hosts Kennedy Center honorees and teases hosting skills: ‘I’m sure they’ll give me great reviews’
George Strait, ‘Sly’ Stallone and Kiss accept medals from president, who says he was ‘98% involved’ in choosing them
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:51 AM
“If I can’t beat out Jimmy Kimmel in terms of talent, then I don’t think I should be president,” Trump added.
I agree.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I agree.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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I've been seeing people say about their work lately, "I used AI in the edits & refining of this piece, but it's all my own words & ideas."
I think people don't quite understand what "my own words" means. If you're using AI, the words are not your own. They are an amalgam of other people's words.
I think people don't quite understand what "my own words" means. If you're using AI, the words are not your own. They are an amalgam of other people's words.
December 6, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I've been seeing people say about their work lately, "I used AI in the edits & refining of this piece, but it's all my own words & ideas."
I think people don't quite understand what "my own words" means. If you're using AI, the words are not your own. They are an amalgam of other people's words.
I think people don't quite understand what "my own words" means. If you're using AI, the words are not your own. They are an amalgam of other people's words.
Remembering a blogger friend who died several months ago. We didn't know each other for long, but she knew me well enough to gift me a bluebird.
One Thing About Loss
Two nights ago I finally did what I had been avoiding for months: I looked for a blogging friend's obituary. The sad news is I found it. Some of you might know Nancy Jo Anderson aka Zazamataz on Wordpress. Her blog is still up at zazamataz.wordpress.com, but she has not posted since December 11, 2024. According to her obituary…
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December 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Remembering a blogger friend who died several months ago. We didn't know each other for long, but she knew me well enough to gift me a bluebird.
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I will do another 15 prompts leading up to the end of 2025, (another tired old year), but you can try these ones if you haven’t already! With love & gratitude, ~Kathy 💙 open.substack.com/pub/artoffla...
With Gratitude: 15 Prompts to get us through the rest of this tired old year
A mostly happy, well-fed child, 1962.
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November 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I will do another 15 prompts leading up to the end of 2025, (another tired old year), but you can try these ones if you haven’t already! With love & gratitude, ~Kathy 💙 open.substack.com/pub/artoffla...
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NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
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I hope MTG reads the Epstein list on the floor of Congress
November 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I hope MTG reads the Epstein list on the floor of Congress
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Forgive me for this, but since it looks like "Cat Person" is a contender for winning @literaryhub.bsky.social's "What Was Literary Twitter" bracket, I've decided to re-share an edited, slightly updated version of my own take from the time www.awritersnotebook.org/p/going-thro...
Going Through Old Notebooks Part 12: The Defining Moment of What Was Literary Twitter? Or "Discourse Person"
On empathy, fiction, plagiarism, the woman as artist, the short story that launched a thousand takes—and the lost world we writers once shared online.
www.awritersnotebook.org
November 23, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Forgive me for this, but since it looks like "Cat Person" is a contender for winning @literaryhub.bsky.social's "What Was Literary Twitter" bracket, I've decided to re-share an edited, slightly updated version of my own take from the time www.awritersnotebook.org/p/going-thro...