Nerissa Nields
@nerissafranklin.bsky.social
Writer, author, musician, steward of Writing It Up in the Garden.
Jo Comerford was launching her state senate campaign, we were building Little Blue and on our way to a funeral. The news was terrible as it usually is, and still, there was so much beauty.
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December 2, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Jo Comerford was launching her state senate campaign, we were building Little Blue and on our way to a funeral. The news was terrible as it usually is, and still, there was so much beauty.
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Final post in our Vintage Blog series. I had just written two new verses for our version of America the Beautiful. America is beautiful. And complicated. This piece was written in July 2018.
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December 2, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Final post in our Vintage Blog series. I had just written two new verses for our version of America the Beautiful. America is beautiful. And complicated. This piece was written in July 2018.
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An early rehearsal of The Welcome Table Chorus. See us at Bombyx doing a benefit for the food bank! Enrollment for Winter session is open now at nerissanields.com.
December 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
An early rehearsal of The Welcome Table Chorus. See us at Bombyx doing a benefit for the food bank! Enrollment for Winter session is open now at nerissanields.com.
Need some writing time this week? Join Morning Seeding & Tending weekday mornings 10-11am EST with Nerissa and some intrepid writers!
December 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Need some writing time this week? Join Morning Seeding & Tending weekday mornings 10-11am EST with Nerissa and some intrepid writers!
This is sort of a sonnet. After Ha Jin's "A Center"
#30poemsinnovember (see link in bio)
#30poemsinnovember (see link in bio)
November 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This is sort of a sonnet. After Ha Jin's "A Center"
#30poemsinnovember (see link in bio)
#30poemsinnovember (see link in bio)
One of my 30 Poems for 30 Poems in November. This is a sestina, sort of. Well, half of one. It's called "One Day I Woke Up and My Ambition Was Gone."
You can still donate to the Center for New Americans at my link in bio!
You can still donate to the Center for New Americans at my link in bio!
November 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
One of my 30 Poems for 30 Poems in November. This is a sestina, sort of. Well, half of one. It's called "One Day I Woke Up and My Ambition Was Gone."
You can still donate to the Center for New Americans at my link in bio!
You can still donate to the Center for New Americans at my link in bio!
This just happened today. Wild turkey alert and a poem for the day to support Center for New Americans. Also, leaf blowers? Nooooooo......
November 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
This just happened today. Wild turkey alert and a poem for the day to support Center for New Americans. Also, leaf blowers? Nooooooo......
One of my 30 Poems for 30 Poems in November. This is a pantoum, a form in which you repeat the second and fourth lines of each four-line stanza. It has a kind of...numbing effect? Crazy-making effect? So I wrote about the years on the road, of course.
Donate here: cnam.org/civi/pcp/inf...
Donate here: cnam.org/civi/pcp/inf...
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
One of my 30 Poems for 30 Poems in November. This is a pantoum, a form in which you repeat the second and fourth lines of each four-line stanza. It has a kind of...numbing effect? Crazy-making effect? So I wrote about the years on the road, of course.
Donate here: cnam.org/civi/pcp/inf...
Donate here: cnam.org/civi/pcp/inf...
While Katryna and I were at our Passim concert, this was happening at home. The dogs met up in the park and invited Greta over for dinner.
November 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
While Katryna and I were at our Passim concert, this was happening at home. The dogs met up in the park and invited Greta over for dinner.
Need some writing time this week? Join Morning Seeding & Tending weekday mornings 10-11am EST with Nerissa and some intrepid writers!
November 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Need some writing time this week? Join Morning Seeding & Tending weekday mornings 10-11am EST with Nerissa and some intrepid writers!
"A word after a word after a word is power." —Margaret Atwood
November 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"A word after a word after a word is power." —Margaret Atwood
November 20, 2025 at 9:39 PM
30 Poems in November continues to raise awareness and funds for the Center for New Americans. Here’s another of my recent poems. Thanks so much to all who have donated so far and thanks to all who will soon! I have exceeded my initial goal and am excited to keep going!
November 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
30 Poems in November continues to raise awareness and funds for the Center for New Americans. Here’s another of my recent poems. Thanks so much to all who have donated so far and thanks to all who will soon! I have exceeded my initial goal and am excited to keep going!
November 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Need some writing time this week? Join Morning Seeding & Tending weekday mornings 10-11am EST with Nerissa and some intrepid writers!
November 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Need some writing time this week? Join Morning Seeding & Tending weekday mornings 10-11am EST with Nerissa and some intrepid writers!
I just have to point out––that's my kid @Johnny_nd4422 kicking that ball from the corner. @Northampton_high_school #proudmama
November 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I just have to point out––that's my kid @Johnny_nd4422 kicking that ball from the corner. @Northampton_high_school #proudmama
#vintagepost Marie Kondo is a consultant/writer/expert who has a method for tidying up “once and for all.” I have become convinced that I will never successfully find the best version of my novel The Big Idea until I become comfortable with letting things go. Read more: ko-fi.com/post/Vinta...
November 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
#vintagepost Marie Kondo is a consultant/writer/expert who has a method for tidying up “once and for all.” I have become convinced that I will never successfully find the best version of my novel The Big Idea until I become comfortable with letting things go. Read more: ko-fi.com/post/Vinta...
“If there's a book you want to read but it hasn't been written yet, you must write it.” -Toni Morrison
November 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
“If there's a book you want to read but it hasn't been written yet, you must write it.” -Toni Morrison
Hey! We're gigging for the next two weekends. Anyone coming to Peterborough? Cambridge? If you come to Willimantic, you get to see us sing with our dear friends @thekennedys!
P.S. Read the rest of the news at:
thenields.substack.com
P.S. Read the rest of the news at:
thenields.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Hey! We're gigging for the next two weekends. Anyone coming to Peterborough? Cambridge? If you come to Willimantic, you get to see us sing with our dear friends @thekennedys!
P.S. Read the rest of the news at:
thenields.substack.com
P.S. Read the rest of the news at:
thenields.substack.com
Need some writing time this week? Join Morning Seeding & Tending weekday mornings 10-11am EST with Nerissa and some intrepid writers! Free to Substack paid subscribers at nerissanields.substa....
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Need some writing time this week? Join Morning Seeding & Tending weekday mornings 10-11am EST with Nerissa and some intrepid writers! Free to Substack paid subscribers at nerissanields.substa....
#vintagepost What novels have you loved that you see as both an artistic and structural success? What makes for a satisfying ending? What makes a book succeed for you? Read more: ko-fi.com/post/Vinta...
November 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
#vintagepost What novels have you loved that you see as both an artistic and structural success? What makes for a satisfying ending? What makes a book succeed for you? Read more: ko-fi.com/post/Vinta...
Poem #1 for 30 Poems in November, a fundraiser for the Center for New Americans. Donate here: cnam.org/civi/pcp/inf...
“A Murmuration of Starlings”
by Nerissa Nields
“A Murmuration of Starlings”
by Nerissa Nields
November 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Poem #1 for 30 Poems in November, a fundraiser for the Center for New Americans. Donate here: cnam.org/civi/pcp/inf...
“A Murmuration of Starlings”
by Nerissa Nields
“A Murmuration of Starlings”
by Nerissa Nields
"Which side are you on? The world tells you to figure it out. She said, Haven't you noticed? I'm round." Which Side Are You On? by The Nields
November 6, 2025 at 12:33 AM
"Which side are you on? The world tells you to figure it out. She said, Haven't you noticed? I'm round." Which Side Are You On? by The Nields
"If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster." -Isaac Asimov
November 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
"If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster." -Isaac Asimov