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Mary Peelen

@ohmary.bsky.social

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Poet, author of QUANTUM HERESIES. Writing in Massachusetts Review, Colorado Review, MQR, AQR, Beloit Poetry Journal, Poetry Daily, Poetry Review (UK) Website: marypeelen.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks, New Yorker

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 9d

People of Illinois, we need your help.

Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.

We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.

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Le Monde @lemonde.fr · 16d

En direct, reconnaissance de l’Etat de Palestine | « La France défie Trump » : la presse internationale mitigée

Alors que la France, tout comme le Luxembourg, Malte, Monaco et Andorre ont reconnu, dans la nuit de lundi à mardi, lors de l’Assemblée générale de l’ONU, un Etat Palestinien, les médias internationaux n’a pas hésité à commenter le sujet.

www.lemonde.fr

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Mary Peelen @ohmary.bsky.social · 18d

I have a new poem in The Massachusetts Review !! a piece called "Emergency" about a very creepy evening at an eye hospital in Paris.

Many thanks to the very excellent @themassreview.bsky.social

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Mary Peelen @ohmary.bsky.social · 22d

Diane Seuss working her genius in Blackbird:

Blackbird: an online journal of literature and the arts @blackbirdjournal.bsky.social · 23d

Read "In every religion, a purifying" by the legendary Diane Seuss in our latest Flight 23.4. Link in bio and below! 🐦‍⬛

blackbird.vcu.edu/in-every-rel...

A black-and-white portrait of Diane Seuss. She has long dark hair with bangs, wears dark eyeliner, and looks directly at the camera with a serious expression. The image is framed by a salmon-pink border.

A white graphic bordered in salmon pink featuring an excerpt from Diane Seuss’s poem "In every religion, a purifying." The excerpt reads:
“The rain came in multitudes, / in droves, like supplicants / to a holy place, almost // beautiful, as a shattered / windshield is beautiful, / especially when it rains.” At the bottom, text notes: Poetry / Blackbird v23n4, with a small blackbird silhouette.

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Mary Peelen @ohmary.bsky.social · 22d

Trey Reed. Say his name.

Mary Peelen @ohmary.bsky.social · Jul 13

I just got permanent residency !!

Mary Peelen @ohmary.bsky.social · Jul 12

@hcrichardson.bsky.social

Mary Peelen @ohmary.bsky.social · Jul 10

Félicitations !!

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Jun 28

Consider donating to Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity. They’ve filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court to try and stop “Alligator Alcatraz” before it opens.

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Mary Peelen @ohmary.bsky.social · Jun 14

No Kings at la Bastille, Paris

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Mary Peelen @ohmary.bsky.social · Jun 14

No Kings Paris

Mary Peelen @ohmary.bsky.social · Jun 14

Best president ever @barackobama.bsky.social

Mary Peelen @ohmary.bsky.social · Jun 12

Beautiful work.

Mary Peelen @ohmary.bsky.social · Jun 12

"...little vectors of madness, mice with no tracks,
subject of opera and children’s tales, fatal
mix of cute and threat..." ❤️❤️❤️

Mary Peelen @ohmary.bsky.social · Jun 12

I have a new website!! and I'd love to know what you think :
marypeelen.com

Many thanks to the very excellent digital designer/editor/poet @kristindsanders.bsky.social

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Mary Peelen @ohmary.bsky.social · Jun 8

LOS ANGELES 💙

Mary Peelen @ohmary.bsky.social · May 31

I feel seen

Mary Peelen @ohmary.bsky.social · May 30

I aspire to Luigi's level.

Mary Peelen @ohmary.bsky.social · May 19

Called.

Mary Peelen @ohmary.bsky.social · May 17

I keep rereading this poem by Jane Zwart, finding amazement each time.

Every peach / a geode.

@poetryfoundation.bsky.social @janezwart.bsky.social

Jane Zwart (she/her) @janezwart.bsky.social · May 16

Feeling grateful (also floored) to turn to a page in Poetry Magazine & find this poem I wrote, with all admiration, after Mary Oliver's "When Death Comes."

Thank you, Adrian, Lindsay, Holly, et al.

This poem will be available in an accessible online format at Poetry Magazine's website shortly. You'll also be able to listen to me read it.

Cover of Poetry Magazine's June 2025 issue:
half-carton of eggs, with the letters P O E T R Y painted on them.

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Mary Peelen @ohmary.bsky.social · May 17

Wow!

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Mary Peelen @ohmary.bsky.social · May 16

Stunning !!

Mary Peelen @ohmary.bsky.social · May 15

We LOVE you, Pete! (but ixnay on the beard...😘)

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Mary Peelen @ohmary.bsky.social · May 8

RIP Martha Silano, fine poet.

You will be remembered.

Gray by Martha Silano published in Bracken Journal of Poetry & Art

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