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SarahJSloat @sjane.bsky.social · Jul 8

appeared in @hungermtn.bsky.social

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SarahJSloat @sjane.bsky.social · Jul 8

hopes of changing for the better
make glue of them,
then they will
stick

visual erasure poem with male figure in cap assembling strips of different colors into wallpaper

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SarahJSloat @sjane.bsky.social · Jul 6

when I spoke of bathing
a dazed state commenced
all round about us,
with a splash
a big, heavy
morning
was beginning to break.

-a visual poem from my book, Classic Crimes

erasure poem using punch-out circles from a nautical map to obscure unwanted text.
From "Classic Crimes"

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SarahJSloat @sjane.bsky.social · Jun 17

stay tender somehow

old postcard-collage-collab
with @dinalrelles.bsky.social

old postcard of dog in a spiky collar with collage of circles and Dina's "stay tender somehow" imperative

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SarahJSloat @sjane.bsky.social · Jun 15

Fanny Howe

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SarahJSloat @sjane.bsky.social · Jun 13

a desire for repose
came
with a can of hot water; and
a little Marsala
with a tumbler of wine,
and more wine:
a shut door
and pet dogs
and a nightshirt,
and collapse
that ministering angel

(from Classic Crimes, my book of visual poetry pubbed by @sarabandebooks.bsky.social)

erasure/collage poem from Classic Crimes
unwanted text obscured with strips of paper colored with red pencil
collage shows lumberjacks sawing a log, releasing shoots, strawberry and flower

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SarahJSloat @sjane.bsky.social · Jun 6

Thanks to Kelly Fordon for sharing my (current) favorite piece from Classic Crimes open.substack.com/pub/kellyfor...

My Personal Favorite with Sarah J. Sloat

A Poetry Blog

open.substack.com

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SarahJSloat @sjane.bsky.social · Jun 6

woo hoo! good on you

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SarahJSloat @sjane.bsky.social · May 31

wow, how very wonderful! 🌿

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SarahJSloat @sjane.bsky.social · May 31

that really is great, thanks for posting

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SarahJSloat @sjane.bsky.social · May 30

😳

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SarahJSloat @sjane.bsky.social · May 29

I went as a tween & honestly think my parents felt obliged. I did like it, but it was kind of like they were fulfilling some duty & it definitely wasn't something I raved or bragged about.
Disney wants you to feel guilty. Take your kids canoeing or snowshoeing or whatever.

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SarahJSloat @sjane.bsky.social · May 29

how fucked up is this, just ridiculous

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SarahJSloat @sjane.bsky.social · May 29

who
turned the window down and surveyed all
the tatters and waste
and
cleared his throat as if about to speak

erasure poem with embroidery
source text: Pincher Martin by William Golding

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SarahJSloat @sjane.bsky.social · May 28

wooot!

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SarahJSloat @sjane.bsky.social · May 28

I remember 15 years ago it was great to wake up to find you'd gotten an email. Now I feel like oh my god what can this email be, nothing good...!

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SarahJSloat @sjane.bsky.social · May 28

www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

Anselm Kiefer | Böhmen liegt am Meer (Bohemia Lies by the Sea) | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

www.metmuseum.org

SarahJSloat @sjane.bsky.social · May 28

Liegt Böhmen noch am Meer, glaub ich den Meeren wieder.
Und glaub ich noch ans Meer, so hoffe ich auf Land.
-Ingeborg Bachmann

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SarahJSloat @sjane.bsky.social · May 28

wt actual f

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SarahJSloat @sjane.bsky.social · May 28

aaah! super schönes Bild (und Free Library)

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SarahJSloat @sjane.bsky.social · May 18

"If there could be love without violence,
there would be no breakers or boat. There would be
no tower to dive from. Maybe
there would be a field..."

Run over & read @jessicapoli.bsky.social's poems about diving horses at Blackbird. I took the image from her post on the poems elsewhere! rb.gy/wi6md7

dramatic sepia photo of diving horse & rider

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SarahJSloat @sjane.bsky.social · May 28

in books we learn enough of despair

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Will Pass @willpassbooks.com · May 28

Today’s featured cover: Classic Crimes by Sarah J. Sloat.

True crime transformed—collage, whimsy, and cheek where mayhem once lived.

Vote via link in bio. 🩸

#booksky #books #art #design

@sjane.bsky.social @sarabandebooks.bsky.social

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SarahJSloat @sjane.bsky.social · May 27

antonio gomez

two ovate leaves pinned together in the shape of a heart

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SarahJSloat @sjane.bsky.social · May 27

female birds getting married are called brids

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