Steve Peterson
@stevepeterson.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy
Former teacher. Part-time poet. Dog lover. Amateur photographer. Hiker. Canoeist. Reader. Oak woodland restorer. Clean energy advocate. Driftless Area, NE Iowa […]
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January 21, 2026 at 12:56 PM
January 20, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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January 19, 2026 at 1:07 PM
January 19, 2026 at 1:05 PM
turnip greens and asiago
on pasta –
that warm light from the window
#dailyhaikuprompt | turnip
#smallpoems
on pasta –
that warm light from the window
#dailyhaikuprompt | turnip
#smallpoems
January 18, 2026 at 6:20 PM
turnip greens and asiago
on pasta –
that warm light from the window
#dailyhaikuprompt | turnip
#smallpoems
on pasta –
that warm light from the window
#dailyhaikuprompt | turnip
#smallpoems
January 18, 2026 at 5:43 PM
January 18, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Three (untitled) Vertical Poems — sleepingdog
sleepingdog.mataroa.blog
January 18, 2026 at 5:16 PM
January 18, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Reposted by Steve Peterson
What a relief to learn (from the NY Times) that a blatant act of aggression by the U.S., violating international law and killing scores of people, will produce "winners."
January 14, 2026 at 6:48 PM
What a relief to learn (from the NY Times) that a blatant act of aggression by the U.S., violating international law and killing scores of people, will produce "winners."
even through the sweetness
of cold melon –
this relentless rage
#dailyhaikuprompt | cold/melon
#smallpoems
of cold melon –
this relentless rage
#dailyhaikuprompt | cold/melon
#smallpoems
January 14, 2026 at 3:12 PM
even through the sweetness
of cold melon –
this relentless rage
#dailyhaikuprompt | cold/melon
#smallpoems
of cold melon –
this relentless rage
#dailyhaikuprompt | cold/melon
#smallpoems
January 14, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Cornelius Eady, Renee Nicole Good is Murdered
#Poetry
https://poets.org/poem/renee-nicole-good-murdered
#Poetry
https://poets.org/poem/renee-nicole-good-murdered
Renee Nicole Good Is Murdered
Up rides the super cops,The cancellation squad.A dormant virus, melted fromThe ice pack,And the conversationIs end-stopped whenThe shell cracks herCar window, does itsDumb duty,Brings silenceTo a poet’s mind.The President says:You’re a terror botIf you don’t comply.Homeland securityPuts on a ten gallonTexas size hat,Says see what fuckingWith the bull gets you.There is a picture of herJust before it tips rancid,Just before she’s draggedInto how they see her.
poets.org
January 11, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Cornelius Eady, Renee Nicole Good is Murdered
#Poetry
https://poets.org/poem/renee-nicole-good-murdered
#Poetry
https://poets.org/poem/renee-nicole-good-murdered
Danez Smith, An Elegy for my Neighbor, Renee Nicole Good
“The role of us poets is to witness the world, to see with our eyes and souls the delicate threads of truth, past, and possibility around us. With attention as our tool and duty, we turn to grief, to love, to the natural world around us […]
“The role of us poets is to witness the world, to see with our eyes and souls the delicate threads of truth, past, and possibility around us. With attention as our tool and duty, we turn to grief, to love, to the natural world around us […]
Original post on mstdn.social
mstdn.social
January 11, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Danez Smith, An Elegy for my Neighbor, Renee Nicole Good
“The role of us poets is to witness the world, to see with our eyes and souls the delicate threads of truth, past, and possibility around us. With attention as our tool and duty, we turn to grief, to love, to the natural world around us […]
“The role of us poets is to witness the world, to see with our eyes and souls the delicate threads of truth, past, and possibility around us. With attention as our tool and duty, we turn to grief, to love, to the natural world around us […]
January 11, 2026 at 3:29 PM
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January 10, 2026 at 12:31 PM
From the new blog, a poem about a tree and the greatest auntie a guy could have.
https://sleepingdog.mataroa.blog/blog/like-a-tree/
#Poetry
https://sleepingdog.mataroa.blog/blog/like-a-tree/
#Poetry
Like a Tree — sleepingdog
sleepingdog.mataroa.blog
January 9, 2026 at 4:58 PM
From the new blog, a poem about a tree and the greatest auntie a guy could have.
https://sleepingdog.mataroa.blog/blog/like-a-tree/
#Poetry
https://sleepingdog.mataroa.blog/blog/like-a-tree/
#Poetry
January 9, 2026 at 2:16 PM
another during this time of rage –
a poet shot dead
on that cold street
#dailyhaikuprompt | time
#smallpoems
#dailyatrocity
a poet shot dead
on that cold street
#dailyhaikuprompt | time
#smallpoems
#dailyatrocity
January 8, 2026 at 8:58 PM
another during this time of rage –
a poet shot dead
on that cold street
#dailyhaikuprompt | time
#smallpoems
#dailyatrocity
a poet shot dead
on that cold street
#dailyhaikuprompt | time
#smallpoems
#dailyatrocity
January 7, 2026 at 1:12 PM
January 7, 2026 at 1:07 PM
January 6, 2026 at 2:51 PM