Poetry Ed of Shenandoah. Author of Mycocosmic, Poetryās Possible Worlds, Unbecoming, The State Sheās In, & Radiolandāpoetry, fantasy fiction, CNF, scholarship. She/they. linktr.ee/lesleymwheeler
Lesley Wheeler
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And hereās the poem I wrote in anticipation of one day seeing the real thing: natureofourtimes.poetsforscience.org/carpenter-an...
Stoked to be part of this amazing launch reading tomorrow sponsored by @merliterary.bsky.social āTuesday 6/16, 6 pm EDT, Zoom, register here: bit.ly/42Q1P8G
YES THATāS RIGHT ITāS AN ANT WITH ZOMBIE FUNGUSālook at the mushroom popping out of its tiny zombie head! Had an awesome time Sunday with the Blue Ridge Mycology society. Thanks to Masih, who takes better š pictures than I do. š
Honored to have 3 poems featured in the Pride issue of Boudin. I'm grateful for every publication, but seeing my work appear in a queer space is a badge of honor.
Hereās one of the poems. I love that I got to include Dorianne Laux in my villanelle.
#poetrysky #poetrynews #poem #pride
Next to my favorite reading chair this week: Severalty by Laura Daā and Oddest & Oldest & Saddest & Best by Jane Zwart. These gorgeous collections concern different kinds of grief in wildly, powerfully metamorphic language. @janezwart.bsky.social
Daydreaming about underworlds and emergence. poetcamp.com/poetry-from-...
You know you still like to play in the dirtā¦Join me @poetcamp on 6/28, 3-6 Eastern, Google Meet. Sliding scale, some scholarship seats available, signups at poetcamp dot com. This workshop will be recorded and available for 30 days after our time together. Hope to write with you soon! š
Getting excited! Mixing up prompts in my secret underground laboratory!
Updated ā26-ā27 poetry reading dates for Shenandoahāand why poets sometimes feel like cartoon characters lesleywheeler.org/2026/06/08/w...
We have such a great line up of readers from past and future events, plus special friends from @merliterary.bsky.social. I hope you all sign up and join us.
Some days the soil spits up toys and teeth of broken glass. Clay-scent and green insinuation. Beneath, within, hyphae fizz with information: phosphorus for the river birch answered by food converted f...
Yeah, I know, Wile E. Coyote isnāt saintly, but all those years ago, watching Saturday morning Looney Tunes, young me empathized with him way more than with the smug, always-victorious Roadruā¦
You know you still like to play in the dirtā¦Join me @poetcamp on 6/28, 3-6 Eastern, Google Meet. Sliding scale, some scholarship seats available, signups at poetcamp dot com. This workshop will be recorded and available for 30 days after our time together. Hope to write with you soon! š
Rebecca Kirk Connors
Next Wednesday, @notebookscltv.bsky.social will host a reading in honor of Jenn. Please join us to celebrate her poetry and help us raise money for the Eastern Mass Abortion Fund. I'm so looking forward to an evening of love and solidarity and poems.
Lesley Wheeler
On June 24, on the 4-year anniversary of the Supreme Court Dobbs v Jackson decision, we will gather to honor late poet Jennifer Martelli in a reading to support abortion access. Jennifer was a fierceā¦
