Carrie Birde
@carriebirde.bsky.social
A foot in two worlds–the real & the imaginary–citizenship in both. ISO fairy rings, concealed doors in hedges, thresholds where the veil between worlds thins. Author of "A Small Tale of Uncommon Grace", to be published 9/2025. Visit me at CarrieBirde.com.
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November 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Chilling…
Stephen King cites Henry James’ 1898 gothic horror “The Turn of the Screw” as one of two “most important” ghost stories, for good reason. James wrote the novella while experiencing great personal loss. This is reflected in the melancholic atmosphere, as well as its main character’s –
Stephen King cites Henry James’ 1898 gothic horror “The Turn of the Screw” as one of two “most important” ghost stories, for good reason. James wrote the novella while experiencing great personal loss. This is reflected in the melancholic atmosphere, as well as its main character’s –
November 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Chilling…
Stephen King cites Henry James’ 1898 gothic horror “The Turn of the Screw” as one of two “most important” ghost stories, for good reason. James wrote the novella while experiencing great personal loss. This is reflected in the melancholic atmosphere, as well as its main character’s –
Stephen King cites Henry James’ 1898 gothic horror “The Turn of the Screw” as one of two “most important” ghost stories, for good reason. James wrote the novella while experiencing great personal loss. This is reflected in the melancholic atmosphere, as well as its main character’s –
It's been a while! On Oct. 11, I had my #debut #novel's #book launch! What a wonderful, warm, welcoming experience -- I'm fortunate to have the support of exceptional friends & an amazing community. I hope "A Small Tale of Uncommon Grace" finds its way to those who will cherish it❣️
November 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Magnificent...
Chloe Dalton’s 2024 “Raising Hare” captures all the nuanced delight & heartache that accompanies forming relationship with a wild creature. She writes with a poet’s heart & a scientist’s eye, illuminating the fraught results of humanity’s unconscious actions & effects on the natural
Chloe Dalton’s 2024 “Raising Hare” captures all the nuanced delight & heartache that accompanies forming relationship with a wild creature. She writes with a poet’s heart & a scientist’s eye, illuminating the fraught results of humanity’s unconscious actions & effects on the natural
September 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Magnificent...
Chloe Dalton’s 2024 “Raising Hare” captures all the nuanced delight & heartache that accompanies forming relationship with a wild creature. She writes with a poet’s heart & a scientist’s eye, illuminating the fraught results of humanity’s unconscious actions & effects on the natural
Chloe Dalton’s 2024 “Raising Hare” captures all the nuanced delight & heartache that accompanies forming relationship with a wild creature. She writes with a poet’s heart & a scientist’s eye, illuminating the fraught results of humanity’s unconscious actions & effects on the natural
I'm so happy to have "conversed" with the incomparable @tesscallahan.bsky.social in her Substack, "Writers at the Well" -- Tess is warm, welcoming, and asks deep, thought-provoking, soul-searching questions ❣️
Carrie Birde on Writing from the "Bright Wood" Within
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Carrie Birde on Writing from the "Bright Wood" Within
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Carrie Birde on Discovering the "Bright Wood" Within
How a friendship with a Catbird inspired a literary fairy tale
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September 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I'm so happy to have "conversed" with the incomparable @tesscallahan.bsky.social in her Substack, "Writers at the Well" -- Tess is warm, welcoming, and asks deep, thought-provoking, soul-searching questions ❣️
Carrie Birde on Writing from the "Bright Wood" Within
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Carrie Birde on Writing from the "Bright Wood" Within
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O thou monster Ignorance, how deformed dost thou look!
August 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
O thou monster Ignorance, how deformed dost thou look!
August 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Crepe myrtle's improbable
pink
frilled blooms clouding,
drifting,
dropping petaled confetti,
heralding summer's
encore.
--C.Birde, 8/25
#poetry #crepemyrtle #inbloom #pink #lovenature #observation #photography
pink
frilled blooms clouding,
drifting,
dropping petaled confetti,
heralding summer's
encore.
--C.Birde, 8/25
#poetry #crepemyrtle #inbloom #pink #lovenature #observation #photography
August 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Crepe myrtle's improbable
pink
frilled blooms clouding,
drifting,
dropping petaled confetti,
heralding summer's
encore.
--C.Birde, 8/25
#poetry #crepemyrtle #inbloom #pink #lovenature #observation #photography
pink
frilled blooms clouding,
drifting,
dropping petaled confetti,
heralding summer's
encore.
--C.Birde, 8/25
#poetry #crepemyrtle #inbloom #pink #lovenature #observation #photography
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Freed
from a shape
that no longer fit,
& crooning
all the louder
for it.
-- C.Birde, 8/25
❤️ May we all shed what no longer fits us, & allow ourselves to grow & transform beyond restrictive notions ❤️
#poetry #cicada #exoskeleton #hope #photography #lovenature
from a shape
that no longer fit,
& crooning
all the louder
for it.
-- C.Birde, 8/25
❤️ May we all shed what no longer fits us, & allow ourselves to grow & transform beyond restrictive notions ❤️
#poetry #cicada #exoskeleton #hope #photography #lovenature
August 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Freed
from a shape
that no longer fit,
& crooning
all the louder
for it.
-- C.Birde, 8/25
❤️ May we all shed what no longer fits us, & allow ourselves to grow & transform beyond restrictive notions ❤️
#poetry #cicada #exoskeleton #hope #photography #lovenature
from a shape
that no longer fit,
& crooning
all the louder
for it.
-- C.Birde, 8/25
❤️ May we all shed what no longer fits us, & allow ourselves to grow & transform beyond restrictive notions ❤️
#poetry #cicada #exoskeleton #hope #photography #lovenature
Heartwise Books, of Blydyn Square Books, is looking for submissions :)
August 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Heartwise Books, of Blydyn Square Books, is looking for submissions :)
I held my breath while reading Alice Hoffman’s 2005 “The Foretelling”. A superb tale, told deftly, astonishingly, & almost entirely through exposition, of a girl born to an ancient nomadic clan of women, who slowly unravels the
July 31, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I held my breath while reading Alice Hoffman’s 2005 “The Foretelling”. A superb tale, told deftly, astonishingly, & almost entirely through exposition, of a girl born to an ancient nomadic clan of women, who slowly unravels the
Overdue...
In grammar school, I'd read every “animal-related” #book (#fiction & #non-) in our school library by 4th grade &, in 5th, moved on to my teacher’s treasured personal collection. Which makes it all the more puzzling that Kenneth Grahame’s 1966 “Wind in the Willows” never
In grammar school, I'd read every “animal-related” #book (#fiction & #non-) in our school library by 4th grade &, in 5th, moved on to my teacher’s treasured personal collection. Which makes it all the more puzzling that Kenneth Grahame’s 1966 “Wind in the Willows” never
July 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
"Weave"
I reweave the vining virgin's bower --
patiently, carefully --
uncurl tendrils twined 'round spirea,
aster, peony, & re-route them --
gently, gently --
upward towards the light they seek.
-C.Birde, 7/25
#write #poetry #truth #observation #photography #garden #virginsbowerclematis
I reweave the vining virgin's bower --
patiently, carefully --
uncurl tendrils twined 'round spirea,
aster, peony, & re-route them --
gently, gently --
upward towards the light they seek.
-C.Birde, 7/25
#write #poetry #truth #observation #photography #garden #virginsbowerclematis
July 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"Weave"
I reweave the vining virgin's bower --
patiently, carefully --
uncurl tendrils twined 'round spirea,
aster, peony, & re-route them --
gently, gently --
upward towards the light they seek.
-C.Birde, 7/25
#write #poetry #truth #observation #photography #garden #virginsbowerclematis
I reweave the vining virgin's bower --
patiently, carefully --
uncurl tendrils twined 'round spirea,
aster, peony, & re-route them --
gently, gently --
upward towards the light they seek.
-C.Birde, 7/25
#write #poetry #truth #observation #photography #garden #virginsbowerclematis
Riddle…
Cool to the touch,
this burning bush
unkindled yet
to autumn’s flame
Framed in July’s
lush greenery,
casting fluid heat-
crowned shade.
-C.Birde, 7/25
#poetry #lovenature #truth #burningbush #observation #photography #boonton
Cool to the touch,
this burning bush
unkindled yet
to autumn’s flame
Framed in July’s
lush greenery,
casting fluid heat-
crowned shade.
-C.Birde, 7/25
#poetry #lovenature #truth #burningbush #observation #photography #boonton
July 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Riddle…
Cool to the touch,
this burning bush
unkindled yet
to autumn’s flame
Framed in July’s
lush greenery,
casting fluid heat-
crowned shade.
-C.Birde, 7/25
#poetry #lovenature #truth #burningbush #observation #photography #boonton
Cool to the touch,
this burning bush
unkindled yet
to autumn’s flame
Framed in July’s
lush greenery,
casting fluid heat-
crowned shade.
-C.Birde, 7/25
#poetry #lovenature #truth #burningbush #observation #photography #boonton
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Daylily --
thirsting,
lips parted,
jaws wide,
quaffing sunlight
by the gallon.
-C.Birde, 6/25
#poetry #daylily #inbloom #now #observation #truth #photography
thirsting,
lips parted,
jaws wide,
quaffing sunlight
by the gallon.
-C.Birde, 6/25
#poetry #daylily #inbloom #now #observation #truth #photography
June 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Daylily --
thirsting,
lips parted,
jaws wide,
quaffing sunlight
by the gallon.
-C.Birde, 6/25
#poetry #daylily #inbloom #now #observation #truth #photography
thirsting,
lips parted,
jaws wide,
quaffing sunlight
by the gallon.
-C.Birde, 6/25
#poetry #daylily #inbloom #now #observation #truth #photography
The name #Achilles is so much a part of our cultural fabric, it’s practically a brand, associated with hubris, as well as the human body. But Madeline Miller , in her 2012 #novel “The Song of Achilles”, grants this larger-than-life #mythological figure humanity, complexity, and
June 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The name #Achilles is so much a part of our cultural fabric, it’s practically a brand, associated with hubris, as well as the human body. But Madeline Miller , in her 2012 #novel “The Song of Achilles”, grants this larger-than-life #mythological figure humanity, complexity, and
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“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”
― Plato
― Plato
June 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”
― Plato
― Plato
Synopsis: Bc some have asked -- I consider my debut #novel to be a literary #fairytale that could snuggle up wwith the #YA & #CozyFantasy #genres. Its main themes are communication, community, & connection - to each other & our #environment - & it asks what our world
June 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Synopsis: Bc some have asked -- I consider my debut #novel to be a literary #fairytale that could snuggle up wwith the #YA & #CozyFantasy #genres. Its main themes are communication, community, & connection - to each other & our #environment - & it asks what our world
Mina, remembering the recent taste of whipped cream, grows weary of our #sunday #morning conversation over coffee.
#companion #canine #chihuahuamix disguised as a small #fey #creature
#companion #canine #chihuahuamix disguised as a small #fey #creature
June 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Mina, remembering the recent taste of whipped cream, grows weary of our #sunday #morning conversation over coffee.
#companion #canine #chihuahuamix disguised as a small #fey #creature
#companion #canine #chihuahuamix disguised as a small #fey #creature