Colleen Redman
@collred.bsky.social
Writer, blogger, poet, a beach town girl who went back to the land
to live in a cabin and keep a flock of chickens. I covered local events and wrote features for our local newspaper for 15 years. Blogging at http://looseleafnotes.com
to live in a cabin and keep a flock of chickens. I covered local events and wrote features for our local newspaper for 15 years. Blogging at http://looseleafnotes.com
Pinned
Colleen Redman
@collred.bsky.social
· Nov 22
When No One Cries Wolf
The wolf doesn't need sheep's clothing
if the door is left open
If the bad apples are poison
and the fences are broken
If the good people are sleeping
and the rest are herded
the pack is emboldened
and the vulnerable forsaken...
The wolf doesn't need sheep's clothing
if the door is left open
If the bad apples are poison
and the fences are broken
If the good people are sleeping
and the rest are herded
the pack is emboldened
and the vulnerable forsaken...
Nightly News Prison Break
Soundbites break skin
What isn’t said blares loudly
I watch the burning house
with people inside it
They show engulfed bodies
then move to feel-good fluff
while the warden tries to convince me
the firefighters are the enemy...
looseleafnotes.com/2018/09/nigh...
Soundbites break skin
What isn’t said blares loudly
I watch the burning house
with people inside it
They show engulfed bodies
then move to feel-good fluff
while the warden tries to convince me
the firefighters are the enemy...
looseleafnotes.com/2018/09/nigh...
Nightly News Prison Break
Like a maestro conducting three networks at once I flip discordant channels looking for escape Soundbites break skin What isn’t said blares loudly I watch the burning house with people inside…
looseleafnotes.com
July 2, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Nightly News Prison Break
Soundbites break skin
What isn’t said blares loudly
I watch the burning house
with people inside it
They show engulfed bodies
then move to feel-good fluff
while the warden tries to convince me
the firefighters are the enemy...
looseleafnotes.com/2018/09/nigh...
Soundbites break skin
What isn’t said blares loudly
I watch the burning house
with people inside it
They show engulfed bodies
then move to feel-good fluff
while the warden tries to convince me
the firefighters are the enemy...
looseleafnotes.com/2018/09/nigh...
I don’t take a pill for depression
I don’t want to miss the truth of the lesson
Most fear is distortion
Some sadness is golden
and sometimes the best singing is blue
I don’t want to miss the truth of the lesson
Most fear is distortion
Some sadness is golden
and sometimes the best singing is blue
May 4, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I don’t take a pill for depression
I don’t want to miss the truth of the lesson
Most fear is distortion
Some sadness is golden
and sometimes the best singing is blue
I don’t want to miss the truth of the lesson
Most fear is distortion
Some sadness is golden
and sometimes the best singing is blue
INTRODUCING: MINING THE GOLD OF THE INNER LIFE looseleafnotes.com/2025/04/intr...
Introducing: Mining the Gold of the Inner Life by Colleen Redman
Every poem is a case note Every dream is sun for the soul Every love is a lifeboat Every life holds a vein of gold Poetry in my seventh decade: It all started with the idea of writing my memoir, le…
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April 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
INTRODUCING: MINING THE GOLD OF THE INNER LIFE looseleafnotes.com/2025/04/intr...
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MAKING AMERICA GREAT?
Is pardoning violent rioters who desecrated the Capital and assaulted and injured police the way to make America great? What about denying an election loss, refusing a peaceful transfer of power a…
looseleafnotes.com
January 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Follow the link for more... looseleafnotes.com/2025/01/maki...
January 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This is the poem I read at my dream group last week.
November 30, 2024 at 5:35 PM
This is the poem I read at my dream group last week.
POEMS FROM THE DARKROOM-is a proof of concept retrospective show, held to the light, poem by poem. It’s a poetry memoir and a travelogue of aging that zooms in on the big-picture questions where depth psychology and death mythology meet... www.amazon.com/Poems-Darkro...
Poems from the Darkroom
Poems from the Darkroom [Redman, Colleen] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Poems from the Darkroom
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November 26, 2024 at 2:32 AM
POEMS FROM THE DARKROOM-is a proof of concept retrospective show, held to the light, poem by poem. It’s a poetry memoir and a travelogue of aging that zooms in on the big-picture questions where depth psychology and death mythology meet... www.amazon.com/Poems-Darkro...
Every remnant pulled from memory or a dream resonates with an afterlife, as if it was a visitation from the same place where my dead loved ones are, closer than they seem. I'm writing the psyche’s story, leaving my poet’s thumbprint, love letters to whom it concerns. www.amazon.com/Objects-Clos...
Objects Are Closer Than They Appear
Amazon.com: Objects Are Closer Than They Appear: 9798777308450: redman, colleen: Books
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November 24, 2024 at 9:23 PM
Every remnant pulled from memory or a dream resonates with an afterlife, as if it was a visitation from the same place where my dead loved ones are, closer than they seem. I'm writing the psyche’s story, leaving my poet’s thumbprint, love letters to whom it concerns. www.amazon.com/Objects-Clos...
34 poems that probe the questions: 'How much does the essence of one's psyche weigh? Is the soul the one carry-on that we actually take with us? In the end, what do we value and what do we leave behind?'
"Playful yet dark, frank and funny..." author Jim Minick
www.amazon.com/PACKING-SUIT...
Packing a Suitcase for the Afterlife
Packing a Suitcase for the Afterlife [Redman, Colleen] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Packing a Suitcase for the Afterlife
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November 24, 2024 at 5:02 PM
34 poems that probe the questions: 'How much does the essence of one's psyche weigh? Is the soul the one carry-on that we actually take with us? In the end, what do we value and what do we leave behind?'
"Playful yet dark, frank and funny..." author Jim Minick
www.amazon.com/PACKING-SUIT...
When No One Cries Wolf
The wolf doesn't need sheep's clothing
if the door is left open
If the bad apples are poison
and the fences are broken
If the good people are sleeping
and the rest are herded
the pack is emboldened
and the vulnerable forsaken...
The wolf doesn't need sheep's clothing
if the door is left open
If the bad apples are poison
and the fences are broken
If the good people are sleeping
and the rest are herded
the pack is emboldened
and the vulnerable forsaken...
November 22, 2024 at 4:53 AM
When No One Cries Wolf
The wolf doesn't need sheep's clothing
if the door is left open
If the bad apples are poison
and the fences are broken
If the good people are sleeping
and the rest are herded
the pack is emboldened
and the vulnerable forsaken...
The wolf doesn't need sheep's clothing
if the door is left open
If the bad apples are poison
and the fences are broken
If the good people are sleeping
and the rest are herded
the pack is emboldened
and the vulnerable forsaken...