Dawn Sands
@dawnllsands.bsky.social
18 || foyle young poet, richard iii enjoyer, aspiring english teacher. usually moving line breaks.
find me on instagram @dawnllswriter + poetry here: https://linktr.ee/dawnllsands
find me on instagram @dawnllswriter + poetry here: https://linktr.ee/dawnllsands
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February 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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wislawa szymborska, tr. clare cavanagh #smallpoemsunday
January 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM
wislawa szymborska, tr. clare cavanagh #smallpoemsunday
#poetrysky any presses that publish very short pamphlets/poem series? like 10 poems or less?
January 19, 2025 at 1:53 PM
#poetrysky any presses that publish very short pamphlets/poem series? like 10 poems or less?
I am sure seagulls are directly descended from pterodactyls
January 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I am sure seagulls are directly descended from pterodactyls
i want to fold myself into a poem curl up and stay there forever is this possible
January 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
i want to fold myself into a poem curl up and stay there forever is this possible
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I dreamed someone I had thought was a millionaire despite claiming poverty had written a poetry collection called ‘The Metaphorical Swimming Pool’, but I broke into their house, and they had a real one.
I got in it and kept yelling ‘it isn’t a metaphor if I can get wet inside it!’ down the phone.
I got in it and kept yelling ‘it isn’t a metaphor if I can get wet inside it!’ down the phone.
January 11, 2025 at 9:56 AM
I dreamed someone I had thought was a millionaire despite claiming poverty had written a poetry collection called ‘The Metaphorical Swimming Pool’, but I broke into their house, and they had a real one.
I got in it and kept yelling ‘it isn’t a metaphor if I can get wet inside it!’ down the phone.
I got in it and kept yelling ‘it isn’t a metaphor if I can get wet inside it!’ down the phone.
my bluesky feed is just full of people posting about poems & poets they love and it is wonderful
January 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
my bluesky feed is just full of people posting about poems & poets they love and it is wonderful
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❛ Every time scientists go into the midnight zone / they find a new species. My son is telling me this / as he picks at his hands as if they are locks to release.
David Stavanger's 'Octonaut', from the #MothArchives – Issue 36. 🐙
David Stavanger's 'Octonaut', from the #MothArchives – Issue 36. 🐙
January 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
❛ Every time scientists go into the midnight zone / they find a new species. My son is telling me this / as he picks at his hands as if they are locks to release.
David Stavanger's 'Octonaut', from the #MothArchives – Issue 36. 🐙
David Stavanger's 'Octonaut', from the #MothArchives – Issue 36. 🐙
reading round-up 2024! a few days late but filling in 366 tiny boxes takes TIME
January 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
reading round-up 2024! a few days late but filling in 366 tiny boxes takes TIME
fun fact: the traitors uncloaked episode for the series 2 final received more viewers than the documentary about discovering richard iii's body
speaking of which claudia winkleman has the same hair as richard iii kind of
speaking of which claudia winkleman has the same hair as richard iii kind of
January 4, 2025 at 12:38 AM
fun fact: the traitors uncloaked episode for the series 2 final received more viewers than the documentary about discovering richard iii's body
speaking of which claudia winkleman has the same hair as richard iii kind of
speaking of which claudia winkleman has the same hair as richard iii kind of
today's writing spot:
December 30, 2024 at 8:43 PM
today's writing spot:
in the mood to rashly submit to mags i have no chance with
December 29, 2024 at 12:46 AM
in the mood to rashly submit to mags i have no chance with
26 pages in to The Gospel of Eve by @revrachelmann.bsky.social and already 2 margery kempe references, this is wonderful
December 25, 2024 at 12:16 PM
26 pages in to The Gospel of Eve by @revrachelmann.bsky.social and already 2 margery kempe references, this is wonderful
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my poem 'Dialogue on Survival', just published in the Solstice Young Writers Anthology 2024 by @writingeastmidlands.com 💚
December 21, 2024 at 12:00 PM
my poem 'Dialogue on Survival', just published in the Solstice Young Writers Anthology 2024 by @writingeastmidlands.com 💚
the end of hedda gabler is literally yellowface by rf kuang
December 18, 2024 at 2:26 PM
the end of hedda gabler is literally yellowface by rf kuang
Does anyone know of any (preferably UK-based) lit mags that would be likely to accept a poem with a very misfit premise?? I have a poem about Antony Sher's Richard III playing the cello and it keeps being rejected and I would like it to find a home amongst other bizarre little nerd poems if possible
December 18, 2024 at 12:54 AM
Does anyone know of any (preferably UK-based) lit mags that would be likely to accept a poem with a very misfit premise?? I have a poem about Antony Sher's Richard III playing the cello and it keeps being rejected and I would like it to find a home amongst other bizarre little nerd poems if possible
as calvino would say, "seek and learn to recognise who and what, in the midst of the inferno, are not inferno, and make them endure, give them space." also 'this is today's conflagration' is a beautiful phrase I will be using
Saw someone upbraiding someone else for having a hobby while the world is on fire, and, my friends:
1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;
2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;
3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;
2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;
3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
December 17, 2024 at 7:09 PM
as calvino would say, "seek and learn to recognise who and what, in the midst of the inferno, are not inferno, and make them endure, give them space." also 'this is today's conflagration' is a beautiful phrase I will be using
i love @andotherpoems.bsky.social season!! they really never miss
December 16, 2024 at 3:59 PM
i love @andotherpoems.bsky.social season!! they really never miss
owen sheers writes similes like a year 9 am I allowed to say that
December 15, 2024 at 9:27 PM
owen sheers writes similes like a year 9 am I allowed to say that
i am turning 18 in two days and as the girl who cried herself to sleep aged 10 because she convinced herself her childhood was over, this is proving an interesting poetic experiment
December 14, 2024 at 11:45 PM
i am turning 18 in two days and as the girl who cried herself to sleep aged 10 because she convinced herself her childhood was over, this is proving an interesting poetic experiment
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Calm and Collected Poems
December 14, 2024 at 4:03 PM
Calm and Collected Poems
I actually love poetry so much and I do not think I will ever be able to articulate this in the way that I want to
it just feels like a necessity you know??? like a staple part of life in which the whole purpose is to just experience something beautiful?? for sanity's sake?? am i going insane here
it just feels like a necessity you know??? like a staple part of life in which the whole purpose is to just experience something beautiful?? for sanity's sake?? am i going insane here
December 13, 2024 at 11:46 PM
I actually love poetry so much and I do not think I will ever be able to articulate this in the way that I want to
it just feels like a necessity you know??? like a staple part of life in which the whole purpose is to just experience something beautiful?? for sanity's sake?? am i going insane here
it just feels like a necessity you know??? like a staple part of life in which the whole purpose is to just experience something beautiful?? for sanity's sake?? am i going insane here
pro tip: 5 practice oxford interviews in 3 days is not a good lifestyle choice
(pro tip 2: just because a poem has thee and thou etc does not mean it is 17th century, a trap i unfortunately fell into in one of said interview practices today)
(pro tip 2: just because a poem has thee and thou etc does not mean it is 17th century, a trap i unfortunately fell into in one of said interview practices today)
December 6, 2024 at 8:01 PM
pro tip: 5 practice oxford interviews in 3 days is not a good lifestyle choice
(pro tip 2: just because a poem has thee and thou etc does not mean it is 17th century, a trap i unfortunately fell into in one of said interview practices today)
(pro tip 2: just because a poem has thee and thou etc does not mean it is 17th century, a trap i unfortunately fell into in one of said interview practices today)
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One year ago today Israel murdered poet Refaat Alareer along with his entire family.
December 6, 2024 at 11:50 AM
One year ago today Israel murdered poet Refaat Alareer along with his entire family.