LeeAnn Pickrell
@leeannp.bsky.social
Poet, editor, and coffee, cat, and book lover. Managing editor of Jung Journal: Culture & Psyche.
My poetry book Gathering the Pieces of Days is forthcoming from Unsolicited Press in 2025
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My poetry book Gathering the Pieces of Days is forthcoming from Unsolicited Press in 2025
www.leeannpickrell.com
leeannpickrell.substack.com
Thanks to editor Barbara Leonhard for featuring my poem "Kindnesses" in Feed the Holy today. #poetry
Kindnesses by LeeAnn Pickrell
Image / Ba Tik Kindnesses You hand me the cup of coffee, fresh brewed, as I walk into the kitchen just awake in my stockinged feet. Each ...
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October 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Thanks to editor Barbara Leonhard for featuring my poem "Kindnesses" in Feed the Holy today. #poetry
My latest Substack post
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Ode to Pluto
A poem
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August 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
My latest Substack post
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My latest Substack post is about those moments that make us who we are. When did you become a poet, a writer, an artist, a musician, a chef, a gardener, a lover of life? #poetry #poetrycommunity #poems #blueskypoets
The Spring I Waited for the Dogwood to Bloom
Becoming a poet
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May 4, 2025 at 6:24 PM
My latest Substack post is about those moments that make us who we are. When did you become a poet, a writer, an artist, a musician, a chef, a gardener, a lover of life? #poetry #poetrycommunity #poems #blueskypoets
Attention is love. My book GATHERING THE PIECES OF DAYS is a love letter to life’s small moments—each poem a week, a breath, a memory. #PoetryBooks #PoetryCollection #NewBooks #MindfulMoments #PoetryLover #MindfulMoments #NewBookRelease #ReadPoetry #52WeeksOfPoetry@unsolicitedpress.bsky.social
GATHERING THE PIECES OF DAY BY LEEANN PICKRELL — Unsolicited Press
GATHERING THE PIECES OF DAYS is a collection of 52 poems, one for each week of the year. By capturing pieces from each day–whether mundane, frustrating, raw, or joyful–this collection reveals the extr...
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April 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Attention is love. My book GATHERING THE PIECES OF DAYS is a love letter to life’s small moments—each poem a week, a breath, a memory. #PoetryBooks #PoetryCollection #NewBooks #MindfulMoments #PoetryLover #MindfulMoments #NewBookRelease #ReadPoetry #52WeeksOfPoetry@unsolicitedpress.bsky.social
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National Poetry Month is here, and we’re making it poetic AF—with 10% off ALL poetry books all April long! 🥳 Use code POETRYMONTH10 at checkout.
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April 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
National Poetry Month is here, and we’re making it poetic AF—with 10% off ALL poetry books all April long! 🥳 Use code POETRYMONTH10 at checkout.
Link: unsolicitedpress.com/shop/poetry
#nationalpoetrymonth
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#nationalpoetrymonth
Here’s the poem that inspired the title of my book Gathering the Pieces of Day, due out in two days from @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social #poetry #poetrybooks #poem #52weeksofpoems
April 7, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Here’s the poem that inspired the title of my book Gathering the Pieces of Day, due out in two days from @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social #poetry #poetrybooks #poem #52weeksofpoems
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🔥 FOUR BOOKS. FOUR WOMXN. ONE POWERHOUSE MONTH. 🔥
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🔥 FOUR BOOKS. FOUR WOMXN. ONE POWERHOUSE MONTH. 🔥
This year, Unsolicited Press is celebrating THE YEAR OF WOMXN, publishing an incredible lineup of books exclusively by womxn writers—and April is bringing FOUR stunning new releases that will blow you...
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April 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
🔥 FOUR BOOKS. FOUR WOMXN. ONE POWERHOUSE MONTH. 🔥
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"Celebrates the extraordinary hidden within the ordinary, from laughter and love to loss and longing, and the dreams that carry us forward."
Enter to win a copy of @leeannp.bsky.social's "Gathering the Pieces of Days" from @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social
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Enter to win a copy of @leeannp.bsky.social's "Gathering the Pieces of Days" from @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social
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Book Giveaway for Gathering the Pieces of Days by LeeAnn Pickrell
Enter to win one of 30 free copies available from LibraryThing Early Reviewers.
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April 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"Celebrates the extraordinary hidden within the ordinary, from laughter and love to loss and longing, and the dreams that carry us forward."
Enter to win a copy of @leeannp.bsky.social's "Gathering the Pieces of Days" from @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social
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Enter to win a copy of @leeannp.bsky.social's "Gathering the Pieces of Days" from @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social
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Final Countdown
3 days until Gathering the Pieces of Days is out in the world! 📚 Ready to read 52 poems that celebrate the everyday? Preorder now & let’s take this poetic journey together. 💙
#TBR #ComingSoon #GatheringThePieces
3 days until Gathering the Pieces of Days is out in the world! 📚 Ready to read 52 poems that celebrate the everyday? Preorder now & let’s take this poetic journey together. 💙
#TBR #ComingSoon #GatheringThePieces
April 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Final Countdown
3 days until Gathering the Pieces of Days is out in the world! 📚 Ready to read 52 poems that celebrate the everyday? Preorder now & let’s take this poetic journey together. 💙
#TBR #ComingSoon #GatheringThePieces
3 days until Gathering the Pieces of Days is out in the world! 📚 Ready to read 52 poems that celebrate the everyday? Preorder now & let’s take this poetic journey together. 💙
#TBR #ComingSoon #GatheringThePieces
I read last night with @cathy-shea.bsky.social for Literary Nights with Unsolicited Press. We read from our new collections of poems and talked poetry and writing. Watch it here.
#PoetryLover #MindfulMoments #PoetryBooks #PoetryCollection #NewBookRelease #Bookstagram #ReadPoetry #52WeeksOfPoetry
#PoetryLover #MindfulMoments #PoetryBooks #PoetryCollection #NewBookRelease #Bookstagram #ReadPoetry #52WeeksOfPoetry
Literary Nights with Unsolicited Pres
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April 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I read last night with @cathy-shea.bsky.social for Literary Nights with Unsolicited Press. We read from our new collections of poems and talked poetry and writing. Watch it here.
#PoetryLover #MindfulMoments #PoetryBooks #PoetryCollection #NewBookRelease #Bookstagram #ReadPoetry #52WeeksOfPoetry
#PoetryLover #MindfulMoments #PoetryBooks #PoetryCollection #NewBookRelease #Bookstagram #ReadPoetry #52WeeksOfPoetry
I'll be at AWP signing and selling books at the Unsolicited Press table (T755) on Thursday, 3/27 at 11 a.m. with @cathyshea.bsky.social, on Friday, 3/28, at 11 a.m., and Saturday 3/29. #AWP2025 #UnsolicitedPress #PoetryLover #PoetryBooks #PoetryCollection #NewBookRelease #52WeeksOfPoetry
March 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I'll be at AWP signing and selling books at the Unsolicited Press table (T755) on Thursday, 3/27 at 11 a.m. with @cathyshea.bsky.social, on Friday, 3/28, at 11 a.m., and Saturday 3/29. #AWP2025 #UnsolicitedPress #PoetryLover #PoetryBooks #PoetryCollection #NewBookRelease #52WeeksOfPoetry
Gathering the Pieces of Days, my debut collection, is available for preorder now! Preorders help authors, and you can get 25% off your book with code GATHERING from March 1 through April 8 at Tertulia!
#YearOfWomxn #WomxnInLiterature #RedForRebellion #Poetry #Poems #UnsolicitedPress #tertulia
#YearOfWomxn #WomxnInLiterature #RedForRebellion #Poetry #Poems #UnsolicitedPress #tertulia
March 1, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Gathering the Pieces of Days, my debut collection, is available for preorder now! Preorders help authors, and you can get 25% off your book with code GATHERING from March 1 through April 8 at Tertulia!
#YearOfWomxn #WomxnInLiterature #RedForRebellion #Poetry #Poems #UnsolicitedPress #tertulia
#YearOfWomxn #WomxnInLiterature #RedForRebellion #Poetry #Poems #UnsolicitedPress #tertulia
I am so ashamed to be an American today.
March 1, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I am so ashamed to be an American today.
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What was your first job?
T.G.&Y.
A poem about my first job
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February 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
What was your first job?
Spent last week in Santa Cruz. I didn't open my NYT app once. I didn't play on my phone and I mostly stayed offline. I'm refreshed. Highly recommend. #takingabreak
February 17, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Spent last week in Santa Cruz. I didn't open my NYT app once. I didn't play on my phone and I mostly stayed offline. I'm refreshed. Highly recommend. #takingabreak
My first book Gathering the Pieces of Days is available for preorder! Here's the fabulous cover from Unsolicited Press! #YearOfWomxn2025 #UnsolicitedVoices #WomxnInLiterature #RedCovers2025
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February 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
My first book Gathering the Pieces of Days is available for preorder! Here's the fabulous cover from Unsolicited Press! #YearOfWomxn2025 #UnsolicitedVoices #WomxnInLiterature #RedCovers2025
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I read this poem by Denise Levertov this morning. It was first published in 1982, and it could have been written yesterday. #poetry #BlueSkyPoets #poems #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #SkyPoets #POETRY #Authors
January 29, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I read this poem by Denise Levertov this morning. It was first published in 1982, and it could have been written yesterday. #poetry #BlueSkyPoets #poems #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #SkyPoets #POETRY #Authors
My Sunday Substack post contained a poem I wrote after the Supreme Court took away the right for a woman to choose what to do with her own body. They want us to be quiet. I will not be quiet. #poets #poetry #BlueSkyPoets #resistTrump #pro-choice
The first days ...
A poem and some thoughts
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January 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
My Sunday Substack post contained a poem I wrote after the Supreme Court took away the right for a woman to choose what to do with her own body. They want us to be quiet. I will not be quiet. #poets #poetry #BlueSkyPoets #resistTrump #pro-choice
David Garyan has created an online anthology of California Poets. I'm so excited to be in the company of such wonderful poets. #poetry #poetrycommunity #BlueSkyPoets #poems #CaliforniaPoets
California Poets | LAdige
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January 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
David Garyan has created an online anthology of California Poets. I'm so excited to be in the company of such wonderful poets. #poetry #poetrycommunity #BlueSkyPoets #poems #CaliforniaPoets
Since it's the first week of January, I've posted a new Substack with the first poem in Gathering the Pieces of Days. The poem is appropriately titled "January 1." The book will be published by Unsolicited Press as part of 2025 Year of Womxn. #unsolicitedpress #poetry #poetrycommunity #YearOfWomxn
Gathering the Pieces of Days
A poem and a book
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January 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Since it's the first week of January, I've posted a new Substack with the first poem in Gathering the Pieces of Days. The poem is appropriately titled "January 1." The book will be published by Unsolicited Press as part of 2025 Year of Womxn. #unsolicitedpress #poetry #poetrycommunity #YearOfWomxn
A new Substack post for this week between Christmas and New Year's with a poem that was originally published in Press 1 eons ago.#SkyPoets
To be green
a poem
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December 29, 2024 at 8:31 PM
A new Substack post for this week between Christmas and New Year's with a poem that was originally published in Press 1 eons ago.#SkyPoets
Today, December 26, 2024, is the 20th anniversary of the Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami. I was in Thailand that day. I wrote a bit about it in my latest Substack post. Today I want to remember the hundreds of thousands of people who died and those who lost everything.
Because we cannot know
December 26, 2004
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December 26, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Today, December 26, 2024, is the 20th anniversary of the Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami. I was in Thailand that day. I wrote a bit about it in my latest Substack post. Today I want to remember the hundreds of thousands of people who died and those who lost everything.