Nicholas Trandahl
@nicholastrandahl.bsky.social
Award-winning poet and outdoorsman in the American West.
Simplicity and slow living.
Featured in Deep Wild Journal, Santa Fe Literary Review, Sky Island Journal, Wild Roof Journal, Twenty Bellows, and more.
Simplicity and slow living.
Featured in Deep Wild Journal, Santa Fe Literary Review, Sky Island Journal, Wild Roof Journal, Twenty Bellows, and more.
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I sure would be grateful if you picked up a copy of my new poetry collection Cabin Sketches. These poems are a love letter to wildness, sacredness, and healing. #nicholastrandahl #cabinsketches #poetry #newrelease #poems #poet
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February 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I sure would be grateful if you picked up a copy of my new poetry collection Cabin Sketches. These poems are a love letter to wildness, sacredness, and healing. #nicholastrandahl #cabinsketches #poetry #newrelease #poems #poet
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My sudden rush of inspiration continues! I’ve been thinking a lot about California the last week or so. This afternoon, this poem “Long Beach” poured out of me in the sudden rush, based on fragments of memories from the time I spent in southern California five years ago.
#poem #poet #poetry
#poem #poet #poetry
November 28, 2024 at 1:48 AM
Yesterday, I think I finished a poem I’ve been working on for over five years. “El Paso Brisket” is a poem about memory, fate, and violence, centered on a good memory from when I lived in El Paso in my early 20s, just before I deployed as a soldier and everything changed.
#poem #poetry #poet
#poem #poetry #poet
November 26, 2024 at 5:34 PM
I woke up on this frigid snowy morning here in northern Wyoming to the magnificent news that my poem “Absolution” was nominated for the Pushcart Prize for Poetry by @thewayback2ourselves literary and arts journal!
I’m so grateful and so honored!
#poet #poetry #poetrycommunity #pushcartprize
I’m so grateful and so honored!
#poet #poetry #poetrycommunity #pushcartprize
November 25, 2024 at 2:35 PM
I woke up on this frigid snowy morning here in northern Wyoming to the magnificent news that my poem “Absolution” was nominated for the Pushcart Prize for Poetry by @thewayback2ourselves literary and arts journal!
I’m so grateful and so honored!
#poet #poetry #poetrycommunity #pushcartprize
I’m so grateful and so honored!
#poet #poetry #poetrycommunity #pushcartprize
These four pages comprise the second-to-last draft (I think) of my poem “Ringbone Lake, Autumn”. I shared a very early draft of this poem on here back in late September, but I think now it’s finally settled in a space I’m happy with.
#poetry #poem #poet #BlueskyPoets #poetrycommunity #writing
#poetry #poem #poet #BlueskyPoets #poetrycommunity #writing
November 23, 2024 at 5:39 PM
These four pages comprise the second-to-last draft (I think) of my poem “Ringbone Lake, Autumn”. I shared a very early draft of this poem on here back in late September, but I think now it’s finally settled in a space I’m happy with.
#poetry #poem #poet #BlueskyPoets #poetrycommunity #writing
#poetry #poem #poet #BlueskyPoets #poetrycommunity #writing
On the canyon rim
a blizzard swallows the pines.
I read my compass.
#WalesHaikuJournal #haiku #poem #poetrycommunity #BlueskyPoets #BlueskyPoet #poetry #poet #outdoors #photography
a blizzard swallows the pines.
I read my compass.
#WalesHaikuJournal #haiku #poem #poetrycommunity #BlueskyPoets #BlueskyPoet #poetry #poet #outdoors #photography
November 22, 2024 at 8:41 PM
On the canyon rim
a blizzard swallows the pines.
I read my compass.
#WalesHaikuJournal #haiku #poem #poetrycommunity #BlueskyPoets #BlueskyPoet #poetry #poet #outdoors #photography
a blizzard swallows the pines.
I read my compass.
#WalesHaikuJournal #haiku #poem #poetrycommunity #BlueskyPoets #BlueskyPoet #poetry #poet #outdoors #photography
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Happy Friday haiku poets, new and experienced!
This week’s #prompt:
blizzard
Tag #WalesHaikuJournal and please read/share others that participate💖
We can’t wait to see where this takes you 📷 #haiku #poetrycommunity
This week’s #prompt:
blizzard
Tag #WalesHaikuJournal and please read/share others that participate💖
We can’t wait to see where this takes you 📷 #haiku #poetrycommunity
November 22, 2024 at 8:57 AM
Happy Friday haiku poets, new and experienced!
This week’s #prompt:
blizzard
Tag #WalesHaikuJournal and please read/share others that participate💖
We can’t wait to see where this takes you 📷 #haiku #poetrycommunity
This week’s #prompt:
blizzard
Tag #WalesHaikuJournal and please read/share others that participate💖
We can’t wait to see where this takes you 📷 #haiku #poetrycommunity
This week, I’m honored to have three of my unpublished #poems appear in the brand new edition of The Way Back to Ourselves! Appearing are one part of my unreleased epic poem “Cabin Sketches”, “Above Florence Pass”, and “Cherries on the Bison Flats”.
www.thewayback2ourselves.com/journal/cabi...
#poet
www.thewayback2ourselves.com/journal/cabi...
#poet
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November 21, 2024 at 3:06 AM
This week, I’m honored to have three of my unpublished #poems appear in the brand new edition of The Way Back to Ourselves! Appearing are one part of my unreleased epic poem “Cabin Sketches”, “Above Florence Pass”, and “Cherries on the Bison Flats”.
www.thewayback2ourselves.com/journal/cabi...
#poet
www.thewayback2ourselves.com/journal/cabi...
#poet
Post you from a different era
November 20, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Post you from a different era
In the mountain’s lap
blue quietude
boulderfield
above the lake
cow moose
and her calf
wandering
the glacial creek
beside my lonely little tent
as I read Hemingway
far
from the doom
which will find me
come winter.
#SenseWrds Prompt 1 #poem #poetry #poet #outdoors
blue quietude
boulderfield
above the lake
cow moose
and her calf
wandering
the glacial creek
beside my lonely little tent
as I read Hemingway
far
from the doom
which will find me
come winter.
#SenseWrds Prompt 1 #poem #poetry #poet #outdoors
November 20, 2024 at 3:58 AM
In the mountain’s lap
blue quietude
boulderfield
above the lake
cow moose
and her calf
wandering
the glacial creek
beside my lonely little tent
as I read Hemingway
far
from the doom
which will find me
come winter.
#SenseWrds Prompt 1 #poem #poetry #poet #outdoors
blue quietude
boulderfield
above the lake
cow moose
and her calf
wandering
the glacial creek
beside my lonely little tent
as I read Hemingway
far
from the doom
which will find me
come winter.
#SenseWrds Prompt 1 #poem #poetry #poet #outdoors
I believe I just added the final poem to the manuscript for my next poetry collection, Cabin Sketches. Stay tuned for release details next month and an early 2025 release date! This will likely be my last #poetry collection for a few years, so I’m packing it full of all sorts of goodies.
#poet
#poet
November 20, 2024 at 1:13 AM
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Here we go! We will begin at the beginning again. Do Not use the prompt words in your piece. Please use #SenseWrds so I can find your piece, and include the prompt number. Feel free to message if you have more questions on how this prompt works. Happy writing! ~M 🙏🏻
November 19, 2024 at 10:00 PM
Here we go! We will begin at the beginning again. Do Not use the prompt words in your piece. Please use #SenseWrds so I can find your piece, and include the prompt number. Feel free to message if you have more questions on how this prompt works. Happy writing! ~M 🙏🏻
Beyond the old pine
aurora borealis
dancing amethyst
#WalesHaikuJournal #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #poem #poet #poetrycommunity #aurora #northernlights
aurora borealis
dancing amethyst
#WalesHaikuJournal #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #poem #poet #poetrycommunity #aurora #northernlights
November 18, 2024 at 2:32 AM
Beyond the old pine
aurora borealis
dancing amethyst
#WalesHaikuJournal #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #poem #poet #poetrycommunity #aurora #northernlights
aurora borealis
dancing amethyst
#WalesHaikuJournal #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #poem #poet #poetrycommunity #aurora #northernlights
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Layered waves of sandstone
lamenting the gentle silence of being
…cracked earth craving more…
lamenting the gentle silence of being
…cracked earth craving more…
November 17, 2024 at 10:48 AM
Layered waves of sandstone
lamenting the gentle silence of being
…cracked earth craving more…
lamenting the gentle silence of being
…cracked earth craving more…
Astraeus adorns
November sky in a dress
of pastel photons.
#inkmine #prompt #poetryprompt #poem #poetry #poet #haiku #micropoetry
November sky in a dress
of pastel photons.
#inkmine #prompt #poetryprompt #poem #poetry #poet #haiku #micropoetry
November 18, 2024 at 12:21 AM
Astraeus adorns
November sky in a dress
of pastel photons.
#inkmine #prompt #poetryprompt #poem #poetry #poet #haiku #micropoetry
November sky in a dress
of pastel photons.
#inkmine #prompt #poetryprompt #poem #poetry #poet #haiku #micropoetry
#jackkerouac #kerouac #beatpoets #adventure #explore #discover #wildandfree #staywild #livefree #wander #travel
November 17, 2024 at 3:55 PM
“What’s to be done Bodhisattva?
O live quietly; live to love
Everybody.
Be devout under trees
At midnight on the ground.”
-Jack Kerouac,
Mexico City Blues
#jackkerouac #kerouac #beatpoets #poetry
O live quietly; live to love
Everybody.
Be devout under trees
At midnight on the ground.”
-Jack Kerouac,
Mexico City Blues
#jackkerouac #kerouac #beatpoets #poetry
November 17, 2024 at 3:42 PM
“What’s to be done Bodhisattva?
O live quietly; live to love
Everybody.
Be devout under trees
At midnight on the ground.”
-Jack Kerouac,
Mexico City Blues
#jackkerouac #kerouac #beatpoets #poetry
O live quietly; live to love
Everybody.
Be devout under trees
At midnight on the ground.”
-Jack Kerouac,
Mexico City Blues
#jackkerouac #kerouac #beatpoets #poetry
“Nirvana is Snowing
Right down on his head
Everything’s all right”
-Jack Kerouac,
Mexico City Blues
#jackkerouac #kerouac #beatpoets #poetry #poet #outdoors #hike #nature
Right down on his head
Everything’s all right”
-Jack Kerouac,
Mexico City Blues
#jackkerouac #kerouac #beatpoets #poetry #poet #outdoors #hike #nature
November 17, 2024 at 3:40 PM
“Nirvana is Snowing
Right down on his head
Everything’s all right”
-Jack Kerouac,
Mexico City Blues
#jackkerouac #kerouac #beatpoets #poetry #poet #outdoors #hike #nature
Right down on his head
Everything’s all right”
-Jack Kerouac,
Mexico City Blues
#jackkerouac #kerouac #beatpoets #poetry #poet #outdoors #hike #nature
“God’s asleep dreaming, we’ve got to wake him up!”
-Jack Kerouac,
Old Angel Midnight
#jackkerouac #kerouac #beatpoets #poetry
-Jack Kerouac,
Old Angel Midnight
#jackkerouac #kerouac #beatpoets #poetry
November 17, 2024 at 3:33 PM
“God’s asleep dreaming, we’ve got to wake him up!”
-Jack Kerouac,
Old Angel Midnight
#jackkerouac #kerouac #beatpoets #poetry
-Jack Kerouac,
Old Angel Midnight
#jackkerouac #kerouac #beatpoets #poetry
“I know, sweet hero,
Enlightenment has Come”
-Jack Kerouac,
MacDougal Street Blues
#jackkerouac #kerouac #beatpoets #poetry
Enlightenment has Come”
-Jack Kerouac,
MacDougal Street Blues
#jackkerouac #kerouac #beatpoets #poetry
November 17, 2024 at 3:32 PM
“I know, sweet hero,
Enlightenment has Come”
-Jack Kerouac,
MacDougal Street Blues
#jackkerouac #kerouac #beatpoets #poetry
Enlightenment has Come”
-Jack Kerouac,
MacDougal Street Blues
#jackkerouac #kerouac #beatpoets #poetry