saltpeter
@saltpeterdraws.bsky.social
AKA Michael Todd Cohen. Queer writer, artist and adoptee living in New England. A Lilac Foundation Fellow for Environmental & Social Justice at Vermont Studio Center (2025). Often work in queer adult themes: 18+ please.
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thinking about Victorian puppets and grime
January 3, 2026 at 1:09 AM
thinking about Victorian puppets and grime
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Why do we keep inventing nonsense like computerized plagiarism-n-pedophilia machines when we could be inventing bombs with implanted tree seeds to turn all the abandoned Rite Aids into instant rewilded forests?
January 2, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Why do we keep inventing nonsense like computerized plagiarism-n-pedophilia machines when we could be inventing bombs with implanted tree seeds to turn all the abandoned Rite Aids into instant rewilded forests?
new england beach in winter
January 2, 2026 at 12:25 AM
new england beach in winter
happy new year to the sleepies 😴
January 1, 2026 at 2:01 AM
happy new year to the sleepies 😴
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For 2026 i challenge you all to record yourself reading a poem. you don’t have to post it, but give it a try. give yourself four takes, see where you end up, see how it feels.
December 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
For 2026 i challenge you all to record yourself reading a poem. you don’t have to post it, but give it a try. give yourself four takes, see where you end up, see how it feels.
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A tent in winter, this is what Nurse Hammam and family are fundraising for. Please donate if you can.
December 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
A tent in winter, this is what Nurse Hammam and family are fundraising for. Please donate if you can.
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Heading to the post office later this week. If anyone would like a signed copy of Unrivered OR any two of these small mixed media pieces for $20, including shipping in US, send me a message or comment here and I'll message you.
December 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Heading to the post office later this week. If anyone would like a signed copy of Unrivered OR any two of these small mixed media pieces for $20, including shipping in US, send me a message or comment here and I'll message you.
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i cut my thumbnail too short.
All is lost.
I feel too much.
All is lost.
I feel too much.
December 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
i cut my thumbnail too short.
All is lost.
I feel too much.
All is lost.
I feel too much.
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ICYMI, for those of us with snow:
My new poetry column is up, with a round-up of winter snow poems to consider - featuring poems by Louise Glück, Carl Phillips, @toddedillard.bsky.social, Alex Dimitrov, Emily Dickinson, Joy Harjo & other favorites.
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a little girl is shoveling snow with a shovel and a bag .
Alt: a little child is shoveling snow with a shovel and falls over, only to be righted by their parent.
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December 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
ICYMI, for those of us with snow:
December 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
New England winter scene...
December 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
New England winter scene...
"calm down, you're being dramatic" = be less queer, little child. Learning to feel ALL the things in real-time as an adult...
December 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
"calm down, you're being dramatic" = be less queer, little child. Learning to feel ALL the things in real-time as an adult...
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good morning from the italian market in beautiful south philadelphia, usa
December 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
good morning from the italian market in beautiful south philadelphia, usa
winter meadow; night.
December 25, 2025 at 10:54 PM
winter meadow; night.
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A Muppet Family Christmas (1987) - 4K SuperSampled
YouTube video by topher3683
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December 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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resting beings 🐐🐓🐇 drawn a while back as part of a commission for the Kindness Project / Defend the Wild
December 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
resting beings 🐐🐓🐇 drawn a while back as part of a commission for the Kindness Project / Defend the Wild
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December 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
December 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Took notes-as-poem at the town committee meeting last night & sheesh, are we a pack of weirdos. Democracy is corporeal & spectral, loud, cacophonous, attentive & quiet.
One woman exclaimed “Revive the festival!” Another referred to the past: a “Lady Landscape Artist.” Mysterious & wondrous stuff.
One woman exclaimed “Revive the festival!” Another referred to the past: a “Lady Landscape Artist.” Mysterious & wondrous stuff.
December 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Took notes-as-poem at the town committee meeting last night & sheesh, are we a pack of weirdos. Democracy is corporeal & spectral, loud, cacophonous, attentive & quiet.
One woman exclaimed “Revive the festival!” Another referred to the past: a “Lady Landscape Artist.” Mysterious & wondrous stuff.
One woman exclaimed “Revive the festival!” Another referred to the past: a “Lady Landscape Artist.” Mysterious & wondrous stuff.
December 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Best episodes of TNG &/or Voyager?
GO!
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GO!
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December 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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My bday was yesterday. For belated bday present, please consider donating (or at least sharing).
Folks are welcome to match my $50!
Love.
Folks are welcome to match my $50!
Love.
Thank you all for contributing and sharing our Blanket Friday campaign. We raised a total of $5,643 for Sameer Project's Give Warmth to Gaza campaign!!!
If you missed us this weekend, you can donate directly to them here: chuffed.org/project/1491...
If you missed us this weekend, you can donate directly to them here: chuffed.org/project/1491...
RETURN HOME x The Sameer Project
"GIVE WARMTH TO GAZA" this Winter season...
chuffed.org
December 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
My bday was yesterday. For belated bday present, please consider donating (or at least sharing).
Folks are welcome to match my $50!
Love.
Folks are welcome to match my $50!
Love.
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Shameless plug: Am*zon has 7 copies of my short story collection, 1 of my novel, & 1 copy of my poetry book. Unless they're lying. You can also buy my books from my publishers or wherever you buy books independently. If you teach me next year, lmk so I can video conference into your class!
December 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Shameless plug: Am*zon has 7 copies of my short story collection, 1 of my novel, & 1 copy of my poetry book. Unless they're lying. You can also buy my books from my publishers or wherever you buy books independently. If you teach me next year, lmk so I can video conference into your class!