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Ann E Michael
@aempoet.bsky.social
#poet --Poet, retired academic writing coach, gardener, blogger.
Three books of poetry, 6 chapbooks: www.annemichael.blog
Not ambitious. Curious about the world. Working on being more of a mensch.
Well, just gonna say it: I was not blown away by the Guillermo del Toro Frankenstein.
#meh #Frankenstein #movies
November 13, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Time of year. 🌱
#wind #autumn #grasses #gardening
November 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Watercolor: Japanese maple in November, just before the windy days arrive. 🌱
November 12, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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November 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
#gardening #liquidambar #autumnleaves

Sweetgum leaves on a young tree.
November 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Quasi-jungle cat.
#catlife #cat
November 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
He's so exhausted.
From napping all day long.
#Catlife #cats
November 6, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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An elegy for a space canine.
#blog #laika #dog #poem
ann e michael
Poetry, nature, books, & speculative philosophical musings
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November 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Reposted by Ann E Michael
I'm going! You should come! (zoom)

Sun 2 Nov 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM: ONE ART x Keystone Poetry -

(I missed the in-person release so I'm glad this is happening.)

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ONE ART x Keystone Poetry – Zoom, Sun Nov 2, 2025 - ONE ART x Keystone Poetry Date: Sunday, November 2 Time: 2:00pm Eastern Please Note: This is a virtual event held via Zoom. >>> Tickets A...
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November 1, 2025 at 11:59 AM
🌱 last of season, after heavy frost last night.
#lateharvest
October 27, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Latest blog post: More on traveling in Turkey, and a bit about poetic devices.
#blog #poetry #Turkey #zeugma #Euphrates
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Zeugma
Zeugma, an ancient city in what is now Türkiye’s Gaziantep Province, is near where we began our tour of a 2000-km section of the Silk Road trade route. The city’s name comes from the an…
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October 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
🌱 Milkweed puffs.
#garden #nativeplant #milkweed
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
🌱 tithonia and bumblebee, late October 🩷
#gardening #bee
October 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Autumn colors look lovely against turquoise!
#Autumn #sweetgum #liquidambar #turquoise
October 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
🌱 #ceramic #autumn
The ceramic head finds itself draped in walnut branch and foliage.
October 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Because snake goddess queens are stunning.
#snake #goddess #folklore #turkey #Kurdish #Anatolia
October 20, 2025 at 11:03 PM
🌱 yeah autumn.
#autumn #vivid #leaf
October 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Back home: Pennsylvania, where autumnal hues have emerged. 🌱
#autumnal
October 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Traveling through Mesopotamia, meeting the bald ibis man, being from the USA abroad.
#baldibis #turkey #travel
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Adventure and ibises
At my daughter’s suggestion, we ended up in Mesopotamia: central to eastern Turkey, fertile crescent, Euphrates and Tigris, vaguely following the borders of Syria, Iran, and Armenia up toward…
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October 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Traveling in Turkey is amazing, but the way the president here has gradually but effectively hurt his own citizens and tried to rewrite history to advance his own narrative is chilling. And all too familiar to this U. S. citizen.
October 10, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Because bald ibises are so close to extinction. And so very amazing.
#Turkey #baldibis #endangeredspecies
October 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Gazientep, Turkey at dusk from the terrace of a terrific kebap place in the old Town. Tomorrow, a tour of the markets. Then east and north to Sanliurfa.
October 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
High-contrast cat.
#cats
October 1, 2025 at 12:20 PM