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Cassie Premo Steele
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Award-winning and bestselling author of the novels Beaver Girl, The ReSisters, and Shamrock and Lotus; nonfiction books Earth Joy Writing, Moon Days, and We Heal from Memory; and 7 books of poetry.
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You are invited to a special live online event with former US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo honoring the life and poetry of her daughter, Rainy Dawn Ortiz, on Saturday, December 6. More information and link to register at cassiepremosteele.substack.com/p/a-special-...
#poetry #poetrycommunity #poet #poems
November 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Physics
Starlight and flight
Biology
Cells and where they dwell
Chemistry
Elements and energy
Geology
Mountains and fountains
Oceanography
Deep mystery
But of all the sciences
Love
Is the most precious to me

#vss365 #science
November 14, 2025 at 12:24 PM
A myth is not a lie
But a deeper form of real
Which is exactly why
It holds the key for us to heal

#vss365 #myth
November 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Literature
Is the butter
Of genres.

Sure, you can live
Off bread,
But when a story

Melts in your mouth,
You’re glad you’re
Not yet dead.

#vss365 #literature
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Law of My Dog:

Sleep in on Sundays.
Preferably with a friendly frog.

#vss365 #law #dogs
November 9, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Anne Sexton said,
When she first
Took a poetry class
At night in an adult ed
Center, she’d found people
Who spoke language.

When I read this,
I knew I’d never judge
Myself again for this
Work I’d come here
To do: making beauty
From damage.

#vss365 #language
November 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Dogwood leaf red
River birch yellow
Crepe myrtle gold
These are the colors
Of nature’s flag
That bears allegiance
To a brave history
Of survival despite
Atrocities untold

#vss365 #history
November 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Beaver Moon feeling itself
November 5, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I graduated Magna Cum Laude
And am a Doctor of Philosophy,
But to me the greatest education
Has come from following the Latin
Meaning of the word: to lead out.
I am amazed by all that nature,
Every single day, still teaches me.

#vss365 #education
#moon #fullmoon #BeaverMoon #nature #heron #birds
November 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This is Luna,
Our daughter’s domestic rabbit,
Who loves bananas
And is very fond of
Mint hidden in her hay.
She’s named after the moon,
Another celestial goddess
Who is deep black
Despite appearances
To the contrary,
And who also loves to play.

#vss365 #domestic
@littlelunabunny.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Frog pond update! 🐸

After several weeks of tadpoles getting legs and growing fatter but reluctant to leave the pond in cool weather, our family spotted this courageous little creature yesterday and our daughter-in-law and grandson were the first to hold one!

#vss365 #creature
#nature #eco #writing
November 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Let’s help create
A world where men
Receive more praise
For carrying a child
Than toting business
Cards and a briefcase

#vss365 #business
November 1, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Gaga and Golden from Demon Hunters ❣️
October 31, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Happy Halloween from Rumi and Saja from KPOP!
October 31, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Halloween
It’s a scene
Beavers and butterflies
Bunnies and pink pony guys
And a queer af family
Living free in America
With neighbors and friends
Hoping for no spooky
SCOTUS end

#vss365 #Halloween
#QueerSky #LGBTQ
October 31, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Beaver moon
Comes soon
World like room
Lit up by day
With bright ray
Here to say
Winter will come
With much to be done
You are the one
Don’t delay

#vss365 #ray
October 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
“Babe,” she calls from the bath. “Can you bring me my coffee? I forgot it.”

“Sure!” I say, thinking I’d be happy to do this until her hair turns argent.

Looking around the kitchen, I see no cup.

“Never mind!” she calls. “I found it!”

Well, I guess the future really does rush up.

#vss365 #argent
October 29, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Hey #vss365 I’m doing an #experiment today by sharing a poem of mine that appears in the We’Moon calendar and features the word prompt of the day.

“What if love really were enough?”
October 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Monday vibes:

With Hurricane Melissa driving through the Caribbean and rain already falling here at dawn, I creep from the kitchen with my coffee, greet my dog lovingly, and hope the honey heart in my cup radiates out to all, wherever you are, and keeps you safe from harm.

#vss365 #creep
October 27, 2025 at 12:27 PM
In Egypt it was serious,
When Sirius rose
And the Nile flowed.

In Greece it wasn’t peace,
Sailors watched the Pleiades
To start on high seas.

What water stars,
I wonder, will rise heliacal
When we dare to see

Food for everyone
And journeys without guns,
As all waters are one.

#vss365 #heliacal
October 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
My motto (and any political parties who’d like to adopt it as a 3-part plan can be my guest):

Less terror.
More terroir.
And much more terrier.

#vss365 #terror #environmental #dogs
October 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Why would we turn to Martians and the like to feed our imaginations when a beaver tyke simply floating down Lake Jemike outside Walhalla, South Carolina, is all the magic we need?

#vss365 #Martian #beaver
October 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
One of the many things I love about beavers is the way they do their work at night unseen. The trees you see behind their lodge and pond were saved from devastating wildfires because of this one beaver family’s ability to engineer ecosystems that remain resilient and green.

#vss365 #unseen #beaver
October 23, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Our daughter’s German boyfriend made us dinner tonight, and I served a homemade apple pie for dessert. International relations still exist.
October 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I must admit
I do not have
The energy
To waste on
Thinking of
Otherworldly
Matters when
This one so
Fiercely needs
Our attention.

#vss365 #energy
October 22, 2025 at 12:12 PM