Chelsea B. DesAutels
@cbdesautels.bsky.social
Poet. A DANGEROUS PLACE (Sarabande Books). She/her.
Please behold this magnificent octopus I saw on a shore dive last week. 😍 (Photo credit Lukas Arias)
February 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Please behold this magnificent octopus I saw on a shore dive last week. 😍 (Photo credit Lukas Arias)
Frost flowers on the creek yesterday. These only form when it is very cold, and very still, and it has been both. It feels like magic. ❄️
January 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Frost flowers on the creek yesterday. These only form when it is very cold, and very still, and it has been both. It feels like magic. ❄️
Many, many thanks to @narrativemag.bsky.social for making a home for "Some Half-World." This poem means a lot to me. ❤️ (Link in comments.)
January 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Many, many thanks to @narrativemag.bsky.social for making a home for "Some Half-World." This poem means a lot to me. ❤️ (Link in comments.)
Let's endure winter together, by making our own little web of work. ❄️ Check out The Winter Writer: Six Weeks of Writing in Community. ✨ Tuesday evenings, online, starting February 11. ✨
January 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Let's endure winter together, by making our own little web of work. ❄️ Check out The Winter Writer: Six Weeks of Writing in Community. ✨ Tuesday evenings, online, starting February 11. ✨
We marked the new year with a small offering. May you get what you need this year. ✨
January 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
We marked the new year with a small offering. May you get what you need this year. ✨
The ether is in the ice again. 💙
December 21, 2024 at 8:45 PM
The ether is in the ice again. 💙
All bundled up. Time to test the lake ice. ❄️
December 21, 2024 at 7:09 PM
All bundled up. Time to test the lake ice. ❄️
The 10yo & I made peppermint marshmallows!
December 20, 2024 at 2:18 AM
The 10yo & I made peppermint marshmallows!
Many thanks to @cincinnatireview.bsky.social & @lisaampleman.bsky.social for giving a home to two new poems, including the first in a short series of prose poems considering shame & girlhood.
December 16, 2024 at 7:40 PM
Many thanks to @cincinnatireview.bsky.social & @lisaampleman.bsky.social for giving a home to two new poems, including the first in a short series of prose poems considering shame & girlhood.
What are your favorite winter poems? ❄️
Here's one of mine.
Here's one of mine.
December 13, 2024 at 7:27 PM
What are your favorite winter poems? ❄️
Here's one of mine.
Here's one of mine.
Two sides of the same lake. ☀️❄️
December 4, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Two sides of the same lake. ☀️❄️
Really happy to have a recent poem in the fall issue of Pleiades, which is packed with great work. Many thanks to @jennymolberg.bsky.social & @caitlincowan.bsky.social.
December 2, 2024 at 11:28 PM
Really happy to have a recent poem in the fall issue of Pleiades, which is packed with great work. Many thanks to @jennymolberg.bsky.social & @caitlincowan.bsky.social.
Listen, a cold walk is a tonic. ❄️
November 29, 2024 at 7:02 PM
Listen, a cold walk is a tonic. ❄️
Just trust me; it’s worth it.
November 23, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Just trust me; it’s worth it.
Looking for a writing ritual to push through the darkest days? ✨ Join us during the week of winter solstice (Dec 16-20) for an online, early-morning writing circle & write five new poems, fast. ✨ We'd love to have you! Link for info & registration in comments.
November 22, 2024 at 7:13 PM
Looking for a writing ritual to push through the darkest days? ✨ Join us during the week of winter solstice (Dec 16-20) for an online, early-morning writing circle & write five new poems, fast. ✨ We'd love to have you! Link for info & registration in comments.
Thrilled to have a new poem in the (stellar) fall issue of Copper Nickel. Many thanks to the editors!
November 22, 2024 at 12:21 AM
Thrilled to have a new poem in the (stellar) fall issue of Copper Nickel. Many thanks to the editors!
Only two seats left! Join us—it’s going to be wonderful!
March 20, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Only two seats left! Join us—it’s going to be wonderful!
Under this bridge is where the ether leaves us its messages.
January 22, 2024 at 3:28 AM
Under this bridge is where the ether leaves us its messages.
I’m excited to lead The Sustained Writer, an online guided writing circle beginning in January. ❄️✨❄️
We have a few seats left—join us! Link below for more info.
We have a few seats left—join us! Link below for more info.
December 12, 2023 at 12:06 AM
I’m excited to lead The Sustained Writer, an online guided writing circle beginning in January. ❄️✨❄️
We have a few seats left—join us! Link below for more info.
We have a few seats left—join us! Link below for more info.
A forever favorite by Keetje Kuipers.
November 15, 2023 at 5:50 PM
A forever favorite by Keetje Kuipers.
Love is on the other side of the lake. -Linda Gregg
November 10, 2023 at 10:33 PM
Love is on the other side of the lake. -Linda Gregg
Someone on the internet had hard-boiled eggs with feta & dill & as I’m quite suggestible, I did, too. And now I wish I could feed you all this immediately.
November 9, 2023 at 8:17 PM
Someone on the internet had hard-boiled eggs with feta & dill & as I’m quite suggestible, I did, too. And now I wish I could feed you all this immediately.
Really looking forward to reading this Friday at 7:00pm at Eat My Words (in Northeast Minneapolis) with Joshua Gottlieb-Miller & Haley Lasché! We'd love to see you!
It's gonna drop to freezing Friday night. Let's warm up with some fresh poems!
It's gonna drop to freezing Friday night. Let's warm up with some fresh poems!
October 25, 2023 at 2:11 PM
Really looking forward to reading this Friday at 7:00pm at Eat My Words (in Northeast Minneapolis) with Joshua Gottlieb-Miller & Haley Lasché! We'd love to see you!
It's gonna drop to freezing Friday night. Let's warm up with some fresh poems!
It's gonna drop to freezing Friday night. Let's warm up with some fresh poems!