David Ward
@davidww.bsky.social
poems, fossils, videogames
editor @ publicschoolpoetry.com
lecturer @ university of michigan
editor @ publicschoolpoetry.com
lecturer @ university of michigan
After teaching, before take-out and Survivor
October 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM
After teaching, before take-out and Survivor
This guy just ate our window well toads
August 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This guy just ate our window well toads
Every new issue of The Index becomes my favorite issue, but this one gets bonus points for haunted house serendipity--i just read Anne Carson's essay on this story, and then this shows up in the mail!
August 3, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Every new issue of The Index becomes my favorite issue, but this one gets bonus points for haunted house serendipity--i just read Anne Carson's essay on this story, and then this shows up in the mail!
And then there's me, picking up rocks because they look like weiners
May 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
And then there's me, picking up rocks because they look like weiners
A little backyard recess & pizza to celebrate two years of @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social with the other Vice-Principals!
May 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
A little backyard recess & pizza to celebrate two years of @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social with the other Vice-Principals!
Today, in Very Wee Fossils (VWF): a lil trilobite head, a gastropod, and a brachiopod
May 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Today, in Very Wee Fossils (VWF): a lil trilobite head, a gastropod, and a brachiopod
Spending a little time with the Devonian sea floor today...
May 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Spending a little time with the Devonian sea floor today...
One week in stage one makes a big difference
May 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
One week in stage one makes a big difference
Hanging this on my office for the summer
May 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Hanging this on my office for the summer
Not bad for mid-run rockhounding! A couple unakites, a tiny jasper, a silicified favosites, even a few agate-y looking guys, + that one bubbly mystery rock. Into the tumbler!
May 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Not bad for mid-run rockhounding! A couple unakites, a tiny jasper, a silicified favosites, even a few agate-y looking guys, + that one bubbly mystery rock. Into the tumbler!
NIN played in the car on the way to the protest today, and it was the most in touch I've been with my teenage self since actual high school
April 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
NIN played in the car on the way to the protest today, and it was the most in touch I've been with my teenage self since actual high school
Julie reading last night with the awesome poets of Glass Lyre Press! What a great way to kick off AWP
March 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Julie reading last night with the awesome poets of Glass Lyre Press! What a great way to kick off AWP
NBD just getting a non-local floor installed
January 27, 2025 at 12:11 AM
NBD just getting a non-local floor installed
A student in my Lyric Essay course made, of their own accord, this amazing zine of essays written by folks in the class. I'm so proud and impressed and grateful!
December 4, 2024 at 5:21 PM
A student in my Lyric Essay course made, of their own accord, this amazing zine of essays written by folks in the class. I'm so proud and impressed and grateful!
Double function! Break ice, cool down that hot beer.
December 12, 2023 at 10:28 PM
Double function! Break ice, cool down that hot beer.