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Dawn Manning
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writer, metalsmith, covered bridge troll, cat whisperer. Author of POSTCARDS FROM THE DEAD LETTER OFFICE. ND; she/they
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They literally ruin everything they touch
October 31, 2025 at 3:44 AM
😮😮😮Woke up to this delightful surprise.
I'm very grateful to the editors of The Ilanot Review for this nomination. The support of this wonderful community of writers means the world to me. #poetry #poetlife #writingcommunity
October 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM
And if you’d rather listen to me read the two poems I shared a couple days ago, you now can thanks to the The Ilanot Review slow launch! #poetry
Dawn Manning reads 2 Poems for The Ilanot Review
YouTube video by Dawn Manning
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October 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Grateful to the editors of The Ilanot Review for including two of my poems in the Flaw and Favor issue: www.ilanotreview.com
Pics in comments so those viewing on a phone can see the intended linebreaks. #poetry
Flaw and Favor - Ilanot Review
Back Cover→ About the Cover Art
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October 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Winning this contest last year for my villanelle “The Knife, The Throat,” opened the door for me to attend the conference and meet some amazing fellow poets! Please consider sending one of your own villanelles their way!!! #poetry
The Gylys Villanelle Prize | Poetry by the Sea
Since last year's contest was such a success, Poetry by the Sea, in partnership with the Wild & Precious Life Series, is running a second Villanelle Contest, The Gylys Villanelle Prize. The winning po...
poetrybytheseaconference.org
September 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Next stop. #tistheseason
August 31, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Beautiful translation: “To live without this grief is to see the mountain
without its weight, rivers without depth.”
Departure: <br/>To the Tune "Mu Lan Hua: Magnolia"
After tonight, what's left of you is you
poems.com
August 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Sturgeon moonrise. #moon
August 10, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Accurate.
August 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
*adds "keeper of the spark of madness" to resume. #robinwilliams #we'reallmadhere
July 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Embrace radical candor. #followyourbliss
July 15, 2025 at 12:25 PM
May Luca, our neighborhood leucistic groundhog, bring you a momentary respite in these dark times. #nature #animals #groundhog
I was chillin outside and this little guy walked right up to me. He was startled when I talked to him, but he didn’t scamper off. We’ve left carrots for him.
July 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Flood Diary: the exciting sequel #nature #rainbow #creeklife #coveredbridge
July 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Flood Diary from the Tollhouse on the Manatawny. (Part 1) #storm #nature #creek
July 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Sun rain with corn and power lines and big RAINBOW energy. 😁🌈🌦️ #happypride 🏳️‍🌈 #rainbow
June 26, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The Poe abides. #cat
June 25, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I had an amazing time at Poetry by the Sea this year as The Gylys Villanelle Prize recipient!
The 2025 Conference Photo! We are new to Bluesky so please help us find our friends!
June 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This eastern dobsonfly came to visit. Despite the intimidating mandibles, they are quite harmless. This one was about five inches long and seemed as curious about me as I was about him. #fridaythe13th #nature #friendshipgoals
June 13, 2025 at 10:58 PM
June 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Scott’s a bad influence on the gargoyles.
May 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
He just keeps putting out bangers! ❤️❤️❤️ #writer #historian #bestpartnerever
Lovely to see Scott Manning, who contributed “Arthurian Legend and the Death of Optimus Prime in Transformers: The Movie (1986)" to the latest vol of Studies in Medievalism, at this year's Kalamazoo conference! #ICMS #kzoo2025 @scottmanning.com
May 9, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Behold Samantha: the incarnation of hot messes. #cat #hotmess
May 7, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Happy Beltane!
May 2, 2025 at 12:04 AM
This tribute by Dimitri Reyes is such a great way to start the day. #poetry
Speakers
And then a kiss, but more than this     I wish you love
poets.org
April 24, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Another fine poem from Christian J. Collier:
God
Maybe there are a number of Gods to wade through before falling at the feet of the last true one
poems.com
April 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM