Donna Spruijt-Metz
@dsmpoet.bsky.social
Poet, mama, scientist, dog lover, debut ‘General Release from the Beginning of the World’ Free Verse Editions 2023
It's publication day! To Phrase a Prayer for Peace is officially out and in the world. The poems came from the heartbreak of watching the war in the middle east unfold. At AWP, I'll be signing at Yetzirah (T715) on 3/29 at 11:00 am & Whale Road Review (948) on 3/29 12-1:00. Please come say 'hey'
March 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
It's publication day! To Phrase a Prayer for Peace is officially out and in the world. The poems came from the heartbreak of watching the war in the middle east unfold. At AWP, I'll be signing at Yetzirah (T715) on 3/29 at 11:00 am & Whale Road Review (948) on 3/29 12-1:00. Please come say 'hey'
To Phrase a Prayer for Peace launches online on Sunday March 23, 4:00 pm PT with the amazing poets @jaredharel.bsky.social Julia Kolchinsky and Yehoshua Josh November. Thank you @wildhousepubs.bsky.social and Mark S. Burrows! Register here
usc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
I would love to see you there!
usc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
I would love to see you there!
March 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
To Phrase a Prayer for Peace launches online on Sunday March 23, 4:00 pm PT with the amazing poets @jaredharel.bsky.social Julia Kolchinsky and Yehoshua Josh November. Thank you @wildhousepubs.bsky.social and Mark S. Burrows! Register here
usc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
I would love to see you there!
usc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
I would love to see you there!
To Phrase a Prayer for Peace
Out in March from Wildhouse Press! Preorders very soon!
Out in March from Wildhouse Press! Preorders very soon!
January 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
To Phrase a Prayer for Peace
Out in March from Wildhouse Press! Preorders very soon!
Out in March from Wildhouse Press! Preorders very soon!
The fire is close. I’ve got go bags ready for the pups and me. I hope we don’t have to evacuate
January 9, 2025 at 7:11 AM
The fire is close. I’ve got go bags ready for the pups and me. I hope we don’t have to evacuate
Happy 7th light, Happy New Year, I wish you all peace and love and health and wild bursts of creativity and when you need it, a dog who knows you’re going to cry before you know it.
January 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Happy 7th light, Happy New Year, I wish you all peace and love and health and wild bursts of creativity and when you need it, a dog who knows you’re going to cry before you know it.
This has been a year of suffering in the world: hate. war, death, hunger—and for me, personally—with the sudden death of my husband. This book came fast, took me over, possessed me. I can’t wait to share it with you.
Thank you, Melody Stanford Martin for this beautiful cover. What a gift.
Thank you, Melody Stanford Martin for this beautiful cover. What a gift.
December 24, 2024 at 7:21 PM
This has been a year of suffering in the world: hate. war, death, hunger—and for me, personally—with the sudden death of my husband. This book came fast, took me over, possessed me. I can’t wait to share it with you.
Thank you, Melody Stanford Martin for this beautiful cover. What a gift.
Thank you, Melody Stanford Martin for this beautiful cover. What a gift.
Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer describes grief as I feel it these days.
December 11, 2024 at 4:05 AM
Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer describes grief as I feel it these days.
Eyes full of fall skies in Upstate New York, heading back to Los Angeles 🌞☀️🕶️ today.
October 10, 2024 at 12:49 PM
Eyes full of fall skies in Upstate New York, heading back to Los Angeles 🌞☀️🕶️ today.
Please join me in my next generative workshop! We will be writing poetry of praise, questioning, and occasional irreverence! I would LOVE to see you! Link to register:
writerscenter.org/calendar/sac...
writerscenter.org/calendar/sac...
August 19, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Please join me in my next generative workshop! We will be writing poetry of praise, questioning, and occasional irreverence! I would LOVE to see you! Link to register:
writerscenter.org/calendar/sac...
writerscenter.org/calendar/sac...
Going to Arkansas to read at the amazing @kaicoggin.bsky.social ‘s Wednesday Night Poetry situation!!! Come through!
March 18, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Going to Arkansas to read at the amazing @kaicoggin.bsky.social ‘s Wednesday Night Poetry situation!!! Come through!
Psaltery & Lyre open for submissions for ONE MORE WEEK! psalteryandlyre.org/submissions/
We are looking for essays, stories, poetry, and hybrid works that push the borders of sacred and secular.
Bring us your tasty morsels! Submissions are free!
We are looking for essays, stories, poetry, and hybrid works that push the borders of sacred and secular.
Bring us your tasty morsels! Submissions are free!
February 22, 2024 at 10:13 PM
Psaltery & Lyre open for submissions for ONE MORE WEEK! psalteryandlyre.org/submissions/
We are looking for essays, stories, poetry, and hybrid works that push the borders of sacred and secular.
Bring us your tasty morsels! Submissions are free!
We are looking for essays, stories, poetry, and hybrid works that push the borders of sacred and secular.
Bring us your tasty morsels! Submissions are free!
www.pw.org/live/events/...
BEYOND thrilled to be part of this celebration of 5 over 50 debut writers on December 7th! Register for free! Thank you Poets & Writers and Kevin Latimer! It is a fabulous line-up! Please join us!
BEYOND thrilled to be part of this celebration of 5 over 50 debut writers on December 7th! Register for free! Thank you Poets & Writers and Kevin Latimer! It is a fabulous line-up! Please join us!
December 1, 2023 at 5:32 PM
www.pw.org/live/events/...
BEYOND thrilled to be part of this celebration of 5 over 50 debut writers on December 7th! Register for free! Thank you Poets & Writers and Kevin Latimer! It is a fabulous line-up! Please join us!
BEYOND thrilled to be part of this celebration of 5 over 50 debut writers on December 7th! Register for free! Thank you Poets & Writers and Kevin Latimer! It is a fabulous line-up! Please join us!
Saskia Hamilton.
November 26, 2023 at 2:23 AM
Saskia Hamilton.
Humbled and excited to have a poem chosen for today's Poem-a-Day! You can listen to me read it if you would like right here
poets.org/poem/hoof
poets.org/poem/hoof
November 7, 2023 at 5:34 PM
Humbled and excited to have a poem chosen for today's Poem-a-Day! You can listen to me read it if you would like right here
poets.org/poem/hoof
poets.org/poem/hoof
Over the moon (and in the Bluesky!) to be chosen as one of the 5 over 40 debut authors for the annual Poets & Writers feature with four stellar writers! Here’s a link of you would like to read our brief essays www.pw.org/content/5_ov...
October 12, 2023 at 4:26 PM
Over the moon (and in the Bluesky!) to be chosen as one of the 5 over 40 debut authors for the annual Poets & Writers feature with four stellar writers! Here’s a link of you would like to read our brief essays www.pw.org/content/5_ov...
Come write poetry with me! I am teaching an online course for the Hudson Valley Writers Conference on 'The Good Constraint' on October 15th, 12:30-2:30 PM ET!
There will be (virtual) swag, a wealth of new vessels for your writing! Registration:
www.writerscenter.org/calendar/gen...
There will be (virtual) swag, a wealth of new vessels for your writing! Registration:
www.writerscenter.org/calendar/gen...
October 3, 2023 at 4:31 PM
Come write poetry with me! I am teaching an online course for the Hudson Valley Writers Conference on 'The Good Constraint' on October 15th, 12:30-2:30 PM ET!
There will be (virtual) swag, a wealth of new vessels for your writing! Registration:
www.writerscenter.org/calendar/gen...
There will be (virtual) swag, a wealth of new vessels for your writing! Registration:
www.writerscenter.org/calendar/gen...
Shana Tova! May your New Year be sweet and go deep. In these holy days I am praying for this earth.
September 15, 2023 at 7:21 PM
Shana Tova! May your New Year be sweet and go deep. In these holy days I am praying for this earth.
Dark Elderberry Branch, poems and musings of Marina Tzvetaeva as ‘translated’ by Ilya Kaminsky and Jean Valentine. With a fabulous afterword. Yes, I believe you have time for this beautiful slim volume!
September 11, 2023 at 9:12 PM
Dark Elderberry Branch, poems and musings of Marina Tzvetaeva as ‘translated’ by Ilya Kaminsky and Jean Valentine. With a fabulous afterword. Yes, I believe you have time for this beautiful slim volume!