Frances Donovan
@francesdonovan.bsky.social
Poet, writer, ex-webgrrl, cats, dog, plants, Boston. they/them #queer #catladiesagainstfascism
Banner: Cover image from ARBORETUM IN A JAR.
Profile photo: Head shot of Frances with glasses and curly hair.
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Banner: Cover image from ARBORETUM IN A JAR.
Profile photo: Head shot of Frances with glasses and curly hair.
https://linktr.ee/francesdonovanpoet
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ICE arrested a carpenter named Jesus. For realz though. www.observer-reporter.com/news/local_n...
‘Heartbreaking experience’: Local catholic church fights to free immigrant detained by ICE, help his family
A local Catholic church is rallying around the family of a Venezuelan immigrant and church member who was taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and calling for his release. J...
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July 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
ICE arrested a carpenter named Jesus. For realz though. www.observer-reporter.com/news/local_n...
When you dog takes you to a beautiful place. Best Independence Day ever.
July 8, 2025 at 11:40 PM
When you dog takes you to a beautiful place. Best Independence Day ever.
Latest obsession: book nook kits.
July 8, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Latest obsession: book nook kits.
If you haven’t read Lyz’s substack or any of her books, you’re missing out.
I love her wry sense of humor and also her commitment to life as a liberal in a conservative state.
open.substack.com/pub/lyz/p/th...
I love her wry sense of humor and also her commitment to life as a liberal in a conservative state.
open.substack.com/pub/lyz/p/th...
The Middle Kingdom
I am writing a book about the future of democracy
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May 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
If you haven’t read Lyz’s substack or any of her books, you’re missing out.
I love her wry sense of humor and also her commitment to life as a liberal in a conservative state.
open.substack.com/pub/lyz/p/th...
I love her wry sense of humor and also her commitment to life as a liberal in a conservative state.
open.substack.com/pub/lyz/p/th...
Among the violets and the fairies
May 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Among the violets and the fairies
Apple blossoms on Peters Hill at the Arnold Arboretum in Boston. I’m glad I didn’t miss this fleeting beauty.
May 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Apple blossoms on Peters Hill at the Arnold Arboretum in Boston. I’m glad I didn’t miss this fleeting beauty.
When the rains do come,
it’s seeing rain for the very first time,
as if we’ve been blind,
and the bandages have been removed.
- from "Ninth Inning," by Margaret Kaspar Reed
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@rustandmoth.bsky.social
it’s seeing rain for the very first time,
as if we’ve been blind,
and the bandages have been removed.
- from "Ninth Inning," by Margaret Kaspar Reed
rustandmoth.com/work/ninth-i...
@rustandmoth.bsky.social
Ninth Inning | Rust & Moth
“The fundamental truth, a baseball game is nothing but a great slow contraption for getting you to pay attention to the cadence of a summer day.” —Michael Chabon With the city spread out before us, ou...
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May 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
When the rains do come,
it’s seeing rain for the very first time,
as if we’ve been blind,
and the bandages have been removed.
- from "Ninth Inning," by Margaret Kaspar Reed
rustandmoth.com/work/ninth-i...
@rustandmoth.bsky.social
it’s seeing rain for the very first time,
as if we’ve been blind,
and the bandages have been removed.
- from "Ninth Inning," by Margaret Kaspar Reed
rustandmoth.com/work/ninth-i...
@rustandmoth.bsky.social
The garden in April. Daffodils, hyacinth, tulips just pushing up, lambs ear… cold wind and freezing temps today. #springinnewengland
April 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The garden in April. Daffodils, hyacinth, tulips just pushing up, lambs ear… cold wind and freezing temps today. #springinnewengland
In case you hadn’t heard, Mass finally has a Poet Laureate position! Apply here: massculturalcouncil.org/blog/apply-t... #poetsofbluesky #masspoets #bostonpoets #poetrysky
Apply to Become Massachusetts’ First Poet Laureate – Mass Cultural Council
This new, honorary position is intended to promote poetry and creative expression across the state
massculturalcouncil.org
April 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
In case you hadn’t heard, Mass finally has a Poet Laureate position! Apply here: massculturalcouncil.org/blog/apply-t... #poetsofbluesky #masspoets #bostonpoets #poetrysky
“I am the poor white, fooled and pushed apart,
I am the Negro bearing slavery’s scars.
I am the red man driven from the land,
I am the immigrant clutching the hope I seek—
And finding only the same old stupid plan…”
Langston Hughes, “Let America be America Again”
I am the Negro bearing slavery’s scars.
I am the red man driven from the land,
I am the immigrant clutching the hope I seek—
And finding only the same old stupid plan…”
Langston Hughes, “Let America be America Again”
January 23, 2025 at 10:26 PM
“I am the poor white, fooled and pushed apart,
I am the Negro bearing slavery’s scars.
I am the red man driven from the land,
I am the immigrant clutching the hope I seek—
And finding only the same old stupid plan…”
Langston Hughes, “Let America be America Again”
I am the Negro bearing slavery’s scars.
I am the red man driven from the land,
I am the immigrant clutching the hope I seek—
And finding only the same old stupid plan…”
Langston Hughes, “Let America be America Again”
Eva - our resident indoor cat
January 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Eva - our resident indoor cat
It’s deep winter here in New England. Please post photos of your garden, indoor or outdoor. Here’s a tree that gave me life this November during a family crisis. #trees #gardening #plants #herbs
January 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
It’s deep winter here in New England. Please post photos of your garden, indoor or outdoor. Here’s a tree that gave me life this November during a family crisis. #trees #gardening #plants #herbs
First attempt at rag curls results in the 80s poodle look - sans perm chemicals. When I put them in last night and covered them with my new satin bonnet, Mark said I was turning into a perimenopausal Black woman. #goals Nice to see my #365feministselfie posse on BlueSky! #femme #queer #nonbinary
January 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
First attempt at rag curls results in the 80s poodle look - sans perm chemicals. When I put them in last night and covered them with my new satin bonnet, Mark said I was turning into a perimenopausal Black woman. #goals Nice to see my #365feministselfie posse on BlueSky! #femme #queer #nonbinary
Happy Caturday from Theo-D-O #catsofbluesky #caturday
January 19, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Happy Caturday from Theo-D-O #catsofbluesky #caturday
Look what they found behind the shingles on the outdoor wall of our deck! We found a piece of wood that said “November 2004 Bobby and Michel fix this house.” Our carpenter said he should write a note that says “Bobby didn’t know what he was doing.”
January 19, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Look what they found behind the shingles on the outdoor wall of our deck! We found a piece of wood that said “November 2004 Bobby and Michel fix this house.” Our carpenter said he should write a note that says “Bobby didn’t know what he was doing.”
Baby’s first COVID
January 17, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Baby’s first COVID
Reposted by Frances Donovan
Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
January 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
Ralphie says what’s up. #catsofbluesky
January 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Ralphie says what’s up. #catsofbluesky
Retreat update: 18 or so free-writes typed and edited. Should give me some material for South Bank this year. I’m glad I brought the whole box — who knew which were the keepers? #poetslife #writingretreat
January 12, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Retreat update: 18 or so free-writes typed and edited. Should give me some material for South Bank this year. I’m glad I brought the whole box — who knew which were the keepers? #poetslife #writingretreat
At the Sunrise Cabin at Woolman Hill, solo writing retreat. #cabininthewoods #poetsofbluesky
January 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
At the Sunrise Cabin at Woolman Hill, solo writing retreat. #cabininthewoods #poetsofbluesky
"I read that every good story is a witch's hat--
the rising action climbs the black silk
to the points, then slides down
to the ever-widening brim, the rings
of Saturn over an old lady's brow"
- @jennmartelli.bsky.social , "400 Calories of Existential Horror", PSYCHIC PARTY UNDER THE BOTTLE TREE
the rising action climbs the black silk
to the points, then slides down
to the ever-widening brim, the rings
of Saturn over an old lady's brow"
- @jennmartelli.bsky.social , "400 Calories of Existential Horror", PSYCHIC PARTY UNDER THE BOTTLE TREE
January 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM
"I read that every good story is a witch's hat--
the rising action climbs the black silk
to the points, then slides down
to the ever-widening brim, the rings
of Saturn over an old lady's brow"
- @jennmartelli.bsky.social , "400 Calories of Existential Horror", PSYCHIC PARTY UNDER THE BOTTLE TREE
the rising action climbs the black silk
to the points, then slides down
to the ever-widening brim, the rings
of Saturn over an old lady's brow"
- @jennmartelli.bsky.social , "400 Calories of Existential Horror", PSYCHIC PARTY UNDER THE BOTTLE TREE
Hope for the future on a day when I feel a little hopeless: our meadowscaping project, planted this fall, slumbering in the cold, dreaming of spring.
January 7, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Hope for the future on a day when I feel a little hopeless: our meadowscaping project, planted this fall, slumbering in the cold, dreaming of spring.