Michael Metivier
@grousehollow.bsky.social
Editor at Merriam-Webster // Poems and essays in Orion, Antiphony, Prairie Schooner, Poetry, EcoTheo, Blue Mountain Review, Bad Lilies, Kenyon Review, African American Review, Bennington Review, Columba, more // he/him // Vermont // MichaelMetivier.com
Check out how my friend floofed out their neck feathers while defending their perch! 🪶 Video forthcoming.
November 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Check out how my friend floofed out their neck feathers while defending their perch! 🪶 Video forthcoming.
Perfect album that came out when I was 16 (but I wouldn’t hear until I was 18):
November 17, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Perfect album that came out when I was 16 (but I wouldn’t hear until I was 18):
Glamour Shots party, The Rendezvous, Turners Falls MA circa 2013.
November 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Glamour Shots party, The Rendezvous, Turners Falls MA circa 2013.
This puppy* comes out Tuesday!!!
*Not actual puppy.
*Not actual puppy.
November 15, 2025 at 10:51 PM
This puppy* comes out Tuesday!!!
*Not actual puppy.
*Not actual puppy.
Here is the hairy being very helpful so you can see how his beak length is almost exactly as his head length front to back.
November 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Here is the hairy being very helpful so you can see how his beak length is almost exactly as his head length front to back.
Remember, when you subsume something you make subs out of u and me.
November 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Remember, when you subsume something you make subs out of u and me.
Charley Patton, Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Volume 2, Late November/Early December 1929 (Third Man Records)
November 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Charley Patton, Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Volume 2, Late November/Early December 1929 (Third Man Records)
My first favorite album.
November 12, 2025 at 6:26 PM
My first favorite album.
I think … I missed it.
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I think … I missed it.
Scarlet Joe Handsome: he plumps when he’s cookin’ 🪶
November 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Scarlet Joe Handsome: he plumps when he’s cookin’ 🪶
Always good to see my spicy little eyebrowed buddy.
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Always good to see my spicy little eyebrowed buddy.
I had such an intense bear dream last night that was borderline terrifying. The bear was relentless and I couldn’t get any door to fully close or lock to keep it out. Thankfully all the bears I know are very, very chill.
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I had such an intense bear dream last night that was borderline terrifying. The bear was relentless and I couldn’t get any door to fully close or lock to keep it out. Thankfully all the bears I know are very, very chill.
Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War II. Hate can’t take down forever what love will always put back up.
November 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War II. Hate can’t take down forever what love will always put back up.
I cooked the best beef and barley soup I’ve ever made sans recipe tonight and this beer (and pairing) is DELIGHTFUL
November 9, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I cooked the best beef and barley soup I’ve ever made sans recipe tonight and this beer (and pairing) is DELIGHTFUL
Wimpy for Mayor!
November 8, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Wimpy for Mayor!
American Bird Songs, Volume One, Cornell University Records
November 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
American Bird Songs, Volume One, Cornell University Records
“More like gyattmouse, amirite?”
November 5, 2025 at 11:19 PM
“More like gyattmouse, amirite?”
Joan Shelley (No Quarter, 2017). Still my favorite Shelley album. So warm, so much space in the songs. So tender.
November 4, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Joan Shelley (No Quarter, 2017). Still my favorite Shelley album. So warm, so much space in the songs. So tender.