Jackie Craven
@jackiecraven.bsky.social
What if Hours Could Speak? — Jackie Craven reimagines time in a prize-winning poetry collection: WHISH from Press 53.
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https://jackiecraven.com
https://facebook.com/writerjackiecraven
#poetry #poems #fiction #writing #painting #art
Still flying high after an amazing weekend at the Massachusetts Poetry Festival in Salem. I loved reading with Sarah Giragosian, Maggie Greaves, and Barbara Ungar, AND the audience at our "Science and Poetry" panel asked really interesting and important questions.
June 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Still flying high after an amazing weekend at the Massachusetts Poetry Festival in Salem. I loved reading with Sarah Giragosian, Maggie Greaves, and Barbara Ungar, AND the audience at our "Science and Poetry" panel asked really interesting and important questions.
Last week in Lake George I had so much fun sharing this prompt with writers at St. Mary’s on the Lake. Amazing poetry and lots of laughter. 😃 Here's the activity: https://jackiecraven.substack.com/p/can-feelings-think
February 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Last week in Lake George I had so much fun sharing this prompt with writers at St. Mary’s on the Lake. Amazing poetry and lots of laughter. 😃 Here's the activity: https://jackiecraven.substack.com/p/can-feelings-think
My name is Jackie and I can't stop revising.📷 https://jackiecraven.substack.com/p/is-a-poem-ever-finished
February 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
My name is Jackie and I can't stop revising.📷 https://jackiecraven.substack.com/p/is-a-poem-ever-finished
Thank you to the Vassar Review for including my poem in the gorgeous 2024 Design and Devotion issue.
https://vassar-review.vassarspaces.net/create-your-website-with-blocks/2024-2/
https://vassar-review.vassarspaces.net/create-your-website-with-blocks/2024-2/
February 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Thank you to the Vassar Review for including my poem in the gorgeous 2024 Design and Devotion issue.
https://vassar-review.vassarspaces.net/create-your-website-with-blocks/2024-2/
https://vassar-review.vassarspaces.net/create-your-website-with-blocks/2024-2/
WHISHing through the weekend. 😃
February 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
WHISHing through the weekend. 😃
A funny thing happened on the way from the printer's ... https://open.substack.com/pub/jackiecraven/p/misprints-and-mind-melds?r=39bq4&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
February 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
A funny thing happened on the way from the printer's ... https://open.substack.com/pub/jackiecraven/p/misprints-and-mind-melds?r=39bq4&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Just sittin’ by the Mohawk River, watching the moon nibble the sun.
#eclipse #schenectady #jackiecraven
#eclipse #schenectady #jackiecraven
February 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Just sittin’ by the Mohawk River, watching the moon nibble the sun.
#eclipse #schenectady #jackiecraven
#eclipse #schenectady #jackiecraven
Thinking of my sister, Sharon Craven Kinzer, on her birthday. Placing one of her paintings on the cover of WHISH is my small way of honoring her genius. More of her work can be seen at https://sharoncravenkinzer.com
February 2, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Thinking of my sister, Sharon Craven Kinzer, on her birthday. Placing one of her paintings on the cover of WHISH is my small way of honoring her genius. More of her work can be seen at https://sharoncravenkinzer.com
Checking the final proof … Books coming soon!
February 2, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Checking the final proof … Books coming soon!
Slippery Hours & Speed Writing… Remember to turn back your clocks!
February 2, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Slippery Hours & Speed Writing… Remember to turn back your clocks!
I'm so happy to be in the gorgeous new issue of Alaska Quarterly Review. 😍
February 2, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I'm so happy to be in the gorgeous new issue of Alaska Quarterly Review. 😍
Time is complicated, and the cover of my collection of time-themed poems features an intricate trompe l’oeil painting by my sister, Sharon Craven Kinzer. The book ships in April, but you can preorder it now from Press 53. https://press53.com/poetry-collections/whish-poems
February 2, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Time is complicated, and the cover of my collection of time-themed poems features an intricate trompe l’oeil painting by my sister, Sharon Craven Kinzer. The book ships in April, but you can preorder it now from Press 53. https://press53.com/poetry-collections/whish-poems
Happy New Year! Thank you to everyone who followed my daily posts. Now that the 2023 challenge is complete, here’s something different for 2024. Check out my new page on Substack. You can sign up to subscribe or just visit me at https://jackiecraven.substack.com/archive 🙂
February 2, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Happy New Year! Thank you to everyone who followed my daily posts. Now that the 2023 challenge is complete, here’s something different for 2024. Check out my new page on Substack. You can sign up to subscribe or just visit me at https://jackiecraven.substack.com/archive 🙂
A century will pass before the world sees a date as magical as 12/31/23. Numerologists say the repeating number sequence brings positive energy. And, add up the numbers and you get a perfect dozen!
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February 2, 2025 at 2:40 AM
A century will pass before the world sees a date as magical as 12/31/23. Numerologists say the repeating number sequence brings positive energy. And, add up the numbers and you get a perfect dozen!
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Deepest gratitude to the wonderful journals who published my writing or sent acceptances this year: AQR, Atticus Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, Cincinnati Review, Cola Literary Review, NYQ, Off Assignment, Pleiades, Poet Lore, Rust & Moth, Stone Canoe, SWWIM, and tiny wren. ❤️
February 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Deepest gratitude to the wonderful journals who published my writing or sent acceptances this year: AQR, Atticus Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, Cincinnati Review, Cola Literary Review, NYQ, Off Assignment, Pleiades, Poet Lore, Rust & Moth, Stone Canoe, SWWIM, and tiny wren. ❤️
I’m counting the days to the annual kite festival in Cocoa Beach. 🙂
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February 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I’m counting the days to the annual kite festival in Cocoa Beach. 🙂
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Two “Falcon Heavy” rocket boosters return to Cape Canaveral after launching a X-37B spaceplane on December 28, 2023. This was the 7th launch of the spaceplane, which conducts classified missions and NASA experiments.
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#spacex #spaceplane #jackiecraven
February 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Two “Falcon Heavy” rocket boosters return to Cape Canaveral after launching a X-37B spaceplane on December 28, 2023. This was the 7th launch of the spaceplane, which conducts classified missions and NASA experiments.
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#spacex #spaceplane #jackiecraven
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#spacex #spaceplane #jackiecraven
February 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Ring-billed gulls swoop over revelers on the beach. The hazy towers in the distance are part of Kennedy Space Center.
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#cocoabeach #kennedyspacecenter #seagulls #surfingsantas #jackiecraven
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#cocoabeach #kennedyspacecenter #seagulls #surfingsantas #jackiecraven
February 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Ring-billed gulls swoop over revelers on the beach. The hazy towers in the distance are part of Kennedy Space Center.
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#cocoabeach #kennedyspacecenter #seagulls #surfingsantas #jackiecraven
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#cocoabeach #kennedyspacecenter #seagulls #surfingsantas #jackiecraven
Just a few more days left in 2023 …
February 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Just a few more days left in 2023 …
You never know when or where St. Nick will appear. 😁
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February 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
You never know when or where St. Nick will appear. 😁
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#SurfingSantas broke records this year with thousands of spectators flooding Cocoa Beach to watch costumed surfers ride the waves 😁
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February 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
#SurfingSantas broke records this year with thousands of spectators flooding Cocoa Beach to watch costumed surfers ride the waves 😁
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Our mother did not know what to say when my sister gave her this poem. 😄
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February 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Our mother did not know what to say when my sister gave her this poem. 😄
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