Jean Voneman Mikhail
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Jean Voneman Mikhail
@jeanvmikhail.bsky.social
Everyday, I wake up, eat a piece of humble pie, coffee up, and write. I hide how much I write (and thrift) because my husband might realize why dishes are never done and clothes are never folded. I’ve published here and there. Working on a manuscript.
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January 30, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I am on the elliptical, so I cut some of this off, but you can probably fill in the black and guess how well this would go!
January 29, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Fox News broadcasters are complaining about Selena Gomez and her public outcry over the deportation of undocumented immigrants. They say, “I don’t see her crying over Laken Riley’s murder.” Hello, it’s not a contest. Compassion is compassion.
January 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Things just keep getting more interesting…and complicated in not so good ways.

www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/t... A shocking Chinese AI advancement called DeepSeek is sending US stocks plunging
A shocking Chinese AI advancement called DeepSeek is sending US stocks plunging | CNN Business
US stocks were set for a steep selloff Monday morning after a surprise advancement from a Chinese artificial intelligence company, DeepSeek, threatened the aura of invincibility surrounding America’s ...
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January 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
For a guy who just got shot in the ear, Trump is stunningly un-empathetic.

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Trump ends Fauci's security detail, says he'd feel no responsibility if he was harmed
Fauci is the latest in a string of former Trump aides-turned-critics to see their federal protection canceled.
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January 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I have been listening to a lot of Rachel Zucker’s podcast entitled “Commonplace,” which features poets, primarily. So far, every podcast has had some golden nugget of truth for me. I highly recommend listening to them.
January 23, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Happy New Year, everyone!
January 3, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I am very happy to have three or my poems published in Verse Virtual. Thanks to the editor, Jim Lewis. BTW, Happy New Year, everyone!

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Jean Voneman Mikhail Verse-Virtual January 2025
The poetry of Jean Voneman Mikhail
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January 1, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Thanks to editors Mark Danowsky and Louisa Schnaithmann for publishing my poem in One Art: A Journal of Poetry. I really appreciate these editors for providing such fantastic resources for writers, and for giving some air time to this difficult topic.

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Parallels: A Pseudo Cento by Jean Voneman Mikhail
Parallels: A Pseudo Cento           Texts between a son struggling           with addiction and h…
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December 19, 2024 at 1:32 PM
I miss my son. He struggles and fades in and out of our lives. This is a picture of him long ago. My beautiful boy.
December 15, 2024 at 4:47 AM
I am so excited to read this. When an introduction makes your fingertips tingle as you flip the pages, and you sweat yourself into a cry at 8 a.m., you know you’re in for something! 😅
December 7, 2024 at 1:19 PM