Lana Hechtman Ayers
@lanaayers23.bsky.social
Cat momma, dog momma, star gazer, coffee-less coffee lover, poet
Free from Want by Lana Hechtman Ayers oneartpoetry.com/2025/11/27/f... Thanks to Mark & Louisa & Happy Thanksgiving to all! #poets #poetry
Free from Want by Lana Hechtman Ayers
Free from Want I never understood why my mother ordered less pastrami than corned beef for Thanksgiving, since it was pastrami, oozing grease like a Texas oil derrick, that was more popular, devour…
oneartpoetry.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Free from Want by Lana Hechtman Ayers oneartpoetry.com/2025/11/27/f... Thanks to Mark & Louisa & Happy Thanksgiving to all! #poets #poetry
If you missed the fabulous MoonPath Press Poetry Book Release Reading for Victoria Wyttenberg & Joseph Powell, here is your chance to catch the recording.
youtu.be/6FhoCk8iASI #poetrylovers #poetry #poets
youtu.be/6FhoCk8iASI #poetrylovers #poetry #poets
Poetry Book Release Reading for Joseph Powell and Victoria Wyttenberg
YouTube video by Lana Ayers
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October 30, 2025 at 3:06 AM
If you missed the fabulous MoonPath Press Poetry Book Release Reading for Victoria Wyttenberg & Joseph Powell, here is your chance to catch the recording.
youtu.be/6FhoCk8iASI #poetrylovers #poetry #poets
youtu.be/6FhoCk8iASI #poetrylovers #poetry #poets
Reposted by Lana Hechtman Ayers
POEM #276: "Keepsakes" by Lana Hechtman Ayers (@lanaayers23.bsky.social)
"what the heart holds it holds
despite rebuttals from blurred photos
home movie reels or grandma’s pshaws
& there are chrysanthemums
growing in the past
that move like a storm blowing in"
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"what the heart holds it holds
despite rebuttals from blurred photos
home movie reels or grandma’s pshaws
& there are chrysanthemums
growing in the past
that move like a storm blowing in"
stonecirclereview.com/keepsakes
October 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
POEM #276: "Keepsakes" by Lana Hechtman Ayers (@lanaayers23.bsky.social)
"what the heart holds it holds
despite rebuttals from blurred photos
home movie reels or grandma’s pshaws
& there are chrysanthemums
growing in the past
that move like a storm blowing in"
stonecirclereview.com/keepsakes
"what the heart holds it holds
despite rebuttals from blurred photos
home movie reels or grandma’s pshaws
& there are chrysanthemums
growing in the past
that move like a storm blowing in"
stonecirclereview.com/keepsakes
Love this poem by Julie Barton. A reminder to us all.
Litter open.substack.com/pub/juliebar...
Litter open.substack.com/pub/juliebar...
Litter
from Out With Lanterns, a daily poetry practice
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August 16, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Love this poem by Julie Barton. A reminder to us all.
Litter open.substack.com/pub/juliebar...
Litter open.substack.com/pub/juliebar...
Thanks to all at The RavensPerch for publishing my poem HEAVEN ON EARTH, KINDA BY LANA HECHTMAN AYERS theravensperch.com/heaven-on-ea... #poetry
HEAVEN ON EARTH, KINDA BY LANA HECHTMAN AYERS - The RavensPerch
I want the dead to stop dying, immediately, retroactively even. I can’t handle another dead dog, dead aunt, dead lover, dead plumber, dead fly even. Why can’t we all just live forever? Learn to eat le...
theravensperch.com
July 6, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Thanks to all at The RavensPerch for publishing my poem HEAVEN ON EARTH, KINDA BY LANA HECHTMAN AYERS theravensperch.com/heaven-on-ea... #poetry
Recording of the Poem After Poem Round Robin Reading featuring Sarah Carey, Tina Schumann, & Dorinda Wegener. 3 poets who were strangers prove how alike we all are are in under 90 minutes. A truly amazing reading! youtu.be/pg0NOPeWZRI
#poets #poetrycommunity
#poetrylovers #poetry #poet #skypoets
#poets #poetrycommunity
#poetrylovers #poetry #poet #skypoets
June 22nd Poem After Poem Round Robin Reading
YouTube video by Lana Ayers
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June 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Recording of the Poem After Poem Round Robin Reading featuring Sarah Carey, Tina Schumann, & Dorinda Wegener. 3 poets who were strangers prove how alike we all are are in under 90 minutes. A truly amazing reading! youtu.be/pg0NOPeWZRI
#poets #poetrycommunity
#poetrylovers #poetry #poet #skypoets
#poets #poetrycommunity
#poetrylovers #poetry #poet #skypoets
Recording of the Poem After Poem Round Robin Reading featuring Sarah Carey, Tina Schumann, & Dorinda Wegener. 3 poets who were strangers prove how alike we all are are in under 90 minutes. A truly amazing reading!
youtu.be/pg0NOPeWZRI
#poets #poetrycommunity
#poetrylovers #poetry #poet #skypoets
youtu.be/pg0NOPeWZRI
#poets #poetrycommunity
#poetrylovers #poetry #poet #skypoets
June 25, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Recording of the Poem After Poem Round Robin Reading featuring Sarah Carey, Tina Schumann, & Dorinda Wegener. 3 poets who were strangers prove how alike we all are are in under 90 minutes. A truly amazing reading!
youtu.be/pg0NOPeWZRI
#poets #poetrycommunity
#poetrylovers #poetry #poet #skypoets
youtu.be/pg0NOPeWZRI
#poets #poetrycommunity
#poetrylovers #poetry #poet #skypoets
Honored that singer / songwriter Sweet Harriet Riendeau has written a new song inspired by my poetry collection "Red Riding Hood's Real Life." Sweet Harriet is awesome. Take a listen, make it go viral: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYAi...
#poets #poetrycommunity
#poetrylovers #poetry #poet #skypoets
#poets #poetrycommunity
#poetrylovers #poetry #poet #skypoets
RIDING HOOD AND THE WOLF
YouTube video by Sweet Harriet Riendeau
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May 29, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Honored that singer / songwriter Sweet Harriet Riendeau has written a new song inspired by my poetry collection "Red Riding Hood's Real Life." Sweet Harriet is awesome. Take a listen, make it go viral: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYAi...
#poets #poetrycommunity
#poetrylovers #poetry #poet #skypoets
#poets #poetrycommunity
#poetrylovers #poetry #poet #skypoets
Delighted to share the video of our most recent MoonPath Press Poetry Book Release Reading featuring Lisa Ashley & Cindy Veach. youtu.be/aQPw0Q3FCE4
#poem #poets #poetrycommunity
#poetrylovers #poem #poetry #poet #skypoets
#poem #poets #poetrycommunity
#poetrylovers #poem #poetry #poet #skypoets
MoonPath Press Poetry Book Release Reading Featuring Lisa Ashley & Cindy Veach
YouTube video by Lana Ayers
youtu.be
May 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Delighted to share the video of our most recent MoonPath Press Poetry Book Release Reading featuring Lisa Ashley & Cindy Veach. youtu.be/aQPw0Q3FCE4
#poem #poets #poetrycommunity
#poetrylovers #poem #poetry #poet #skypoets
#poem #poets #poetrycommunity
#poetrylovers #poem #poetry #poet #skypoets
Deep appreciation to Maya C. Popa for featuring a poem of mine on Poetry Today / Poems for Your Weekend. #poetsofbluesky #poetry #poem #poets #poetrycommunity
#poetrylovers #doglovers #pets
#poetrylovers #doglovers #pets
April 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Deep appreciation to Maya C. Popa for featuring a poem of mine on Poetry Today / Poems for Your Weekend. #poetsofbluesky #poetry #poem #poets #poetrycommunity
#poetrylovers #doglovers #pets
#poetrylovers #doglovers #pets
#poets@bluesky, #poetry
Would love to see you on Zoom March 7@ 6PM Pacific for a Blue Light Press reading with John Amen, Michael Malan, and me! RSVP to bluelightpress@aol.com to get the link
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Would love to see you on Zoom March 7@ 6PM Pacific for a Blue Light Press reading with John Amen, Michael Malan, and me! RSVP to bluelightpress@aol.com to get the link
lanaayers.com/News.htm
Lana Hechtman Ayers: News & Recommendations
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March 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
#poets@bluesky, #poetry
Would love to see you on Zoom March 7@ 6PM Pacific for a Blue Light Press reading with John Amen, Michael Malan, and me! RSVP to bluelightpress@aol.com to get the link
lanaayers.com/News.htm
Would love to see you on Zoom March 7@ 6PM Pacific for a Blue Light Press reading with John Amen, Michael Malan, and me! RSVP to bluelightpress@aol.com to get the link
lanaayers.com/News.htm
Thanks to @tathomas for this lovely pairing of my words with his art / photography. #bluskypoets #poets #poems
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I breathe the sky,
exhale nothing
save devotion.
~ Lana Hechtman Ayers, from Wonder, in her
Autobiography of Rain, from Fernwood Press
I breathe the sky,
exhale nothing
save devotion.
~ Lana Hechtman Ayers, from Wonder, in her
Autobiography of Rain, from Fernwood Press
January 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Thanks to @tathomas for this lovely pairing of my words with his art / photography. #bluskypoets #poets #poems
My poem "Go With the Flow" @ ThimbleLitMag with thanks to Editor Nadia Arioli #poetry #poets www.thimblelitmag.com/2024/10/18/g...
Go With the Flow
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December 29, 2024 at 3:05 AM
My poem "Go With the Flow" @ ThimbleLitMag with thanks to Editor Nadia Arioli #poetry #poets www.thimblelitmag.com/2024/10/18/g...
#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity Poem After Poem Newsletter week of 12/2 "The Glass Studio" by Sandra Yannone
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Poem After Poem Newsletter
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December 3, 2024 at 7:25 PM
#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity Poem After Poem Newsletter week of 12/2 "The Glass Studio" by Sandra Yannone
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Reposted by Lana Hechtman Ayers
"I began writing this poem about my own creative journey, and how long it’s taken me to stop holding back...fires in life can be great motivators for finding and freeing our own voices in the world. Now is not the time to hold back anymore. Now is the time to tell our stories."
~James Crews
December 3, 2024 at 6:12 PM
"I began writing this poem about my own creative journey, and how long it’s taken me to stop holding back...fires in life can be great motivators for finding and freeing our own voices in the world. Now is not the time to hold back anymore. Now is the time to tell our stories."
~James Crews
@kelliagodon.bsky.social #poet #poets #wompo
My Freebird has to be one from the first book I ever published back in 2007:
My Freebird has to be one from the first book I ever published back in 2007:
November 26, 2024 at 5:14 AM
@kelliagodon.bsky.social #poet #poets #wompo
My Freebird has to be one from the first book I ever published back in 2007:
My Freebird has to be one from the first book I ever published back in 2007:
"Shoulders" by Naomi Shihab Nye
November 17, 2024 at 10:56 PM
"Shoulders" by Naomi Shihab Nye
Though it may be dark, we are still here, still our good selves.
November 17, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Though it may be dark, we are still here, still our good selves.
Beautifully sums up how so many of us are feeling now.
November 15, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Beautifully sums up how so many of us are feeling now.