Megan McDermott (she/her)
@megmcdermott92.bsky.social
Poet, priest, reality TV fan, prolific selfie taker. Author of JESUS MERCH (https://t.co/PRT1qJMt9w) & 2 chapbooks. MFA student in Richmond, VA after a decade+ in New England, where I went to div school & served in parish ministry. meganmcdermottpoet.com
Read this @abbiekiefer.bsky.social poem last night & it felt very relevant to today's Gospel texts (for churches that follow the lectionary - it was Luke 21:5-19)
November 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Read this @abbiekiefer.bsky.social poem last night & it felt very relevant to today's Gospel texts (for churches that follow the lectionary - it was Luke 21:5-19)
Living in a city again is bringing me back to my early-mid twenties vibes lol (it does not help that the clubs play 80 percent of the same music as a decade ago, just with Chappell Roan thrown in 😂)
November 15, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Living in a city again is bringing me back to my early-mid twenties vibes lol (it does not help that the clubs play 80 percent of the same music as a decade ago, just with Chappell Roan thrown in 😂)
This is us!!!
November 1, 2025 at 3:29 AM
This is us!!!
"In terms of what I do to choose the actual location, I believe emotions impact how we see and experience a place. When I am composing a painting, I try to imagine it anew, more based on how it makes me feel versus what it actually looks like." - Gretchen Scherer
October 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
"In terms of what I do to choose the actual location, I believe emotions impact how we see and experience a place. When I am composing a painting, I try to imagine it anew, more based on how it makes me feel versus what it actually looks like." - Gretchen Scherer
Hello I'm cute and taking selfies
October 29, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Hello I'm cute and taking selfies
Officiated one of my best friend's weddings this weekend so obviously had to serve a clergy look AND an off duty look lol
October 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Officiated one of my best friend's weddings this weekend so obviously had to serve a clergy look AND an off duty look lol
The fact that I used to insist I didn't write poems until college....loool
October 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The fact that I used to insist I didn't write poems until college....loool
Sometimes you have to sit in your TA office just to gab with @oddish.bsky.social on the phone after church. Happy Sunday!!
October 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Sometimes you have to sit in your TA office just to gab with @oddish.bsky.social on the phone after church. Happy Sunday!!
Forgot to share that I'm going to be doing a reading on Friday! If you're in the Richmond, VA-ish area, come join in, on the Virginia Commonwealth University campus.
October 9, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Forgot to share that I'm going to be doing a reading on Friday! If you're in the Richmond, VA-ish area, come join in, on the Virginia Commonwealth University campus.
Got sent this from a friend today. Lovely to see Jesus Merch living on ❤️
October 7, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Got sent this from a friend today. Lovely to see Jesus Merch living on ❤️
Being cute and seeing art last night
October 5, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Being cute and seeing art last night
Starting work at my new church this week!!! They gave me swag!!!
October 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Starting work at my new church this week!!! They gave me swag!!!
From The Glad Hand of God Points Backwards by Rachel Mennies
September 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
From The Glad Hand of God Points Backwards by Rachel Mennies
About to see Fortune Feimster!!
September 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
About to see Fortune Feimster!!
Not to spoil you all for ekphrastic poems that may only get published years from now, but damn what a painting
americanart.si.edu/artwork/manh...
americanart.si.edu/artwork/manh...
September 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Not to spoil you all for ekphrastic poems that may only get published years from now, but damn what a painting
americanart.si.edu/artwork/manh...
americanart.si.edu/artwork/manh...
I just finished reading my first Elena Ferrante novel (thanks to a recommendation from one of my professors) and ‼️ what a book!
September 16, 2025 at 5:01 AM
I just finished reading my first Elena Ferrante novel (thanks to a recommendation from one of my professors) and ‼️ what a book!
Though I could not find my desired outfit, I was still cute
September 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Though I could not find my desired outfit, I was still cute
City life is randomly stumbling upon a meadery on your way to somewhere else and stopping in for a flight
August 31, 2025 at 8:34 PM
City life is randomly stumbling upon a meadery on your way to somewhere else and stopping in for a flight
"I took your silence as I took the anguish in your face, / as part of the effort to move..." - from Louise Glück's The Triumph of Achilles
August 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
"I took your silence as I took the anguish in your face, / as part of the effort to move..." - from Louise Glück's The Triumph of Achilles
Classic The Living Church 🥱
August 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Classic The Living Church 🥱
First night class of the semester ✅ (selfie from the bus stop...post from the bus ✨) I'm taking a Virginia Woolf class! First up: Mrs. Dalloway.
August 21, 2025 at 2:07 AM
First night class of the semester ✅ (selfie from the bus stop...post from the bus ✨) I'm taking a Virginia Woolf class! First up: Mrs. Dalloway.
First day of school ✅ look at my backpack / bag!!
August 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
First day of school ✅ look at my backpack / bag!!
Richmond is cute.
August 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Richmond is cute.
School!!!
August 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
School!!!