Nerissa Nields
@nerissafranklin.bsky.social
Writer, author, musician, steward of Writing It Up in the Garden.
Join us for tons of fun this month, starting with the first ever performance by The Welcome Table Chorus (directed by Nerissa and Katryna) on December 16th at Bombyx and culminating with four fabulous Almost New Year’s shows with our dear friend Dar Williams.
Coming to a show? Let us know!
Coming to a show? Let us know!
December 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Join us for tons of fun this month, starting with the first ever performance by The Welcome Table Chorus (directed by Nerissa and Katryna) on December 16th at Bombyx and culminating with four fabulous Almost New Year’s shows with our dear friend Dar Williams.
Coming to a show? Let us know!
Coming to a show? Let us know!
An early rehearsal of The Welcome Table Chorus. See us at Bombyx doing a benefit for the food bank! Enrollment for Winter session is open now at nerissanields.com.
December 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
An early rehearsal of The Welcome Table Chorus. See us at Bombyx doing a benefit for the food bank! Enrollment for Winter session is open now at nerissanields.com.
This is sort of a sonnet. After Ha Jin's "A Center"
#30poemsinnovember (see link in bio)
#30poemsinnovember (see link in bio)
November 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This is sort of a sonnet. After Ha Jin's "A Center"
#30poemsinnovember (see link in bio)
#30poemsinnovember (see link in bio)
One of my 30 Poems for 30 Poems in November. This is a sestina, sort of. Well, half of one. It's called "One Day I Woke Up and My Ambition Was Gone."
You can still donate to the Center for New Americans at my link in bio!
You can still donate to the Center for New Americans at my link in bio!
November 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
One of my 30 Poems for 30 Poems in November. This is a sestina, sort of. Well, half of one. It's called "One Day I Woke Up and My Ambition Was Gone."
You can still donate to the Center for New Americans at my link in bio!
You can still donate to the Center for New Americans at my link in bio!
This just happened today. Wild turkey alert and a poem for the day to support Center for New Americans. Also, leaf blowers? Nooooooo......
November 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
This just happened today. Wild turkey alert and a poem for the day to support Center for New Americans. Also, leaf blowers? Nooooooo......
One of my 30 Poems for 30 Poems in November. This is a pantoum, a form in which you repeat the second and fourth lines of each four-line stanza. It has a kind of...numbing effect? Crazy-making effect? So I wrote about the years on the road, of course.
Donate here: cnam.org/civi/pcp/inf...
Donate here: cnam.org/civi/pcp/inf...
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
One of my 30 Poems for 30 Poems in November. This is a pantoum, a form in which you repeat the second and fourth lines of each four-line stanza. It has a kind of...numbing effect? Crazy-making effect? So I wrote about the years on the road, of course.
Donate here: cnam.org/civi/pcp/inf...
Donate here: cnam.org/civi/pcp/inf...
While Katryna and I were at our Passim concert, this was happening at home. The dogs met up in the park and invited Greta over for dinner.
November 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
While Katryna and I were at our Passim concert, this was happening at home. The dogs met up in the park and invited Greta over for dinner.
November 20, 2025 at 9:39 PM
30 Poems in November continues to raise awareness and funds for the Center for New Americans. Here’s another of my recent poems. Thanks so much to all who have donated so far and thanks to all who will soon! I have exceeded my initial goal and am excited to keep going!
November 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
30 Poems in November continues to raise awareness and funds for the Center for New Americans. Here’s another of my recent poems. Thanks so much to all who have donated so far and thanks to all who will soon! I have exceeded my initial goal and am excited to keep going!
November 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I just have to point out––that's my kid @Johnny_nd4422 kicking that ball from the corner. @Northampton_high_school #proudmama
November 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I just have to point out––that's my kid @Johnny_nd4422 kicking that ball from the corner. @Northampton_high_school #proudmama
Poem #1 for 30 Poems in November, a fundraiser for the Center for New Americans. Donate here: cnam.org/civi/pcp/inf...
“A Murmuration of Starlings”
by Nerissa Nields
“A Murmuration of Starlings”
by Nerissa Nields
November 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Poem #1 for 30 Poems in November, a fundraiser for the Center for New Americans. Donate here: cnam.org/civi/pcp/inf...
“A Murmuration of Starlings”
by Nerissa Nields
“A Murmuration of Starlings”
by Nerissa Nields