Mary Gilliland
@newsthatstays.bsky.social
Poet. nature culture. woodland gardens. chöd practice.
https://marygilliland.com/
http://AmericaIsHardERToFind.wordpress.com
#MakeArtNotWar #InArtWeTrust
In the Pool of the Sea’s Shoulder, Ember Days, The Devil’s Fools, The Ruined Walled Castle Garden
https://marygilliland.com/
http://AmericaIsHardERToFind.wordpress.com
#MakeArtNotWar #InArtWeTrust
In the Pool of the Sea’s Shoulder, Ember Days, The Devil’s Fools, The Ruined Walled Castle Garden
Pinned
Ithaca, NY 22 Nov 9PM joins FALL OF FREEDOM nationwide US arts & literature events #MakeArtNotWar First hour is yours truly with several other scheduled #poetry readers hour followed by 1 hr open mic. At the Soil Factory on Rt 13
November 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Ithaca, NY 22 Nov 9PM joins FALL OF FREEDOM nationwide US arts & literature events #MakeArtNotWar First hour is yours truly with several other scheduled #poetry readers hour followed by 1 hr open mic. At the Soil Factory on Rt 13
My brother Ed—memorialized in this #poetry #book —helped organize across New Mexico to pass its pioneering 2003 hate crimes law.
#TransgenderDayOfRemembrance
#TransgenderDayOfRemembrance
November 21, 2025 at 1:54 AM
My brother Ed—memorialized in this #poetry #book —helped organize across New Mexico to pass its pioneering 2003 hate crimes law.
#TransgenderDayOfRemembrance
#TransgenderDayOfRemembrance
FALL OF FREEDOM nationwide US arts & literature events
#MakeArtNotWar @penamerica.bsky.social
November 21 & 22, 2025
Free
In a city near you!
#MakeArtNotWar @penamerica.bsky.social
November 21 & 22, 2025
Free
In a city near you!
November 20, 2025 at 12:10 PM
FALL OF FREEDOM nationwide US arts & literature events
#MakeArtNotWar @penamerica.bsky.social
November 21 & 22, 2025
Free
In a city near you!
#MakeArtNotWar @penamerica.bsky.social
November 21 & 22, 2025
Free
In a city near you!
Reposted by Mary Gilliland
As women, we understand that gender-based violence is not always visible. It can be found in threats and exclusion, in bullying and silence, in the daily erosion of dignity.
These are acts of control and fear, the same forces that harm us all.
#TransgenderDayOfRemembrance
These are acts of control and fear, the same forces that harm us all.
#TransgenderDayOfRemembrance
November 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
As women, we understand that gender-based violence is not always visible. It can be found in threats and exclusion, in bullying and silence, in the daily erosion of dignity.
These are acts of control and fear, the same forces that harm us all.
#TransgenderDayOfRemembrance
These are acts of control and fear, the same forces that harm us all.
#TransgenderDayOfRemembrance
many congratulations, Read!
1st pu’d in Epoch, yes?
1st pu’d in Epoch, yes?
November 19, 2025 at 12:07 AM
many congratulations, Read!
1st pu’d in Epoch, yes?
1st pu’d in Epoch, yes?
Within the Shop of the Divine, airlifted across the Pond, has landed on my doorstep! Order from Arc #poetry or DM for autographed copy.
You did not woo this banshee.
You cameod a smiling girl to spend steady days with,
got tangled with my scrimshaw toes
looping the strand of upstate winters.
#books
You did not woo this banshee.
You cameod a smiling girl to spend steady days with,
got tangled with my scrimshaw toes
looping the strand of upstate winters.
#books
November 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Thanks for sharing this. I am glad to have always lived on the other side of the order (I meant border!) from meta, paypal, amazon…
Reading it at the moment and so glad I left Facebook. The people in senior positions have so much to answer for. 😡
Just finished Sarah Wynn-Williams “Careless People” and it is my considered opinion that Facebook should be burned to the ground, the earth salted beneath it, and its leadership tried for crimes against humanity and punished appropriately.
November 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Thanks for sharing this. I am glad to have always lived on the other side of the order (I meant border!) from meta, paypal, amazon…
November's wind today brings winnowing and remembrance.
As does the #poetry of 'Red Tide at Sandy Bend’:
Then the sidewinder—lustral light, sure smoke, white
ash—floats your particles
on waves forever at my knees, the breaking points.
#Booksky #MakeArtNotWar #blueskypoets
As does the #poetry of 'Red Tide at Sandy Bend’:
Then the sidewinder—lustral light, sure smoke, white
ash—floats your particles
on waves forever at my knees, the breaking points.
#Booksky #MakeArtNotWar #blueskypoets
November 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
November's wind today brings winnowing and remembrance.
As does the #poetry of 'Red Tide at Sandy Bend’:
Then the sidewinder—lustral light, sure smoke, white
ash—floats your particles
on waves forever at my knees, the breaking points.
#Booksky #MakeArtNotWar #blueskypoets
As does the #poetry of 'Red Tide at Sandy Bend’:
Then the sidewinder—lustral light, sure smoke, white
ash—floats your particles
on waves forever at my knees, the breaking points.
#Booksky #MakeArtNotWar #blueskypoets
#FlowerReport from my new #poetry #book
Sewage and field run-off find upwellings in the water column.
Nutrients we flush spread a pantry in the sea.
Who is the host? Who is the guest?
Public service announces No one should get sick
from a day at the beach as half-time ends for Bears at Lions.
Sewage and field run-off find upwellings in the water column.
Nutrients we flush spread a pantry in the sea.
Who is the host? Who is the guest?
Public service announces No one should get sick
from a day at the beach as half-time ends for Bears at Lions.
November 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
#FlowerReport from my new #poetry #book
Sewage and field run-off find upwellings in the water column.
Nutrients we flush spread a pantry in the sea.
Who is the host? Who is the guest?
Public service announces No one should get sick
from a day at the beach as half-time ends for Bears at Lions.
Sewage and field run-off find upwellings in the water column.
Nutrients we flush spread a pantry in the sea.
Who is the host? Who is the guest?
Public service announces No one should get sick
from a day at the beach as half-time ends for Bears at Lions.
#FlowerReport : a bit of joy from my new #poetry #book 'Red Tide at Sandy Bend'
Stars of autumn daylight coracle the reservoir—
Birds not milling yet to migrate
overhead—
blue—
The soul begins shrugging off cramped quarters...
Stars of autumn daylight coracle the reservoir—
Birds not milling yet to migrate
overhead—
blue—
The soul begins shrugging off cramped quarters...
November 5, 2025 at 10:22 PM
#FlowerReport : a bit of joy from my new #poetry #book 'Red Tide at Sandy Bend'
Stars of autumn daylight coracle the reservoir—
Birds not milling yet to migrate
overhead—
blue—
The soul begins shrugging off cramped quarters...
Stars of autumn daylight coracle the reservoir—
Birds not milling yet to migrate
overhead—
blue—
The soul begins shrugging off cramped quarters...
The upstart amazon hides its water use. Another reason to disaffiliate if you have an account.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Amazon strategised about keeping its datacentres’ full water use secret, leaked document shows
Executives at world’s biggest datacentre owner grappled with disclosing information about water used to help power facilities
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The upstart amazon hides its water use. Another reason to disaffiliate if you have an account.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
“It is impossible not to fall for Within the Shop of the Divine….Mary Gilliland’s gift with language, and her open attention to the world affects a kind of communion…that moves as much as it delights.” Warm thanks, @hannahcopley.bsky.social, for wise, kind words about my new #book from @Arc_Poetry
November 1, 2025 at 9:53 PM
“It is impossible not to fall for Within the Shop of the Divine….Mary Gilliland’s gift with language, and her open attention to the world affects a kind of communion…that moves as much as it delights.” Warm thanks, @hannahcopley.bsky.social, for wise, kind words about my new #book from @Arc_Poetry
Hello #book lovers and especially my friends across the Pond! Today is pub day for the first selection of my #poetry published in England. www.arcpublications.co.uk/books/mary-g...
October 31, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Hello #book lovers and especially my friends across the Pond! Today is pub day for the first selection of my #poetry published in England. www.arcpublications.co.uk/books/mary-g...
Lovely group last Friday listening to & talking about my #poetry at Penn Yan Public #Library. Makes reading this news even more saddening www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Nationwide book supplier to libraries shuts down after 200 years
Library book distributor Baker & Taylor reportely started laying off 520 employees without providing severance this week after a failed ReaderLink deal
www.independent.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Lovely group last Friday listening to & talking about my #poetry at Penn Yan Public #Library. Makes reading this news even more saddening www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
October 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Reposted by Mary Gilliland
This Michael Longley poem (my 2nd favourite) is often misread as the end of the conflict.
But even getting to the point of cessation requires courage.
Hoping the current cessation in Gaza has more longevity than Longley's Troy
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#Gaza
But even getting to the point of cessation requires courage.
Hoping the current cessation in Gaza has more longevity than Longley's Troy
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#Gaza
October 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This Michael Longley poem (my 2nd favourite) is often misread as the end of the conflict.
But even getting to the point of cessation requires courage.
Hoping the current cessation in Gaza has more longevity than Longley's Troy
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#Gaza
But even getting to the point of cessation requires courage.
Hoping the current cessation in Gaza has more longevity than Longley's Troy
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#Gaza
Many thanks to @pw.org for supporting #poetry #books : via my upcoming reading from 'In the Pool of the Sea's Shoulder' and 'Red Tide at Sandy Bend’ at Penn Yan Public #Library
on Friday 17th October at 5:30 pm.
Hooray! NY state legislature and @governor.ny.gov fund the #arts in rural areas.
on Friday 17th October at 5:30 pm.
Hooray! NY state legislature and @governor.ny.gov fund the #arts in rural areas.
October 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Hear ye! Hear ye excerpts from In the Pool of the Sea's Shoulder and Red Tide at Sandy Bend along with an informal Q&A and signing. #poetry #books 5:30pm Wednesday 10/8/2025 at the new indie #bookshop in Dryden NY
protagonistbookshop.com/event/2025-1...
protagonistbookshop.com/event/2025-1...
October 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Hear ye! Hear ye excerpts from In the Pool of the Sea's Shoulder and Red Tide at Sandy Bend along with an informal Q&A and signing. #poetry #books 5:30pm Wednesday 10/8/2025 at the new indie #bookshop in Dryden NY
protagonistbookshop.com/event/2025-1...
protagonistbookshop.com/event/2025-1...
I hope everyone had a very happy #NationalPoetryDay #nationalpoetryday2025 !! Look for my Within the Shop of the Divine, forthcoming this month from Arc Publications
@Arc_Poetry
@Arc_Poetry
October 4, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I hope everyone had a very happy #NationalPoetryDay #nationalpoetryday2025 !! Look for my Within the Shop of the Divine, forthcoming this month from Arc Publications
@Arc_Poetry
@Arc_Poetry
Calling all ears! to the vicinity of Emily Dickinson’s house. "Red Tide at Sandy Bend" will launch at Amherst Books on Thursday, September 25th at 7:00 PM. I’ll be reading alongside master poets Kirun Kapur and Kristin Dykstra. Read about my books and life at marygilliland.com
September 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Calling all ears! to the vicinity of Emily Dickinson’s house. "Red Tide at Sandy Bend" will launch at Amherst Books on Thursday, September 25th at 7:00 PM. I’ll be reading alongside master poets Kirun Kapur and Kristin Dykstra. Read about my books and life at marygilliland.com
A shout out to @nimrodjournal.bsky.social for first publishing work that's now in my new #poetry collection Red Tide at Sandy Bend sb0111-qr.myshopify.com/products/mar... Thank you editors and readers! #newbook
Mary Gilliland: Red Tide at Sandy Bend
Paperback : 9798998892158 48 pages, September, 2025 Trim size: 7.44" x 9.68" Barnacles sparkle, puffins glint, human practices result in fish-strewn beaches. Like blue-green algae on lakes and ponds, ...
sb0111-qr.myshopify.com
September 23, 2025 at 1:06 AM
A shout out to @nimrodjournal.bsky.social for first publishing work that's now in my new #poetry collection Red Tide at Sandy Bend sb0111-qr.myshopify.com/products/mar... Thank you editors and readers! #newbook
Check out my new website! marygilliland.com
Collections of #poetry & much whimsy!
Designer= talented family member @gillawatts.
I’m pleased to unveil #beauty on World #Peace Day, new moon, eve of #autumn equinox, and feast of #Saint Matthew the Evangelist
#MakeArtNotWar marygilliland.com
Collections of #poetry & much whimsy!
Designer= talented family member @gillawatts.
I’m pleased to unveil #beauty on World #Peace Day, new moon, eve of #autumn equinox, and feast of #Saint Matthew the Evangelist
#MakeArtNotWar marygilliland.com
September 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Check out my new website! marygilliland.com
Collections of #poetry & much whimsy!
Designer= talented family member @gillawatts.
I’m pleased to unveil #beauty on World #Peace Day, new moon, eve of #autumn equinox, and feast of #Saint Matthew the Evangelist
#MakeArtNotWar marygilliland.com
Collections of #poetry & much whimsy!
Designer= talented family member @gillawatts.
I’m pleased to unveil #beauty on World #Peace Day, new moon, eve of #autumn equinox, and feast of #Saint Matthew the Evangelist
#MakeArtNotWar marygilliland.com
Ah, the scent and quick of autumn approaching!
#flowersonfriday #SmallBeautiesHour #bloomscrolling
#gardening #FlowerReport #Flowers🌱 #Photography
May you be safe, may you be healthy, may #poems find you, may you be alive in #peace!
#flowersonfriday #SmallBeautiesHour #bloomscrolling
#gardening #FlowerReport #Flowers🌱 #Photography
May you be safe, may you be healthy, may #poems find you, may you be alive in #peace!
September 20, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Ah, the scent and quick of autumn approaching!
#flowersonfriday #SmallBeautiesHour #bloomscrolling
#gardening #FlowerReport #Flowers🌱 #Photography
May you be safe, may you be healthy, may #poems find you, may you be alive in #peace!
#flowersonfriday #SmallBeautiesHour #bloomscrolling
#gardening #FlowerReport #Flowers🌱 #Photography
May you be safe, may you be healthy, may #poems find you, may you be alive in #peace!
“And sometimes for a moment,
you feel it beginning—the sense
of escape sharp as a knife-blade
hangs over the dark field
of your body…”
— ‘Twelve Moons’ — late great #poet Mary Oliver
It’s her birthday!
Oliver read from this book, Ithaca NY before winning Pulitzer Prize, to an audience of 5 people.
you feel it beginning—the sense
of escape sharp as a knife-blade
hangs over the dark field
of your body…”
— ‘Twelve Moons’ — late great #poet Mary Oliver
It’s her birthday!
Oliver read from this book, Ithaca NY before winning Pulitzer Prize, to an audience of 5 people.
September 10, 2025 at 11:09 AM
“And sometimes for a moment,
you feel it beginning—the sense
of escape sharp as a knife-blade
hangs over the dark field
of your body…”
— ‘Twelve Moons’ — late great #poet Mary Oliver
It’s her birthday!
Oliver read from this book, Ithaca NY before winning Pulitzer Prize, to an audience of 5 people.
you feel it beginning—the sense
of escape sharp as a knife-blade
hangs over the dark field
of your body…”
— ‘Twelve Moons’ — late great #poet Mary Oliver
It’s her birthday!
Oliver read from this book, Ithaca NY before winning Pulitzer Prize, to an audience of 5 people.