Sarah Ann Winn | Poet Camp
@poetcamp.bsky.social
I’m a poet, teacher and free-range librarian, and the founder of Poet Camp. #wompo
*And brand new to Bluesky as of 9/5!
PoetCamp.com
*And brand new to Bluesky as of 9/5!
PoetCamp.com
Next week! Write joy and solace in kindred community! Sliding scale. Please reach out if you are impacted by the illegal firings or in a DEI "reduction in staff." If you've lost your job thanks to performing the service you've provided to this nation, join us for free!
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March 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Next week! Write joy and solace in kindred community! Sliding scale. Please reach out if you are impacted by the illegal firings or in a DEI "reduction in staff." If you've lost your job thanks to performing the service you've provided to this nation, join us for free!
poetcamp.com/2025-march-j...
poetcamp.com/2025-march-j...
Last call for submissions for issue 3 of Little Free Lit Mag! <3 We close on 1/31, and won’t reopen til April! Littlefreelitmag.com
January 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Last call for submissions for issue 3 of Little Free Lit Mag! <3 We close on 1/31, and won’t reopen til April! Littlefreelitmag.com
Tomorrow Poet Camp's winter Book Club, Wintering by Katherine May begins again! This is a generative, slow moving book club. Month 1 - pre-write questions go out. Month 2, prompts based on the book. In Month 3 we gather on Google Meet to discuss/readaround. ❤ (poetcamp.com/poet-camp-bo...)
December 31, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Tomorrow Poet Camp's winter Book Club, Wintering by Katherine May begins again! This is a generative, slow moving book club. Month 1 - pre-write questions go out. Month 2, prompts based on the book. In Month 3 we gather on Google Meet to discuss/readaround. ❤ (poetcamp.com/poet-camp-bo...)
Still time to join us on Boxing Day for the 5th annual Boxing Day Cozy Writing Retreat! Come and go as you're able, or stay the whole time. We'd love for you to join our kindred spirit family! ❤
poetcamp.com/retreats/
poetcamp.com/retreats/
December 23, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Still time to join us on Boxing Day for the 5th annual Boxing Day Cozy Writing Retreat! Come and go as you're able, or stay the whole time. We'd love for you to join our kindred spirit family! ❤
poetcamp.com/retreats/
poetcamp.com/retreats/
Yesterday, I wrote a Substack celebrating Nikki Giovanni's life & work. It includes a prompt & some links to more about her life and work. Such an amazing poet & human being. <3 sarahannwinn.substack.com
December 11, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Yesterday, I wrote a Substack celebrating Nikki Giovanni's life & work. It includes a prompt & some links to more about her life and work. Such an amazing poet & human being. <3 sarahannwinn.substack.com
Portraying the writing life as constant daily output is a harmful stereotype. But I do believe in the power of routine. Bite sized, manageable, a reliable meeting point for you & your muse. Anyone want to practice with me for 15 mins a morning in Dec? poetcamp.com/december-jum...
November 29, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Portraying the writing life as constant daily output is a harmful stereotype. But I do believe in the power of routine. Bite sized, manageable, a reliable meeting point for you & your muse. Anyone want to practice with me for 15 mins a morning in Dec? poetcamp.com/december-jum...
Birds, for one thing!
November 21, 2024 at 12:46 AM
Birds, for one thing!
Does this help?
November 19, 2024 at 5:34 PM
Does this help?
Our kitties are named Esme Weatherwax and His Grace the Duke of Ankh, Commander Sir Sam Vimes of the Watch!
November 19, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Our kitties are named Esme Weatherwax and His Grace the Duke of Ankh, Commander Sir Sam Vimes of the Watch!
Last Substack missive from up north for this year, and a tiny prompt.
sarahannwinn.substack.com
sarahannwinn.substack.com
November 17, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Last Substack missive from up north for this year, and a tiny prompt.
sarahannwinn.substack.com
sarahannwinn.substack.com
Patricia Fargnoli, whose birthday is today, and who passed from this world in 2021, on finding comfort in the woods when the world is too much.
![Still Water by Patricia Fargnoli
[epigraph] "What times are these when a poem about trees is almost a crime because it contains silence against so many outrages." Brecht [/end epigraph]
And why not silence?
Ahead of me, Goose Pond parts pale water
and my canoe slides through into June sun, cathedral quiet,/soft plumes of cloud.
A thin gauze of rain stalls over Mt. Monadnock.
This is the way I drift
from each skirmish with the world
to the diplomacy of light
as it flares off the water./flickers among the flute-notes
of birds hidden in the leaning birches.
Would you condemn me?
I've already held the old bodies of grief
long past morning; leave them
to the ministrations/
of the dirt-borers
who work what is finished back into the earth.
Some atrocities are beyond redemption--
you know them already--
the world will be the world no matter.
I want the blinding silver of this small pond/to stun my eyes,
the palaver of leaves to stop my ears.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:i7wdqgtc3q5yfqmgo3jawi5s/bafkreidf6y2ecooeueyto2inkwqsy6s3onnx6mli3bea5j6bys7ly43iu4@jpeg)
November 17, 2024 at 1:38 AM
Patricia Fargnoli, whose birthday is today, and who passed from this world in 2021, on finding comfort in the woods when the world is too much.
So good to see familiar faces here! I've been posting on Substack, too.
November 12, 2024 at 8:44 PM
So good to see familiar faces here! I've been posting on Substack, too.
Getting excited for Donna Vorreyer's workshop next weekend! More info at poetcamp.com
March 7, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Getting excited for Donna Vorreyer's workshop next weekend! More info at poetcamp.com
October 29, 2023 at 2:08 PM
Still time to join in the witchy fun tonight at Poet Camp (via Zoom!) *Stay for the whole time, or just one prompt. Signup here: www.poetcamp.com/witchycozywr...
October 27, 2023 at 4:13 PM
Still time to join in the witchy fun tonight at Poet Camp (via Zoom!) *Stay for the whole time, or just one prompt. Signup here: www.poetcamp.com/witchycozywr...
Virtual leaf peeping this weekend, actual leaf peeping next week! Can't wait to head into the woods in this class! Still time to join us and write on your schedule! <3 Signups at poetcamp.com/classrooms
October 8, 2023 at 4:37 PM
Virtual leaf peeping this weekend, actual leaf peeping next week! Can't wait to head into the woods in this class! Still time to join us and write on your schedule! <3 Signups at poetcamp.com/classrooms
Love sharing my weird poetry connections with Poet Campers in the morning Jumpstarts - tomorrow, a prompt inspired by the Muppet Show!
September 26, 2023 at 12:38 PM
Love sharing my weird poetry connections with Poet Campers in the morning Jumpstarts - tomorrow, a prompt inspired by the Muppet Show!
Getting excited for the October Cozy Writing Retreat, and all the spells this fall, “turning the world around.” https://www.poetcamp.com/witchycozywritingretreat
September 21, 2023 at 5:42 PM
Getting excited for the October Cozy Writing Retreat, and all the spells this fall, “turning the world around.” https://www.poetcamp.com/witchycozywritingretreat
Lauren Camp, taking us to the ocean! <3 This new book’s a stunner!
September 19, 2023 at 1:45 PM
Lauren Camp, taking us to the ocean! <3 This new book’s a stunner!
Wow - this beauty by Lia Purpura! Leaning Toward Light is so gorgeous, and full of riches. Edited by Tess Taylor
Weed
Its precondition
is uselessness—
wrong in its place,
bobbing in wind,
fattening in sun, red
seeds in a cloak
with an orange ruff
whatever that is,
Bittersweet, maybe.
Weed
Its precondition
is uselessness—
wrong in its place,
bobbing in wind,
fattening in sun, red
seeds in a cloak
with an orange ruff
whatever that is,
Bittersweet, maybe.
September 13, 2023 at 3:02 PM
Wow - this beauty by Lia Purpura! Leaning Toward Light is so gorgeous, and full of riches. Edited by Tess Taylor
Weed
Its precondition
is uselessness—
wrong in its place,
bobbing in wind,
fattening in sun, red
seeds in a cloak
with an orange ruff
whatever that is,
Bittersweet, maybe.
Weed
Its precondition
is uselessness—
wrong in its place,
bobbing in wind,
fattening in sun, red
seeds in a cloak
with an orange ruff
whatever that is,
Bittersweet, maybe.
Looking forward to this so much! Teaching nerves, already present! Hope some of you made it in before it filled up! <3
September 12, 2023 at 5:08 PM
Looking forward to this so much! Teaching nerves, already present! Hope some of you made it in before it filled up! <3
Love this gorgeousness from Camille Dungy!
September 11, 2023 at 1:06 PM
Love this gorgeousness from Camille Dungy!
Forgot to post this delight! I’ve been so busy building courses/teaching, I haven’t been submitting much, but the theme of the more-than-human world curated by one of my favorite journals was irresistible!
September 8, 2023 at 3:29 PM
Forgot to post this delight! I’ve been so busy building courses/teaching, I haven’t been submitting much, but the theme of the more-than-human world curated by one of my favorite journals was irresistible!
Love planning the morning jumpstarts for Poet Camp. So many beautiful beginnings!
![“A Blessing for Stocked Fish” by Cecily Parks [full text of poem in Field Folly Snow]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:i7wdqgtc3q5yfqmgo3jawi5s/bafkreieupexzlhhvghjei6eqmzvaiusfclx6r7gv3tr2ttl4pwbj3nrfie@jpeg)
September 6, 2023 at 1:32 PM
Love planning the morning jumpstarts for Poet Camp. So many beautiful beginnings!
epiphany - email titles which start with the word raccoon are opened more quickly than those which aren’t! 🦝❤️
September 4, 2023 at 3:03 PM
epiphany - email titles which start with the word raccoon are opened more quickly than those which aren’t! 🦝❤️