Sandra Simonds
@sandmansimonds.bsky.social
Poet and Trail 🏃🏻♀️ Runner, Magician
Vermont Book Award in Fiction 2023 for Assia. 9 books of poetry
Burning Oracle (poetry-ish) coming 2026 Wesleyan University Press
Arctic Circle Residency, May 25 ❄️
Vermont Book Award in Fiction 2023 for Assia. 9 books of poetry
Burning Oracle (poetry-ish) coming 2026 Wesleyan University Press
Arctic Circle Residency, May 25 ❄️
Pinned
Burning Oracle, forthcoming Wesleyan University Press…Spring 2026
someone please give me a job money & time to write so that i can both buy my whole foods bullshit & be a visionary poet okayyyyy
2 old 2 b a hashtag gold digger
2 old 2 b a hashtag gold digger
November 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM
someone please give me a job money & time to write so that i can both buy my whole foods bullshit & be a visionary poet okayyyyy
2 old 2 b a hashtag gold digger
2 old 2 b a hashtag gold digger
i love that i’m an introvert but also kind of an exhibitionist
…thoughts in tampa
…thoughts in tampa
November 23, 2025 at 12:17 AM
i love that i’m an introvert but also kind of an exhibitionist
…thoughts in tampa
…thoughts in tampa
Well, it's always done, every mother's son
Is shown that grown men never run
Is shown that grown men never run
November 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Well, it's always done, every mother's son
Is shown that grown men never run
Is shown that grown men never run
I came I saw
I came I saw
I came I saw
November 14, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I came I saw
I came I saw
I came I saw
me in the middle school parking lot wondering what Friedrich Nietzsche would have thought about AI when my southern neighbors are like planning Charlie Kirk memorials
October 31, 2025 at 1:42 PM
me in the middle school parking lot wondering what Friedrich Nietzsche would have thought about AI when my southern neighbors are like planning Charlie Kirk memorials
joke was on me
there was no one even there to bluff
there was no one even there to bluff
October 31, 2025 at 1:36 PM
joke was on me
there was no one even there to bluff
there was no one even there to bluff
my mind makes poetry all day, but it’s just up to me if I wanna write it down or not
October 31, 2025 at 1:34 PM
my mind makes poetry all day, but it’s just up to me if I wanna write it down or not
the peasants call her
the goddess of gloom
the goddess of gloom
October 31, 2025 at 1:33 PM
the peasants call her
the goddess of gloom
the goddess of gloom
i definitely have the musical taste of like a 75 yr old white man
October 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
i definitely have the musical taste of like a 75 yr old white man
ran 10 miles this morning & now took break from working and thinking it’s strange to have, at my relatively young age, outlived 3 poet exes…this life isn’t for the faint of heart
October 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
ran 10 miles this morning & now took break from working and thinking it’s strange to have, at my relatively young age, outlived 3 poet exes…this life isn’t for the faint of heart
could anyone work as much as
this little I
this little I
October 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
could anyone work as much as
this little I
this little I
I killed the party again
Goddamn, goddamn
Goddamn, goddamn
October 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I killed the party again
Goddamn, goddamn
Goddamn, goddamn
do not buy the green apple water at trader joe’s it is super gross
October 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
do not buy the green apple water at trader joe’s it is super gross
justin bieber sold his music catalog bc he was broke & then put out such a good album…i guess he was motivated
October 13, 2025 at 10:59 PM
justin bieber sold his music catalog bc he was broke & then put out such a good album…i guess he was motivated
i have to google myself to update my cv
October 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
i have to google myself to update my cv
actually i can’t be a Karen bc i go to Planet Fitness w all the other proles
i take back everything i said
i take back everything i said
October 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
actually i can’t be a Karen bc i go to Planet Fitness w all the other proles
i take back everything i said
i take back everything i said
riders on the storm …fall break & music 🎶
October 8, 2025 at 9:50 PM
riders on the storm …fall break & music 🎶
Out on the road
I don't see where I'm going
I don't see where I'm going
October 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Out on the road
I don't see where I'm going
I don't see where I'm going
my students just told me about the Seinfeld wale album
October 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
my students just told me about the Seinfeld wale album
i mean we give antidepressants to dogs
October 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
i mean we give antidepressants to dogs
weirdo carrying a gun in a craft store
October 5, 2025 at 7:11 PM
weirdo carrying a gun in a craft store
will be in nyc next month …
October 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
will be in nyc next month …
“poeta nascitur, non fit,” quoth the despondent AI
October 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
“poeta nascitur, non fit,” quoth the despondent AI
i want to live in a remote cabin
thinks I on a weekly basis
thinks I on a weekly basis
October 4, 2025 at 9:04 PM
i want to live in a remote cabin
thinks I on a weekly basis
thinks I on a weekly basis