Sarah Carey
@saycarey1.bsky.social
Comms director emerita, UF College of Veterinary Medicine. Poet. NC born, Florida grown. Debut full-length: The Grief Committee Minutes, Hoffer Award finalist (Saint Julian Press, 2024.) Next: Bloodstream, Mercer University Press (2026). SarahKCarey.com
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Sarah Carey
@saycarey1.bsky.social
· Dec 20
A contract for Christmas! Thrilled to share that my second full-length collection of poems, Bloodstream, has been accepted for publication by Mercer University Press! Target release date is Spring/Summer 2026. More to come in the months ahead!
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November 16, 2025 at 2:01 AM
🚨 Early giving for #GiveMiamiDay starts TODAY (Nov. 15–19)!
I’m fundraising for SWWIM, which has supported me by publishing my work & by inviting me to read in Miami and twice at AWP. SWWIM supports women-identifying writers everywhere. Please consider donating! Give now: 👉 bit.ly/4p4RZso
I’m fundraising for SWWIM, which has supported me by publishing my work & by inviting me to read in Miami and twice at AWP. SWWIM supports women-identifying writers everywhere. Please consider donating! Give now: 👉 bit.ly/4p4RZso
1 month ago, our 11-yo Lab yelped & broke lame on his right forelimb. My last dog died from osteosarc, so I was sure that was it. Turns out it was an inflamed nerve w/radiated pain in the RFL. Many hospital trips for Dx, MRI + Rx + meds + rest & he is walking & feeling so much better! Toys again!
November 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
1 month ago, our 11-yo Lab yelped & broke lame on his right forelimb. My last dog died from osteosarc, so I was sure that was it. Turns out it was an inflamed nerve w/radiated pain in the RFL. Many hospital trips for Dx, MRI + Rx + meds + rest & he is walking & feeling so much better! Toys again!
A wonderful Zoom poetry reading today by @katierpoet.bsky.social, coming at us from Scotland with several remarkable, devastating poems from her new collection, Our Bodies Are Mostly Water (May 2025, Cornerstone Press.) An unforgettable tribute to her late sister & the love they shared.
November 9, 2025 at 9:44 PM
A wonderful Zoom poetry reading today by @katierpoet.bsky.social, coming at us from Scotland with several remarkable, devastating poems from her new collection, Our Bodies Are Mostly Water (May 2025, Cornerstone Press.) An unforgettable tribute to her late sister & the love they shared.
Tonight! One hour! I am SO excited about this...
October 2, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Tonight! One hour! I am SO excited about this...
this is sickening
October 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
this is sickening
I won't lie. Prepping a book for publication is stressful! But it's happening, y'all. Bloodstream, my second full-length collection of poems, is in the final stages of proofing. I am so excited! More info about publication ETA & a planned book launch when I'm able to share!
September 9, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I won't lie. Prepping a book for publication is stressful! But it's happening, y'all. Bloodstream, my second full-length collection of poems, is in the final stages of proofing. I am so excited! More info about publication ETA & a planned book launch when I'm able to share!
Thrilled to share that I'll be reading from my book, The Grief Committee Minutes, at @thelynxbooks.bsky.social on Oct. 2 from 7:30-8:30 p.m. with Eric Doise, who'll read from his late wife, Saara Raappana's book, Chamber After Chamber. From Gainesville or nearby? Hope you can make it!
September 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Thrilled to share that I'll be reading from my book, The Grief Committee Minutes, at @thelynxbooks.bsky.social on Oct. 2 from 7:30-8:30 p.m. with Eric Doise, who'll read from his late wife, Saara Raappana's book, Chamber After Chamber. From Gainesville or nearby? Hope you can make it!
It's been a minute since I updated my blog. New post up! I hope you enjoy! sarahkcarey.com/write-it-dow...
"Write it down": My notebook discovery - Sarah K Carey
I never thought I'd say it. A notebook can be a writer's best friend. They can be beautiful, and — had you asked me just over a month ago — I would have said, also completely useless. I was wrong.
sarahkcarey.com
September 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
It's been a minute since I updated my blog. New post up! I hope you enjoy! sarahkcarey.com/write-it-dow...
Working with a copyeditor on the 1st pages of Bloodstream, my new poetry collection, forthcoming from Mercer U Press in spring-summer 2026! Exciting but stressful, too, coming so close on the heels of my 1st book. If anyone is interested in doing a review, let me know! 🙏🙏
August 12, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Working with a copyeditor on the 1st pages of Bloodstream, my new poetry collection, forthcoming from Mercer U Press in spring-summer 2026! Exciting but stressful, too, coming so close on the heels of my 1st book. If anyone is interested in doing a review, let me know! 🙏🙏
Yesterday, an editor I've worked with in the past, tho not for years, accepted every poem I sent her, including one from my new book, Bloodstream (forthcoming from Mercer U Press in 2026) which I was thrilled to place. It was so validating. Words to savor during the down times.
August 7, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Yesterday, an editor I've worked with in the past, tho not for years, accepted every poem I sent her, including one from my new book, Bloodstream (forthcoming from Mercer U Press in 2026) which I was thrilled to place. It was so validating. Words to savor during the down times.
I first crossed paths with former Alabama poet laureate Jennifer Horne about 5 years ago, when @alinaetc.bsky.social did a joint review of two of our books for the sadly now-defunct New Southern Fugitives journal. We reconnected recently & traded books. Excited for this beauty!
July 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I first crossed paths with former Alabama poet laureate Jennifer Horne about 5 years ago, when @alinaetc.bsky.social did a joint review of two of our books for the sadly now-defunct New Southern Fugitives journal. We reconnected recently & traded books. Excited for this beauty!
@mitchnobis.bsky.social 's recent post inspires me to share this poem from his debut collection, The Size of the Horizon, or, I Explained Everything to the Trees. So much heart here, & I'm just getting started...
July 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
@mitchnobis.bsky.social 's recent post inspires me to share this poem from his debut collection, The Size of the Horizon, or, I Explained Everything to the Trees. So much heart here, & I'm just getting started...
Obsessed
July 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Obsessed
The ordering of a manuscript can be such a challenge! I've heard writers I respect argue that it's really the poems, not the order, that matters, but I tend to group poems both strategically & intuitively. It's so cool when someone pays attention. Thanks again, @mitchnobis.bsky.social !
One hell of a back-to-back by @saycarey1.bsky.social in her book The Grief Committee Minutes.
July 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The ordering of a manuscript can be such a challenge! I've heard writers I respect argue that it's really the poems, not the order, that matters, but I tend to group poems both strategically & intuitively. It's so cool when someone pays attention. Thanks again, @mitchnobis.bsky.social !
Happy 1st book birthday to @susanlleary.bsky.social 's Dressing the Bear! Such a moving book by such a talented poet ✨
Happy 1st book birthday to DRESSING THE BEAR! It’s been such a wonderful year & to everyone who has read, uplifted, or engaged with these poems in any way, you have made me so happy & I am so very grateful! All the love to @triohousepress.org too! What a talented, tireless, and big-hearted team! 💙
July 2, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Happy 1st book birthday to @susanlleary.bsky.social 's Dressing the Bear! Such a moving book by such a talented poet ✨
New head shots! Thanks to GNV photog Adrienne Fletcher & MUA Kara Winslow for always helping me out when I have a need. One of these will hopefully be the author photo for my forthcoming book, Bloodstream. But which one? Up to my publisher & his team to decide...it's in their hands now:)
June 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
New head shots! Thanks to GNV photog Adrienne Fletcher & MUA Kara Winslow for always helping me out when I have a need. One of these will hopefully be the author photo for my forthcoming book, Bloodstream. But which one? Up to my publisher & his team to decide...it's in their hands now:)
May 17, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Key returned. P-card surrendered. Heart full. Let the next chapter begin...
May 16, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Key returned. P-card surrendered. Heart full. Let the next chapter begin...
I have stickers. Fancy! Hit me up if you would like a signed, personal copy. I'll even throw in some swag! #hofferaward #erichofferaward
May 14, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I have stickers. Fancy! Hit me up if you would like a signed, personal copy. I'll even throw in some swag! #hofferaward #erichofferaward
Go, little book, go!
May 10, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Go, little book, go!
Thrilled to have a poem up in the latest issue of @splitrockreview.bsky.social ! Thanks to Crystal Gibbons as always for her support & for selecting "Bearings" for this amazing issue. Thrilled to be in such talented company.
🍄Issue 21 is here!!! 🍄
We’re thrilled to announce the release of Split Rock Review's Issue 21, featuring poetry, creative nonfiction, comics, eco-fiction, photography, and visual art from a talented lineup of contributors.
📖 Read the new issue now at splitrockreview.org/issue-21
We’re thrilled to announce the release of Split Rock Review's Issue 21, featuring poetry, creative nonfiction, comics, eco-fiction, photography, and visual art from a talented lineup of contributors.
📖 Read the new issue now at splitrockreview.org/issue-21
SPLIT ROCK REVIEW — CURRENT ISSUE
Split Rock Review is an online journal that publishes literature and art exploring place, environment, and the complex relationship between humans and the natural world.
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May 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Thrilled to have a poem up in the latest issue of @splitrockreview.bsky.social ! Thanks to Crystal Gibbons as always for her support & for selecting "Bearings" for this amazing issue. Thrilled to be in such talented company.
One of the things I'm proudest of from my career at UF is managing Animal Airwaves, a nationally syndicated 2-part public radio program for 14 years, in partnership our local NPR affiliate, WUFT-FM. I talked about it & the show's history on air last week. Take a listen (& fight for NPR.)
Animal Airwaves – A Discussion with Sarah Carey and Dana Hill
This episode features a behind-the-scenes look at the one-hour program Animal Airwaves Live and the one-minute Animal Airwaves modules. Sarah Carey, College of Veterinary Medicine Communications Direc...
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May 3, 2025 at 12:42 AM
One of the things I'm proudest of from my career at UF is managing Animal Airwaves, a nationally syndicated 2-part public radio program for 14 years, in partnership our local NPR affiliate, WUFT-FM. I talked about it & the show's history on air last week. Take a listen (& fight for NPR.)
So many thanks to @anthonyframe.bsky.social & @glasspoetry.bsky.social for believing in & publishing "Anchorage," the opening poem in my next book, Bloodstream, (Mercer University Press, 2026.) TIA for reading & for sharing!
Today on Glass!
"Anchorage" by Sarah Carey (@saycarey1.bsky.social)!
www.glass-poetry.com/journal.html
"Anchorage" by Sarah Carey (@saycarey1.bsky.social)!
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April 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
So many thanks to @anthonyframe.bsky.social & @glasspoetry.bsky.social for believing in & publishing "Anchorage," the opening poem in my next book, Bloodstream, (Mercer University Press, 2026.) TIA for reading & for sharing!
With apologies to all the real poet laureates out there, but with so much gratitude to UF Health writer Bill Levesque for this wonderful article in the latest issue of Florida Veterinarian magazine, which I developed 35 years ago. Only 3 more weeks to retirement! It's bittersweet.
Poet laureate of animals, academia retires after 35 years
Sarah Carey became the college's first communications director when she was hired in 1990.
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April 19, 2025 at 10:54 PM
With apologies to all the real poet laureates out there, but with so much gratitude to UF Health writer Bill Levesque for this wonderful article in the latest issue of Florida Veterinarian magazine, which I developed 35 years ago. Only 3 more weeks to retirement! It's bittersweet.
@emmabolden.bsky.social I literally just came across this poem, reading the last issue of the Gettysburg Review. So thoughtful & well done. I relate.
April 19, 2025 at 10:48 PM
@emmabolden.bsky.social I literally just came across this poem, reading the last issue of the Gettysburg Review. So thoughtful & well done. I relate.