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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November 16, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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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!
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...
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!
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...
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!
@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.
And more photos... didn't remember I could only get a few on here, lol
March 30, 2025 at 12:43 AM
And more photos... didn't remember I could only get a few on here, lol
Photos from our reading, with thanks to the editors at SWWIM, Whale Road Review, Perugia Press, Mom Egg Review & Cultivating Voices for sponsoring 🔥🔥🔥
March 30, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Photos from our reading, with thanks to the editors at SWWIM, Whale Road Review, Perugia Press, Mom Egg Review & Cultivating Voices for sponsoring 🔥🔥🔥
well hey, writers & AWP-goers! I'm looking forward to seeing many of you soon in LA. Here's where to find me. Can't wait!
March 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
well hey, writers & AWP-goers! I'm looking forward to seeing many of you soon in LA. Here's where to find me. Can't wait!
well it's been a minute since I've had an acceptance but a few months of minutes ago I did have this one in Body...
March 9, 2025 at 2:27 AM
well it's been a minute since I've had an acceptance but a few months of minutes ago I did have this one in Body...
In today's mail, more treasures for my library...@tananarivedue.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 12:54 AM
In today's mail, more treasures for my library...@tananarivedue.bsky.social
Yes, it was as good as it looks, and easy, too: mushroom spinach casserole with parmesan & mozzarella.
March 2, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Yes, it was as good as it looks, and easy, too: mushroom spinach casserole with parmesan & mozzarella.
Who'd'a thunk my poem on the Gainesville Burger Club website would warrant a weekly spotlight shout-out from SWWIM?! Thanks, @kavetchnik.bsky.social & Cat Prescott for the honor! Link to poem in comments! TL;DR: I'm not a rubric person when it comes to burgers
February 28, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Who'd'a thunk my poem on the Gainesville Burger Club website would warrant a weekly spotlight shout-out from SWWIM?! Thanks, @kavetchnik.bsky.social & Cat Prescott for the honor! Link to poem in comments! TL;DR: I'm not a rubric person when it comes to burgers
Me in my dad's Tilley winter hat. He loved hats. I gave him this one many years ago, & brought it back with me from his storage unit we cleaned out after his memorial service in Anchorage in 2017. It's my favorite hat. Actually, the only one I wear.
February 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Me in my dad's Tilley winter hat. He loved hats. I gave him this one many years ago, & brought it back with me from his storage unit we cleaned out after his memorial service in Anchorage in 2017. It's my favorite hat. Actually, the only one I wear.
Fun with my UF Health team of communicators retreating at the Fountain of Youth today in St. Augustine! Don't we already look 10 years younger? 😂
February 13, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Fun with my UF Health team of communicators retreating at the Fountain of Youth today in St. Augustine! Don't we already look 10 years younger? 😂
My stepdaughter made sure I wouldn't forget to sign her copy of The Grief Committee Minutes when we visited her in Oldsmar yesterday. I think it blends in well with her decor, do you?
February 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
My stepdaughter made sure I wouldn't forget to sign her copy of The Grief Committee Minutes when we visited her in Oldsmar yesterday. I think it blends in well with her decor, do you?
What a wonderful way to greet a Saturday on the island: New place (Kookaburra's ), old friend: Dr. Jeanine Wihbey, UFCVM Class of 2000, with the best latte recommendations ☕🤎
December 28, 2024 at 6:36 PM
What a wonderful way to greet a Saturday on the island: New place (Kookaburra's ), old friend: Dr. Jeanine Wihbey, UFCVM Class of 2000, with the best latte recommendations ☕🤎
When we'd visit my mother at Christmas, she would often wear a sparkly holiday necklace one of my sisters had given her. I brought it back after she died & wrote a poem about it, which was never published by a journal, but is in The Grief Committee Minutes. I still feel her with me.
December 24, 2024 at 10:25 PM
When we'd visit my mother at Christmas, she would often wear a sparkly holiday necklace one of my sisters had given her. I brought it back after she died & wrote a poem about it, which was never published by a journal, but is in The Grief Committee Minutes. I still feel her with me.