SarahJSloat
@sjane.bsky.social
Reluctant non-smoker
Author of Hotel Almighty
Author of Hotel Almighty
Phyllida’s hair was where her power resided.
Jeffrey Eugenides, "The Marriage Plot"
Jeffrey Eugenides, "The Marriage Plot"
November 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Phyllida’s hair was where her power resided.
Jeffrey Eugenides, "The Marriage Plot"
Jeffrey Eugenides, "The Marriage Plot"
Once when I was 8 years old my grandmother asked me, what will you do when you grow up? And I answered, I want to die. I want to die when I grow up. I want to die soon. And I think my sister really liked that answer. ― Fleur Jaeggy, "I Am the Brother of XX"
November 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Once when I was 8 years old my grandmother asked me, what will you do when you grow up? And I answered, I want to die. I want to die when I grow up. I want to die soon. And I think my sister really liked that answer. ― Fleur Jaeggy, "I Am the Brother of XX"
all mistakes are past mistakes
November 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
all mistakes are past mistakes
All mistakes are past mistakes.
November 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
All mistakes are past mistakes.
collage postcards with aphorism from @dinalrelles.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 2:38 PM
collage postcards with aphorism from @dinalrelles.bsky.social
hopes of changing for the better
make glue of them,
then they will
stick
make glue of them,
then they will
stick
July 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
hopes of changing for the better
make glue of them,
then they will
stick
make glue of them,
then they will
stick
when I spoke of bathing
a dazed state commenced
all round about us,
with a splash
a big, heavy
morning
was beginning to break.
-a visual poem from my book, Classic Crimes
a dazed state commenced
all round about us,
with a splash
a big, heavy
morning
was beginning to break.
-a visual poem from my book, Classic Crimes
July 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
when I spoke of bathing
a dazed state commenced
all round about us,
with a splash
a big, heavy
morning
was beginning to break.
-a visual poem from my book, Classic Crimes
a dazed state commenced
all round about us,
with a splash
a big, heavy
morning
was beginning to break.
-a visual poem from my book, Classic Crimes
June 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
a desire for repose
came
with a can of hot water; and
a little Marsala
with a tumbler of wine,
and more wine:
a shut door
and pet dogs
and a nightshirt,
and collapse
that ministering angel
(from Classic Crimes, my book of visual poetry pubbed by @sarabandebooks.bsky.social)
came
with a can of hot water; and
a little Marsala
with a tumbler of wine,
and more wine:
a shut door
and pet dogs
and a nightshirt,
and collapse
that ministering angel
(from Classic Crimes, my book of visual poetry pubbed by @sarabandebooks.bsky.social)
June 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
a desire for repose
came
with a can of hot water; and
a little Marsala
with a tumbler of wine,
and more wine:
a shut door
and pet dogs
and a nightshirt,
and collapse
that ministering angel
(from Classic Crimes, my book of visual poetry pubbed by @sarabandebooks.bsky.social)
came
with a can of hot water; and
a little Marsala
with a tumbler of wine,
and more wine:
a shut door
and pet dogs
and a nightshirt,
and collapse
that ministering angel
(from Classic Crimes, my book of visual poetry pubbed by @sarabandebooks.bsky.social)
who
turned the window down and surveyed all
the tatters and waste
and
cleared his throat as if about to speak
turned the window down and surveyed all
the tatters and waste
and
cleared his throat as if about to speak
May 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
who
turned the window down and surveyed all
the tatters and waste
and
cleared his throat as if about to speak
turned the window down and surveyed all
the tatters and waste
and
cleared his throat as if about to speak
in books we learn enough of despair
May 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
in books we learn enough of despair
It's pub day for my 2nd book of visual poetry, Classic Crimes. Thanks to the super humans at @sarabandebooks.bsky.social. They took great care -- from the paper that makes the images/text crisp & vibrant to the title page to collage outtakes scattered throughout.
Support independent publishers!
Support independent publishers!
May 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
It's pub day for my 2nd book of visual poetry, Classic Crimes. Thanks to the super humans at @sarabandebooks.bsky.social. They took great care -- from the paper that makes the images/text crisp & vibrant to the title page to collage outtakes scattered throughout.
Support independent publishers!
Support independent publishers!
"If there could be love without violence,
there would be no breakers or boat. There would be
no tower to dive from. Maybe
there would be a field..."
Run over & read @jessicapoli.bsky.social's poems about diving horses at Blackbird. I took the image from her post on the poems elsewhere! rb.gy/wi6md7
there would be no breakers or boat. There would be
no tower to dive from. Maybe
there would be a field..."
Run over & read @jessicapoli.bsky.social's poems about diving horses at Blackbird. I took the image from her post on the poems elsewhere! rb.gy/wi6md7
May 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
"If there could be love without violence,
there would be no breakers or boat. There would be
no tower to dive from. Maybe
there would be a field..."
Run over & read @jessicapoli.bsky.social's poems about diving horses at Blackbird. I took the image from her post on the poems elsewhere! rb.gy/wi6md7
there would be no breakers or boat. There would be
no tower to dive from. Maybe
there would be a field..."
Run over & read @jessicapoli.bsky.social's poems about diving horses at Blackbird. I took the image from her post on the poems elsewhere! rb.gy/wi6md7
Good morning from Placa Prim. Two girls are filling balloons from the fountain and watering the trees.
May 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Good morning from Placa Prim. Two girls are filling balloons from the fountain and watering the trees.
next street over got a new cheese monger
he was passing out little slivers of cheese getting all of the neighbourhood hooked
I am broke now and very happy
he was passing out little slivers of cheese getting all of the neighbourhood hooked
I am broke now and very happy
May 18, 2025 at 6:41 AM
next street over got a new cheese monger
he was passing out little slivers of cheese getting all of the neighbourhood hooked
I am broke now and very happy
he was passing out little slivers of cheese getting all of the neighbourhood hooked
I am broke now and very happy
The judges have chains in their sleeves
*
WS Merwin
*
WS Merwin
May 17, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The judges have chains in their sleeves
*
WS Merwin
*
WS Merwin
Pennsylvania Ave. SE is the opening poem to Taylor Johnson's "Inheritance." There's a short discussion of the poem over at Poetry Unbound. onbeing.org/programs/tay...
May 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Pennsylvania Ave. SE is the opening poem to Taylor Johnson's "Inheritance." There's a short discussion of the poem over at Poetry Unbound. onbeing.org/programs/tay...
I love the look of old paper, the so-called yellowing, as if it were a living thing aging. When I'm plundering the free public bookshelves I open the older ones first to see what shades are taking over. I love using old paper in my visual poems. This one is from "Classic Crimes," out May 20.
May 11, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I love the look of old paper, the so-called yellowing, as if it were a living thing aging. When I'm plundering the free public bookshelves I open the older ones first to see what shades are taking over. I love using old paper in my visual poems. This one is from "Classic Crimes," out May 20.
For #smallpoemsunday, "A Moment to Consider" from my book Classic Crimes, which comes out end of next week from @sarabandebooks.bsky.social !
And to note for Mother's Day, the book is dedicated to my mom, who passed away in Jan. Amid final proofs, Sarabande generously let me change the page.
And to note for Mother's Day, the book is dedicated to my mom, who passed away in Jan. Amid final proofs, Sarabande generously let me change the page.
May 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
For #smallpoemsunday, "A Moment to Consider" from my book Classic Crimes, which comes out end of next week from @sarabandebooks.bsky.social !
And to note for Mother's Day, the book is dedicated to my mom, who passed away in Jan. Amid final proofs, Sarabande generously let me change the page.
And to note for Mother's Day, the book is dedicated to my mom, who passed away in Jan. Amid final proofs, Sarabande generously let me change the page.
Someone is looking for writing about games & I'm not sure it is "about" games but what immediately springs to mind is Jenni B. Baker's Pacman erasures. Very sadly, Jenni passed away a few years ago.
cartridgelit.com/2016/01/27/f...
cartridgelit.com/2016/01/27/f...
May 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Someone is looking for writing about games & I'm not sure it is "about" games but what immediately springs to mind is Jenni B. Baker's Pacman erasures. Very sadly, Jenni passed away a few years ago.
cartridgelit.com/2016/01/27/f...
cartridgelit.com/2016/01/27/f...
The sword looks foolish beside the dagger.
May 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The sword looks foolish beside the dagger.