Sam Calhoun
@weathermansam.bsky.social
🌲Geoscientist. Photographer. Poet. Author of six chapbooks. Most recent FIRST THINGS (Eulogy Press). BOTN/Pushcart Nominated 🌲@visitnorthal Ambassador
www.weathermansam.com
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Well the week is starting on a good note. My SECOND ever Pushcart nomination! Wildly surprised and happy!
It's our first year doing this, but -- here's our nominations for the 2026 Pushcart Prize! If you haven't checked these lovely pieces out already, you should go give them a read :)
November 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Well the week is starting on a good note. My SECOND ever Pushcart nomination! Wildly surprised and happy!
Whoa. Floored and honored to be nominated for a Pushcart Prize from @paddlerpress.bsky.social ! My first!
November 23, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Whoa. Floored and honored to be nominated for a Pushcart Prize from @paddlerpress.bsky.social ! My first!
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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"If we lose hope, we're doomed."
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
October 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"If we lose hope, we're doomed."
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
Jane Goodall passes and only thing people want to talk about is the stupid government shutting down for the millionth time. Rich people acting like crybabies doing rich people things. I’ll mourn Jane.
October 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Jane Goodall passes and only thing people want to talk about is the stupid government shutting down for the millionth time. Rich people acting like crybabies doing rich people things. I’ll mourn Jane.
55 degrees at my campsite yesterday morning near the Natchez Trace. Enjoy a minute if you will.
September 29, 2025 at 11:39 AM
55 degrees at my campsite yesterday morning near the Natchez Trace. Enjoy a minute if you will.
I don’t know what to post anymore
September 23, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I don’t know what to post anymore
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Sze is a poet with a lot of acclaim — he's won the National Book Award, was a Guggenheim fellow and was a finalist for the Pulitzer. He aims to promote interest in translated poetry in his new role.
Arthur Sze named 25th U.S. poet laureate
Sze is a poet with a lot of acclaim — he's won the National Book Award, was a Guggenheim fellow and was a finalist for the Pulitzer. He aims to promote interest in translated poetry in his new role.
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September 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Sze is a poet with a lot of acclaim — he's won the National Book Award, was a Guggenheim fellow and was a finalist for the Pulitzer. He aims to promote interest in translated poetry in his new role.
My postcard chapbook First Things from Eulogy Press is here! They’re wonderful! I’m so proud of how this unique project turned out! Order a copy!
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September 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
My postcard chapbook First Things from Eulogy Press is here! They’re wonderful! I’m so proud of how this unique project turned out! Order a copy!
eulogy.bigcartel.com/product/firs...
eulogy.bigcartel.com/product/firs...
My postcard chapbook First Things from Eulogy Press is here! They’re wonderful! I’m so proud of how this unique project turned out! Order a copy!
eulogy.bigcartel.com/product/firs...
eulogy.bigcartel.com/product/firs...
First Things by Sam Calhoun
When he was nine, Sam Calhoun wrote some of his first poetry. Now, 35 years later, he's revisited them and created six new found poems. Explore...
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September 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
My postcard chapbook First Things from Eulogy Press is here! They’re wonderful! I’m so proud of how this unique project turned out! Order a copy!
eulogy.bigcartel.com/product/firs...
eulogy.bigcartel.com/product/firs...
Happy to announce my poem “Sifting” has been nominated for Best Of The Net Anthology!
First time doing this, but -- here's our BOTN nominations for 2026! If you haven't given any of these wonderful pieces a read, you should check them out :)
September 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Happy to announce my poem “Sifting” has been nominated for Best Of The Net Anthology!
August 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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It's official! I'll be curating an anthology around the theme of WATER for Wild Ink Publishing, coming 2027! Full submission theme and guidelines available on the website! I can't wait to see everyone's amazing work! #amwriting #writingcommunity
Anthology Submissions
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August 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM
It's official! I'll be curating an anthology around the theme of WATER for Wild Ink Publishing, coming 2027! Full submission theme and guidelines available on the website! I can't wait to see everyone's amazing work! #amwriting #writingcommunity
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The thing about guidelines and "rules" and etc. is the writers who overstress about them usually have no reason to and the writers who ignore them are the very ones the guidelines were there for.
I feel guilty submitting a story when it's 45 words over the word limit. I can't even imagine thinking I'm so special I don't have to read the actual journal.
some people seem to submit to lit journals like they're being forced to
August 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The thing about guidelines and "rules" and etc. is the writers who overstress about them usually have no reason to and the writers who ignore them are the very ones the guidelines were there for.
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Summer colds really are the worst.
August 1, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Summer colds really are the worst.
Thinking about my sweet Lulu that passed several years ago and a certain song I’d play and she knew it was play time. I’d dance silly and she would go grab a toy to play fetch with. I’m not I’ve listened to the song since. And even if I did, the magic would be gone.
July 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Thinking about my sweet Lulu that passed several years ago and a certain song I’d play and she knew it was play time. I’d dance silly and she would go grab a toy to play fetch with. I’m not I’ve listened to the song since. And even if I did, the magic would be gone.
14/4/1. Pounds of each harvested yesterday
July 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
14/4/1. Pounds of each harvested yesterday
Come see the Mocha Pot Exhibit at Ozaki Gallery, Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment, Huntsville, AL! 25 of my limericks are part of it. Gallery owner Yuri Ozaki’s husband hand wrote them in calligraphy for the event. I printed them in little free booklets! runs through September!
July 12, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Come see the Mocha Pot Exhibit at Ozaki Gallery, Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment, Huntsville, AL! 25 of my limericks are part of it. Gallery owner Yuri Ozaki’s husband hand wrote them in calligraphy for the event. I printed them in little free booklets! runs through September!
Proud to announce that my poem “Putting it All Together” that appeared in @micromancemagazine.bsky.social has been nominated for a Best of the Net Award!
July 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Proud to announce that my poem “Putting it All Together” that appeared in @micromancemagazine.bsky.social has been nominated for a Best of the Net Award!
I wrote this a few years ago…Musing on social media this morning, and how hard it can be to get things noticed…with apologies to W. C. Williams…
so much depends
upon
a content
algorithm
glazed with
keywords
beside the right
clickbait
so much depends
upon
a content
algorithm
glazed with
keywords
beside the right
clickbait
June 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I wrote this a few years ago…Musing on social media this morning, and how hard it can be to get things noticed…with apologies to W. C. Williams…
so much depends
upon
a content
algorithm
glazed with
keywords
beside the right
clickbait
so much depends
upon
a content
algorithm
glazed with
keywords
beside the right
clickbait
Waking to several hours of this…
June 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Waking to several hours of this…