Poet, mama, scientist, dog lover, debut ‘General Release from the Beginning of the World’ Free Verse Editions 2023 https://bsky.app/profile/dsmpoet.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/dsmpoet.bsky.social/post/3mraqhfsbos2oSo grateful to @slowdownshow.org and @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social for giving this poem such a fine homw [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Jul 2026 16:26 +0000at://did:plc:adysqwebthaz2fe55r7tpz32/app.bsky.feed.post/3mraqhfsbos2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/dsmpoet.bsky.social/post/3m7emhqgcds2vPlease join me and Mark Burrows at The Poets Corner January 11 at 4:00 ESTm 1:00 PST for poetry and talk of peace! Click on the picture for a link to register! https://www.thepoetscorner.org/events/to-phrase-a-prayer-for-peace07 Dec 2025 03:52 +0000at://did:plc:adysqwebthaz2fe55r7tpz32/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7emhqgcds2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/dsmpoet.bsky.social/post/3m7auk3jhls2qWith thanks to the @westtradereview.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Dec 2025 16:06 +0000at://did:plc:adysqwebthaz2fe55r7tpz32/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7auk3jhls2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/dsmpoet.bsky.social/post/3lrnqgmerj226Today is the first Father’s Day without my husband, who died suddenly 7 months ago. Thank you Michael Simms at @voxpopulisphere.bsky.social for giving this quirky elegy a home https://voxpopulisphere.com/2025/06/15/donna-spruijt-metz-person/15 Jun 2025 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:adysqwebthaz2fe55r7tpz32/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrnqgmerj226https://bsky.app/profile/dsmpoet.bsky.social/post/3ll7zue2q6c2rIt's publication day! To Phrase a Prayer for Peace is officially out and in the world. The poems came from the heartbreak of watching the war in the middle east unfold. At AWP, I'll be signing at Yetzirah (T715) on 3/29 at 11:00 am & Whale Road Review (948) on 3/29 12-1:00. Please come say 'hey'25 Mar 2025 19:44 +0000at://did:plc:adysqwebthaz2fe55r7tpz32/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll7zue2q6c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/dsmpoet.bsky.social/post/3lk4n2cicvc2hTo Phrase a Prayer for Peace launches online on Sunday March 23, 4:00 pm PT with the amazing poets @jaredharel.bsky.social Julia Kolchinsky and Yehoshua Josh November. Thank you @wildhousepubs.bsky.social and Mark S. Burrows! Register here https://usc.zoom.us/meeting/register/-nl-QNicTsS5Z59_f1Ig0g#/registration I would love to see you there!11 Mar 2025 17:52 +0000at://did:plc:adysqwebthaz2fe55r7tpz32/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk4n2cicvc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/dsmpoet.bsky.social/post/3lfc4rf22u22dThe fire is close. I’ve got go bags ready for the pups and me. I hope we don’t have to evacuate09 Jan 2025 07:11 +0000at://did:plc:adysqwebthaz2fe55r7tpz32/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfc4rf22u22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/dsmpoet.bsky.social/post/3lep44fgnb22rHappy 7th light, Happy New Year, I wish you all peace and love and health and wild bursts of creativity and when you need it, a dog who knows you’re going to cry before you know it.01 Jan 2025 17:38 +0000at://did:plc:adysqwebthaz2fe55r7tpz32/app.bsky.feed.post/3lep44fgnb22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/dsmpoet.bsky.social/post/3le364eb5r22dThis has been a year of suffering in the world: hate. war, death, hunger—and for me, personally—with the sudden death of my husband. This book came fast, took me over, possessed me. I can’t wait to share it with you. Thank you, Melody Stanford Martin for this beautiful cover. What a gift.24 Dec 2024 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:adysqwebthaz2fe55r7tpz32/app.bsky.feed.post/3le364eb5r22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/dsmpoet.bsky.social/post/3ldui34hgd22v22 Dec 2024 03:30 +0000at://did:plc:adysqwebthaz2fe55r7tpz32/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldui34hgd22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/dsmpoet.bsky.social/post/3ld7ir33yvc2kWhat a joy and an honor to be included in the latest issue of Whale Road Review!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Dec 2024 19:17 +0000at://did:plc:adysqwebthaz2fe55r7tpz32/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld7ir33yvc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/dsmpoet.bsky.social/post/3lcyuuuklok2gRosemerry Wahtola Trommer describes grief as I feel it these days.11 Dec 2024 04:05 +0000at://did:plc:adysqwebthaz2fe55r7tpz32/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcyuuuklok2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/dsmpoet.bsky.social/post/3lbnufoucxs2n24 Nov 2024 01:32 +0000at://did:plc:adysqwebthaz2fe55r7tpz32/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbnufoucxs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/dsmpoet.bsky.social/post/3l7t4qkspiv2g This heroic crown of sonnets emerged before Yom Kippur, when my husband Gershom Spruijt זיכרונו לברכה‎ chanted Torah beautifully for what would be the last time. Thank you Judith Magazine & Rachel Neve Midbar for giving it a home. This is a stealth tribute to him & his resonant voice-now so quiet. https://judithmagazine.substack.com/p/who-the-hell-is-the-hero-the-poetry31 Oct 2024 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:adysqwebthaz2fe55r7tpz32/app.bsky.feed.post/3l7t4qkspiv2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/dsmpoet.bsky.social/post/3l7gkfnnmka2qAn honor to be engaged in deep discussion with @philipmetres.bsky.social for @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Oct 2024 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:adysqwebthaz2fe55r7tpz32/app.bsky.feed.post/3l7gkfnnmka2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/dsmpoet.bsky.social/post/3l65vaiejgz2bEyes full of fall skies in Upstate New York, heading back to Los Angeles 🌞☀️🕶️ today.10 Oct 2024 12:49 +0000at://did:plc:adysqwebthaz2fe55r7tpz32/app.bsky.feed.post/3l65vaiejgz2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/dsmpoet.bsky.social/post/3l53phhjjyv2aDogs!!!26 Sep 2024 22:35 +0000at://did:plc:adysqwebthaz2fe55r7tpz32/app.bsky.feed.post/3l53phhjjyv2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/dsmpoet.bsky.social/post/3l3xvkzncj52aI’m teaching a poetry workshop for Hudson Valley Writers Center on October 27! Write a poem, craft a prayer, ask for help or vent how pissed off you are at the universe! Please join me in writing poetry of praise, questioning, & occasional irreverence! Registration https://writerscenter.org/calendar/sacred/12 Sep 2024 16:48 +0000at://did:plc:adysqwebthaz2fe55r7tpz32/app.bsky.feed.post/3l3xvkzncj52ahttps://bsky.app/profile/dsmpoet.bsky.social/post/3l3vbbepaly24Thank you Poetry Daily for giving this poem some love today https://poems.com/poem/i-need-the-long-march/11 Sep 2024 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:adysqwebthaz2fe55r7tpz32/app.bsky.feed.post/3l3vbbepaly24https://bsky.app/profile/dsmpoet.bsky.social/post/3l2n57ez5752q26 Aug 2024 16:41 +0000at://did:plc:adysqwebthaz2fe55r7tpz32/app.bsky.feed.post/3l2n57ez5752qhttps://bsky.app/profile/dsmpoet.bsky.social/post/3l23x7rzv7g26Please join me in my next generative workshop! We will be writing poetry of praise, questioning, and occasional irreverence! I would LOVE to see you! Link to register: https://writerscenter.org/calendar/sacred/19 Aug 2024 20:38 +0000at://did:plc:adysqwebthaz2fe55r7tpz32/app.bsky.feed.post/3l23x7rzv7g26https://bsky.app/profile/dsmpoet.bsky.social/post/3knyouhudwd22Going to Arkansas to read at the amazing @kaicoggin.bsky.social ‘s Wednesday Night Poetry situation!!! Come through!18 Mar 2024 20:28 +0000at://did:plc:adysqwebthaz2fe55r7tpz32/app.bsky.feed.post/3knyouhudwd22https://bsky.app/profile/dsmpoet.bsky.social/post/3klzz2cf5tz2tPsaltery & Lyre open for submissions for ONE MORE WEEK! psalteryandlyre.org/submissions/ We are looking for essays, stories, poetry, and hybrid works that push the borders of sacred and secular. Bring us your tasty morsels! Submissions are free!22 Feb 2024 22:13 +0000at://did:plc:adysqwebthaz2fe55r7tpz32/app.bsky.feed.post/3klzz2cf5tz2thttps://bsky.app/profile/dsmpoet.bsky.social/post/3kfnpqwnvfh2uA master at work [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Dec 2023 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:adysqwebthaz2fe55r7tpz32/app.bsky.feed.post/3kfnpqwnvfh2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/dsmpoet.bsky.social/post/3kfiso5m4ud2whttps://www.pw.org/live/events/5_over_50_virtual_reading_and_celebration BEYOND thrilled to be part of this celebration of 5 over 50 debut writers on December 7th! Register for free! Thank you Poets & Writers and Kevin Latimer! It is a fabulous line-up! Please join us!01 Dec 2023 17:32 +0000at://did:plc:adysqwebthaz2fe55r7tpz32/app.bsky.feed.post/3kfiso5m4ud2whttps://bsky.app/profile/dsmpoet.bsky.social/post/3kf2nkdzetw27Saskia Hamilton.26 Nov 2023 02:23 +0000at://did:plc:adysqwebthaz2fe55r7tpz32/app.bsky.feed.post/3kf2nkdzetw27https://bsky.app/profile/dsmpoet.bsky.social/post/3kdrjmpcpb222Brilliant poem from @poetalicewhite.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Nov 2023 17:54 +0000at://did:plc:adysqwebthaz2fe55r7tpz32/app.bsky.feed.post/3kdrjmpcpb222