finleywrite.com poet, fiction writer, artist (mainly I like to draw & write). Silkworm, Meat For Tea, Cape Cod Times, Willawaw Journalhttps://bsky.app/profile/rivering.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/rivering.bsky.social/post/3lzgfw6rn7k27"...little suitcase of guts & nails, you are still alive, even with your broken hinges." [PARIS REVIEW, daily #poem] Yusef Komunyakaa's Night of the Armadillo ♡22 Sep 2025 12:29 +0000at://did:plc:ybbdfs6rewmycavuxu52liys/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzgfw6rn7k27https://bsky.app/profile/rivering.bsky.social/post/3lk2g4wpdmk2fHey, SUBs are only open a few more days! http://www.florencepoets.com/p/silkworm.html?m=110 Mar 2025 20:43 +0000at://did:plc:ybbdfs6rewmycavuxu52liys/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk2g4wpdmk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/rivering.bsky.social/post/3lhyrm4inzs2bwhat is "cycle" to you? Here's a doodle of what it is to me. Now, to write about it...12 Feb 2025 18:12 +0000at://did:plc:ybbdfs6rewmycavuxu52liys/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhyrm4inzs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/rivering.bsky.social/post/3lhfa6dobqc2aPoetry heals... ♡ In western Mass Tommy Twilite is a legend... Come + Celebrate!04 Feb 2025 23:40 +0000at://did:plc:ybbdfs6rewmycavuxu52liys/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhfa6dobqc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/rivering.bsky.social/post/3lhcn5puiuk24Florence Poets Society has a festive meet-up Thurs.FEB 13 + Silkworm opens (soon but not yet!) #WritingCommunity #silkworm #poetry Tommy Twilite's festive send off...03 Feb 2025 22:54 +0000at://did:plc:ybbdfs6rewmycavuxu52liys/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhcn5puiuk24https://bsky.app/profile/rivering.bsky.social/post/3lh742bds6c2lice sculptures + poetry, that was yesterday... ♡Congrats to LAVA02 Feb 2025 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:ybbdfs6rewmycavuxu52liys/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh742bds6c2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/rivering.bsky.social/post/3lguz5xyz2s2tDust of Snow by Robert Frost The way a crow Shook down on me The dust of snow From a hemlock tree Has given my heart A change of mood And saved some part Of a day I had rued. [& my back yard today] ♡ #poetry29 Jan 2025 12:52 +0000at://did:plc:ybbdfs6rewmycavuxu52liys/app.bsky.feed.post/3lguz5xyz2s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/rivering.bsky.social/post/3lgld4b36jc2lThe Atlantic keeps me going...e.g., today's message . . . (and I haven't even read the whole thing yet)25 Jan 2025 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:ybbdfs6rewmycavuxu52liys/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgld4b36jc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/rivering.bsky.social/post/3lggukcxpsk2qIf you live in western Mass...check out Florence Poets Society... The next in-person is Feb 13 but tonight is a zoom meet-up. ♡ #POETRY23 Jan 2025 21:52 +0000at://did:plc:ybbdfs6rewmycavuxu52liys/app.bsky.feed.post/3lggukcxpsk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/rivering.bsky.social/post/3lggtd2hsic2yThe day started with poetry + the (brother + sister) cats reminded me to look out the window + breathe....hope everyone is keeping warm (it was -17° yesterday).23 Jan 2025 21:30 +0000at://did:plc:ybbdfs6rewmycavuxu52liys/app.bsky.feed.post/3lggtd2hsic2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/rivering.bsky.social/post/3lgdziqazz22ecan we skate away on the river when it's 17° ?22 Jan 2025 18:43 +0000at://did:plc:ybbdfs6rewmycavuxu52liys/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgdziqazz22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/rivering.bsky.social/post/3lgawyqdno22w ves·tige noun plural noun: vestiges • a trace of something that is disappearing or no longer exists. Similar: remnant, remainder, fragment, relic,echo • the smallest amount (used to emphasize the absence of something). as in: "the last vestiges of freedom and democracy"21 Jan 2025 13:20 +0000at://did:plc:ybbdfs6rewmycavuxu52liys/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgawyqdno22whttps://bsky.app/profile/rivering.bsky.social/post/3lg6rwacy4k2owhere there is snow there is beginning...20 Jan 2025 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:ybbdfs6rewmycavuxu52liys/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg6rwacy4k2o