Frances Donovan

Poet, gardener, animal lover, tree-hugger. #Lammys finalist. she/they. ARBORETUM IN A JAR out now from @poetrylily #binders #queer #femme #blacklivesmatter

[Frances Donovan @okelle]

haiku gives us all / a moment's HTML / we are the browser

[Frances Donovan @okelle]

I'm pretty much no longer posting to X, since I think Elon Musk is not only a jerk, but a dangerous one who doesn't respect American democracy.

[Frances Donovan @okelle]

I had to consciously resist the desire to turn off this video -- but I'm glad I didn't.

[Emmanuel Acho @EmmanuelAcho]

Dear white people,
For days you’ve asked me what you can do to help. I’ve finally found an answer.

Let your guard down and listen.

[Frances Donovan @okelle]

Thanks to @CCWAlum for including me in such a star-studded list of books by @LesleyWriters alums.

[Frances Donovan @okelle]

Many thanks to @CCWAlum for mentioning me in their latest news roundup! #lesleymfa #poetry #lesleymfaposse #poetrycommunity

[Frances Donovan @okelle]

So happiness is woven out of the peace of hours
And strikes its roots deep in the house alone:
The old chest in the corner, cool waxed floors,
White curtains softly and continually blown
As the free air moves quietly about the room...
- May Sarton https://t.co/GWzhFtuYgC

[Frances Donovan @okelle]

"And there, in the valley below, the river
beguiled its banks into petrified longing:" - Agha Shahid Ali, "A History of Paisley" @parisreview #poetry #Parvati https://t.co/zKuNmfIOxd

[Frances Donovan @okelle]

“Tries the Grammar of the Arabic to Fit the Language the English” #poetry #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth https://t.co/EQsRfWpojY

[Frances Donovan @okelle]

“I beg you, come. Free me from this oppression.
All that my heart longs to see accomplished.
Goddess, do it” - Sappho (my patron saint) Alfred Corn, tr. @parisreview #poetry #queerpoetry https://t.co/kdk115Dbqr

[Frances Donovan @okelle]

Updated info about poetry series and open mics based in and around Boston, MA. Some online, some in person, some a bit of both. #poetry #bostonpoets #poetrycommunity #poetryreadings https://t.co/pY042CtyaU

[Frances Donovan @okelle]

VIVID WRITING starts next Wednesday April 5 and runs through June 14. 6:30 to 8pm Eastern. Hybrid, classroom in Roslindale MA. Sign up at https://t.co/rfJGLPA9Zp #writingclasses #writerslife #memoir #poetry #fiction #generativeclasses #bostonwriters

[Frances Donovan @okelle]

You are long / 
muscles rippling water off the back. You are drawn //
upriver, up through the damned. :
rocky edges of dangerous intention and sinister https://t.co/11yOvhedtx

[Frances Donovan @okelle]

Ephemeral and permanent public art in Harvard Square. #streetart #publicart #cambridgema #bostonarts https://t.co/88XVncUIvW

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A more realistic AWP schedule - @mcsweeneys #poetry #poetslife #writerslife https://t.co/9MRLHkw815

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True facts about the woman. https://t.co/bX5efPrXkQ

[Frances Donovan @okelle]

Emily Dickinson chats with tech support. #poetslife #dryhumor https://t.co/yaRCPKgW9u

[Frances Donovan @okelle]

@ayawrites @HachetteBooks @LittleBrownYR Congratulations!

[Frances Donovan @okelle]

I won’t be able to make it to AWP this year, but I had a great time reading with @PoetryLily in Philly. Check out this year’s reading!

[Lily Poetry Review @PoetryLily]

Join us for an AWP offsite on FRIDAY, MARCH 10 at 7pm at the SEATTLE CENTRAL PUBLIC LIBRARY. Hear a passel of poets as well as some special guests.

#poetry #poetrycommunity #awp23seattle #awp #awp23 #writerslife #poetslife #lilypoets

[Frances Donovan @okelle]

@clairyjoe Cat loaf!

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All things come back around. Full circle from the 1990s. https://t.co/Zh76EjQFBp

[Frances Donovan @okelle]

"Jewel of many names – lotus garden,
nappy dugout, yoni, down there." - Alison Stone in First of the Month. #poetry #ghazal #women https://t.co/YhOQzEgJ94