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Jonathan Frazer Lessard: Writer @lessardwrites.bsky.social · 6d

First #Raku Firing. Clay to me is the opposite of writing. When you write you are in your head, trying to figure things out. When you work with clay the less you think about it the better things turn out.

#clay #ceramics #glaze #grog #rakupottery #rakufiring #writing #writer #poem #poetry #words

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Jonathan Frazer Lessard: Writer @lessardwrites.bsky.social · Jul 28

I buy those libraries and get those books to people who appreciate them. One of my favorite parts of my job. @lostcoastme.bsky.social

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Jonathan Frazer Lessard: Writer @lessardwrites.bsky.social · Jul 16

New chapbook out. Part of my Paper Baby series. One poem a day, one chapbook for each month. This is February’s. Hit me up if you’d like a copy!

#chapbook #paperbaby #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry #poet #poetry #poem #selfpublished #author #zine #poetryzine #mainepoet #lessardwrites #writer

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Jonathan Frazer Lessard: Writer @lessardwrites.bsky.social · May 2

www.thehorrorzine.com/Poetry/May20...

I’m a featured poet in this months The Horror Zine! Check out the link for my poems: A Ghost Perhaps, Anita, Through The Crack, and Ones And Zeros. You can also buy a physical copy of the magazine online!

#thehorrorzine #lessardwrites #poem #blueskypoet #poet

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Jonathan Frazer Lessard: Writer @lessardwrites.bsky.social · Apr 5

FIRST DRAFT:BE SAFE OUT THERE

Thinking about all of those putting there livelihood and safety on the line today. You are the true patriots.

#poem #poetry #poet #chapbook #dailypoem #dailypoetry #blueskypoetry #blueskypoet #blueskypoem #protest #patriot #writer #writing #morningwords #words #unite

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Jonathan Frazer Lessard: Writer @lessardwrites.bsky.social · Apr 5

FIRST DRAFT: WHITE HOLE

#whitehole #poetry #poet #poem #chapbook #firstdraft #dailypoem #dailypoetry #blueskypoem #blueskypoetry #blueskypoet #bluesky #blueskywriter #blueskywriting #writer #writing #maine #mainewriter #metaphor #subconscious #subconsciouswriting #flowofconscious #beatpoet #beat

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Jonathan Frazer Lessard: Writer @lessardwrites.bsky.social · Apr 4

FIRST DRAFT: SOME SMALL THIRST

#poetsofbluesky #blueskypoem #blueskypoet #firstdraft #poem #poetry #poet #chapbook #poemeveryday #dailypoetry #dailypoem #writing #writer #somesmallthirst #small #thirst #sheers #stomach #other #otherworld #otherworldy

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Jonathan Frazer Lessard: Writer @lessardwrites.bsky.social · Apr 3

My wife has been sick and I’ve been sleeping on an air mattress in the living room

#whatisbed #poetsofbluesky #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry #bed #mattress #sheets #pillows #headboard #comforter #boxspring #sandybeach #leafygreens #mainepoet #chapbook #lessardwrites #sandybeach #beach #mothersarms

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Lost Coast LLC @lostcoastme.bsky.social · Mar 27

It’s 4:07pm. Do you know where your beet is? Here’s a hint: LOST COAST. Thurs-Mon 11-4pm.
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#lostcoastme #kittery #maine
#gelostclub #votelostcoast #beetfarming #beet #lostbeet #vintage #records #midcentury #resale #funnyvideo #selfemployed #toys #collectibles #thriftstorefind #bosslady #junkshop

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Jonathan Frazer Lessard: Writer @lessardwrites.bsky.social · Mar 14

Chapbook restock! All the larger format ones are 20+ pages with 20+ poems and some sort of short and illustration(s) and are $12 or two for $20. Mini one $8. Stop into lostcoastme.bluesky.com or hit me up to get one or a few.

#lessardwrites #lostcoastme #chapbook

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Jonathan Frazer Lessard: Writer @lessardwrites.bsky.social · Mar 14

Thanks for this. Sludging through my first draft of my first book. There’s a lot of good ideas in it but it is rough! I needed this reminder that I just have to get it done and then I can build on it!

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Jonathan Frazer Lessard: Writer @lessardwrites.bsky.social · Mar 4

FIRST DRAFT: HUMAN ONCE

This is a response to seeing viral dance videos juxtaposed against images of human suffering on my social media feed. What are our priorities and how will we be judged by future generations?

#blueskypoem #blueskypoetry #blueskypoet #poet #poem #poetry #chapbook #dailypoetry

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Jonathan Frazer Lessard: Writer @lessardwrites.bsky.social · Mar 4

So good/disturbing.

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Jonathan Frazer Lessard: Writer @lessardwrites.bsky.social · Mar 3

FIRST DRAFT:WARMTH VERSUS THE WIND

The seasons are changing around here, but winter isn’t giving up.

#poetsofbluesky #poetryofbluesky #poemsofbluesky #poem #poet #poetry #chapbook #dailypoetry #firstdraft #mainepoet #firstdraft #selfpublished #author #selpublishedauthor #writing #writer #dragon

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Jonathan Frazer Lessard: Writer @lessardwrites.bsky.social · Feb 24

First Attempt at a Tanka Poem.
First Draft:Plumb Fingers

#tanka #tankapoem #blueskypoem #blueskypoetry #bluesktpoet #poem #poet #poetry #chapbook #dailypoem #dailypoetry #author #selfpublished #selfpublish #plumb #plumbbob #strum #fingers #harukimurakami #firstpersonsingular #poems #japan #japanese

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Jonathan Frazer Lessard: Writer @lessardwrites.bsky.social · Feb 22

FIRST DRAFT:FATHERLESS

Don’t have any kids, but did have one for about thirty seconds in a pizzeria yesterday, when a little girl thought I was her father.❤️

#lessardwrites #writer #writing #poem #poetry #poet #blueskypoem #blueskypoetry
#blueskypoet #firstdraft #fatherless #selfpublished #chapbook

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Jonathan Frazer Lessard: Writer @lessardwrites.bsky.social · Feb 19

Not a haiku, but maybe a haiku.

FIRST DRAFT: I AM OVER EVERYTHING

#blueskypoetry #blueskypoem #blueskypoet #poet #poem #poetry #dailypoetry #poemeveryday #published #publishedauthor #author #selfpublished #chapbook #poetrychapbook #overeverything #iamovereverythig #skincells #bookshelf #dust #skin

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Jonathan Frazer Lessard: Writer @lessardwrites.bsky.social · Feb 17

LAST DAYS: featured in my chapbook Potato Country and The Portland Dirt issue #2. Both available @lostcoastme.bsky.social

#lostcoastme #theportlanddirt #potatocountry #chapbook #author #poet #poem #poetry #blueskypoem #blueskypoetry #blueskypoet #lastdays #orangebeef #selfpublished #maine

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Jonathan Frazer Lessard: Writer @lessardwrites.bsky.social · Feb 16

The Anniversary/Snow Days:
First Drafts.

Went to go see The Anniversary last night. Hadn’t seen them in 20+ years. They did not disappoint!

#theanniversary #snowdays #poem #poet #poetry #blueskypoem #blueskypoetry #blueskypoet #snow #firstdraft #chapbook #lessardwrites #poemsforsale #portlandme

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Jonathan Frazer Lessard: Writer @lessardwrites.bsky.social · Feb 15

Amazing what our friends, neighbors, and family members are willing to sacrifice for themselves and others for a false sense of security.

Security is love
Security is community

#blueskypoem #blueskypoetry #blueskypoet #poetcommunity #poet #poem #poetry #gun #guns #guncontrol #community #love #fear