Sarah Carey
@saycarey1.bsky.social
Comms director emerita, UF College of Veterinary Medicine. Poet. NC born, Florida grown. Debut full-length: The Grief Committee Minutes, Hoffer Award finalist (Saint Julian Press, 2024.) Next: Bloodstream, Mercer University Press (2026). SarahKCarey.com
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Sarah Carey
@saycarey1.bsky.social
· Dec 20
A contract for Christmas! Thrilled to share that my second full-length collection of poems, Bloodstream, has been accepted for publication by Mercer University Press! Target release date is Spring/Summer 2026. More to come in the months ahead!
Honored that former Alabama poet laureate Jennifer Horne shared one of my poems on her Mid-Week Poetry Break today! It's in my book, The Grief Committee Minutes, & was first published in @swwim.bsky.social , which nominated it for an Orison Award.
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Dec 17, 2025 Sarah Carey
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December 18, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Honored that former Alabama poet laureate Jennifer Horne shared one of my poems on her Mid-Week Poetry Break today! It's in my book, The Grief Committee Minutes, & was first published in @swwim.bsky.social , which nominated it for an Orison Award.
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Thrilled to be included in the latest issue of UCity Review with nine new poems, and in such wonderful & talented company. Thanks, @samrasnake.bsky.social , for the shout-out!
"En plein air, you use blue
as acute accent, for your mother’s distant trees,
to inflect sky, or deepen nearby grass—
....
Between brush strokes, you weigh
how memory filters truth." - from Sarah Carey's poetry in the latest UCity Review. @saycarey1.bsky.social
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as acute accent, for your mother’s distant trees,
to inflect sky, or deepen nearby grass—
....
Between brush strokes, you weigh
how memory filters truth." - from Sarah Carey's poetry in the latest UCity Review. @saycarey1.bsky.social
www.ucityreview.com/31_Carey_Sar...
ucity review: poetry: Sarah Carey
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December 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Thrilled to be included in the latest issue of UCity Review with nine new poems, and in such wonderful & talented company. Thanks, @samrasnake.bsky.social , for the shout-out!
‼️I'll be teaching a 6-week poetry workshop at @thelynxbooks.bsky.social starting in January! In or near Gainesville? Please join me! We'll explore how various contemporary poets capture joy, gratitude & hope on the page & the multiple lenses through which gratitude can be written & perceived.
December 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
‼️I'll be teaching a 6-week poetry workshop at @thelynxbooks.bsky.social starting in January! In or near Gainesville? Please join me! We'll explore how various contemporary poets capture joy, gratitude & hope on the page & the multiple lenses through which gratitude can be written & perceived.
Such a magical experience this morning at a special "Thursdays in Advent" reading at The Community Church of Vero Beach. Paired with organist Logan Koller, I read poems as part of the church's "Music & Poetry Series." So many thanks to poet #SeanSexton for this special invite. My heart is full...
December 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Such a magical experience this morning at a special "Thursdays in Advent" reading at The Community Church of Vero Beach. Paired with organist Logan Koller, I read poems as part of the church's "Music & Poetry Series." So many thanks to poet #SeanSexton for this special invite. My heart is full...
Thrilled to offer a sneak peek at the cover of my next book, Bloodstream, forthcoming from Mercer University Press early next year! Pre-orders aren't yet available but will be soon. This is a botanical study of a passion flower, alluded to in my poem, "Consistency," first pubbed in Frontier Poetry.
November 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Thrilled to offer a sneak peek at the cover of my next book, Bloodstream, forthcoming from Mercer University Press early next year! Pre-orders aren't yet available but will be soon. This is a botanical study of a passion flower, alluded to in my poem, "Consistency," first pubbed in Frontier Poetry.
Crazy how this year has on one hand been a really lousy one for publications, but also a really exciting one with new connections, some special readings & planning for my next book. I mean that alone -- great, right? Trying to keep perspective as getting very very humbled in the writing dept.
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Crazy how this year has on one hand been a really lousy one for publications, but also a really exciting one with new connections, some special readings & planning for my next book. I mean that alone -- great, right? Trying to keep perspective as getting very very humbled in the writing dept.
Today's the day! Over the years, @swwim.bsky.social has helped me immeasurably, offering reading opportunities at AWP & at the Betsy Hotel in Miami, nominating 1 of my poems for the Orison Award, & publishing me several times. Their efforts are personal to me. Please consider a gift! bit.ly/4p4RZso
November 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Today's the day! Over the years, @swwim.bsky.social has helped me immeasurably, offering reading opportunities at AWP & at the Betsy Hotel in Miami, nominating 1 of my poems for the Orison Award, & publishing me several times. Their efforts are personal to me. Please consider a gift! bit.ly/4p4RZso
Inspired by retirement, instructor @kavetchnik.bsky.social & of course, Jericho Brown, I wrote this duplex, today's poem online in @swwim.bsky.social.
November 20, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Inspired by retirement, instructor @kavetchnik.bsky.social & of course, Jericho Brown, I wrote this duplex, today's poem online in @swwim.bsky.social.
My review of Jules Jacob's Kingdom of Glass and Seed, now live in @tinderboxpoetry.bsky.social . As always, gratitude to EIC Lauren Carlson & my amazing editor, Brandon Reim, for their support. Full review here: bit.ly/48jOVTL
November 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
My review of Jules Jacob's Kingdom of Glass and Seed, now live in @tinderboxpoetry.bsky.social . As always, gratitude to EIC Lauren Carlson & my amazing editor, Brandon Reim, for their support. Full review here: bit.ly/48jOVTL
🚨 Early giving for #GiveMiamiDay starts TODAY (Nov. 15–19)!
I’m fundraising for SWWIM, which has supported me by publishing my work & by inviting me to read in Miami and twice at AWP. SWWIM supports women-identifying writers everywhere. Please consider donating! Give now: 👉 bit.ly/4p4RZso
I’m fundraising for SWWIM, which has supported me by publishing my work & by inviting me to read in Miami and twice at AWP. SWWIM supports women-identifying writers everywhere. Please consider donating! Give now: 👉 bit.ly/4p4RZso
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November 16, 2025 at 2:01 AM
🚨 Early giving for #GiveMiamiDay starts TODAY (Nov. 15–19)!
I’m fundraising for SWWIM, which has supported me by publishing my work & by inviting me to read in Miami and twice at AWP. SWWIM supports women-identifying writers everywhere. Please consider donating! Give now: 👉 bit.ly/4p4RZso
I’m fundraising for SWWIM, which has supported me by publishing my work & by inviting me to read in Miami and twice at AWP. SWWIM supports women-identifying writers everywhere. Please consider donating! Give now: 👉 bit.ly/4p4RZso
1 month ago, our 11-yo Lab yelped & broke lame on his right forelimb. My last dog died from osteosarc, so I was sure that was it. Turns out it was an inflamed nerve w/radiated pain in the RFL. Many hospital trips for Dx, MRI + Rx + meds + rest & he is walking & feeling so much better! Toys again!
November 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
1 month ago, our 11-yo Lab yelped & broke lame on his right forelimb. My last dog died from osteosarc, so I was sure that was it. Turns out it was an inflamed nerve w/radiated pain in the RFL. Many hospital trips for Dx, MRI + Rx + meds + rest & he is walking & feeling so much better! Toys again!
A wonderful Zoom poetry reading today by @katierpoet.bsky.social, coming at us from Scotland with several remarkable, devastating poems from her new collection, Our Bodies Are Mostly Water (May 2025, Cornerstone Press.) An unforgettable tribute to her late sister & the love they shared.
November 9, 2025 at 9:44 PM
A wonderful Zoom poetry reading today by @katierpoet.bsky.social, coming at us from Scotland with several remarkable, devastating poems from her new collection, Our Bodies Are Mostly Water (May 2025, Cornerstone Press.) An unforgettable tribute to her late sister & the love they shared.
Tonight! One hour! I am SO excited about this...
October 2, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Tonight! One hour! I am SO excited about this...
this is sickening
October 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
this is sickening
I won't lie. Prepping a book for publication is stressful! But it's happening, y'all. Bloodstream, my second full-length collection of poems, is in the final stages of proofing. I am so excited! More info about publication ETA & a planned book launch when I'm able to share!
September 9, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I won't lie. Prepping a book for publication is stressful! But it's happening, y'all. Bloodstream, my second full-length collection of poems, is in the final stages of proofing. I am so excited! More info about publication ETA & a planned book launch when I'm able to share!
Thrilled to share that I'll be reading from my book, The Grief Committee Minutes, at @thelynxbooks.bsky.social on Oct. 2 from 7:30-8:30 p.m. with Eric Doise, who'll read from his late wife, Saara Raappana's book, Chamber After Chamber. From Gainesville or nearby? Hope you can make it!
September 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Thrilled to share that I'll be reading from my book, The Grief Committee Minutes, at @thelynxbooks.bsky.social on Oct. 2 from 7:30-8:30 p.m. with Eric Doise, who'll read from his late wife, Saara Raappana's book, Chamber After Chamber. From Gainesville or nearby? Hope you can make it!
It's been a minute since I updated my blog. New post up! I hope you enjoy! sarahkcarey.com/write-it-dow...
"Write it down": My notebook discovery - Sarah K Carey
I never thought I'd say it. A notebook can be a writer's best friend. They can be beautiful, and — had you asked me just over a month ago — I would have said, also completely useless. I was wrong.
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September 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
It's been a minute since I updated my blog. New post up! I hope you enjoy! sarahkcarey.com/write-it-dow...
Working with a copyeditor on the 1st pages of Bloodstream, my new poetry collection, forthcoming from Mercer U Press in spring-summer 2026! Exciting but stressful, too, coming so close on the heels of my 1st book. If anyone is interested in doing a review, let me know! 🙏🙏
August 12, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Working with a copyeditor on the 1st pages of Bloodstream, my new poetry collection, forthcoming from Mercer U Press in spring-summer 2026! Exciting but stressful, too, coming so close on the heels of my 1st book. If anyone is interested in doing a review, let me know! 🙏🙏
Yesterday, an editor I've worked with in the past, tho not for years, accepted every poem I sent her, including one from my new book, Bloodstream (forthcoming from Mercer U Press in 2026) which I was thrilled to place. It was so validating. Words to savor during the down times.
August 7, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Yesterday, an editor I've worked with in the past, tho not for years, accepted every poem I sent her, including one from my new book, Bloodstream (forthcoming from Mercer U Press in 2026) which I was thrilled to place. It was so validating. Words to savor during the down times.
I first crossed paths with former Alabama poet laureate Jennifer Horne about 5 years ago, when @alinaetc.bsky.social did a joint review of two of our books for the sadly now-defunct New Southern Fugitives journal. We reconnected recently & traded books. Excited for this beauty!
July 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I first crossed paths with former Alabama poet laureate Jennifer Horne about 5 years ago, when @alinaetc.bsky.social did a joint review of two of our books for the sadly now-defunct New Southern Fugitives journal. We reconnected recently & traded books. Excited for this beauty!
@mitchnobis.bsky.social 's recent post inspires me to share this poem from his debut collection, The Size of the Horizon, or, I Explained Everything to the Trees. So much heart here, & I'm just getting started...
July 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
@mitchnobis.bsky.social 's recent post inspires me to share this poem from his debut collection, The Size of the Horizon, or, I Explained Everything to the Trees. So much heart here, & I'm just getting started...
Obsessed
July 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Obsessed
The ordering of a manuscript can be such a challenge! I've heard writers I respect argue that it's really the poems, not the order, that matters, but I tend to group poems both strategically & intuitively. It's so cool when someone pays attention. Thanks again, @mitchnobis.bsky.social !
One hell of a back-to-back by @saycarey1.bsky.social in her book The Grief Committee Minutes.
July 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The ordering of a manuscript can be such a challenge! I've heard writers I respect argue that it's really the poems, not the order, that matters, but I tend to group poems both strategically & intuitively. It's so cool when someone pays attention. Thanks again, @mitchnobis.bsky.social !
Happy 1st book birthday to @susanlleary.bsky.social 's Dressing the Bear! Such a moving book by such a talented poet ✨
Happy 1st book birthday to DRESSING THE BEAR! It’s been such a wonderful year & to everyone who has read, uplifted, or engaged with these poems in any way, you have made me so happy & I am so very grateful! All the love to @triohousepress.org too! What a talented, tireless, and big-hearted team! 💙
July 2, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Happy 1st book birthday to @susanlleary.bsky.social 's Dressing the Bear! Such a moving book by such a talented poet ✨
New head shots! Thanks to GNV photog Adrienne Fletcher & MUA Kara Winslow for always helping me out when I have a need. One of these will hopefully be the author photo for my forthcoming book, Bloodstream. But which one? Up to my publisher & his team to decide...it's in their hands now:)
June 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
New head shots! Thanks to GNV photog Adrienne Fletcher & MUA Kara Winslow for always helping me out when I have a need. One of these will hopefully be the author photo for my forthcoming book, Bloodstream. But which one? Up to my publisher & his team to decide...it's in their hands now:)