Jeannine Hall Gailey
@webbish6.bsky.social
I'm a writer with multiple sclerosis and the author of six books of poetry, including Field Guide to the End of the World and Flare, Corona and two books of non-fiction, including PR for Poets. I live in the Pacific Northwest.
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My latest book, Flare, Corona, from BOA Editions, was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award.
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"TERMINAL SURREAL takes all her themes & ups the ante—with @marthasilano.bsky.social addressing her ALS diagnosis head-on, describing both the toll the ALS takes on her body, & the joys she nevertheless finds in being alive." Jeannine Hall Gailey at #Poetry. www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/172...
An Oracular Voice: Remembering Martha Silano
Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.
www.poetryfoundation.org
September 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
"TERMINAL SURREAL takes all her themes & ups the ante—with @marthasilano.bsky.social addressing her ALS diagnosis head-on, describing both the toll the ALS takes on her body, & the joys she nevertheless finds in being alive." Jeannine Hall Gailey at #Poetry. www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/172...
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Calamity
-Jeannine Hall Gailey
Your family is coming over for Thanksgiving.
Even worse, it’s snowing.
Headless robots are playing soccer with your soul.
UFOs have been sighted overhead.
A meteor is definitely heading straight for you.
[...]
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
-Jeannine Hall Gailey
Your family is coming over for Thanksgiving.
Even worse, it’s snowing.
Headless robots are playing soccer with your soul.
UFOs have been sighted overhead.
A meteor is definitely heading straight for you.
[...]
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
Calamity
Headless robots are playing soccer with your soul. Tonight a city is being decimated by Godzilla, or was it a bunch of genetically-engineered dinosaurs? Tonight you have to give a speech and that girl...
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November 22, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Calamity
-Jeannine Hall Gailey
Your family is coming over for Thanksgiving.
Even worse, it’s snowing.
Headless robots are playing soccer with your soul.
UFOs have been sighted overhead.
A meteor is definitely heading straight for you.
[...]
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
-Jeannine Hall Gailey
Your family is coming over for Thanksgiving.
Even worse, it’s snowing.
Headless robots are playing soccer with your soul.
UFOs have been sighted overhead.
A meteor is definitely heading straight for you.
[...]
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
On the blog this last week: Thanksgiving, Holiday Times at the Nutcracker and Local Wineries, Mt Rainier and The Writing Life: Holiday Edition: webbish6.com/thanksgiving... #writinglifeholidays #thenutcracker #quietthanksgiving
December 2, 2025 at 8:02 AM
On the blog this last week: Thanksgiving, Holiday Times at the Nutcracker and Local Wineries, Mt Rainier and The Writing Life: Holiday Edition: webbish6.com/thanksgiving... #writinglifeholidays #thenutcracker #quietthanksgiving
On the blog this week: How to Give a Little, Making the Holidays Brighter...Literally: webbish6.com/how-to-give-... #survivingtheholidays #inthebleakmidwinter #mushrooms
How to Give a Little, Making the Holidays Brighter…Literally
How to Give a Little, Making the Holidays Brighter…Literally Ah, November in Seattle. I found myself humming “In the Bleak Midwinter”—a Christmas song I never heard or even though…
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November 24, 2025 at 11:45 PM
On the blog this week: How to Give a Little, Making the Holidays Brighter...Literally: webbish6.com/how-to-give-... #survivingtheholidays #inthebleakmidwinter #mushrooms
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From @webbish6.bsky.social's book, Flare Corona.
Published by @boa-editions.bsky.social
#poem #books #writing
Published by @boa-editions.bsky.social
#poem #books #writing
November 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
From @webbish6.bsky.social's book, Flare Corona.
Published by @boa-editions.bsky.social
#poem #books #writing
Published by @boa-editions.bsky.social
#poem #books #writing
On the blog this week: Northern Lights, Book Club Revelations, Winter Blues and Holiday Preparations: webbish6.com/northern-lig...
November 17, 2025 at 11:17 PM
On the blog this week: Northern Lights, Book Club Revelations, Winter Blues and Holiday Preparations: webbish6.com/northern-lig...
Northern lights right now!
November 12, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Northern lights right now!
On the blog this week: November Chill, Book Publishing and PR Questions, and a Trip to Woodland Park Zoo: webbish6.com/november-chi...
November 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
On the blog this week: November Chill, Book Publishing and PR Questions, and a Trip to Woodland Park Zoo: webbish6.com/november-chi...
My hot take: There is no such thing as "Toxic Empathy." There are people who have empathy for others, and there are toxic narcissists, bullies, and assholes. That's it. Those are your choices. #toxicempathydoesnotexist
November 7, 2025 at 6:34 AM
My hot take: There is no such thing as "Toxic Empathy." There are people who have empathy for others, and there are toxic narcissists, bullies, and assholes. That's it. Those are your choices. #toxicempathydoesnotexist
On the blog this week: webbish6.com/beginning-no...
Beginning November: Time Changes, Halloween, and Talking to Poetry Students (plus, voting!) #halloween #voting #timechange #november
Beginning November: Time Changes, Halloween, and Talking to Poetry Students (plus, voting!) #halloween #voting #timechange #november
November 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
On the blog this week: webbish6.com/beginning-no...
Beginning November: Time Changes, Halloween, and Talking to Poetry Students (plus, voting!) #halloween #voting #timechange #november
Beginning November: Time Changes, Halloween, and Talking to Poetry Students (plus, voting!) #halloween #voting #timechange #november
On the blog this week: A Week of Poetry Friends And Readings, Horror Poetry, Halloween/Samhain, and Some Real Life Scares: webbish6.com/a-week-of-po... #poets #readings #halloween #horrorpoetry
October 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
On the blog this week: A Week of Poetry Friends And Readings, Horror Poetry, Halloween/Samhain, and Some Real Life Scares: webbish6.com/a-week-of-po... #poets #readings #halloween #horrorpoetry
On the blog this week: Halloween, Horror Poetry, and the Big Dark Plus Upcoming Appearances and Poet Friend Visits: webbish6.com/upcoming-app...
October 20, 2025 at 9:43 PM
On the blog this week: Halloween, Horror Poetry, and the Big Dark Plus Upcoming Appearances and Poet Friend Visits: webbish6.com/upcoming-app...
On the blog this week: October Trip to Skagit, Application Anxieties and the Mid-Career Writer and Reading Early Cyberpunk: webbish6.com/october-trip... #cyberpunk #midcareerwriter #skagitvalley
October 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
On the blog this week: October Trip to Skagit, Application Anxieties and the Mid-Career Writer and Reading Early Cyberpunk: webbish6.com/october-trip... #cyberpunk #midcareerwriter #skagitvalley
On the blog this week: Happy Fall, Pumpkin Season, Early Sunsets, Supermoons, Health Stuff and Missed Opportunities: Finding Balance: webbish6.com/happy-fall-p... #pumpkins #supermoons #balance #happyfall
October 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
On the blog this week: Happy Fall, Pumpkin Season, Early Sunsets, Supermoons, Health Stuff and Missed Opportunities: Finding Balance: webbish6.com/happy-fall-p... #pumpkins #supermoons #balance #happyfall
On the blog this week; Happy Fall! Solarpunk Poetry Talk, Judging Poetry Contests. Pumpkin Patches, How Much to Adventure and Hummingbirds! webbish6.com/happy-fall-s... #solarpunk #poetry #pumpkinpatch #hummingbird #happyfall
September 22, 2025 at 10:23 PM
On the blog this week; Happy Fall! Solarpunk Poetry Talk, Judging Poetry Contests. Pumpkin Patches, How Much to Adventure and Hummingbirds! webbish6.com/happy-fall-s... #solarpunk #poetry #pumpkinpatch #hummingbird #happyfall
Thanks to the @poetryfoundation.bsky.social for giving this piece about my friend Marty Silano, a wonderful poet who passed away a few months ago, a home. We miss you, Marty. www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/172...
September 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Thanks to the @poetryfoundation.bsky.social for giving this piece about my friend Marty Silano, a wonderful poet who passed away a few months ago, a home. We miss you, Marty. www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/172...
I just did an algorithm experiment on Facebook. I just put up a mildly political post about free speech, and then posted a poem right after. Which will get more engagement? Sigh.
September 18, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I just did an algorithm experiment on Facebook. I just put up a mildly political post about free speech, and then posted a poem right after. Which will get more engagement? Sigh.
On the blog: A Tough Week with Bright Spots: Celebrating Poets, Fall Feels and Surprise Cherry Blossoms: webbish6.com/a-tough-week... #fallfeels #celebratingpoets #surpriseblossoms #pacificnorthwestpoets
September 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
On the blog: A Tough Week with Bright Spots: Celebrating Poets, Fall Feels and Surprise Cherry Blossoms: webbish6.com/a-tough-week... #fallfeels #celebratingpoets #surpriseblossoms #pacificnorthwestpoets
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From @webbish6.bsky.social s book Flare, Corona: bookshop.org/a/862/9781950774920
#poem #books #writing
#poem #books #writing
September 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
From @webbish6.bsky.social s book Flare, Corona: bookshop.org/a/862/9781950774920
#poem #books #writing
#poem #books #writing
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Why didn’t some of the Epstein survivors speak out earlier? “I thought someone was going to kill me,” one explained.
As another asked, “Why did the government work so hard to protect Jeffrey Epstein and not victims like me?”
As another asked, “Why did the government work so hard to protect Jeffrey Epstein and not victims like me?”
September 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Why didn’t some of the Epstein survivors speak out earlier? “I thought someone was going to kill me,” one explained.
As another asked, “Why did the government work so hard to protect Jeffrey Epstein and not victims like me?”
As another asked, “Why did the government work so hard to protect Jeffrey Epstein and not victims like me?”
On the blog this week: Happy September and Last Days of Lavender and Hot Air Balloons, Judging Poetry Contests and Preparing for Fall: webbish6.com/happy-septem... #lavender #hotairballoons #poetrycontests #fall
September 1, 2025 at 11:18 PM
On the blog this week: Happy September and Last Days of Lavender and Hot Air Balloons, Judging Poetry Contests and Preparing for Fall: webbish6.com/happy-septem... #lavender #hotairballoons #poetrycontests #fall
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#PoetryMoment
“On Being Told You’re Dying, but Not Quite Believing It”
by Jeannine Hall Gailey
from Flare, Corona
BOA Editions, 2023
“On Being Told You’re Dying, but Not Quite Believing It”
by Jeannine Hall Gailey
from Flare, Corona
BOA Editions, 2023
July 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
#PoetryMoment
“On Being Told You’re Dying, but Not Quite Believing It”
by Jeannine Hall Gailey
from Flare, Corona
BOA Editions, 2023
“On Being Told You’re Dying, but Not Quite Believing It”
by Jeannine Hall Gailey
from Flare, Corona
BOA Editions, 2023
On the blog this week: Parent's Visit (Part II) and Sibling Visit, Getting Sick Under Stress, and NEA Grants to Writers and Artists Cancelled: webbish6.com/parents-visi...
#parentalvisits #siblingvisits #NEAcancelsgrantstoartistsandwriters #bobscornandpumpkinfarm
#parentalvisits #siblingvisits #NEAcancelsgrantstoartistsandwriters #bobscornandpumpkinfarm
August 26, 2025 at 12:27 AM
On the blog this week: Parent's Visit (Part II) and Sibling Visit, Getting Sick Under Stress, and NEA Grants to Writers and Artists Cancelled: webbish6.com/parents-visi...
#parentalvisits #siblingvisits #NEAcancelsgrantstoartistsandwriters #bobscornandpumpkinfarm
#parentalvisits #siblingvisits #NEAcancelsgrantstoartistsandwriters #bobscornandpumpkinfarm
On the blog this week: Parental Visits, End of Summer Flower Farms, and August Birds: webbish6.com/parental-vis... #birds #flowerfarms #parents
August 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
On the blog this week: Parental Visits, End of Summer Flower Farms, and August Birds: webbish6.com/parental-vis... #birds #flowerfarms #parents
This week on the blog: Full Moons, Insomnia, End of Summer Gardens in Bloom, Questioning Writing at Midlife; webbish6.com/full-moons-i...
August 12, 2025 at 3:18 AM
This week on the blog: Full Moons, Insomnia, End of Summer Gardens in Bloom, Questioning Writing at Midlife; webbish6.com/full-moons-i...