Donna Spruijt-Metz
@dsmpoet.bsky.social
Poet, mama, scientist, dog lover, debut ‘General Release from the Beginning of the World’ Free Verse Editions 2023
Please join me and Mark Burrows at The Poets Corner January 11 at 4:00 ESTm 1:00 PST for poetry and talk of peace! Click on the picture for a link to register!
Prayers for peace — The Poets Corner
To Phrase a Prayer for Peace wrestles with what is holy, with the world as we humans have constructed it, with war and violence, with love and friendship, with communication between people (and natio...
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December 7, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Please join me and Mark Burrows at The Poets Corner January 11 at 4:00 ESTm 1:00 PST for poetry and talk of peace! Click on the picture for a link to register!
With thanks to the @westtradereview.bsky.social
“this poem is about one
plate in the sink—but the rest—
what shall I do with the rest?”
This week’s #flashbackfriday is “Young Widow at the Kitchen Window” by @dsmpoet.bsky.social, from the Summer 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read the full poem below:
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#poetrycommunity
plate in the sink—but the rest—
what shall I do with the rest?”
This week’s #flashbackfriday is “Young Widow at the Kitchen Window” by @dsmpoet.bsky.social, from the Summer 2025 collection of Online Exclusives.
Read the full poem below:
buff.ly/LXvvUVM
#poetrycommunity
December 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
With thanks to the @westtradereview.bsky.social
Reposted by Donna Spruijt-Metz
Our December regular reading features 6 writers on December 11 at 6:30c- don't miss @dustinbrookshire.bsky.social @rebeccalehmann.bsky.social @erindorney.bsky.social @dsmpoet.bsky.social @kathrynkirkpatrick.bsky.social and @magpiedays!
Registration link in bio!
Registration link in bio!
November 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Our December regular reading features 6 writers on December 11 at 6:30c- don't miss @dustinbrookshire.bsky.social @rebeccalehmann.bsky.social @erindorney.bsky.social @dsmpoet.bsky.social @kathrynkirkpatrick.bsky.social and @magpiedays!
Registration link in bio!
Registration link in bio!
Today is the first Father’s Day without my husband, who died suddenly 7 months ago. Thank you Michael Simms at @voxpopulisphere.bsky.social for giving this quirky elegy a home voxpopulisphere.com/2025/06/15/d...
Donna Spruijt-Metz: Person
I wouldn’t call you back—not to a body that would be unable to walk the mountains freely. Even though I miss you— even though the hole you left in me is vast—please— trust me.
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June 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Today is the first Father’s Day without my husband, who died suddenly 7 months ago. Thank you Michael Simms at @voxpopulisphere.bsky.social for giving this quirky elegy a home voxpopulisphere.com/2025/06/15/d...
It's publication day! To Phrase a Prayer for Peace is officially out and in the world. The poems came from the heartbreak of watching the war in the middle east unfold. At AWP, I'll be signing at Yetzirah (T715) on 3/29 at 11:00 am & Whale Road Review (948) on 3/29 12-1:00. Please come say 'hey'
March 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
It's publication day! To Phrase a Prayer for Peace is officially out and in the world. The poems came from the heartbreak of watching the war in the middle east unfold. At AWP, I'll be signing at Yetzirah (T715) on 3/29 at 11:00 am & Whale Road Review (948) on 3/29 12-1:00. Please come say 'hey'
To Phrase a Prayer for Peace launches online on Sunday March 23, 4:00 pm PT with the amazing poets @jaredharel.bsky.social Julia Kolchinsky and Yehoshua Josh November. Thank you @wildhousepubs.bsky.social and Mark S. Burrows! Register here
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I would love to see you there!
March 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
To Phrase a Prayer for Peace launches online on Sunday March 23, 4:00 pm PT with the amazing poets @jaredharel.bsky.social Julia Kolchinsky and Yehoshua Josh November. Thank you @wildhousepubs.bsky.social and Mark S. Burrows! Register here
usc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
I would love to see you there!
usc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
I would love to see you there!
Reposted by Donna Spruijt-Metz
Donna Spruijt-Metz reading for us at AWP. We'll see you soon in LA, we'll be at T540, our 23rd year of attending AWP!
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@dsmpoet.bsky.social @awpwriter.bsky.social #smartishpace #poet #AWP #AWP25 #poets #poems #poetry #SmartishPacePoets #creativewriting
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Donna Spruijt-Metz reading at AWP
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February 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Donna Spruijt-Metz reading for us at AWP. We'll see you soon in LA, we'll be at T540, our 23rd year of attending AWP!
@dsmpoet.bsky.social @awpwriter.bsky.social #smartishpace #poet #AWP #AWP25 #poets #poems #poetry #SmartishPacePoets #creativewriting
youtu.be/InrinuRZLbs
@dsmpoet.bsky.social @awpwriter.bsky.social #smartishpace #poet #AWP #AWP25 #poets #poems #poetry #SmartishPacePoets #creativewriting
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The fire is close. I’ve got go bags ready for the pups and me. I hope we don’t have to evacuate
January 9, 2025 at 7:11 AM
The fire is close. I’ve got go bags ready for the pups and me. I hope we don’t have to evacuate
Happy 7th light, Happy New Year, I wish you all peace and love and health and wild bursts of creativity and when you need it, a dog who knows you’re going to cry before you know it.
January 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Happy 7th light, Happy New Year, I wish you all peace and love and health and wild bursts of creativity and when you need it, a dog who knows you’re going to cry before you know it.
This has been a year of suffering in the world: hate. war, death, hunger—and for me, personally—with the sudden death of my husband. This book came fast, took me over, possessed me. I can’t wait to share it with you.
Thank you, Melody Stanford Martin for this beautiful cover. What a gift.
Thank you, Melody Stanford Martin for this beautiful cover. What a gift.
December 24, 2024 at 7:21 PM
This has been a year of suffering in the world: hate. war, death, hunger—and for me, personally—with the sudden death of my husband. This book came fast, took me over, possessed me. I can’t wait to share it with you.
Thank you, Melody Stanford Martin for this beautiful cover. What a gift.
Thank you, Melody Stanford Martin for this beautiful cover. What a gift.
What a joy and an honor to be included in the latest issue of Whale Road Review!!
... @trpoulson.bsky.social @dsmpoet.bsky.social @beebs44120.bsky.social @karenbabine.bsky.social @laurencraw.bsky.social @b.k.jackson & more!
December 13, 2024 at 7:17 PM
What a joy and an honor to be included in the latest issue of Whale Road Review!!
Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer describes grief as I feel it these days.
December 11, 2024 at 4:05 AM
Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer describes grief as I feel it these days.
This heroic crown of sonnets emerged before Yom Kippur, when my husband Gershom Spruijt זיכרונו לברכה chanted Torah beautifully for what would be the last time. Thank you Judith Magazine & Rachel Neve Midbar for giving it a home. This is a stealth tribute to him & his resonant voice-now so quiet.
Who the Hell is the Hero? The Poetry of Donna Spruijt-Metz
This week I offer you a heroic sonnet series by Donna Spruijt-Metz.
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October 31, 2024 at 4:54 PM
This heroic crown of sonnets emerged before Yom Kippur, when my husband Gershom Spruijt זיכרונו לברכה chanted Torah beautifully for what would be the last time. Thank you Judith Magazine & Rachel Neve Midbar for giving it a home. This is a stealth tribute to him & his resonant voice-now so quiet.
An honor to be engaged in deep discussion with @philipmetres.bsky.social for @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social
"If I could write just one poem, or even a single line, that my descendants (in flesh or in spirit) would want to say, then it would be worth it."
@philipmetres.bsky.social interviewed by @dsmpoet.bsky.social on his new book, "Fugitive / Refuge"
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@philipmetres.bsky.social interviewed by @dsmpoet.bsky.social on his new book, "Fugitive / Refuge"
psalteryandlyre.org/2024/10/25/f...
“facing each other // we faced each other”: An Interview with Philip Metres on his new book “Fugitive / Refuge”
Interviewed by Donna Spruijt-Metz
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October 26, 2024 at 4:54 PM
An honor to be engaged in deep discussion with @philipmetres.bsky.social for @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social
Eyes full of fall skies in Upstate New York, heading back to Los Angeles 🌞☀️🕶️ today.
October 10, 2024 at 12:49 PM
Eyes full of fall skies in Upstate New York, heading back to Los Angeles 🌞☀️🕶️ today.
I’m teaching a poetry workshop for Hudson Valley Writers Center on October 27! Write a poem, craft a prayer, ask for help or vent how pissed off you are at the universe! Please join me in writing poetry of praise, questioning, & occasional irreverence! Registration writerscenter.org/calendar/sac...
Are YOU There? Approaching the Sacred with Donna Spruijt-Metz (via Zoom) | Hudson Valley Writers Center
Poets have always called out to whatever they consider holy: God, the Goddess, a higher power, nature, the unfathomable. We reach out with ‘why’ questions, such as ‘Why is this […]
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September 12, 2024 at 4:48 PM
I’m teaching a poetry workshop for Hudson Valley Writers Center on October 27! Write a poem, craft a prayer, ask for help or vent how pissed off you are at the universe! Please join me in writing poetry of praise, questioning, & occasional irreverence! Registration writerscenter.org/calendar/sac...
Thank you Poetry Daily for giving this poem some love today poems.com/poem/i-need-...
"I Need the Long March" by Donna Spruijt-Metz
from "General Release from the Beginning of the World" published by Parlor Press
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September 11, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Thank you Poetry Daily for giving this poem some love today poems.com/poem/i-need-...
Please join me in my next generative workshop! We will be writing poetry of praise, questioning, and occasional irreverence! I would LOVE to see you! Link to register:
writerscenter.org/calendar/sac...
writerscenter.org/calendar/sac...
August 19, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Please join me in my next generative workshop! We will be writing poetry of praise, questioning, and occasional irreverence! I would LOVE to see you! Link to register:
writerscenter.org/calendar/sac...
writerscenter.org/calendar/sac...
Going to Arkansas to read at the amazing @kaicoggin.bsky.social ‘s Wednesday Night Poetry situation!!! Come through!
March 18, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Going to Arkansas to read at the amazing @kaicoggin.bsky.social ‘s Wednesday Night Poetry situation!!! Come through!
Psaltery & Lyre open for submissions for ONE MORE WEEK! psalteryandlyre.org/submissions/
We are looking for essays, stories, poetry, and hybrid works that push the borders of sacred and secular.
Bring us your tasty morsels! Submissions are free!
We are looking for essays, stories, poetry, and hybrid works that push the borders of sacred and secular.
Bring us your tasty morsels! Submissions are free!
February 22, 2024 at 10:13 PM
Psaltery & Lyre open for submissions for ONE MORE WEEK! psalteryandlyre.org/submissions/
We are looking for essays, stories, poetry, and hybrid works that push the borders of sacred and secular.
Bring us your tasty morsels! Submissions are free!
We are looking for essays, stories, poetry, and hybrid works that push the borders of sacred and secular.
Bring us your tasty morsels! Submissions are free!
A master at work
December 3, 2023 at 4:23 PM
A master at work