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Elisa Carlsen
@iamrabbitnow.bsky.social
contemplative / queer /outsider / poet in residence @ Girlfarm /author of Cormorant (Unsolicited Press)

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“Where there is no love, put love, and you will find love.”

-St. John of the Cross

#ilovethemystics
Reposted by Elisa Carlsen
We’re a small press.
A micro press.
A “runs on caffeine and righteous anger” press.
Small Business Saturday is basically our Olympics.
Stay tuned.

#smallbusinesssaturday
November 19, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Nevada Blue
November 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
November 20, 2025 at 11:46 PM
“What matters is the intimacy of the caring that bears witness to the path we are on.”

- James Finley

#turningtothemystics
November 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
How do the living cows feel about the cow skull?

People send weird messages…

#cows
November 14, 2025 at 3:03 AM
My dog Olive on her 7th birthday. A pic of her as a puppy and a llama on the wall AND an actual llama outside that she barked at when I fed it an overripe banana.

Making the best out of the curves in the road.

#tinyhome
#desert
#dogbirthdays
November 12, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Finally

#tarot
November 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Been that kind of day

#theroad
November 9, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“I’m not the best, but I am cheap and I will show up.”

- Me to the dog I’m petsitting today.
November 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Listening to two old guys talk about their wives and food…”I love chili but Kathy doesn’t. She can’t do beans.”

I wonder what else Kathy can’t do…

#marriage #keypeninsula
October 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
My great grandmother’s grave in Lakeview Cemetery, Seattle. She left behind four children, her only daughter was my grandmother. I gave her 4 sunflowers to remember them.

Our stories start somewhere. Mine started here, before I was born. I have been its witness. Now it’s my turn to choose.
October 22, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Astoria Creative Writing Festival 2025

I got this great selfie with Dayle Olson, met the poet laureate of Oregon (she’s kickass) got to hug Marianne Monson and kept my soul moving towards the light.

#wordsmatter
October 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
October 16, 2025 at 4:03 AM
2025 Nature & Culture International Poetry Film Festival

I’m here following the leads…

poeticphonotheque.com/events/kbhpo...
October 12, 2025 at 7:15 AM
I’m just here for the art.

#life
October 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
A still from my poetry film, The Basin. Digital screening starts October 11th. phoeticphonotheque.com
October 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
October 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The lions at the gate get fiercer, the closer you get to home.
September 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
“Where there is no love, put love, and you will find love.”

-St. John of the Cross

#ilovethemystics
September 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
September 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Think less. Love more.

#unsolicitedadvice
September 7, 2025 at 11:16 PM
“We are afraid to lose the control we think we have over the life we think we are living.”

- James Finley

#control
September 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM
This is my life now.
August 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Reposted by Elisa Carlsen
September 6th, 6 p.m. at Bellingham’s fabulous Village Books, I’ll be joining the talented author Lyanda Lynn Haupt in conversation about my latest book, Sylvan Crone, and likely our common passions of nature connection, nature writing, and the wonders of birds.
@villagebookswa.bsky.social
August 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
A room with a view.
August 24, 2025 at 10:24 PM