River Elizabeth Hall
@riverhallpoet.bsky.social
Poet. Naturalist. Teacher.
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This story is so good! 💔
Today we have a story of the war in Ukraine, by a writer who lives in Kharkiv. Don't want to give anything away, but the swerve this story takes is brilliant. wigleaf.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:05 PM
This story is so good! 💔
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February 3, 2026 at 10:25 AM
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One thing you will never think after reading a great book or listening to a great album or seeing a great piece of art is, “I’m really glad this person remained cautious while they were making this and guarded against being perceived as weird.”
February 2, 2026 at 8:01 AM
One thing you will never think after reading a great book or listening to a great album or seeing a great piece of art is, “I’m really glad this person remained cautious while they were making this and guarded against being perceived as weird.”
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Read the room, Punxatawney Phil
February 2, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Read the room, Punxatawney Phil
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To continue is not what you imagined.
- Peter Gizzi, “Bolshevescent”
- Peter Gizzi, “Bolshevescent”
February 2, 2026 at 3:52 PM
To continue is not what you imagined.
- Peter Gizzi, “Bolshevescent”
- Peter Gizzi, “Bolshevescent”
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“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?”
— The Epicurean Paradox
Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?”
— The Epicurean Paradox
February 2, 2026 at 5:15 PM
“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?”
— The Epicurean Paradox
Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?”
— The Epicurean Paradox
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Delighted to have a poem in the TIDAL LIGHT issue of @cosmicdaffodil.bsky.social! 🌊
You can read ‘flying mobula’ below and the rest of the wonderful issue here: static1.squarespace.com/static/62f08...
You can read ‘flying mobula’ below and the rest of the wonderful issue here: static1.squarespace.com/static/62f08...
February 2, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Delighted to have a poem in the TIDAL LIGHT issue of @cosmicdaffodil.bsky.social! 🌊
You can read ‘flying mobula’ below and the rest of the wonderful issue here: static1.squarespace.com/static/62f08...
You can read ‘flying mobula’ below and the rest of the wonderful issue here: static1.squarespace.com/static/62f08...
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I’m a day late for #smallpoemsunday but it’s my friend Isaac’s birthday and I like to think about a poem he wrote when he was 16 or 17. Isaac died in 2008 but would have been 47 today
February 2, 2026 at 5:53 PM
I’m a day late for #smallpoemsunday but it’s my friend Isaac’s birthday and I like to think about a poem he wrote when he was 16 or 17. Isaac died in 2008 but would have been 47 today
When did residential ceiling fans start looking so weird? We need to replace one in our house and I'm like: WTF is this?
December 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
When did residential ceiling fans start looking so weird? We need to replace one in our house and I'm like: WTF is this?
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THANK YOU to Ariel Basom for hosting last night's Collections reading at Hugo House. And to the other great writers: James Keith Smith, @riverhallpoet.bsky.social, Rosa Singer, Isla McKetta, Sara Ramos-Amador, Jalyn Renae Fiske, and Hoard Explorer. I feel lucky to have been among such great writers!
October 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
THANK YOU to Ariel Basom for hosting last night's Collections reading at Hugo House. And to the other great writers: James Keith Smith, @riverhallpoet.bsky.social, Rosa Singer, Isla McKetta, Sara Ramos-Amador, Jalyn Renae Fiske, and Hoard Explorer. I feel lucky to have been among such great writers!
I am not sure that I have ever felt so disappointed in so many people as I do right now.
Those I seem to be the least disillusioned with are fellow poets and artists. Thank you for seeing the world so clearly, in all its fantastic and devastating realness. It's hard to hold it all, I know.
Those I seem to be the least disillusioned with are fellow poets and artists. Thank you for seeing the world so clearly, in all its fantastic and devastating realness. It's hard to hold it all, I know.
September 18, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I am not sure that I have ever felt so disappointed in so many people as I do right now.
Those I seem to be the least disillusioned with are fellow poets and artists. Thank you for seeing the world so clearly, in all its fantastic and devastating realness. It's hard to hold it all, I know.
Those I seem to be the least disillusioned with are fellow poets and artists. Thank you for seeing the world so clearly, in all its fantastic and devastating realness. It's hard to hold it all, I know.
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If you’re in the Seattle area, I’ll be reading at Third Place Books Seward Park tonight as part of the release of Campfire Stories: San Juan Islands, edited by Dave & Ilyssa Kyu and published by Mountaineers Books. 7-8p.
Join us!
www.thirdplacebooks.com/event/ilyssa...
Join us!
www.thirdplacebooks.com/event/ilyssa...
www.thirdplacebooks.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
If you’re in the Seattle area, I’ll be reading at Third Place Books Seward Park tonight as part of the release of Campfire Stories: San Juan Islands, edited by Dave & Ilyssa Kyu and published by Mountaineers Books. 7-8p.
Join us!
www.thirdplacebooks.com/event/ilyssa...
Join us!
www.thirdplacebooks.com/event/ilyssa...
I usually hate September. But this is next level. Guys, I am not ok. Like. I don't know what I feel right now. It's a massive shift.
Terror. I think it's terror. The kind that's slow and paralyzed and helpless. Abandoned on a beach, nowhere to run, and a tsunami pulling the water out to the ocean.
Terror. I think it's terror. The kind that's slow and paralyzed and helpless. Abandoned on a beach, nowhere to run, and a tsunami pulling the water out to the ocean.
September 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I usually hate September. But this is next level. Guys, I am not ok. Like. I don't know what I feel right now. It's a massive shift.
Terror. I think it's terror. The kind that's slow and paralyzed and helpless. Abandoned on a beach, nowhere to run, and a tsunami pulling the water out to the ocean.
Terror. I think it's terror. The kind that's slow and paralyzed and helpless. Abandoned on a beach, nowhere to run, and a tsunami pulling the water out to the ocean.
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I am feeling really fucking burned out by humanity tonight, folks. I don't think I'm alone in that. Feeling pretty hopeless. That's it. That's the poem.
September 12, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I am feeling really fucking burned out by humanity tonight, folks. I don't think I'm alone in that. Feeling pretty hopeless. That's it. That's the poem.
I want to discover some new lit mags! What lit mags have you all had positive experiences with this year? I'm gearing up to do loads of submissions, and I want to expand my list!
#poetrysubmission #poetry #literarymagazines #submissions
#poetrysubmission #poetry #literarymagazines #submissions
September 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I want to discover some new lit mags! What lit mags have you all had positive experiences with this year? I'm gearing up to do loads of submissions, and I want to expand my list!
#poetrysubmission #poetry #literarymagazines #submissions
#poetrysubmission #poetry #literarymagazines #submissions
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May 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Today’s poem is selected by Molly Zhu as part of the 20th anniversary of Read A Little Poetry.
“Torn Map” appeared in Everything Comes Next by Naomi Shihab Nye, published by Greenwillow Books, 2020. Shared here with deep gratitude.
“Torn Map” appeared in Everything Comes Next by Naomi Shihab Nye, published by Greenwillow Books, 2020. Shared here with deep gratitude.
September 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Today’s poem is selected by Molly Zhu as part of the 20th anniversary of Read A Little Poetry.
“Torn Map” appeared in Everything Comes Next by Naomi Shihab Nye, published by Greenwillow Books, 2020. Shared here with deep gratitude.
“Torn Map” appeared in Everything Comes Next by Naomi Shihab Nye, published by Greenwillow Books, 2020. Shared here with deep gratitude.
I am trying to compile a list of Seattle area poets! Let's connect! Are you a Seattle area poet? Do you know a Seattle poet? Lmk if you want to be added:
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September 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I am trying to compile a list of Seattle area poets! Let's connect! Are you a Seattle area poet? Do you know a Seattle poet? Lmk if you want to be added:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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This poem. Why does this season I love so much make me sad?
September 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This poem. Why does this season I love so much make me sad?
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There comes a day when the trees
refuse to let you pass
until you name them.
-Lisel Mueller, from "Your Tired, Your Poor"
#everynightapoem #fragment
refuse to let you pass
until you name them.
-Lisel Mueller, from "Your Tired, Your Poor"
#everynightapoem #fragment
September 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
There comes a day when the trees
refuse to let you pass
until you name them.
-Lisel Mueller, from "Your Tired, Your Poor"
#everynightapoem #fragment
refuse to let you pass
until you name them.
-Lisel Mueller, from "Your Tired, Your Poor"
#everynightapoem #fragment
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softly rolling to September
August 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
softly rolling to September
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The Taliban today banned poetry.
August 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The Taliban today banned poetry.