Sam Rasnake
@samrasnake.bsky.social
Scribbler of words... Fallen Leaves (Ballerini Book Press, forthcoming), Like a Thread to Follow (Cyberwit), Cinéma Vérité (A-Minor Press), World within the World (Cyberwit), Inside a Broken Clock (Finishing Line Press).
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Ballerini Book PressSlender. Never Spineless.FALLEN LEAVES by Sam Rasnake
We are thrilled to announce the release of Sam’s new poetry collection FALLEN LEAVES, as well as his signing a long term, author contract with Ballerini Book Press. Our long literary collabor…
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Pleased to announce the release of Fallen Leaves, my new poetry collection (Ballerini Book Press). Preorders available. Thanks for the kind words, Suzanne Frischkorn & James Owens. Excited that future works will have a home at BBP.
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Bob Dylan - Tangled up in Blue (Official Audio)
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November 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Stories We Tell / Sarah Polley, dir., 2012
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November 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Stories We Tell / Sarah Polley, dir., 2012
📽️🎬
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I love seeing my book out in the world--and isn't this a lovely fall theme--and very color coordinated.
If you don't have a copy, it makes a great holiday gift. Get one from me or purchase directly from @diodeeditions.bsky.social!
#book, #poetrybook
If you don't have a copy, it makes a great holiday gift. Get one from me or purchase directly from @diodeeditions.bsky.social!
#book, #poetrybook
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I love seeing my book out in the world--and isn't this a lovely fall theme--and very color coordinated.
If you don't have a copy, it makes a great holiday gift. Get one from me or purchase directly from @diodeeditions.bsky.social!
#book, #poetrybook
If you don't have a copy, it makes a great holiday gift. Get one from me or purchase directly from @diodeeditions.bsky.social!
#book, #poetrybook
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November ~ John Clare
‘The landscape sleeps in mist from morn till noon;
And, if the sun looks through, 'tis with a face
Beamless and pale and round, as if the moon,
When done the journey of her nightly race,
Had found him sleeping, and supplied his place.’
🖼️ The Sun, Munch
‘The landscape sleeps in mist from morn till noon;
And, if the sun looks through, 'tis with a face
Beamless and pale and round, as if the moon,
When done the journey of her nightly race,
Had found him sleeping, and supplied his place.’
🖼️ The Sun, Munch
November 26, 2025 at 7:02 AM
November ~ John Clare
‘The landscape sleeps in mist from morn till noon;
And, if the sun looks through, 'tis with a face
Beamless and pale and round, as if the moon,
When done the journey of her nightly race,
Had found him sleeping, and supplied his place.’
🖼️ The Sun, Munch
‘The landscape sleeps in mist from morn till noon;
And, if the sun looks through, 'tis with a face
Beamless and pale and round, as if the moon,
When done the journey of her nightly race,
Had found him sleeping, and supplied his place.’
🖼️ The Sun, Munch
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What a simply sublime performance from Handel’s Theodora.
Take a breath and pause the doomscroll—these five minutes are far more satisfying and far more soul-settling.
#ClassicalMusic
Take a breath and pause the doomscroll—these five minutes are far more satisfying and far more soul-settling.
#ClassicalMusic
George Frideric Handel.
To thee, thou glorious son of worth from the oratorio Theodora, HWV 68
🤍❤️💚💛💙
Lea Desandre, mezzo-soprano.
Iestyn Davies, countertenor.
Jupiter Ensemble.
Thomas Dunford, lute & director.
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To thee, thou glorious son of worth from the oratorio Theodora, HWV 68
🤍❤️💚💛💙
Lea Desandre, mezzo-soprano.
Iestyn Davies, countertenor.
Jupiter Ensemble.
Thomas Dunford, lute & director.
youtu.be/kfqx_ZE9t5w?...
November 26, 2025 at 4:45 AM
What a simply sublime performance from Handel’s Theodora.
Take a breath and pause the doomscroll—these five minutes are far more satisfying and far more soul-settling.
#ClassicalMusic
Take a breath and pause the doomscroll—these five minutes are far more satisfying and far more soul-settling.
#ClassicalMusic
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Tuesday, December 4 will mark the 150th anniversary of Rilke's birth. Biographer Sandra Richter discussed his life and work with writer Margherita Bettoni for the Goethe Institute.
150 years of Rilke: A poet and his ambivalence
Rainer Maria Rilke, one of the most influential poets of literary modernism, was born 150 years ago. In this interview, literature professor Sandra Richter discusses what shaped him as a person and wh...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Tuesday, December 4 will mark the 150th anniversary of Rilke's birth. Biographer Sandra Richter discussed his life and work with writer Margherita Bettoni for the Goethe Institute.
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Thanks so much for reading and sharing this, @pdforan.bsky.social That's a gorgeous issue of Brink. 💙
“ / I hate the word *savvy*, I told him /“
“where were all the people? / where were the cars and the birds? / where were the shops, the cafes, the restaurants? / who made the music and the art? / where were all the feral cats? /“
this by @kathyfish.bsky.social in Brink
“where were all the people? / where were the cars and the birds? / where were the shops, the cafes, the restaurants? / who made the music and the art? / where were all the feral cats? /“
this by @kathyfish.bsky.social in Brink
November 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Thanks so much for reading and sharing this, @pdforan.bsky.social That's a gorgeous issue of Brink. 💙
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Cowboy Jamboree's Fall issue is live y'all.
We're kicking off our 11th (!) year with "Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked." The theme was inspired by a Slim Hand lyric & these writers took it in all kinds of cool directions.
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We're kicking off our 11th (!) year with "Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked." The theme was inspired by a Slim Hand lyric & these writers took it in all kinds of cool directions.
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Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked.
fall 2025 issue 11.1 "Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked." Where'd this fall's theme come from? It's a James "Slim" Hand lyric from a song about sitting in a bar in the corner at a table by a.....
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November 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Cowboy Jamboree's Fall issue is live y'all.
We're kicking off our 11th (!) year with "Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked." The theme was inspired by a Slim Hand lyric & these writers took it in all kinds of cool directions.
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/hidden-behin...
We're kicking off our 11th (!) year with "Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked." The theme was inspired by a Slim Hand lyric & these writers took it in all kinds of cool directions.
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/hidden-behin...
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I've finished reading the proofs for my 3rd novel (self-publishing). My emotions are mixed. Pride, fear & anxiety, whatever-did-I-do-this-for, excitement, madness.
"Longshore Drift" comes out next spring. It's set in a fictitious Dungeness, a large shingle bank in Kent, UK. (My own photo)
"Longshore Drift" comes out next spring. It's set in a fictitious Dungeness, a large shingle bank in Kent, UK. (My own photo)
October 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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“She has been this way since that wintered Tuesday in the long shadow of the war, the one they never talk about.”
“The silence is yawning.”
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“The silence is yawning.”
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Nothing certain ~ by Matt Kendrick
The day the sun forgets to rise, Mr White sits down for breakfast at precisely twelve minutes past seven. This is in the dining room. It is Tuesday. His Tuesday breakfast is a soft-boiled egg opene…
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November 25, 2025 at 2:44 AM
“She has been this way since that wintered Tuesday in the long shadow of the war, the one they never talk about.”
“The silence is yawning.”
@mattkendrick.bsky.social in Milk Candy Review milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/11/20/n...
“The silence is yawning.”
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A decorative tile? I love this animated porker, with his green glaze spillover and harlequin legs.
Boar.
Tin-glazed earthenware with a design impressed in raised outline and painted with a boar in blue, green brown and white. Spanish (Seville), c. 1500-1550
(V&A Museum, London)
Tin-glazed earthenware with a design impressed in raised outline and painted with a boar in blue, green brown and white. Spanish (Seville), c. 1500-1550
(V&A Museum, London)
November 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
A decorative tile? I love this animated porker, with his green glaze spillover and harlequin legs.
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Thank you so much @jenwithwords.bsky.social! A beautiful message and photo! I'm so grateful and happy that you've been enjoying IN THE BLUEPRINT OF HER IRIS (@icefloepress.bsk.social).
Much warmth for the season ahead and thank you for supporting our collaboration 💙
@rfredekenter.bsky.social
Much warmth for the season ahead and thank you for supporting our collaboration 💙
@rfredekenter.bsky.social
✨Today’s Bookmail!✨
A bold and striking collaboration of words by @vikkicwrites.bsky.social and images by @rfredekenter.bsky.social (both amazing artists that I very much admire) published by @icefloepress.bsky.social
This book is a wordy visual treat (also, a great holiday gift idea)!
A bold and striking collaboration of words by @vikkicwrites.bsky.social and images by @rfredekenter.bsky.social (both amazing artists that I very much admire) published by @icefloepress.bsky.social
This book is a wordy visual treat (also, a great holiday gift idea)!
November 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Thank you so much @jenwithwords.bsky.social! A beautiful message and photo! I'm so grateful and happy that you've been enjoying IN THE BLUEPRINT OF HER IRIS (@icefloepress.bsk.social).
Much warmth for the season ahead and thank you for supporting our collaboration 💙
@rfredekenter.bsky.social
Much warmth for the season ahead and thank you for supporting our collaboration 💙
@rfredekenter.bsky.social
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Eve Luckring’s SIGNAL TO NOISE (Ornithopter Press) was so very good!
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November 26, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Eve Luckring’s SIGNAL TO NOISE (Ornithopter Press) was so very good!
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This poem, Gray, by C. V. Cavafy sure blew the world wide open today.
November 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
This poem, Gray, by C. V. Cavafy sure blew the world wide open today.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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We're proud to announce our nominations for Best Microfiction 2025! Please join us in congratulating these stellar writers. Good luck everyone!
November 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM
We're proud to announce our nominations for Best Microfiction 2025! Please join us in congratulating these stellar writers. Good luck everyone!
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“… (perhaps ‘feature’ isn’t the right word) …”
“… there was no way, Karen felt, that Elizabeth Taylor’s driver’s license would describe her eyes as ‘violet.’”
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“… there was no way, Karen felt, that Elizabeth Taylor’s driver’s license would describe her eyes as ‘violet.’”
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Karen’s Features
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November 16, 2025 at 7:39 PM
“… (perhaps ‘feature’ isn’t the right word) …”
“… there was no way, Karen felt, that Elizabeth Taylor’s driver’s license would describe her eyes as ‘violet.’”
@kimmagowan.bsky.social in @bendinggenres.bsky.social bendinggenres.com/karens-featu...
“… there was no way, Karen felt, that Elizabeth Taylor’s driver’s license would describe her eyes as ‘violet.’”
@kimmagowan.bsky.social in @bendinggenres.bsky.social bendinggenres.com/karens-featu...
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"Amma’ll ask why I haven’t called Mrs. Pai’s son, then contradict herself, ask why I’m wasting dollars. It’s always easier to lie."
We're still re-reading Sudha Balagopal’s flash, THINGS I CAN'T TELL AMMA, from our archives. Enjoy it here✨: buff.ly/Nq02GZ4
We're still re-reading Sudha Balagopal’s flash, THINGS I CAN'T TELL AMMA, from our archives. Enjoy it here✨: buff.ly/Nq02GZ4
November 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
"Amma’ll ask why I haven’t called Mrs. Pai’s son, then contradict herself, ask why I’m wasting dollars. It’s always easier to lie."
We're still re-reading Sudha Balagopal’s flash, THINGS I CAN'T TELL AMMA, from our archives. Enjoy it here✨: buff.ly/Nq02GZ4
We're still re-reading Sudha Balagopal’s flash, THINGS I CAN'T TELL AMMA, from our archives. Enjoy it here✨: buff.ly/Nq02GZ4
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“Matthew was well trained as a sales sort, to the extent that he trained others to mimic the party line of the company selling seashells to fishermen…”
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Thank You for your Patience - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Photo by Sebastian Pociecha on Unsplash by Sheila E. Murphy A wishy-washy wave of partial kindness inflected itself within the row of syllables Matthew methodically released into the ear canal of the ...
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November 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
“Matthew was well trained as a sales sort, to the extent that he trained others to mimic the party line of the company selling seashells to fishermen…”
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November 26, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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That is the surprise
That the kindness was not an affect, but a choice
And that kindness in its entirety is very freakish
And weird, the real kind.
Dorothea Lasky
That the kindness was not an affect, but a choice
And that kindness in its entirety is very freakish
And weird, the real kind.
Dorothea Lasky
November 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
That is the surprise
That the kindness was not an affect, but a choice
And that kindness in its entirety is very freakish
And weird, the real kind.
Dorothea Lasky
That the kindness was not an affect, but a choice
And that kindness in its entirety is very freakish
And weird, the real kind.
Dorothea Lasky