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Michael Metivier

@grousehollow

Editor at Merriam-Webster // Poems and essays in Orion, Antiphony, Prairie Schooner, Poetry, swamp pink, Blue Mountain Review, Bad Lilies, Kenyon Review, African American Review, Bennington Review, Columba, more // he/him // Vermont // MichaelMetivier.com

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06.03.2026 15:46 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

More deer on the trail cam last night. Deer every night.

06.03.2026 13:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

LOL I went to school there and it’s so true

06.03.2026 13:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Few outside eastern MA know that β€œWaltham” is short for β€œWalter Ham.”

06.03.2026 13:11 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

@welch.senate.gov Do not vote for this Mullin. He is only respect by grifters as deeply dangerous and unserious as he is.

06.03.2026 01:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes please

06.03.2026 01:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ahhhh! I want to read!

06.03.2026 00:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Definition of WHOOPIE PIE a dessert consisting of a sweet creamy filling between two round usually chocolate-flavored cakes or cookies… See the full definition

I need to make some soon.

06.03.2026 00:08 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Make sure your drive time is on fleek with β€œAbraham, Martin, and John” by Dion

05.03.2026 23:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Aahhhhhh I can’t wait for woodcocks

05.03.2026 23:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Utah curls/curse

05.03.2026 22:47 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If she’d just added another first name to her first name this could’ve been avoided smh

05.03.2026 19:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I wondered if this was imminent after yesterday’s clips, not because she hasn’t been doing exactly what she’s been told in all of its horror and degradation, but because she was humiliated on the teevee, and that makes boss look bad.

05.03.2026 18:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Definition of GRAYWACKE a coarse usually dark gray sandstone or fine-grained conglomerate composed of firmly cemented fragments (as of quartz or feldspar)… See the full definition

My personal word of the day

05.03.2026 13:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We are at AWP today through Saturday. Stop by to hear about new initiatives at The Rumpus, our redesign, buy amazing books from my imprint and merch and also we have candy and swag! Booth 1240.

05.03.2026 12:51 πŸ‘ 380 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2
A copy of the book photographed on a wooden floor. The cover of Backyard Alchemy features an old salvaged tin with a rollback lid. For herring? Let’s say herring.

A copy of the book photographed on a wooden floor. The cover of Backyard Alchemy features an old salvaged tin with a rollback lid. For herring? Let’s say herring.

Friendos at AWP and friendos not at AWP, do not miss this book by @nematode.bsky.social ! Just got my blurber copy in the mail yesterday and it’s a beaut!

05.03.2026 12:03 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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😍😍😍🦌🦌

05.03.2026 02:48 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Post an iconic horror movie image.

05.03.2026 02:15 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Paternal: machinist, sheriff of a small New Hampshire town (pop. 300 at the time), school bus driver. Maternal: military, unspecified top secret things overseas, later a Baptist lay minister.

05.03.2026 01:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“· Romain MΓ©tivier

30.01.2026 03:40 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
View of big sky over fields and a road with the silhouette of a mountain to the right and an orange tinted moon near the horizon.

View of big sky over fields and a road with the silhouette of a mountain to the right and an orange tinted moon near the horizon.

I missed the blood moon yesterday morning but it’s still kinda bloody. Saw it from a good elevation about ten minutes from home.

05.03.2026 01:02 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As they say, β€œPepsi Is It!”

04.03.2026 23:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A dog lying on her side on a couch with her head resting on an iPhone

A dog lying on her side on a couch with her head resting on an iPhone

β€œHello? Yes. It me. Yes. Okay. Yes. Mostly snoozing. Okay.”

04.03.2026 23:44 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Working for the dictionary I sometimes feel like the Dude because I will almost without fail almost absent-mindedly work a word I’ve been working on into conversation two or three days later that I otherwise normally would not.

04.03.2026 23:03 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i have had a lot of frustrating conversations with friends of mine because they will not read and i will not listen to three-hour podcasts featuring sweaty guys who will believe literally anything unless there's a scrap of evidence for it

04.03.2026 20:06 πŸ‘ 73 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

so excited 4 u

04.03.2026 19:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Soak β€˜em! Soak β€˜em! Soak β€˜em!

04.03.2026 19:37 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m one of those freaks who prefers Pepsi to Coke, though I also rarely drink either.

04.03.2026 19:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Long before their donuts began to taste like recycled tires, my mom would often bring us to pick up a dozen on the way home from church on Sunday, and Fred the Baker was family. FAMILY!

04.03.2026 19:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Mama here comes midnight with the dead moon in its jaws

04.03.2026 17:17 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0