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Michael Dechane

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Poet. Jungian dream worker. Head Cook. Spoon carver. Author of The Long Invisible (2024, Wildhouse Publishing). #poet #poetry #author #writer #jung #jungian #dream #woodcarving

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Yes! Great volunteers and community feelings, every time.

08.03.2025 02:49 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Many thanks!

08.03.2025 00:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Scored one of the best deals at a library sale a couple weeks ago. This is one of the BEST references for any poet or writer. The features in this thing are amazing. $4 my dudes. Mint condition. I flipped out.

07.03.2025 18:43 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Ah, thanks so much for taking some time with my work and sharing this around! I’m looking forward to hearing some of your poetry now. Cheers! 🧑

03.03.2025 14:36 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Of course! I bet I’ve listened to her read it 50 times. No joke. β€œStrings of beads in their green bowl gleamed.” Mmm. 😍

27.02.2025 19:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hi! Yes, lovely to be connected here. And PΓ‘draig was such a delight in-person, yes. Warm, funny, generous, urgent, and inviting. What a gem of a human and champion for poetry.

27.02.2025 15:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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One of my favorites by one of my favorites. I was thinking of Stafford and this poem when I wrote β€œDriving Into the Morning”.

27.02.2025 15:18 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Here’s β€œLapsang Souchong” a short love poem from my debut collection, The Long Invisible.

#poetry #love

27.02.2025 15:12 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Sumptuous and so alive! Thank you for the chance to remember my love of dogwoods. Here’s one of mine, in kind …

27.02.2025 14:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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So thankful to read new poems from my debut collection at my alma mater, @berrycollege.bsky.social last week! It’s always a good day to be back on campus.

27.02.2025 02:07 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Stunner!

27.02.2025 02:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My poem, "Common Green Bottle Fly," in PMS&G!

05.01.2025 19:04 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

David, I really love this poem. As a sometimes noticer β€” if not always admirerβ€”of little buzzy things, this is a really wonderful piece. Thank you! Glad to start to get to know your work.

27.02.2025 02:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Breakup Cookie: We're home to the original Breakup Cookie dubbed The Best Cookie in Alabama. β€” Church Street Coffee & Books Baked fresh daily, The Breakup Cookie has been around as long as Church Street Coffee & Books. This delicious, chocolatey, buttery, cookie with the PERFECT amount of salt and PERFECT texture is a Birm...

My goodness. They are, indeed, choc chip delights. The best I’ve had! Here’s a post about them and the utterly delightful bookstore/coffee shop that offers them:

www.churchstreetshop.com/the-breakup-...

27.02.2025 01:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Love Hollis β€” thanks for this.

27.02.2025 01:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My word she’s amazing. Do you know her poem β€œMoon”? Her selected works is one of the most treasured and handsome books on my shelves.

27.02.2025 01:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Very good! Thank you.

27.02.2025 01:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes!!

27.02.2025 01:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Let’s go!!!

26.02.2025 23:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Loving your photos and pairings. Cheers.

26.02.2025 14:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’d love to be added, thanks!

26.02.2025 14:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

True facts! Thanks.

26.02.2025 13:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for this! Hollis has become such a helpful voice in my reading and work.

25.02.2025 16:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Gorgeous work!

25.02.2025 15:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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@charlottedonlon.bsky.social hosted me and 15 of her friends for a delicious meal (with the famous Breakup Cookies!) and a reading from my new book. The conversations and connections with her Birmingham folks are such gifts! Thank you for being a champion of the arts and community, Charlotte! 🧑

24.02.2025 17:29 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Love this poem and the bit in your interview about your practice of writing a response poem. Thanks!

23.02.2025 23:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Minister of Loneliness: My Poem in Spiritus Journal (John Hopkins University Press)
Minister of Loneliness: My Poem in Spiritus Journal (John Hopkins University Press) YouTube video by YAHIA LABABIDI

Poets are the unacknowledged Ministers of Loneliness...

youtube.com/shorts/lyhZZ... #poetry #mentalhealth #writingcommunity #spirituality

23.02.2025 22:18 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Same, same.

23.02.2025 22:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Tremendous! Thank you for doing (and sharing) your work.

23.02.2025 22:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of a frozen pond with the essay title written across it.

Photo of a frozen pond with the essay title written across it.

New post. β€œOn the Breath beneath the Frozen Surface of the Lake: and the quick and angry tentacles of fear, lashing out.”

open.substack.com/pub/paulajla...

10.02.2025 15:29 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0