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Ann Marie Gamble @amgamble.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Set yourself up for some writing this April! Sign up for the Poem-a-Thon and get 30 days of writing prompts, a fundraiser to benefit the City of Refuge, a group that supports new immigrants in Columbia, Missouri. #writing #amwriting #poetry #refugees cityofrefugecolumbia.org/event/poem-a...

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Ann Marie Gamble @amgamble.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

A dog whose person is snacking on beef jerky

Very close-up of a dog's nose as he sniffs what the camera holder is eating

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Ann Marie Gamble @amgamble.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Taking a break with a watercolor class

Three versions of a landscape with a meadow, tree line and barn in front of some hills

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Ann Marie Gamble @amgamble.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Yowza, that turned out just fine

Another slice of bread loaded with avocado next to the loaf and a bottle of Tajin seasoning, which has been sprinkled on it.

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Ann Marie Gamble @amgamble.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Fennel, rosemary, black pepper, lemon,Alaskan sourdough. Bread constructed to hold avocado.

Loaf of bread sliced open on a cutting board

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Ann Marie Gamble @amgamble.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Portrait of a Dog Who Has Not Been Offered Any Buttered Toast

A dog sitting in front of a coffee table with notebook, pens, water glass and coffee cup. The dog is gazing off to the side where the toast plate has been moved, up out of his reach.

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Ann Marie Gamble @amgamble.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

It is apple pie season, my frens

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Ann Marie Gamble @amgamble.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

The poetry teacher told us to draw our topic as part of the drafting process, so here are some sibling rivals

Two stick figures with angry faces tugging the in opposite directions on a rope

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Ann Marie Gamble @amgamble.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Some practice for the next block print project

Several pencil drawings of bald eagles on a page

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Ann Marie Gamble @amgamble.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

30 Poems in November has begun! Day 1, one poem down. Support the Center for New Americans’ free English classes for immigrants, refugees, migrants, and asylum-seekers. cnam.org/civi/pcp/inf...

Some handwritten lines, some scratched out on a small notebook page

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Ann Marie Gamble @amgamble.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

October appropriate calendar pic

Scenes from The Tale of Pigling Bland by Beatrix Potter

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Ann Marie Gamble @amgamble.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

My current artistic project is block printing, and here's the latest effort

Poster that says "HOPE is a VERB." At the top a bird carries a banner that says, "I am a Hoper of Action" and a banner at the bottom says, "What will you do today?"

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Ann Marie Gamble @amgamble.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

So we've entered the crafting era of this administration

Lettering painted on cardboard that reads "Constitution YES, king NO"

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Ann Marie Gamble @amgamble.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Your post caught my eye because I've also being painting or drawing things over and over to practice, although not so literally the same thing. I can't quite do this for writing exercises 😆

rainbow trout drawn with smudged soft pastels

rainbow trout drawn with soft pastels left as rough lines

watercolors of five fish including a couple of rainbow trout

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Ann Marie Gamble @amgamble.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Two minutes ago this dog was stone cold asleep. Then the lasagna came out of the oven.

A dog sitting by the coffee table, ignoring his food dish and searching the area out of frame

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Ann Marie Gamble @amgamble.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Post the most recent photo of yourself from your camera roll. ——— When I got my book delivered 😚

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Ann Marie Gamble @amgamble.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

My exercise buddy has other plans for the evening

Dog lying on a cushioned mat on the floor

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Ann Marie Gamble @amgamble.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

I published a small collection of poems! You can get the ebook at the link or message me for hard copy. books2read.com/Downstream-P...

The author holding several copies of a chapbook titled "Downstream."

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Ann Marie Gamble @amgamble.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

I didn't know what today's "I'm so old" trigger was going to be

Titanic meme with elderly lady saying "It's been 84 years..."

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Ann Marie Gamble @amgamble.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

I'm putting together pieces to collage into a cover for a chapbook of #poetry ; now to get the poems laid out . . . 😲

Watercolor of some houses in trees under tracing paper with "DOWNSTREAM" inked on it, and another piece of tracing paper with "Poems, Ann Youmans."

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Ann Marie Gamble @amgamble.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

We started using pastels in drawing class. I finally wised up and quit trying draw white rabbits.

Whitish rabbit jumping across the snow, pine forest in the background

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Ann Marie Gamble @amgamble.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Botanical night at painting class

A watercolor of an aloe plant propped in front of the actual aloe in front of a zoom screen where classmates are showing their paintings

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Ann Marie Gamble @amgamble.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Missouri district 4, in case you want to leave some phone messages. The local numbers are Columbia,but heck, let's fill all the boxes.

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Ann Marie Gamble @amgamble.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Animals wearing clothes night at painting class

A goose wearing a crown and a purple robe being served a slice of strawberry cake by a raccoon wearing a suit and standing on the table

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Ann Marie Gamble @amgamble.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

February calendar pic. Black History Month! I got a Beatrix Potter calendar this year because I've been going to a drawing class that uses Potter's work for inspiration.

Calendar page with several scenes from the Tailor of Gloucester

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Ann Marie Gamble @amgamble.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

A poem I wrote got published today: patojournal.wixsite.com/pato/copy-of...

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