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Dawn Manning

@dawnmanning.com
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writer, metalsmith, covered bridge troll, cat whisperer. Author of POSTCARDS FROM THE DEAD LETTER OFFICE. ND; she/they

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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 27/07/2026
🔥IRON POUR PREP🔥: on Saturday, iron will flow again at Hopewell Furnace NHS for the first time in 143 YEARS!!! But before that, we’ve got 1500 LBS of scrap to bust up & recycle…⚒️😱 Come say hi on Saturday and feel the POWER💥!!! #historical #nps #freeevent
Iron scraps
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 17/07/2026
#climatecrisis
Code Purple Air Quality Alert: stay inside. Smoke particles can penetrate deep into lungs, cause breathing difficulties, and irritate eyes and throat.
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 16/07/2026
“Some say, the world will end in fire,” indeed… please stay inside if you don’t need to be out—the air is filled with wildfire smoke for such wide swaths of North America rn. #climatecrisis
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 20/04/2026
Grateful to have finally received this beautiful collection of poems featuring the 2025 Hippocrates Prize winners, and grateful to have one of my own poems among them. #poetry #medicalwriting #healthcareforall
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 01/03/2026
My book *POSTCARDS FROM THE DEAD LETTER OFFICE* is 10 years old today!!! 🎂🎉📚 #grateful #books
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 17/01/2026
The snow, the creek, the bridge, the house #snowday
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 28/10/2025
😮😮😮Woke up to this delightful surprise. I'm very grateful to the editors of The Ilanot Review for this nomination. The support of this wonderful community of writers means the world to me. #poetry #poetlife #writingcommunity
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 23/10/2025
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 23/10/2025
"The Gretel Apocrypha"
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 31/08/2025
Next stop. #tistheseason
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 10/08/2025
Sturgeon moonrise. #moon
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 05/08/2025
Accurate.
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 28/07/2025
*adds "keeper of the spark of madness" to resume. #robinwilliams #we'reallmadhere
A photo of Robin Williams quoting him as saying "You're only given one little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it."
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 15/07/2025
Embrace radical candor. #followyourbliss
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 02/07/2025
Flood Diary: the exciting sequel #nature #rainbow #creeklife #coveredbridge
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 02/07/2025
Flood Diary from the Tollhouse on the Manatawny. (Part 1) #storm #nature #creek
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 26/06/2025
Sun rain with corn and power lines and big RAINBOW energy. 😁🌈🌦️ #happypride 🏳️‍🌈 #rainbow
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 25/06/2025
The Poe abides. #cat
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 13/06/2025
This eastern dobsonfly came to visit. Despite the intimidating mandibles, they are quite harmless. This one was about five inches long and seemed as curious about me as I was about him. #fridaythe13th #nature #friendshipgoals
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 13/06/2025
Cheers! #fridaythe13th
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 24/05/2025
Scott’s a bad influence on the gargoyles.
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 07/05/2025
Behold Samantha: the incarnation of hot messes. #cat #hotmess
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 02/05/2025
Happy Beltane!
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 13/04/2025
'Fun fact' as mood for this Pink Moon weekend. #activelydying
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 04/04/2025
Happy friday, ya filthy poets! #poetrymonth
Comic with a police man accusing a woman of being filthy
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 03/04/2025
Manifesting peak ND poet- powers over here. #neurosparkly
papers lined up in rows and marked with a color coding system
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 10/03/2025
Loving today’s pocket-sized poem by Sarah Freligh up at AAP (link in comments):
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 04/03/2025
Time to eat ALL the donuts!
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 22/02/2025
The Scottish Register of Tartans has issued a memorial tartan for all those who were persecuted as witches ♥️🖤💔
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 10/02/2025
This is how we lean in! So grateful to know publishers like Tupelo Press are out there continuing the work!
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 09/02/2025
happy superb owl day to all who celebrate! #Superbowl
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 02/02/2025
I’m reminded this weekend that when they cannot kill a goddess, they make her a saint. And, there’s six more weeks of winter. #brigid #imbolc #punxsutawneyphil
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 24/01/2025
😔
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 18/01/2025
Fun fact:
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 09/01/2025
Prepping for how bananas things are about to get… #cats
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 01/01/2025
Happy New Year! Make it weird. #happynewyear
On a yellow background with a white web design, there is red text that reads “may you keep wandering the web of the wyrd being your weird, wild and wonderful selves.”
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 30/12/2024
Mischief is afoot. #cats #mondaymood
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 25/12/2024
May you all be blessed🎄🪐🎁🕎♥️✨📚🕯️#happyholidays
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 22/12/2024
Congrats to making it through the longest night to all who celebrate! #solstice #winter
Dried oranges hanging from strings
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 10/12/2024
Our little golden girl is in dental surgery today. Please send healing vibes and prayers her way. #cat #furbaby
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 24/11/2024
The annual nesting of the cats in the garlands. Absolutely may not put them up till the cats are thoroughly finished. #cats #tistheseason #decoratingwithcats
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 21/11/2024
Once upon a time, this little dude showed up in our alley being stalked by a hawk. Our neighbor and co-colony caretaker stayed up all night until the kitten crept out from behind some barbed wire and he could grab him. He’s been our Eddie Poe ever since. #tbt #cat #kitten
A black and brown kitten named Eddie Poe sitting in a measuring cup on a scale.
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 18/11/2024
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 16/11/2024
It is Saturn’s day after all…
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 12/11/2024
Shared by Alix Klingenberg on another site, but felt it belonged here for all the poets migrating this way. #poetry #amwriting
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 11/11/2024
Thanks, Vets!
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Dawn Manning @dawnmanning.com · 11/11/2024
How’s your week starting off? #spell #lifestyle #spoonie #oops #caseofthemondays
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