Edie Meade @ediemeade.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I'm having trouble talking myself into the feeling this whole thing ain't broken... but I have a new poem called "Hickory Hill," published in Oyster River Pages' glorious annual issue, and I'd be thrilled if you read it (or listened to me read it) www.oysterriverpages.com/edie-meadeoysterriverpages.com"Hickory Hill," Poetry by Edie Meade — Oyster River Pages“Hickory Hill” by Edie Meade is a haunting, visceral prose poem that confronts a devastating tragedy while questioning poetry’s ability to hold, witness, or make meaning from it. 3115
Reposted by Edie MeadePat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026"I know what you call what that takes all of you, emitting nothing what-for the squall of your demise. But how do you escape what light cannot." [In Ypsilanti, Michigan, Shattering My Dolly Parton] + 3 by @ediemeade.bsky.social in @acrossthemargin.bsky.social acrossthemargin.com/four-poems-b...acrossthemargin.comFour Poems by Edie Meade — Across The MarginFour Poems by Edie Meade — Across The Margin 133
Reposted by Edie MeadePat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026"... couldn’t we just leave, couldn’t we, couldn’t we just, just go home, just slink home, slither home and ..." @ediemeade.bsky.social in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social pitheadchapel.com/urgent-care/ pitheadchapel.com/urgent-care/pitheadchapel.comUrgent CareEdie Meade My son gripped his left index finger in a coil of righthand fingers so anyone in the urgent care waiting room could see the punctures go purple before their eyes drifted onto me, the mot… 193
Reposted by Edie MeadeAcross The Margin @acrossthemargin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026These four poems by Edie Meade linger in parking lots, dark apartments, motel rooms, and rubble, all the beautiful/hideous doorways where contradictions interlock: acrossthemargin.com/four-poems-b... #poems #poetry @ediemeade.bsky.socialacrossthemargin.comFour Poems by Edie Meade — Across The MarginFour Poems by Edie Meade — Across The Margin 053
Reposted by Edie MeadePostcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I have not been killed on the escalators or TUBE TRAINS. I have not been drowned in the Thames. I have not been run over by a bus. 2151374
Edie Meade @ediemeade.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Good September morning. I have a prose poem in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social, which is a towering dream of mine come true! The poem's called "Urgent Care." pitheadchapel.com/urgent-care/pitheadchapel.comUrgent CareEdie Meade My son gripped his left index finger in a coil of righthand fingers so anyone in the urgent care waiting room could see the punctures go purple before their eyes drifted onto me, the mot… 4215
Reposted by Edie MeadeStone Circle Review @stonecirclereview.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Here's round 2 of Stone Circle's new series, now simply called "Three Poems." I wanted more flexibility to describe how the poems are related. It includes work by Lynne Ellis, Edie Meade (@ediemeade.bsky.social), and Paula (Brown@azpaula.bsky.social). Enjoy! stonecirclereview.com/collections/... 093
Reposted by Edie MeadeEsther @elhopkins.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Every time something like this happens and there isn’t an outcry about it, we move a little bit further on the Overton window. 25626
Edie Meade @ediemeade.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Maybe someone else will find this of use. Increasingly feeling harassed and violated by AI in my email and browser, I wanted to see what I could do about it. www.cnet.com/tech/service...cnet.comHow to Tell Google's AI Features to Leave You Alone, Once and for AllYou aren't doomed to using Google's AI services across your devices for the rest of your life. 033
Reposted by Edie MeadeDeborah @deborahzafer.bsky.social · 16/06/2026He would not stay for me, and who can wonder? 🖤 072
Reposted by Edie MeadeRachel Abbey McCafferty @ramccafferty.bsky.social · 15/05/2026I read this intentionally slowly to grapple with the weight of the content and the beauty of the language and how the latter supported the former. Truly, one of the best, most stunning books I’ve ever read. Probably the best. It’s an example of what art, particularly the novel, can aspire to. 0102
Reposted by Edie MeadeBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 12/05/2026me, buying a book written by someone who I've never met but we sometimes like each other's posts on Bluesky: my friend wrote this 11770971085
Reposted by Edie MeadeDavid Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 11/05/2026new zealander everlee wihongi was due to meet with her lawyer yesterday. then ICE moved her to their most notorious tent facility in texas: 3000 people, highest death rate, most sexual assaults. and today, she disappeared off the system. please RT: www.webworm.co/everleehasdi...webworm.coEverlee Has DisappearedEverlee Wihongi was transferred by ICE to the notorious "Camp East Montana" at Fort Bliss, Texas. Then she disappeared. 11752593810
Edie Meade @ediemeade.bsky.social · 10/05/2026"Mom breaks her other hip. Lungs hold clots like berries in an apron, and nurses dig for dehydrated veins. It’s never the same nurse, never the same vein." From "Nightfall," a prose poem about being a daughter far away. #mothersday #poetry gonelawn.net/journal/issu...gonelawn.netGone Lawn 65 : Edie Meade 092
Reposted by Edie MeadeONE ART: a journal of poetry @oneart.bsky.social · 08/05/2026I Go Back to May 1973 by Mary Keating in ONE ART: a journal of poetry oneartpoetry.com/2026/05/08/i...oneartpoetry.comI Go Back to May 1973 by Mary KeatingI Go Back to May 1973 To the night I crashed and see myself, a long tender lily unaware of her grace as she’s about to get into a Mustang to leave a party with someone she barely knows because her … 141
Reposted by Edie MeadeThe Oxbow Estate @theoxbowestate.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Working on our new album... it's been almost a year since we released "I Dissolve," but it feels so much longer. Funny how an album a year is actually cookin' if you're making it from scratch, writing, playing, recording it all for real. #art #music #indie music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...music.youtube.comThe Oxbow Estate: I Dissolve (full album)Listen to The Oxbow Estate: I Dissolve (full album) on YouTube Music - a dedicated music app with official songs, music videos, remixes, covers, and more. 081
Reposted by Edie MeadePat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · 05/05/2026“… Someday I’ll be a plant dying. I’ll draw myself up tall and brave, keep a stiff upper-limb, kiss the woollyworms goodnight for the season. Goodbye a while, damselflies! Bon voyage! …” @ediemeade.bsky.social in @louisianalit.bsky.social www.louisianaliterature.org/how-plants-d...louisianaliterature.orgHow Plants Die | Louisiana Literature 173
Edie Meade @ediemeade.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Also, artificial intelligence isn't "wrestling" with anything. That is the problem, the lack of problem. Moral dilemmas are for human beings. Silly rabbit, Trix are for kids. 030
Reposted by Edie MeadeKass Assassin @kassassassin.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Richard Dawkins: *looking at a mirror* there's a man trapped in there! 0164
Reposted by Edie MeadeGailey 🍉 @sarahgailey.bsky.social · 01/05/2026God help me but I made a video to talk about two things I hate 5266124
Reposted by Edie MeadeGone Lawn Journal @gonelawn.bsky.social · 01/05/2026The flower moon has many colors, but you must look for them. Choose one and find a stem, pick it free. Care for it where you are. Listen to how the flower sings, Di di di. Sing back to the flower, La la la. Look at the moon, your color is there, too. #65 is live! gonelawn.net/journal/issu... 0208
Edie Meade @ediemeade.bsky.social · 01/05/2026I have three prose poems in the flower moon (May) issue 65 of Gone Lawn! I am so grateful to editors Owen Wyke and Amy Cipolla Barnes for including me in this beautiful publication. @gonelawn.bsky.social gonelawn.net/journal/issu...gonelawn.netGone Lawn 65 : Edie Meade 041
Reposted by Edie MeadeANMLY @anmlymag.bsky.social · 01/05/2026ANMLY is now open for new work! We're especially seeking more from writers outside of the US, more nonfiction, & more translation! > anmly.submittable.com *Fee waivers available* Check out our latest issue to see what we're into! > anmly.org/ap42 01810
Edie Meade @ediemeade.bsky.social · 29/04/2026I am so proud to have five poems in the new print issue of @louisianalit.bsky.social. Here is one of them: www.louisianaliterature.org/how-plants-d...louisianaliterature.orgHow Plants Die | Louisiana Literature 094
Reposted by Edie MeadePat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · 28/04/2026“Did I forget them from the very day they fell silent? So much has happened since last fall.” Doves by @ediemeade.bsky.social in Belladonna’s Garden (p. 52 of the doc) drive.google.com/file/d/1oWfc...drive.google.comBelladonna's Garden Issue 3 (fin toc.).pdf 131
Edie Meade @ediemeade.bsky.social · 23/04/2026A little poem for my mom, published in Issue 3 of the magical, beautifully curated Belladonna's Garden. 031
Reposted by Edie MeadeONE ART: a journal of poetry @oneart.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Carrying Kevin to the Grave by Dick Westheimer in ONE ART: a journal of poetry oneartpoetry.com/2026/04/20/c...oneartpoetry.comCarrying Kevin to the Grave by Dick WestheimerCarrying Kevin to the Grave I told Kevin that we’re all moving at the speed of light in space-time. He replied that I was likely right but that wouldn’t help me haul the Gravely sickle bar attachme… 043
Reposted by Edie MeadeNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 07/04/2026BREAKING: Extraordinary scenes as Iranian citizens start forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites. This is Kazerun Power Plant in Fars province, southern Iran (🎥 i24 News) 26555102791
Reposted by Edie MeadeDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 07/04/2026Today is a good day to remember that Carl Sagan was as outspoken about the dangers of war and nuclear weapons as he was an advocate of space exploration. 262383666
Reposted by Edie MeadeChantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 02/03/2026In honour of Long Covid Awareness Month, here are 2 asks for fellow Blueskyers 1. Wear an N95 in public to reduce transmission & in solidarity with the millions living with Long Covid 2. Please stand up to large accounts that minimize this illness & who dunk on disabled folks 🙏 120884
Edie Meade @ediemeade.bsky.social · 26/02/2026A beautiful gloom. The peepers are awake at the river. I thought you should know. 060
Reposted by Edie MeadeJohn Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 24/02/2026"500 metric tons of high-energy food, intended for child refugees in Afghanistan and Pakistan under the age of five, were incinerated, as were ten million dollars of contraceptives"liberalcurrents.comWhat Elon Has DoneElon Musk's destruction of USAID has faded from public consciousness in America, despite leaving death and destruction in its wake. 15545348
Reposted by Edie MeadeSewzinski @sewzinski.bsky.social · 23/02/2026“Fix your hearts and live.” 020360
Edie Meade @ediemeade.bsky.social · 21/02/2026But what if we drank beers together out of a Kiss Kasket? 010
Edie Meade @ediemeade.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Happy Valentine's Day from the floor where we witness troubles. Here is a poem I wrote one year ago, published in @oneart.bsky.social 💖 051
Reposted by Edie MeadeHannah Grieco @writesloud.bsky.social · 12/02/2026I'm working with The Writer's Center on two new book clubs that focus on independent authors and presses!! We'll read a new book each month. Then the author will join us, read an excerpt, and answer reader questions! Read with us! 43912
Reposted by Edie MeadeMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11/02/2026All flights to and from El Paso, Texas, have been grounded for ten days for “Special Security Reasons”, the Federal Aviation Administration announced. Shutting down airspace of a major US city for such an extended period hasn’t happened since the aftermath of 9-11. 1221725733
Reposted by Edie MeadePat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · 11/02/2026“… I shell shells, terns turn over a pink plastic carnation decoy bright as sushi, what once was a revolution, plastic, now an island in a vortex visible from space” Two-star Hotel, Myrtle Beach + 2 by @ediemeade.bsky.social in @oneart.bsky.social oneartpoetry.com/2026/02/08/t...oneartpoetry.comThree Poems by Edie MeadeComing Storm fleeced inside the cell, undefined violence flashes purple. still chain-smoking on his balcony as windows close for bed, the new neighbor, a slapping flag, a Marine retiree vanity plat… 122
Edie Meade @ediemeade.bsky.social · 08/02/2026I have three new poems out today at @oneart.bsky.social, one of the most supportive publications out there in this hard old world. Thanks so much to One Art editors Mark Danowsky and Louisa Schnaithmann for my first publication of 2026. Proof I can take "yes" for an answer! 251