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Chris Guppy

@guppytree.bsky.social

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Writer, artist, part-time badass, bad gardener, mediocre dancer, decent mom. She/ her

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Chris Guppy @guppytree.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

New post up on Substack : open.substack.com/pub/guppytre...

Pen and ink sketch of a raincoat. Text reads: Raining in Baltimore, What AWP has to do with the Counting Crows and the End of America. Chris's Substack: guppytree.substack.com

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Chris Guppy @guppytree.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Just got a poem published in Pergola Lit, a new journal from Hood College in MD. :-)

Literary magazine spread with text on the left and a woman with dark skin sitting on the grass in the sunshine on the right. Text reads:
Weeding
Chris Guppy

I lean over each barbed thistle, grab hold, pull straight up.
I keep thinking that this time, the weeds won’t grow back.
Surely, If I uproot them over and over from the same spot,
they’ll stop trying.

But they never do. Their tenacity is inspiring.
They never “learn their lesson.” They never “mind their place.”
My borders and rules mean nothing to a life bent on living.

My husband groans about the tedium in the garden.
But what about making a life isn’t tedious?
And what of our tedium isn’t miraculous?

Flowers bloom, food grows from green stalks.
We cook, wash the dishes, make the beds, brush our teeth.
we stay fed and (mostly) healthy, free to love and be loved.
And over each noxious weed, an angel whispers, “Grow!”

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Chris Guppy @guppytree.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

This is as far as the cartridge will go, and there's a gap between the barrel and the tip. I'm sure I'm doing something wrong.....

Hand holding a green fountain pen by a window.

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Chris Guppy @guppytree.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

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Chris Guppy @guppytree.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Any seasoned fountain pen users out there? I got a Kaweco pen for Christmas and can't figure out how to use it. 😫 Loose ink leaked everywhere, and the cartridges I bought are too long. Help!

Inky fingers and disassembled fountain pen on an ink stained paper towel.

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Chris Guppy @guppytree.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Hey, Fort Collins! Find me (and 15 other amazing local artists) at the Wolverine Farm Publick House "Yart Sale." 11 am to 2 pm, upstairs!

Cyanotype image with text on top. "Wolverine Farm Publick House Yart Sale/ October 26, 11 am - 2 pm/ Everything under $30/ 316 Willow St."

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Chris Guppy @guppytree.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

I'm facilitating a FREE poetry-as-resistance workshop coming up on Monday, September 22, at 6pm Mountain Time. Everyone's welcome! Register here: writingheights.member365.com/public/event...

Black background, white text and image of quill crossing with a sword. Text reads: Use Your Words: Poetry as Resistance. Free online workshop. September 22, 6pm MDT. Register at www.writingheights.com/events/classes.

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Chris Guppy @guppytree.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Garden glory! I love mid- and late July.

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Chris Guppy @guppytree.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Recent batch of ecoprints and cyanotypes from the backyard garden!

Three handmade greeting cards dyed with flowers and leaves.

Cyanotype greeting card with California Poppy

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Chris Guppy @guppytree.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Inspired by @lizgilbert.bsky.social and her post about mistakes. Something I badly needed to hear. Thank you.

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Chris Guppy @guppytree.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

I'm attending this session next Monday to get the full story on the disaster that's currently happening. acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...

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Chris Guppy @guppytree.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Here is my mask, a take on the Welsh story of Blodewedd, aka Flower Face.

Photo of me standing in front of a decorated ceramic mask, mounted on the wall.

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Chris Guppy @guppytree.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Channeling rage.

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Chris Guppy @guppytree.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Anybody else need a little relief from the world?

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Chris Guppy @guppytree.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Creating something hopeful and fun on a spring day at the end of the world. Inspired by the work of Rachel Hazell.

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Chris Guppy @guppytree.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

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Chris Guppy @guppytree.bsky.social · 17/08/2024

James Potter Guppy, named before a Certain Author ran off the rails....

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Chris Guppy @guppytree.bsky.social · 22/07/2024

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Chris Guppy @guppytree.bsky.social · 29/12/2023

Lucky me! I got the Phantomwise Tarot by @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social for Christmas! It's a beautiful deck, and the first tarot deck I've used that feels encouraging and not scary. 😍

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Chris Guppy @guppytree.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

Happy banned books week!

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