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Lana Hechtman Ayers

@lanaayers23.bsky.social
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Cat momma, dog momma, star gazer, coffee-less coffee lover, poet

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Lana Hechtman Ayers @lanaayers23.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Grateful to Sarah Law for publishing my poem "Starlight Sonata" in Amethyst Review. #poets #poetrylovers #poetry amethystmagazine.org/2026/01/10/s...
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Starlight Sonata – a poem by Lana Hechtman Ayers
Starlight SonataTonight starlight washes my bare shoulders the waymy grandmother once did as I sat in the bath long ago,water from the wrung cloth always cooler, tickledas she sang to me and splash…
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Lana Hechtman Ayers @lanaayers23.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Free from Want by Lana Hechtman Ayers oneartpoetry.com/2025/11/27/f... Thanks to Mark & Louisa & Happy Thanksgiving to all! #poets #poetry
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Free from Want by Lana Hechtman Ayers
Free from Want I never understood why my mother ordered less pastrami than corned beef for Thanksgiving, since it was pastrami, oozing grease like a Texas oil derrick, that was more popular, devour…
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Lana Hechtman Ayers @lanaayers23.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
If you missed the fabulous MoonPath Press Poetry Book Release Reading for Victoria Wyttenberg & Joseph Powell, here is your chance to catch the recording. youtu.be/6FhoCk8iASI #poetrylovers #poetry #poets
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Poetry Book Release Reading for Joseph Powell and Victoria Wyttenberg
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Stone Circle Review @stonecirclereview.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
POEM #276: "Keepsakes" by Lana Hechtman Ayers (@lanaayers23.bsky.social) "what the heart holds it holds despite rebuttals from blurred photos home movie reels or grandma’s pshaws & there are chrysanthemums growing in the past that move like a storm blowing in" stonecirclereview.com/keepsakes
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Lana Hechtman Ayers @lanaayers23.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Love this poem by Julie Barton. A reminder to us all. Litter open.substack.com/pub/juliebar...
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from Out With Lanterns, a daily poetry practice
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Lana Hechtman Ayers @lanaayers23.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Thanks to all at The RavensPerch for publishing my poem HEAVEN ON EARTH, KINDA BY LANA HECHTMAN AYERS theravensperch.com/heaven-on-ea... #poetry
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HEAVEN ON EARTH, KINDA BY LANA HECHTMAN AYERS - The RavensPerch
I want the dead to stop dying, immediately, retroactively even. I can’t handle another dead dog, dead aunt, dead lover, dead plumber, dead fly even. Why can’t we all just live forever? Learn to eat le...
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Lana Hechtman Ayers @lanaayers23.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Recording of the Poem After Poem Round Robin Reading featuring Sarah Carey, Tina Schumann, & Dorinda Wegener. 3 poets who were strangers prove how alike we all are are in under 90 minutes. A truly amazing reading! youtu.be/pg0NOPeWZRI #poets #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poetry #poet #skypoets
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June 22nd Poem After Poem Round Robin Reading
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Lana Hechtman Ayers @lanaayers23.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Recording of the Poem After Poem Round Robin Reading featuring Sarah Carey, Tina Schumann, & Dorinda Wegener. 3 poets who were strangers prove how alike we all are are in under 90 minutes. A truly amazing reading! youtu.be/pg0NOPeWZRI #poets #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poetry #poet #skypoets
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Lana Hechtman Ayers @lanaayers23.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Honored that singer / songwriter Sweet Harriet Riendeau has written a new song inspired by my poetry collection "Red Riding Hood's Real Life." Sweet Harriet is awesome. Take a listen, make it go viral: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYAi... #poets #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poetry #poet #skypoets
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RIDING HOOD AND THE WOLF
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Lana Hechtman Ayers @lanaayers23.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Delighted to share the video of our most recent MoonPath Press Poetry Book Release Reading featuring Lisa Ashley & Cindy Veach. youtu.be/aQPw0Q3FCE4 #poem #poets #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poem #poetry #poet #skypoets
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MoonPath Press Poetry Book Release Reading Featuring Lisa Ashley & Cindy Veach
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Lana Hechtman Ayers @lanaayers23.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Deep appreciation to Maya C. Popa for featuring a poem of mine on Poetry Today / Poems for Your Weekend. #poetsofbluesky #poetry #poem #poets #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #doglovers #pets
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Lana Hechtman Ayers @lanaayers23.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
#poets@bluesky, #poetry Would love to see you on Zoom March 7@ 6PM Pacific for a Blue Light Press reading with John Amen, Michael Malan, and me! RSVP to bluelightpress@aol.com to get the link lanaayers.com/News.htm
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Lana Hechtman Ayers: News & Recommendations
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Lana Hechtman Ayers @lanaayers23.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
#poetsonbluesky exterminatingangel.com/my-last-word/
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My Last Word.
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Lana Hechtman Ayers @lanaayers23.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
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Lana Hechtman Ayers @lanaayers23.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Thanks to @tathomas for this lovely pairing of my words with his art / photography. #bluskypoets #poets #poems
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Lana Hechtman Ayers @lanaayers23.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
My poem "Go With the Flow" @ ThimbleLitMag with thanks to Editor Nadia Arioli #poetry #poets www.thimblelitmag.com/2024/10/18/g...
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Go With the Flow
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Lana Hechtman Ayers @lanaayers23.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Poem After Poem Round Robin Rading Series #poetry #poets youtu.be/2CMDpk7Vs0c
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Poem After Poem Round Robin Reading Featuring Sandra Yannone, Dion O'Reilly and Lana Hechtman Ayers
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Lana Hechtman Ayers @lanaayers23.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Go With the Flow Thanks to Thimble! #poets #poetry www.thimblelitmag.com/2024/10/18/g...
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Protected: Go With the Flow
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Lana Hechtman Ayers @lanaayers23.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity Poem After Poem Newsletter week of 12/2 "The Glass Studio" by Sandra Yannone us18.campaign-archive.com?u=6b69f6043b...
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Poem After Poem Newsletter
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Kelli Russell Agodon @kelliagodon.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
"I began writing this poem about my own creative journey, and how long it’s taken me to stop holding back...fires in life can be great motivators for finding and freeing our own voices in the world. Now is not the time to hold back anymore. Now is the time to tell our stories." ~James Crews
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Lana Hechtman Ayers @lanaayers23.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
@kelliagodon.bsky.social #poet #poets #wompo My Freebird has to be one from the first book I ever published back in 2007:
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Lana Hechtman Ayers @lanaayers23.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
"Shoulders" by Naomi Shihab Nye
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Lana Hechtman Ayers @lanaayers23.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Though it may be dark, we are still here, still our good selves.
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Lana Hechtman Ayers @lanaayers23.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Beautifully sums up how so many of us are feeling now.
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