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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I periodically cocoon, I know. I’m a painter now.

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Christeene Alcosiba @christeene.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Struck dumb in the best way by your gorgeous poem, “A Special Physiology,” @shannacompton.bsky.social

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Bloof Books @bloofbooks.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

April, you thrill of frilly yellow thangs & peeps of purple! You greeny hues tinkering among the mosses & the pippities of kinglets who flash their neon crowns! — @shannacompton.bsky.social #poem for day 15 bloofbooks.com/2026/04/15/1...

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April, you thrillof frilly yellow thangs& peeps of purple!You greeny huestinkering among the mosses& the pippities of kingletswho flash their neon crowns!You humectant, furling, swollenstre…

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Bloof Books @bloofbooks.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

I was writing this poem when my then-boyfriend, Useless, got arrested at a Gulf War protest in 1991 Steel-toe boots to the skull Steel-toe boots dive off the stage Steel-toe boots to the bottom of the fairly slimy pool — @shannacompton.bsky.social day 16 bloofbooks.com/2026/04/16/1...

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I’m so over itI was writing this poemwhen my then-boyfriend, Useless,got arrested at a Gulf War protestin 1991 Steel-toe bootsto the skullSteel-toe bootsdive off the stageSteel-toe bootsthe the bot…

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Bloof Books @bloofbooks.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

We slip shadows to each other across the mismatched table settings A group of misgivings & sentiments arrive, hang their jackets on the stool seats & order double everythings while you look btw the rough-hewn rafters & yr hands — @shannacompton.bsky.social day 17 bloofbooks.com/2026/04/17/1...

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Run it through a filterto clarify your thoughtsDark, light, midtonea muddle we call a garage saleWe slip shadows to each otheracross the mismatched table settingsA group of misgivings and sentiment…

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Bloof Books @bloofbooks.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

I tend to look at the clock once or twice a week when the numbers are my birthday. Sometimes three times. It means nothing. — @shannacompton.bsky.social on day 18 bloofbooks.com/2026/04/18/1...

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I tend to look at the clockonce or twice a weekwhen the numbersare my birthday.Sometimes three times.It means nothing.In the woods todaythe clock thing didn’t happenbecause I’m practicing not looki…

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Bloof Books @bloofbooks.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

I want you to think big here he said. The forest trembling behind him like water about to brim over lip of the leak bucket. Among them slipped the fallen bodies, the fruitfall of a season’s second glance. — @shannacompton.bsky.social poem for day 3 bloofbooks.com/2026/04/03/3...

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I want you to think big herehe said. The forest trembling behind himlike water about to brimover lip of the leak bucket. Among them slippedthe fallen bodies,the fruitfall of a season’ssecond glance…

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Bloof Books @bloofbooks.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Laundry is pretty concrete You’re washing & folding a shared idea once or twice a week for years Gently putting each other into neat little drawers — @shannacompton.bsky.social poem for day 4 bloofbooks.com/2026/04/04/4...

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I’m not sure I believe the summaryof the experiment of the women and the piles of worn shirts The collared and the tornThe frayed elbow The scuffed snapsflaking white paintLaundry is pretty concret…

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Bloof Books @bloofbooks.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I stand with fronds in my hands again awaiting the tinge of dawn— the first on the continent It comes w/ a breakfast package if you book early enough, like spring 3 years before But who am I to deny anyone these expansive views — @shannacompton.bsky.social day 6 bloofbooks.com/2026/04/06/6...

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I stand with fronds in my hands againawaiting the tinge of dawn—the first on the continentIt comes with a breakfast packageif you book early enough,like spring three years beforeBut who am I to den…

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Day 2. I also freelanced and painted. I’ll never make it to May. But I will go splat trying.

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Tap shoe a lost bag on a porch step a lie somebody told & stuck to —day 1 of 30 (Every year in April I try to write a poem a day in the best company) bloofbooks.com/2026/04/01/1...

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Tap shoe a lost bag on a porch stepa lie somebody told & stuck to. After all this timea bundle of questionslike an old coffee can full of bent nails. You aren’t saying what you thinkyou’re sayi…

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Reminder to Mainers: Vote NO on Question 1 tomorrow, Tues Nov 4. Protect absentee voting for the 40% of Mainers who rely on it. If we miss this boat, it will be that much harder to remove Susan Collins from her senate seat. See ya at the polls. 🗳️📬

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Union of Maine Visual Artists @umva-members.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Speaking of members and the food drive, join us in Camden on November 8! Shanna will collect donations during the meeting (and members may also take what they need from the bins). See the UMVA event calendars for details on both! theumva.org

Announcement graphic for the UMVA Midcoast/Downeast Chapter Gathering scheduled for Saturday, November 8, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Camden Public Library in Camden, Maine. The black and white text is on a lime green background with a photographic border of black and white collage paper scraps. See https://theumva.org for more details.

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Artists Helping Artists @umva-members.bsky.social To my fellow artists in the union, I’ve organized a little drop-in-the-bucket grocery card/food drive. Donate *or request a card.* Details at link. ❤️ (Requests are open only to members at this time, but may expand.) theumva.org/event/artist...

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Artists Helping Artists: November Food Drive – UMVA

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Been painting quite a bit, after years of not (mostly printmaking). Feels good, but for some reason I only put that stuff on Instagram.

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Nikki Wallschlaeger @nikkimwalls.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

"How to Survive Confusion" from my latest book Hold Your Own (Copper Canyon Press 2024).

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Nikki Wallschlaeger @nikkimwalls.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

"White House" from my first book of poems: Houses (Horseless Press, 2015).

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

40 down. But it’s rainy & cold so they are being very slow to dry. [Linocut covers for a poetry chapbook coming from @bloofbooks.bsky.social] I love having art hanging from the rafters in here. But it’s also all over the walls, stacked on the shelves, etc. I need a big flat file in the worst way.

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

🚫👑 Here is my free hi-res poster design you might want to print up for some reason this week 🚫👑 www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/m4riy...

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

The nor’easter is blowing in. No rain yet but the Old Man’d Beard knows.

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Framing stuff for my last 2 shows of 2025. Riverwalk will be at Craignair in Spruce Head, Maine. (🥂opening 11/19.) I love this beautiful custom frame, but I think I’ll cut a roomier mat window to show the signature line, or float mount to show the deckled edges? #Collagraph #PrintSky #Printmaking

Riverwalk, collagraph (itaglio ink on cotton paper). 10 x 8 image + frame. © Shanna Compton, 2025.
Two tones of ink—a very dark blue-gray at the top and a dark wine red at the bottom—create variations in a semiabstract scene with branching river and paths, an industrial building in the hills, and several large suns or moons.

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Today I get to paint though. And later a fall foliage hike.

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

I was down for a full 36 hours with my c*vid shot, once again. Fever, chills, mostly sleeping. I keep hoping it will be easier each time, but it isn’t. Still worth it though. I’ve had c*vid once and it was mild. As someone with genetic kidney disease I can’t risk it. (Get it while you still can.)

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

I love Maine deeply and it took us about 20 years to figure out how to get here. I intend to live here for the remainder of my days. But also: Right now I fantasize daily about leaving the US

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

LTC insurer’s new game is “crediting” days we’ve paid out of pocket as elimination days, processing them before the elimination days I documented for them to count. This stalling is tactic called “the drag.” But I don’t quit & I keep tight notes, so you might as well just pay my momma now.

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Yo Mainers, NO ON 1 next month. Between 30 and 42% of Mainers have used absentee ballots in recent elections. (Which is why this *already secure* option is being threatened with scaremonger language & utterly ridic “I was mailed a box of ballots by mistake” story. NO ON 1. Protect voting access.

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Just got a book royalty check. $7.88 ✨

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Ideally no things should cost money

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

It shouldn’t cost money to run for elected office G’night

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

The Medicare rep asked me if I was “using John Hancock as a metaphor or…?”

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Graham Platner is real. Standing right next to me. The vibe is goooood.

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

“This is my city. This is my city.”

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

If you happen to be near Blue Hill #Maine this week, my friend Caroline Sulzer and I will be sharing poems & artwork at the Blue Hill Public Library on Thursday. Come say hi? We’re going to read some poetry, show some slides, and talk about how our poetic and artistic practices are interrelated. ✨

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Shanna Compton & Caroline Sulzer
Poems + Pictures
Thursday, September 18 at 7:00 p.m.
Blue Hill Public Library
Howard Room, 2nd Floor
5 Parker Point Road
Blue Hill, Maine

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Can you believe anybody invites me to read my filth and nonsense inside library buildings no you’re so much smarter than that & i can tell by the number of weapons festively displayed on your holiday card

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

If the microplastics run for office maybe they’d be less poisonous & outstay their welcome on earth less aggressively than the ooze we lumpily continue to hold over own heads and ask please not to drip disgustingly down upon us especially not in the eyes think about it

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Oh ok the country is a green greasy headache with a side of mulch-vomit smell arrow combo bomb stitch-ripped undersided frenemies murder larp got it

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

The reels default feed over there is driving me batshit

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Heeeeyyyyy. I have a new book out. I’m doing an absolutely awful job telling anyone about it! The 50 #collage works in DEEP WHOOSH incorporate closed-caption sound effects. Because as a HoH poet/artist I’m fascinated by them both verbally & visually. + essay + 2 poems #VisualPoetry #ArtistBook

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Deep Whoosh — Black Square Editions | Unique Literary Works & Translations

Deep Whoosh collects 50 handmade cut-and-paste collages by poet, printmaker, and book designer Shanna Compton into a vibrant, layered, and often-witty artist’s book, complete with an essay on their ma...

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Trying to get my house mother-in-law clean

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

$10 it’s gonna be a prerecorded statement

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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

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Deep Whoosh — Black Square Editions | Unique Literary Works & Translations

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Platner: No one cares that you pretend to be remorseful as you sell out to lobbyists. Symbolic opposition does not reopen hospitals. Weak condemnations do not bring back Roe V Wade. Maine deserves better than Susan Collins.

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