Scott McConnaha @smcconnaha.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Contributor copy of the Wis. Fellowship of Poets 2027 Wisconsin Poets' Calendar arrived today! Honored to be among so many great poets. Copies may be purchased in many book stores throughout the state and online at www.wfop.org/2027-wiscons... 064 0
Scott McConnaha @smcconnaha.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Sad to hear of Wendell Berry’s passing. He’s been integral to my formation. Sharing this essay in grateful remembrance. #wendellberry substack.com/home/post/p-...substack.comNowhere Near ReadyWendell Berry told me so 031 0
Scott McConnaha @smcconnaha.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Love this. Sent it to my daughter who stirs up a nice amount of her own “good trouble” 130 0
Scott McConnaha @smcconnaha.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Here's one about one of my maverick heroes for #PromptCombo #Mavericks. Thanks @janpsolivagant.bsky.social! 242 0
Scott McConnaha @smcconnaha.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Really like this, David. Showed it to my wife and she smiled and said "I know why you like this." I'm not too keen on standing at concerts, either 😊. 110 0
Scott McConnaha @smcconnaha.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Thanks Jan! Even in the moment I just shook my head and laughed at the thought of “what the hell else could go wrong?” 010 0
Scott McConnaha @smcconnaha.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Hello @jenthorne.bsky.social and all! Here's my #promptcombo #stand. A work in progress. Keep going back and forth between prose poem and stanzas. 181 0
Scott McConnaha @smcconnaha.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Thank you @rodmannix.bsky.social @writingcommunity.bsky.social for the reposts! Always appreciate your support. 110 0
Scott McConnaha @smcconnaha.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Grateful to have been selected for this. Looking forward to working with the WFOP calendar team! I know I'm following some pretty impressive past editors. www.wfop.org #poetry #poets 132 0
Reposted by Scott McConnahaJen Thorne @jenthorne.bsky.social · 21/07/2026@rfsmith.bsky.social I manged to get it sort of how I wanted it, so here is my second offering for #RealPeople 🙏 #PromptCombo #Poetry 174316 0
Scott McConnaha @smcconnaha.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Like a cake baked with too much hope Love it! 110 0
Scott McConnaha @smcconnaha.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Love it, Dean. And you taught me a new word! Coruscating. Thanks 000 0
Scott McConnaha @smcconnaha.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Thank you, Dean. This really means a lot to me. 000 0
Scott McConnaha @smcconnaha.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Love this, Emily. Makes me smile at all the memories I've "gifted" my own children. We joke about the laughs they'll share at my funeral! 120 0
Scott McConnaha @smcconnaha.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Beautiful, Matthias. Sadly, too many people's story. 110 0
Scott McConnaha @smcconnaha.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Thanks so much, Jan. I really appreciate that. 010 0
Scott McConnaha @smcconnaha.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Oh wow...thank you so much, Emily. So glad you found a connection with this. It was a chance meeting. Helping a friend pick up a piece of wood working equipment from this old man. He was so proud to show us his farm scene and reveal a bit about his tough upbringing. But always smiling. 011 0
Scott McConnaha @smcconnaha.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Thank you @rfsmith.bsky.social for this week's #PromptCombo, #RealPeople. Here's my contribution. 4114 0
Scott McConnaha @smcconnaha.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Contributor copy of the Spring '26 issue of Bramble Lit Mag arrive today. Happy to have my poem "Unmoved" among so many other great pieces. www.wfop.org/bramble-lit-... 043 0
Scott McConnaha @smcconnaha.bsky.social · 30/06/2026We have some deer, too. Eating all my hostas. And we live in the middle of town! 000 0
Scott McConnaha @smcconnaha.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Love this scene, Dean. Especially poignant with all the fawns we are seeing around here right now. 100 0
Scott McConnaha @smcconnaha.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Great #promptcombo Jen! Here's my contribution. #monument @jenthorne.bsky.social 3115 0
Scott McConnaha @smcconnaha.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Thrilled to have my poem "America 253" featured on The New Verse News. Thanks @jamespenha.bsky.social! newversenews.blogspot.com/2026/06/amer...newversenews.blogspot.comAMERICA 253The New Verse News presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues. 033 0
Scott McConnaha @smcconnaha.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Red pistachio shells in the Marlboro ashes! That very image takes me back to my grandparents. Though my grandpa smoked Winstons. We put the shells in his ashtray. 100 0
Scott McConnaha @smcconnaha.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Wow. If that wasn't my childhood! And so much turned with one good, caring, patient teacher. 020 0
Scott McConnaha @smcconnaha.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Love this, Emily. So so true. “Tearing the pages of the book we want to read.” Great line that sums it all up. We are our own worst enemies 110 0
Scott McConnaha @smcconnaha.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Ha! What an image! Especially since he’s so timid 010 0
Scott McConnaha @smcconnaha.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Ha! Yes. Tongue in cheek. We have a goldendoodle. Though there certainly are days! Thanks so much for your kind words. Love the idea of an ethical taxidermist, but sure sounds gross. 110 0
Scott McConnaha @smcconnaha.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Wow! I love the progression, Jan. The build up of tension is quite palatable. Very nice. 110 0
Scott McConnaha @smcconnaha.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Thank you, Jen. Really appreciate your kind comments. And yes, the metaphor was indeed intended. A little iconoclastic thumb in the eye for all the misguided "patriots." 020 0
Scott McConnaha @smcconnaha.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Agree completely. So hard to imagine how we come back from this. 220 0
Scott McConnaha @smcconnaha.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Thanks, Paul for this week's #promptcombo #NothingMakesSenseNowadays. Here's my contribution. @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social 3165 0
Scott McConnaha @smcconnaha.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Indeed. Very much the unfortunate case in the U.S., too. 120 0
Scott McConnaha @smcconnaha.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Love the progression here, Emily. And, of course, your metaphors. "buds that sit tight as fists closed as a shuttered mind." Describes a lot of people I know 😊 120 0
Scott McConnaha @smcconnaha.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Really like this, Andy. The coopting of religion for personal gain. But I especially like your last line: "small people scared of who we might become." For me, this gets at people's unwillingness to look beyond others' ideas and to embrace what we all possess already. 120 0
Scott McConnaha @smcconnaha.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Love the progression of this piece, Debbie. Beautifully express your evolution. 110 0
Scott McConnaha @smcconnaha.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Very nice, Jan. "source beyond thought and sound." This line and the whole poem beautifully expresses the truly unknowable/unnamable. 110 0
Scott McConnaha @smcconnaha.bsky.social · 27/05/2026"and tortured in the names of other gods equally praying." Love this, Paul. This poem really gets at what I've been wrestling with when it comes to religion. Thank you! 111 0
Scott McConnaha @smcconnaha.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Love the progression of this poem, Fidel. Enduring and then coming out on the other side of the dark night. Beautiful. 110 0
Scott McConnaha @smcconnaha.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Ha! I love that! Thank you so much. Made me smile. 😊 110 0
