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www.thehorrorzine.com/Poetry/May20... I’m a featured poet in this months The Horror Zine! Check out the link for my poems: A Ghost Perhaps, Anita, Through The Crack, and Ones And Zeros. You can also buy a physical copy of the magazine online! #thehorrorzine #lessardwrites #poem #blueskypoet #poet

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FIRST DRAFT:BE SAFE OUT THERE Thinking about all of those putting there livelihood and safety on the line today. You are the true patriots. #poem #poetry #poet #chapbook #dailypoem #dailypoetry #blueskypoetry #blueskypoet #blueskypoem #protest #patriot #writer #writing #morningwords #words #unite

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FIRST DRAFT: WHITE HOLE #whitehole #poetry #poet #poem #chapbook #firstdraft #dailypoem #dailypoetry #blueskypoem #blueskypoetry #blueskypoet #bluesky #blueskywriter #blueskywriting #writer #writing #maine #mainewriter #metaphor #subconscious #subconsciouswriting #flowofconscious #beatpoet #beat

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FIRST DRAFT: SOME SMALL THIRST #poetsofbluesky #blueskypoem #blueskypoet #firstdraft #poem #poetry #poet #chapbook #poemeveryday #dailypoetry #dailypoem #writing #writer #somesmallthirst #small #thirst #sheers #stomach #other #otherworld #otherworldy

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My wife has been sick and I’ve been sleeping on an air mattress in the living room #whatisbed #poetsofbluesky #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry #bed #mattress #sheets #pillows #headboard #comforter #boxspring #sandybeach #leafygreens #mainepoet #chapbook #lessardwrites #sandybeach #beach #mothersarms

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It’s 4:07pm. Do you know where your beet is? Here’s a hint: LOST COAST. Thurs-Mon 11-4pm. . #lostcoastme #kittery #maine #gelostclub #votelostcoast #beetfarming #beet #lostbeet #vintage #records #midcentury #resale #funnyvideo #selfemployed #toys #collectibles #thriftstorefind #bosslady #junkshop

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Chapbook restock! All the larger format ones are 20+ pages with 20+ poems and some sort of short and illustration(s) and are $12 or two for $20. Mini one $8. Stop into lostcoastme.bluesky.com or hit me up to get one or a few. #lessardwrites #lostcoastme #chapbook

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FIRST DRAFT: HUMAN ONCE This is a response to seeing viral dance videos juxtaposed against images of human suffering on my social media feed. What are our priorities and how will we be judged by future generations? #blueskypoem #blueskypoetry #blueskypoet #poet #poem #poetry #chapbook #dailypoetry

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FIRST DRAFT:WARMTH VERSUS THE WIND The seasons are changing around here, but winter isn’t giving up. #poetsofbluesky #poetryofbluesky #poemsofbluesky #poem #poet #poetry #chapbook #dailypoetry #firstdraft #mainepoet #firstdraft #selfpublished #author #selpublishedauthor #writing #writer #dragon

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First Attempt at a Tanka Poem. First Draft:Plumb Fingers #tanka #tankapoem #blueskypoem #blueskypoetry #bluesktpoet #poem #poet #poetry #chapbook #dailypoem #dailypoetry #author #selfpublished #selfpublish #plumb #plumbbob #strum #fingers #harukimurakami #firstpersonsingular #poems #japan #japanese

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FIRST DRAFT:FATHERLESS Don’t have any kids, but did have one for about thirty seconds in a pizzeria yesterday, when a little girl thought I was her father.❤️ #lessardwrites #writer #writing #poem #poetry #poet #blueskypoem #blueskypoetry #blueskypoet #firstdraft #fatherless #selfpublished #chapbook

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Not a haiku, but maybe a haiku. FIRST DRAFT: I AM OVER EVERYTHING #blueskypoetry #blueskypoem #blueskypoet #poet #poem #poetry #dailypoetry #poemeveryday #published #publishedauthor #author #selfpublished #chapbook #poetrychapbook #overeverything #iamovereverythig #skincells #bookshelf #dust #skin

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LAST DAYS: featured in my chapbook Potato Country and The Portland Dirt issue #2. Both available @lostcoastme.bsky.social #lostcoastme #theportlanddirt #potatocountry #chapbook #author #poet #poem #poetry #blueskypoem #blueskypoetry #blueskypoet #lastdays #orangebeef #selfpublished #maine

submitted 125 days ago • 0 comments

The Anniversary/Snow Days: First Drafts. Went to go see The Anniversary last night. Hadn’t seen them in 20+ years. They did not disappoint! #theanniversary #snowdays #poem #poet #poetry #blueskypoem #blueskypoetry #blueskypoet #snow #firstdraft #chapbook #lessardwrites #poemsforsale #portlandme

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Amazing what our friends, neighbors, and family members are willing to sacrifice for themselves and others for a false sense of security. Security is love Security is community #blueskypoem #blueskypoetry #blueskypoet #poetcommunity #poet #poem #poetry #gun #guns #guncontrol #community #love #fear

submitted 127 days ago • 0 comments

Some books at work. Read My Heart Is A Chainsaw, Mew, and 20th Century Ghosts. Would recommend all.

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Got an Aura photograph with my wife last night. Doesn’t quite have to do with writing, but was a moving experience nonetheless. #aura #auraphoto #aurapicture #auraphotography #instax #photography #instant #light #radiate #radiant #blue #purple #magenta #green #theveil #plane #otherworldly

submitted 128 days ago • 0 comments

Some of Jon’s favorite vintage pieces in the shop right now. Check out @lostcoastme on Insta or FB for purchase! #blueskyvintage #blueskyvintagecommunity #vintage #vintageclothing #vintagecommunity #vintageclothingcommunity #nirvana #vintagenirvana #thewho #tshirts #vintagetshirts #graphictshirt

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FIRST DRAFT:WHAT WE ONCE WERE #firstdraft #whatweoncewere #poetry #poem #poet #blueskypoem #blueskypoetry #bluesskypoet #writer #writing #selfpublished #selfpublishing #author #chapbook #grandmother #chickens #blackwaterroad #creamation #dailypoetry #death #deathpoem #deathpoetry

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Some cuts are deep and don’t heal. Why do I hold onto things that I know will hurt me? FIRST DRAFT:HIVE #firstdraft #hive #honey #poetry #poem #poet #blueskypoetry #blueskypoem #blueskypoet #trauma #stepmother #chapbook #author #dailypoetry #dailypoem #dailypoet #superballsunday #mainepoet #bees

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FIRST DRAFT: FREEDOM AT THE ALTER OF INDIFFERENCE Sometimes it just comes out all at once and it takes some time to understand what it means. #blueskypoem #blueskypoetry #blueskypoet #poet #poem #poetry #firstdraft #firstdraftpoem #knife #sacrifice #blade #chapbook #selfpublished #author #alter

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FIRST DRAFTS: BURNT TONGE/WHAT REMAINS #blueskypoetry #blueskypoet #blueskypoem #poem #poetry #selfreflection #burnttongue #whatremains #author #poet #chapbook #selfpublished #dailypoetry #poetryeveryday #firstdraft #firstdrafts #blueskywriter #blueskywriting #written #writtenword #therepy #wordup

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FIRST DRAFT:NO HARM Cat jaw Furried flat against my paw Bushy bum buried Within the indent of my arm Uncleft, closed clawed, no harm #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry #blueskypoem #poem #poetry #poet #chapbook #firstdraft #noharm #poetry #author #selfpublished #bushybum #catpoetry #mainepoet #catpoem

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FIRST DRAFT:LIKE A CAT I DIDN’T HAVE THE ENERGY TO DO ANYTHING THIS MORNING OR LETHARGY TO DO NOTHING AS WELL SO I STAYED CURLED IN BED UNDERNEATH ALL THE COVERS I CURLED LIKE A CAT WITH ITS TAIL #blueskypoem #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry #poet #poem #poetry #writer #author #chapbook #firstdraft #1

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First Draft:Your Touch. #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry #bluesky #poet #poem #author #publishedauthor #selfpublishedauthor #chapbook #poetry #dailypoetey #firstdraft #ifigetlost #yourtouch #writing #writtenword #words #wordsaremagic #lessardwrites #selfportrait #writer #writtenword

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Chapbooks I’ve put out since September. Blueberry Boys and Other Observations, Potato Country, and Fractured Light. #chapbooks #poetry #shortfiction #selfpublished #poetry #poems #cutandpaste #photocopy #blueberry #boys #blueberryboys #potatocountry #potato #country #fracturedlight #blueskypoet

submitted 144 days ago • 0 comments

A couple first drafts from the other day. #firstdraft #firstdrafts #poem #poems #poetry #selfpublished #published #publishedauthor #author #kittery #maine #maineauthor #mainepoet #yellowandblack #yellow #black #wander #pencil #paper #pencilandpaper #writer #creativewriting #writing

submitted 144 days ago • 0 comments

Had no black paint, just the spray paint underneath the white. And I did have an engraving scribe. Necessity and/or laziness is the mother of invention.

submitted 145 days ago • 2 comments

First Drafts: Rough Draft/Earthquakes. Where Horror and Poems meet are some of my favorite places. Enjoy! #earthquakes #maineearthquake #roughdraft #firstdraft #blueskypoem #blueskypoetry #poetry #poem #poet #author #publishedauthor #selfpublished #chapbook #mainepoet #maine #kittery

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First Draft: What Words #whatwords #firstdraft #poet #poem #nowords #blueskypoet #blueskypoetry #poetry #writer

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