Cassie Premo Steele
Bestselling and award-winning environmental writer.
Novels: Beaver Girl, The ReSisters, & Shamrock and Lotus.
Nonfiction: Earth Joy Writing, Moon Days, and We Heal from Memory.
7 books of poetry.
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www.cassiepremosteele.com
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- My latest column in @postandcourier.bsky.social ‘s Free Times about the rural and wild places in South Carolina features a queer poet farmer and my dear friend at @honkytonkfarms.bsky.social www.postandcourier.com/free-times/o...
- In the encampment Our tax dollars have built By those who planned it Under ears of rabbit In light more dim than lambent His childhood vanished. Thousands more wait for our dissent. Time for a new president. #vss365 #lambent
- In response to today’s #vss365 prompt, I offer this handwritten poem called Poetry. Full text in alt. #rain
- My 26 yo daughter recently learned to crochet and here is the bunny she made for her European black satin rabbit. #rabbitsofbluesky #bunniesofbluesky
- Grammy for the acceptance speeches with the most soul go to Bad Bunny and Billie Eilish. The award for a literal soul goes to Luther Vandross. #vss365 #soul
- My wife used to tease me that when I get angry, my childhood Minnesota accent comes out. Now she knows it’s the sound the heart makes as it thrums its way to justice. #vss365 #thrum #Minnesota @nicollewallace.bsky.social
- Two small loops: eight Glide across ice: skate Sum on scale: weight Satisfy: sate Run behind: late Nice night out: date Hide human beings without due process, including children and the elderly and sick, in detention centers without adequate care or food or oversight: obfuscate #vss365 #obfuscate
- Once I watched my wife Calm a dog from her quiver And I knew I would marry her. The woman, not the dog. Our dog is a boy and we’re queer. #vss365 #quiver It’s #TerrierTuesday somewhere
- 5 Aphorisms for Our Times Truth doesn’t wear boots Democracy has deep tap roots Lies always lose to facts The opposite of wane is wax Ignorance is never an excuse #vss365 #wane
- Reposted by Cassie Premo SteeleMinnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
- Immigration was a ruse. Crime, too. Remember the trans excuse? And the book hullabaloo? It was always about power. The irony is that they can’t have it unless we give it. More violence means more people see through it. Because all the wisdom teachers knew: Peace is the breakthrough. #vss365 #ruse
- My wife and I trying to counteract the negativity upon waking.
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- Every time I watch Mainz with my wife and they say the name of Stefan Bell, I think of Vanessa and Virginia, and every time they say Hollerbach, I say, Ain’t no. I expect there are maybe two people in the world who will understand this, but you are my people. #Bundesliga
- Minnesota Haiku Ice may be coming. Careful where you step. Don’t slip. Hold tight to our grip. #vss365 #slip
- Squirrel Mating Season It’s official Like a whistle In the lady’s thistle He aims his missile She does bristle There’s a skiffle From his chisel A quick drizzle Mutually beneficial Time to fit more seeds in #vss365 #drizzle
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- Some Thoughts on Deer, Foxes, Birds and What Nature Can Teach Us About Collective Trauma 💚 @loftliterarycenter.bsky.social @ecolit.bsky.social #environmental #mindfulness #writing open.substack.com/pub/cassiepr...
- Dear World, Now that we have unmoored ourselves from the peace between us, we do hope you can come to see us as an abused child who cannot speak up because fawning is a common trauma response during ongoing violence. And take appropriate action. Love, U. S. #vss365 #unmoor #Trump #BoardofPeace
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- An Early Valentine Coders work on the Backend Stock market has a Downward trend Gardeners harvest in the Bend Nurses help us on the Mend Lawyers are meant to Defend The postal carrier will Send And you will always be my Girlfriend #vss365 #bend
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- Spots are available for my Tuesday evening class at @loftliterarycenter.bsky.social starting in February! The perfect antidote to these trying times. 💚🌳💚 #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #nature #journaling #mindfulness #environmental #writing loft.org/classes/eart...
- My first #vss365 post was on February 19 of last year, and since then I’ve written and posted a poem every day. I’m noodling over ways to celebrate the anniversary with this beloved community next month. Let me know if you have ideas or would like to participate! #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
- Yes, clouds and shadows Can loom, causing fear and Anxiety and gloom, but so Can hope and rays of Sunshine. So let’s choose To be the weave that creates Harmony in weft and groove. #vss365 #loom
- Martin Luther King Greets Renee Good Stop, dear. Veer away From fear. Look here. This wren Is clear: My message Is now And always was Love For everyone, By which I mean The poor, Brown, Immigrant, And Queer. #vss365 #veer
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- Sometimes while knitting I come across a dapple Of difference in the skein, And my mind whirls To a scene of sheep, Smell of lanolin on Me as my newborn Sleeps, rising in memory, And I think this is Why we are here, To touch skin to wool To skin again, love made Visible and clear. #vss365 #dapple
