D M Gordon

Before ICE, this happened. Traffic, a child watching. This is a poem from LEAF SHEEP on Substack. #poem #poetry #dog #innocence #guns #police #ICE ddmmgordon.substack.com/p/free-radic...

To my international friends, please know Americans have been protesting every day of these 2 years. Street corners and overpasses.Small groups. Massive demonstrations. Not covered by media. To my American friends, prompt folks who might sit this out. Tell it, Bernie. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp3w...

If you vote early, you take your name off the lists for volunteers getting out the vote, enabling them to be more effective. Pass it on!

Searching for a small moment of grace? You're 60 seconds from soothing your heart. Read this. #poem #poetry #JamesWright #horses #kindness #grace #LeafSheep ddmmgordon.substack.com/p/a-blessing

How do we live with the torrent of news, horrific, hourly. Read “Prisoner, Tea, Dog,” a #poem in solidarity on Leaf Sheep, a brief Substack. #poetry #dog #ReadingTheNews ddmmgordon.substack.com/p/prisoner-t...

Today, the air is full of ladybugs as far as I can see. Blue, blue sky. Orange, yellow, red, green leaves. It's Ladybug Day, where they gather at south windows, looking to be let in for the winter. Some will find their way. They are living their own best lives. #insects #ladybugs #beetles #autumn

Here’s a fun thing. A reading on an orchard hilltop in Massachusetts, honoring the Year of the Horse, at the height of leaf-peeping. Need a little adventure? Find us tomorrow Oct. 9, at dusk, nibble fresh cider donuts, take in a little verse. There be a pumpkin patch. Distant views. #poetry #poems

In case you’re curious, this is a prose poem. Not just a poem without line breaks. Not a story. Something else. Something beyond—see what you think. #poetry #poem #ProsePoem #donkeys #burros ddmmgordon.substack.com/p/b-is-for-b...

Don't forget Kyiv.

Here are some nice mushrooms

Picking myself up. Dusting myself off. Read the poem on Substack! #poem #poetry ddmmgordon.substack.com/p/thursday-s...

A greeting, three, in the woods. (Four, including me.) #nature #deer

He (they) don't represent us, don't speak for us. He (they) act without our authority. They are not righteous. What he (they) are doing is wrong, wrong, wrong.

If you rub alfalfa on your shirt, a donkey will try to eat your shirt. Might come in handy, but there are 14 things you need to know more. Read this week’s poem by Jack Ratliff on Leaf Sheep. #poetry #poem #donkeys #LeafSheep ddmmgordon.substack.com/p/fifteen-th...

I'm reading The Children's Book by A. S. Byatt, with @simonhaisell.bsky.social, his Footnotes & Tangents on Substack. 1890's British countryside. Burne-Jones & William Morris, adult fairytales, ceramic art, dark puppet shows, lush & lyrical. Forest & shore. Shadowy, twisty, heavenly. #literary

❤️❤️❤️ Needed this! You?

Hello, you!

Capybara. They are not us. Read the poem on Leaf Sheep. Sit a moment with them in their hot spring. ddmmgordon.substack.com/p/hydrochoer... #poem #poetry #capybara #animals #zen

It's all coming.

Today’s Canadian painting is “One and the Same” painted by Vicki Smith.

More joy. I can't stop watching this one. Medicinally necessary it after Michael Luttig's dire warnings in The New Republic about Republican plans to overturn lawful midterm results. newrepublic.com/article/2151... substack.com/@raisini/not... #midterms #BabyGoats

I've been busy polishing the final edit on GABRIEL, a novel, before publication production, so haven't been here much. This is a little dip in and out, 60+ seconds—hope it brings you as much joy as it does me: www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_Z-... #dog #agility #happiness

How now? A madman?

Listen up!

On LEAF SHEEP today, a classic; "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird." Here's one way: 🐦‍⬛ Among twenty snowy mountains, The only moving thing Was the eye of the blackbird. 🐦‍⬛ There are twelve more! Read them all on LEAF SHEEP. ddmmgordon.substack.com/p/thirteen-w...

This one hurts. Gloria Steinem Is, as of yesterday, no longer with us. She had a clarity. She was a beacon, a true great, and it was wondrous, back then, to spend weeks with her in residence at Hedgerbook on Whidbey Island. #Gloria #feminist #activism #writers #friends

A scene from a different era. I can feel my fevered brain come down a notch...I'll try to stay here as long as possible.

Yay! Bluesky has brought me a Wayne Thiebaud painting this morning! This one emotionally darker than others, but what is the light without the dark?

These flowers celebrate MY PERSONAL NEW YEAR (aka birthday). This is the year I get stronger, healthier. This is the year GABRIEL, a novel about a boy, adrift, a lifetime literary achievement, enters production for publication & will be making its way. #novel #publication #writingcommunity

Have you been phished? Aren't you curious about the person behind the letters in your inbox, the fake profiles on social media? Fake editors looking at your work? #YahooBoys blew me away...we live in alternate universes right here on the planet. #scams #nonfiction #phishing #Nigeria #AI #predation

Wonderful... in all senses of the word.

The Empire State Building went pink at exactly 9:25pm for Dolly Parton. Because of course they made it 9 to 5. That’s how you honor an icon. 🩷

Even great poets can't write a great poem every time. This ...is a great poem. You can read it on LEAF SHEEP. #Poem #Poetry #GalwayKinnell #Flowers #FeelGood #DMGordon #LeafSheep ddmmgordon.substack.com/p/saint-fran...

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In the middle of war, is it crazy to doggedly witness beauty? Kyiv. The beautiful city. The beauty of everyday lives. Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social is an everyday hero Not letting us forget. This is a #poem, read aloud, a tribute to her work. #Poetry #Ukraine

Beautiful.

"He plays. Kyiv lives."

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Canada has officially started building the wall at the U.S. border🇨🇦😂 Budget: a few trees Construction crew: 1 beaver 🦫 Payment: maple syrup 🍁 Sorry for the inconvenience, eh? 😂 #Canada #CanadianHumour #SheShed

It's time for the sun golds, as only one can get raised at home, picked so full of sugar that they will split open in hours. #garden #food #tomatoes #August #harvest

My friend Vati is inspiring. Years now, she's bed-bound & in increasing, unimaginable pain. She writes flash & novels—godspeed her race to stay ahead of disease. Please read this flash piece. Lyrical & deeply moving. #Writing #WritingCommunity #flash hilltownacu.substack.com/p/its-been-a...

What happens if you leave a door open long enough? What happens if a cat? What happens if your read this small poem on Leaf Sheep and let Jane Hirshfield in? #Poetry#Poem#PoetryCommunity#WritingCommunity #Writing #cat #animals ddmmgordon.substack.com/p/a-small-si...

Here's a wonder. A whole little life... so much more than we think. #nature #insects #Ladybugs www.youtube.com/watch?v=THD6...

Surprise yourself this week. Spread your wings! Buy a book of poems. #Poetry #Poem #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #Writing

David Hockney (1937-2026) #Art