Tara Shea

@tsbhoney

a poetics of the flesh

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Tara Shea@tsbhoney· 22d

it's the summer of spending as much time with my very old dog as possible. and reading so many gd good books.

My dog, a blue tick healer mix, looks up at my smiling face while I hold his back and orange leash, a lake in central Virginia behind me

Tara Shea@tsbhoney· Jun 19

Wanna see my first king size quilt?

Under a pink blooming mimosa tree, I'm holding up a blue and white checkered quilt I made while standing on a chair.

Tara Shea@tsbhoney· Jun 9

When I moved into this house, this tree was small and bare. It was a surprise when it bloomed then, but 5 years later, oh my. I've worked hard on this yard and don't look forward to July's heat. Virginia's given some morning reprieve so far and I've just been reading poems here in the cool mornings

A photo of my backyard and raised beds and very big mimosa tree in bloom, little pink tufts all over

Tara Shea@tsbhoney· May 29

big recommend going to your best local book/record store to hear good poetry readings like this new anthology ed. by Allison Titus and Ashley Capps: The New Sentience, Reimagining Animal Poetry

I'm holding up the book New Sentience: Reimagining Animal Poetry, an anthology edited by Allison Titus and Ashley Capps while the reading happens in the background of a book and record store in Richmond, Virginia

Tara Shea@tsbhoney· Apr 19

Would you like to see my little native to VA columbine party area?

a little coral columbine flower garden behind a blue shed, with hostas and a camellia

Tara Shea@tsbhoney· Feb 20

This old man is getting too old. He fell down a few stairs and is limping today. Last few months he's started to have old dog ailments galore. I've had him almost 16 years. Tell me I can weather this coming storm.

my old blue ticked spotted dog sits on the carpet in the kitchen looking up at me with yogurt in his snout and lips begging for more

Tara Shea@tsbhoney· Nov 29

Pablo said he plans to spend the rest of his precious life being cozy!

I am taking a selfie squished into a small chair with my dog on my lap covered with a quilt over just his nose.

Tara Shea@tsbhoney· Sep 20

May I recommend a night with Lucy Dacus in the middle of 🌟all this🌟

Lucy Dacus singing with her full band on a dark stage in an old theater backlit by clear strobe lights

Tara Shea@tsbhoney· Aug 11

15 years ago me and this boi became soulmates and I can't believe how many lives I've lived with him by my side.

My blue ticker heeled mix smiles at the camera with his little tan paws half on a bench to pose for treats. He's wearing a blue harness and an orange leash and is missing a few bottom teeth.

Tara Shea@tsbhoney· Aug 10

I feel like following @hanvanderhart.bsky.social and their gentle, full persistence on rest, quiet, and poems has really influenced (!) me. I got away for a few days to quiet quiet mountains and no service and read Glück and others and it was good. I can keep being a part of this world now.

A book of Louise Glück poems open on my legs, my feet pressed into the wooden beams of a cabin, a green field in front of me.

Tara Shea@tsbhoney· Apr 24

Pablo at a park in front of the white flowers. Because he's almost 15 and still with me and I have lived at least 7 lives since 2010, when he became my everything.

My blue tick heeler mix dog, Pablo, sits like a good boy looking at me and the camera in front of a wall of white flowers. His mouth is open a bit and it looks like he is smiling. It is a sunny and green spring day.

Tara Shea@tsbhoney· Apr 18

A very important reminder!

Blue tick healer mix sits in the sun on green grass with a cute blue bandana, looking bored

Tara Shea@tsbhoney· Mar 15

I recommend a good hard hike with a good fun friend for these not good times. The body moving, the body exhausted, the body in awe, the body laughing. It revives me, readies me to work my way through.

I am standing on a rock at the top of Old Rag Mountain in Virginia, looking at the camera, the blue ridge mountains and blue sky behind me.

My friend and I am standing on a rock at the top of Old Rag mountain in Virginia and we are embracing each other with one arm, reaching our outside arms up and out to show that we made it to the top, the blue ridge mountains and blue sky behind us

My friend and I are crouching down and laughing at the top of Old Rag mountain in Virginia

Tara Shea@tsbhoney· Feb 28

How are you doing in these wild times? Me? Oh I'm okay. Yeah I'm hanging in there I feel like an adult who can stay informed and live her life yeah sure I'm fine I'm okay I'm fine* *buys more books and brings a foster puppy home then buys more books

I am holding 3 books of poetry in my hand by Li-Young Lee, Mary Oliver and an anthology edited by Kaveh Akbar and Paige Lewis. There is a little black puppy in a kennel in the background.

Tara Shea@tsbhoney· Feb 1

How many times do I need to remember that walking with my boy under any sky, amongst any set of trees, saves me? Every time.

A white woman in a yellow vest smiles at the camera with her blue ticked old dog beside her. There is a sunset over a lake behind them.

Tara Shea@tsbhoney· Jan 11

You need to see my boi Pablo in the Virginia snow today 🩵

A blue-ticked hound mix dog standing in the snow with his tongue out, wearing a crocheted bandana

Tara Shea@tsbhoney· Dec 9

Thanks for this. I am not very good at short poems but I made this one after a breakup and still love it:

Poem text:
Transformation

Swollen face. Tears
like hot glue. All these days
stuck wet to the skin.
My life is an arrow pointed
at the dusk-blue sky
and the dusk-blue sky is an arrow
pointed back at me. A bird sings.
I say things that may not be true.
A man in an orange vest jackhammers
the hell out of the concrete parking lot
outside my therapist’s office as I sob.
He jackhammers the hell out of it.

Tara Shea@tsbhoney· Nov 25

Norwood, Virginia. Where I've been writing for a few days.

A photo of a tree at sunset, with the horizon cutting across the center of the photo, the sky turning orange then pink then light blue then dark.

Tara Shea@tsbhoney· Nov 20

Pablo's 14 and a half. Every moment with him feels precious.

A blue tick heeled dog sits on a path in the woods in fall during the day, looking calmly at the camera.

Tara Shea@tsbhoney· Nov 16

In the dark times it’s good to watch people finish the Richmond half and full marathon. Pro-tip: keep your eye on the faces of runners just before the finish line.