Christina M Rau The Yoga Poet

Montauk lighthouse sunset

Montauk lighthouse Sunset

Montauk lighthouse sun almost down

Montauk lighthouse lit up after dark

Thanks to The Bloomin Onion for sharing two of my poems: “Ferried” & “Montauk, 1967.”
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📸 Montauk lighthouse at sunset in December 2010. Been a few years, but I remember that cold whipping wind still.
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Tues, Mar 10, 3-6am: A Destinies Archives Cabaret Mini-Marathon! from 5/1/98 & 5/14/98: I-Con 17: Stony Brook Acapella Musicians "Filkertom"; from 8/4/00 & 8/11/00: I-Con 19: "Dankwert the Bard, Vocal Inquisition"; from 3/6/26: @lidoctorwhocon.bsky.social, @christinamrau.bsky.social & Patrick Thomas

New reel Weird choices
(I work out in the dark. Feel free to share your own odd fitness choices).
#fitspo #piyo #theyogapoet #meditatemoveandcreate #workoutmotivation

Thanks to @bloominonionlit.bsky.social for sharing my #poems!

Thanks much for this!

Happy International Women’s Day! 💕

“wishes for sons” by Lucille Clifton…

“I’m writing a book. I’ve got the page numbers done.”
— Steven Wright
#5amWritersClub #WritingCommunity #WriterSky #AmWriting

All good things logo brunette woman meditating on top of a ringed planet

Typewriter

Pizza box sculpture stacked with human head popping out

Woman standing in coffin with skeleton eating candy painted in the back

February is a short month, yet all good things came in heaps and waves.
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#booksky

Thanks to Destinies: The Voice of Science Fiction radio show on @wusbradio.bsky.social for sharing my poem “Things Are Getting Weird Around Here”
Listen here at 15:40
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#specpo #theyogapoet #radioshow #newyorkpoet
cc: @sfpoetry.bsky.social

Ha! From weird anatomy emerges a form poem!

So now I have flesh flaps. Not fat. Not saggy skin. Weird fleshy flaps in various places. It’s almost like wings. Is that a thing? Is perimenopause like a butterfly metamorphosis? Am I going to be able to fly when this fresh hell ends?
#womanhood #perimenopause

#HorrorCommunity
🖤 🧛 🦇 "Vampire Verses" published by @twisteddreamspress.bsky.social soon ends its NetGalley tour.
‼️📕 Proud to share:
we made it to p. 1 of MOST REQUESTED BOOKS!
@hwany.org @sfpoetry.bsky.social @dmcwriter.bsky.social @twisteddreamspress.bsky.social
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Blue typewriter

Typed poem about friendship

Typed poem about love

Table wit h Candy, a flower, and a typewriter

Got to type up impromptu #poems at a wedding. Grateful for this fun life!
#typewriterpoetry #WritingCommmunity #weddingplanners

ICYMI: Thanks to Destinies on @wusbradio.bsky.social for sharing my #poem “The Goldilocks Condition.”
Poem at 21:12
cc: @sfpoetry.bsky.social #specpo
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The Calm app changed a bunch of features, and my reaction was the opposite.
#meditation #selfcare

The temperature is 28 F with a wind chill of 10. My classroom has no heat. Today’s lesson: how words keep you warm?
#academia #highered #Englishprofessorproblems

What’s With That Voice People Use When Reciting Poetry?

Heh heh
#poetrycommunity
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Including shoutouts to @tlanetwork.bsky.social @realitygayspod.bsky.social @katiemanningpoet.bsky.social @talkingcomics.bsky.social @japansociety.org

All good things are here!
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I completed a two week workout routine for perimenopause and I’m still in perimenopause so I don’t think it worked.
#womanhood #fitspo #perimenopause

Fri, Jan 30, 11:30pm, A 41st space shuttle salute: Evelyn Husband's High Calling: The Courageous Life & Faith of Space Shuttle Columbia Commander Rick Husband (part 16). @christinamrau.bsky.social reads "The Goldilocks Condition", plus Patrick Thomas' Dear Cthulhu. Listen on 90.1fm & online: wusb.fm

ICYMI: Thanks to Destinies on @wusbradio.bsky.social for sharing my #poem “Lady-like.”
Poem at 12:32
Plus Star Trek, Apollo 13, and Wicked.
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cc: @sfpoetry.bsky.social #specpo

StayBall workout complete with my inability to get through it gracefully. Moral: Grace not needed when planking on a ball.
#theyogapoet #fitspo #athomeworkout #perimenopauseadventures

YOG’S LAW — or a Literary Writer's Guide to Getting Paid. Tip # 5 — Literary contests should benefit writers, not exploit them

YOG’S LAW — or a Literary Writer's Guide to Getting Paid.
Tip 5 Literary contests should benefit writers, not exploit them
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Even more art! Grateful for the time to enjoy it.
#themetmuseum
#art #museum #iloveny

Friends, our submissions are open to your works made along that fragile edge. We'd be honored to hold space for them heroinchic.weebly.com

“Can I eat a star? / Yes, with the mouth of time / that enjoys everything.”

— Nancy Willard

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This poem appeared in Household Tales of Moon and Water by Nancy Willard, published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982. Shared here with deep gratitude.

ICYMI: Thanks to Destinies on WUSB for sharing my #poem “Collision.”
Poem at 31:53
Plus Apollo-13 tales, Buck Rogers, and the score for #Avatar
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#specpo @sfpoetry.bsky.social

Art. Then more art. Good for the soul.
#societyofillustrators @japansociety.org
#art #iloveny