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Sarah
Peecher

Poet, editor, curator, and teaching artist.

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starting something new using something old… aster’s time book is a hybrid poetry sci-fi story plotted across the pages of a plasterer’s timekeeping book from 1953. the prologue is live now on my substack! 👾

starting something new using something old… aster’s time book is a hybrid poetry sci-fi story plotted across the pages of a plasterer’s timekeeping book from 1953. the prologue is live now on my substack! 👾

first of all, thank you to everyone who preordered KEELING! preordered books will be mailed in late May or early June. you can still buy the book, of course, forever!

EDIT: Substack link in my bio! - also, as many a writer is doing these days, i'm making the move to leave instagram behind as much as possible aside from major announcements. i wrote more about my thinking and plans for my Substack newslettery creations in my first post going live April 18. subscribe so you can get it in your inbox then ✐ᝰ

first of all, thank you to everyone who preordered KEELING! preordered books will be mailed in late May or early June. you can still buy the book, of course, forever!

EDIT: Substack link in my bio! - also, as many a writer is doing these days, i'm making the move to leave instagram behind as much as possible aside from major announcements. i wrote more about my thinking and plans for my Substack newslettery creations in my first post going live April 18. subscribe so you can get it in your inbox then ✐ᝰ

a keeling tree, a keeling visual poem from the keeling archives 🌀📍

a keeling tree, a keeling visual poem from the keeling archives 🌀📍

a snippet of “the kiss” 🍒 now in @sillygoosepress ! scroll through to see the image that inspired the opening line of this poem, even though i’m terrified of snails 🐌

a snippet of “the kiss” 🍒 now in @sillygoosepress ! scroll through to see the image that inspired the opening line of this poem, even though i’m terrified of snails 🐌

pov: the wellness department has your outie send you a video-poem about a memory with your mom… ps: one week left to preorder the book this is published in!!
#severance #innie #outie #poetry #poem #poet #poetsofinstagram #poems #writing #poetrycommunity #poetrybooks #writer #memory

pov: the wellness department has your outie send you a video-poem about a memory with your mom… ps: one week left to preorder the book this is published in!!
#severance #innie #outie #poetry #poem #poet #poetsofinstagram #poems #writing #poetrycommunity #poetrybooks #writer #memory

happy wedding to the horners! keep staying on the same wavelength 🔊

happy wedding to the horners! keep staying on the same wavelength 🔊

played tourist today. 🏙️

played tourist today. 🏙️

an ode to snowy chicago via my grandpa’s old film camera

an ode to snowy chicago via my grandpa’s old film camera

CU soon 😉

don’t forget to grab a ticket if you haven’t yet!

CU soon 😉

don’t forget to grab a ticket if you haven’t yet!

letting you in on secrets about “on secrets”🗝️

#poetry #poems #poem #writer #writing #secrets

letting you in on secrets about “on secrets”🗝️

#poetry #poems #poem #writer #writing #secrets

some advance praise for keeling 🤩

we’re almost halfway through the presale period! why is it important to buy the book before its publishing date? well, your purchases signal to my publisher that you’re interested—that i do, in fact, have some readers who want to read this dang thing! and in response, my publisher is able to offer me greater distribution on all those sites people buy books on. so, i’d be immensely grateful if you can buy a copy, or at least share this to your story so other people might. thank you thank you thanks! ♥️

#poetry #poems #poem #poetrybooks #poetrybook #poetrycommunity #poetsofinstagram #poet #bookstagram #read #reading #readers #readersgonnaread

some advance praise for keeling 🤩

we’re almost halfway through the presale period! why is it important to buy the book before its publishing date? well, your purchases signal to my publisher that you’re interested—that i do, in fact, have some readers who want to read this dang thing! and in response, my publisher is able to offer me greater distribution on all those sites people buy books on. so, i’d be immensely grateful if you can buy a copy, or at least share this to your story so other people might. thank you thank you thanks! ♥️

#poetry #poems #poem #poetrybooks #poetrybook #poetrycommunity #poetsofinstagram #poet #bookstagram #read #reading #readers #readersgonnaread

all of this is under several inches of snow right now and that’s equally beautiful but i do just love fall colors. 🌾📷

all of this is under several inches of snow right now and that’s equally beautiful but i do just love fall colors. 🌾📷

heading to CU in march for a poem collage workshop ✂️🖋️

we’ll look at some examples from three innovative poets, make our own erasure poems, and add images and other materials to create a work of art you can take home and hang proudly on your fridge or wherever your heart desires! this workshop is designed to be beginner-friendly; no prior experience with poetry or collage necessary.

tickets will be available through @literarybookbar soon! i’ll update this caption when they’re up. :)

heading to CU in march for a poem collage workshop ✂️🖋️

we’ll look at some examples from three innovative poets, make our own erasure poems, and add images and other materials to create a work of art you can take home and hang proudly on your fridge or wherever your heart desires! this workshop is designed to be beginner-friendly; no prior experience with poetry or collage necessary.

tickets will be available through @literarybookbar soon! i’ll update this caption when they’re up. :)

inner child work, this inner child work that—what about yesterday you and today you? 🍂🍃

shoutout @rachelbredeweg for the cutie photo!

#poetry #poetrycommunity #poetsofinstagram #poet #poem #filmphoto #filmphotography

inner child work, this inner child work that—what about yesterday you and today you? 🍂🍃

shoutout @rachelbredeweg for the cutie photo!

#poetry #poetrycommunity #poetsofinstagram #poet #poem #filmphoto #filmphotography

florals on film from november-ish last year 🥀

florals on film from november-ish last year 🥀

a cutie collage workshop AND a cutie bachelorette both in the same weekend?!? 🤯

a cutie collage workshop AND a cutie bachelorette both in the same weekend?!? 🤯

i used to be good at keeping secrets, even from myself 🤫 you can read some of them in my new chapbook, tho

#poetry #poem #chapbook #poetrytok #BookTok #poetrybooks #poet #writers #writersoftiktok

i used to be good at keeping secrets, even from myself 🤫 you can read some of them in my new chapbook, tho

#poetry #poem #chapbook #poetrytok #BookTok #poetrybooks #poet #writers #writersoftiktok

i drove a dodge dakota almost all of high school. i didn’t always drive well… 😵‍💫❄️🛻

i drove a dodge dakota almost all of high school. i didn’t always drive well… 😵‍💫❄️🛻

i thought y’know movies have trailers so why can’t books? 📔 so here’s this to announce that my chapbook is ready for you (tho it won’t ship until later but it’s discounted until april so like please get it love you! 🥹)

i made this myself: the music and did the reading obvs and put together the lovely stock footage. thanks for looking

#poetry #poem #chapbook #poetrybooks #poetrybook #poet #writing #writers #writersofinstagram #readers #readerlife #booklover #bookstagram

i thought y’know movies have trailers so why can’t books? 📔 so here’s this to announce that my chapbook is ready for you (tho it won’t ship until later but it’s discounted until april so like please get it love you! 🥹)

i made this myself: the music and did the reading obvs and put together the lovely stock footage. thanks for looking

#poetry #poem #chapbook #poetrybooks #poetrybook #poet #writing #writers #writersofinstagram #readers #readerlife #booklover #bookstagram

join me in february for a poem collage workshop ✂️🖋️

we’ll look at some examples from three innovative poets, make our own erasure poems, and add images and other materials to create a work of art you can take home and hang proudly on your fridge or wherever your heart desires! this workshop is designed to be beginner-friendly; no prior experience with poetry or collage necessary.

tickets are $10 to help cover the cost of supplies, but please don’t hesitate to reach out to me if attending for free would be best for you. grab a ticket on the eventbrite link in my bio!

join me in february for a poem collage workshop ✂️🖋️

we’ll look at some examples from three innovative poets, make our own erasure poems, and add images and other materials to create a work of art you can take home and hang proudly on your fridge or wherever your heart desires! this workshop is designed to be beginner-friendly; no prior experience with poetry or collage necessary.

tickets are $10 to help cover the cost of supplies, but please don’t hesitate to reach out to me if attending for free would be best for you. grab a ticket on the eventbrite link in my bio!

woman before the mirror and a flat landscape🪞🌾

woman before the mirror and a flat landscape🪞🌾

sneak peek of the cover art for Keeling by Ryan Lucas! one more week until you can all see it in its full glory.

i saw this piece in his studio in a columbia college basement during my time there. a few key decisions he’d made in its creation struck a cord with me. the subject of the piece (there is a subject!) is turned away from the viewer, as if i were following the subject somewhere. the roiling colors and nearly metallic gray felt like it expressed rapid, flowing internal movement in the subject. it made me think of the mesmerizing way flames move. the subtle glow of the underpainting below the dark background wasn’t something i noticed until more recently, but those flames, that movement, is just under the surface everywhere.

thanks again, ryan, for lending your work!

sneak peek of the cover art for Keeling by Ryan Lucas! one more week until you can all see it in its full glory.

i saw this piece in his studio in a columbia college basement during my time there. a few key decisions he’d made in its creation struck a cord with me. the subject of the piece (there is a subject!) is turned away from the viewer, as if i were following the subject somewhere. the roiling colors and nearly metallic gray felt like it expressed rapid, flowing internal movement in the subject. it made me think of the mesmerizing way flames move. the subtle glow of the underpainting below the dark background wasn’t something i noticed until more recently, but those flames, that movement, is just under the surface everywhere.

thanks again, ryan, for lending your work!

“Past upon past has been planted in you,
in order out of you, like a garden, to rise.”
—Rainer Maria Rilke

“Past upon past has been planted in you,
in order out of you, like a garden, to rise.”
—Rainer Maria Rilke

🌾 Keeling season is incoming! if you catch me any time in february or after, i’ll give you a little gift to celebrate 😉 i’ll have more links and things, including for Keeling preorder, so so soon! more details about these particular events below:

Aftermath Reading
time: 2-4 pm
address: 1332 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL

Poetry Collage Workshop
address: Necessary and Sufficient Coffee, 728 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, IL
time: 1-2:30 pm

Poetry Collage Workshop
address: The Literary, 122 N Neil St., Champaign, IL
time: 6:30-8:00

Ekphrasis Workshop & Poetry Fest
address: Harold Washington Library, 400 S. State St., Chicago, IL
time: fest from 10-4:30, workshop TBD

🌾 Keeling season is incoming! if you catch me any time in february or after, i’ll give you a little gift to celebrate 😉 i’ll have more links and things, including for Keeling preorder, so so soon! more details about these particular events below:

Aftermath Reading
time: 2-4 pm
address: 1332 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL

Poetry Collage Workshop
address: Necessary and Sufficient Coffee, 728 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, IL
time: 1-2:30 pm

Poetry Collage Workshop
address: The Literary, 122 N Neil St., Champaign, IL
time: 6:30-8:00

Ekphrasis Workshop & Poetry Fest
address: Harold Washington Library, 400 S. State St., Chicago, IL
time: fest from 10-4:30, workshop TBD

spent the first day of 2025 reliving 2000-2004 with my family and laughing and commentating on all the memories.

1) at my grandparent’s dining table where i spent hours crafting
2) my dad interviews me. just before the clip he asked me to say hi to grandma and grandpa and i said “there’s no grandma and grandpa here.” him: can you say hi to grandma and grandpa? me: hi grandma and grandpa him: can you dance for them? me: what? him: can you dance for them? me: uh, i have tennis shoes on
*dancing ensues*
3) another selection from the dance routine to that good ol’ CCM music
4) my mom always slayed with the fits
5) changing “get out of my way!” to “please can you get out of my way?”
6) birthday!
7) knocked out in our house in ohio. dad’s commentary is the best here.
8) cutie family 🥹 mom’s look is iconic
9) big sister vibes with lil brother in his favorite blanket nest
10) first bike rides at our house the countryside in illinois

spent the first day of 2025 reliving 2000-2004 with my family and laughing and commentating on all the memories.

1) at my grandparent’s dining table where i spent hours crafting
2) my dad interviews me. just before the clip he asked me to say hi to grandma and grandpa and i said “there’s no grandma and grandpa here.” him: can you say hi to grandma and grandpa? me: hi grandma and grandpa him: can you dance for them? me: what? him: can you dance for them? me: uh, i have tennis shoes on
*dancing ensues*
3) another selection from the dance routine to that good ol’ CCM music
4) my mom always slayed with the fits
5) changing “get out of my way!” to “please can you get out of my way?”
6) birthday!
7) knocked out in our house in ohio. dad’s commentary is the best here.
8) cutie family 🥹 mom’s look is iconic
9) big sister vibes with lil brother in his favorite blanket nest
10) first bike rides at our house the countryside in illinois

a mirror poem reading for all your new-year reflections 🪞💌 #poem #poetry #newyear #newyearseve

a mirror poem reading for all your new-year reflections 🪞💌 #poem #poetry #newyear #newyearseve

reminiscing about the miami heat, warm ocean, and delightful food and drink we enjoyed during our summer anniversary trip on this sub-freezing december day. 🏝️ photos taken on canon ae-1 program with portra 800.

reminiscing about the miami heat, warm ocean, and delightful food and drink we enjoyed during our summer anniversary trip on this sub-freezing december day. 🏝️ photos taken on canon ae-1 program with portra 800.

patterns across the peecher timeline 🎞️💌

patterns across the peecher timeline 🎞️💌

happy halloweeeeen — this poem has nothing to do with it but it’s still fun and funky and there’s a mention of the backyardigans (missed my opportunity to dress as pablo or something this year hah). i loved doing a bit of an interview with @heavyfeatherrev and getting to discuss the process behind the poem too! link in bio for the video i put together reading the poem plus the full interview!

happy halloweeeeen — this poem has nothing to do with it but it’s still fun and funky and there’s a mention of the backyardigans (missed my opportunity to dress as pablo or something this year hah). i loved doing a bit of an interview with @heavyfeatherrev and getting to discuss the process behind the poem too! link in bio for the video i put together reading the poem plus the full interview!

upcoming @poetry.offthepage events! if you could really use some discussion around hope right now (which i think everyone really really does — the despair is heavy lately), come check out the exhibition and workshop co-curated by myself, @m.maryahpoetry, and @caseyvstelstudio.

the workshop is beginner-friendly and is built around one of our favorite poems by Ada Limón. if you’ve ever wanted to try your hand at writing a poem, madeline and i would love to teach you! and those with previous writing experience who would like a fresh approach are just as welcome, too.

links in bio to RSVP for either or both events!

art in first image by @ap_______pear

upcoming @poetry.offthepage events! if you could really use some discussion around hope right now (which i think everyone really really does — the despair is heavy lately), come check out the exhibition and workshop co-curated by myself, @m.maryahpoetry, and @caseyvstelstudio.

the workshop is beginner-friendly and is built around one of our favorite poems by Ada Limón. if you’ve ever wanted to try your hand at writing a poem, madeline and i would love to teach you! and those with previous writing experience who would like a fresh approach are just as welcome, too.

links in bio to RSVP for either or both events!

art in first image by @ap_______pear

📢 big news!!! 📢 plus a reading of “gallery talk” from the “calling home” reading hosted by @treoncalhoun and @comfort_station, and a throwback photo of the awkward and beautiful girl i attempt to speak with in the poem.

my first book of poetry, Keeling, is coming soon(ish) with @flpbooks!!! it’ll be a chapbook which will be available for presale in 2025 with publication NOT in early 2026, but actually 2025 as well [edited post update from publisher]!! don’t worry, i’ll definitely remind you when you can get your hands on it haha. thank you to those who have supported the development of this manuscript, whether in a workshop, at a reading, or by simply being a part of my life.

📢 big news!!! 📢 plus a reading of “gallery talk” from the “calling home” reading hosted by @treoncalhoun and @comfort_station, and a throwback photo of the awkward and beautiful girl i attempt to speak with in the poem.

my first book of poetry, Keeling, is coming soon(ish) with @flpbooks!!! it’ll be a chapbook which will be available for presale in 2025 with publication NOT in early 2026, but actually 2025 as well [edited post update from publisher]!! don’t worry, i’ll definitely remind you when you can get your hands on it haha. thank you to those who have supported the development of this manuscript, whether in a workshop, at a reading, or by simply being a part of my life.

🎞️⚾️📓🎆🍊

🎞️⚾️📓🎆🍊

i’m a bit late, but my poem “double exposure: short drives” is out in the world via @agapanthuscoll! they paired it with a gooood photo you all should go see on their website. 🛻

i’ve since retitled my double exposure poem series to be “diplopia,” the word for seeing double, often due to dizziness. happy to have the initial title published, too, because both versions are important!

#poetry #poem #poetsofinstagram

i’m a bit late, but my poem “double exposure: short drives” is out in the world via @agapanthuscoll! they paired it with a gooood photo you all should go see on their website. 🛻

i’ve since retitled my double exposure poem series to be “diplopia,” the word for seeing double, often due to dizziness. happy to have the initial title published, too, because both versions are important!

#poetry #poem #poetsofinstagram

mitten(s) weekend !! 🧤🐾

mitten(s) weekend !! 🧤🐾

🏡 home has been many places for me in short spurts of time, though my earliest concept of it is rooted in the fields of central Illinois.

home is all your people in close proximity, or at least within driving distance, and it starts with a place: land and plants and sky and big bodies of water. i’ll be bringing my best little house on the prairie childhood and probably things i’ve written about my transplant life in Chicago to @comfort_station. excited to listen to all the poets in this lineup crafted by @treoncalhoun.

hope to see lots of you there ⭐️ p.s. swipe through to see me and eli cooking dinner in our cleveland home five years ago :)

🏡 home has been many places for me in short spurts of time, though my earliest concept of it is rooted in the fields of central Illinois.

home is all your people in close proximity, or at least within driving distance, and it starts with a place: land and plants and sky and big bodies of water. i’ll be bringing my best little house on the prairie childhood and probably things i’ve written about my transplant life in Chicago to @comfort_station. excited to listen to all the poets in this lineup crafted by @treoncalhoun.

hope to see lots of you there ⭐️ p.s. swipe through to see me and eli cooking dinner in our cleveland home five years ago :)

🍴🎵✌️

🍴🎵✌️

shoutout to the girls who are bumpin charli and staying home on a friday night to read — that’s my kinda brat summer

shoutout to the girls who are bumpin charli and staying home on a friday night to read — that’s my kinda brat summer

mom bought us matching hats 🧢 🧢

mom bought us matching hats 🧢 🧢

cutest lil anniversary celebration!! thank you so much to everyone who came and made this such a good fun lil time — y’all really brought the best vibes. here’s to another five years and another and another forever and ever.

cutest lil anniversary celebration!! thank you so much to everyone who came and made this such a good fun lil time — y’all really brought the best vibes. here’s to another five years and another and another forever and ever.

i got so sunburnt yesterday but i’m glad i went out :)

i got so sunburnt yesterday but i’m glad i went out :)

me n em! plus snippets from the eclipse outside of roosevelt and in the art institute gardens. 🌙

me n em! plus snippets from the eclipse outside of roosevelt and in the art institute gardens. 🌙

hard to pick faves from this roll but here’s part one from hanging with rachel and grant at montrose beach and the aquarium 🌊

hard to pick faves from this roll but here’s part one from hanging with rachel and grant at montrose beach and the aquarium 🌊

just out here looking at art with friends and drinking my little drinks and trying to make a lotta things

just out here looking at art with friends and drinking my little drinks and trying to make a lotta things

onigiri bite in reverse, making the most absurd face lmao — not as good as the ones from 7/11 in japan, especially the kimchi ones 🤤, but a nice lil brekkie nonetheless

living for moments of good food, listening to beyoncé’s new album & joni mitchell’s old albums & adrianne lenker always, & ending up writing songs in my notes app when i’m trying to nap. i can’t wait for summer & wearing different clothes & miami with eli & music outdoors.

onigiri bite in reverse, making the most absurd face lmao — not as good as the ones from 7/11 in japan, especially the kimchi ones 🤤, but a nice lil brekkie nonetheless

living for moments of good food, listening to beyoncé’s new album & joni mitchell’s old albums & adrianne lenker always, & ending up writing songs in my notes app when i’m trying to nap. i can’t wait for summer & wearing different clothes & miami with eli & music outdoors.

hey you 🫵 this is your formal invitation to write some poems with me! all experience levels are welcome :) also yes i made this for tiktok first you can find the link in my bio okay

#poetry #poetryworkshop #writing #chicagopoetry

hey you 🫵 this is your formal invitation to write some poems with me! all experience levels are welcome :) also yes i made this for tiktok first you can find the link in my bio okay

#poetry #poetryworkshop #writing #chicagopoetry

tourist-in-my-home-city, jacket-carrier kinda weekend with @rachelbredeweg & co. didn’t get many photos on my phone but the film photos w i l l be comin.

tourist-in-my-home-city, jacket-carrier kinda weekend with @rachelbredeweg & co. didn’t get many photos on my phone but the film photos w i l l be comin.

i already miss my bes-tea 😭 & the incredible lighting in the last photo

i already miss my bes-tea 😭 & the incredible lighting in the last photo

my caffeine intake gets marginally larger every january. i wonder why 🤔

my caffeine intake gets marginally larger every january. i wonder why 🤔

as the great boygenius once said “i’m 27 and i don’t know who i am, but i know what i want.” i think i’m figuring out who i am, and we’re just making it up as we go along anyway! if 26 taught me anything, it’s that i am capable of a lot and there is so much life ahead of me. cheers to a new year for us all! 🥂✨

as the great boygenius once said “i’m 27 and i don’t know who i am, but i know what i want.” i think i’m figuring out who i am, and we’re just making it up as we go along anyway! if 26 taught me anything, it’s that i am capable of a lot and there is so much life ahead of me. cheers to a new year for us all! 🥂✨

the poem i wrote the ending to with a meme in my head was nominated for The Pushcart Prize and i kept forgetting to post about it until now! you can read the whole thing by getting a copy of +doc via my bio, if you like. that’s all! carry on!

the poem i wrote the ending to with a meme in my head was nominated for The Pushcart Prize and i kept forgetting to post about it until now! you can read the whole thing by getting a copy of +doc via my bio, if you like. that’s all! carry on!

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Catalogue of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Gay

Ama Codjoe's poems in Bluest Nude

Bright Dead Things by Ada Limón

Letter to Arthur Sze from Penngrove, an epistolary essay by Forrest Gander in The American Poetry Review

Ursula Le Guin's genius speculative fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness

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