Kimberly O'Connor

writer & teacher

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  • Thanks by W.S. Merwin

  • Let Them Not Say by Jane Hirshfield

  • Book Launch 2 @ Lighthouse Writers

    Thanks so much to everyone who came to my October 15 book launch at Book Bar! A few photos from it are above. I wish I had remembered to take that post-it off the book cover! Since the October 15 event sold out (gasp!), I’m so happy to announce another…

  • Register for the launch of White Lung!

    Registration is open for my book launch! If you’re in the Denver area, join. me at Book Bar on Friday, October 15 at 7:00 PM. Register here. And stay tuned for information on upcoming readings, including a hybrid event with Lighthouse Writers Workshop with a Zoom option on November 5!

  • White Lung is available for preorder!

    I’m so excited to announce that White Lung is available for preorder! You can find it at Book Bar, Amazon, and anywhere you buy books, including your favorite local bookstore!

  • Lit Fest at Lighthouse Writers Workshop

    I’m excited and honored to be a part of two events at Lighthouse Writers Workshop’s 2021 Lit Fest! Lit Fest at Night: Faculty Reading, June 5, 2021 at 7:15 MDT. Register here. Free! Poetry and White Supremacy: Fighting Racism in Your Lyric Poems. June 12, 2021 at 4:00 PM MDT.…

  • Save the date for a book release!

    Wow, I can’t even say how many times over the past decade I dreamed I would be able to announce this: At long last, White Lung will be released by Saturnalia Books on October 15, 2021! I’d love to have you join me to celebrate with a party and reading…

  • Write and read with me this summer!

    I have a few exciting announcements! First, I’ll be teaching a seminar called Poetry and White Supremacy: Fighting Racism in Your Lyric Poems at Lighthouse Writers Workshop’s Lit Fest on Saturday, June 12, 2021. Check out and register for my class here. And I’ll be reading “at” Lighthouse on Saturday,…

  • Dog Park, January 20, 2021

    Oh fellow Americans at the dog park,we are united in our love of dogs and our lack of fenced backyards,and so we come together on this evening in the 13th month of 2020 under the lightof a single street lamp and a half moon rising to let our happy animals…

  • Threshold

    Meaning the point at which the dam breaks, the valley flashes silver. You wake to a cottonmouth snake on your pillow. The tail side of truth is beauty is that lies are a borderless blue meadow. In my dreams I am somewhere I can’t find my way out of.