Sam Killmeyer is a writer and teacher living in Northern Colorado. She has published a chapbook, Again The Grass Again The Wind with Dancing Girl Press, and her poems have appeared in The Burnside Review, Mid-American Review, Moon City Review, RATTLE, and elsewhere. She received her MFA from Colorado State University and is at work on a full length collection of poems. When not writing, she is hiking, practicing her bakes for a future GBBO appearance, and making other weird art things out of ceramics, acrylics, or fibers.
Publications
Chapbook – Again The Grass Again The Wind– Dancing Girl Press – May, 2022
Event: Poetry Reading at Westminster College – Bleasby Colloquia Series – Oct. 26, 2022
Poem featured on the podcast The Slowdown by Tracy K Smith – Play Like A Boy – May 6, 2020
Articles For 350 Colorado:
350 Northern Colorado Wins $500,000 EPA Grant – Nov 29, 2022
Divest Colorado State University Campaign Launches – Sept 26, 2022
Principles of Climate Justice – April 1, 2022
Rest, Wintering, & Repairing Our Damaged Planet – January 1, 2022
7 Ways To Use Your Yard (Or Balcony!) To Fight Climate Change – October 1, 2021
Indelible Connection To Place: Site Fidelity By Claire Boyles – August 25, 2021
Electric Vehicles Won’t Save The Planet – April 28, 2021
10 Nature Poems To Read During National Poetry Month & Earth Day – March 25, 2021
Teaching Girls To Love The Earth – And Take Action To Protect It! – Jan. 28, 2021
Featured as Climate Hero of January 2021 – Sam Killmeyer
The Earth Doesn’t Care Who’s President – Oct. 28, 2020
Billionaires profit during the pandemic – at our (and the planet’s) expense – Sept. 1, 2020
How To Make Outdoor Recreation More Equitable – June 30, 2020
The Great Depression Brought The New Deal — Could This Moment Bring Us The Green New Deal? – May 1, 2020
Tips For Teaching Kids About Climate Change – March 31, 2020
Follow The Money . . . To Chase Bank – Feb. 28, 2020
Greenwashing – How Marketing Distracts From Effective Environmental Action – Feb. 2, 2020
Poetry Online:
“Play Like A Boy” RATTLE, Spring 2020
“When you tell me that you feel alone” RATTLE, Fall 2017
“Staring into Klein Bottles” Coal City Review, Summer 2016
“Pillsbury Crossing” Fjords Review Public Poetry Series, Fall 2015
Poetry in Print:
“how scientific this pressure” The Burnside Review, Summer 2018
“from Teeth Poems” Mid-American Review, Fall/Winter 2017
“Postcard to Riley, Kansas” Moon City Review, Spring 2017
“The Mental Hospital” Pith Journal, Spring 2016
“Plum Flesh” and “A Question” JMWW, Fall 2013, Fall 2014
Podcasts:
Blog
Why Is Everyone So Nostalgic About Blockbuster?
I just watched The Last Blockbuster on Netflix — which was funny, streaming a movie about Blockbuster on the site that killed Blockbuster. In the doc, they try to make the argument that poor management, debt, and the financial crisis are what really dug Blockbuster’s grave, but it’s a pretty weak argument. Especially when Blockbuster …
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Spring Magic
Things are starting to green and my tulips are pushing their heads up in the flowerbed. Purple crocuses bloomed a couple weeks ago, and when we had a gigantic spring snow storm, they survived being buried under two feet of wet, heavy snow. Many of the trees didn’t fair as well, and the city was …