Lex Orgera
@crowandthepoet.bsky.social
2026 National Poetry Series winner. Poet, essayist, herbal history buff, animal friend, woods wanderer, editor, doodler. AGATHA poems out now. crowandthepoet.substack.com.
Well, this thing happened. I really had been on the verge of giving up. Then I had a come to Jesus with myself that basically went like this: You know you’re not going to give up so stop hemming and hawing. Don’t give up?
September 21, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Well, this thing happened. I really had been on the verge of giving up. Then I had a come to Jesus with myself that basically went like this: You know you’re not going to give up so stop hemming and hawing. Don’t give up?
Dog after my heart.
May 19, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Dog after my heart.
One of my favorite places.
May 15, 2026 at 5:23 PM
One of my favorite places.
Poetic plants: mother of thousands.
May 10, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Poetic plants: mother of thousands.
Dispatches from the car repair office.
March 16, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Dispatches from the car repair office.
Early spring blooms, Iran’s saffron, 16th century paintings of witches…one of my more stream of consciousness moments!
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The Weather Witches
Springtime, Iran's saffron, Dürer's best student, & two wild paintings
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March 10, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Early spring blooms, Iran’s saffron, 16th century paintings of witches…one of my more stream of consciousness moments!
crowandthepoet.substack.com/p/the-weathe...
crowandthepoet.substack.com/p/the-weathe...
Bluish sky it should be.
January 27, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Bluish sky it should be.
Well, I had a little FB tantrum because it’s the only place I know I have conservative connections. I told my t-rump loving relatives that these murders are on their hands. Oops.
January 25, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Well, I had a little FB tantrum because it’s the only place I know I have conservative connections. I told my t-rump loving relatives that these murders are on their hands. Oops.
Up this week: migraine, torn tendon, and oppressive regime. Yeehaw.
January 10, 2026 at 4:15 AM
Up this week: migraine, torn tendon, and oppressive regime. Yeehaw.
I do not understand how anyone likes season 4 of the Witcher. What a hot mess. What a boring, horrible dialogue, hot mess.
December 14, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I do not understand how anyone likes season 4 of the Witcher. What a hot mess. What a boring, horrible dialogue, hot mess.
Wordle just told me there was only one possible solution left when there were definitively two possibilities. I know because I tried both. Yes I read the analysis. I’m that guy.
December 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Wordle just told me there was only one possible solution left when there were definitively two possibilities. I know because I tried both. Yes I read the analysis. I’m that guy.
I can’t figure out why I sat around watching Gilmore Girls all week, but…I HAD THIS SHIRT!
November 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I can’t figure out why I sat around watching Gilmore Girls all week, but…I HAD THIS SHIRT!
I need a while extra drawer just for my lounge pants. This is the height of decadence.
November 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I need a while extra drawer just for my lounge pants. This is the height of decadence.
Starting the week like this thanks to one naughty dog:
November 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Starting the week like this thanks to one naughty dog:
You do realize that your personal relationship with Jesus Christ is really just a relationship with yourself, right? Call it what you want. I’ve named my brain Beatrice and we have great talks.
November 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
You do realize that your personal relationship with Jesus Christ is really just a relationship with yourself, right? Call it what you want. I’ve named my brain Beatrice and we have great talks.
Halloween highlights:
I made a little candy altar guarded by Raven and her shadow.
A sweet little ninja hugged me.
Weapons was not scary, but I enjoyed it nonetheless.
I made a little candy altar guarded by Raven and her shadow.
A sweet little ninja hugged me.
Weapons was not scary, but I enjoyed it nonetheless.
November 1, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Halloween highlights:
I made a little candy altar guarded by Raven and her shadow.
A sweet little ninja hugged me.
Weapons was not scary, but I enjoyed it nonetheless.
I made a little candy altar guarded by Raven and her shadow.
A sweet little ninja hugged me.
Weapons was not scary, but I enjoyed it nonetheless.
Reposted by Lex Orgera
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
I’m doing a reading today right before our town’s No Kings. There will either be crickets or a big crowd. Either way, I’m good if everyone has their eyes trained on the protest. Even if one of my poems wishes scabs on the scrotum of the oppressor. 🤍
October 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I’m doing a reading today right before our town’s No Kings. There will either be crickets or a big crowd. Either way, I’m good if everyone has their eyes trained on the protest. Even if one of my poems wishes scabs on the scrotum of the oppressor. 🤍
Reposted by Lex Orgera
Happy pub day to Lex Orgera!
-Agatha-
This is not just a book about the body but a profound exploration of what it means to inhabit one.
-Agatha-
This is not just a book about the body but a profound exploration of what it means to inhabit one.
October 13, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Happy pub day to Lex Orgera!
-Agatha-
This is not just a book about the body but a profound exploration of what it means to inhabit one.
-Agatha-
This is not just a book about the body but a profound exploration of what it means to inhabit one.
Well that’s that.
October 11, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Well that’s that.
Over on IG I posted this with the Halloween theme song, which was one of my better ideas today. Another of Agatha’s cute quips from my upcoming book AGATHA.
September 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Over on IG I posted this with the Halloween theme song, which was one of my better ideas today. Another of Agatha’s cute quips from my upcoming book AGATHA.
