Then, the devastating poem, "it is not the stones/but the child's mound" from @mehpoeting.bsky.social flight-literary.ghost.io/matthew-e-he...

Do I have a new collection in preorder from @wayfarerbooks.bsky.social coming out in the spring? Why yes I do!

We could use some more submissions! Give our editors @mehpoeting.bsky.social and @mfitejohnson.bsky.social some great things to read! porcupineliterary.submittable.com/submit

Tonight!

Since this thread is getting long, a reminder: Share this free registration link wherever you find poetry lovers. You can donate, click the #TransLifeline link at the bottom of the page: beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com November 8, 2025 2:00-3:45 pst 4:00-5:45 cst 5:00-6:45 est

More samples to entice you to tomorrow's BBBS reading: Two poems by Matthew E. Henry @mehpoeting.bsky.social www.mehpoeting.com/updates-and-...

This is tomorrow! The Reading is free. Just register for the Zoom call in the link. And if you can donate, click the Trans Lifeline link at the bottom of the page: beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com November 8, 2025 2:00-3:45 pst 4:00-5:45 cst 5:00-6:45 est

join me and my fellow locke-chinned and wolf-cheeked and stubble-lipped bards to raise a bunch of money for Trans Lifeline while hearing poems too

Narrowing dozens of powerful poems down to 6 #Pushcart nominations was no easy task. Every poem in the collection was worthy. thechaossectionpoetryproject.com/2025/10/26/p... @merrildsmith.bsky.social @mehpoeting.bsky.social @mother-poet.bsky.social @bartbarkerpoet.bsky.social @merhere.bsky.social

"Most of my friends are outdoorsy folk—campers, hikers, foragers. White. Always searching for some new site or adventure or hidden gem... Ask me what’s beneath it all. I lovingly tell them to go fuck themselves." "Biophobia" in @manifeststation.bsky.social www.themanifeststation.net/2025/10/21/b...

Congrats to Lit Fest alumni @victoriachang.bsky.social Jim DeFilippi & Matthew E. Henry on recent publications/pods.

This reading is FREE. (We are raising funds, but that is by voluntary donation according to ability.) It is online, so you can attend from ANYWHERE. Early registration is NOT required, but it helps us with planning. Register and/or learn more: beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com

Biophobia by Matthew E. Henry Opening the first bin we found plates, cups, saucers, and other dishware. Not fine china, but they appeared expensive-adjacent in the way of antiques.... #Writingcommunity #essay #cnf #creativenonfiction #writers bit.ly/4qrkxy0

Less than a month away!!!! Listen to live Lit and raise funds for @translifeline.org. Register now at: beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com

My tiny little poem “metaphor” was published in issue 13 of Molecule!

“when asked why I don't play well with others” and “when asked why nothing surprises me anymore were just published in The Radical Teacher www.mehpoeting.com/updates-and-...

I'm thrilled to share that HEMICRANIA has won the 2025 Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize from the New England Poetry Club, selected by Matthew E. Henry, a phenomenal poet I have long admired. A thousand thank yous to him, NEPC, and Chestnut Review for publishing it.🤩 Congrats to the incredible finalists!!

We're so excited to announce our nominees for the 2026 Best of the Net anthology! Stay tuned for a look into these great works 📸

Congratulations to this year's Best of the Net nominees from Identity Theory!

The Bearded Bards of BlueSky are back!!!! Join us online for two readings featuring stellar lineups of amazing poets and writers to raise funds for @translifeline.org. Check out the website for details (including zoom registration link): beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com

Teachers! We need your words (now more than ever)! Send us your poems, CNF, and stories. We want your protests, your triumphs, your adoration, and your care. porcupineliterary.submittable.com/submit

Best of the Net Nomination from The Lit Nerds www.mehpoeting.com/updates-and-...

Today’s featured piece from Issue 3 is @mehpoeting.bsky.social's micro, “The Quiet Part.” This one had us from the title, and the structure, the use of the |, and all the things the narrator doesn’t have to say aloud, had us 👀 Read it here: inshortjournal.com/matthew-e-he...

Announcement time! October 14th, 7:00 Eastern: Hear poems from @clbpoetry.bsky.social, @mitchnobis.bsky.social, and @djvorreyer.bsky.social! Hosted by the amazing @readinstead.bsky.social! Hit the eventbrite link to register. NAWP! www.eventbrite.com/e/a-nawp-rea...

Teachers, parents, and people who know high school aged creative writers, The Weight Journal is open for submissions! www.theweightjournal.com

Hey, so, for various reasons I haven't been able to do a slew of readings for my new book like one is supposed to do, which means I have a handful here still. Let me know if you want a signed copy dropped in the mail sometime this week! DM for details, Venmo, CashApp, whatever.

Want to help your elementary students level up their academic discussion skills? Try a Socratic seminar—the junior version ☺️ #ElementaryTeacher #EduSky

🎶 Everything sucks so make some books! 🎵 Everything sucks so write some books! 🎵 Things are terrible & stupid? You kinda want to cry? Submit your manuscript—give art a try! 🎵 Everything sucks so write and sub your booooooks! 🎶 [holding the smile while clearly trying to catch breath]

"Stage Proxemics," my latest creative nonfiction piece, was published by Pangyrus. www.pangyrus.com/essay-memoir...

Up early reading submissions with my favorite assistant editor—Flight 2 is open for submissions in all genres!

The Book of Jobs #LaborDay oneartpoetry.com/the-book-of-...

Matthew E. Henry (MEH) returns with a new Letter to America: "watching a production of The Tempest after a colleague asked about my relationship with white women". https://www.terrain.org/2025/poetry/letter-to-america-henry-2/ #poetry #poem #politicalpoetry #race

"nothing but the reminder of how "a" tragedy is not "the" tragedy" Come for the powerhouse language, stay for the disaster with "...it is not the stones/but the child's mound" by @mehpoeting.bsky.social flight-literary.ghost.io/flight-1/

I'm honored to have my poem “…it is not the stones, / But the child’s mound—" (a golden shovel from Robert Frost’s “Home Burial”) published in the inaugural issue of @flightlit.bsky.social. flight-literary.ghost.io/matthew-e-he...

Friends! Enemies! Acquaintances! Flight 1 is now live! Read our inaugural issue here: flight-literary.ghost.io

Three days until submissions open! Tell your friends! Tell your enemies! Tell your mom who doesn't understand what literary magazines are and wishes you would go to law school!

Day 24 of #thesealeychallenge with Matthew E Henry after an amazing reading at #theoldmanse in Concord. #NEPoetryClub

Poetry is such a varied genre. To show the kind of poetry we want to publish in Flight, we needed someone who had a strong voice, vivid images, and a sense of humor. But who the hell checks all those boxes? Enter @mehpoeting.bsky.social

Flight opens for submissions on August 30th, at 10am AK time (2pm Eastern) To celebrate our first sub call, the first ten submitters will get free feedback on their submissions. Check out our submission guidelines here: flight-literary.ghost.io/submission-g... and help us out by sharing this!

Day 8 of the #sealeychallenge August 8th- The Third Renunciation, Matthew E Henry This is an all time favorite for the Flight Crew, and when we were thinking about who to solicit for Issue 1, Matthew came to mind right away

PSA: IT'S AFTER AUGUST 1ST SO YOU MISSED THOSE SUBMISSIONS YOU WERE GOING TO GET AROUND TO BEFORE AUGUST 1ST!

Byrd—49, disabled, Black—was walking home when three white men—one he thought a friend, had known his whole life—offered him a ride in a grey Ford pickup. ... “oh God! please stop!!” appears in the South Florida Poetry Journal

“the first letter of Paul to the Church of [name withheld on advice of counsel] is about the ICE detention of Pastor Daniel Fuentes Espinal and appears in @newversenews.bsky.social. The apostle Paul's thoughts to a Christian denomination in the US. newversenews.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-...

NVN Thursday at Substack: Matthew E. Henry (MEH)’s #newspoem “The First Letter of Paul to the Church of [name withheld on advice of counsel].” thenewversenews.substack.com/p/nvn-thursd...

Saint Paul, imagined by Matthew E. Henry (MEH). is appalled by ICEstapo’s arrest of Pastor Daniel Fuentes Espinal and of the reaction of so-called Christians on social media to the arrest. MEH’s #poem is “The First Letter of Paul to the Church of [name withheld on advice of counsel].” bit.ly/3Jcsgyz

Two poems up at Cultural Daily "when asked what poets should do in response" & "when asked to read a poem for the Black History Month assembly, again" www.culturaldaily.com/matthew-e-he...