Contributor features from ballast 4.2: Here’s Rocío Cerón,translated by Dana Delibovi @danadelibovi.bsky.social See more in the issue www.ballastjournal.com/ceron-rocio-... #contributorfeature #poetry #poems #ballast #RocíoCerón #DanaDelibovi

¡Genial! ¡Qué honor!

Contributor features from ballast 4.2: Here’s vincent a celluci and “once upon a time in security” See more in the issue (and hear the poet read!) www.ballastjournal.com/vincent-a-ce... #contributorfeature #poetry #poems #ballast #VincentACellucci

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Contributor features from ballast 4.2: Here’s Sam Calhoun (@weatherman_sam on IG) and “Stewart’s Point” See more in the issue www.ballastjournal.com/sam-calhoun #contributorfeature #poetry #poems #ballast #SamCalhoun

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“Blah Blah Blah” That’s me in UGLY GROUND SWELL MOSS. Thanks for reading, @neonpajamas.bsky.social www.carbonationpress.com/catalog-2/02...

My translation of Rocío Cerón's poem, "Omens, Stone Upon Stone" just came out in the ever-elegant Ballast Journal @ballastjournal.bsky.social—thank you editors Sara Judy and @jacobschepers.bsky.social for including our work in this graceful issue of excellent writing 💙 #poetry #translation

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New issue of @ballastjournal.bsky.social dropped today! Check it out www.ballastjournal.com/issue-42-tab...

I have two new poems up at ballast today! Thanks to editors Sara Judy and @jacobschepers.bsky.social for such hard work each issue. www.ballastjournal.com/jeffrey-heck...

Head on over to @ritualdaggerzine.bsky.social to check out a piece from VASECTOMAJESTIC 😘 ritualdagger.neocities.org/zineposts/ja...

Jacob Schepers, Ugly Ground Swell Moss / @jacobschepers.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/06/jaco...

I love this book.

UGLY GROUND SWELL MOSS, my new collection (and second full-length) is available to order NOW 💫 I’m beyond grateful to everyone involved in unleashing this work, Greg Bem and Carbonation Press especially! www.lulu.com/shop/jacob-s...

The Franco Institute held the first annual Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton Culture and the Public Good Symposium on Friday, April 10, 2026. Look forward to more moments from the day and more conversations about *Attention* to follow!

Contributor features from ballast 4.1: Here’s Dennis Hinrichsen with “drip-dry buffalo” See more in the issue www.ballastjournal.com/dennis-hinri... #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #DennisHinrichsen

Contributor features from ballast 4.1: Here’s Ben Egerton with “Currency” See more in the issue www.ballastjournal.com/ben-egerton #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #BenEgerton

Tomorrow's the big day! The Franco Institute is honored to welcome our four speakers for the 2026 Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton Culture and the Public Good Symposium on Friday, April 10. franco.nd.edu/events/2026/...

Contributor features from ballast 4.1: Here’s Marthine Satris with “Wrack Line Elegy” @msatris.bsky.social See more in the issue www.ballastjournal.com/marthine-sat... #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #MarthineSatris

LOOK: 2026 Art, Art History, and Design Exhibition is open until April 10 with a closing reception on April 7. Look responds to the Franco Institute's 2025-26 research theme of attention. Closing Reception: 🗓️ Tuesday, April 7, 4 - 5pm 📍 O'Shaughnessy Gallery East, O'Shaughnessy Hall

Contributor features from ballast 4.1: Here’s Maia Sauer with “Risk” See more in the issue www.ballastjournal.com/maia-june-sa... #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #MaiaSauer

Contributor features from ballast 4.1: Here’s Peach Delphine with “wasn’t barter but trade-“ See more in the issue www.ballastjournal.com/peach-delphi... #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #PeachDelphine

Contributor features from ballast 4.1: Here’s Matt Turner from 6AMING And don’t miss the full collection coming later this year from @antiphonyjournal.bsky.social See more in the issue www.ballastjournal.com/matt-turner #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #MattTurner

Contributor features from ballast 4.1: Here’s Robyn Art with “My Strange Addiction” See the poem in the issue www.ballastjournal.com/robyn-art #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #RobynArt

Check it out! So pleased to bring this new ballast issue to the surface.

Event notice: a lunch talk on February 5, 2025. Prof. David Chiang from the Department of Computer Science will give a talk titled “What Is a Language Model?” The talk is open to the public, and a Zoom link will also be provided.

🚨 Registration now open for the 2026 Day | Merton Symposium 📍 Downes Ballroom, 7th floor Corbett Family Hall, University of Notre Dame 🗓️ April 10, 2026 | 3:30-6:30 PM (A poster session for "attention" theme research begins an hour prior) Details & registration here: franco.nd.edu/events/dorot...

🌸🌸🌸 Here’s Rebecca Valley and “January in the Japanese Garden” for ballast 3.4’s contributor features Read the full poem here www.ballastjournal.com/rebecca-valley #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #RebeccaValley

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN! The Franco Institute invites the community to join us March 3 at Stockroom East for an Evening with N. K. Jemisin. This is a free but ticketed event with limited seating availability. Visit our event page for our Eventbrite link. franco.nd.edu/events/2026/...

Here’s Misha Tentser and “Sacred Heart” for ballast 3.4’s contributor features Read the full poem here www.ballastjournal.com/misha-tentser #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #MishaTentser

year-end review because it’s vital to share how art and creativity not only happen in spite of difficulties and dumpster fires but as a refusal to accept the dumpster fires Grateful to the editors, collaborators, contributors, journal neighbors, press mates, & readers: Community > gloating

Here’s Hannah Azar Strauss and “Warner’s Lolly” for ballast 3.4’s contributor features Read the full poem here www.ballastjournal.com/hannah-azar-... #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #HannahAzarStrauss

Here’s Kelly R. Samuels and “Re: Talking of Wallpaper” for ballast 3.4’s contributor features w/ @kellyrsamuels.bsky.social Read the full poem here www.ballastjournal.com/kelly-r-samu... #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #KellyRSamuels

Judging your own poetry is like holding your hand to your own forehead to check for a fever.

Here’s · R L · powell and “Polaroids I didn’t take only to leave in Basque” for ballast 3.4’s contributor features Read the full poem here www.ballastjournal.com/rl-powell #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #RLPowell

Here’s Meg Pokrass and “The Stranger Likes Soup” for ballast 3.4’s contributor features @megpokrass.bsky.social Read the full poem here www.ballastjournal.com/meg-pokrass #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #MegPokrass

Here’s Caroline Picker for ballast 3.4’s contributor features Content Warning: grief, loss of child Read the full poem here www.ballastjournal.com/caroline-pic... #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #CarolinePicker

✨Contributor Features from ballast 3.4✨ Here’s Matthew Murrey with “L” @mytwords.bsky.social Read the full poem here! www.ballastjournal.com/matthew-murr... #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #MatthewMurrey

A rolling stone gathers no moss? Well, good thing I’ve let this project have a few years of growth to accumulate ALL THE MOSS. My second full-length, *Ugly Ground Swell Moss*, is heading out into the world sometime soon with Carbonation Press.

✨Contributor Features from ballast 3.4✨ Here’s Pete Miller with “Ethanol” Read the full poem here: www.ballastjournal.com/pete-miller #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #PeteMiller

✨Contributor Features from ballast 3.4✨ Here’s Jory Mickelson @poetryphone.bsky.social with “[Sometimes a hotel room]” Read the full poem here! www.ballastjournal.com/jory-mickels... #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #JoryMickelson

✨Contributor Features from ballast 3.4✨ Here’s Andrew Maxwell with “nunc dimittis” Read the full poem here! www.ballastjournal.com/andrew-maxwell #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #AndrewMaxwell

✨Contributor Features from ballast 3.4✨ Here’s Jason Labbe with “Everybody” Read the full poem here! www.ballastjournal.com/jason-labbe #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #JasonLabbe

To Be, Continued by Vernon Frazer out now from C22 Press @c22press.bsky.social! Vernon Frazer’s latest foray into the liminal space between image and language, playing between text and pure image to create a poetics all his own. Read for free. Print coming! c22press.wordpress.com/2025/12/10/t...

I'm reading tomorrow! 5-6:45 PM ET Saturday Dec 13th A fantastic lineup that includes @monostich.bsky.social @readinstead.bsky.social and @upfromsumdirt.bsky.social @barlowadams.bsky.social and @dmurphy.bsky.social beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com/dec-13.html

✨Contributor Features from ballast 3.4✨ Here’s David Koehn with “Horse in Field Under Power Lines Quatern” Read (or listen to David read) the full poem here! www.ballastjournal.com/david-koehn #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #DavidKoehn

✨Contributor Features from ballast 3.4✨ Here’s Ted Jean with “Ecclesiastes” www.ballastjournal.com/ted-jean #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #TedJean

✨Contributor Features from ballast 3.4✨ @jennajaco.bsky.social Here’s Jenna Jaco with “That Couple” www.ballastjournal.com/jenna-jaco #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #JennaJaco

I was overdue to update and refresh my website. Added a bunch of pics and links to poems and projects and all the things. Check it out, yeah? jacobschepers.com