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

✨Contributor Features from ballast 3.4✨ Here’s Vivian Ia with “[camaraderie with the inevitable]” which is also one of our Pushcart nominees this awards season! www.ballastjournal.com/vivian-ia #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #VivianIa

✨Contributor Features from ballast 3.4✨ Here’s G Timothy Gordon with “Daliesque” www.ballastjournal.com/g-timothy-go... #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #GTimothyGordon

Hey #ballast is a nonprofit journal, and if you support what we’re doing and would like to consider financially supporting us with a #givingtuesday donation, we hope you do. Every little bit helps us keep the lights on and the web hosting happy. Our donate link is at ballastjournal.com/donate.

✨Contributor Features from ballast 3.4✨ Here’s Connor Fisher with “The Contaminated Tongue” www.ballastjournal.com/connor-fishe... #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #ConnorFisher

Contributor Features from ballast 3.4! Here’s Geoffrey Detrani’s “Profanity’s Weight” @geoffreydetrani.bsky.social www.ballastjournal.com/geoffrey-det... #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #GeoffreyDetrani

Contributor Features from ballast 3.4! Here’s Michael Daley, from “Lowering My Standards” www.ballastjournal.com/michael-daley #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #MichaelDaley

First dish prepped for Thanksgiving: cranberry relish. Holiday shopping all done for my partner: check!

Contributor Features from ballast 3.4! Here’s Joel Chace, from “[Egress glitch]” www.ballastjournal.com/joel-chace #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #JoelChace

Contributor Features from ballast 3.4 are rolling out! Here’s Tom Phillips’ translation from the Bulgarian of Tzotcho Boyajiev’s poem “[and when the cart stops for me, drawn]” www.ballastjournal.com/tzotcho-boya... #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #TzotchoBoyajiev #TomPhillips

Contributor Features from ballast 3.4 are rolling out! Here’s Jerome Berglund with one of this three text/visual pieces from the issue www.ballastjournal.com/jerome-bergl... #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #JeromeBerglund

Shameless ask incoming: If you’re a fan of us, wanna show ballast some love and consider voting for us for @chillsubs.bsky.social ✨Best Lit Mag Awards✨?? Be sure to show all your other faves some love too 🤘🤘 www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...

Co-editor Sara Judy introducing ballast 3.4 and our special “Remarks” feature on modernism www.ballastjournal.com/issue-34-edi...

On Nov 12, the Franco Institute hosts editors from three leading university presses for an afternoon panel on academic publishing 2–3:30 p.m. | McKenna Hall Auditorium No registration required—open to faculty, postdocs, and grad students.

ballast issue 3.4 (our last of 2025) is officially unleashed 🛸 www.ballastjournal.com/issue-34-tab... With Daniel Barbiero, Jerome Berglund, Joel Chace, Michael Daley, @geoffreydetrani.bsky.social, Connor Fisher, J. Freeborn, G Timothy Gordon, Vivian Ia, Jenna Jaco, Ted Jean, David Koehn…1/2

Contributor Features from ballast 3.3: Here’s “Milorad Pavić, Landscape Painted with Tea” by Stephen Bett www.ballastjournal.com/stephen-bett #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #StephenBett

Contributor Features from ballast 3.3: Here’s Carol Barrett with “Russian Knapweed” www.ballastjournal.com/carol-barrett #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #CarolBarrett

Contributor Features from ballast 3.3: Here’s Mary Beth Becker with “Comet” www.ballastjournal.com/mary-beth-be... #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #MaryBethBecker

Contributor Features from ballast 3.3: Here’s “Grace” by Kameryn Alexa Carter www.ballastjournal.com/kameryn-alex... #contributorfeature #poetry #poem #poems #ballast #KamerynAlexaCarter

Contributor Features from ballast 3.3: Here’s “Impossible Princess” by Zack Carson www.ballastjournal.com/zack-carson #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #ZackCarson

Thanks @ballastjournal.bsky.social—so happy to have our work in your beautiful, thoughtful publication. ❤️✍️

Contributor Features from ballast 3.3: Here’s “Five Movements on a Gesture Traced in Air” by Rocío Cerón & Dana Delibovi (translator) @danadelibovi.bsky.social www.ballastjournal.com/rocio-ceron-... #contributorfeature #poetry #poem #poems #ballast #RocíoCerón #DanaDelibovi

Pleased AF to get my first #bestofthenet nom from the fantabulous @memezine.bsky.social for the snippet from #vasectomajestic I published with them earlier this year!! ✂️✂️✂️✂️✂️✂️✂️✂️

Contributor Features from ballast 3.3: Here’s Viviane Fae-Moss with “Butch Vagabonds of Indecipherable Origin” www.ballastjournal.com/viviane-fae-... #contributorfeature #poetry #poem #poems #ballast #VivianeFaeMoss

Contributor Features from ballast 3.3: Here’s Kelly Gray with “West Country” www.ballastjournal.com/kelly-gray #contributorfeature #poetry #poem #poems #ballast #KellyGray

Contributor Features from ballast 3.3: Here’s Daniel Hales with “Mist” www.ballastjournal.com/daniel-hales #contributorfeature #poetry #poem #poems #ballast #DanielHales

Contributor Features from ballast 3.3: Here’s Peter Milne Greiner with “The Way Science Fiction Loves” www.ballastjournal.com/peter-milne-... #contributorfeature #poetry #poem #poems #ballast #PeterMilneGreiner

Contributor Features from ballast 3.3: Here’s Jake Hargrove with “I Was There When the Heart Fell Out of It” www.ballastjournal.com/jake-hargrove #contributorfeature #poetry #poem #poems #ballast #JakeHargrove

Contributor Features from ballast 3.3: Here’s Alec Hershman with “River” www.ballastjournal.com/alec-hershman #contributorfeature #poetry #poem #poems #ballast #AlecHershman

Contributor Features from ballast 3.3: Here’s A Hua’s “Winds Blow Through This Floating World,” translated by Xuelan Su www.ballastjournal.com/a-hua-trans-... #contributorfeature #poetry #poem #poems #ballast #AHua #XuelanSu

Contributor Features from ballast 3.3: Here’s D.J. Huppatz with “Build a Network” @djhuppatz.bsky.social www.ballastjournal.com/dj-huppatz #contributorfeature #poetry #poem #poems #ballast #DJHuppatz

Contributor features from ballast 3.3! Here’s Stephen K. Kim with “Notification” @skimperil.bsky.social www.ballastjournal.com/stephen-k-kim #contributorfeature #poetry #poem #poems #ballast #StephenKKim

Contributor Features from ballast 3.3: Here’s J.I. Kleinberg with “Recalibrating” www.ballastjournal.com/ji-kleinberg #contributorfeature #poetry #poem #poems #ballast #JIKleinberg

Contributor Features from ballast 3.3: Next up: Christopher Klingbeil with “Western sugar cooperative” @cklingbe.bsky.social www.ballastjournal.com/christopher-... #contributorfeature #poetry #poem #poems #ballast #ChristopherKlingbeil

Contributor Features from ballast 3.3: Next up: BEE LB with “dualities” www.ballastjournal.com/bee-lb-2 #contributorfeature #poetry #poem #poems #ballast #BEELB

Contributor Features from ballast 3.3: Next up: Cecille Marcato with “Modern Cartography” www.ballastjournal.com/cecille-marc... #contributorfeature #poetry #poem #poems #ballast #CecilleMarcato

Contributor Features from ballast 3.3: Next up: Austin Miles with “08/22” www.ballastjournal.com/austin-miles #contributorfeature #poetry #poem #poems #ballast #AustinMiles