Check out PEN Malta's May newsletter – find out more about the Open Mic on Manoel Island, standing up to unchecked development, and how you can raise your voice. Manoel Island should be for everyone, not for the greedy trying to grab our country with enabling politicians.

"I have a confession to make. The you in my writing is never the same you. In fact, it is rarely one you. But rather, it is a fractured you, a many-a-you, a you that contains accumulated gooseflesh, pounding hearts, half-whispered promises..." Read the rest... www.tupeloquarterly.com/reviews/crav...

If you’re in bama go to this book launch!!! Congrats Ms Stefanescu & Sarabande @alinaetc.bsky.social @thankyoubooks.bsky.social @sarabandebooks.bsky.social @miriamcalleja.bsky.social #alinastefanescu #miriamcalleja #thankyoubooks #alabama #bama #birminghamalabama

We can't wait to celebrate @alinaetc.bsky.social and her poetry collection MY HERESIES, a “hauntological mapping of life, love, family, & womanhood” (@sarabandebooks.bsky.social), in conversation with @miriamcalleja.bsky.social on Thursday, May 8 at 6:30 pm! Free as always & RSVP: bit.ly/alinatyb

@miriamcalleja.bsky.social is a poet, workshop leader, and translator. Her work has appeared in Taos Journal, plume, humana obscura, & elsewhere. Her latest chapbook is “Come Closer, I Don’t Mind the Silence” (BottleCap Press, 2023). Miriam lives in Birmingham, Alabama. More on miriamcalleja.com.

Are you at #neworleanspoetryfestival? Come to my generative #WritingWorkshop Poetry as Prayer for Change tomorrow Saturday at 2pm at the #healingcenter room 224 #nopf2025 #nopf

Can you #smell in your #dreams? I had two dreams lately where I could smell a person and a snake?!

My #scammer forgot she tried to #scam me and is trying to do it again. What should I do?? :) miriamcalleja.substack.com/p/the-time-i...

I'm here to tell you what to #edit in a #poem every day during #poetrymonth. Taking 2 more participants and closing registration in a couple of days. Read more here miriamcalleja.substack.com/p/editing-wo...

who is taking unhinged #flashfiction or #prosepoetry right now? #submissions #poetry

Edit a poem each day during Poetry Month! There are only a few days left to reserve your spot - sliding scale available. Feel free to ask me anything... details here: miriamcalleja.substack.com/p/editing-wo...

For my sins, I'm also doing this during #poetrymonth. If you want to #edit a bunch of #poems in 30 days, then get in touch. Last few days to book. Look at the deets #Writingchallenge #workshop miriamcalleja.substack.com/p/editing-wo...

A special kind of frustration for people asking for your time and expertise for free. I want to help but I also want to pay bills.

Dear Elon, I have been busy, thanks for asking. Today I launched my new business spreading creativity and play. A total waste of money, encouraging teams to develop problem-solving skills. Look! CreativeWork.ink

Check out my #generative #WritingWorkshop #poetry as prayer starting in April through @corporealwriting

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#collage #thecure #poetry

PEN Malta firmly supports the call to safeguard a healthy democratic culture, as highlighted in today’s Times of Malta editorial. Democracy is about fostering a culture where informed debate, accountability and the protection of fundamental freedoms thrive. timesofmalta.com/article/edit...

Dear Elon, thanks for asking. I feel so seen. Today I designed a creativity workshop for 40 business leaders. You and I both know that negativity is too costly and lack of motivation will bring the country to its knees. I look forward to corresponding with you about my future ventures. Xoxo

I'm hosting a 6-week series of workshops titled #poetry as prayer, where you can curate your collection of poems to use in emergencies or daily occasions such as getting to sleep. www.corporealwriting.com/current-offe...

Dear Elon, I did not receive your email, so you have yet to ask, but I would like to start telling you about my week already. Since I'm an alien who doesn't like to cause unease, today I learned how to spell my last name in NATO phonetic alphabet. Charlie Alpha Lima Lima Echo Juliette Alpha.

MAKING SILENCED LANGUAGES VISIBLE Day 11 - Poem 17: Malti Keith Borg: sakemm (until) Malti is the official language of the Maltese people. It is the only official Semitic language of the EU, and the only one written in Latin alphabet. @penmalta.bsky.social youtu.be/yYdtAioz00M?...

#calvino "Plan for a Journal"

PEN Malta expresses solidarity with journalists who were attacked yesterday Wednesday 26 February while carrying out their duties in court. 1/3 timesofmalta.com/article/igm-...

Maybe corny but it was helpful for me to hear Henry Rollins saying "this is not time to be dismayed, this is punk rock time, this is what Joe Strummer trained you for... You can be thunderous in your own life, to the eight people around you. That rubs off... Goodness is viral"

Apropos nothing Or apropos #love #poetry Click to read the entire #poem. With thanks to Taos Journal!

Coquine 68: to be ſettled and determined

#februllage2025 #collage hammered Chinese Fern, pen, and paper. Prompt was "dots."

sorry i've been so testy lately. it's just because of every single thing in the entire world

#februllage2025 prompt metal #collage #poetry Poem from my chapbook Come Closer, I Don't Mind the Silence

Day 3 #februllage2025 prompt was School #collage #collagechallenge

I'm reading Vita Nuova (#Dante) and will be giving you some spoilers as I attend a course on its #translation. Dante is still (or really already) gushing on Beatrice. On p51 he will tell us exactly how painful her lack of greeting him on the street was. Oh man.

Write daily with an accountability group! My most popular #Writingchallenge is back this February. Read all about it here: miriamcalleja.substack.com/p/february-w...

Where are the collage peeps?

If you've made a bet that started "When it snows in Alabama ..." congratulations! Here is the adventure my cat Biscuit had this morning.

One more day to submit!

Reading and judging for Brick Road #PoetryPress #poetry competition and I know this is going to be tough.

Over 160 calls for submissions of poetry, fiction, flash, non-fiction, art, photography & more - competitions, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in January 2025. Best of luck & pls share! www.thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog...

Please help me spread the word #writers and #ghostwriters miriamcalleja.substack.com/p/the-time-i...

I have not ceased to feel excited about receiving ARCs for #review. Like someone is trusting me with their hard work and I get to understand exactly HOW they are awesome... And #write about it. #poetry #poetslife

Added several extra hours to my #internationalflight because I'm masochistic like that 😑 and I'm taking all the tips from #writers. I've done this a lot but still learning! I rarely ever sleep on red eyes, so...

When as a #poet and #workshop leader, a business chooses #creativity as the gift to their community. It's the best. Be like Aero Joe Bham @aerojoe.bsky.social

More than 75 Nobel Prize winners have signed a letter urging senators not to confirm RFK Jr. The letter marks the first time in recent memory that Nobel laureates have banded together against a Cabinet choice. But Kennedy is a threat they could not ignore, one said. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/h...

Attended a @sarabandebooks.bsky.social zine lunch #workshop with @jay_delise after ticking a lot of boxes this week and not chickening out of important meetings... so it was my treat. I realize that attending a lunchtime workshop is such a #freelancer luxury. Here is my #collage

This is the kind of advent calendar that excites me!

Last day to submit ur #poetry manuscript to Brick Road Poetry Press. I'll be judging & looking for poetry that moves me, leaves me with questions. We want great poetry out in the world. @hmcotton.bsky.social will design! Winner gets $1000 & 25 copies. www.brickroadpoetrypress.com/poetry-book-...

Accepting #submissions for Brick Road #PoetryPress competition until TOMORROW. Send us your #poetrymanuscript of 50-100pp. We are reading blindly and your girl here is the final judge! Move me. Winner gets $1000 & 25 copies and lifetime bragging rights. brickroadpoetrypress.submittable.com/submit

You have two—YES ONLY TWO—days left to submit to the Brick Road Poetry Press contest. Subs close at midnight on December 1st. @miriamcalleja.bsky.social is judge and I’ll be your fabulous book designer. We’re thirsty for the verse! Send it! brickroadpoetrypress.submittable.com/submit

First thing this morning on my walk I watched this heron swallow a fish alive and then scream and that's what my day was like. Do it scared.

Today I was told that my emails with prompts and critique are as awaited as a message from a hot guy on Tinder and I think I have arrived and the only way is down. #freelancewriter #poetslife