Emily's reaction to getting her period during a party in Season 1, Episode 3 of Dickinson is the appropriate amount of dramatic. This is still my reaction to getting my period two decades+ into menstruating. I impatiently await the blessing of the menopause goddesses.

An excerpt of my poem in Issue 11 of one of my fave literary journals, Ink & Marrow Lit. Read the full poem and issue at inkandmarrow.com/issue-11 🖤 #poetry

Winter's death rattle shakes out its indecency, / and I am eager for the scandal of light / to constellate my body where hurt once puckered and dimpled. #poetry

I’ve curated a bby list of upcoming poetry workshops that are perfect for Women’s History Month! Check them out at kaitquinn.com/posts/march-... #poetry #poetryresources #writingworkshops

Favorite read of the year so far! 🙌🏻 Read my review at kaitquinn.com/posts/cord-swell-brittny-ray-crowell/ #poetry #bookreview

We're always more wrong than we think. We always forget / how history never really roosts once it's buried in a page // and shoved on a shelf. That bodies remember what souls forget. #poetry

I've curated a list of poetry classes happening this month and how you can use them together (with some additional resources) to create protest poems and act through your art. Check it out at kaitquinn.com/posts/februa... #poetry #poetryworkshops

I have two poems published in the first issue of Nettle Literary! Read the full poems and the whole issue at nettleliterary.com/january-26 #poetry

i love how you have to whisper in a library. there should be more whisper-only spaces. speak softly if you must speak at all

It's not peace I want—it's bruised knees at the altar of your freckles. #poetry

First Submission Call of 2026! ★彡 Poem of the Month 💙 This month, the theme is: BEGINNINGS. Interpret it however you wish. 🌀🖌️ Comment one New Year's resolution & we'll DM you how to submit your poems! 🦋

"I would stain December gluey red. / I would bring you rabbits in my teeth." Read full poem at kaitquinn.com/posts/nightb... #poet #poetry #poem #indieauthor

Therapy is just realizing, "Oh, I can do that?"

The thing about me is I have been a wax melt in too many balmy hands; sought protection from bodies that only saw me as prey. #poetry

First spooky season read (from August): "The Invocations" by Krystal Sutherland. 10-word snapshot: Queer. Witchcraft. Curses. Helpful(?) demons. Murder. Girl power. Necromancy. Ancestral lineage. Highly recommend as a witchy read this fall 🔮 #books #witchybooks #spookyreads

One of the best poems I’ve read all year. by Jeremy Radin

A Day! Help! Help! Another Day! —Emily Dickinson

Not me quoting "Interview with a Vampire" to my therapist during an EMDR session. (In which adult me tells teenage me, "I'm going to give you the choice I never had.") 🧛🏻‍♀️

Half a dosage down in reducing my meds and feeling all the feelings. Suffering...but happy about it. 😅😭🥹

Do you like poems about poetry? Read FIVE of them (including one by me) on my Substack! kaitquinn.substack.com/p/five-poems...

My comfort dark chocolate has officially become a part of my writing ritual. (By comfort dark chocolate, I mean micro dose caffeine replacement.)

When selecting Best of the Net (@sundresspub.bsky.social) nominees, we thought of our favorite “POP!” pieces that recognize & embrace the opportunities of digital media. Read them here: tinyurl.com/Expo24LitNoms @tomasbaiza.bsky.social @kaitquinn.com @georgia2newengland.bsky.social #ExpoReview

I think of heartbreak like sticking a pinkie into the spindle hole to wind the pulled-loose tape taut and expecting it to play the same as it did before. #poetry #napowrimo

Most of your writing will never see the light of day. But neither do diamonds until someone digs them up. Keep going, little goblin.

I am not as honest as fresh snow, and you'll never forgive me. #poetry #linesofpoetry

Rewatching the Harry Potter movies. Honestly, I'm surprised the Dursleys even let him have glasses. Also, I have so many questions about the house in the middle of a stormy ocean.

I pour my coffee slowly in the post-apocalypse glow and dream about the moon. 🌙 #poetry

But what if every time I visit a city, we don't meet up for coffee - we meet up and get tattoos?

Blessed Ostara! Here are some spring poems! kaitquinn.substack.com/p/poems-for-... #poetry #poems #spring #ostara

I met my younger self for coffee, and when I told her I only drink decaf now, she cried into her third double shot latte.

Reminder: Our free general submissions are open! We’re looking for short fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry for upcoming issues! We publish in print and online! blackfoxlitmag.com/submit/ #litmags #writers #amwriting #callforsubmissions

WRITING COMPETITION Submit now… We can’t wait to read your poems/micro fiction/prose in response to this month's prompt, ‘TIDES’ Deadline is March 19th! Read here for guidelines:thewingedmoon.substack

My latest Substack post is a first in a series on self-publishing tips. Susbcribe for FREE to get the next one directly to your inbox! kaitquinn.substack.com/p/self-publi... #poetry #writer #selfpublishing #indieauthor

ICYMI, check out my FREE newsletter for March! Includes curated lists of open calls and upcoming classes, a writing prompt, and more! kaitquinn.substack.com/p/march-news...

Me: You're definitely a Slytherin. Carlos: I know. Me: ...I think I'm a Hufflepuff. Carlos: I don't know what that is, but you're definitely a Hufflepuff.

I don’t want to ‘work to live’ or ‘live to work.’ I want to sit in a sunbeam like a cat and have snacks appear in front of me

I wrote a Twin Peaks poem for a workshop even though I told myself not to write a Twin Peaks poem because then I'd want it to be in my already-published book, but the prompt wanted it to be a Laura Palmer meets The Little Mermaid poem, so I wrote the poem, and now I'm mad that it's not in Blue Rose.

About to get fingie tats on my right hand knuckles 👊🏻 Guess the word!

starting a fan account for the deep melancholy of a moonless night

Thanks for publishing this little weirdo, @thewingedmoon.bsky.social ! Read the full poem and Hinterland issue of The Winged Moon at www.wingedmoon.com/hinterland

actually the mango emoji is so beautiful. i am so moved by the mango emoji tonight 🥭

I moved my newsletter to Substack, so now I can share more poems and resources with you throughout the month. Here are some love poems: open.substack.com/pub/kaitquin...

A fave love poem of mine from my book 'Poems of August.' Inspired by watching the early (aka better) seasons of 'Alone' with Carlos. 💛 #poem #poetry

Honored to be nominated for Best of the Net AND The Nina Riggs Poetry award! Love you, Expo!! 🖤

will i ever stop writing about/to the moon? not until the moon writes about/back to me! (c’mon, moon!) 🌙 i’ve got 2 new poems in the winter issue of The Poetry Review (@poetrysociety.bsky.social). here’s one of them, “Quintessential Lunar Actions”—

If my lungs were once / a glass lake, they now settle into a future dusk— / I always preferred moonlight to solar rays. #poetry #poet

If you're a poet and you're not listening to Flower Face, WHAT ARE YOU EVEN DOING?!

𝐅𝐞𝐛 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 https://inkinthirds.org/book-review-quinn/ 𝘽𝙡𝙪𝙚 𝙍𝙤𝙨𝙚 by Kait Quinn is nothing short of the ultimate love letter to Twin Peaks, which is no small feat. New book each month!

Excited for the color palette on this one.