When non-writers hear writers encourage other writers to submit... do you think they ever pause... and wonder what the heck we're so ready to submit ourselves to? // Oh -- and submit! Submissions open - papersigh.com #poetry #poetrysky

Ah, May 7th. We'll go with the traditional phrase: May the 7th book of poetry be with you this month. #poetrysky (submissions open)

Thank you, @papersigh.bsky.social, for giving this one a home.

We're so happy to publish @mcdolan.bsky.social 's DRIFTING at papersigh.com #poetry #poetrysky

Today's NYT headline reads like the draft of a haiku: White House insists Iran war is over, even while missiles fly #poetry #accidentalpoetry #poetrysky

Poetry arrives with some simple beliefs of its power ... like ... Poetry, like capybaras, may lounge on the heads of alligators. #poetrysky #poetry

Health coverage for all seems like poetry come alive #poetrysky #Mexico #poetry // submissions open @ papersigh.com

this morning thinking about poets as 'makers', as in the Greek: poetes, poietes ... which eventually led to the English word 'poet' by the early C14) ... SO: Makers! Creators! What's been stirring within lately? #poetrysky #poetry

Ooooo a plural in a headline when the word that gets the 's' is the first word ... mmmm ... #compound like #poetry state-journal.com/2026/05/02/p...

Po e tree ... po eh try ... poh eh triii ... Po-treeee ... P oe tre ... Ever chew through a word a few different ways? (Admittedly, we do this way more with 'coupon'.) /// Submissions open at papersigh.com

What do we want? Poetry! When do we want it? Whenever you feel good about submitting and don't feel too much worry because we have our animal categories that allow us to celebrate lots of work. #poetry #poetrysky papersigh.com

negative capability off the charts for so many, and we wonder how many times we are pressured to solve our way out at any cost rather than treat the space like a destination or station stop. #poetry #poetrysky submissions open at papersigh.com

We're so happy to publish a poem by @cinnatus.bsky.social -- meditate on the image with us, will you? at papersigh.com #poetry #poetrysky

Congratulations to @stephenking.bsky.social for this well-deserved honor!👍 (Novels/Novellas: Approximately 65 to 67 Non-fiction books: 5 books. Short Stories: Over 200 Pseudonyms: 7 novels were published as Richard Bachman. Frequency: He has published at least one book almost every year since 1974)

Is a particular kind of #poetry called Unitarian Universalist poetry, or is it just that the UUs employ a lot of poetry, so it seems like there's a UU poetry? #poetrysky submissions open at papersigh.com

How alive is each poem? Overnight, do they hang out together? And if so, do they go silent? Or do they practice reciting each other till dawn? #poetry #submissions open at papersigh.com

We've been wondering: Do you love poetry as much as poetry loves you? #poetry submissions open at papersigh.com

Do you touch or see or smell a poem before or after it's done? #poetry submissions open at papersigh.com

Definitely accepting poems. & accepting non-accepting poems. & accepting that we're accepting accepting & non-accepting poems. (Do you ever use a word so much it becomes sounds chewed in the mouth, meaning just out of reach?) #poetry &, yes, submissions open at papersigh.com

Ah, #poetry ... the power to express anything. Even help us figure out how to express anything. Submissions open, btw!

Did u hear the @npr.org news? That they are cool? Yeah? OK: Good! (Also, apparently, they got like two big gifts or something.)

We thought it over and decided that, yes, we like #poetry. We really do. Now you may feel good about freely saying it too! #poetrysky

We're so happy to publish @bigjosh84.bsky.social 's poem HOLD MUSIC. Read it at www.papersigh.com/poetry #poetry #poetrysky #poems

To answer your question, yes, you should submit a #poem to us for consideration. Poetry doesn't have to be perfect to be perfect to be published. papersigh.com/submit #poetrysky

" #poetry is cool, like ice, but also always like volleyball player toes clutching hot sand. " - #papersigh editor www.papersigh.com/submit

Submissions always open. Submit a poem. We look forward to reading! Read more at www.papersigh.com. #poetry #poems #litjournal