Issue 5 of the literary journal ionosphere is now available on Amazon! Read poetry and essays by @fadingbetty.bsky.social, @bigjosh84.bsky.social, @zoomburst.substack.com, @misshalcyon.bsky.social, @suzannafitzpatrick.bsky.social, and many others.

Normally I’d have words here, but today it’s about the poetry. Keep resisting. Peace and love. 💙 Here’s some poems. #poetry #blueskypoets #poems #writingcommunity

Oh, we have a lovely piece from @bigjosh84.bsky.social - zowza..

Friends, it’s been a long year for all of us — but keep the faith. Keep resisting. Keep speaking your truth. Believe in your voice, and never let the world silence it! 💙💙💙 #poetry #blueskypoets #writingcommunity #poems

252 years ago today. men in Boston had enough and poured that tea into the ocean. This year has drained many of us, but we still resist, and the cracks in their empire of lies are starting to show. Keep telling truth to power! 💙💙💙 Here’s some poems. #poetry #poet #poem #poetrycommunity #poems

When you’re lost in winter’s grip, let your soul be the fire— and guard that heat like your last breath. Here’s some poems. 💙 💙 💙 #poetry #poems #writing #poem #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetts

Read our new poem by Joshua Walker! Follow him over at @bigjosh84.bsky.social! We're really excited to have his work over in our yard!

Moments slip through us faster than we want to admit. Hold onto the ones that matter—there’s no second run, no rewind. Just now. #poetry #writingcommunity #blueskypoets #poems

Forgiveness is the hardest thing we ever do. If you can, do it—but never forget. Hate rots the soul faster than grief. Whatever we’ve done, I forgive you. And I hope, somewhere in the quiet, you forgive me too. Without further ado here’s some new poems. 💙 #poetry #blueskypoets #writingcommunity

Dog Throat is pleased to announce that we've nominated The Rapture Machine by Joshua Walker for Best Micro Fiction (under 400 words) 2026. Thank you Joshua for sharing this piece with us. @bigjosh84.bsky.social dogthroat.com/post/the-rap...

They tell us we’re ugly, that we’re nothing special. Why? Because birds with broken wings can’t stand to see others soar. Never listen. Believe. Hope. Resist. 💙 #poetry #writingcommunity #blueskypoets #poems

@bigjosh84.bsky.social has a short poem in the current issue of Forgotten Ground Regained: Ash of the Oathbreaker. Think of it as a quick dose of Viking/Old English spirit. It uses a Norse stanza form, ljoðaháttr (song meter), a close relative of the ballad. alliteration.net/poetry/ash-o...

People ask why I always post poems on Tuesday—such a mundane day. That’s the point. We fight the good fight, speak truth to power, burn bright—but it’s who we are in the quiet, ordinary moments that defines us, that tells the story of our lives. 💙 #poems #writingcommunity #blueskypoets

There’s beauty in what breaks, light in what endures. These poems come from the quiet after the storm— where truth cuts, fire flickers, and faith rebuilds itself from ruin. 💙 💙 💙 #poetry #poetsofbluesky #writingcommunity

There’s a hum beneath the silence, a sting beneath the calm. These poems come from that place—where faith burns, masks slip, and the heart still beats. 💙 #poetry #blueskypoets #poems#writingcommunity

It’s been a while. I stepped back, healed, and let silence do its work — but through it all, you stayed, and I carry that with me. Tonight I return the only way I know how: in four poems.Thank you all for your support and here’s the poems. 💙 💙 💙 #poetry#poems#blueskypoetts#writingcommunity

So, friends: I was going to take a few days off to mourn my dog. But I’ve got a reputation for speaking when I must. So, I will speak—consequences be damned. Before the poem: This poem defends free speech and criticizes mob mentality. It is not a threat to any person or group.#resist#poems#poetry

Friends, I won’t lie — I’m shattered. My dog, Sugar Ray, passed suddenly. But grief has its own strange light. In our darkest moments, something in us still burns. Believe in your light, always. Here are new poems. #poetry#poems#blueskypoets#writingcommunity

After the sweltering it’s cool and cloudy here, threatening a downpour, the hazy stickiness of summer already washed off. A perfect mood to read these three gorgeous, dripping @bigjosh84.bsky.social poems. We bet wherever you are the weather is perfect for it too. templeinacity.com/three-poems-...

It’s been raining since yesterday. Water washes the past away, leaves the streets clean. But these poems are for the soul that refuses to drift, and the heart that will never be clean 💙 #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets #poems #poem

poetry from @bigjosh84.bsky.social and Aleena Muzafar open @thearsonista.bsky.social 's BETTER THAN IT LOOKS August Guest Editor issue. #poetry #BurningHousePress #LitMag #prosepoem burninghousepress.com/2025/08/26/t...

poetry from @bigjosh84.bsky.social @thearsonista.bsky.social 's BETTER THAN IT LOOKS August Guest Editor issue. #poetry #BurningHousePress #LitMag burninghousepress.com/2025/08/26/a...

These three Joshua Walker poems. Tender, aching, gorgeous. We can’t get enough of them. templeinacity.com/three-poems-...

Honored that Dog Throat Issue 7 takes its title from my poem The Rapture Machine. Between Sin and Signal is live—highly recommend giving this one a read.

For anyone who’s been left in the dark, circled the same ache, or sat in a room full of silence—these poems are for you. Not every ending makes sense. Some endings just spiral. #poetry #poetsofbluesky #poems #writingcommunity

The world keeps turning while we hold on—between pain and hope. These poems are for the worn and the alive, for the raw edges and quiet strength. You’re not alone. Let’s sit with this together. 💙 #blueskypoets #poetry #hope #writingcommunity

For anyone who’s ever loved too hard, stayed too long, or lost themselves trying to feel whole- these poems are for you. Regret, beauty, and survival all tangled in the same breath. Let me know if one hits. #poetry #poems #blueskypoets

New poems today- for anyone carrying wounds that still haven’t silenced them. These pieces come from the places we survive, the places we rebuild from. If the world’s felt heavy lately, I hope something in these lines reminds you: you’re not broken beyond repair- just in the middle of the story.

For anyone walking through the dark-these came from the same place. Grief, regret, survival. I’m still here. You are too. That means something. It may get worse first but believe me will hurt less eventually. Just keep going. #poetry ##blueskypoets #writingcommunity #poems

They want us quiet. Docile. Even with freedom of speech, they still fear what we might say. Never let anyone control your voice. Never silence your truth. These poems are for those already speaking — and for those still gathering the courage to rise. 💙💙💙 #poems #poetsofbluesky #poem#poetry

The world feels off its axis, and yet- there’s still light. Still fire. Still us. These poems aren’t solutions. They’re flares for the ones holding on. Maybe one of them finds you. 💙 #Poetry #HopeInDarkness #BlueskyPoets #WritersOfBluesky #poems

The hate is loud. The fight feels long. And yeah- some days hope and fatigue sit in the same chair. We don’t kneel to cruelty. We name it. We survive it. We outlast it. Here’s a few poems from the slow burn. For the tired, the alive. 💙 #Poetry #BlueskyPoets #Resist #WritersOfBluesky #HopeIsAFlame

The world breaks us down — but it hasn’t buried us yet. Hearts are heavy, fists are ready. Some poems for the weathered, the grieving, the ones still standing when the flood rises. We aren’t done. 💙🌊✊ #Poetry #BlueskyPoets #Resistance #Poems

It’s a new day. A new chapter. We’re still here- bruised maybe, but unbroken. The fight’s slow, but the fire’s still burning. Here’s some poems for whoever needs them. Maybe they’ll ache. Maybe they’ll heal. You’ll know when they land. 💙 #Poetry #BlueskyPoets #WritersOfBluesky

It’s the last Saturday of Pride. I’ve done tributes for the icons. But today, this one’s for the living. For everyone still fighting to exist, to love, to speak, while leaders strip rights and fuel hate. You’re not alone. Here’s a few poems for the battle. 💙🌈 #Pride #Poetry #Resist #blueskypoets

For #PrideMonth, I’m honoring Gertrude Stein—modernist icon, bold voice, and pioneer of queer love in literature. Her words rewrote language itself. Here are four Stein-inspired poems I crafted in tribute. 💙🌈 #blueskypoets #pride #poems #GertrudeStein

Next up for #PrideMonth is my poetic hero Emily Dickinson. Yep, I did a tribute for Women’s History before—but she’s that important. New Dickinson-inspired poems are coming your way. Was Emily the greatest poet of all time to me at least yes. 💙🌈 #blueskypoets #pride #poems #EmilyDickinson #poetry

For #PrideMonth, I’m honoring Audre Lorde—fearless and proud Black lesbian poet, warrior, and truth-teller whose work burned through silence with clarity, fury, and love. Her voice empowered generations. Here are four tribute poems I wrote in her honor. 💙🌈 #blueskypoets #pride #poems #AudreLorde

For #PrideMonth, I’m honoring Joshua Jennifer Espinoza—whose raw, luminous voice speaks truth with fire and fragility. Her poems like “I’m Alive. It Hurts. I Love It.” and “The Moon Is Trans” are breathtaking. Here are four pieces I wrote in tribute. 💙🌈 #blueskypoets #pride #poems

For #PrideMonth, I’m honoring Lord Byron—the tempestuous bard of passion, rebellion, and dark romance, whose legacy defied convention and celebrated love in all its forms. Here are some Byron-inspired poems I crafted in tribute. 💙🌈 #blueskypoets #pride #Byron #romanticism #poems

For #PrideMonth, I’m honoring Oscar Wilde—poet, wit, and rebel of beauty. His words defied shame and celebrated love with elegance and fire. Here are some Wilde-inspired pieces I’ve written in tribute. 💙🌈 #blueskypoets #pride #poems #OscarWilde

For #PrideMonth, I’m honoring Sappho—whose lyric voice shaped poetry and music. “Lesbian” comes from her home, Lesbos, and “lyric” from her lyre. Her impact is timeless. Here are some Sapphic-style poems I wrote in tribute. 💙🌈 #blueskypoets #pride #poems

Hey friends, just a quick one today—hope you’re all doing well! Drop a comment and let me know what’s up. Starting tomorrow, I’ll be celebrating Pride all month lot by sharing poems I’ve written that are inspired by my favorite LGBTQ+ poets all month long. Hope you’ll join me. 🌈

Some months don’t break you— they just drift past, quiet and heavy. I didn’t come here with answers. This is the ash that still breathes, the pulse beneath what didn’t burn. #blueskypoets #poetry #poems #poetrycommunity

Some poems aren’t for healing. They’re for surviving. Not about peace—about the ash we rise from. This drop’s for those still standing when the world moved on. Scars, memory, and the fire we step into smiling. #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #Poems #BlueskyPoets 💙🕯️🔥

Some griefs don’t cry. Some fires don’t burn but rage quietly, waiting to break free. These poems are for those becoming something else—missing what never was—and still rising despite the world catching up. For the light and the fury inside us. #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #Poems #blueskypoets 💙

Trying something new with this one— Would love to know if it lands for you, or if it’s not really needed. Always experimenting. Always listening. Let me know if you’d like more like this, or if I should stick to non-multimedia expressions. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9MK...

Some of us are running with full tanks and hollow hearts. Waiting to be seen, told we matter. These poems aren’t gentle. They’re not hopeful. They’re just honest. A pulse against the silence. A thank you to the fight. A tribute to all you fighters! #Poetrycommunity #BlueskyPoets #poems #poetry 💙💙💙

Honored to be part of this wonderful issue, alongside such powerful and inspiring voices.

Some of us didn’t heal. We adapted. We stitched up the silence and kept walking. These poems aren’t pretty—they’re proof. Let your story outlive the silence. #PoetryDrop #BlueskyPoets #poems #poetry 💙💙💙