This line in @danahm.bsky.social's poem, Finish Line, "And he came to life on the road to his grave" resonates long after I finish reading this issue. 💜

Thanks so much to Neologism Poetry Journal for including my poem "Finish Line" in the latest issue-- @neologismpoetry.bsky.social

Issue #105 out now! Featured Poet MB Duffy, supported by @danahm.bsky.social, Najka Altazy, @kaykestner.bsky.social, J.I. Kleinberg, Norman Hills, Sarah E N Kohrs, Christian DeBrady, Jamez Terry, and Roxanne Cardona. www.neologismpoetry.com/February-2026/

No further need to dream: March is here! End-of-winter poem of mine in last month’s (January issue) @neologismpoetry.bsky.social. #EndOfWinter #LisbonFalls #HereComesSpring #Maine

Updated submission guidelines! Looking forward to see what the shift in tone and specificity draws.

Super proud to be recognized here.

Received a submission file titled "short and weird." I feel my editorial needs have been seen.

I'm honored to see my poem, "Tiller and Shears," appear in Issue #104 of Neologism Poetry Journal: www.neologismpoetry.com/January-2026/. I'm crazy proud of this piece! #poetry #poem #sestina #writing #neologismpoetry #icarus #garden #lgbtq @neologismpoetry.bsky.social

Issue #104 out now! Featured Poet Filiz Fish, supported by Michael J. Kolb, Stephen Ruffus, P.H. Coleman, @mjmitchellwriter.bsky.social , Arielle Arbushites, @davidmilley.com, @mattstefonpoems.bsky.social, and M.B. McLatchey. www.neologismpoetry.com/January-2026/

Go get em’ folks. 500 lit mags with the fastest response times: www.chillsubs.com/lists/fastes... Featured: @offbeatlit.bsky.social @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social @neologismpoetry.bsky.social

Can't wait to read Becoming Altar, a poetry collection by @luaz.bsky.social ! Head over to her account and order a copy!

Subscription form is fixed. Something something SMTP.

Someone sent me a long, thoughtful, appreciative response to the poem I sent out via today's newsletter, and I can't stress enough that if someone is creating something you like, please please please tell them. It's everything.

I've got a sestina in this issue. Check it out.

Thrilled to have my poem in this excellent issue!

Issue #103 out now! Featured Poet James Scannell McCormick, supported by Jason M. Vaughn, Katrina Greco, @j-tkelly.bsky.social, Peter Cashorali, Saad Kayani, Litong Nie, John J. Ronan, @racheldacusauthor.bsky.social, Sam Kerbel, and @finnbarfella.bsky.social. www.neologismpoetry.com/December-2025/

Mood for upcoming issues in 2026.

Rounded out a big month in January with this little ditty in @neologismpoetry.bsky.social 5/14

Thrilled to announce the Premiere 2026 “𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐍𝐊 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰” subs are now open! (We invite all lit mag and journal editors to nominate.) Please help spread the word! Anthology to be published in April of 2026, during Poetry Month. inkinthirds.org/best-in-ink-...

Issue #102 out now! Featured Poet Royal Rhodes; supported by Cailín Frankland, Kathleen Serocki, William Ross, @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social , @mervynspoet.bsky.social, Aranka Somogyi (translated by Ágnes Megyeri), @maudiemichelle.com, & @adenthomas.bsky.social www.neologismpoetry.com/November-2025/

M. Cynthia Cheung ♥️ from COMMON DISASTER (Acre Books) I absolutely love this poem! @acrebooks.bsky.social

Issue #101 out now! Featured Poet Sharon Svendsen; supported by Carol Tiebout, David Chorlton, Sara Vernekar, Sky Davis, Celeste Perez, @yanisiqbal.bsky.social, Jenny Isaacs, Richard Stimac, and Mikha'El Dan. www.neologismpoetry.com/October-2025/

Kyla Houbolt has been a faithful observer of the natural world in poetry for a long time, and her first collection of poetry will be out soon from Asterism Books. Take a look and consider pre-ordering. asterismbooks.com/product/beco...

John Muro is fantastic-- happy to hear about his new collection ❤️ Reappraisal in Neologism is a beautiful poem!

I am so thrilled and honored that @neologismpoetry.bsky.social nominated my poem “ Hunger Ghazal, 1981” for a Best of the Net nomination. Congratulations to the other BOTN & Pushcart nominees.

John Muro has published several poems over the years with Neologism most recently in Issue #99, and some of these appear in his most recent collection, Bountiful Silence and Other Poems. www.amazon.com/Bountiful-Si...

Pushcart and Best of the Net nominations are up!

Issue #100 out now! Featured Poet Candace Rex; supported by @jennifermillskerr.bsky.social, Douglas Cole, Allison Davis, Chris Bullard, Sabine Chu, Mark Smith, Barbara Daniels, Jerrice Baptiste, and Craig Dobson. www.neologismpoetry.com/September-20...

This is the bindweed poem. (The link I posted works, but the thumbnail that appears with it goes ... somewhere else! ) From Neologismpoetry.com November 2019:

Coming back to this poem by Jordan Potter in #62 (www.neologismpoetry.com/july-2022#jp) often - becoming one of my all-time favorites.

Issue #99 out now! Featured Poet Dudley Stone; supported by Claudia Kessel, Elizabeth VanBuskirk, Alex Stolis, Lucinda Davis, Andrew Vogel, John Muro, Laura Hannett, Patrick Meeds, and Nora Sun. www.neologismpoetry.com/august-2025/

the scent of pine our mother's arms

Excited to share that my poem In His Garden was recently published by @neologismpoetry.bsky.social! Read the full poem here: www.neologismpoetry.com/July-2025/#dhn

Issue #98 out now! Featured Poet Shinsaku Ashida; supported by J.M. Vesper, Denise England, Carolanna Lisonbee, Daniel Hewett, @tylerthepoet.bsky.social‬, Mark Katrinak, David Hanlon, Pramod Lad, and Fiona Hartmann. www.neologismpoetry.com/July-2025/

SELF PROMO POST: If you wanna check out my work, here's a couple poems you can read right now: • 𝗦𝗻𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗘𝘆𝗲𝘀 — @neologismpoetry.bsky.social: www.neologismpoetry.com/july-2023/ • 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗸-𝗔-𝗟𝗲𝗲𝗸 — @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social: fifthwheelpress.com/blogarchive/...

Issue #97 out now! Featured Poet Vincent Santino Smarra; supported by @andyetpoetry.bsky.social‬, Mark Wyatt, Sam Barbee, Mark Dunbar, Paul Bavister, Carole Glasser Langille, Patricia Nelson, Mykyta Ryzhykh, and Erika Seshadri. www.neologismpoetry.com/June-2025/

Elly Katz was published in #92 earlier this year. If you understand that your work or work you are familiar with has been plagiarized in the poem Go Gentle, please contact me. www.neologismpoetry.com/January-2025...

"We sell the world to buy fire, our way lighted by burning men" From The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry: bookshop.org/a/862/9781582430379 #poem #booksky #writing

Struggling to stay awake. Two days in a row getting submissions about broken sleep. It's a sign.

Issue #96 out now! Featured Poet Jeffrey Heath; supported by @birchwiley.bsky.social‬, Alison Hicks, Lily Tobias, Lauren MacKinnon, Jerrice J Baptiste, Valerie Nieman, Rich Murphy, Zhu Xiao Di, and Helen Gu. www.neologismpoetry.com/May-2025/

The first new poem from my 'Concord Ave. Georgics' collection was picked up by Neologism Poetry Journal for this January. Big thanks to Editor Christopher Fields! Check out this great online journal: www.neologismpoetry.com @neologismpoetry.bsky.social

Really happy to have 2 poems published in the April issue of Neologism Poetry Journal. Thanks so much Christopher! @neologismpoetry.bsky.social www.neologismpoetry.com/april-2025/

Love poems. You write them, I want them! Submissions link in profile.

Issue #95 out now! Featured Poet Garrett Speller, @stephanielharper.bsky.social, @auramartin.bsky.social, Patrick G. Roland, @CrystalTaylorSA, @tombusillo.bsky.social, Rachael Brooks, @reemhtasyakan.bsky.social, Sara Fitzpatrick, and @caititalks.bsky.social Read: www.neologismpoetry.com/april-2025/

New issue goes up in a couple of days!

Literally feeling this memorable poem by James Croal Jackson from Issue #9 today. www.neologismpoetry.com/february-201...

Ross Thompson, most recently appearing in Neologism #71, has a new book of poetry out with Dedalus Press: The Slipping Forecast. If you like his poem below, give it a read: www.dedaluspress.com/product/the-... www.neologismpoetry.com/april-2023/#rt

Proud and excited to be featured in this issue, alongside some very beautiful, powerful work

Issue #94 out now! Featured Poet Lara Chamoun, supported by Leonie Lacey, Shannon McNicholas, Kaitlin Tan, @ccimmone.bsky.social, Charles Elin, P.C. Scheponik, Laura Hannett, and George Smith. www.neologismpoetry.com/March-2025/

Feels like I'm handing out acceptances left and right today. Not sure what's steering towards me all this poetry that's so much my style, but I can't complain!