Everything floats // briefly

"Six inches of rain / in the past week, and the Harpeth spills // its floodplain, eats into the trails, trebles // like a fever, steady and slow, knocking down / whatever stands in its way." Read "My Daughter Wanted to Go for a Hike, a Real Hike" by Gary McDowell: swiftslitmag.com/gary-mcdowell

"but they are determined to exist, with the ancient / cloaks of their furred wings-kings of outlasting;" Read three poems from @kristi-maxwell.bsky.social from an Inger Christensen-inspired series: swiftslitmag.com/kristi-maxwell

"the voice did / want the rope to add up to something more / than rope" Read three poems by Lauren Mallett in our newest issue: swiftslitmag.com/lauren-mallett

"The water loved you so well, loved you through your whisper-thin topsoil / until you were saturated, birch and cedar and spruce roots / swimming in silt like migrated mangroves, / and you carried that love down / to meet the reaching sea." - @fklein907.bsky.social swiftslitmag.com/frances-klein

"When they asked me why I stole the flute, I said / because it was beautiful..." Read "My Statement" by Paul Hostovsky in the newest issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social here: swiftslitmag.com/paul-hostovsky

"washing / the leaves & ashes from the street // tender & in a forgotten key that can't / be shaken out" Read two new poems by @cold-eternals.bsky.social in the newest issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social here: swiftslitmag.com/ryan-collins

Check out our most recent newsletter about all things happening here at AQ HQ, including a new issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social & a peek at our next project ...! accumulate-quiet.beehiiv.com/p/april-2026...

Thanks to @jeremymichaelreed.bsky.social and the swifts folks for taking two poems about Ketchikan’s recent landslides *cue Stevie Nicks*

It’s spring and the second issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social is out! Incredible work from @cold-eternals.bsky.social @fklein907.bsky.social @kristi-maxwell.bsky.social & more! You can read it here: www.swiftslitmag.com

Our second issue is live! Check out the fantastic writing of @cold-eternals.bsky.social, Paul Hostovsky, @fklein907.bsky.social, Lauren Mallett, @kristi-maxwell.bsky.social, & Gary McDowell here: www.swiftslitmag.com

New poem from issue 1 contrib Donna Vorreyer!

Thanks for including me in your first issue with so many other writers I love to read.

“Here in the buzzing dim… the outside world disappears, the timeline slips.” Our final featured writer from our inaugural issue is the fantastic @djvorreyer.bsky.social! swiftslitmag.com/donna-vorreyer

“In the early dark, / I begin the slow work / of stitching something…” Read “Needlework” and two other incredible poems by Brynn Martin in our inaugural issue today: swiftslitmag.com/brynn-martin

"The patterns / of distance are well established between us. Is an unread poem / a kind of broken promise?" Every time we see a new @amorak.bsky.social poem, we make sure to read it. Be sure to read his newest in the first issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social: swiftslitmag.com/amorak-huey

“The sky purpling over high / cane would be enough” A phenomenal new poem from @jackbedell.bsky.social in the first issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social: swiftslitmag.com/jack-b-bedell

“The punctum is the camera - really an iPhone - and me, as I am now. Though my voice punctures the past at times.” Read the full visual essay “Progue” by Lindsey D. Alexander in our first issue here: swiftslitmag.com/lindsey-d-al...

If you haven’t signed up for it already, check out the first edition of our newsletter! You can read what we’re about, see a note from our editor @jeremymichaelreed.bsky.social, & learn about our first project @swiftslitmag.bsky.social here: accumulate-quiet.beehiiv.com/p/welcome-to...

So delighted to have work in the first issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social alongside poets I admire.

The first writer in our first issue is the phenomenal @mollyakin.bsky.social! swiftslitmag.com/molly-akin

My newsletter’s back up & running after a little break! This month features a fantastic @susanpoet.bsky.social poem, the first issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social, a video poem, & more. jeremymichaelreed.beehiiv.com/p/february-2...

Thrilled to have two pieces in the first issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social!

New work from Sundress authors and editors in the debut issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social!

Honored to be in this first issue with so many writers I admire. Please check out the issue - it's small and beautiful and a perfect one-sit read. Thanks to @jeremymichaelreed.bsky.social for his hard work in curating a new space for writers.

Really grateful to have a poem in the debut issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social ! Big thanks to @jeremymichaelreed.bsky.social for including me! 👇🏻

Cannot be more excited for Issue One to be out for everyone to read! Incredible, incredible work here from @mollyakin.bsky.social @jackbedell.bsky.social @amorak.bsky.social @djvorreyer.bsky.social & more!

Our first issue is live! Check out the fantastic writing of @mollyakin.bsky.social, Lindsey D. Alexander, @jackbedell.bsky.social, @amorak.bsky.social, Brynn Martin, & @djvorreyer.bsky.social: swiftslitmag.com

So excited to hear today that I'll have some work in the first issue!!

Thanks for listing us & helping spread the word, @duotrope.com!

New publisher listing for: swifts @swiftslitmag.bsky.social (Fiction Poetry Nonfiction; non-paying). #WritingCommunity

New journal accepting submissions

I couldn't be more excited for this new project! Help us spread the word, and I hope you send something our way!

Our first project's taking flight! Send them some work to consider!

We are officially open to submissions for Issue 1 to be published in early 2026! Send us some work to consider!

coming soon... 👀