A bit late sharing this poem published in @rustandmoth.bsky.social 's autumn issue. (was I waiting for December?🤔) Grateful it’s out in the world. Big thanks to the editors 💙 rustandmoth.com/work/december/

Excited to soon reappear in the pages of @rustandmoth.bsky.social, a forever favourite 💜 Sharing 'Ode to Em Dash' that found a home with them five years ago :) rustandmoth.com/work/ode-to-...

Natsume Soseki, tr. Soiku Shigematsu

"But why the last? I ask. Why not live each day as if it were the first— all raw astonishment, Eve rubbing her eyes awake that first morning" ~Linda Pastan poets.org/poem/imagina...

"If alive, then all alone and bleeding. If dead, then freshly dead. If not alone, then swarmed with ants and flies, thick flies like biting July berries. If swarmed with maggots, biblical." Dream of the Moose Calf, Zeke Shomler in @upthestaircase.bsky.social www.upthestaircase.org/zeke-shomler...

A delightfully tragicomic poem by Matt Cariello in @rustandmoth.bsky.social rustandmoth.com/work/the-bro...

"And what are you but this flicker inside me for which I invent fingers and elbows, a head of hair, flux of light in a city I have not visited in years, pavement that bears our fleeting mark" Aubade for Longing, Sheila Black @westtradereview.bsky.social www.westtradereview.com/onlineexclus...

Masonry Were it not for the carefully constructed wall between us, I could reach across the bed and hold your hand. ~Ann Weil in The Inflectionist Review www.inflectionism.com/19-ann-weil-...

Another fine poem from Tony Leuzzi's Fog Notes. This one is a lifetime in nine lines.

I really admire this poem by Dane Holt. He takes that particular ‘flatness’ of grief and finds a playfulness within it… which is so hard! How on earth do you play with flatness? Like this:

Sharing an old poem titled 'On Valentine's Day...' on Valentine's Day though it's not 'on' Valentine's Day :) from Issue 64 of @upthestaircase.bsky.social www.upthestaircase.org/vismai-rao-i...

Five years ago today, @iambapoet.com was born. Just look how far we've come. Twenty waves and counting, 320 poets (so far), and almost 1,000 poems. Thank you to the poets who've appeared – and to those who've visited, read, listened and shared. This celebration is for us all.

Hugely grateful to have a new poem in the beautiful new issue of @berlinlit.bsky.social, one of my favorite new magazines...

Judy Grahn

My brother Robbie’s book THE BEAR WRESTLER comes out on March 15, from Saturnalia Books and is available for preorder now. I love this collection of poems and hope you’ll check it out!📚🤎

'After all, it has been proved, using highly sensitive equipment, that even a cup of tea is subject to lunar tides.' ~ Mary Ruefle, Madness, Rack, & Honey

I have a new poem up at The Arkansas International that I’m really proud of & happy to share: “Strawberry Season” in praise of my mother. This poem is also forthcoming in MORE FLOWERS (@triohousepress.bsky.social, 2026)! Thanks to the editors for including this poem in The Women’s Issue!

Nikki Giovanni (1943-2024)

Gratitude to @esylviapoet.bsky.social for engaging DRESSING THE BEAR (@triohousepress.bsky.social) with depth & care. I'm loving thinking about how death “unteaches the ability to let go” & to be likened to Natalie Diaz in a review: no words, just thank you! 💙⬇️ psalteryandlyre.org/2024/12/06/b...

Cuddling Mocha this morning & reading the latest issue of The MacGuffin. Excited it includes my flash “Near Miss.” Happy Friday, friends.💚🐶

My poem, “Clean,” from DRESSING THE BEAR (@triohousepress.bsky.social) seems to be the most beloved, and I’m grateful for the ways it’s connected me with so many others who have experienced a similar loss. Thanks for this thread, Kelli! 💙

Slow-reading @susanlleary.bsky.social's poignant meditations on grief @triohousepress.bsky.social This work is a gift 💜

Wrote a little blog post, friends, if you want to check it out.♥️ www.melissaostrom.com/blog/

We released a small but lovely issue a few weeks ago. Check out issue 67 here: www.upthestaircase.org

I'm so thrilled to be able to share my latest poem, "When I Think About There Ever Being Someone Else," published in @atlreview.bsky.social! I took inspiration from Vievee Francis's "I've Been Thinking about Love Again." This is from my book I'm finishjng. Another rom-com special for y'all! 😉🐺🐺❄️🫀❤️‍🔥

My five #poetsonbluesky: @alinaetc.bsky.social @taylorbyas.bsky.social @adrianf.bsky.social @sfmontgomery.bsky.social @vismai.bsky.social

First post! We are open to submissions, everyone: www.upthestaircase.org/submit.html Deadline: December 15th

So honored by this beautiful review of Dressing the Bear (@triohousepress.bsky.social) by @dlassell.bsky.social in the new issue of Diode! Thank you, Daniel, for your generous reading of these poems & for noticing all those birds & wings! 💙🙏 Read the review: diodepoetry.com/lassell_dani...