Trade the house for these fields again. Ride by my side. Be my witness. lauradehartyoung.com #poetry #poetrycommunity #author #poetrylovers 🌈📚

There are all kinds of freedom: freedom to choose, freedom to be, freedom of speech, artistic freedom just to name a few. At times, people and situations will exert their will. Stay strong. Keep hope alive. Morning will come. #freedom #artistic #keephopealive #riseup #staystrong

The Milk House is a rural writing collective that curates the fiction, non-fiction and poetry of many fine writers. I'm honored that their editors chose my poem, "Absolution for Two," for their July issue. #poetry #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity themilkhouse.org @themilkhouse.org.bsky.social

Staring into the refrigerator is only useful on hot days. lauradehartyoung.com #poetry #poetrylovers #poets #litmags 🌈📚

An unexpected detour can often lead you to the right side of life. Thanks to the editors of MockingHeart Review for including my poem in their beautifully curated 2026 spring/summer issue. mockingheartreview.com #poetry #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity 🌈📚

Reality can be daunting. Fiction can be the cure. lauradehartyoung.com #reading #books #poetry #fiction #readerscommunity 🌈📚

Tail lights in the dark might be the light that gets you home. bookofmatcheslitmag.com #poetry #poetrylovers #writers #litmags #poetrycommunity 🌈📚

Fixing a combine using a manual printed in German (unless you are German) is not advisable. "Manuals are for Quitters" appears in the spring issue of Book of Matches - somehow landing in the midst of this beautiful collection that includes so many talented poets. #poetry #poetrycommunity #writers

bookofmatcheslitmag.com Honored to be included with these talented poets assembled so beautifully by Book of Matches. Happy 5 years BOM! 🎉🎉 #poetry #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #author #litmags 📚🌈

The spring 2026 issue of Book of Matches is here: bookofmatcheslitmag.com This is their fifth year of publication — and I congratulate them. I am humbled by their acceptance of five of my poems. 💕 #poetry #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity 🌈📚

I’m with the banned! 📚🌈 Book bans and attempted bans remain at an all time high according to the American Library Association (ALA). Last year, more than 90% of challenges arose from activists and government officials. #freedomtoread #booklover #lgbtq #bluesky 🌈📚

Some grief can’t be fixed. You carry it with you—sit with it at night in a old green chair. #poetry #booksky 🌈📚 💙📚 lauradehartyoung.com thimblelitmag.com

The spring issue of Thimble Literary Magazine is out! I’m honored to be included. Check out Thimble’s newest issue here: Thimblelitmag.com #poetry #poetrylovers #booksky #poetrycommunity

Freedom to read! 🌈📚 #booksky #books #reading #bannedbooks #freedom 💙📚 lauradehartyoung.com

No need to say goodbye to a cup of coffee and a good book. 🤓📚 #book #booklovers #reading #coffee #relaxation lauradehartyoung.com

Big snow, warm covers…good book! 📚 lauradehartyoung.com #booksky #books #lgbtq #readingcommunity 💙📚 #authors 🌈📚

Reading is a proven way to reduce stress! #booksky #reading #books #readingcommunity 💙📚 #poetry 🌈📚

Love is in the air! And in the books! lauradehartyoung.com #books #romancebooks #booklovers #lgbtq #valentinesday 💙📚 🌈📚

Cold winter day? Hot tea, warm blanket, good book! #booksky #books 💙📚 #lgbtq 🌈📚 #readingcommunity

With the incoming weather it’s a great time for some poetry and fiction! #booksky 💙📚 #poetry #fiction #reading 🌈📚 lauradehartyoung.com

“Books are mirrors of the soul.” Virginia Woolf #booksky #reading #books #poetry 💙📚 lauradehartyoung.com

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I feel right at home in Does It Have Pockets? online literary magazine. Visit their site to read what we carry into our lives, our stories— in pockets: large, small, messy, empty and frayed. doesithavepockets.bsky.social #poetry #poetrylovers #booksky #literarymagazine #readingcommunity

"It was unanimous. Fun didn't move us one bit." Witty, wise, wonderful; three poems each gems form and tone, new from @itsjrwalsh.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/jr-wa... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"I wrote down the recipe and put it somewhere I’d be sure to find it again, and accordingly, I haven’t seen it since." Funny, timely, and hopeful, don't miss this deliciously quirky new fiction from @katemaxlow.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/kate... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

"No tool has ever existed to fix what happened to us." Two superlative new poems from @lauradehartyoung.bsky.social -- freshly immersive and achingly beautiful | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/laura... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

Two of my poems just dropped in Does It Have Pockets? 📍Truck Stop Prayer 📍What I Couldn’t Fix Thanks to the editors for the thoughtful space, beautiful design, and talented company. #poetry #lgbtq #literarymagazines #writerscommunity #booksky doesithavepockets.bsky.social

Happy New Year! Be joyful. Keep fighting. Read books. #booksky #happynewyear #happy2026 #reading #books #lgbtq

🎄 Burnt Toast and Benedictions Contains: queer domestic chaos, emotional truth bombs, and toast that’s… well, burnt. #booksky #poetry 💙📚 #books #poetrylovers #lgbtq 🌈📚 lauradehartyoung.com

lauradehartyoung.com 🍞Burnt Toast and Benedictions, a 10-poem collection including crows as company and Oreos as comfort. 🪶🍪🍞 #poetry #poetrylovers #lgbtq #booksky 💙📚

The Loch Raven Review, a longstanding online and print journal, has just published two of my poems. Visit them at: thelochravenreview.net lauradehartyoung.com #booksky #poetry #poetrylovers 💙📚 #writersofbluesky

lauradehartyoung.com Hot chocolate, a warm throw, favorite snack. Books make great gifts. #booksky #lgbtq #reading #authors

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The kind of poetry that makes you laugh, wince, then text someone you shouldn’t. #booksky 💙📚 #poetry #lgbtq 🌈📚 #reading #authors #writersofbluesky 👀📚 lauradehartyoung.com

Thanks for the reposts! @alhanda.bsky.social @masatokanasashi.bsky.social @petercbradbury.bsky.social @caasbrey.bsky.social @mitchellsquid.bsky.social

Thanks for the reposts! @mitchellsquid.bsky.social @masatokanasashi.bsky.social @petercbradbury.bsky.social @cfburton.bsky.social @caasbrey.bsky.social @profiterole-reads.bsky.social @sherryellisauthor.bsky.social @pages-and-pothos.bsky.social

Fourth printing! Thank you for keeping Love on the Line alive and climbing. Haven’t read this Alaskan romance yet? Time to catch up. ❄️📘 lauradehartyoung.com #booksky 💙📚 #books #lgbtq 🌈📚 #reading

Queer books are alive and well despite efforts to ban them! 🙌🏼 lauradehartyoung.com 💙📚 #booksky #booklovers #readingcommunity #lgbtq 🌈📚 #freedomtoread #books

Always be thankful for the freedom to read! lauradehartyoung.com #booksky #poetry 💙📚 #poetrycommunity 🌈📚 #books #booklovers #readingcommunity

This Thanksgiving, skip the family drama (well most of it) and pass around some quiet, queer heartbreak instead. 🦃🥧🍂😁 Books to read after turkey and pie. lauradehartyoung.com #books #queerbooks #lgbtq #poetry 🌈📚 #booksky 💙📚 #booklovers #poetrylovers #reading

🎃🕸️ No tricks—just burnt toast and tender truths.🍞✨ Burnt Toast and Benedictions — my new poetry chapbook published by Bottlecap Press. Link to purchase: lauradehartyoung.com 💙📚 #booksky #lgbtq 🌈📚 #poetry #poetrycommunity #readersofbluesky #books #reading

Just burnt toast and tender truths. My new poetry chapbook is out now. 🌐 lauradehartyoung.com #booksky #poetry #poetrycommunity 💙📚 #queerauthors #lgbtq 🌈📚 #readers #books

Thank to everyone who’s supported my new chapbook Burnt Toast and Benedictions! 💛 If you haven’t picked up a copy yet, please check it out. 💙📚 #poet #poetry 🌈📚 #booksky #books BURNT TOAST AND BENEDICTIONS — available from Bottlecap Press. bottlecap.press/collections/... Or lauradehartyoung.com

I'm so excited to announce my brand new chapbook with Bottlecap Press! Burnt Toast and Benedictions is a chapbook about quiet love and the stubborn tenderness it takes to stay. 💙📚 #booksky #poetry #books 🌈📚 #queerbooks 📚👀 From Bottlecap Press bottlecap.press/collections/...

It’s here! My new poetry chapbook Burnt Toast and Benedictions is now live from @BottlecapPress. Ten poems about burnt toast, dead flies in beer and the strange holiness of domestic life—grief and humor, love and rupture, all in the same room. 💙📚 #booksky #poetry 📖 bottlecap.press/products/bur...

Just published in Book of Matches, Issue 15! online.fliphtml5.com/qoqiq/pdvr/#... 🪓 “Heads Up, Paris!” is my ode to the French Revolution—with flying carrots, mini guillotines, and more dark humor even the French would love! #BookOfMatchesLit #PoetryBluesky #booksky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity

New poetry coming 9/1 in Book of Matches Literary Magazine. 💙📚 #booksky #poetry #poetrycommunity #writers #poetrylovers #readingcommunity #queerwriters #queerpoets #lgbtq bookofmatcheslitmag.com lauradehartyoung.com

It’s Friday! Time to relax! Enjoy an award-winning literary site: The Raven’s Perch, an international literary and visual arts magazine publishing poets and authors daily from around the world. @theravensperch.bsky.social #writers #poets #authors #poetrycommunity theravensperch.com

Read my latest poetry, “Five Feet of You” published by The Raven’s Perch. #Booksky #poetry #booklovers #poetrycommunity #writers #poetrylovers #LGBTQ theravensperch.com/five-feet-of...

Don't forget to take your favorite books, short stories, and poetry on summer vacations still to come! 😊📚💙 #booksky #poetry #books #reading #summer #vacation lauradehartyoung.com