#HorrorCommunity 🦇 🧛 "Vampire Verses: Poems" – Reviewed by Sandra Lindow LindaAnn LoSchiavo’s "Vampire Verses" is an exploration of the popular psychosexual fascination with vampires. @dmcwriter.bsky.social @twisteddreamspress.bsky.social @sfpoetry.bsky.social specpo.wordpress.com/2026/06/13/v...

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Parry and Lord were my great grandmentors and the work that I did as part of the Homer Multitext was in their legacy and tradition. Critical scholarship for understanding oral epic poetry and composition in performance.

1. poetry is now open properly, so go submit your poetries if you'd like. 2. the site got redesigned, sorry for BUGGS if there are buggs do not squash just tell us and we will release them outside. 3. the site is pretty go look at it: psychopomp.com/deadlands 4. please become patron it's very

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New on the blog! SFPA Reviews: Through the Looking Glass: Poems by Anna Cates. sfpoetry.org/wp/2026/06/2...

Did you know the SFPA has a blog? Check out our newest post: A Poem Means What You Feel It Means: Reflections from a Nepali Poet sfpoetry.org/wp/2026/06/2...

Today on SFPA Reviews, @lisatimpf.bsky.social brings us: anOther Nemesis by @aijiang.bsky.social, @angelayurikosmith.bsky.social, @genni.bsky.social, and @cybergodwrites.bsky.social sfpoetry.org/wp/2026/06/2...

Today on SFPA Reviews, @lisatimpf.bsky.social brings us: anOther Nemesis by @aijiang.bsky.social, @angelayurikosmith.bsky.social, @genni.bsky.social, and @cybergodwrites.bsky.social sfpoetry.org/wp/2026/06/2...

Did you know the SFPA has a blog? Check out our newest post: A Poem Means What You Feel It Means: Reflections from a Nepali Poet sfpoetry.org/wp/2026/06/2...

New on the blog! SFPA Reviews: Through the Looking Glass: Poems by Anna Cates. sfpoetry.org/wp/2026/06/2...

"Beauty's Captor" is a poem that reimagines Sleeping Beauty from the point of view of the vines 🌹🌿 It was originally published in @sfpoetry.bsky.social's Star*Line last summer, and is now free to read from @daikaijuzine.bsky.social! Read it now ⬇️ www.daikaijuzine.org/nicomartinez...

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PORTALS submission cap update! Fiction is at 58/150 subs (~39% full) Poetry is at 17/100 subs (17% full) Keep sending Angel and Jess your stories and poems! Get weird, get dark, get visceral, take a risk… or, in Angel’s words, “be the little freak I need” 💜 hybrispress.moksha.io/publication/...

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Thanks to Destinies on @wusbradio.bsky.social for sharing my #poem “The Poison Game.” Also included: Dear Cthulhu and some Toy Story. Poem at 7:40. #writingcommunity #theyogapoet #specpo CC @sfpoetry.bsky.social captphilonline.com/Destinies/De...

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ICYMI: My poem "The Mermaid Speaks of Social Justice From the Bathtub" came out last month from @strangehorizons.bsky.social! If you only read one of my poems this year, I hope you'll make it this weird meditation on complicity and capitalism. strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

Happy Pride!! The SFPA blog is celebrating with three on theme speculative writing prompts. Get your pride on here 🏳️‍🌈 sfpoetry.org/wp/2026/06/1...

Hey speculative poetry lovers, the May Round-up is live! Check out what your fellow poets have been up to: sfpoetry.org/wp/2026/06/0...

She was lovely, and a gentle inspiration to things like writing poetry.

Jane Yolen (1939–2026) locusmag.com/2026/06...

skeleton squeeeee!!! congratulations Ishita Basu Mali and @angelaliu.bsky.social for your Ignyte nominations!! read these gorgeous poems here: After The Storm: psychopomp.com/deadlands/is... The Language of Fireflies: psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

Let's recap some cool things! My poem ("I, Robot") in Simultaneous Times (www.podomatic.com/podcasts/spa...) is up for the Rhysling award from @sfpoetry.bsky.social. "When Death Comes, Look to The Tower" is out at @smallwondersmag.com (smallwondersmag.com/piece/when-d...). +

I am mesmerized by this gorgeous artwork by Julie Dillon. My poem "Los fantasmas en Su Boca," published in Poisoned Soup for the Macabre, Depraved and Insane: Nostalgic Terror (@brigidsgatepress.bsky.social), will be reprinted with the poetry finalists in the 2026 Rhysling Anthology, out in July.

I was like MY GOD who did that art that absolutely stopped me in my tracks, and of course it's absolute legend Julie Dillon 😍

The SFPA Annual Poetry Contest 2026 opened June 1 for subs of poetry in dwarf, short, and long poem divisions! The deadline will be August 31. Submit your entries now: bit.ly/SFPAcontest2... For more details: sfpoetry.org/wp/annual-co... @mrpoemguy.bsky.social @sfpoetry.bsky.social

The SFPA Annual Poetry Contest 2026 opened June 1 for subs of poetry in dwarf, short, and long poem divisions! The deadline will be August 31. Submit your entries now: bit.ly/SFPAcontest2... For more details: sfpoetry.org/wp/annual-co... @nsborwein.bsky.social @sfpoetry.bsky.social

I am over the moon about this cover 😍

I can't get over this cover 🤩🤩🤩

Without the generous donations of SFPA members, the Rhysling Anthology could not be published. Please donate at the link in your most recent missive, members 💜 We need all the help we can get 💖

Unveiling the 2026 Rhysling Anthology cover! "Death on a Pale Horse" by @juliedillon.bsky.social Find more of her incredible work here: www.juliedillonart.com

Speculative poets! @sfpoetry.bsky.social ‘s annual contest starts June 1st, with prizes for dwarf, short & long poems! I’m contest chair this year! Naomi Simone Borwein ( @nsborwein.bsky.social ) will be contest judge! Speculative poetry of all genres / forms welcome! sfpoetry.org/wp/annual-co...

The SF & F Poetry Association’s ( @sfpoetry.bsky.social ) Annual Poetry Contest opens for subs on June 1st! Michael Hessel-Mial @mrpoemguy.bsky.social is contest chair! I’m honoured to be contest judge! Looking forward to reading your brilliant spec poetry subs! sfpoetry.org/wp/annual-co...

This is super nice – a second Elgin Awards nomination, plus an excellent review by Herb Kauderer at the SFPA of The Goose Liver Anthology, one of our dark fantasy poetry books: specpo.wordpress.com/2026/05/24/t... @sfpoetry.bsky.social 💙📚

Thanks to Illumen (Hiraeth Books) for sharing my #poem “Lady-like.” How nice to turn pages in a hard copy journal! Available here: www.hiraethsffh.com cc: @sfpoetry.bsky.social #scifi #specpo

ICYMI: Thanks to Destinies on @wusbradio.bsky.social for sharing my #poem “The Gnomes On Oak Throw A Bachelor Bash.” Poem at 11:09 captphilonline.com/Destinies/De... cc: @sfpoetry.bsky.social #specpo

Pub day! My poem "My Bot Boyfriend Has Read Wuthering Heights Too Many Times" is out today in Eye to the Telescope's "Paying Tribute" issue! @sfpoetry.bsky.social eyetothetelescope.com/index.html

If anyone's looking for a very smart article on how speculative poets could be using alliterative poetry in their work (and we all should, right?), then this will be of interest. @sfwa.bsky.social @sffreview.bsky.social @sfpoetry.bsky.social magazine.interstellarflightpress.com/an-introduct...

Happy Friday! My new poem "Post-Extinction Spoilers" 🦴🌌is now up in Issue 60 of Eye to the Telescope @sfpoetry.bsky.social Enjoy!! eyetothetelescope.com/archives/060...

#HorrorCommunity 🧛 🦇 🖤 #WorldDraculaDayMay26th 🩸 ✍️ The Vampire That Defined Horror: The Story of Dracula From Russian ghost ship Demeter to ghoulish! Shared by the "Vampire Verses" poet! @dmcwriter.bsky.social @sfpoetry.bsky.social @southerngirlraven7.bsky.social youtu.be/Lpr6mI8gsvE?...

#HorrorCommunity Commemorate World Dracula Day 🧛 🦇 🩸 ✨ 🖤 Fang-tastic Celebrations! Join the fun! Watch the video! Shared by the "Vampire Verses" poet! @dmcwriter.bsky.social @sfpoetry.bsky.social @biteycat.bsky.social @alpbeck.com @twisteddreamspress.bsky.social youtu.be/FnC206jRzEY

#HorrorCommunity 🧛 🐈‍⬛ 💀 The Moroi: Romania's Most Feared Undead @sfpoetry.bsky.social @dmcwriter.bsky.social @twisteddreamspress.bsky.social @gnofhorror.com greenwichvillagepoet.substack.com/p/beyond-dra...

#HorrorCommunity 🧛 🦇 🩸 🖤 ✍️ Bram Stoker: The Bizarre True Story Behind the Creation of Dracula Shared by the "Vampire Verses" poet! @dmcwriter.bsky.social @sfpoetry.bsky.social @twisteddreamspress.bsky.social @gnofhorror.com @kimwhysallhammond.bsky.social youtu.be/A5h2Q_GpkY8?...

So grateful to have served on this year's Rhysling jury! Tons of great poems made the final cut, so please make sure to read them and vote if you're an SFPA member 🌠

So glad that my sci-fi poem "Looking Back" is a finalist for the Rhysling Award this year.

🧛 🦇 🖤 Visit my author page & learn about "Vampire Verses: Poems" + my vampire serial "Dracula Before Stoker: The Prequel" in time for World Dracula Day! 🍷 Claim your free Bloody Mary cocktail. @gnofhorror.com @sfpoetry.bsky.social @dmcwriter.bsky.social booksirens.com/author/JX9MF...