"Today’s poem moves quietly and deliberately, the way a cautious deer might walk from the shelter of the woods into a clearing," @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social shared in today's episode. Read "Whitetail in the Rain Moving About" by Melissa Ginsburg: bit.ly/3L6UMTB 📖: @lsupress.bsky.social

We found a Staircase in the Woods.

Monongahela Christmas by Tom Barlow in ONE ART: a journal of poetry oneartpoetry.com/2025/12/25/m...

I should be saying Merry Christmas or Happy Krampus or something, but my present to myself was finally bringing this poetry podcast into reality. I’m really hoping you will like it and that you’ll listen to upcoming episodes and that you’ll share this and spread the word. Much love, my friends!

"What's abundance, if it's vile?" --Kim Stafford.

Love that final rhyme at the end.

Wonderful poems and wonderful first episode of @inthreepoems.bsky.social hosted by @davidjbauman.bsky.social www.inthreepoems.com/2516618/epis...

Steves purchased the property to prevent it from closing. Many homeless people had come to depend on the Lynnwood Hygiene Center, which had operated rent-free on the property since 2020. n.pr/3MKbmJH

So glad to have a couple poems up at Richard Long's 2Rivers with all of these fine poets. Link in the comments:

A week from Christmas, here are some halfway holiday poems.

The Winter Solstice is here! 🌙❄️ From star jasmine to winter trees, a lamenting spider plant to a queer boy who imagines becoming a grove of quaking aspen — our new issue is live: otherwisecollective.com/current-issue

Fly Fishing Magazine: Big Spring Creek Conservationists Fight To Save Wild Trout From Warehouse Development In Cumberland County tinyurl.com/sx8yfptd

100% agree with everything here. No one's making you write a novel! If you don't like writing novels, do something else. I simply cannot imagine doing this for even one second if I didn't enjoy it so much.

In 85% of Wyoming, wolves can be hunted and killed with virtually no restriction. Tell Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon: It's time to end the wolf hunts.

12 year old dog and 75 year old train.

I have work in 2 of these collections short-listed for Appalachian Book of the Year www.fox8tv.com/newspost/kim...

Online reading Saturday 7pm EST wordhiveorg.wordpress.com/2025/12/02/g...

“We sell the world to buy fire, / our way lighted by burning men, / and that has bent my mind / and made me think of darkness / and wish for the dumb life of roots.” Wendell Berry #poetry

A week from Christmas, here are some halfway holiday poems.

Techbros seem to love Tolkien, so here's an analogy to help you understand what genAI is. GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart. But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.

I have a new poem up at Sublunary Review today! Many thanks to Ruslan Garrey and Dustin King. www.sublunaryreview.com/home/i-found...

@terrainorg.bsky.social was just named one of Ten Outstanding Literary Magazines for Poetry by Poets & Writers magazine. Woot! www.pw.org/content/ten_...

Saw this at a bookstore Saturday on the “staff favorites” table.

Then There is This by Kari Gunter-Seymour in ONE ART: a journal of poetry oneartpoetry.com/2025/12/16/t...

Lights for a season of darkness with @poetclare.bsky.social @johnsiddique.bsky.social @koshtra.bsky.social @velveteenrabbi.bsky.social @aempoet.bsky.social @kelliagodon.bsky.social @thepoetslizard.bsky.social @jillpearlman.bsky.social 3/4 www.vianegativa.us/2025/12/poet...

Just saying, it's not too late to order this for Christmas or whatever. And if you have it already, give it some stars or a review or if you're cold, use it to start a fire. bookshop.org/p/books/temp...

Heck yeah! #poetry #poets #podcast

Feel like I could run into old spirits here were it not for the gunshots from hunters in the distance.

This is what @thepoetslizard.bsky.social and I are facing at Via Negativa, a literary blog with nearly 15,000 posts. We might have to password-protect our archives just to keep the site from being taken offline www.glamelab.org/products/are...

Look who I'll be reading with in February for @oneart.bsky.social. I'm very excited for this one.

*deepest of sighs*

Just saw a guy in a full Santa Claus outfit pull into a no parking zone. Christmas is anarchy.

This is not a good take. Humans shouldn't feel forced to change the way we create art because of AI. We should pledge not to use it and not support outlets that publish it. litmagnews.substack.com/p/sick-of-co...

Much gratitude to Peter Mladinic for this stellar review of Take Care “Flag of the Patriot in the Country of Dignity”: Peter Mladinic Reviews Mark Danowsky’s Poetry Collection Take Care heavyfeatherreview.org/2025/12/10/t...

My poem from the new beautifully done Nixes Mate

Very excited to reveal the cover for The Broken Buddha, my forthcoming poetry collection from Roadside Press. Immensely grateful to Harim Choi (@harimmch on IG) and Dominique Ahkong for their work on the cover art and design. You can reserve a signed copy here: tinyurl.com/brokenbuddha

Someone is wondering what’s taking Dad so long. Don’t worry, good boy, the podcast will be here before Saint Nick! #poetry #poets

William Cullen Bryant treated sentences like taffy--stretched them out until they broke. www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50465/...

One of absolute favorite poems, by my favorite poet: poets.org/poem/failing...

Happy 10-year anniversary of Whale Road Review! Thank you to all who have contributed and to the peer reviewers who have spent countless hours reading and shaping this journal with me. Here’s another fantastic winter issue that we’re excited to share! www.whaleroadreview.com/issue-41

Just saying, it's not too late to order this for Christmas or whatever. And if you have it already, give it some stars or a review or if you're cold, use it to start a fire. bookshop.org/p/books/temp...

My late friend @brianbeatty.bsky.social said I often overshot the ending in my poems, and this was the advice I need today.

Looked at my class list for next semester. This is going to be such a fun group to work with.

Need some new blood in your system? If by “new blood,” you mean new lit mags, and by “your system,” you mean your long list of potential places to submit to, we got you. If you mean anything else … I do believe you’re in the wrong place.

A guest at a writing panel last night said he's not bothered by rejections because he's glad he didn't write most of the stuff he sees in journals--I laughed and cringed at the same time.

It's time to talk to you about my cat.

What are your favorite new #poetry craft books? I like to keep my #teaching resource library up-to-date.

Good lord yes