Thanks to all the poets who submitted their work to our summer issue. The reading starts this weekend! All submitters will be notified by the end of the day on 31 May. (And congrats to those who contacted us to withdraw their work because it had been accepted elsewhere!)

A reminder that submissions are open for delicate emissions poetry zine #18 through 15 May. We'd love to read your work and consider it for our June issue. Here's the Google form link: forms.gle/zxWPQYLxmpxM.... Guidelines available on our website -- link in bio!

A reminder that submissions are open for delicate emissions poetry zine #18 through 15 May. We'd love to read your work and consider it for our June issue. Here's the Google form link: forms.gle/zxWPQYLxmpxM.... Guidelines available on our website -- link in bio!

Our Editor has the day’s prompt at Moist Poetry Journal!

people are always asking me “I wanna read some poems but I hate everything I read in high school” to those people I say “reconsider Emily Dickinson, and read this blog” here are 11 good poems you should read, with links to Poetry Foundation prints www.lazyandentitled.org?p=162658341

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this is a reminder that our subs are open until May 15 -- links in bio :D

Our website is up at DelicateEmissions.com! Within the next few months, our past issues should all be there too. Don't worry -- we're not deleting any accounts now (though we deleted our X account a couple years ago), so past contributors can still find your stuff where we left it! LinkTree, too!

Our website is up at DelicateEmissions.com! Within the next few months, our past issues should all be there too. Don't worry -- we're not deleting any accounts now (though we deleted our X account a couple years ago), so past contributors can still find your stuff where we left it! LinkTree, too!

Well, well, well. We have a website. Improvements coming as the editor's skills and finances increase. delicateemissions.wordpress.com

We have increasing concerns over two things: how expensive it is to make a zine everybody wants but nobody buys (it's fine, we want people to have it, we'll give it away!) and the reality of AI scraping our poets' work from the many sites where we post it.

Poll (of sort) for poets. Do you prefer to have your poems published in: A. online-only publications B. print-only publications (even with narrow distribution) C. hybrid-only (weird wording but you know what we mean)

this is a reminder that our subs are open until May 15 -- links in bio :D

A cool thing about our zine is that we publish new poets alongside established ones.

"Gethsemane" by Julio César Villegas from Delicate Emissions Vol V, Issue 2, # 18. POET BIO: Julio César Villegas: Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico — raised in Essex County, New Jersey. Puerto Rico Se Levanta. Read more at linktr.ee/jcvillegas.

"You" by R James Sennett Jr. from Delicate Emissions vol V, Issue 2, # 18. POET BIO: R James Sennett Jr lives, works, breathes, and chases his muse in Louisville, Kentucky. His poetry has appeared in numerous publications for which he is grateful.

"Thy Wee Bit Housie" by Ryan Farrell from Delicate Emissions Vol V, Issue 2, # 18. POET BIO: Ryan Farrell is a middle school English teacher in Ohio. He enjoys writing poetry in his spare time. He likes animals.

Micro-fiction "The BLT Festival" by Robert John Miller “…sometimes too the animals would play tricks, and one year a wild coyote had only pretended to be taxidermized and he ate Bill, founder of Wild Bill’s Wild Taxidermized Coyotes, Ltd.” www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/the-...

Opening subs a few hours early because Thursday is one of those 12 hour days for our editor! Here's the link! Share with your friends! forms.gle/fv67hsVVid2W...

We'd love to get our zine in your hands! Do you have a zine, litmag, or journal you're willing to send to us? We'll send you ours -- we ship internationally!

We'd love to get our zine in your hands! Do you have a zine, litmag, or journal you're willing to send to us? We'll send you ours -- we ship internationally!

"Self-Portrait as a Shadow in a Landlocked Town" by @saraheldot.bsky.social POET BIO: Sarah Lee is a writer and winner of the Academy of American Poets’ Madeline DeGaetano Memorial Poetry Prize. You can find her on Bluesky and Instagram @saraheldot.

"The Clockmaker's Garden" by Zebo Zukhriddinova. POET BIO: Zebo Zukhriddinova was born in Uzbekistan, drawing poetic inspiration from her homeland’s colors, traditions, and enduring spirit. Follow her on Instagram at @Z.z.zebo. Get new poems in your postal mailbox every quarter by subscribing!

I ate your plums that you were saving for breakfast! and you will forgive me because you are weak on crime

Good morning to Day 13 of National Poetry Month! A prompt from Catherine Rockwood today on the idea of “neutral” and painting and color! 🎨 #poetry #NaPoMo 📚💙 @martin65.bsky.social

"The Clockmaker's Garden" by Zebo Zukhriddinova. POET BIO: Zebo Zukhriddinova was born in Uzbekistan, drawing poetic inspiration from her homeland’s colors, traditions, and enduring spirit. Follow her on Instagram at @Z.z.zebo. Get new poems in your postal mailbox every quarter by subscribing!

This is what happens when you make a Canva graphic in your sleep. Anyway, our subs open on Thursday! We're still using the Google form (will publish it on the 16th) but the process for uploading has changed. Check out our Linktree for updated guidelines! And always email or DM for clarification!

Can you believe subs open back up at the end of the week?!

Here's "SKINFOLD" by Audrey Kim from our current issue. POET BIO: Audrey Kim is a student in Connecticut. She is editing her first manuscript, and has been recently accepted for publication with the Academy of Heart and Mind. Follow her on Instagram at @axdreykim.

We are pro-zine for so many reasons!

Hear our editor and some great poets read here!

We still have some of the current issue for sale in our Ko-fi shop (link in our bio!) AND you can subscribe to get fresh poems in your hands quarterly. Support hand-made, heart-made art!

Here's "SKINFOLD" by Audrey Kim from our current issue. POET BIO: Audrey Kim is a student in Connecticut. She is editing her first manuscript, and has been recently accepted for publication with the Academy of Heart and Mind. Follow her on Instagram at @axdreykim.

"Palantir" by Julio César Villegas. POET BIO: Julio César Villegas: Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico — raised in Essex County, New Jersey. Puerto Rico Se Levanta. Read more at linktr.ee/jcvillegas.

The heart the poem's knife is pointed at is, finally, yours. Good readers of poems learn the shape of many knives. – Eric Hayot

Stone Circle #ThrowbackThursday poem : "Falling in Love in North Florida" by Natalie Eleanor Patterson) #TBT stonecirclereview.com/falling-in-l...

"Palantir" by Julio César Villegas. POET BIO: Julio César Villegas: Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico — raised in Essex County, New Jersey. Puerto Rico Se Levanta. Read more at linktr.ee/jcvillegas.

Check out www.tumblr.com/flashanddazz.... It's a new online litmag and they've used Payhip to provide a spot for free download. Wanna read a poem about eating in a Wawa? This is the place for you!

From "Fair bodies of unseen prose" by rob mclennan. rob mclennan was born and lives in Ottawa, Canada’s glorious capital city. His latest title is edgeless (Caitlin Press, 2026). Find him on BlueSky at robmclennan.bsky.social.

Check out www.tumblr.com/flashanddazz.... It's a new online litmag and they've used Payhip to provide a spot for free download. Wanna read a poem about eating in a Wawa? This is the place for you!

From "Fair bodies of unseen prose" by rob mclennan. rob mclennan was born and lives in Ottawa, Canada’s glorious capital city. His latest title is edgeless (Caitlin Press, 2026). Find him on BlueSky at robmclennan.bsky.social.

Oh, and when you're done reading John's story in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social , someone else has a poem there, too: The Truth About Wolves, which I wrote for my younger godchild, is out today! www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...

"IS THERE EVIDENCE OF GOD?" by Vesper. Vesper is a cripple punk trans queer poet from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His work is available to read at officialvesperpoetry.carrd.co. Follow him on Instagram @official__vesper. Get fresh poems delivered to your home mailbox 4x a year at the link in our bio!

"IS THERE EVIDENCE OF GOD?" by Vesper. Vesper is a cripple punk trans queer poet from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His work is available to read at officialvesperpoetry.carrd.co. Follow him on Instagram @official__vesper. Get fresh poems delivered to your home mailbox 4x a year at the link in our bio!

Should we do a shark-themed summer issue in honor of these sharks (just kidding. Unless...)?

More poems coming this week to BlueSky, but PLEASE check out our LinkTree to read the whole issue, too! (Dusti is on vacation this week but will do what they can with limited wifi!)

"Minnesota, January" by Anya Johanna DeNiro. Anya Johanna DeNiro is a trans woman and writer in St. Paul, Minnesota. Her chapbook From the Yew came out from Ethel last year. She is on BlueSky at adeniro.bsky.social.

"21" by Anders Crawford. Anders Crawford is an Arkansan. His work is shaped by queer experience, rural life, and the quiet pressures of place. Find him on BlueSky at @anderscrawford.bsky.social.

"Minnesota, January" by Anya Johanna DeNiro. Anya Johanna DeNiro is a trans woman and writer in St. Paul, Minnesota. Her chapbook From the Yew came out from Ethel last year. She is on BlueSky at adeniro.bsky.social.

"21" by Anders Crawford. Anders Crawford is an Arkansan. His work is shaped by queer experience, rural life, and the quiet pressures of place. Find him on BlueSky at @anderscrawford.bsky.social.