who else is working on a poetry manuscript?

This week in the poetry blogs with @velveteenrabbi.bsky.social @garybarwin.bsky.social @jwikeley.bsky.social @victoriamoul.bsky.social @shotscarecrow.bsky.social @carolee.bsky.social @thepoetslizard.bsky.social @clareshawpoet.bsky.social @aempoet.bsky.social 1/3 www.vianegativa.us/2025/08/poet...

Cleaver Mag has an exciting call for its Visual Poetics Contest! If you’re planning to submit & looking for inspiration, I have some for you. Check out my list of different, inventive poem formats: gooduniversenextdoor.com/2022/12/18/e... Many are visual!

poets be like omg i really needed this & it’s literally a flower that opens just ONCE… & only at NIGHT 🌝 add a bumble bee serenade? i’m 💀 (sound ON!)

Issue Three is live! Poems from @readinstead.bsky.social @johnpauldavis.org, @mfitejohnson.bsky.social, @fklein907.bsky.social, Gail Martin, Kerry Trautman, Meghan Sterling and art from @carolee.bsky.social, Rachel Turney, @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social & Sandra Wilcoxon!

The poetry of rainy summers, bad politics & more w/ @carolee.bsky.social @pearlpoet.bsky.social @lesleymwheeler.bsky.social @grantclauser.bsky.social @emmalee1.bsky.social @mcrucefix.bsky.social @teatimehaiku.bsky.social @roguestrands.bsky.social 2/3 www.vianegativa.us/2025/07/poet...

muttering to myself: the revolution will have stickers

Soooo tired of proclaiming how terrible I am at poem titles. Even more tired of BEING terrible at poem titles! 😔 I’m convinced it’s holding many drafts back from being picked up by lit mags. Help! What tips or resources can you share?

This is 100% true for me, too, and yet… do I write consistently? No. No, I do not.

Sometimes I forget that making something makes me feel inordinately better about the world.

Writing for the bees, the planet as a prayer wheel & more w/ @aempoet.bsky.social @pfanderson.bsky.social @thepoetslizard.bsky.social @carolee.bsky.social @webbish6.bsky.social @collinkelley.bsky.social @jillpearlman.bsky.social @kristybowen.bsky.social 3/3 www.vianegativa.us/2025/04/poet...

I’m reaching out with a one-time request I believe is important. You might remember me from my PEN days. My social reach has shrunk off Meta. I’m hoping you'll find this worth sharing. @carolee.bsky.social @catiporter.bsky.social @robbienestor.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/renpowel...

Love that my poem “Happy Easter, you Sonofabitch” is alongside beautiful poems by @wendywisner.bsky.social and @djvorreyer.bsky.social for April’s monthly poem curation by @carolee.bsky.social 🙏💙🌼 gooduniversenextdoor.com/2025/01/03/p...

@carolee.bsky.social curates such a wealth of poetry resources on her site! So happy to see "Faith is Believing What You Cannot" asking with these other wonderful poets on her April list.

Girding our loins for NaPoWriMo & more w/ victoriamoul.bsky.social clareshawpoet.bsky.social jntod.bsky.social @susanrich-poet18.bsky.social @ren-powell.bsky.social thepoetslizard.bsky.social carolee.bsky.social romanaiorga.bsky.social robinhoughton.bsky.social 2/2 www.vianegativa.us/2025/03/poet...

Looking for some 30/30 prompts for April? @carolee.bsky.social has you covered with 30 prompts, including one based on Issue One's "and in the poem we search for the birds" by @jasonbcrawford.bsky.social. gooduniversenextdoor.com/2025/03/29/n...

3/3 @carolee.bsky.social @thepoetslizard.bsky.social @webbish6.bsky.social @lesleymwheeler.bsky.social @teatimehaiku.bsky.social @jillpearlman.bsky.social @romanaiorga.bsky.social @kristybowen.bsky.social @robinhoughton.bsky.social @roguestrands.bsky.social www.vianegativa.us/2025/03/poet...

Anyone else smitten with all the “Someday I’ll Love [insert your name here]” poems?

3/3 @ren-powell.bsky.social @jamesbrush.bsky.social @thepoetslizard.bsky.social @carolee.bsky.social @webbish6.bsky.social @lesleymwheeler.bsky.social @andotheritems.bsky.social @jillpearlman.bsky.social @lauragraceweldon.bsky.social @charhamrick.bsky.social www.vianegativa.us/2025/02/poet...

You get a letter poem! & you get a letter poem! Enough letter poems for everyone!

You wont find a more poetic arts&letters section than this from @jamesbrush.bsky.social @carolee.bsky.social @thepoetslizard.bsky.social @webbish6.bsky.social @lesleymwheeler.bsky.social @jillpearlman.bsky.social @oyoguhito.bsky.social @roguestrands.bsky.social 3/3 www.vianegativa.us/2025/02/poet...

With gratitude for the poets & artists, whose work helps us survive ❤️

Poets on Imbolc & more @clareshawpoet.bsky.social @jntod.bsky.social @carolee.bsky.social @ren-powell.bsky.social @jasoncrane.org @thepoetslizard.bsky.social @webbish6.bsky.social @renee-emerson.bsky.social @jillpearlman.bsky.social @kristybowen.bsky.social 2/2 www.vianegativa.us/2025/02/poet...

Necessity: Dial up the self-care ❤️

Ruminations & reviews w/ poets @suefinch.bsky.social @alinaetc.bsky.social @clareshawpoet.bsky.social @theferocity.bsky.social @carolee.bsky.social @djvorreyer.bsky.social @thepoetslizard.bsky.social @webbish6.bsky.social 2/3 www.vianegativa.us/2025/01/poet...

12 poems for January & more than 50 poems for other months of the year 👇

Whether you already ❤️ #ProsePoems or are new to the form, this one’s for you. Go get that writing inspo!

"The correspondence creates a space for the reader to occupy...It’s not sparring, per se, but contending with." Thank you, Carolee, for this generous reading of DEAR MEMPHIS @riverriverbooks.bsky.social

“a love letter to the home I had to leave to be myself.” Check out my reading notes for @rachelsedelman.bsky.social’s DEAR MEMPHIS, out earlier this year from @riverriverbooks.bsky.social!

In which, like I'm 10 years old, I tell you about my favorite animal -- and share poems about the most fascinating creature on Earth.

Buckle up! #NaPoWriMo starts tomorrow. Get your #WritingPrompts 👇

Prompts for any poem-a-day challenge! #NaPoWriMo2024 #NaPoWriMo #AmWriting

I get by with a little help from my (writing) friends!

when you’re a poet, you need practical skills for balance, so i cook veggies!!!!

New blog post with some writing inspiration for ya! Go get 50+ apocalypse poems!

On living with the specter of failure as an emerging writer.

Delighted to have made the shortlist for the Press53 Award for Poetry! www.press53.com/award-for-po...

It has come to my attention that Bluesky needs more Roscoe. You’re welcome!

Feelings: oh, I have those; they govern me. Louise Glück

This kinda stuff keeps me going. ❤️ Grateful for humor & sweetness in times like these! [Spotted in South Yarmouth, Massachusetts, a couple weeks ago.]

The cure for Barbie fatigue is Barbie poetry.

Thinking about doing #NaNoWriMo this year. Am I crazy?

my latest ramblings about writing & old lady poet fashion at good universe next door!

anyone else on a losing streak with submissions? so many rejections!!

over here following every poet i find. if i missed you, say 👋!

Three memoirs (including one from @jamiattenberg.bsky.social) & a novel! This year’s week of beach reading was sooooo gooooood!

👋 poets & writers!! just back from paradise!