"I come from a long line of quiet beauties, taxidermied alligators & abandoned daughters Up late wishing for selkies and mustang ponies," wowzer.

“He (Joseph Cornell) is brother to the scientist who recreated a whole pre-historic age from the glimpse of a dinosaur’s tooth.” -- Lincoln Kirstein, “Comment,” in “Clowns, Elephants and Ballerinas,” *Dance Index* 5, no. 6 (June 1946)

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Such a dream to be on @ofpoetrypodcast.bsky.social! Loveliest way to spend a snowy Sunday morning ❄️🎙📚

Blessed Sunday morning talking with a poet for @ofpoetrypodcast.bsky.social 📚💙🎙️🎉 @chiaradilello.bsky.social Y’all are going to want to preorder Childless Millennial! 👇

What a poem, what a voice!

POEM 298: "The Last Great American Beauty Queen" by Violette Smith "Let me tell you ‘bout that wisteria tree, how they cut it down / Men don’t let pretty things rest, darlin’ / Vulpine angel, I was getting tougher, / choking down venison and chicken bones." stonecirclereview.com/the-last/ #Poem

We want to congratulate AHC contributor @janezwart.bsky.social on the release of her brand new book of poems "Oldest & Oldest & Saddest & Best," available now from Orison Books! We hope you might consider picking up a copy. www.orisonbooks.com/product-page...

Congratulations to Stone Circle contributor Sirrudeen Nahar's (@sirrudeen.bsky.social) who recently published her first short story. "Undine" appeared in Feign, an online literary magazine for fiction . www.feignlit.com/featured/und...

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My heartfelt thanks to the editors and community organizations I got to work with in 2025. This list is mostly poetry (with some reprints) and does not even include music writing—including 4 interviews. 2025 was abundant.

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POEM 297: "Brilliant Corners" by Jeff Newberry (@jeffnewberry.bsky.social) "Maybe Monk was right. Nothing is straight-on, all angles and obliques, all grace notes. Implied roots." stonecirclereview.com/brilliant-co... #Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity

Happy New Year, everyone! 🎉 If you want to start your 2026 off with some poetry, Circulaire is a pamphlet about farewells, new beginnings, and coming full circle 💛 Available from Written Off Publishing here: tinyurl.com/4cw3e27r Or DM me/comment for a signed copy, £10 via PayPal, I cover p&p ☕️

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After reading Mitch‘s poem “A Jackass Offers an Apology,” I confess why I relate so well to the situation it portrays. For poets talking about poems and how poetry is not created in a vacuum, tune in wherever you listen to podcasts, or just go to inthreepoems.com @mitchnobis.bsky.social

My Best of 2025 lists are up feat. Susanna Clarke, Premee Mohamed, Natalia Theodoridou, Renee Gladman, and more. Read here: www.patreon.com/posts/best-o...

I got Basics by Matt Jakubowski, a beautiful reminder to give my lovely man a kiss and tell him he's brilliant 💫💕

“Often, a poem will start with what I think of as a knot of language, and over the course of the poem I'll work to untie that knot.” -- Shane McCrae

Starting the new year with a new poem about bodies, rocks, vulnerability and recklessness in @rogueagent.bsky.social. Happy to keep space with these fantastic writers... Thank you, guest editor Allison Blevins

Hey now, starting 2026 off on a good note! Couple of poems up @doesithavepockets.bsky.social today, along with tons of wonderful work! www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/samue...

Stone Circle #ThrowbackThursday poem : "The Flowers" by Brandon Shane #TBT stonecirclereview.com/the-flowers/

“The line is the device upon which the poem spins itself into being.” -- Mary Oliver

Love this! I got: stonecirclereview.com/now-i-use-my... Great work, Mark Dunbar! #poetrycommunity

As the year comes to a close, don't forget that the Circle is always open. Submit a poem today. There's no fee and we promise a quick turnaround. Link to guidelines in bio. #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #CallForSubmissions #LitMag

The end of the year is looming, and it's time to take a chance. Click this link to enjoy a randomly selected poem from the Stone Circle archives: stonecirclereview.com/random/ There are almost 300 poems available and each one is a banger. You can't lose!

Stone Circle Replay Wednesday poem: "Room to Room" by J.D. Isip stonecirclereview.com/room-to-room/

“No matter how wonderful a thought, do not reveal it in a poem. Instead, let readers be prompted into having the wonderful thought on their own through reading your poem.” -- Lee Seong-bok

Why mention what buries itself below // what soon becomes a smooth line of ice? This is a fun game. Get yr rando Stone Circle Review poem at the link below, then post it! stonecirclereview.com/self-portrai...

Yep, checks out, this is what I got stonecirclereview.com/the-grave-digger/

This is fun. A lucky dip/grab bag into poetry. And the poems I've read so far are great. #poetry #poem #poetrycommunity

The end of the year is looming, and it's time to take a chance. Click this link to enjoy a randomly selected poem from the Stone Circle archives: stonecirclereview.com/random/ There are almost 300 poems available and each one is a banger. You can't lose!

Well, that's a wrap for 2025. Many thanks to the poets published, to those who submitted, and to all the readers who sustain Stone Circle Review. I couldn't do this without you.️💖💖💖 Here's a round up of all 102 poems published this year: stonecirclereview.com/2025-roundup/

#Poetry -- 2 train poems. The first I wrote when I was in my 20s, the second is from last January. Both are collected in *Becoming Altar* (available from Asterismbooks.com) Interesting to see them together.

I got three new poems published in @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social. A nice way to end the year. Here's one of them

old snow poem of mine I never got to sending around

ICYMI I have work from my forthcoming hybrid/CNF collection in the latest issue of Cleaver.

“The word must have been in the beginning a magic symbol, which the usury of Time wore out. The mission of the poet should be to restore to the word, at least in a partial way, its primitive and now secret force.” -- Jorge Luis Borges (tr. by Alastair Reid)

Well, that's a wrap for 2025. Many thanks to the poets published, to those who submitted, and to all the readers who sustain Stone Circle Review. I couldn't do this without you.️💖💖💖 Here's a round up of all 102 poems published this year: stonecirclereview.com/2025-roundup/

#poemoftheday this poem/micro by Jared Beloff in @havehashad.com: "What if all of our doomscrolling was narrated by Werner Herzog?" "Here a child’s hand emerges from under rubble. In your surrender, you are unable to reach out so you keep scrolling." www.havehashad.com/hadposts/wha... #poetry

If you're in the Philly area, I strongly suggest catching the Surrealism at 100 exhibition at the art museum.

A poem is made of words and not of hewn stone. It is humble, of small spatial dimensions, pinned down on paper, fragile, forever linked to an individual life and its visible and palpable inadequacies. -- Joachim Sartorius

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Sharing the opening poem, “Pseudo Myth” from MORE FLOWERS, out with @triohousepress.org on February 1st, 2026! 🌺 #smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social

I’m honored to see (and hear!) this poem featured in Naomi Reads a Poem!

I got a new poem published in @thimblelitmag.bsky.social

Dear AHC family, we are so happy to announce that we will be returning from our year long hiatus in the New Year! We are currently running a fundraiser to help facilitate our return and hope you'll consider donating or sharing with your network. Much love! donate.stripe.com/bJe3cw7H99v1...

“a pearl disguised as grief.”

Grateful to have this short and, I think, unsettling? new poem in the current winter/spring issue of @thebroadkillreview.bsky.social. 🦊🖤 www.broadkillreview.com/post/by-cath...

My poem "What if all doomscrolling was narrated by Werner Herzog" was published by @havehashad.com today. www.havehashad.com/hadposts/wha...