Creative community project on diversity and current events is still open. If you would like to join, you can email me at [email protected]. Please spread the word for anyone else interested. We have 17 spots that can still be filled.

I don’t recommend any articles with titles that say “this list of things will make you a writer.” Nothing will make you a writer other than doing the work of reading and writing. There are no other mystical habits one must acquire to be a writer.

This point in time is weird because we need to grieve, but we also need to keep going at the same time. It’s difficult to juggle survival with the need to grieve, but a lot of people who needed to grieve have been forced into survival mode by the system. They’ve been doing this longer than us.

Please email me at [email protected] if you are interested. open.substack.com/pub/ceaseand...

Post from Radical Books Collective on ICE, historical problem of border patrol, violence towards immigrants, and more. substack.com/@warscapes/n...

History Is Upstairs while, one may silence a body with desire, disease or famine. our cultural languages multiply real-time does not absolve— it inventories. there’s always a reckoning that does not pronounce itself. history climbs quiet and ardent as one subtly ——waits. A #Solseed Joint #poetry

I don't like the phrase "The right side of history." To me, it implies concern over image. Because it focuses on how we will look later rather than pivoting our concern towards what's actually happening and why it matters. Doing right and doing better don't come with a reward.

Swooping back this very fine MLK Day with our first unthemed issue of 2026! Behold! Get yours! Tell a friend! fiyahlitmag.com/shop/issues/...

I've been spending too much time on my phone lately, absorbing blue light and the negativity of others. It's extremely unhealthy. I'm gonna try to spend less time on it. Wish me luck! #vss365 #dapple #poetry

The world feels too heavy lately. #monoprint Acrylic on paper. #art #printmaking #figuratively #grief

NEW: Jonathan Ross, the ICE thug who murdered Renee Good, was NOT TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL according to police reports. He was taken to the Federal Building. He was NOT INJURED. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

We might be a lit journal, but we're also human. I don't like to pretend saying a few words online is revolutionary when the root is deeply systemic. We don't have funding, but we want to support any action oriented organizations, groups, artists, etc. any way we can.

Read "The Tomorrow Man" by Richard Zwicker --- "If you could see the future, could you ever be afraid?" afterdinnerconversation.substack.com/p/the-tomorr...

Cease and Caesura is coming back soon. We've been on a hiatus for a bit, but we're planning on ending that hiatus in February.

Slept for a couple of hours, dreamt I was building my own menagerie of miniature versions of lots of different animals. 🖼️ Alisher Navoiĭ, 1441-1501 - fol. 109a. Mecnūn in the company of wild animals, Ḫamse-yi Nevāʾī, Walters Ms. W.663, Five poems.

Sidney Mawson

Four today’s #PoemsAbout , #Desire that pulses through the subconscious—looking for cracks to gush out… @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #Oulens #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #poetry

1. I know we have been a little quiet over here. Still operating as a one-woman show. To be transparent without giving too much detail, I have a lot of personal limitations that I need support for and don’t have support for. This support is costly and time-consuming.

1. My goal with Cease and Caesura is to hand it down to capable writers and artists. Cease and Caesura publishes work pushing boundaries mainstream work tries to edit out. Please share if you know anyone interested in joining an experimental creative arts journal they will build and own part of.

Applications are open for Cease and Caesura Co-Founder Roles. You can find the links in the comments section as well as in the body of the Substack post below: open.substack.com/pub/ceaseand... #literarycommunity #poetrycommunity #artcommunity

Please forgive us for the delays. We still have a bit more to go in our Contributors’ Corner Series. However, Cease and Caesura is trying to put together applications to recruit more people. Applications scheduled to come out this Wednesday, October 22nd.

In case anyone missed it, we will be starting applications for Co-Founder roles on October 22nd. #literarycommunity #artcommunity

🎉 Congratulations to the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2025 commended poets! (3 of 4) Discover this year's winners at bit.ly/FoyleYoungPoets 🌟

Cease and Caesura will be opening applications for Co-Founders on October 22nd, 2025. If you have any more questions, please contact us at [email protected] #literarycommunity #artcommunity open.substack.com/pub/ceaseand...

Cease and join us for some lyric poetry by Bruce McRae! #poetrycommunity #literarycommunity #contributorscorner #litseries open.substack.com/pub/ceaseand...

We're experiencing production delays. The two poems by Bruce McRae will be published tomorrow as promised. The literary discussion will follow at a later date. #literarycommunity #poetrycommunity #publishing #litseries #contributorscorner

In other news, Cease and Caesura will be looking to expand our team. A more official post will come out about it in a week or so. In the meantime, if you know anyone who is interested in joining a lit journal that focuses on experimental writing that bridges genres, please spread the word.

“The moon attends to its scarred cheek. /We hear music on Regulus. A name on Mercury. / The voice of the sunset humming lyrically. / Just this moment, nothing less or more.” – “Night Falls” by Bruce McRae Coming out on October 7th! #literarycommunity #poetry open.substack.com/pub/ceaseand...

A lot of top journals mostly publish positive narratives on motherhood. I am inspired to open up submissions for poems, flash fiction pieces, and hybrid work on the theme of the mother wound. I also want to have a monthly showcase for single dog moms and cat moms on my Substack.

This one’s for trans women, queer women, fat women, ageing women, ND women. All of you. #NotJustPretty is YOUR mic. 🗓 Oct 4 | 8pm GMT thebrokenspine.co.uk...#NotJustPretty@karenpgonzalez.bsky.social #PoemsAbout

Cease and Caesura Lit will be back in a bit with some more poetry and literary discussion. After that, we have one more poem to feature. Originally, I was going to start a revision series, but I will be starting a book review series, which also means I will be asking for people's book suggestions.

Cease and joins us for some prose on political injustice and creative censorship by C.J. Anderson-Wu! #literarycommunity #genredefyingliterature #revolutionaryprose open.substack.com/pub/ceaseand...

Coming soon in Contributors' Corner. Get ready for some prose on political injustice and creative censorship by C.J. Anderson-Wu! #literarycommunity #genredefyingliterature #revolutionaryprose open.substack.com/pub/ceaseand...

Cease and Caesura Lit will be back soon with another feature on Contributors' Corner. We are shifting gears to present you all a short prose piece. After that, we will be returning with two more poetry features. Stay tuned! #literarycommunity

My sincerest apologies. We misspelled the poet's last name. You will have to forgive us. We are a one-woman show over here, but we would like to properly honor our contributors. Without much further ado, here are three prose poems by Howie Good: open.substack.com/pub/ceaseand...

Three prose poems by Howie Goode are live on our Substack this morning. We hope you will cease and join us for some prose poetry and literary discussion! #literarycommunity #poetrycommunity #prosepoetry #litseries #genre-defyingliterature open.substack.com/pub/ceaseand...

In case you missed it, tomorrow we are featuring three prose poems by Howie Goode. Keep your eyes peeled. 👀 #literarycommunity #poetrycommunity #prosepoetry

Cease and join us on Tuesday, August 19th for some prose poetry by Howie Good. ceaseandcaesuralit.substack.com/p/coming-up-... #litseries #prosepoetry #genredefyingliterature

Cease and Caesura Lit will be back shortly with our Contributors' Corner series. We have about three more features on poetry and one feature on a short fiction piece. Our plan after that is to take a break from features and to focus on our revision series. #literaryupdates #litseries #comingsoon

New from @alanparrywriter.co.uk “If this makes you uncomfortable, good. Growth usually does.” This isn’t branding. It’s a break. A recalibration. A refusal to play nice with harmful systems. thebrokenspine.co.uk/2025/08/02/p... #PoetryWithPurpose #NoNeutrality

Hi! I have 2 weird narrative poems in Blood+Honey. 🐔

Cleanliness is next to godliness... And she has no control over the godliness. --John Grey Pause and join us for some riveting poetry on the working class woman by John Grey. open.substack.com/pub/ceaseand...

100 percent felt supported 3 days left to grab a £15 early bird ticket Cut to the Bone is on 24.08.25 at 14.00 BST 🔗 shorturl.at/iCc7a #CutToTheBone #PoetryEditing #Workshop @alanparrywriter.co.uk

Coming up soon in Contributors' Corner: open.substack.com/pub/ceaseand...

Cease and join us for some literary discussion, and genre-defying poetry by Susan Evans: “I don't want to write about that picture of the orange Van Gogh, / and his madness and night journey, and Granny and her vermillion roses...” –Susan Evans ceaseandcaesuralit.substack.com/p/the-claust...

Cease and join us for some genre-defying poetry by Susan Evans this Tuesday!

youtube.com/watch?v=dGNpVV2VRBs Victoria Garcia reads from HAMLET HEADLESS IN THE MIDDLE OF SOLILOQUY// Dropping August 4th

Cease and get ready for some genre-defying poetry with a poem by Susan Evans! Coming up Tuesday, July 15th, 2025. #genredefyingliterature #memoirandpoetry #literarycommunity #poetrycommunity ceaseandcaesuralit.substack.com/p/coming-soo...