I have another new poem out today! Thanks to @aprilmbratten.bsky.social and the team at @upthestaircase.bsky.social for including my "P̶o̶e̶m̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶W̶h̶i̶c̶h̶ ̶D̶e̶a̶t̶h̶ ̶f̶r̶o̶m̶ ̶T̶h̶e̶ ̶S̶a̶n̶d̶m̶a̶n̶ ̶V̶i̶s̶i̶t̶s̶ ̶M̶e̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶a̶ ̶D̶r̶e̶a̶m̶ All My Heroes Turned Out to Be Creeps" in the latest (phenomenal!) issue of one of my favorite journals!

A new Up the Staircase Quarterly is live! Interviews w/ Len Lawson & Rachel Nix. New poetry by David Eileen, Anthony Frame, Darren C. Demaree, Cherry Cheesman, Weston Leo Richey, Eliza Fixler, Mervyn Seivwright, Dean Bartoli Smith, & Mrityunjay Mohan. www.upthestaircase.org

Study for Ice Storm, Maine | Jamie Wyeth

maybe my favourite fox portrait I've ever drawn, plus some more flora and fauna of Scotland 🧡🦊🐰 red foxes and mountain hares, an orange tip butterfly, harebells and trailing azalea 🌷🐇🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Lucy Jones, contemporary artist living and working in Edinburgh New Town, painting and drawing the surrounding Georgian Architecture #WomensArt

Painting finished - rabbits amongst plant foliage Watercolour on 300gsm cold pressed Arches paper #watercolour #watercolor #art #rabbits #plants #painting

This is a painting of a long-tailed tit, arguably the cutest bird we have in the UK. They’re very small, fluffy with long tails, and fly around in little flocks. They’re a regular in my garden and always make me smile 😊 #watercolours #birdart 🪶

Happy Valentine's Day / Captain Cook got cooked day. Good day to reshare this absolutely true love poem featuring smoked fish and climate change. www.upthestaircase.org/chiara-di-le... @upthestaircase.bsky.social

Portrait of Mourning (February 2026) B/w Valentine's 🖤🤍 #photography #flowers #blackandwhitefilm #mourning #poetrycommunity #artistcommunity @photohour.bsky.social

Issue 72 (!) of @upthestaircase.bsky.social is now available...a lovingly curated gem of original poetry and art. Featuring my winter gardening poem (below) alongside an illustration by Ukrainian artist Josephine Florens. Get lost in the pale, poetic rebirth of winter at www.upthestaircase.org

'February' by Ruby Silvious, visual artist and graphic designer, whose recent work includes experimenting on recycled and found materials, including tea-bag paper as here #WomensArt

A Black-capped Chickadee showcasing winter fashion by donning a snowflake accessory.

Featuring my poem "The tomatoes had gone" alongside "Rooster of Peace" by Ukranian artist Josephine Florens. @upthestaircase.bsky.social

Issue #72 has dropped over at www.upthestaircase.org ❄️ New poetry by Oliver Brooks, Emma Bolden, Kelli Dianne Rule, Alex Turissini, Angelique Zobitz, Meia Geddes, Angie Macri, Nicole Dufalla, Anya Kirshbaum, Aditi Bhattacharjee, Pamela Manche Pearce, and Natalie Zhang.

"eating taco bell in the middle of a burger king drive thru just to feel something" in @upthestaircase.bsky.social

Thank you to Editor @aprilmbratten.bsky.social for selecting my poem - " 'Dans ces beiges très confortables.,' " written after Hélène Bessette's Ida ou le délire - to appear in Issue 71 of @upthestaircase.bsky.social. I'm honored to share these pages with so many wonderful poets and artists.

Grateful to have a new poem 'Childhood' included in Issue 71 of @upthestaircase.bsky.social alongside a wealth of talent! Huge thank you to EIC @aprilmbratten.bsky.social for selecting my work ❤️ upthestaircase.org/vikki-c.html (ALT TEXT included) Check out the full issue at the link in replies.

Issue 71 of Up the Staircase Quarterly is live! Cover art by Lauren Rinaldi. Thanks so much to all of our contributors! You can read the issue at upthestaircase.org

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) - Small Horned Owl on Maple Branch under Full Moon

We decided to sweeten your Friday with our themed summer issue. Kindred: Poems on Platonic Love is now live! www.upthestaircase.org

I've got 3 new poems in this sparkling issue ✨️ Thanks so much to the editors for including my work 😊 You are a bright spot in a dark world.

"If alive, then all alone and bleeding. If dead, then freshly dead. If not alone, then swarmed with ants and flies, thick flies like biting July berries. If swarmed with maggots, biblical." Dream of the Moose Calf, Zeke Shomler in @upthestaircase.bsky.social www.upthestaircase.org/zeke-shomler...

Plight (2020) Oil and acrylic on canvas

Btw I have brand new poems, plural, coming out soon 👀😌

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Taco Bell makes you gay. Happy Pride!

i just — like i don’t trust myself to work after taking a benadryl, and this guy slice and diced our entire fucking government after taking enough drugs to launch his brain into space. what the fuck is even happening

It's just words and you're just meat and nothing actually matters. Now go write your book.

Companions (diptych), 2001 by Kiki Smith

Psssssst! We're getting our June/Pride issue together & are still reading subs PLUS we've opened up submissions for cover art. Show us what you have! We pay $40 for cover art & believe in showcasing the brilliance of queer southerners. :) screendoorreview.submittable.com/submit

I "lost" poetry for a number of years but it is steadily making its way back to me. I haven't felt this inspired in ages. And yes, I have actually been writing.

Chilean artist Livia Marin, teapot from the ´Nomad Patterns´ series (2012) #womensart

Celebrate friendship and community with Up the Staircase! We are seeking poetry and art for our themed issue, Kindred: Poems on Platonic Love. Deadline: July 1st upthestaircase.org

We are seeking cover art submissions for our future issues! Cover art can be of any genre or discipline and must contain a *staircase* somewhere in the work (but does not have to be the focal point). Visit our guidelines for more information: www.upthestaircase.org/submit.html

Moved my bi bunnies banner over to this app and it's starting to feel more cozy 🥰

Submissions are now open for our special issue Kindred: Poems on Platonic Love. Send us your work about friendship and community: www.upthestaircase.org

The new issue of Up the Staircase Quarterly is here 👀 www.upthestaircase.org

Working on the next issue of UtSQ 🥰

Ready your poems. This summer we are bringing back our themed issues! On May 1st we will open to submissions for our Kindred Issue: Poems on Platonic Love. More details soon.

Have some poems ready for submission? Tonight is the deadline to submit for our May issue: www.upthestaircase.org

Sharing an old poem titled 'On Valentine's Day...' on Valentine's Day though it's not 'on' Valentine's Day :) from Issue 64 of @upthestaircase.bsky.social www.upthestaircase.org/vismai-rao-i...

It's a gorgeous day. Feeling gratitude for a lot of things today, really expensive and hopeful. I used to draw the eight of swords alllllll the time. Less and less, as I change my life. Thanks Cincinnati Review

Heronry, 2022, etching by Janis Goodman #WomensArt

With just everything happening lately I completely missed this dropping, but I have new work in Up the Staircase!

blue of the sky without violence blue dust on the grapes on the vine blue mist on the pond’s dark face —Han VanderHart one of three new poems in the new @screendoorreview.bsky.social 💙 read the full issue here: www.screendoorreview.com/issue-19/

Issue 19 is live & it's full of Queer Southern voices! Let it be a balm for your sadness, a podium for your pride, & a middle finger to those trying to silence queer folx. We won't hush. 🏳️‍🌈 www.screendoorreview.com/issue-19/

I reviewed <bo(d)y rendering by A. Deshmane (@kithbooks.bsky.social) for the new edition of Up the Staircase Quarterly! This chapbook is an incisive, bold exploration of technology and the queer body. www.upthestaircase.org/body-renderi...

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