Dominique Ahkong
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AZ-based slow poet. Co-edits
@shopoetryjournal.bsky.social
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Okka (Khairani Barokka; she/her/dia)
1 day ago
Beautiful to have a new poem in the PRECARIOUS Issue of Cordite Poetry Review:
cordite.org.au/poetry/preca...
Tx to Editor Andy Jackson. From his editorial: âThe poems needed to themselves be teetering, staggering, bedridden or exposed.â
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praise poem for these girls i was
who rake the floor with want clawing wood with blunt nails asking for rest in bold italicised underlined, cursing subsequent void vomiting false diagnoses in each day, a new house of panic a prayerâŠ
http://cordite.org.au/poetry/precarious/praise-poem-for-these-girls-i-was/
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Read A Little Poetry
6 days ago
âI am / not ready to hatch. Teach me / to harden in the airâ â Dominique Ahkong (
@domkeykong.bsky.social
) . . . This poem appeared in Pireneâs Fountain Volume 18, Issue 26, 2025. Shared here with deep gratitude.
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Johnny Cordova
5 months ago
Honored to have two poems chosen by
@bunkong.bsky.social
for Cultural Daily. âThe Young Man on the Trainâ was written during a 26-day pilgrimage through India in 2014. âThe Mountain and the Monkâ is a persona poem.
www.culturaldaily.com/johnny-cordo...
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Johnny Cordova: Two Poems - Cultural Daily
Two poems by Johnny Cordova: "This mountain has gotten inside me. / I hear it rumbling through my hollow bones. / It rises in me like a dark sun..."
https://www.culturaldaily.com/johnny-cordova-two-poems/
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ShĆ Poetry Journal
5 months ago
Take a peek at our summer issue! Read "Nocturne" by Christian J. Collier, a poem selected by the editors as the Winner of the ShĆ Poetry Prize.
shopoetryjournal.com/christian-j-...
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shovda
5 months ago
I forgot to post the poems because I've been streaming for 17 days straight lol.
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ShĆ Poetry Journal
5 months ago
New poem online! âSymptoms of Ghostsâ by Aldo AmparĂĄn (
@skygoneout.bsky.social
) is forthcoming in our summer issue, ShĆ No. 7, and was selected by the editors as the runner-up for the ShĆ Poetry Prize. Read the poem (with audio by the poet) here:
shopoetryjournal.com/aldo-amparan/
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ShĆ Poetry Journal
5 months ago
New poem online! âDoubtâ by Nina C. PelĂĄez (
@ninacpelaez.bsky.social
) is forthcoming in our summer issue, ShĆ No. 7, and was selected by the editors as the runner-up for the Sita Martin Prize. Read the poem (with audio by the poet) here:
shopoetryjournal.com/doubt-nina-c...
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ShĆ Poetry Journal
6 months ago
Coming soon: ShĆ No. 7 | Summer 2025 âš Cover art: âInterimâ by Tanya Rastogi (@tanyarastogiart). Our summer issue features 67 poems by 48 poets, whose names are listed below. Preorder ShĆ No. 7 at:
tinyurl.com/shono7
Issues will ship in July.
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Frances âPoet Laureate of the Robot Allianceâ Klein
10 months ago
Front page, baby!
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ari b. cofer
11 months ago
new poem in
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ari b. cofer
11 months ago
also new in ShĆ Poetry Journal â
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upfromsumdirt
11 months ago
k. iver SLEEPING BEAUTY
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/162612...
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Sleeping Beauty
A ballet mistress says relevé always as command: lift onto the toe using only the heel. You enter the stage as Lilac Fairy & fairies make critical things happen, though underneath your tulle brushing ...
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/162612/sleeping-beauty-6633ccb5847c0
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Happy and honored to receive my first Pushcart Prize nomination! Thank you,
@cincinnatireview.bsky.social
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 year ago
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Stone Circle Review
about 1 year ago
One of the many nasty things Evil Melon did to the old place was make Tweetdeck a premium feature. Fortunately, Bluesky has a third-party app,
@deck.blue
, that duplicates Tweetdeck perfectly. It really helps me keep on top of my SCR and personal account at the same time.
deck.blue
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deck.blue
Get the most out of Bluesky with a multi-column layout
https://deck.blue/
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Han VanderHart
about 1 year ago
Iâve actually written what I hope is a useful postâtake what is helpful to you in your creative submission practice, leave what is not đ
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On Rejection and Dwelling in Possibility
Iris Murdochâyou know I love herâsaid that a bad review was about as interesting as whether it is raining in Patagonia. I tend to think about rejections this way.
https://open.substack.com/pub/hmvanderhart/p/on-rejection-and-dwelling-in-possibility?r=tx1or&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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Diane Seuss
about 1 year ago
This is an essay on my poem "Ballad," Keats's notion of Negative Capability, and Lorca's Duende, with a prompt and a link to the original poem. I'm happy to share it with you.
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I Know You Know: Diane Seuss On âBallad,â Negative Capability, and the Duende
Christ was laid out in a glass coffin, like Snow White. I visited and re-visited him. He looked so much like my father on his deathbed.
https://poems.com/features/what-sparks-poetry/i-know-you-know-diane-seuss-on-ballad-negative-capability-and-the-duende/
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Christina Daub
almost 2 years ago
Loving this issue (no. 4) of
@shopoetryjournal.bsky.social
and happy to have a poem alongside so many fine ones! With thanks to
@johnnycordova.bsky.social
&
@domkeykong.bsky.social
#poetry
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Carlos A. Pittella
almost 2 years ago
Reading issue 4 of
@shopoetryjournal.bsky.social
, loving poem after poemâ& thrilled to sing among them! Here's "In case they run your license plate," featuring teeth, dogs, & bordercrossings. Much luv to
@johnnycordova.bsky.social
&
@domkeykong.bsky.social
for welcoming my voice into the fold đ
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Adam Sharp
about 2 years ago
How to say âthe truth has finally been revealedâ in various languages: Â 5. The cat is out of the bag (English) 4. The bunny is out of the hat (Czech) 3. The pigeon falls out of your mouth (Romanian) 2. The turtleâs feet have appeared (Taiwanese) 1. Now the monkey comes out of the sleeve (Dutch)
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ShĆ Poetry Journal
about 2 years ago
If youâre at the Brooklyn Book Festival tomorrow, look for ShĆ in the Literary Marketplace! The good folks at CLMP (Tables 316/317) will be giving away free copies of our revival issue, along with other goodies from other publishers founded/led by or championing writing by PoC â„ïž Go early!
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Always happy to receive poems that mention durian (Though not so keen on durian downers)
about 2 years ago
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Holy carp holy carpâtwo of my poems were just accepted at a dream journal and it makes me want to accept poems for
@shopoetryjournal.bsky.social
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about 2 years ago
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Hello, I grew up in the penpal era.
add a skeleton here at some point
over 2 years ago
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