Dominique Ahkong
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AZ-based slow poet. Co-edits
@shopoetryjournal.bsky.social
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Johnny Cordova
3 months ago
Honored to have two poems chosen by
@bunkong.bsky.social
for Cultural Daily. “The Young Man on the Train” was written during a 26-day pilgrimage through India in 2014. “The Mountain and the Monk” 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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ShĹŤ Poetry Journal
4 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 ShĹŤ Poetry Prize.
shopoetryjournal.com/christian-j-...
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shovda
4 months ago
I forgot to post the poems because I've been streaming for 17 days straight lol.
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ShĹŤ Poetry Journal
4 months ago
New poem online! “Symptoms of Ghosts” by Aldo Amparán (
@skygoneout.bsky.social
) is forthcoming in our summer issue, ShĹŤ No. 7, and was selected by the editors as the runner-up for the ShĹŤ Poetry Prize. Read the poem (with audio by the poet) here:
shopoetryjournal.com/aldo-amparan/
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ShĹŤ Poetry Journal
4 months ago
New poem online! “Doubt” by Nina C. Peláez (
@ninacpelaez.bsky.social
) is forthcoming in our summer issue, ShĹŤ 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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ShĹŤ Poetry Journal
4 months ago
Coming soon: Shō No. 7 | Summer 2025 ✨ Cover art: “Interim” by Tanya Rastogi (@tanyarastogiart). Our summer issue features 67 poems by 48 poets, whose names are listed below. Preorder Shō No. 7 at:
tinyurl.com/shono7
Issues will ship in July.
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Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein
9 months ago
Front page, baby!
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ari b. cofer
9 months ago
new poem in
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ari b. cofer
9 months ago
also new in Shō Poetry Journal —
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graveyard dirt
10 months ago
k. iver SLEEPING BEAUTY
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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
11 months ago
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Stone Circle Review
11 months 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
11 months ago
I’ve actually written what I hope is a useful post—take what is helpful to you in your creative submission practice, leave what is not 💜
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On Rejection and Dwelling in Possibility
Iris Murdoch—you know I love her—said 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
11 months 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 “Ballad,” 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
over 1 year 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
over 1 year ago
Reading issue 4 of
@shopoetryjournal.bsky.social
, loving poem after poem—& 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 đź’™
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almost 2 years ago
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Adam Sharp
about 2 years ago
How to say “the truth has finally been revealed” in various languages:  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 turtle’s feet have appeared (Taiwanese) 1. Now the monkey comes out of the sleeve (Dutch)
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ShĹŤ Poetry Journal
about 2 years ago
If you’re at the Brooklyn Book Festival tomorrow, look for Shō 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 ♥️ 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 carp—two of my poems were just accepted at a dream journal and it makes me want to accept poems for
@shopoetryjournal.bsky.social
!
about 2 years ago
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Hello, I grew up in the penpal era.
add a skeleton here at some point
about 2 years ago
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