The first loves will make you want to become a poet. The last loves will remind you, you are the poet.

Happy snow moon, everyone! Boy, is that snow bright . . . and deep . . . and cold. In one more moon will be #64, the worm moon issue, and we're still accepting work for #65 under the blue moon. gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...

As with anything else, I am aware the way I speak lays down the disharmony of doves. I am aware the world might not receive me, or how I’ve struck.

Trying to experiment with a new logo. Second photo is the doodle I started with. The overlaid pattern is from packaging I kept. Adjusted with phone camera

thank you for the slaughter 1. gutted, gurneyed, then flown as a crow-sick eulogy that leaves notes on the inner lining of your suede gloves that turn this way and that way with the infinity of slim wrists so delicate they might as well spell euphoria.

I don’t expect people to be loyal to me. But I have been emotionally abused, abandoned, cheated on, lied to, invalidated, gaslit, manipulated, taken advantage of, failed by systems made to help me. I find the social impossible to navigate for that reason. I don’t know if the shadow is a shadow

ICE murdered Renée Good in broad daylight. Less than 3 weeks later, they killed Alex Pretti, shooting him 10 times. Every day, we watch as people are ripped from their cars, their homes, their lives. We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.

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.

Zine submission call benefitting their ICE rapid response team in MN. Deadline February 10th. Let's go. 🤘 #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #fafo #resist #protest bio.site/fortunamajor...

Some poetry in the interim. TikTok got weird with its change in service agreement / ownership, and my account got banned.

I don’t want to spam people, but does anyone want to be a part of this creative community project? Looking for writers, poets, and visual artists. open.substack.com/pub/ceaseand...

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

Our Editor, Kolby Granville, has done a ton of podcasts talking about After Dinner Conversation. Here is a partial list link. Feel free to reach out if you'd like to interview him about running a #philosophy #ethics #shortstory #literary magazine! buff.ly/qAFX3qR

I don’t know.

I feel like the problem with how I grew up, how many children grow up in this world, is that we aren’t told the full extent of what we should know, but the version of someone else’s truth. As an adult, I feel like I have to unlearn so many things in order to learn what I should have a known.

We're reopening submissions at Gone Lawn. Same old thing, you know what we like & you've got it. & as always (not to be judged!), please consider a donation to keep a struggling mag afloat, if you can. Bad times, bad times. And come the next full moon, dance under it! gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...

My biggest grief over this world is what people think is new is one ugly iteration after another with a new face, a new aesthetic, a new civilization, etc. I feel the rot of cycles, perennial rot.

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.

I completely forgot to make a big deal about Stone Circle publishing its 300th poem last Sunday. You can easily search for and find links to every poem published since the little venture started on the index page: stonecirclereview.com/index/

Tried three times over the past two weeks to sit down to write a short story. I wrote three stories I did not like, and I discovered what I really want is to write an epic poem. 🤔

As a neurodivergent individual, I can tell when people are making fun of me. I am just starting to not care as much anymore when it happens. If I hurt or dehumanize someone else, I care about correcting that. When people make fun of me in general? I‘ve been through it enough it’s like clockwork.

this turned out unexpectedly fascinating. I hope you’re doing/making things that make you curious and delighted. 🤍🕊️ . . #artistsonbluesky #blueskyartshow #abstractart #abstractexpressionism #painter #art #artist #womensartbluesky #abstractartist #blueskyart #oregonartist #oregon

Cal Lane, Canadian trained welder and metal artist, transforms common tools and also industrial steel products into intricate sculptures #WomensArt

the need to pause in this endless loop no day like another #art #abstract #painting #humanart #endless #poetry

Have you heard of US painter Ida O'Keeffe? Her work was largely overshadowed by that of her much more known older sister Georgia.... #womensart

#poetrycommunity #literarycommunity

random lines of the day: seagulls flying over the beach are as sad as diamonds. feel free to continue / add onto it in the comments if you’d like.

Carol Long, contemporary US ceramicist who draws influences from plant and animal life and also art nouveau #womensart

a foretaste of GLANTZ, coming soon from Equus Press sublunaryeditions.com/magazine/gla...

An oil still life experimenting with brighter colour. All of these objects came from charity shops along the street near where I live, including the tie-dye cloth. The jug seems to be from the '20s (a survivor). The painting is still in the studio hanging on the wall. #art #oilpainting #stilllife

'Iris' by Vicky Oldfield, contemporary UK printmaker ##ReframingWomenPrintmakers

I really love when life coaches try to sell community to neurodivergent individuals. It's not a community if you have to pay for it, Bub.

resistance funny, how i turn blue from agreement than holding back.

I’m not a hobby person. I am not against people who love picking up hobbies. For some reason, I just can‘t have a hobby to escape. Because I always overdo it. I put all of myself into a project until I approach burnout. Then I hate it and eventually quit. 😵‍💫 Anyone else like this?

You know what would be cool. If a poet or a group of poets, got a dispenser that took quarters (like a gumball machine but with a larger slot at the bottom), and they put poetry zines in it. And they left it in a public venue of some kind. A poetry jukebox of recorded poems would be cool too.

The work of Diana Catchpole, contemporary UK based illustrator and printmaker #ReframingWomenPrintmakers

Hope you enjoyed another 'printmakers Sunday' on Womensart! 🩵💙💜 Enjoy your day! xx

I'm speaking a different language today. The whimpering becomes a whisper on the infant breeze. I'm dripping moonlight to ease the nauseated ghosts. Catharsis is divinity and my veins are filled with pearls. #vss365 #emoetry #poetry

preparing for a ceremony the god mountain prayers the feet are the heart #art #abstract #painting #landscape #mountain #god #ceremony #humanart #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.

I don’t care about accommodating an algorithm. Because it is a flawed system made by flawed people to vet popularity contests. You shouldn’t care about it either because it contributes to a negative self-worth culture that shouldn‘t exist.