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The Pink Poetry Club @thepinkpoetryclub.bsky.social · 15d

Check out this amazing piece in the Defector 🤓

Nick Sturm @nicksturm.bsky.social · 15d

It's the end of The Best American Poetry.

I wrote about the forty-year anthology project, poetry’s place in Big Five publishing, and editor David Lehman's culture wars vision of American verse.

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Good Riddance To ‘The Best American Poetry’ | Defector

When David Lehman, a poet then working as a book critic for Newsweek, proposed the project for The Best American Poetry anthology, he was searching for a national platform. His first anthology project...

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chris-ture from the black lagoon @thecorlew.bsky.social · 21d

hey wanna read a poem I wrote as if it were set on gorgeous stationery?

The Pink Poetry Club @thepinkpoetryclub.bsky.social · 21d

Kayaking on the Stones River by Chris Corlew @thecorlew.bsky.social

Kayaking on the Stones River

day after a heavy rain
if it’s the right risen put in
where after church used to be & end up
where after school used to be & smoke rising
is not a reckoning is not a worn-out set of brake pads
it’s a grill ready for you to add burgers & onions & cheddar

portrait of the poet as river muck & foot tan lines

cup your hands & scan riverbanks for the heron
& more days to be like this

Chris Corlew (he/him)

is a writer & musician based in Chicago.

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The Pink Poetry Club @thepinkpoetryclub.bsky.social · 21d

Kayaking on the Stones River by Chris Corlew @thecorlew.bsky.social

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The Pink Poetry Club @thepinkpoetryclub.bsky.social · 21d

Two Divorces Later by Grey A. Brennan @greywarlock.bsky.social

Two Divorces Later

These mornings
the coffee steam curls up
to twine with the smoke
from your morning cigarette
like you and I on New Years Day
in college on a friend's couch
pretending to be friends.

The hummingbirds chortle
dive bombing each other
with a possessive buzz
to wake us up from the work week
years of Saturdays spent
domesticating each other
finally comfortable with proximity.

Grey A. Brennan
(they/them)

is a very certain gender weirdo, or in less conventional terms, a carnivorous god among bunnies.
Grey lives in Missouri with their polycule family, indoctrinating children with the joys of D&D and rebelling against capitalism by being disabled.

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The Pink Poetry Club @thepinkpoetryclub.bsky.social · 21d

Starry Night by Shelton Boatman @sheltonboatman.bsky.social

Starry Night

There are no stars
And that makes me feel better
I don’t deserve to glance on the beauty
The light
That travelled millions of miles
To be swallowed by my eyes
Seems like a waste

Maybe I should feel grateful
That you traveled all this way
Just so I could glimpse
A fragment
Of your majesty

Are you still around
Do you still produce light
Or have you faded away
I doubt I’ll ever know
I wish I could fade away
To continue to produce light
Feels like a chore

Shelton
Boatman
(they/them)

is a nonbinary poet trying to find their way in the Midwest cold.

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The Pink Poetry Club @thepinkpoetryclub.bsky.social · 21d

Bubbles by Jurion @jaffacakes.bsky.social

Bubbles

drift into view
passing through my
oak tree yard

Midday shine catches them
for my attention
for evidence of raucous laughter
across the way
the only toddlers on my street
play

Neighborhoods
I think
were turnings that
used to move in me

It wants to be a sad thought
but how can you not smile
at bubbles

Jurion
(he/him)

Having been cursed by a butterfly at a young age, Jurion makes poetry that turns into lyrics, lyrics that turn into poetry, and prose that turns into craft conversations with friends over tea. He can often be found baking, playing queer sports, or speaking inappropriately to his cat.

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The Pink Poetry Club @thepinkpoetryclub.bsky.social · 21d

Two poems by Mars Mittelstadt @arieesespieces.bsky.social

to love is to change

please understand, I love this body
I worship through needles and vials

know that there are things I hate
with time, with change, the feeling fades

Mars Mittelstadt (he/they)

is a poet who is happier than his poems suggest. Being a woman in STEM was hard, so they became a nonbinary English major.

Text: The mirror I place in your hands.

Image: a black trans symbol with a black head and shoulders in the very center.

Text on and in the trans symbol:
surely quickly time will pass
worship scorn the mirror
in the mirror you are you. the mirror is time. are you not quite you yet? just wait.
are you scared? because I am terrified. defy. resisist. but I'm not coward enough to forget myself.
skin grows swiftly when you are unaware. live, and you will see your body transform.

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The Pink Poetry Club @thepinkpoetryclub.bsky.social · 21d

Sunflower by Kat Wright @kattwrightt.bsky.social

Sunflower

If women are roses
And men are orchids
(Imagine if those were the only two flowers in the world)
I am a sunflower
A sunflower some might glance at & say
“ah yes- a rose.
A yellow rose.
What an odd yellow rose.”

Kat Wright
(they/she)

is a queer nonbinary lifelong writer.

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The Pink Poetry Club @thepinkpoetryclub.bsky.social · 21d

Inheriting the Farm by Selby Liebert @sqliebert.bsky.social

Inheriting the Farm

I am growing a grammar
of experience.

The lake shore
wants more sand,
more bones.

The plum tree
is dropping stones
ripe with ghosts.

A bomb
filled with the breeze
explodes with a rattle.

Anyway, in the future
I already know
I am incomplete.

Selby
Liebert
(she/her/per/pers they/them)

is a Great Plains author transplanted in the Pacific Northwest. When not writing, they enjoy photography, going to concerts, and quality time with per family and friends.

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The Pink Poetry Club @thepinkpoetryclub.bsky.social · 21d

🥁please! It's here! It's H O T T O G O! It's...

our very first bsky issue of 💗Pink Poetry Club!🌈🏳️‍⚧️

We're pleased as punch to share with you poems by Selby Liebert, Kat Wright, Mars Mittelstadt, Jurion, Shelton Boatman, Grey A. Brennon, and Chris Corlew.

[Originally published 2-21-25]

Text:
The first issue
Pink Poetry Club
February 2025

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The Pink Poetry Club @thepinkpoetryclub.bsky.social · 21d

Need something to listen to while you're submitting poems for our second issue?? I swear it's not a rick roll. Sincerely. Earnestly.

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💖✒️♣️
#midwestern #lgbtq #trans #queer #polyam #enm #voices

Pink Pony Club (Chappell Roan Cover)

YouTube video by Rick Astley

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The Pink Poetry Club @thepinkpoetryclub.bsky.social · 26d

Not being able to edit a skeet is transphobic 😭 #EditorWoes

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The Pink Poetry Club @thepinkpoetryclub.bsky.social · 26d

Thanks for the share, Chris! ✨

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chris-ture from the black lagoon @thecorlew.bsky.social · 26d

yoooo submit to a cool lit mag!

The Pink Poetry Club @thepinkpoetryclub.bsky.social · 26d

Send us your poems! There are still ✨️7✨️ spots available for issue 2!

🏴‍☠️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Link in the bio!🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️

💖✒️♣️
#midwestern #lgbtq #trans #queer #polyam #enm #voices

A bathroom wall of a bar. Text says "Free Palestine" "God! What have you done? You're a Pink Pony Girl and you dance at the club....." "It's going to be different, but it's going to be okay"

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The Pink Poetry Club @thepinkpoetryclub.bsky.social · 26d

Some of these submissions are just. Wow. Y'all have me audibly gasping at my computer. Keep 'em coming! 😘

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The Pink Poetry Club @thepinkpoetryclub.bsky.social · 26d

Send us your poems! There are still ✨️7✨️ spots available for issue 2!

🏴‍☠️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Link in the bio!🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️

💖✒️♣️
#midwestern #lgbtq #trans #queer #polyam #enm #voices

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what is a scar for but to point to where softness should go @thaumatropia.bsky.social · 27d

“I should write a poem about my boobs. I mean, other people should also write poems about my boobs, but I definitely should write a poem about my boobs”

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · Sep 11

Do you have a passport? Community organizations have been working to help queer and trans people secure the ability to travel out of an increasingly authoritarian America.

Here's the story of one passport clinic in Atlanta, Georgia.

www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

Atlanta Activists Help Black, Trans, and Queer Americans Acquire Passports — Assigned

As the government declares war on black, brown, gender diverse, and impoverished communities, activists in Georgia are working to secure people’s ability to travel out of a country that is increasingl...

www.assignedmedia.org

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Lynne Jensen Lampe @ljensenlampe.bsky.social · Sep 10

Right now at the Missouri State capitol. Photo shows a fraction of thousands here from across the state. This is what democracy looks like—a big NO on illegal redistricting!!!

Thousands protest in the Missouri capitol rotunda—NO on redistricting

Rainbow colored poster saying Missouri votes should always count.

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The Pink Poetry Club @thepinkpoetryclub.bsky.social · Sep 10

Hi cuties! I created a linktree so y'all can easily reference our info. So please bookmark us to keep track of our sub link & archives. 😘

💖✒️♣️

#midwestern #lgbtq #trans #queer #polyam #enm #voices

pink poetry club | Linktree

A smol LGBTQIA+ Midwestern poetry journal on Bluesky. EIC: Kit Steitz (they/them) Editor/Reader: Stephanie Teasley (she/her)

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The Pink Poetry Club @thepinkpoetryclub.bsky.social · Sep 10

Send us your poems! We wanna read 'em! There are still ✨️8✨️ spots available for issue 2!

🏴‍☠️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Link in the bio!🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️

💖✒️♣️
#midwestern #lgbtq #trans #queer #polyam #enm #voices

Orange gradient background with hearts, stars, and bunny doodles. White text reads "subs always open"

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🍬triKITtreat🍬 @kitikins.bsky.social · Aug 31

I'm workin on the design for issue 2 of @thepinkpoetryclub.bsky.social and let me tell you: it's gonna have even more glitter. Defiant glitter.

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The Pink Poetry Club @thepinkpoetryclub.bsky.social · Aug 31

New to PPC? Get to know us (send us poems)! @kitikins.bsky.social & @stephanieteasley.bsky.social 🥰

The Pink Poetry Club @thepinkpoetryclub.bsky.social · Oct 1

🎉Announcement & introductions!🎉

Please welcome Stephanie to Pink Poetry Club! We are so lucky to have her on our team.

What team, you ask? A fabulous team of two. Hello! It's us. Send us yr poems!

#poetry #poems #poets

Kit Steitz is a poet in Columbia, Missouri. They are a cofounder of a local lgbtqia+ writing workshop, and their poems most recently appeared in Moist Poetry Journal & Roi Faineant, with one forthcoming in Alocasia. Kit adores writing and reading a nice turn of phrase, disparate comparisons, flirty pronouns, queer joy, and poems about trees. They are currently exploring analog art poems and trying to catch up on their never-ending TBR shelf. They live with their polycule and herd of emotional support furbabies and don't leave their house unless bribed with food, roller skates, or the promise of getting lost in the woods for nebulous periods of time.

Stephanie Teasley is a writer based in Palm Springs, CA. Her work has appeared in publications such as Lunch Ticket, Cuisine Noir, HerAgenda, and NuOrigns. She enjoys shaping narratives that resonate with others and is currently a fellow in the Muses & Melanin Fellowship for creative writers. Stephanie is working on a collection of experimental, personal essays titled When Life Gives You Ragi, Make Boundaries. In her free time, she loves playing video games, embracing her Trekkie side, and spending quality time with her loved ones, both human and furry.

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The Pink Poetry Club @thepinkpoetryclub.bsky.social · Aug 31

oh this one is a CLASSIC.

The Pink Poetry Club @thepinkpoetryclub.bsky.social · Sep 28

🔥 send us those instagram sized poems! 🔥 #poetry #poems #poets

Be gay
Do crime
Write poems
(Send them to us)

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The Pink Poetry Club @thepinkpoetryclub.bsky.social · Aug 31

🎉 We accepted our first poem of issue 2 🎉

Heck yeah 😍

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