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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 16d

But isn't it about you? I'm confused...

Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 16d

We are thrilled to announce our very first Best of the Net nominees!
@prayfortheapex.bsky.social @josephlezza.com @erinmurphy.bsky.social @jasonbcrawford.bsky.social Mike Nees Ellene Glenn Moore @mattkish.bsky.social @amymiller.bsky.social

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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · Sep 8

There is so much mystery and wonder in this poem by @fklein907.bsky.social Read "How I Met My Deer Wife" in Issue 4!
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Brown Text: Deer Wife, red gold sunrise haloing her head, stepping gentle on legs slendered down to cloven points
Backgroun - Gold/orange autumn grove of trees with a puddle and a semi-transparent female deer standing in the foreground.

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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · Sep 6

This still life has such color, movement, and surprise that we couldn't resist. Check out @carolee.bsky.social's Canary #1 in Issue 4!
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · Sep 1

This poem's narratives give us unspoken consequences and family dynamics that are so much more than just anecdotes. Read Gail Martin's "And We Never Spoke of It" in Issue 4.
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A swirl of spilled white paint on a light grey background - text reads "The can flew off, lid popped open, white paint flying up and down that aisle" Gail Martin "And We Never Spoke of It"

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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · Aug 31

Just a reminder that we're open until September 15 for subs! We'd really love to see more prose and more art, particularly. Send away!
asteralesjournal.com/submissions

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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · Aug 28

What's on the inside? It could be fire. Check out this amazing collage work from @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social in Issue 4!
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · Aug 25

What a pleasure to find a completely original love poem that takes you on a journey through the literal heart. "Diminuendo" by @johnpauldavis.org does just that. Read it in Issue 4!
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maybe this is the section of the scripture that just lists the livestock everybody owns & all the begetting...
John Paul Davis "Diminuendo"
White text on black backgrouns with rays of light filtering through a stained glass window on the upper left.

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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · Aug 23

This b&w photo is a story in and of itself. Check out "Italian Sea" by Rachel Turney in Issue 4!
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · Aug 18

Experience the headlong rush of images and memory in Meghan Sterling's "Spring is for Remembering" in Issue 4!

www.asteralesjournal.com/1-3-sterling...

"spring blossoms coming down like so many baseballs into the cage. How I finally understand the way it can rain anything." From Spring is for Remembering by Megan Sterling. Text on a light blue background with pink petals and baseballs raining down in a random pattern.

Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · Aug 17

Open for subs until September 15, and we're light on prose and art. We love short and long stories and all types of visuals. Send us your best!

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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · Aug 14

Featured Artist Sandra Wilcoxon's delicate botanical watercolors wowed us with their detail. Take a look at her work throughout Issue 4!
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Watercolor painting entitled Small Lichen on Goatskin Vellum - pastel grays, greens and blues show the lacy forms of a lichen on a linen-colored background.

Intricate watercolor of Texas Spanish Moss with a tangle of delicate green tendrils and a thin brown branch

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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · Aug 13

Editor @rebunting.bsky.social has a new poem in @glasspoetry.bsky.social today!

www.glass-poetry.com/journal.html...

Rachel Bunting | Event Horizon | Glass: A Journal of Poetry

www.glass-poetry.com

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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · Aug 11

We were floored by this simple poem about the complexity of love. Read "An Old Friend Posts His Mother's Death" by Melissa Fite Johnson in Issue 4.
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · Aug 10

Submissions for Issue 4 have been coming in strong during this first week - poetry is still dominating the queue, so prose writers and visual artists, we'd love to see work from you! Subs are open until September 15.

asteralesjournal.com/submissions

Submissions — Asterales: A Journal of Arts and Letters

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Maggie Smith @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social · Aug 5

Some news! 🎉🎉🎉

The Slowdown @slowdownshow.org · Aug 5

Today, we’re thrilled to share that the new host of The Slowdown is @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social!

The Slowdown will return with new episodes on August 18th. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and sign up for our free email newsletter at slowdownshow.org

📸: @cowtownchad.bsky.social

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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · Aug 5

We forgot to tag the talented @readinstead.bsky.social! But it gives us another chance to share this poem with you!

Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · Aug 4

Ever wonder how a poem with a Sasquatch could make you question time, permanence, and memory? Read Jared Beloff's "Sasquatch mourns those who died trying to find him" in Issue 4.

www.asteralesjournal.com/1-3-beloff-w...

This morning I watched as a pair of birds sat on the same branch, looking out, silent before one pushed off, flew across the water.

Jared Beloff

"Sasquatch mourns those who died trying to find him"

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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · Aug 4

Thank you for reading! We love Jared's poem!

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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · Aug 4

Ever wonder how a poem with a Sasquatch could make you question time, permanence, and memory? Read Jared Beloff's "Sasquatch mourns those who died trying to find him" in Issue 4.

www.asteralesjournal.com/1-3-beloff-w...

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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · Aug 1

Subs are open for Issue 4! Send us your best prose, visual art, and poems. We can't wait to read!
asteralesjournal.com/submissions

Poetry 1-3 poems
Prose single work up to 7500 words- fiction, cnf, or something in-between
Visual art- 3-5 images as .jpgd at least 300 dpi

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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · Jul 28

Issue One Poet Travis Chi Wing Lau has a beautiful book coming Thursday from @smallharborpub.bsky.social. Get yourself a copy!

Small Harbor Publishing @smallharborpub.bsky.social · Jul 28

📣 Coming 7/31! What’s Left is Tender by Travis Chi Wing Lau is a powerful collection interrogating tenderness at the intersections of disability, queerness, and race.

Stayed tuned: www.smallharborpublishing.com/books/whats-...

#Poetry #IndiePublishing #QueerPoets #WhatsLeftIsTender

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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · Jul 28

Issue three contributor @johnpauldavis.org with a gorgeous meditation on being carried.

John Paul Davis @johnpauldavis.org · Jul 28

My poem "Please Hang Up & Try Again" in the the latest issue of @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social

Psaltery & Lyre @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social · Jul 28

"All I’m saying is, I could not say,
I could not see whose mouth it was carrying me."

"Please Hang Up & Try Again" by @johnpauldavis.bsky.social

psalteryandlyre.org/2025/07/28/p...

Art: "New Song" by Sarah J. Sloat

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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · Jul 28

Thank you for sharing!

Perugia Press @perugiapress.bsky.social · Jul 28

Gail Martin has a new poem “And We Never Spoke of It” up at Asterales. Here’s an excerpt, and you can read the whole at www.asteralesjournal.com/1-3-martin-b.... @asteralesjournal.bsky.social

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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · Jul 28

We loved the way this piece took us back & forth between realities, ending with a new direction that made perfect sense for both. Read Kerry Trautman's "Totality" in Issue Three.
www.asteralesjournal.com/1-3-trautman...

Monday we slipped our glasses to check the progress of the chip
missing from the bottom of the sun, the moon taking bigger bigger bites of light.

From "Totality" by Kerry Trautman

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John Paul Davis @johnpauldavis.org · Jul 23

For this week's #theuncomputable podcast I read "Diminuendo," published this week in @asteralesjournal.bsky.social

John Paul Davis @johnpauldavis.org · Jul 23

New episode of my podcast# theuncomputable : Diminuendo https://johnpauldavis.org/podcast/diminuendo/# podcast# poetry

The Uncomputable: Poems by John Paul Davis

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