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Alex Carrigan @carriganak.bsky.social · 8d

I've got three new poems live in The Crawfish. Check out "I Cannot Save Myself for Better Times When I Only Have Seven Minutes," "I Couldn't Remember the Name of the Patsy Cline Song," and "Nape" here: www.the-crawfish.com/features/3-p...

3 Poems//Alex Carrigan — THE CRAWFISH

I Can’t Save Myself for Better Times When I Only Have Seven Minutes After Maureen Seaton I have seven minutes to write something that will make you remember me long after I’m gone. To be the pa...

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Alex Carrigan @carriganak.bsky.social · 9d

Yeah, everything picked up at the end/start of the month. Plus I had socials to catch up on.

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Alex Carrigan @carriganak.bsky.social · 9d

lol sorry!

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Alex Carrigan @carriganak.bsky.social · 9d

My prose poem "He Seemed to Reach the Moon with His Laugh" is live in @feralpolecat.bsky.social. Check it out here: feralpoetry.net/he-seemed-to...

‘He Seemed to Reach the Moon with His Laugh’ by Alex Carrigan – FERAL: A Journal of Poetry and Art

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Alex Carrigan @carriganak.bsky.social · 9d

My Florence + The Machine-inspired golden shovel is live in @sageciggs.bsky.social. Read "Cosmic Love" here: sagecigarettes.com/cosmic-love/...

Cosmic Love - sage cigarettes magazine

Alex Carrigan's poem "Cosmic Love"

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Alex Carrigan @carriganak.bsky.social · 9d

My poem "Yahweh in a Can" is live in @rowanglassworks.bsky.social. Read it here (pgs 62-63): issuu.com/glassworksma...

Glassworks Fall 2025

Issue 31: a publication of Rowan University's Master of Arts in Writing

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Alex Carrigan @carriganak.bsky.social · 12d

My poem "Dinner Bell" has been selected by @sageciggs.bsky.social as one of their #BestOfTheNet nominations! It's my 2nd nod ever and my 2nd time being chosen by Sage Cigs, and I couldn't be more thrilled.

Read the poem here: sagecigarettes.com/dinner-bell/

Dinner Bell - sage cigarettes magazine

Alex Carrigan's poem "Dinner Bell"

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Alex Carrigan @carriganak.bsky.social · 15d

My poem "Ars Poetica: Gravity" is now live in the Stargazer issue of @sageciggs.bsky.social. Read the poem here (pg. 16 in the e-reader): sagecigarettes.com/stargazer-20...

Stargazer 2025 - sage cigarettes magazine

Our fall 2025 issue, Stargazer, was released September 22, 2025 & included work from: Tinamarie Cox, Jessica Heron, John RC Potter, Molly McGill, Alex Carrigan, Sam Bartle, Mirjana M., Katrina J. Padd...

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Philly Poetry Chapbook Review @phillychapbook.bsky.social · 23d

"[Ram] presents a revealing and heartbreaking collection that asks the reader to think about what they remember the most about those they have lost." Read @carriganak.bsky.social's full review. @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/verses-of-mo...

Verses of Mourning: in the aftermath by Jessica Nirvana Ram

"[Ram] presents a revealing and heartbreaking collection that asks the reader to think about what they remember the most about those they have lost." Read Alex Carrigan's full review.

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Alex Carrigan @carriganak.bsky.social · 23d

My poem "Fed Herself" will be in the next issue of @the-engine-idling.bsky.social! It was based off this work of art by Katherine Ruckle, so look for it soon!

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Alex Carrigan @carriganak.bsky.social · 23d

My review of @jessnirvanapoet.bsky.social's "in the aftermath" is now live in @phillychapbook.bsky.social. Read about it here: phillychapbookreview.org/verses-of-mo... @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social

Verses of Mourning: in the aftermath by Jessica Nirvana Ram

"[Ram] presents a revealing and heartbreaking collection that asks the reader to think about what they remember the most about those they have lost." Read Alex Carrigan's full review.

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Alex Carrigan @carriganak.bsky.social · Aug 29

I have a new poem in Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine. Read "I Am Starting to Root for Him, On His Way to Dust" here (go to pg. 83 in the flipbook) sblaam.com/issues/#flip...

Issues – SBLAAM

Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine

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Alex Carrigan @carriganak.bsky.social · Aug 16

My @jessnirvanapoet.bsky.social inspired poem "I Am No Stranger to Fragmentation" is live in 7th Circle Pyrite. Read the poem here: www.7thcirclepyrite.com/post/i-am-no...

I Am No Stranger to Fragmentation, My Love

̶ Jessica Nirvana RamLike the Madonna in stained glass,I too allowed myself to be brokeninto blue fractals.I segmented my fingers furtheras I tried to hold my child,knowing he’d be broken as well.We ...

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Donna Vorreyer @djvorreyer.bsky.social · Jul 31

And the whole issue's TOC is great: @bethanyjarmul.bsky.social, Lauren Camp, Erica Goss, @carriganak.bsky.social, @mrdecember.bsky.social & many others - give it a read!

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Flight: A Literary Sampler @flightlit.bsky.social · Aug 3

Day 3 of the #sealeychallenge !

August 3rd- Now Let's Get Brunch, Alex Carrigan

@carriganak.bsky.social does amazing things with centos of drag stars in this collection from @querenciapress.bsky.social

The Alex Carrigan poem "No Heart Sets the Pulpit Alight with Just Her Voice"

The cover of "Now Let's Get Brunch" by Alex Carrigan, a pink book with a teacup and legs coming out of it

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Alex Carrigan @carriganak.bsky.social · Jul 23

My Chappell Roan collage poem "Rise and Fall" is live in @genrepunkmag.bsky.social! Check it out here: genrepunkmag.wordpress.com/2025/07/23/r...

Rise and Fall – Alex Carrigan

A collage poem made from words in Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess I’m fucking sickof crying to your playlists.The thought of your bedshowed me freaky things;club lights maki…

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Alex Carrigan @carriganak.bsky.social · Jul 18

My review of @clayrebenz.bsky.social's Moon as Salted Lemon will appear next March in @whaleroadreview.bsky.social! Be sure to read the book before the review comes out!

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Alex Carrigan @carriganak.bsky.social · Jul 18

My review of @invariablyso.bsky.social's Lone Yellow Flower is live in the @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social blog. Check it out here: fifthwheelpress.com/blogarchive/...

Review: Lone Yellow Flower by Erika Gill — fifth wheel press

Erika Gill (they/them) lives, writes and builds community on unceded Tséstho’e (Cheyenne), Očhéthi Šakówiŋ, hinono’eino’ biito’owu’ (Arapaho), and Núu-agha-tʉvʉ-pʉ̱ (Ute) land in Denver, Colorado. Er...

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Alex Carrigan @carriganak.bsky.social · Jul 15

My poems "Self Control by Laura Branigan" and "To Hang on the Line" are in the new issue of October Hill Magazine. Read them here in Vol 9 Issue 2: www.octoberhillmagazine.com/archives

October Hill Magazine Archives

All of October Hill Magazine's publications

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · Jul 6

The use of the form in “Adultery Pantoum” by @carriganak.bsky.social (Flame) and Mahailey Oliver (Spark) makes this piece so potent!

Check it out, page 10: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue...

#writingcommunity 📝

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Alex Carrigan @carriganak.bsky.social · Jun 27

My poem "Purpose" is live in Big City Lit. Check it out here: nycbigcitylit.com/summer-2025/...

Purpose – Big City Lit

Big City Lit is a Manhattan based literary magazine showcasing the best in poetry and fiction. Big City Lit also features essays, reviews, and more.

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L. Acadia @acadialogue.bsky.social · Jun 10

Buzzing to start the day joining @ahmedmehreen.bsky.social @carriganak.bsky.social @taralabovich.bsky.social @cb99videos.bsky.social @danadelibovi.bsky.social @hayleyshucker.bsky.social @saybar12.bsky.social @aaronlelito.bsky.social & others to read from the new Door Is A Jar issue!

Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine @doorisajarmag.bsky.social · Jun 2

Happy official release day for Issue 35 Summer 2025 of Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine!

Enjoy the creative works of 48 contributors from all around the world using the link below
www.doorisajarmagazine.net/issues/summe...

#Poetry #Fiction #Nonfiction #Art #Drama #Bookreviews #indiepress #DIAJ

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Alex Carrigan @carriganak.bsky.social · Jun 10

My review of Natalie Lim's "Elegy for Opportunity" is live in The Temz Review. Read about this poetry collection of small moments and odes to the Mars rover here: www.thetemzreview.com/carrigan-31....

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Reviewed by Alex Carrigan

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Alex Carrigan @carriganak.bsky.social · Jun 10

My poem "Ode to the Potters of Alexandria" is now live in Juste Literary. Read the poem that I wrote as part of my interview for the position of Poet Laureate of Alexandria, VA here: justeliterary.com.ng/ode-to-the-p...

Ode to the Potters of Alexandria by Alex Carrigan - Juste Literary

Walk into the studios of the Torpedo Factory andyou’ll see the potters in residence surrounded by pressure.When they sit at their wheels, hands wet and steady, they know there are thousands of spectra...

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Alex Carrigan @carriganak.bsky.social · Jun 7

My poem "Dead Bedroom" is now live in Ink and Marrow. Read this new ekphrasis poem here: inkandmarrow.com/issue-9

Ink & Marrow

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