Dustin Brookshire (he/him)
@dustinbrookshire.bsky.social
4 chapbooks. Editor of When I Was Straight: A Tribute To Maureen Seaton. Co-editor of Let Me Say This: A Dolly Parton Poetry Anthology. Founder/curator of the Wild & Precious Life Series. Founder/editor of Limp Wrist.
😂 😂 😂
Me as a DJ:
Make some noise if y’all wanna hear that Golden Girls theme song again!!!!
*plays the theme song to Golden Girls for the 411th time regardless*
Make some noise if y’all wanna hear that Golden Girls theme song again!!!!
*plays the theme song to Golden Girls for the 411th time regardless*
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
😂 😂 😂
If a person starts off questioning your success instead of celebrating your success, you know everything you need to know. That person isn’t a friend.
November 23, 2025 at 2:22 AM
If a person starts off questioning your success instead of celebrating your success, you know everything you need to know. That person isn’t a friend.
I only cried four times during Dolly Parton’s Threads: My Songs in Symphony!
November 22, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I only cried four times during Dolly Parton’s Threads: My Songs in Symphony!
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Our December regular reading features 6 writers on December 11 at 6:30c- don't miss @dustinbrookshire.bsky.social @rebeccalehmann.bsky.social @erindorney.bsky.social @dsmpoet.bsky.social @kathrynkirkpatrick.bsky.social and @magpiedays!
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November 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Our December regular reading features 6 writers on December 11 at 6:30c- don't miss @dustinbrookshire.bsky.social @rebeccalehmann.bsky.social @erindorney.bsky.social @dsmpoet.bsky.social @kathrynkirkpatrick.bsky.social and @magpiedays!
Registration link in bio!
Registration link in bio!
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From Dustin Brookshire's ( @dustinbrookshire.bsky.social ):
Straight People (Often) Don’t Get It,
"I need some advice, a friend says
before I utter hello. Why are you crying?
she asks. Have you seen the news? Pulse?"
Read the full piece at LampLit.net!
#poetry #prose #lamplitmag
Straight People (Often) Don’t Get It,
"I need some advice, a friend says
before I utter hello. Why are you crying?
she asks. Have you seen the news? Pulse?"
Read the full piece at LampLit.net!
#poetry #prose #lamplitmag
November 17, 2025 at 11:21 PM
From Dustin Brookshire's ( @dustinbrookshire.bsky.social ):
Straight People (Often) Don’t Get It,
"I need some advice, a friend says
before I utter hello. Why are you crying?
she asks. Have you seen the news? Pulse?"
Read the full piece at LampLit.net!
#poetry #prose #lamplitmag
Straight People (Often) Don’t Get It,
"I need some advice, a friend says
before I utter hello. Why are you crying?
she asks. Have you seen the news? Pulse?"
Read the full piece at LampLit.net!
#poetry #prose #lamplitmag
Love my fur nugget that is Jude Paw!
November 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Love my fur nugget that is Jude Paw!
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Join us on 11/18 to hear featured readers @clayrebenz.bsky.social, @theoriginalison.bsky.social, & @stevenreigns.bsky.social.
Yes, we are switching to Tuesday this month!!
@driftwoodpress.bsky.social
@smallharborpub.bsky.social
#poetrysky #poetrynews #poets #poetry
Yes, we are switching to Tuesday this month!!
@driftwoodpress.bsky.social
@smallharborpub.bsky.social
#poetrysky #poetrynews #poets #poetry
November 17, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Join us on 11/18 to hear featured readers @clayrebenz.bsky.social, @theoriginalison.bsky.social, & @stevenreigns.bsky.social.
Yes, we are switching to Tuesday this month!!
@driftwoodpress.bsky.social
@smallharborpub.bsky.social
#poetrysky #poetrynews #poets #poetry
Yes, we are switching to Tuesday this month!!
@driftwoodpress.bsky.social
@smallharborpub.bsky.social
#poetrysky #poetrynews #poets #poetry
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Reposted by Dustin Brookshire (he/him)
Join us on 11/18 to hear featured readers @clayrebenz.bsky.social, @theoriginalison.bsky.social, & @stevenreigns.bsky.social.
Yes, we are switching to Tuesday this month!!
@driftwoodpress.bsky.social
@smallharborpub.bsky.social
#poetrysky #poetrynews #poets #poetry
Yes, we are switching to Tuesday this month!!
@driftwoodpress.bsky.social
@smallharborpub.bsky.social
#poetrysky #poetrynews #poets #poetry
November 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Join us on 11/18 to hear featured readers @clayrebenz.bsky.social, @theoriginalison.bsky.social, & @stevenreigns.bsky.social.
Yes, we are switching to Tuesday this month!!
@driftwoodpress.bsky.social
@smallharborpub.bsky.social
#poetrysky #poetrynews #poets #poetry
Yes, we are switching to Tuesday this month!!
@driftwoodpress.bsky.social
@smallharborpub.bsky.social
#poetrysky #poetrynews #poets #poetry
Thank you to @lamplitmag.bsky.social editors Jaime Lilley & Michael C for publishing “Straight People (Often) Don’t Get It” in the fall issue.
I’m in good company. Shoutout to @toddedillard.bsky.social & @darrencdemaree.bsky.social!!
#poetrysky #poetrynews #poem #poetry
I’m in good company. Shoutout to @toddedillard.bsky.social & @darrencdemaree.bsky.social!!
#poetrysky #poetrynews #poem #poetry
November 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Thank you to @lamplitmag.bsky.social editors Jaime Lilley & Michael C for publishing “Straight People (Often) Don’t Get It” in the fall issue.
I’m in good company. Shoutout to @toddedillard.bsky.social & @darrencdemaree.bsky.social!!
#poetrysky #poetrynews #poem #poetry
I’m in good company. Shoutout to @toddedillard.bsky.social & @darrencdemaree.bsky.social!!
#poetrysky #poetrynews #poem #poetry
Look what was waiting for me when I returned home from work trip!
November 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Look what was waiting for me when I returned home from work trip!
Release the files.
November 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Release the files.
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🛋️Lamp Lit 1.2 Fall '25 Cover and Contributor Reveal!
Cover art by Mirjana M. @ cyanide_cherries on insta
Our sophomore issue will be released to Lamplit.net on Thursday, November 13th! 🛋️
#coverreaveal #poetry #shortstories #art #essay #litmags #lamplitmag
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Cover art by Mirjana M. @ cyanide_cherries on insta
Our sophomore issue will be released to Lamplit.net on Thursday, November 13th! 🛋️
#coverreaveal #poetry #shortstories #art #essay #litmags #lamplitmag
1/4
November 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
🛋️Lamp Lit 1.2 Fall '25 Cover and Contributor Reveal!
Cover art by Mirjana M. @ cyanide_cherries on insta
Our sophomore issue will be released to Lamplit.net on Thursday, November 13th! 🛋️
#coverreaveal #poetry #shortstories #art #essay #litmags #lamplitmag
1/4
Cover art by Mirjana M. @ cyanide_cherries on insta
Our sophomore issue will be released to Lamplit.net on Thursday, November 13th! 🛋️
#coverreaveal #poetry #shortstories #art #essay #litmags #lamplitmag
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Here’s a little Dolly fact for you.
Dolly’s 1974 album, Love Is Like A Butterfly,” includes the song “You’re the One That Taught Me How to Swing.”
& yes my friends, she isn’t talking about playground swinging.
Dolly’s 1974 album, Love Is Like A Butterfly,” includes the song “You’re the One That Taught Me How to Swing.”
& yes my friends, she isn’t talking about playground swinging.
November 13, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Here’s a little Dolly fact for you.
Dolly’s 1974 album, Love Is Like A Butterfly,” includes the song “You’re the One That Taught Me How to Swing.”
& yes my friends, she isn’t talking about playground swinging.
Dolly’s 1974 album, Love Is Like A Butterfly,” includes the song “You’re the One That Taught Me How to Swing.”
& yes my friends, she isn’t talking about playground swinging.
I’m feeling hopeful thanks to the election results. & by Dolly, I need this moment of hope so damn much.
November 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I’m feeling hopeful thanks to the election results. & by Dolly, I need this moment of hope so damn much.
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It's November 1, which means OKD is open once more for free subs until we reach our cap! Learn more about us and submit your best poetry or flash fiction: okaydonkeymag.com/submissions
November 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
It's November 1, which means OKD is open once more for free subs until we reach our cap! Learn more about us and submit your best poetry or flash fiction: okaydonkeymag.com/submissions
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Love Monica’s cover!
COVER REVEAL! We’re so excited to share the cover of Monica Prince’s “Force: A Choreopoem”. Coming January, 2026.
Photography by: Steve Gibson
Cover design by: Hercules Platts
Photography by: Steve Gibson
Cover design by: Hercules Platts
October 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Love Monica’s cover!
Submit! Submit! Contest closes today!!
The Gylys Villanelle Prize closes today!
Final judge is Randall Mann. The winner receives $500 & an invite to read the winning poem at @poetrybythesea.bsky.social.
Details here: poetrybytheseaconference.org/the-gylys-vi....
#poetrysky #poetrynews #poets #writers
Final judge is Randall Mann. The winner receives $500 & an invite to read the winning poem at @poetrybythesea.bsky.social.
Details here: poetrybytheseaconference.org/the-gylys-vi....
#poetrysky #poetrynews #poets #writers
October 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Submit! Submit! Contest closes today!!
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Read these poems by Peggy Robles-Alvarado in @merliterary.bsky.social. Peggy joins the WPLS tomorrow at 7:30pm (EST)!
#poem #poetry #poets #writers #poetrysky #poetrynews
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#poem #poetry #poets #writers #poetrysky #poetrynews
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Peggy Robles-Alvarado - Poetry - MER - Mom Egg Review
Peggy Robles-Alvarado Ode To The Necessary Distance Between Us: A Contrapuntal DISCLAIMER PERFORMED AS INTERNAL MONOLOGUE BEFORE SHARING POEMS ABOUT MY MOTHER: An experiment in giving myself per...
merliterary.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Read these poems by Peggy Robles-Alvarado in @merliterary.bsky.social. Peggy joins the WPLS tomorrow at 7:30pm (EST)!
#poem #poetry #poets #writers #poetrysky #poetrynews
merliterary.com/2023/12/12/p...
#poem #poetry #poets #writers #poetrysky #poetrynews
merliterary.com/2023/12/12/p...
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Read these poems by @rajivmohabir.bsky.social in @honeyliterary.bsky.social. Rajiv joins the WPLS tomorrow at 7:30pm (EST)!
#poem #poetry #poets #writers #poetrysky #poetrynews
www.honeyliterary.com/issue4/poetr...
#poem #poetry #poets #writers #poetrysky #poetrynews
www.honeyliterary.com/issue4/poetr...
Poetry: Two Poems by Rajiv Mohabir — Honey Literary
“My love it’s raining— / This song inside me, a seed, and you” — Oh goodness, Rajiv Mohabir
www.honeyliterary.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Read these poems by @rajivmohabir.bsky.social in @honeyliterary.bsky.social. Rajiv joins the WPLS tomorrow at 7:30pm (EST)!
#poem #poetry #poets #writers #poetrysky #poetrynews
www.honeyliterary.com/issue4/poetr...
#poem #poetry #poets #writers #poetrysky #poetrynews
www.honeyliterary.com/issue4/poetr...
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Read these poems by Megan Pinto in Plume. Megan joins the WPLS tomorrow at 7:30pm (EST)!
#poem #poetry #poets #writers #poetrysky #poetrynews
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#poem #poetry #poets #writers #poetrysky #poetrynews
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Pinto Megan, Author at Plume
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October 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Read these poems by Megan Pinto in Plume. Megan joins the WPLS tomorrow at 7:30pm (EST)!
#poem #poetry #poets #writers #poetrysky #poetrynews
plumepoetry.com/author/pinto...
#poem #poetry #poets #writers #poetrysky #poetrynews
plumepoetry.com/author/pinto...
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Have you submitted?
Submit to The Gylys Villanelle Prize by 10/26!
See the poetrybythesea.bsky.social website for details: poetrybytheseaconference.org/the-gylys-vi....
#poetrysky #poetrynews #poets #poetry #writers
See the poetrybythesea.bsky.social website for details: poetrybytheseaconference.org/the-gylys-vi....
#poetrysky #poetrynews #poets #poetry #writers
October 21, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Have you submitted?
Looking forward to 3pm at @lityoungstown.bsky.social! Join Samantha Imperi for “Prosody and the Pleasure of Poetic Soundscapes,” & I’m presenting “Villanelle Exploration.”
#poetrynews #poetrysky #poets #poetry
#poetrynews #poetrysky #poets #poetry
October 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Looking forward to 3pm at @lityoungstown.bsky.social! Join Samantha Imperi for “Prosody and the Pleasure of Poetic Soundscapes,” & I’m presenting “Villanelle Exploration.”
#poetrynews #poetrysky #poets #poetry
#poetrynews #poetrysky #poets #poetry
Kerry & I have a contoured villanelle in the latest issue of Painted Pebble Lit Mag.
& we met PPLM staff member Nikki “db” Fragala Barnes today at @lityoungstown.bsky.social.
Read the issue here: paintedpebblelit.com/issue-5-fall....
#poetry #poem #poetrysky #poetrynews #poets
& we met PPLM staff member Nikki “db” Fragala Barnes today at @lityoungstown.bsky.social.
Read the issue here: paintedpebblelit.com/issue-5-fall....
#poetry #poem #poetrysky #poetrynews #poets
October 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Kerry & I have a contoured villanelle in the latest issue of Painted Pebble Lit Mag.
& we met PPLM staff member Nikki “db” Fragala Barnes today at @lityoungstown.bsky.social.
Read the issue here: paintedpebblelit.com/issue-5-fall....
#poetry #poem #poetrysky #poetrynews #poets
& we met PPLM staff member Nikki “db” Fragala Barnes today at @lityoungstown.bsky.social.
Read the issue here: paintedpebblelit.com/issue-5-fall....
#poetry #poem #poetrysky #poetrynews #poets