Jack Bedell
@jackbedell.bsky.social
Louisiana Poet Laureate 2017-19. Books from Mercer University Press. Work included in Best Microfiction and Best Spiritual Lit. EIC: @louisianalit.bsky.social
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“And frozen in that one memory is the inevitable flow of air into space, the carnage I’ve lived since.”
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Swamp Thing Sits on the Bank Examining His Life Through the Lens of Bernoulli’s Principle by Jack Bedell
Let’s just say the Book was correct, and it all started with a single breath. Inspiration—>Expiration. All the seconds in between these two. A breath into the void. A breath before saying “I love you....
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November 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
“And frozen in that one memory is the inevitable flow of air into space, the carnage I’ve lived since.”
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Tough to match the joy of an author’s copies mail day! So cool to hold months of work in your hand like that! Huge thanks to Jeff and Tobi Alfier at Blue Horse Press for bringing this one into the world. 🥊 (Please check it out at Amazon.com if you can.)
November 5, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Tough to match the joy of an author’s copies mail day! So cool to hold months of work in your hand like that! Huge thanks to Jeff and Tobi Alfier at Blue Horse Press for bringing this one into the world. 🥊 (Please check it out at Amazon.com if you can.)
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"He had no doubt the mountain range
along the horizon held a message"
"Ruskin and the Struggle of Revelation" by @jackbedell.bsky.social
psalteryandlyre.org/2025/11/03/r...
along the horizon held a message"
"Ruskin and the Struggle of Revelation" by @jackbedell.bsky.social
psalteryandlyre.org/2025/11/03/r...
Ruskin and the Struggle of Revelation
by Jack B. Bedell
psalteryandlyre.org
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
"He had no doubt the mountain range
along the horizon held a message"
"Ruskin and the Struggle of Revelation" by @jackbedell.bsky.social
psalteryandlyre.org/2025/11/03/r...
along the horizon held a message"
"Ruskin and the Struggle of Revelation" by @jackbedell.bsky.social
psalteryandlyre.org/2025/11/03/r...
Very grateful to have a new poem from my Ruskin series up at @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social this morning. Ruskin and the Struggle of Revelation https://psalteryandlyre.org/2025/11/03/ruskin-and-the-struggle-of-revelation/
Ruskin and the Struggle of Revelation
by Jack B. Bedell
psalteryandlyre.org
November 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Very grateful to have a new poem from my Ruskin series up at @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social this morning. Ruskin and the Struggle of Revelation https://psalteryandlyre.org/2025/11/03/ruskin-and-the-struggle-of-revelation/
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For John Sullivan’s "The Book of Rougarou: Sorcery and Songs of the Wolf":
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Dr. Jack Bedell, Poet Laureate of Louisiana (2017-2019), aptly describes the story as:
"All energy and muscle, drama, and blunt force."
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Dr. Jack Bedell, Poet Laureate of Louisiana (2017-2019), aptly describes the story as:
"All energy and muscle, drama, and blunt force."
@jackbedell.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 1:39 PM
For John Sullivan’s "The Book of Rougarou: Sorcery and Songs of the Wolf":
ogre.red/press/books/...
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPM93JDJ
Dr. Jack Bedell, Poet Laureate of Louisiana (2017-2019), aptly describes the story as:
"All energy and muscle, drama, and blunt force."
@jackbedell.bsky.social
ogre.red/press/books/...
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPM93JDJ
Dr. Jack Bedell, Poet Laureate of Louisiana (2017-2019), aptly describes the story as:
"All energy and muscle, drama, and blunt force."
@jackbedell.bsky.social
Reposted by Jack Bedell
Looking for a fast-paced online workshop? I'm bringing back Flash Royale where you choose your fighter after a weekend of writing! More info and sign up at link:
Flash Royale November Edition
If you’ve ever played video games, you may have heard the term Battle Royale. It refers to a type of game that features a large number of players who play with the goal of being the last player standi...
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October 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Looking for a fast-paced online workshop? I'm bringing back Flash Royale where you choose your fighter after a weekend of writing! More info and sign up at link:
Very lucky to have another flash CNF from my Fight Nights series in the new issue of The Spit Bucket. Huge thanks to @writersonboxing.bsky.social for including my work in their fine journal! Download the issue at https://writersonboxing.com/the-spit-bucket-a-boxing-fanzine/
The Spit Bucket – a boxing fanzine
The Spit Bucket is a zine celebrating the wonderful responses made by artists to the sport of boxing. We welcome submissions from prose writers, poets and visual artists of all forms. See below for…
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October 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Very lucky to have another flash CNF from my Fight Nights series in the new issue of The Spit Bucket. Huge thanks to @writersonboxing.bsky.social for including my work in their fine journal! Download the issue at https://writersonboxing.com/the-spit-bucket-a-boxing-fanzine/
Knocked out to have a boxing/wrestling flash CNF piece from my Fight Nights series up at The Sportscribe today. Thanks to everyone at the journal for giving this one a perfect home! https://thesportscribe.com/the-strangest-thing/
The Strangest Thing - The SportScribe
Over the decades that I’ve watched fights with my dad, then by myself and with my own kids, I’ve seen some very strange things happen in the ring. I mean, I’ve seen a parachutist land on the ring apro...
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October 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Knocked out to have a boxing/wrestling flash CNF piece from my Fight Nights series up at The Sportscribe today. Thanks to everyone at the journal for giving this one a perfect home! https://thesportscribe.com/the-strangest-thing/
Psyched to have a poem up in the new issue of @farewelltransmiss.bsky.social! Thanks to everyone at the journal for including me alongside so many ✨s! https://farewelltransmission.net/2025/10/erosion/
EROSION - Farewell Transmission
By Jack B. Bedell Jack B. Bedell is Professor of English and Coordinator of Creative Writing at Southeastern Louisiana University where he also edits Louisiana Literature and directs the Louisiana Lit...
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October 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Psyched to have a poem up in the new issue of @farewelltransmiss.bsky.social! Thanks to everyone at the journal for including me alongside so many ✨s! https://farewelltransmission.net/2025/10/erosion/
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Congrats to the nominees! Love seeing @janezwart.bsky.social and @jackbedell.bsky.social on this list (psst their poems are beautiful read them!) 🌻
We are so excited to share our BEST OF THE NET @sundresspub.bsky.social Nominees!
September 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Congrats to the nominees! Love seeing @janezwart.bsky.social and @jackbedell.bsky.social on this list (psst their poems are beautiful read them!) 🌻
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Issue One of Rawhead is live!
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September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Issue One of Rawhead is live!
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#litmag #artandlit #rawheadjournal #newwriting #issueone #writingcommunity #artcommunity
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#litmag #artandlit #rawheadjournal #newwriting #issueone #writingcommunity #artcommunity
Really stoked to have a flash CNF essay from my Fight Nights series in the debut issue of @rawheadjournal.bsky.social 🥊👇🏻 https://rawheadjournal.org/issue-one/jack-b-bedell/
Jack B. Bedell
Jack B. Bedell A Beating Is Rarely the Worst Thing You Can Get It was never something he’d cared about before, so I was a little shocked when my son came in the other night wanting to know the wors…
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September 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Really stoked to have a flash CNF essay from my Fight Nights series in the debut issue of @rawheadjournal.bsky.social 🥊👇🏻 https://rawheadjournal.org/issue-one/jack-b-bedell/
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So delighted to have this story (a piece of the novel I'm working on) be the winner of @expositionreview.bsky.social flash contest! 🥺🥺
Absolute Magnitude - Exposition Review
by Chloe N. Clark 1st Place Winner – Flash 405, June 2025: “Illumination” Fiction In another life, Cassie lives. She wakes up in the hospital, a slow blinking to consciousness, and the doctors say m...
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September 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
So delighted to have this story (a piece of the novel I'm working on) be the winner of @expositionreview.bsky.social flash contest! 🥺🥺
Extremely blessed for the faith Mercer University Press has in my work. Very grateful to have another collection in line with them. 🙏🏻
September 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Extremely blessed for the faith Mercer University Press has in my work. Very grateful to have another collection in line with them. 🙏🏻
Revisiting this phenomenal collection by @andrewrihn.bsky.social this afternoon. Not for any challenge, just pure enjoyment. 🥊👇🏻
August 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Revisiting this phenomenal collection by @andrewrihn.bsky.social this afternoon. Not for any challenge, just pure enjoyment. 🥊👇🏻
Absolutely love this story by @chelseastickle.bsky.social up today at @mrbullbull.bsky.social !!! 🙌🏻👇🏻 https://mrbullbull.com/newbull/flash-fiction/heel-turn/
August 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Absolutely love this story by @chelseastickle.bsky.social up today at @mrbullbull.bsky.social !!! 🙌🏻👇🏻 https://mrbullbull.com/newbull/flash-fiction/heel-turn/
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#TheCut meets @jackbedell.bsky.social
A poet laid bare in print, conversation and a sharp new video.
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A poet laid bare in print, conversation and a sharp new video.
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The Cut with Jack B. Bedell - The Broken Spine
Jack B. Bedell’s poetry is inseparable from South Louisiana—the land, its people, and its culture. His work doesn’t merely observe the world around him; it
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August 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
#TheCut meets @jackbedell.bsky.social
A poet laid bare in print, conversation and a sharp new video.
🔗
A poet laid bare in print, conversation and a sharp new video.
🔗
For my afternoon friends. 👇🏻
Truly grateful to have a poem in the new issue of @pictura.bsky.social ! Thanks to everyone at the journal for including my work alongside so many brilliant artists!🙌🏻 https://picturajournal.com/issue-four/poetry-issue-four/jack-b-bedell/
Jack B. Bedell - pictura journal
Jack B. Bedell's work has appeared in work has appeared in HAD, Heavy Feather, Pidgeonholes, The Shore, Okay Donkey, EcoTheo, and elsewhere.
picturajournal.com
August 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
For my afternoon friends. 👇🏻
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one of my fave poets in one of my fave journals...
Truly grateful to have a poem in the new issue of @pictura.bsky.social ! Thanks to everyone at the journal for including my work alongside so many brilliant artists!🙌🏻 https://picturajournal.com/issue-four/poetry-issue-four/jack-b-bedell/
Jack B. Bedell - pictura journal
Jack B. Bedell's work has appeared in work has appeared in HAD, Heavy Feather, Pidgeonholes, The Shore, Okay Donkey, EcoTheo, and elsewhere.
picturajournal.com
August 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
one of my fave poets in one of my fave journals...
Truly grateful to have a poem in the new issue of @pictura.bsky.social ! Thanks to everyone at the journal for including my work alongside so many brilliant artists!🙌🏻 https://picturajournal.com/issue-four/poetry-issue-four/jack-b-bedell/
Jack B. Bedell - pictura journal
Jack B. Bedell's work has appeared in work has appeared in HAD, Heavy Feather, Pidgeonholes, The Shore, Okay Donkey, EcoTheo, and elsewhere.
picturajournal.com
August 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Truly grateful to have a poem in the new issue of @pictura.bsky.social ! Thanks to everyone at the journal for including my work alongside so many brilliant artists!🙌🏻 https://picturajournal.com/issue-four/poetry-issue-four/jack-b-bedell/
Work out to @whaleroadreview.bsky.social @beavermag.bsky.social @moonparkreview.bsky.social @theshorepoetry.bsky.social @doorisajarmag.bsky.social and @hfr.bsky.social currently. Book manuscripts out to @riverriverbooks.bsky.social @42milespress.bsky.social & Mercer University Press. 🤞🏻
July 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Work out to @whaleroadreview.bsky.social @beavermag.bsky.social @moonparkreview.bsky.social @theshorepoetry.bsky.social @doorisajarmag.bsky.social and @hfr.bsky.social currently. Book manuscripts out to @riverriverbooks.bsky.social @42milespress.bsky.social & Mercer University Press. 🤞🏻
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This past Saturday was a great season finale to #3Muses2Readers1Mic w/ @jackbedell.bsky.social and Michael Allen Zell at Three Muses Frenchmen.
Thanks to Miss Sophie Lee and to everyone who has read as a feature, as an open mic, or just come and shared space with us! More soon
Thanks to Miss Sophie Lee and to everyone who has read as a feature, as an open mic, or just come and shared space with us! More soon
July 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This past Saturday was a great season finale to #3Muses2Readers1Mic w/ @jackbedell.bsky.social and Michael Allen Zell at Three Muses Frenchmen.
Thanks to Miss Sophie Lee and to everyone who has read as a feature, as an open mic, or just come and shared space with us! More soon
Thanks to Miss Sophie Lee and to everyone who has read as a feature, as an open mic, or just come and shared space with us! More soon
Always a great day when there’s a new @danbillyc.bsky.social piece to read!!! 🙌🏻👇🏻
I'm so grateful to have this piece appear. Big 💙 to @stateofkate.bsky.social @rudribhattpatel.bsky.social and all the editors at @pitheadchapel.bsky.social. Thank you so much for reading this one. 💙💙💙
Our July issue is live! Read here: pitheadchapel.com/volume-14-issue-7/
Words
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WYLEY FROHLICH JUNGERMAN
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BRITTANY REDD
TARA SHEA BURKE
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Words
@mczyzniejewski.bsky.social
@kimchinquee.bsky.social
RENESHA DHANRAJ
WYLEY FROHLICH JUNGERMAN
TROY ANDERSON
@danbillyc.bsky.social
@theresegleason
@claudiamonpere.bsky.social
BRITTANY REDD
TARA SHEA BURKE
Art
JACELYN YAP
July 2, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Always a great day when there’s a new @danbillyc.bsky.social piece to read!!! 🙌🏻👇🏻