Jane Zwart (she/her)
@janezwart.bsky.social
Here for poems & other beauties. Writing in Poetry, The Southern Review, Threepenny Review, Ploughshares, The Poetry Review (UK), & elsewhere. Co-editor for book reviews at Plume. First collection of poems forthcoming with Orison Books in fall 2025.
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Oddest & Oldest & Saddest & Best, poems by Jane Zwart | Orison Books
Oddest & Oldest & Saddest & Bestpoems by Jane Zwart *available for pre-order* Orison Bookspaper / $18.00ISBN: 978-1-949039-68-9Publication Date: March 3, 2026 ABOUT THE BOOK As its title...
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I don't know how to untangle joy from all the rest. But here's a joy: my debut poetry book is coming out with Orison & it has a cover & I'm pretty sure my mom beat you all to pre-ordering it. But if you'd like a copy, that'd mean the world to me. Here's the link:
www.orisonbooks.com/product-page...
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I would use the word "evil" instead of "scandal," but, really, there are no words.
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I would use the word "evil" instead of "scandal," but, really, there are no words.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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More Flowers by Susan L. Leary
Quiet tensions drive this collection: the ox walking on ice and the voice box buried in a meadow, frayed wings grasping at the updraft. Leary offers More Flowers, pulling us close enough to inspect pa...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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A poem about holding on. With gratitude for good therapy & for the generous editors at The Louisville Review.
November 21, 2025 at 12:06 AM
A poem about holding on. With gratitude for good therapy & for the generous editors at The Louisville Review.
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🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔 Bells of the Night' by Carlos Schwabe, 1891
November 15, 2025 at 1:24 AM
🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔 Bells of the Night' by Carlos Schwabe, 1891
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So much praise for this debut collection (FINALLY! I get to have a whole volume of Jane's work in my hands!) by @janezwart.bsky.social www.orisonbooks.com/product-page...
Oddest & Oldest & Saddest & Best, poems by Jane Zwart | Orison Books
Oddest & Oldest & Saddest & Bestpoems by Jane Zwart *available for pre-order* Orison Bookspaper / 74 pp. / $18.00ISBN: 978-1-949039-68-9Publication Date: February 3, 2026 ABOUT THE BOO...
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November 14, 2025 at 11:26 PM
So much praise for this debut collection (FINALLY! I get to have a whole volume of Jane's work in my hands!) by @janezwart.bsky.social www.orisonbooks.com/product-page...
I know a lot of worthwhile work doesn't gets its due.
And I know a lot of good things are less a matter of deserving than grace.
That makes this mean more to me.
Grateful to the reviewer, to Orison Books, and to any of y'all who decide to preorder: www.orisonbooks.com/product-page...
And I know a lot of good things are less a matter of deserving than grace.
That makes this mean more to me.
Grateful to the reviewer, to Orison Books, and to any of y'all who decide to preorder: www.orisonbooks.com/product-page...
November 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I know a lot of worthwhile work doesn't gets its due.
And I know a lot of good things are less a matter of deserving than grace.
That makes this mean more to me.
Grateful to the reviewer, to Orison Books, and to any of y'all who decide to preorder: www.orisonbooks.com/product-page...
And I know a lot of good things are less a matter of deserving than grace.
That makes this mean more to me.
Grateful to the reviewer, to Orison Books, and to any of y'all who decide to preorder: www.orisonbooks.com/product-page...
I could use a little boost today & was hoping for a poem to be accepted somewhere. But a "no" from @therumpus.net also works when @roxanegay.bsky.social says "we fell in love with your voice." 😭
November 9, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I could use a little boost today & was hoping for a poem to be accepted somewhere. But a "no" from @therumpus.net also works when @roxanegay.bsky.social says "we fell in love with your voice." 😭
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Egon Schiele, Hand, 1910
November 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Egon Schiele, Hand, 1910
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Did you know about the Bald Cypress? I did not & was so shocked when I came upon this magnificent tree bc it’s got needles but also turns colors! It’s a deciduous conifer! It’s a hybrid-genre tree! Like the larch. It gets its cool name bc it goes bald in winter, dropping its needles.
November 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Did you know about the Bald Cypress? I did not & was so shocked when I came upon this magnificent tree bc it’s got needles but also turns colors! It’s a deciduous conifer! It’s a hybrid-genre tree! Like the larch. It gets its cool name bc it goes bald in winter, dropping its needles.
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Might Could has a cover! Designed by the lovely Philip Hoy, with artwork by Amber Cowan. Thanks to Waywiser Books—can't wait to share this book with y'all. ❤
www.waywiserbooks.org/coming-soon
www.waywiserbooks.org/coming-soon
November 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Might Could has a cover! Designed by the lovely Philip Hoy, with artwork by Amber Cowan. Thanks to Waywiser Books—can't wait to share this book with y'all. ❤
www.waywiserbooks.org/coming-soon
www.waywiserbooks.org/coming-soon
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A favorite Halloween poem by @janezwart.bsky.social (Psst. Her first book is coming out soon!)
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Washing the Corpses - Bellingham Review
These two dead painted themselves before a mirror, but now, flour-dusted, they blush under the powder, less than bloodless, and, yes, eyeshadow shadows the draws they sucked into their cheeks, but tho...
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October 29, 2025 at 1:27 PM
A favorite Halloween poem by @janezwart.bsky.social (Psst. Her first book is coming out soon!)
bhreview.org/articles/was...
bhreview.org/articles/was...
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The USDA has funding set aside to keep food assistance programs running during emergencies.
Trump just won’t release it.
440,000 Minnesotans - and millions more Americans - will pay the price.
Trump just won’t release it.
440,000 Minnesotans - and millions more Americans - will pay the price.
October 28, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The USDA has funding set aside to keep food assistance programs running during emergencies.
Trump just won’t release it.
440,000 Minnesotans - and millions more Americans - will pay the price.
Trump just won’t release it.
440,000 Minnesotans - and millions more Americans - will pay the price.
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Still reading for issue 4. A little behind on submissions so bear with me as I catch up. Keep submitting! Maybe buy a copy of issue 2 or 3?
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October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Still reading for issue 4. A little behind on submissions so bear with me as I catch up. Keep submitting! Maybe buy a copy of issue 2 or 3?
www.postcardlit.com
www.postcardlit.com
This story (and its many counterparts) make me want to beg forgiveness from the people ICE and DHS are taking away from their homes--and the people that they're leaving bereft. And it makes me want to scream.
A Naperville man was hauled away by federal immigration agents Thursday morning as his two sons watched, the older boy begging them not to hurt his father and tearfully asking for a chance to speak to him before they left.
As his two sons watch and cry, ‘Pa, te amo,’ federal agents arrest man outside of Naperville apartments
A Naperville man was hauled away by federal immigration agents Thursday as his two sons cried and begged for him not to be hurt.
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October 26, 2025 at 12:07 AM
This story (and its many counterparts) make me want to beg forgiveness from the people ICE and DHS are taking away from their homes--and the people that they're leaving bereft. And it makes me want to scream.
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"Strange: even the enterprise we never loved
leaves a hole. That, or it’s the apt, awful sound
of siding folding. Some of us watch.
Some of us grind our teeth in the night."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Folding
@JaneZwart.bsky.social
2025 @theshorepoetry.bsky.social
leaves a hole. That, or it’s the apt, awful sound
of siding folding. Some of us watch.
Some of us grind our teeth in the night."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Folding
@JaneZwart.bsky.social
2025 @theshorepoetry.bsky.social
Jane Zwart "Folding" — THE SHORE
POETRY
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October 23, 2025 at 11:14 AM
"Strange: even the enterprise we never loved
leaves a hole. That, or it’s the apt, awful sound
of siding folding. Some of us watch.
Some of us grind our teeth in the night."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Folding
@JaneZwart.bsky.social
2025 @theshorepoetry.bsky.social
leaves a hole. That, or it’s the apt, awful sound
of siding folding. Some of us watch.
Some of us grind our teeth in the night."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Folding
@JaneZwart.bsky.social
2025 @theshorepoetry.bsky.social
I could not have written this poem were it not for my students in the Calvin Prison Initiative. For them, I am immeasurably grateful.
And my thanks, too, to the folks at Muzzle. Link to the full issue in first comment.
And my thanks, too, to the folks at Muzzle. Link to the full issue in first comment.
October 21, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I could not have written this poem were it not for my students in the Calvin Prison Initiative. For them, I am immeasurably grateful.
And my thanks, too, to the folks at Muzzle. Link to the full issue in first comment.
And my thanks, too, to the folks at Muzzle. Link to the full issue in first comment.
Happy to have a couple poems in the "Flaw & Favor" issue of The Ilanot Review--and in stunning company. Thank you to the editors. 💛
Link to the issue in first comment.
Link to the issue in first comment.
October 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Happy to have a couple poems in the "Flaw & Favor" issue of The Ilanot Review--and in stunning company. Thank you to the editors. 💛
Link to the issue in first comment.
Link to the issue in first comment.
For years & years, swamp pink has been one of my unrequited loves. So grateful to have this poem about my self and the parts of myself find a home there.
October 20, 2025 at 12:11 AM
For years & years, swamp pink has been one of my unrequited loves. So grateful to have this poem about my self and the parts of myself find a home there.
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Wow
It broke my heart to write this poem, and I would give it back if I could reverse my brother's death or my mom's diagnosis. But it doesn't work like that. So I'm trying to open my hands to the joy of having a poem in @thenation.com. Thank you, Kaveh Akbar, et al.
www.thenation.com/article/cult...
www.thenation.com/article/cult...
What We Talk About When We Talk About Cancer
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October 17, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Wow
I'm a big fan of @theshorepoetry.bsky.social, and I am so grateful for this chance to be in conversation with Ella Flores--the latest in a long line of the journal's kindnesses to me & my poems.
www.theshorepoetry.org/interview-zw...
www.theshorepoetry.org/interview-zw...
Interview Zwart 27 — THE SHORE
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October 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I'm a big fan of @theshorepoetry.bsky.social, and I am so grateful for this chance to be in conversation with Ella Flores--the latest in a long line of the journal's kindnesses to me & my poems.
www.theshorepoetry.org/interview-zw...
www.theshorepoetry.org/interview-zw...
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Oh, the wasps, the wasps. Another amazing poem by Jane, who has a book coming out soon!
It broke my heart to write this poem, and I would give it back if I could reverse my brother's death or my mom's diagnosis. But it doesn't work like that. So I'm trying to open my hands to the joy of having a poem in @thenation.com. Thank you, Kaveh Akbar, et al.
www.thenation.com/article/cult...
www.thenation.com/article/cult...
What We Talk About When We Talk About Cancer
www.thenation.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Oh, the wasps, the wasps. Another amazing poem by Jane, who has a book coming out soon!
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More stunning work from @janezwart.bsky.social!
It broke my heart to write this poem, and I would give it back if I could reverse my brother's death or my mom's diagnosis. But it doesn't work like that. So I'm trying to open my hands to the joy of having a poem in @thenation.com. Thank you, Kaveh Akbar, et al.
www.thenation.com/article/cult...
www.thenation.com/article/cult...
What We Talk About When We Talk About Cancer
www.thenation.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
More stunning work from @janezwart.bsky.social!
It broke my heart to write this poem, and I would give it back if I could reverse my brother's death or my mom's diagnosis. But it doesn't work like that. So I'm trying to open my hands to the joy of having a poem in @thenation.com. Thank you, Kaveh Akbar, et al.
www.thenation.com/article/cult...
www.thenation.com/article/cult...
What We Talk About When We Talk About Cancer
www.thenation.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:18 AM
It broke my heart to write this poem, and I would give it back if I could reverse my brother's death or my mom's diagnosis. But it doesn't work like that. So I'm trying to open my hands to the joy of having a poem in @thenation.com. Thank you, Kaveh Akbar, et al.
www.thenation.com/article/cult...
www.thenation.com/article/cult...
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