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Jill Kitchen
@jillkitchen.bsky.social
poems, stories, music, landscape. in DC. co, nyc, & london hold pieces of my heart. writing in asterales, crab creek review, HAD, four way review, iowa review, poet lore, split lip. soon in AQR. social media manager @ SWWIM she/her linktr.ee/jillkitchen
A poem of mine has now received its 52nd rejection. Do I file it away now or persist?
January 30, 2026 at 10:19 PM
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open now to 45 of you who've never submitted to HAD before!
January 30, 2026 at 7:06 PM
"How do I sleep at night? Thanks for asking,
I don’t. I’m the oldest of nine. There are eight extensions of me
out there in this treacherous world."

Read these three breathtaking poems by @sfeycreates.bsky.social in @adroitjournal.bsky.social post-haste:

theadroitjournal.org/issue-fifty-...
Séamus Isaac Fey
Visit the post for more.
theadroitjournal.org
January 29, 2026 at 11:31 PM
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My students asked me if this was Michael Jackson and I simply passed away.
January 29, 2026 at 11:01 PM
These guys know how to January:
January 29, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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Here’s the recording of Subhaga Crystal Bacon, Nicole Callihan, Jessica Cuello, & James Allen Hall reading for the WPLS:

youtu.be/efxWZMig6Ho?...

We celebrated Subhaga’s newly released A BRIEF HISTORY OF MY SEX LIFE from Lily Poetry Review.

#poetrysky #poetrynews #poets #poetry #writers
01-28-26 WPLS: Subhaga Crystal Bacon with Nicole Callihan, Jessica Cuello, & James Allen Hall
YouTube video by Wild & Precious Life Series
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January 29, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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They're torturing a child. This is torture.
Liam is in ICE custody and his health is deteriorating.

Joaquin Castro says Liam is depressed, lethargic, sleeping excessively and barely eating, repeatedly asking about his mom, and when he can go home. He’s withdrawn and not the bright preschooler he was just days ago.

LIAM NEEDS A DOCTOR
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January 29, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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Okay, we are getting new flooring upstairs soon, which means emptying my office. Which means my closet. Which means LOTS of smallish paintings and collages that need homes that I will sell for shipping costs + whatever. A few examples below. DM or watch this space for more options...
January 28, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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Just listened to this latest @ofpoetrypodcast.bsky.social episode with @majda.bsky.social and wow 🥰✨️🥰! Don't miss it!
January 27, 2026 at 8:46 PM
This guy really enjoyed Heated Rivalry:
January 26, 2026 at 10:07 PM
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While we prepare to highlight each of our Issue Five Contributors, polish up your poems, prose, and visual art for our Issue Six Submission Window, opening February 1!
Guidelines at asteralesjournal.com/submissions
January 26, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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"what if she could magic all these scattered losses into something someone new"

This time last year, we published Jill Kitchen’s IN A PARALLEL UNIVERSE, THERE IS NOTHING I CANNOT DO. Find it in the archives! buff.ly/QWSZbpu
January 21, 2026 at 12:45 AM
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Wednesday (1/28), Subhaga Crystal Bacon, @nicolecallihan.bsky.social, Jessica Cuello, & @jamesallenhall.bsky.social join the WPLS.

#poetrysky #poetrynews #poets #poetry #writers
January 26, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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We’re basically watching a civil war, but you still have to pay rent, walk your dog, care for your kids, heal your broken heart, go to your appointments, send those emails, and all of it just keeps going. The personal victories and failures still exist, while our government executes people.
January 25, 2026 at 10:03 PM
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Our Staff Celebration Reading yesterday was a bright spot in a dark time. Thanks to all who read and attended!

You can join us asynchronously and watch the reading here:
youtu.be/XpFWjI12gXE?...
January 25, 2026 at 11:49 PM
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“Often, I watch discussions on social media in which someone asks: What radicalized you?…But the word ‘radicalize’ feels wrong, seems to imply an element of extremism, as though rage at this kind of blatant hypocrisy is the abnormal thing, when what is plainly abnormal is to accept it.”Omar El Akkad
January 25, 2026 at 3:43 PM
One thing I am doing today is supporting Native-owned Birchbark Books in Minneapolis by ordering books. Read more about them at the link below:

birchbarkbooks.com/pages/our-st...
Our Story
Our Story Aniin! Boozhoo! Han and Hau! Welcome to Birchbark Books. There is no one like us in person, and no one like us online. We are not owned by a corporation; we are not part of a chain. We are t...
birchbarkbooks.com
January 25, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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Friends, please join me on 2/8, from 7-8 pm EST, for a fun, online poetry reading honoring the incredible life & writing of Maureen Seaton & the exciting new release of Undersea from @jacklegpress.bsky.social!
Celebrating Maureen Seaton + UNDERSEA from JackLeg Press
Join us online to celebrate Maureen Seaton and dive into the magic of UNDERSEA from JackLeg Press!
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January 25, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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The writers in today's @smokelong.bsky.social workshop brought me to actual TEARS. I cannot understate the importance of their art to this world. Continually blown away and humbled by them.
January 24, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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I just did this. You can too.
Call. Your. Senators. Right. Fucking. Now. It’s ok if your voice shakes while you leave the voice mail. If you cry. If you cuss. If you’re inarticulate. Just get the message across.

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I called yesterday and will call again today. If you’re new to it, 5calls.org has got your back.
January 24, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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January 24, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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Thank you for sharing it with us!
This week, the lovely new @asteralesjournal.bsky.social published my poem I wrote for my dear friend Devon. ❤️ This poem contains a few of my favorite things, and it feels especially meaningful that editors Donna Vorreyer and Rachel Bunting wanted to share it.
www.asteralesjournal.com/2-5-manning-...
January 24, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Trying to make it through this month.
January 23, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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This is tomorrow! Hope to see you!
January 23, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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Best wishes to everyone participating in the general strike in Minnesota. You folks are so strong and courageous, and I thank you for standing up for your neighbors and against tyranny.
January 23, 2026 at 2:18 PM