Koss (she/they/Aquarian)
@kossworks.bsky.social
Poet, artist, writer. Dancing Backwards Towards Pluperfect, Diode Editions. Lammy Poetry Finalist '25, BSF '20, Wigleaf Top 50 longlist. Granta Memoir
Website: https://koss-works.com
Buy my book: https://bit.ly/DANCING-BACKWARDS-TOWARDS-PLUPERFECT-PURCHASE
Website: https://koss-works.com
Buy my book: https://bit.ly/DANCING-BACKWARDS-TOWARDS-PLUPERFECT-PURCHASE
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Dancing Backwards Towards Pluperfect First Birthday
Today is my chapbook, Dancing Backwards Towards Pluperfect’s first birthday. The year has flown by quickly and much has happened both in my book life, my real life, and in America’s lif…
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I wrote a very short reflection about my first book's first year, partly inspired by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social's talk story updates... Please check it out if you have a moment: koss-works.com/dancing-back...
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We’re missing pieces for our next issue!
We’re still looking for a few more poems and pinhole photography submissions.
Check out our guidelines on our website and send in work by Nov 28 to be considered for the Jan 2026 issue.
pinholepoetry.ca
We’re still looking for a few more poems and pinhole photography submissions.
Check out our guidelines on our website and send in work by Nov 28 to be considered for the Jan 2026 issue.
pinholepoetry.ca
November 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
We’re missing pieces for our next issue!
We’re still looking for a few more poems and pinhole photography submissions.
Check out our guidelines on our website and send in work by Nov 28 to be considered for the Jan 2026 issue.
pinholepoetry.ca
We’re still looking for a few more poems and pinhole photography submissions.
Check out our guidelines on our website and send in work by Nov 28 to be considered for the Jan 2026 issue.
pinholepoetry.ca
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✨Today’s Bookmail!✨
A bold and striking collaboration of words by @vikkicwrites.bsky.social and images by @rfredekenter.bsky.social (both amazing artists that I very much admire) published by @icefloepress.bsky.social
This book is a wordy visual treat (also, a great holiday gift idea)!
A bold and striking collaboration of words by @vikkicwrites.bsky.social and images by @rfredekenter.bsky.social (both amazing artists that I very much admire) published by @icefloepress.bsky.social
This book is a wordy visual treat (also, a great holiday gift idea)!
November 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
✨Today’s Bookmail!✨
A bold and striking collaboration of words by @vikkicwrites.bsky.social and images by @rfredekenter.bsky.social (both amazing artists that I very much admire) published by @icefloepress.bsky.social
This book is a wordy visual treat (also, a great holiday gift idea)!
A bold and striking collaboration of words by @vikkicwrites.bsky.social and images by @rfredekenter.bsky.social (both amazing artists that I very much admire) published by @icefloepress.bsky.social
This book is a wordy visual treat (also, a great holiday gift idea)!
I love seeing my book out in the world--and isn't this a lovely fall theme--and very color coordinated.
If you don't have a copy, it makes a great holiday gift. Get one from me or purchase directly from @diodeeditions.bsky.social!
#book, #poetrybook
If you don't have a copy, it makes a great holiday gift. Get one from me or purchase directly from @diodeeditions.bsky.social!
#book, #poetrybook
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I love seeing my book out in the world--and isn't this a lovely fall theme--and very color coordinated.
If you don't have a copy, it makes a great holiday gift. Get one from me or purchase directly from @diodeeditions.bsky.social!
#book, #poetrybook
If you don't have a copy, it makes a great holiday gift. Get one from me or purchase directly from @diodeeditions.bsky.social!
#book, #poetrybook
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Pre-order here: triohousepress.myshopify.com/products/mor...
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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🌸🌺 MORE FLOWERS 🌸🌺 forthcoming February 2026 from Trio House Press! Enjoy this little unboxing video and pre-order at the link in the replies! Endless gratitude to so many!
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@krisbigalk.bsky.social
@natashakane.bsky.social
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@krisbigalk.bsky.social
@natashakane.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 2:54 AM
🌸🌺 MORE FLOWERS 🌸🌺 forthcoming February 2026 from Trio House Press! Enjoy this little unboxing video and pre-order at the link in the replies! Endless gratitude to so many!
@triohousepress.org
@krisbigalk.bsky.social
@natashakane.bsky.social
@triohousepress.org
@krisbigalk.bsky.social
@natashakane.bsky.social
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Raising the blinds
You raise the blinds, pull the cord, pitch like a sailor who last night released the wind from the sail, scribbled out the horizon line, unstuck his star from the syrup-slow expansion of its constellation. You've loved the dark too much, how it pixilates the dusk, glorious shots…
You raise the blinds, pull the cord, pitch like a sailor who last night released the wind from the sail, scribbled out the horizon line, unstuck his star from the syrup-slow expansion of its constellation. You've loved the dark too much, how it pixilates the dusk, glorious shots…
Raising the blinds
You raise the blinds, pull the cord, pitch like a sailor who last night released the wind from the sail, scribbled out the horizon line, unstuck his star from the syrup-slow expansion of its constellation. You've loved the dark too much, how it pixilates the dusk, glorious shots of amnesia. Hammered at the gnats of consciousness, tent caterpillars, once drowned the stubborn pole of midnight.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Raising the blinds
You raise the blinds, pull the cord, pitch like a sailor who last night released the wind from the sail, scribbled out the horizon line, unstuck his star from the syrup-slow expansion of its constellation. You've loved the dark too much, how it pixilates the dusk, glorious shots…
You raise the blinds, pull the cord, pitch like a sailor who last night released the wind from the sail, scribbled out the horizon line, unstuck his star from the syrup-slow expansion of its constellation. You've loved the dark too much, how it pixilates the dusk, glorious shots…
Check out @jenwithwords.bsky.social Time Pirate!!❤️
✨ A new episode has arrived! ✨
What does a Time Pirate do when she’s stuck on a bus for a long winter-dark morning commute?
Watch Episode 2: Route 301 of ‘The Time Pirate Who Waits Ashore’ to find out! 🕰️
Also, a first attempt at trying to have other people in my films!
youtu.be/sk73_mfRS98
What does a Time Pirate do when she’s stuck on a bus for a long winter-dark morning commute?
Watch Episode 2: Route 301 of ‘The Time Pirate Who Waits Ashore’ to find out! 🕰️
Also, a first attempt at trying to have other people in my films!
youtu.be/sk73_mfRS98
The Time Pirate | Episode 2: Route 301
YouTube video by jenwithwords
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Check out @jenwithwords.bsky.social Time Pirate!!❤️
At least I know how to do something right...
#pet, #pets, #bestpets, #petyourpet, #doglove, #catlove, #erasurepoetry, #erasurepoem, #blackoutpoetry, #redactedpoem, #poem, #rejection, #unrequitedlove, #rejectionletters, #rejectionletter, #submittable
#pet, #pets, #bestpets, #petyourpet, #doglove, #catlove, #erasurepoetry, #erasurepoem, #blackoutpoetry, #redactedpoem, #poem, #rejection, #unrequitedlove, #rejectionletters, #rejectionletter, #submittable
November 18, 2025 at 1:40 AM
At least I know how to do something right...
#pet, #pets, #bestpets, #petyourpet, #doglove, #catlove, #erasurepoetry, #erasurepoem, #blackoutpoetry, #redactedpoem, #poem, #rejection, #unrequitedlove, #rejectionletters, #rejectionletter, #submittable
#pet, #pets, #bestpets, #petyourpet, #doglove, #catlove, #erasurepoetry, #erasurepoem, #blackoutpoetry, #redactedpoem, #poem, #rejection, #unrequitedlove, #rejectionletters, #rejectionletter, #submittable
Check out Memezine's latest rad issue...
November 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Check out Memezine's latest rad issue...
Really looking forward to this collection by @samrasnake.bsky.social !!! Preorder now!
Pleased to announce the release of Fallen Leaves, my new poetry collection (Ballerini Book Press). Preorders available. Thanks for the kind words, Suzanne Frischkorn & James Owens. Excited that future works will have a home at BBP.
@suzfrischkorn.bsky.social
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Ballerini Book PressSlender. Never Spineless.FALLEN LEAVES by Sam Rasnake
We are thrilled to announce the release of Sam’s new poetry collection FALLEN LEAVES, as well as his signing a long term, author contract with Ballerini Book Press. Our long literary collabor…
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November 16, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Really looking forward to this collection by @samrasnake.bsky.social !!! Preorder now!
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Pre-order directly from Trio House Press here: triohousepress.myshopify.com/products/mor...
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...
triohousepress.myshopify.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Pre-order directly from Trio House Press here: triohousepress.myshopify.com/products/mor...
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Proof copy is here, and she’s lovely, so let this be a little reminder that MORE FLOWERS is out with @triohousepress.org in less than 3 months! You can pre-order at the link in the replies or wherever books are sold!
Here’s to more poetry and more flowers!
🌺🌸🌼
Here’s to more poetry and more flowers!
🌺🌸🌼
November 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Proof copy is here, and she’s lovely, so let this be a little reminder that MORE FLOWERS is out with @triohousepress.org in less than 3 months! You can pre-order at the link in the replies or wherever books are sold!
Here’s to more poetry and more flowers!
🌺🌸🌼
Here’s to more poetry and more flowers!
🌺🌸🌼
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"What’s autumn?"
"... her soft white hands, tipped in a tasteful nude, she would later tell my mom."
“Leaves fall?”
Avon Calling You an Autumn When You Know You Are Summer by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social in Bitter Over Sweet, from @sfwp.bsky.social
"... her soft white hands, tipped in a tasteful nude, she would later tell my mom."
“Leaves fall?”
Avon Calling You an Autumn When You Know You Are Summer by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social in Bitter Over Sweet, from @sfwp.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 3:54 AM
"What’s autumn?"
"... her soft white hands, tipped in a tasteful nude, she would later tell my mom."
“Leaves fall?”
Avon Calling You an Autumn When You Know You Are Summer by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social in Bitter Over Sweet, from @sfwp.bsky.social
"... her soft white hands, tipped in a tasteful nude, she would later tell my mom."
“Leaves fall?”
Avon Calling You an Autumn When You Know You Are Summer by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social in Bitter Over Sweet, from @sfwp.bsky.social
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A new winter-themed offering 'ADVENT' written for #Toptweetuesday hosted by @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social
Thank you for the magical inspiration across all seasons 🤍
#poetrycommunity #WritingCommunity #poetry #imagist #winter
Thank you for the magical inspiration across all seasons 🤍
#poetrycommunity #WritingCommunity #poetry #imagist #winter
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
A new winter-themed offering 'ADVENT' written for #Toptweetuesday hosted by @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social
Thank you for the magical inspiration across all seasons 🤍
#poetrycommunity #WritingCommunity #poetry #imagist #winter
Thank you for the magical inspiration across all seasons 🤍
#poetrycommunity #WritingCommunity #poetry #imagist #winter
Thank you @roseknapp.bsky.social and @samrasnake.bsky.social ! Hope you are warm.
November 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Thank you @roseknapp.bsky.social and @samrasnake.bsky.social ! Hope you are warm.
#hope, #rejectionletters, #rejection, #unrequitedlove, #poetry, #poem, #visualpoem, #visualpoetry, #erasurepoem, #erasurepoetry, #blackoutpoetry, #redactedpoetry, #literature, #writerslife, #essaywriting, #essay, #poetrycommunity
November 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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M. Cynthia Cheung ♥️
from COMMON DISASTER (Acre Books)
I absolutely love this poem!
@acrebooks.bsky.social
from COMMON DISASTER (Acre Books)
I absolutely love this poem!
@acrebooks.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 5:46 AM
M. Cynthia Cheung ♥️
from COMMON DISASTER (Acre Books)
I absolutely love this poem!
@acrebooks.bsky.social
from COMMON DISASTER (Acre Books)
I absolutely love this poem!
@acrebooks.bsky.social
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“No sibling, no mother. Her / paws were dry magic beads. I touched them.”
bewitched by this poem. Feral, @jessicacuello.bsky.social
bewitched by this poem. Feral, @jessicacuello.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 9:03 AM
“No sibling, no mother. Her / paws were dry magic beads. I touched them.”
bewitched by this poem. Feral, @jessicacuello.bsky.social
bewitched by this poem. Feral, @jessicacuello.bsky.social
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I’ve started reading @susanlleary.bsky.social's Dressing the Bear, and it’s nothing short of miraculous.
“Have we not all been crushed
by what shelters us?
By a sun hauled from the sky
& collapsed into rubies, my brother
carrying the wreck of it
in his hands.”
“Have we not all been crushed
by what shelters us?
By a sun hauled from the sky
& collapsed into rubies, my brother
carrying the wreck of it
in his hands.”
November 9, 2025 at 8:38 AM
I’ve started reading @susanlleary.bsky.social's Dressing the Bear, and it’s nothing short of miraculous.
“Have we not all been crushed
by what shelters us?
By a sun hauled from the sky
& collapsed into rubies, my brother
carrying the wreck of it
in his hands.”
“Have we not all been crushed
by what shelters us?
By a sun hauled from the sky
& collapsed into rubies, my brother
carrying the wreck of it
in his hands.”
@susanlleary.bsky.social Thank you kindly!
November 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
@susanlleary.bsky.social Thank you kindly!
#rejectionletters, #rejection, #unrequitedlove, #poetry, #poem, #visualpoem, #visualpoetry, #erasurepoem, #erasurepoetry, #blackoutpoetry, #redactedpoetry, #literature, #writerslife, #essaywriting, #essay, #poetrycommunity
November 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Next time, I'll make you CAKE! Also, can't remember if we've watched this Suzy Eddie Izzard cake bit together: www.youtube.com/watch?v=unkW...
EDDIE IZZARD - DRESS TO KILL - CAKE OR DEATH
YouTube video by Eddie Izzard
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November 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Next time, I'll make you CAKE! Also, can't remember if we've watched this Suzy Eddie Izzard cake bit together: www.youtube.com/watch?v=unkW...