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ONE ART: a journal of poetry @oneart.bsky.social · 2d

ONE ART's Fall Fundraiser

I'm hoping to raise $3,000 for ONE ART. This would be immensely helpful for me, personally. That being said, I don't want anyone to feel obliged to donate.

Thank you for your consideration.

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Donate to ONE ART's Fall 2025 Fundraiser, organized by Mark Danowsky

~ ONE ART’s Fall Fundraiser ~ I hope you will help support ONE ART’s continued commit… Mark Danowsky needs your support for ONE ART's Fall 2025 Fundraiser

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Marc Alan Di Martino @marcadimartino.bsky.social · 2d

Can haz new poem at the excellent @oneart.bsky.social by righteous human @markdanowsky.bsky.social tx fr reading

oneartpoetry.com/2025/10/09/a...

An Enemy Within by Marc Alan Di Martino

An Enemy Within Each of us has an enemy within. For some it’s that voice in back of the mind rehearsing our shortcomings, assuring us we’re not enough for this world. For others it&#821…

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 4d

"This poem is an exercise in... if necessary, answering a question with “I don’t know.”

Here's a poem and commentary on uncertainty, plus thoughts from @markdanowsky.bsky.social of One Art (where it first ran).

Thx to Justin Aoba of Slow Orbit.

syzygyworkshop.org/jessica-whip...

SYZYGY

SYZYGY is a writing workshop and publication founded by the Heung Coalition.

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Mark Danowsky @markdanowsky.bsky.social · 4d

Never forget.

Mark Danowsky @markdanowsky.bsky.social · 8d

Cleaver Faculty Reading 2025

A multi-genre reading

You can hear my poetry reading ~33 minutes in

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ngw6...

Cleaver Faculty Reading 2025

YouTube video by Cleaver Magazine

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Mark Danowsky @markdanowsky.bsky.social · 13d

I'm delighted to share this craft essay by Heidi Seaborn that I helped curate for Cleaver Magazine. The poem mentioned in this essay was published in ONE ART.

Writing to the End: Artistic Choices in Apocalyptic Times

www.cleavermagazine.com/writing-to-t...

Writing to the End: Artistic Choices in Apocalyptic Times, a Poetry Craft Essay by Heidi Seaborn • Cleaver Magazine

A Craft Essay by Heidi Seaborn Writing to the End: Artistic Choices in Apocalyptic Times Two a.m. on November 6, 2024. My love is propped with pillows, his phone aglow with news. Have I slept at all? ...

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Mark Danowsky @markdanowsky.bsky.social · 18d

Nice to see this even-handed review of my poetry collection, Take Care, in The Pedestal Magazine by Brian Fanelli

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Pedestal Magazine » Mark Danowsky’s Take Care, Reviewed by Brian Fanelli

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Mark Danowsky @markdanowsky.bsky.social · 21d

shelfie archive: deep cut

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Mark Danowsky @markdanowsky.bsky.social · 25d

Here's my poem 'Satellites' which appears in the Fall 2025 issue of The Summerset Review

www.summersetreview.org/25fall/danow...

Satellites - poetry by Mark Danowsky

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Mark Danowsky @markdanowsky.bsky.social · 29d

I wrote a poem for the moment

Published in The New Verse News @newversenews.bsky.social

newversenews.blogspot.com/2025/09/bull...

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Mark Danowsky @markdanowsky.bsky.social · 29d

Thank you, James!

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The New Verse News (always open for newspoems) @newversenews.bsky.social · 29d

NVN Friday at Substack: @markdanowsky.bsky.social Mark Danowsky’s #newspoem “Bully Pulpit” thenewversenews.substack.com/p/nvn-friday...
@literaryreport.bsky.social
@literarybulletin.bsky.social

NVN Friday: BULLY PULPIT

by Mark Danowsky

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James Penha @jamespenha.bsky.social · 29d

@markdanowsky.bsky.social Mark Danowsky’s @newversenews.bsky.social #poem on this era’s “Bully Pulpit.” (It ain’t Teddy Roosevelt’s.) newversenews.blogspot.com/2025/09/bull...
@writingcommunity.bsky.social @rodmannix.bsky.social
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BULLY PULPIT

The New Verse News presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.

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Mark Danowsky @markdanowsky.bsky.social · Sep 10

This Sunday!

9/14 at 7pm Eastern

I'm reading with Cleaver Magazine editors / team members. Please join us to celebrate the personal literary endeavors of Cleaver staffers.

Register to receive the link ~

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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Cleaver Faculty, Staff, Editors Reading. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

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Dana Henry Martin @danahenrymartin.bsky.social · Sep 7

I'm still proud of this piece, "[the narrative toilet]," which I made for a collaborative poetry collection written with Nathan Moore. McSweeney's even featured it on their site.

Digital manipulation of a plumbing diagram that reframes the parts of a toilet as elements in fiction writing. 650 pixels x 780 pixels.

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Michael Stipe @michaelstipe.bsky.social · Aug 30

I can

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Mark Danowsky @markdanowsky.bsky.social · Aug 29

about to enter peak shacket season

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Mark Danowsky @markdanowsky.bsky.social · Aug 26

I'm pleased to have had the opportunity to help curate this poetry craft essay by Michele Battiste in Cleaver Magazine!

www.cleavermagazine.com/other-wisdom...

Other Wisdoms: The Divinatory Potential of Poetry, A Poetry Craft Essay by Michele Battiste • Cleaver Magazine

A Craft Essay by Michele Battiste Other Wisdoms: The Divinatory Potential of Poetry Every word is haunted by its past and potential variations. —Kenji C. Liu Sometimes when I’m learning about divinat...

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Mark Danowsky @markdanowsky.bsky.social · Aug 20

Delighted to share a new poetry craft essay I helped curate for Cleaver Magazine

'Poetry and the Kink: The Inherent Queerness of the Poetic Line' by Matthew W. Baker

www.cleavermagazine.com/poetry-and-t...

Poetry and the Kink: The Inherent Queerness of the Poetic Line, by Matthew W. Baker • Cleaver Magazine

A Poetry Craft Essay by Matthew W. Baker Poetry and the Kink: The Inherent Queerness of the Poetic Line Poetry and the Kink: The Inherent Queerness of the Poetic Line It is 2015, and I am walking back...

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Mark Danowsky @markdanowsky.bsky.social · Aug 11

A bit of tech difficulties (you'll note the end gets abruptly cut off) but much thanks to Peter Mladinic & Jack Campbell for taking time to interview me for their podcast

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpti...

Lea County Pod 21 Mark Danowsky

YouTube video by Jack Campbell

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Mark Danowsky @markdanowsky.bsky.social · Aug 11

Stay Curious is featured on Sidestack today

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Top Substacks this Week: August 11, 2025 - Sidestack.io

Each week, we highlight the top substacks that have been submitted to us for you to vote!

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Mark Danowsky @markdanowsky.bsky.social · Aug 5

I have 3 haiku in Issue 3 (theme: joy) of The Haiku Shack Magazine

(The Poetry Shack is currently open for submission for Issue 4)

It's a little complicated to access the materials so sharing here

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Mark Danowsky @markdanowsky.bsky.social · Aug 4

A poem of mine, 'On All The Time', appears in the new issue of Mobius: The Journal of Social Change

mobiusmagazine.com/poetry/onall...

Mobius: The Journal of Social Change

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Mark Danowsky @markdanowsky.bsky.social · Aug 3

~ My Sunday Newsletter ~

SC Weekly – August 2025 – #1

~ a curated selection of discoveries ~

markdanowsky.substack.com/p/sc-weekly-...

SC Weekly – August 2025 – #1

~ a curated selection of discoveries ~

markdanowsky.substack.com

Mark Danowsky @markdanowsky.bsky.social · Jul 24