Susan L. Leary
@susanlleary.bsky.social
Poet | MORE FLOWERS (Trio House Press 2026) | DRESSING THE BEAR (Louise Bogan Award, Trio House Press) | A BUFFET TABLE FIT FOR QUEENS (Washburn Prize, Small Harbor Publishing) + 2 📚| Mayah 🐶 | www.susanlleary.com
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Susan L. Leary
@susanlleary.bsky.social
· Aug 14
🌸COVER REVEAL🌸 for MORE FLOWERS & it’s a beauty! I’m grateful to so many: @triohousepress.org, @krisbigalk.bsky.social, @natashakane.bsky.social & to @fascicles.bsky.social, @kcbrattpfotenhauer.bsky.social, & @cynthiamhoffman.bsky.social for their kind, generous words!
Pre-order link in comments!
Pre-order link in comments!
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The final poem in Charles Simic's Scribbled in the Dark (2017)
November 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The final poem in Charles Simic's Scribbled in the Dark (2017)
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WOW! Sunday Salon Chicago had an amazing reading event last night 11/23/25 @roscoebooks.bsky.social w/ stellar readings by Rachel DeWoskin, Sandra Jackson-Opoku, Maureen Aitken, Averill Curdy & David Hicks. So thrilled to host them. TY all & Roscoe Books 🌈🙏🏼💕
November 24, 2025 at 10:41 PM
WOW! Sunday Salon Chicago had an amazing reading event last night 11/23/25 @roscoebooks.bsky.social w/ stellar readings by Rachel DeWoskin, Sandra Jackson-Opoku, Maureen Aitken, Averill Curdy & David Hicks. So thrilled to host them. TY all & Roscoe Books 🌈🙏🏼💕
Thank you so much, Jill! 💙🌺🌸
November 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Thank you so much, Jill! 💙🌺🌸
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Get some @triohousepress.org poetry books for yourself and those on your gift list — free shipping AND BOGO 11/24-28 only!
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November 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Get some @triohousepress.org poetry books for yourself and those on your gift list — free shipping AND BOGO 11/24-28 only!
triohousepress.myshopify.com
triohousepress.myshopify.com
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watch the sweetest poet unbox her stunning forthcoming collection, More Flowers 💐 💜
🌸🌺 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
November 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
watch the sweetest poet unbox her stunning forthcoming collection, More Flowers 💐 💜
Natasha!!!!! 🌺🌸🌼🥰🥹😭
November 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Natasha!!!!! 🌺🌸🌼🥰🥹😭
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The hand of day opens
Three clouds
And these few words
-Octavio Paz
(tr. Muriel Rukeyser)
Three clouds
And these few words
-Octavio Paz
(tr. Muriel Rukeyser)
November 24, 2025 at 5:15 AM
The hand of day opens
Three clouds
And these few words
-Octavio Paz
(tr. Muriel Rukeyser)
Three clouds
And these few words
-Octavio Paz
(tr. Muriel Rukeyser)
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A poem for Sunday.
From @joseolivarez.bsky.social's book, Promises of Gold: bookshop.org/a/862/9781250878496
#poem #books #writing
From @joseolivarez.bsky.social's book, Promises of Gold: bookshop.org/a/862/9781250878496
#poem #books #writing
November 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
A poem for Sunday.
From @joseolivarez.bsky.social's book, Promises of Gold: bookshop.org/a/862/9781250878496
#poem #books #writing
From @joseolivarez.bsky.social's book, Promises of Gold: bookshop.org/a/862/9781250878496
#poem #books #writing
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Coming up!
Looking forward to this. Just reposting the flyer here with alt-text added in case that can be useful for future promo; thanks again for the invitation!
November 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Coming up!
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I'm having my first book event for White Door alongside @iamragesparkle.bsky.social (Michael B Tager) @ the Birds in Hand Café & Bookstore in Baltimore, Dec 14, 4pm! I'm so excited about this 💃😊!
Ty @smartishpace.bsky.social, Stephen Reichert & Bird in Hand!
www.theivybookshop.com/event/hot-l-...
Ty @smartishpace.bsky.social, Stephen Reichert & Bird in Hand!
www.theivybookshop.com/event/hot-l-...
Ivy Bookshop - Hot L Poets Series, ft. Michael B. Tager & Burgi Zenhaeusern
Sunday December 14, 2025 at 4pm, The HOT L Poets Series continues with poets Michael B. Tager & Burgi Zenhaeusern! The event will take place at Bird in Hand Coffee & Books at 11 E. 33rd St. to be indo...
www.theivybookshop.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I'm having my first book event for White Door alongside @iamragesparkle.bsky.social (Michael B Tager) @ the Birds in Hand Café & Bookstore in Baltimore, Dec 14, 4pm! I'm so excited about this 💃😊!
Ty @smartishpace.bsky.social, Stephen Reichert & Bird in Hand!
www.theivybookshop.com/event/hot-l-...
Ty @smartishpace.bsky.social, Stephen Reichert & Bird in Hand!
www.theivybookshop.com/event/hot-l-...
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So grateful to have a poem in the lovely @asteralesjournal.bsky.social thanks to @djvorreyer.bsky.social and Rachel Bunting. Such a lovely journal to work with, and they even send personal thank you cards through the mail!
Put on your Doc Martens and take a hike with nostalgia and regret in this poem by @jillkitchen.bsky.social : asteralesjournal.com/1-4-kitchen-...
November 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
So grateful to have a poem in the lovely @asteralesjournal.bsky.social thanks to @djvorreyer.bsky.social and Rachel Bunting. Such a lovely journal to work with, and they even send personal thank you cards through the mail!
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November 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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2026 full and half subscriptions are now available! I have a partial list of 2026 authors with more TBD. Still have many books to get out to 2025 subscribers. Link to shop in bio.
November 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
2026 full and half subscriptions are now available! I have a partial list of 2026 authors with more TBD. Still have many books to get out to 2025 subscribers. Link to shop in bio.
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Excited to have a flash in the beautiful latest issue of The Maine Review.♥️
www.mainereview.com/the-wing/
www.mainereview.com/the-wing/
The Wing - The Maine Review
The morning Nadine’s feathers sprouted, a light snow fell. She was standing outside, watching Meg board the school bus, noticing how the little girl’s hair, frizzy like her own, glistened with snow, m...
www.mainereview.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Excited to have a flash in the beautiful latest issue of The Maine Review.♥️
www.mainereview.com/the-wing/
www.mainereview.com/the-wing/
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November 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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“If I am killed / for simply living, / let death be kinder / than man.”
— Althea Davis
— Althea Davis
November 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
“If I am killed / for simply living, / let death be kinder / than man.”
— Althea Davis
— Althea Davis
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can a period of time become sentient
November 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
can a period of time become sentient
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"I believe the world is beautiful
and that poetry, like bread, is for everyone."
#poetry #smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
and that poetry, like bread, is for everyone."
#poetry #smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
"I believe the world is beautiful
and that poetry, like bread, is for everyone."
#poetry #smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
and that poetry, like bread, is for everyone."
#poetry #smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
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"I believe your country haunts you in the most bizarre way, and you cannot do much about it."
A Poem Invites You, Warns You, and Then Confounds You: Tryphena Yeboah interviews @adedayoagarau.bsky.social about The Years of Blood (Fordham University Press).
➡️ buff.ly/NfZosro
A Poem Invites You, Warns You, and Then Confounds You: Tryphena Yeboah interviews @adedayoagarau.bsky.social about The Years of Blood (Fordham University Press).
➡️ buff.ly/NfZosro
November 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"I believe your country haunts you in the most bizarre way, and you cannot do much about it."
A Poem Invites You, Warns You, and Then Confounds You: Tryphena Yeboah interviews @adedayoagarau.bsky.social about The Years of Blood (Fordham University Press).
➡️ buff.ly/NfZosro
A Poem Invites You, Warns You, and Then Confounds You: Tryphena Yeboah interviews @adedayoagarau.bsky.social about The Years of Blood (Fordham University Press).
➡️ buff.ly/NfZosro
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ONE MORE WEEK to submit your manuscript for consideration for the 25th Annual A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize! Don't miss your chance!
🎯 Prize Details:
- Winning manuscript published by BOA Editions in Spring 2027
- $1,000 honorarium
🎯 Prize Details:
- Winning manuscript published by BOA Editions in Spring 2027
- $1,000 honorarium
November 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
ONE MORE WEEK to submit your manuscript for consideration for the 25th Annual A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize! Don't miss your chance!
🎯 Prize Details:
- Winning manuscript published by BOA Editions in Spring 2027
- $1,000 honorarium
🎯 Prize Details:
- Winning manuscript published by BOA Editions in Spring 2027
- $1,000 honorarium
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On the radar in Cincy: Don’t miss @myclimatejournal.bsky.social at Poetry at Artifact on Tuesday, Dec. 2nd @ 7 p.m. Elaine has been leading climate meditations and writing workshops bi-monthly. She and other ecopoetically-minded poets will feature, and we’ll have our usual open mic. Join us!
November 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
On the radar in Cincy: Don’t miss @myclimatejournal.bsky.social at Poetry at Artifact on Tuesday, Dec. 2nd @ 7 p.m. Elaine has been leading climate meditations and writing workshops bi-monthly. She and other ecopoetically-minded poets will feature, and we’ll have our usual open mic. Join us!
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Today’s Featured Poem:
“Essay” by Bernadette Mayer from The Golden Book of Words published by @ndbooks.bsky.social
Read here:
poems.com/poem/essay/
“Essay” by Bernadette Mayer from The Golden Book of Words published by @ndbooks.bsky.social
Read here:
poems.com/poem/essay/
Essay
I don't want to be a farmer but my mother was right
I should never have tried to rise out of the proletariat
poems.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Today’s Featured Poem:
“Essay” by Bernadette Mayer from The Golden Book of Words published by @ndbooks.bsky.social
Read here:
poems.com/poem/essay/
“Essay” by Bernadette Mayer from The Golden Book of Words published by @ndbooks.bsky.social
Read here:
poems.com/poem/essay/