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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · Aug 11

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) - Small Horned Owl on Maple Branch under Full Moon

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Up the Staircase Quarterly @upthestaircase.bsky.social · Aug 1

We decided to sweeten your Friday with our themed summer issue. Kindred: Poems on Platonic Love is now live!

www.upthestaircase.org

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April Michelle Bratten @aprilmbratten.bsky.social · Jun 23

Thank you 🤧🤧

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April Michelle Bratten @aprilmbratten.bsky.social · Jun 23

SDR and UtSQ sitting in a tree...

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April Michelle Bratten @aprilmbratten.bsky.social · Jun 22

I've got 3 new poems in this sparkling issue ✨️

Thanks so much to the editors for including my work 😊 You are a bright spot in a dark world.

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Vismai Rao @vismai.bsky.social · Jun 2

"If alive, then all alone and bleeding. If dead,
then freshly dead. If not alone, then swarmed

with ants and flies, thick flies like biting July
berries. If swarmed with maggots, biblical."

Dream of the Moose Calf, Zeke Shomler in @upthestaircase.bsky.social
www.upthestaircase.org/zeke-shomler...

Zeke Shomler

If alive, then all alone and bleeding. If dead, then freshly dead. If not alone, then swarmed with ants and flies, thick flies like biting July berries. If swarmed with maggots, biblical. If...

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Lee Madgwick @leemadgwick.bsky.social · Jun 10

Plight (2020)
Oil and acrylic on canvas

A large fishing trawler lodged atop a tall iceberg. Graffiti covers the hull of the boat. Gulls gather above.

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April Michelle Bratten @aprilmbratten.bsky.social · Jun 6

Btw I have brand new poems, plural, coming out soon 👀😌

April Michelle Bratten @aprilmbratten.bsky.social · Jun 6

😏

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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · Jun 1

Taco Bell makes you gay. Happy Pride!

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April Michelle Bratten @aprilmbratten.bsky.social · Jun 1

Up the Staircase

www.upthestaircase.org 😊

Up the Staircase Quarterly

a journal of poetry and art

www.upthestaircase.org

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Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · May 31

i just — like i don’t trust myself to work after taking a benadryl, and this guy slice and diced our entire fucking government after taking enough drugs to launch his brain into space. what the fuck is even happening

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · May 30

Oh

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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · Jun 1

It's just words and you're just meat and nothing actually matters. Now go write your book.

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artnau @artnau.bsky.social · Apr 3

Companions (diptych), 2001 by Kiki Smith

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Screen Door Review @screendoorreview.bsky.social · May 23

Psssssst! We're getting our June/Pride issue together & are still reading subs PLUS we've opened up submissions for cover art. Show us what you have! We pay $40 for cover art & believe in showcasing the brilliance of queer southerners. :)

screendoorreview.submittable.com/submit

Screen Door Review Submission Manager

Screen Door Review is a triannual literary magazine that publishes poetry and flash fiction authored by individuals belonging to the southern queer (lgbtq) community of the United States. The purpose ...

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April Michelle Bratten @aprilmbratten.bsky.social · May 29

Thank you! It feels like a dormant part of me has come back to life. 🥰

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April Michelle Bratten @aprilmbratten.bsky.social · May 29

I "lost" poetry for a number of years but it is steadily making its way back to me. I haven't felt this inspired in ages. And yes, I have actually been writing.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · May 29

Chilean artist Livia Marin, teapot from the ´Nomad Patterns´ series (2012) #womensart

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Up the Staircase Quarterly @upthestaircase.bsky.social · May 24

Celebrate friendship and community with Up the Staircase!

We are seeking poetry and art for our themed issue, Kindred: Poems on Platonic Love.

Deadline: July 1st

upthestaircase.org

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Up the Staircase Quarterly @upthestaircase.bsky.social · May 23

We are seeking cover art submissions for our future issues!

Cover art can be of any genre or discipline and must contain a *staircase* somewhere in the work (but does not have to be the focal point).

Visit our guidelines for more information: www.upthestaircase.org/submit.html

Up the Staircase Quarterly

a journal of poetry and art

www.upthestaircase.org

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April Michelle Bratten @aprilmbratten.bsky.social · May 8

Moved my bi bunnies banner over to this app and it's starting to feel more cozy 🥰

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Up the Staircase Quarterly @upthestaircase.bsky.social · May 6

Submissions are now open for our special issue Kindred: Poems on Platonic Love. Send us your work about friendship and community:

www.upthestaircase.org

a husky dog is looking at the camera with the words `` everybody has that one friend . ''

ALT: a husky dog is looking at the camera with the words `` everybody has that one friend . ''

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Up the Staircase Quarterly @upthestaircase.bsky.social · May 2

The new issue of Up the Staircase Quarterly is here 👀 www.upthestaircase.org

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April Michelle Bratten @aprilmbratten.bsky.social · Apr 26

Working on the next issue of UtSQ 🥰

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Up the Staircase Quarterly @upthestaircase.bsky.social · Mar 21

Ready your poems. This summer we are bringing back our themed issues! On May 1st we will open to submissions for our Kindred Issue: Poems on Platonic Love.

More details soon.

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