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Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 23h

FLP CHAPBOOK OF THE DAY: The Sky Weeps with Us by Laurel S. Peterson
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The poems in this collection explore how grief builds through the weight of multiple losses, and then #poetry #grief #gratitude #aging #environment #peace

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Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 1d

The deadline is fast approaching. Submit your manusctipt by the October 15, 2025 deadline. finishinglinepress.submittable.com/submit/32778... #poetry #women #poetrycontest

Finishing Line Press - 2025 New Women's Voices Chapbook Competition

A prize of $1,500, royalty contract, and publication by Finishing Line Press is given annually to the winner for a poetry chapbook by a writer who identifies as a woman and has not yet published a ful...

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Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 1d

NEW FROM FINISHING LINE PRESS: The Needle Has Landed by Alicia Caldanaro
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THE NEEDLE HAS LANDED includes amusing poems with pop culture references that blend solicitude with enigmatic revelations.#poetry#pop#culture#mirthfulness#life

Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 1d

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Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 1d

A Poem by Margaret Lee
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#poetry #Sappho #ancients #water

A Poem by Margaret Lee

Water Song for Sappho Become my voice. lyrics Your rode&n…

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Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 8d

FLP BOOK OF THE DAY: Weight of Water by Samantha Wallen
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Weight of Water navigates the terrain of #loss—the #death of a mother, the foreclosure of #home, the vanishing of animal species, and the desecration of the #planet.

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Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 8d

NEW FROM FINISHING LINE PRESS: Tasting Moments by Pamela Pan
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Tasting Moments celebrates the strength of ordinary people as they gain wisdom and embrace new possibilities.

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Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 9d

FLP CHAPBOOK OF THE DAY: Suncatcher by Brian C. Miller
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These poems explore the aspects of the human condition, such as #love, #time, and #faith during life’s pivotal moments.

Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 9d

A Poem by Dee Slavutin
paddockreview.com/2025/09/30/a... #poetry #family #motherhood #children

A Poem by Dee Slavutin

Polyester Never Dies These sheets wrapped my children’s dreams. Pink and yellow ruffles under chins, stars warded off the boogeyman. They’ve been moved three times to second homes. Now…

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Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 9d

The deadline is fast approaching. Submit your manusctipt by the October 15, 2025 deadline. finishinglinepress.submittable.com/submit/32778... #poetry #women #poetrycontest

Finishing Line Press - 2025 New Women's Voices Chapbook Competition

A prize of $1,500, royalty contract, and publication by Finishing Line Press is given annually to the winner for a poetry chapbook by a writer who identifies as a woman and has not yet published a ful...

finishinglinepress.submittable.com

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Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 10d

Check out this book review: www.newhavenindependent.org/2025/09/26/c... #poetry #bookreview #recommended

Covid-25 - New Haven Independent

New collection by "deadline poet" Allan Appel returns us to life in pandemic times.

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Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 10d

FLP CHAPBOOK OF THE DAY: Ponies and Other Poems by Cheryl Derby
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The titular poem “Ponies,” takes a what-if stance. What if a pony would stop trying to buck you off, and instead lead you to a smoother carousel ride.

Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 10d

FLP BOOK OF THE DAY: Rucksacks for the Leaf Cat by Dianna Henning
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Rucksacks for the Leaf Cat prompts the reader into questioning the duality of love as well as examining what it means to survive on this delicate planet.

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Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 10d

A Poem by D. R. James
paddockreview.com/2025/09/29/a... #poetry #life #relationships

A Poem by D. R. James

Reassurance to My Future Spouse ….. You may not know me yet,but I’m learning just who you must be,trusting you’re getting readyfor the rest of our lives. ….. Perhaps you’re already emptyingseveral …

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Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 13d

Congratulations to Larry Joe Campbell for being nominated for the
2025 PEN Falkner Award in Fiction
2025 Next Generation Indie Book Award in Fiction
2025 CLMP Firecracker Awards in Fiction for First Novel
for his novel Remember That One Time (Finishing Line Press) #booktok #books #awards #fiction

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Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 13d

www.psu.edu/news/altoona... #books #poetry #announcement

Penn State Altoona alumnus releases new poetry chapbook | Penn State University

Penn State Altoona alumnus Brian C. Miller has released “Suncatcher,” a new poetry chapbook.

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Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 14d

NEW FROM FINISHING LINE PRESS: Collected Father by John Pijewski
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The poems in Collected Father were written by a son about his father born in the dark shadows of Polish history Three brutal years in a Nazi labor camp during WW II.

Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 14d

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Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 14d

A Poem by Tara Prakash
paddockreview.com/2025/09/25/a... #poetry #family #life

A Poem by Tara Prakash

….. This poem is from the chapbook Memory Map by Tara Prakash (Finishing Line Press), and can be found at Tara Prakash is the 2025 National Youth Poet Laureate Runner-Up, the 9th Youth Poet La…

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Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 17d

FLP BOOK OF THE DAY: How to Write a Bench by David Hummon
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How to Write a Bench presents poems and paintings from the latter years, exploring the loss of family and friends, the challenges of the body. #poetry, #art, #family, #body, #creativity

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Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 17d

FLP CHAPBOOK OF THE DAY: Ovum by Christine Kalafus
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Inspired by portraiture — a stylized art form that represents containment — OVUM renders a simplified likeness of the speaker viewed through complex inheritances.

Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 17d

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Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 17d

A Poem by Helen Weil
paddockreview.com/2025/09/22/a...
#poetry #endtimes #life

A Poem by Helen Weil

Hope, II I want more for us than a gentle endingI want us to go down laughing singing celebratingwith cake and top-shelf bourbonfireworks over the Thames and Seineconfetti in Times Squareand…

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Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 18d