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Jane Zwart (she/her)

@janezwart.bsky.social

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Here for poems & other beauties. Writing in Poetry, The Southern Review, Threepenny Review, Ploughshares, The Poetry Review (UK), & elsewhere. Co-editor for book reviews at Plume. First collection of poems forthcoming with Orison Books in fall 2025.

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Jane Zwart (she/her) @janezwart.bsky.social · Aug 26

I don't know how to untangle joy from all the rest. But here's a joy: my debut poetry book is coming out with Orison & it has a cover & I'm pretty sure my mom beat you all to pre-ordering it. But if you'd like a copy, that'd mean the world to me. Here's the link:
www.orisonbooks.com/product-page...

Oddest & Oldest & Saddest & Best, poems by Jane Zwart | Orison Books

Oddest & Oldest & Saddest & Bestpoems by Jane Zwart *available for pre-order* Orison Bookspaper / $18.00ISBN: 978-1-949039-68-9Publication Date: March 3, 2026 ABOUT THE BOOK As its title...

www.orisonbooks.com

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Jane Zwart (she/her) @janezwart.bsky.social · 1d

Some poems mend your heart by breaking your heart. I don't know how else to say it.

Kelli Russell Agodon @kelliagodon.bsky.social · 1d

"her memory is a cloud she can't hold..."

Lots of feels with this poem for my mum. Sent with love for anyone with a parent or loved one with Alzheimer's/dementia. It's a journey.

(And thank you @poetsorg.bsky.social and Rick Barot for sharing this one. It means a lot.)

Jane Zwart (she/her) @janezwart.bsky.social · 2d

A little reminder for the pro-poetry crowd: this Saturday, online, 2pm EST, the wonderful Robbi Nester is hosting @djvorreyer.bsky.social and one of her big fans (it's me). Join us if you can/like.
www.facebook.com/events/14239...

Verse Virtual, Oct. 11, 2025, Verse Virtual Poetry, featuring Donna Vorreyer and Jane Zwart

Event by Robbi Nester on Saturday, October 11 2025

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Donna Vorreyer @djvorreyer.bsky.social · 4d

I have long admired @janezwart.bsky.social's poetry, and I am thrilled to be paired with her for the Verse Virtual reading next Saturday. Thanks to Robbi Nester for inviting and pairing us!

Details here:
www.facebook.com/events/14239...

Verse Virtual, Oct. 11, 2025, Verse Virtual Poetry, featuring Donna Vorreyer and Jane Zwart

Event by Robbi Nester on Saturday, October 11 2025

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Jane Zwart (she/her) @janezwart.bsky.social · 4d

You know we're a mutual admiration society, Donna. Can't wait!

Jane Zwart (she/her) @janezwart.bsky.social · 7d

Just a little PSA: the October issue of Plume Poetry is out, and it's a beauty.
plumepoetry.com/category/all...

Plume Issue #170 October 2025 Archives - Plume

Alexis Rhone Fancher, “Joshua Tree On The Way To Dorothy’s House, Mojave Desert, 2025”

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Jane Zwart (she/her) @janezwart.bsky.social · 8d

Well, thank you! 😊

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Jane Zwart (she/her) @janezwart.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you.

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P.W. Bridgman, Writer @pwbwriter1.bsky.social · 8d

On the ineffable joy of being loved. @janezwart.bsky.social knows it and transmutes it into words worthy of their subject. Again.

Jane Zwart (she/her) @janezwart.bsky.social · 8d

A ridiculous little run of luck on the poetry front this week.
Thank you, Jamie Poissant, for several benisons: giving this poem a spot in Aquifer & for nominating it for the Best of Net anthology.
And thank you, Dean Ward, for letting me borrow this sweet corn & pet moth.

A more accessible version can be found here:
https://cah.ucf.edu/floridareview/article/two-poems-16/

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Jane Zwart (she/her) @janezwart.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you, dear friend. ❤️🧡🩷

Jane Zwart (she/her) @janezwart.bsky.social · 8d

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Chiara Di Lello @chiaradilello.bsky.social · 8d

Just finishing my coffee and reading this beautiful @janezwart.bsky.social poem that got nominated for Best of the Net. Love that it's "about" our commonplace phrases, but these neat lil' jigsawing stanzas cover a deep emotional core. So good!
@sundresspub.bsky.social @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social

First 1.5 stanzas of Jane Zwart's poem "i apologize for the inconvenience" in Psaltery & Lyre

and miss begging to be pardoned;
the poetry in it fit what I meant, I
wanted someone to grant me the
indulgence of being, of needing
favors and water, I wanted someone
to intuit that I spoke
with cupped hands.

The thing is
people would prefer you excuse

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Jane Zwart (she/her) @janezwart.bsky.social · 8d

Chiara, drinking my morning coffee and feeling so much gratitude to & for you. Thank you.

Jane Zwart (she/her) @janezwart.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you, @danielnemo.bsky.social & @phebel.bsky.social, for nominating "Market Forces" for the Best of the Net Anthology. I'm a great fan of @amsterdamreview.bsky.social, as well as a grateful recipient of your kindness.

The banner image for Amsterdam Review's website, featuring a black and white photo of several pedestrians, as well as some bicycle action, on a stone bridge.

For a more accessible version of this poem (and one other!):
https://www.amsterdamreview.org/two-by-jane-zwart.html

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Amsterdam Review @amsterdamreview.bsky.social · 9d

Congratulations to this year's Best of the Net nominees!

#poetry #fiction #nonfiction #art #writingcommunity

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Jane Zwart (she/her) @janezwart.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you, dear ones. What a happiness to be such gorgeous company. 💛🧡💛

Jane Zwart (she/her) @janezwart.bsky.social · 11d

Unconvinced that the Bible makes any difference to him.

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Jane Zwart (she/her) @janezwart.bsky.social · 11d

The accusations about Comey and Wray lying under oath--irony doesn't get anywhere near close enough, and hypocrisy doesn't either.

Because it's all coming from a president whose very oath of office was a lie.

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The Shore @theshorepoetry.bsky.social · 11d

“Across the parking lot, a Texas Roadhouse
is coming down, and some of us watch
and some lower groceries into cars’ trunks.

I am thinking of the mirrors in the bathrooms.
I am thinking of the drop ceiling…”

From “Folding” by Jane Zwart in ISSUE 27!

Jane Zwart "Foldng" — THE SHORE

POETRY

www.theshorepoetry.org