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Koss (she/they/Aquarian)

@kossworks.bsky.social

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Poet, artist, writer. Dancing Backwards Towards Pluperfect, Diode Editions. Lammy Poetry Finalist '25, BSF '20, Wigleaf Top 50 longlist. Granta Memoir Website: https://koss-works.com Buy my book: https://bit.ly/DANCING-BACKWARDS-TOWARDS-PLUPERFECT-PURCHASE

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Koss (she/they/Aquarian) @kossworks.bsky.social · Sep 1

If you're chilling today and have a few moments to read/share this, I'd love it. Patty Paine of @diodeeditions.bsky.social kindly interviewed me about my book! Bonus pictures you probably haven't seen! Thank you. open.substack.com/pub/diode/p/...

Auto Towns, Parking Lots, and Poems That Survive

A Conversation with Koss

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Koss (she/they/Aquarian) @kossworks.bsky.social · 9h

i love then for sketching

Koss (she/they/Aquarian) @kossworks.bsky.social · 14h

If you are still on Twitter, please check out this re-share of my micros and flash (a bunch of writing in one place)... and if u r not, please come back... ;-) x.com/MythicPicnic...

Mythic Picnic on X: "Everything, but... A collection of stories by Koss / @Koss51209969 #MythicPicnicTweetStory _______ The Dictations of Cabbages Originally published in Gone Lawn @gonelawn _ My name is Carrot. I live in the moon's shallow bowels where that man smiles and frowns into the sun's" / X

Everything, but... A collection of stories by Koss / @Koss51209969 #MythicPicnicTweetStory _______ The Dictations of Cabbages Originally published in Gone Lawn @gonelawn _ My name is Carrot. I live in the moon's shallow bowels where that man smiles and frowns into the sun's

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Koss (she/they/Aquarian) @kossworks.bsky.social · 15h

Thank you!

Koss (she/they/Aquarian) @kossworks.bsky.social · 16h

Love these. And the ending. Relatable, as I had ominous dreams about doors my whole childhood...

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Suzanne Frischkorn @suzfrischkorn.bsky.social · 5d

Happy to have a new poem in the gorgeous fall issue of North American Review! Many thanks to J.D Schraffenberger and the NAR team. This is a poem from a new manuscript I’ve been working on.
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Koss (she/they/Aquarian) @kossworks.bsky.social · 16h

@nathanpettigrew.bsky.social Thanks, friend. I hope your week is going well.

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GabrielConstans @gabrielconstans.bsky.social · 1d

📽️ When abandonment and cultural isolation threaten to destroy a new mother's spirit, a passing acquaintance proves that home isn't a place—it's the people who choose to care. #immigrant #USA #India💃🏽 See our #film in Albany, NY on 10/11 at 11am. Tickets: tinyurl.com/3m7dwedz

This image is a promotional graphic for the "YASODHARA" short film, an official selection at the Renaissance Black Film Fest, with a "Save the Date" reminder.

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Koss (she/they/Aquarian) @kossworks.bsky.social · 1d

I have dark moments, I suppose. #erasurepoetry, #blackoutpoetry, #emilydickinson

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Koss (she/they/Aquarian) @kossworks.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you!

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Leon Literary Review @leonliteraryreview.bsky.social · 3d

There are 10 days left in our fall 2025 poetry reading period.
🍁 Pumpkin-spice pantoums? Apple-cider sonnets?

Leon Literary Review @leonliteraryreview.bsky.social · 28d

Intrepid writers of poetry - send us your daring, dreamy, provocative, beautifully unexpected verse! Our reading period is open to Poetry (only Poetry this time) through October 15th.
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Submit – LEON Literary Review

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Koss (she/they/Aquarian) @kossworks.bsky.social · 3d

Good. Thank you. This was couple years ago!

Koss (she/they/Aquarian) @kossworks.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you, Elizabeth. How are you doing?

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Koss (she/they/Aquarian) @kossworks.bsky.social · 3d

#wutheringheights, #emilybronte, #erasurepoem, #erasurepoetry, #blackoutpoetry, #penandinkartist, #inkdrawing, #quillpen, #ink

Thanks, @beavermagazine for publishing this

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sarah clark (they) @sarahclark.bsky.social · 4d

If you'd like to see beestung keep buzzing, please consider dropping a few bucks our way 🖤💛🖤💛

beestung @beestung.bsky.social · 5d

We're still trying to raise $246 this year to cover expenses, if you're feeling generous.

We'll never charge a submission fee, and we pay our writers.

Your help will also ensure that we can bring on a guest editor in the new year, to avoid that whole 'monolithic voice' business 💛🖤

Thank you. 🐝

beestung @beestung.bsky.social · Jul 14

Happy non-binary day and week!

We're a small mag publishing non-binary, genderqueer, and two-spirit writers.

If you'd like to help us out, we're currently working towards our goal for paying writers for this and next year.

Shares are very much appreciated, too!

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ANMLY @anmlymag.bsky.social · 5d

ANMLY is now open for new work!

We're especially seeking more from writers outside of the US, more nonfiction, & more translation!

> anmly.submittable.com

*Fee waivers available*

Check out our latest issue to see what we're into!

> anmly.org/ap40

ANMLY Submission Manager

**ANNOUNCEMENT: Fees will be waived for all Black and Indigenous writers, and writers of Palestinian descent, to support those most targeted by state violence. Email editor [at] anomalouspress [dot] o...

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Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · 6d

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Still time to register! "The Weight of Stillness" (my final workshop of 2025)

And an opportunity to write with me in West Virginia!

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Koss (she/they/Aquarian) @kossworks.bsky.social · 6d

Big congratulations, Kelli!

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Koss (she/they/Aquarian) @kossworks.bsky.social · 6d

Dirge
#drawing, #pencil, #art

Am going ahead with an archival print project this winter. If you see any images, asemic, drawn, or erasure here or on my Insta or website you would like a print of, please send me a DM. I'm thinking I'll sell them for 25-50, depending on the size.

swirling pencils lines on warm white background abstract art drawing

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Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · 7d

I am beyond thrilled to have a story featured in the NINTH anniversary issue of Ghost Parachute amongst some of the best writers I know. Kudos to all. Hope you enjoy "The Saddest Fuckers of All" and the gorgeous artwork by Kaylan Friedman. ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...

The Saddest Fuckers of All — Ghost Parachute

I am needing a prescription for the Pill. I can no longer use Student Health due to living in a new town and not being a student anymore. I am telling this to the kid as he is rolling out pizza dough ...

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Koss (she/they/Aquarian) @kossworks.bsky.social · 7d

I'm having an ecstatic olfactory experience with garden herbs... I think sweet marjoram is my new favorite smell. It used to be sweet basil... And sweet marjoram smells so different from other varieties, which can be slightly oreganoish. YUM.

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Kelli Short Borges @kelliborges2.bsky.social · 7d

Two more days to get your stories in!! Can’t wait to read them! ❤️

Kelli Short Borges @kelliborges2.bsky.social · Sep 1

I’m honored to be judging the Fall Flash Fiction Contest at the fabulous @thesunlightpress.bsky.social! There are super generous cash prizes (the winner receives $600, second place winner $250, and third place winner $150). Link with info below. I can’t wait to read your work! ☀️

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Ronita Chattopadhyay @ronita.bsky.social · 7d

And here is the poem included in @everscribemag.bsky.social

Ronita Chattopadhyay
A prayer for these times

When so much
around us, within us,
is coming undone,
may we still
somehow find
hope and
care and joy
at least in part
(because abundance
is in short supply)
and also homes
in words
that never die.

Everscribe Magazine, pg 40, August-September 2025 Issue 12
(Brief bio is also given)

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Ronita Chattopadhyay @ronita.bsky.social · 7d

It is an honour to be a part of the anniversary issue of @everscribemag.bsky.social. Wishing all associated with the magazine including the contributors the best for all that lies ahead. The amazing issue can be accessed at
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Issue 12 | Everscribe Magazine

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