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Lindsay Lusby @lindsaylusby.bsky.social · 11d

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Lindsay Lusby @lindsaylusby.bsky.social · 11d

I’m super psyched for this new publication that is an online mag AND a literal vending machine that dispenses awesome zines made by real artists. If you’re in the Indianapolis area, you can visit one of the actual zine machines at Tomorrow Bookstore. (I really wish I lived closer 😭)

Zine Machine @zinemachine.bsky.social · 11d

✨Zine artist reveal!✨ Lindsay Lusby is a poet, editor, writing coach, letterpress printer, and graphic designer who loves to experiment with all forms of art at the intersection of text and image. Don’t miss her zine, “A Brief History of Perfect Happiness,” in our Summer ‘25 Edit!

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Lindsay Lusby @lindsaylusby.bsky.social · Apr 22

Also I got a new poem accepted for publication last week, which was just the best surprise. 😭

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Here’s to 39 & still being here & being a poet & surviving in spite of everything✨🌙✨

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Lindsay Lusby @lindsaylusby.bsky.social · Apr 22

So for the other poets really struggling out there: a tiny bit of something is so much better than a whole lot of nothing.

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Lindsay Lusby @lindsaylusby.bsky.social · Apr 22

I’ve managed to write something for about 4 days out of 21 so far, but I’m still counting it as a win because four is also so much more than zero. And I’ve actually made progress on a new poem that I like & am hoping to include in my in-progress manuscript.

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Lindsay Lusby @lindsaylusby.bsky.social · Apr 22

I’ve been trying to write a poem a day for the month of April in order to get myself back to poem-writing again after a too-long dry spell brought on by burnout, exhaustion, & grief.

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Lindsay Lusby @lindsaylusby.bsky.social · Apr 22

It’s my birthday week! It’s also the last week of National Poetry Month. To celebrate, for each signed copy of my book ordered through my website (link in bio) between April 22 & May 1, I’ll also include a new little poem handwritten on the back of a pretty postcard.

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Andrew Kornblatt @akornblatt.bsky.social · Jan 20

David Lynch saying "Fix your hearts or die"

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Perilune @periluneedits.bsky.social · Nov 30

Want to support a #womanownedsmallbusiness? Amber & Lindsay truly love working with writers to fine-tune their manuscripts & guide them toward their big goals. But that’s not all we offer at Perilune! www.periluneedits.com

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Elizabeth Sylvia @esylviapoet.bsky.social · Nov 22

Great question!

I think this is mine, made into a broadside by @lindsaylusby.bsky.social

Nell’s Ode
She is spherical, like a globe.
I could find out countries in her. — Comedy of Errors

All that is great in me might be made little
by a word. But I will spin you a tale
that brings you in again, for every orb
is an icon and every kitchen
an abattoir birthing appetites. You
name, but in the kitchen Fire
is the force worth knowing. I am swart
as the earth’s crust, soot as the banked embers,
hot as a devil’s dam inside
just like this mantled world, and I
will swallow you in me so that
the map lines of your life are lost. By me
you are a stranger made a woman’s man
uncertain to himself within the wheel
until you turn (but just as I turn)
toward you and away. As if you ever
could stop burying in me
desires that I raise in you.

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Lindsay Lusby @lindsaylusby.bsky.social · Nov 23

Awww, thank you so much, Burgi! 💜💜💜

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Burgi Zenhaeusern @burgi.bsky.social · Nov 23

Give @lindsaylusby.bsky.social, poet/editor/writing coach/designer, a follow, & while you're at it, check out @periluneedits.bsky.social.
Here's the beautiful work Lindsay did with my poem:
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broadside showing a kitchen knife facing inward on the right side of the poem, on blue watercolor background. The poem in white lettering:
To her fury

Martha Martha
(Luke 10: 38-42, abbr.)

In the blue shadow of her kitchen
Martha hears:
drop everything listen
you're anxious, Martha
worry too much, Martha, do
too much your doing
is not learning and does not
matter in the big picture. Martha
it doesn't leave anything
behind, Martha Martha,
you keep choosing
wrongly

you're missing
the good news

Martha in the kitchen chops
her onions finely adds
salt & pepper to her fury
blue her shadow
across the table she cuts
green crispness to ribbons gages
the cadence of her slicing

the lordly drone next door

Martha in the blue shadow
to her fury says
yes and
yes still

prepares
the dressing

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Burgi Zenhaeusern @burgi.bsky.social · Jun 7

I've got TWO visual poems in Sugar Suites! THANK YOU, @sugarhousereview.bsky.social! I'm sooo excited! These are my first two collage poems out in the world.
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Two Visual Poems

by Burgi Zenhaeusern

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Lindsay Lusby @lindsaylusby.bsky.social · Nov 23

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Poor Creature - COFFIN BELL

Lindsay Lusby In England in 1726, Mary Toft gave birth to 17 dead rabbits. It was believed to have been a result of “maternal impression,” when she was startled by a rabbit during her latest…

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Lindsay Lusby @lindsaylusby.bsky.social · Nov 23

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On Forensic Files, Shotgun Shells Open Like Flower Petals - COFFIN BELL

Lindsay Lusby Some days, I am the dove in love with her own executioner. How he waits for her in the tall grass, bluestem shivering at his cheek. How even …

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Lindsay Lusby @lindsaylusby.bsky.social · Nov 23

You can read my poems “On Forensic Files, Shotgun Shells Open Like Flower Petals” & “Poor Creature” at the links below. Thank you, Coffin Bell & @badwitchery.bsky.social, for giving these dark little poems such a wonderful home 🖤🖤🖤

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Lindsay Lusby @lindsaylusby.bsky.social · Nov 23

It’s been an especially hard month for me (on top of an especially hard few years), so I’m a bit behind in posting about this glint of good news. @coffinbell.bsky.social published 2 of my poems in their newest issue, released on Halloween.

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COFFIN BELL || a journal of dark literature @coffinbell.bsky.social · Nov 9

Volume 7, Issue No. 4 - “Queer, Feminist, & BIPOC Gothic,” with fiction guest-edited by Kirsten Imani-Kasai, is NOW LIVE!

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Volume 7, Issue No. 4 - COFFIN BELL

QUEER, FEMINIST, & BIPOC GOTHIC with fiction GUEST EDITED BY KIRSTEN IMANI-KASAI Flash Fiction Jezebel Harper Roadkill Mother Aimee Parkison Making Love to Mothman Tiffany Smalls Spector Chiama…

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Lindsay Lusby @lindsaylusby.bsky.social · Jun 16

It’s been a year of upheaval, growth, and new beginnings. Growth is uncomfortable so much of the time. Healing hurts. But I’m still here, still growing.

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Perilune @periluneedits.bsky.social · Jun 6

You might not really know where to start when it comes to describing your artistic journey for an outside audience. And that makes narrowing it all down to 100 words even harder. But Perilune is here to help!

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Lindsay Lusby @lindsaylusby.bsky.social · May 21

So looking forward to teaching this workshop! I’ve had the pleasure of teaching it in-person & one-on-one with wonderful artists in many mediums. I’m excited to bring it online with Perilune now! 💜🌛

Perilune @periluneedits.bsky.social · May 21

🌜We’ve got our first online workshop on the calendar! On Saturday, June 15 from 2-4PM EDT, Perilune will host “How to Write Your Artist Bio,” a one-day professional development workshop for artists in all mediums. (1/)
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Lindsay Lusby @lindsaylusby.bsky.social · Apr 17

So thrilled to have this piece up today at Nancy Reddy’s fabulous Write More, Be Less Careful newsletter! 🌙

Perilune @periluneedits.bsky.social · Apr 17

Have you wondered about working with a writing coach? Here’s a peek from the poetry side! Perilune poetry editor & coach @lindsaylusby.bsky.social talks about “Writing & Revising Poems from Your Body (Not Your Brain)” at Write More, Be Less Careful.🌛 nancyreddy.substack.com/p/writing-an...

Writing & Revising Poems from Your Body (Not Your Brain)

poet, graphic designer, and writing coach Lindsay Lusby on how writing and revising lives in our bodies, finding the right form for your poems, and keeping your first draft energy as you edit

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Burgi Zenhaeusern @burgi.bsky.social · Apr 17

I love this idea of writing & revising intuitively & listening to your body. Read @lindsaylusby.bsky.social's essay on Nancy Reddy's blog.
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Writing & Revising Poems from Your Body (Not Your Brain)

poet, graphic designer, and writing coach Lindsay Lusby on how writing and revising lives in our bodies, finding the right form for your poems, and keeping your first draft energy as you edit

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Lindsay Lusby @lindsaylusby.bsky.social · Apr 7

Signed copies of my book (pictured here) are available on my website which is linked in my bio. Support a Pusheen-loving poet and get a bonus book (or 2)! 📚📚📚📦📦📦 #movingsale #booksale #nationalpoetrymonth

Lindsay Lusby @lindsaylusby.bsky.social · Apr 7

So if you buy a signed copy of my book from me during the month of April, I will also include a free bonus book (or 2!) from my shelves. It could be poetry! It could be The Tao of Pooh or Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead! But it will definitely be a surprise!

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