ICYMI: "Hot-Desking," poetry by @maxminckler.bsky.social:

"This desk is a ping-pong ball with something alive inside it.
This desk is in a lion's mouth.
This desk is made of something called wood, I think."

"Hot-Desking" by @maxminckler.bsky.social, new poetry out today at OKD. 📝

I have a new poem in @okaydonkeymag.com and I am so excited about it. The entire mag is a hoot, weird and wild and wonderful and one of my absolute favorites. Check it out #poetry
okaydonkeymag.com/2025/09/26/h...

Absolutely chuffed that one of my favorite lit mags Okay Donkey have published my poem Hot-Desking! OKD is hilarious and wonderfully off-the-wall, have a read if you fancy a chortle or two. Huge thanks to the whole editorial team! #poetry

One of my all-time favorites from James Tate "She looked at me as if I were insane, and then she started to undress, and so did I" #poetry

"I'll walk through the front door and everyone will cheer, like I'm a fan favorite in a sitcom."

"All the Friends I Could Have Made are Having Fun Without Me" by @mackenziemcgee.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD. 📝

www.fledabrown.com/blog/my-wobb... Today's Wobbly is all prose poems, backache, and mushrooms, mushrooms!

"To clarify, wild turkeys are not doomed, domed butterballs perfect for stuffing in late November. They are snood-­engorged gang goons focused on street domination."

items 76. and 97. are my favorites
inevitable meets surprising (...but tasteful!)

I am beyond excited to share Inkfish Mag's eco & nature writing edition which features my flash fiction THE LAST TWO! A big thank you to the editors for including my first published fiction.🥳 inkfishmag.com/the-last-two/ #shortstory #WritingCommmunity #amwriting

For anyone who sometimes forgets a name and worries about it, there's a poem for that: Forgetfulness, by Billy Collins.
"The name of the author is the first to go..." www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...

I just submitted my short fiction to @theoffingmag.bsky.social ! Subs open until May 1 for "writing of any length & genre which relates to, or draws on, science & the natural world." theoffingmag.submittable.com/submit #amsubmitting #amwriting #shortstory #poetry

I was pleased as punch to place second in the @newwritersuk.bsky.social 2023 poetry contest with The Fork, a serious meditation on cutlery🍴now included in a new 2025 Anthology dishing up so many amazing poets. Humbled and honored! newwriters.org.uk/anthology-is...

#writing #poetrycommunity

So proud to be included alongside so many talented poets! #poetry #authorcommunity

✍️ #NaPoWriMo is here with the challenge to write a poem a day! Throughout April, The Poetry Society will be featuring poetry writing prompts created by poets that we've worked with recently through competitions, publications and projects.

Today's prompt is (...)

Happy Easter 🐰