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Paul Hlava Ceballos @paulhlava.bsky.social · 2d

“I have spent / the currency of my body / clawing
my way out / of the blood-dark dirt /
that birthed me”

Super excited for these poems @theoceanisgay.bsky.social in @seattlemet.com.web.brid.gy

I love this and am excited for the new book, Let the Moon Wobble!

www.seattlemet.com/arts-and-cul...

A drawing of a person holding scissors and the words, “Three Poems by Ally Ang”

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J-T Kelly @j-tkelly.bsky.social · 5d

This is the Brigit Pegeen Kelly poem that I love.
poets.org/poem/leaving

The Leaving
Brigit Pegeen Kelly

My father said I could not do it,
but all night I picked the peaches.
The orchard was still, the canals ran steadily.
I was a girl then, my chest its own walled garden.
How many ladders to gather an orchard?
I had only one and a long patience with lit hands
and the looking of the stars which moved right through me
the way the water moved through the canals with a voice
that seemed to speak of this moonless gathering
and those who had gathered before me.
I put the peaches in the pond’s cold water,
all night up the ladder and down, all night my hands
twisting fruit as if I were entering a thousand doors,
all night my back a straight road to the sky.
And then out of its own goodness, out
of the far fields of the stars, the morning came,
and inside me was the stillness a bell possesses
just after it has been rung, before the metal
begins to long again for the clapper’s stroke.
The light came over the orchard.
The canals were silver and then were not.
and the pond was—I could see as I laid
the last peach in the water—full of fish and eyes.

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Jenn Baker - Offline Oct. 2025 @jbakernyc.bsky.social · 17d

Quick signature: Tell Trump and U.S. Senators RFK Jr. should be fired! #FireRFK action.momsrising.org/sign/fireRFK...

Tell Robert F. Kennedy Jr. "You're fired!"

Since becoming U.S. Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has taken dangerous steps to sow vaccine mistrust and also to take away people’s access to lif...

action.momsrising.org

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Deirdre Lockwood @deirdrelockwood.bsky.social · 20d

Join us tonight! 🎉

Deirdre Lockwood @deirdrelockwood.bsky.social · Sep 4

I'm so excited to be launching my debut poetry collection, AN INTRODUCTION TO ERROR, in conversation with the brilliant Sarah DeWeerdt! Come out and join us at Elliott Bay Book Co. on Sept. 18 at 7 pm. Cosponsored by @nswa.bsky.social. www.elliottbaybook.com/events/47800

On a green background there are images of two women (Deirdre and Sarah) and a cover image of the book An Introduction to Error. Text on the graphic reads: Elliott Bay Book Company | Deirdre Lockwood w/ Sarah DeWeerdt | Thursday 9/18 7 pm

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Cory Oldweiler @coryoldweiler.bsky.social · 21d

Despite the often dark subject matter, it’s always a joy to dive into Patricia Lockwood’s enchantingly agile mind. Thanks to @katekilla.bsky.social and the Globe for the chance to write about Lovkwood’s latest, WILL THERE EVER BE ANOTHER YOU:

What happens when illness robs a writer of her words? - The Boston Globe

A lengthy bout of COVID at the start of the pandemic robbed Patricia Lockwood of the facility with words that engenders her strength, her sense of self.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Ethel Baraona Pohl @ethelbaraona.bsky.social · 22d

I've shared this before but posting it again because it's such a beautiful text that is always worth reading more than once.

"Maps" comes from the pages of 'A Map to the Door of No Return' by Dionne Brand— one of my favourite books ever (along with 'Ordinary Notes' by @hystericalblkns.bsky.social)

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 21d

12 or 20 (second series) questions with catherine corbett bresner / @spuytenduyvil.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/09/12-o...

12 or 20 (second series) questions with catherine corbett bresner

catherine corbett bresner (they/she) are the author of the chapbooks The Merriam Webster Series (2012) and Some Break A / Others Say Do ...

robmclennan.blogspot.com

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David Naimon @davidnaimon.bsky.social · 23d

I'm over the moon that Arthur Sze has been named our 25th U.S. Poet Laureate. Arthur was on the show for his new & collected The Glass Constellation and we looked back across his life as a poet in honor of it.
ICYMI: 📻 tinhouse.com/podcast/arth...
@coppercanyonpress.bsky.social

Arthur Sze : The Glass Constellation : New & Collected Poems - Tin House

Arthur Sze, winner of the 2019 National Book Award in Poetry for Sight Lines, joins David Naimon to discuss his latest book, The Glass Constellation: New and Collected Poems. Together they step back t...

tinhouse.com

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Derrick Austin @paradiselaust.bsky.social · Nov 25

Islands by Muriel Rukeyser

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 26d

Today’s poem is selected by Alina Stefanescu (@alinaetc.bsky.social) as part of the 20th anniversary of Read A Little Poetry.

"Punctum/Metaphor" appeared in Heaven Looks Like Us: Palestinian Poetry edited by George Abraham and Noor Hindi, published by Haymarket Books, 2025.

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Martín Espada @martinespadapoet.bsky.social · 27d

24 years ago, 43 members of HERE Local 100—workers at Windows on the World—were among the 2,753 killed on 9/11. Most were immigrants, many undocumented, invisible in life, even moreso in death. Alabanza—praise. www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47868/...

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Rebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 27d

“This radiates with joy.” Perhaps you too are desperate for some friggin’ joy. Publishers Weekly has given Prieta Is Dreaming — a posthumous collection of stories by Gloria Anzaldúa forthcoming from SUNY P — a starred review. 💫

www.publishersweekly.com/9798855804553

Prieta Is Dreaming by Gloria Anzaldã°a

This extraordinary posthumous collection from Chicana poet and theorist Anzaldúa (Borderlands) offers a window into a woman’s ma...

www.publishersweekly.com

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eraldo.bsky.social @eraldo.bsky.social · 28d

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Daegan Miller @daeganmiller.bsky.social · Sep 5

This essay from Maggie Millner in the @yalereview.bsky.social on Mary Oliver is excellent. A poet friend and I have been texting fiendishly all night as we read it long-distance. yalereview.org/article/mill...

Maggie Millner: “Is Mary Oliver Embarrassing?”

A reckoning with Mary Oliver’s reputation as an unserious poet explores how her best work has been misunderstood.

yalereview.org

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beestung @beestung.bsky.social · Sep 4

"I lizard-tongue into your eager heat,
tease the thin membrane between pleasure
and disgust. O beads of sweat bedazzling
your skin, I lap you up until you’re soaked"

—Ally Ang

beestungmag.com/issue24/two-...

Two Poems by Ally Ang – beestung

beestungmag.com

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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

open.substack.com

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josh (oldfriend99) @oldfriend99.bsky.social · Aug 30

More like Writer S. Thompson

(i learn that he was also an avid hunter)

More like Hunter S. Writer

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Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network @waisn.bsky.social · Aug 29

1/ As the Bear Gulch fire burns the Olympic Peninsula, Border Patrol reportedly arrested two immigrant firefighters. WAISN is outraged by this clear disregard for safety, human rights, & dignity. This is climate injustice & immigration injustice colliding. 🧵 www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Federal agents arrest firefighters working on WA wildfire

Federal agents showed up northeast of Lake Cushman to check identification of crew members fighting Washington's largest active wildfire.

www.seattletimes.com

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The Unsung Masters Series @unsung-masters.bsky.social · Aug 29

Huge congrats to Co-Director and Series Co-Editor, Martin Rock @infinite-scroll.bsky.social for being selected by Carolyn Forché @carolynforche.bsky.social for the Tupelo Berkshire Prize! @tupelopress.bsky.social

Tupelo Press @tupelopress.bsky.social · Aug 29

Tupelo Press is delighted to announce that INFINITE SCROLL // INFINITE EYE by Martin Rock of Solana Beach, California is the winner of the 2025 Berkshire Prize for a First or Second Book of Poetry.

Congratulations @infinite-scroll.bsky.social

www.tupelopress.org/tupelo-press...

TUPELO PRESS PROUDLY ANNOUNCES THE RESULTS OF THE 2025 BERKSHIRE PRIZE - Tupelo Press

Tupelo Press is especially delighted to announce that our judge, Carolyn Forché, has selected INFINITE SCROLL // INFINITE EYE by Martin Rock of Solana Beach, California as the winner of the 2025 Berks...

www.tupelopress.org

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Martin Rock @infinite-scroll.bsky.social · Aug 29

I’m deeply honored to share that my manuscript Infinite Scroll / Infinite Eye has been awarded the Berkshire Prize from Tupelo @tupelopress.bsky.social, selected by Carolyn Forché @carolynforche.bsky.social.

So grateful to Kristina Marie Darling, Jeffrey Levine, and everyone at Tupelo!

TUPELO PRESS PROUDLY ANNOUNCES THE RESULTS OF THE 2025 BERKSHIRE PRIZE - Tupelo Press

Tupelo Press is especially delighted to announce that our judge, Carolyn Forché, has selected INFINITE SCROLL // INFINITE EYE by Martin Rock of Solana Beach, California as the winner of the 2025 Berks...

www.tupelopress.org

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Paul Hlava Ceballos @paulhlava.bsky.social · Aug 26

Congrats! 🍾

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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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R&R @rnrmagazine.bsky.social · Aug 26

“eBay collectors
spend thousands on dollar bills
with printing errors”

Read three new poems by Tom Snarsky (@tomsnarsky.bsky.social) on R&R:

www.relegationbooks.com/article/thre...

Three Poems

Founded in 2012 by Dallas Hudgens, Relegation Books works to connect readers and writers on a smaller, more intimate scale, understanding that success isn't always measured by sales numbers.

www.relegationbooks.com

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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · Aug 26

- Contact your congresspeople to support the Housing not Handcuffs Act and ‪@raskin.house.gov‬ and ‪@vanhollen.senate.gov‬'s termination resolution
- If you live in a state that has sent troops to DC, demand your governor withdraw them
- figure out what your plan is when this comes to your town.

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Paul Hlava Ceballos @paulhlava.bsky.social · Aug 23

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