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A biannual magazine featuring 10 poems by 10 poets printed on 10 postcards with original art for each poem. Think of us as broadside-minis. EIC: @mrwojorising.bsky.social www.postcardlit.com

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Postcard @postcardlit.bsky.social · Mar 31

Issue 3 is here! 10 postcards with 10 poems by 10 amazing poets (Emma Bolden, Adam Clay, Jessica Cuello, Erin Dorney, Susan Leary, Erin Malone, Nora Nadjarian, Michael Robins, Diane Wald, and Jane Zwart). Order your copy at www.postcardlit.com/store today! Preorders and orders ship soon!

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Postcard @postcardlit.bsky.social · 1d

Huh...we never ended our August sale but also...no one has taken advantage of that yet...

Postcard @postcardlit.bsky.social · 1d

You definitely want to pick up this new collection from issue 1 contributor and all-around-amazing poet Donna Vorreyer!

Sundress Publications @sundresspub.bsky.social · 1d

Happy release day to @djvorreyer.bsky.social whose fourth full-length collection, Unrivered, is now available from Sundress Publications!
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Postcard @postcardlit.bsky.social · 21d

And one from issue 3 contrib Jane Zwart ALSO in Action, Spectacle!

Jane Zwart (she/her) @janezwart.bsky.social · 23d

Thank you to the generous crew at Action, Spectacle for making a spot for this poem about breaking & spreading news.

For a more accessible version of this poem: https://www.action-spectacle.com/summer-2025-part-ii/zwart

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Postcard @postcardlit.bsky.social · 21d

A new one from issue 1 contrib Donna Vorreyer in Action, Spectacle!

Donna Vorreyer @djvorreyer.bsky.social · 23d

A little love poem for today at Action, Spectacle.
www.action-spectacle.com/summer-2025-...

Aubade with Fluttering

Clematis vines climb the trellis on the east wall, a panic of green limb and pink mouth.

The dog scratches his need against the dim window. I rise to pull back the door,

let him out to roll and sniff the good grass, all scramble and delight. I pick roses without gloves, longing for a thorn, an arrow to pierce me awake. Moths gather on the screen door, still and silent. Last night, they fluttered over our chests in the dark, drawn to us, punch-drunk, oh, they knew that our bodies together are the purest light.

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Jared Beloff @readinstead.bsky.social · Sep 2

If you live in North / Central Jersey, come see me on September 27th at 7pm at duCret Center of Art, 1030 Central Ave, Plainfield, NJ

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pumpkin spice Toddé @toddedillard.bsky.social · Sep 2

my issue of Threepenny is here! here’s my poem “Present Tense,” I would love for you to give it a read!

“I know this so loudly I don’t
hear, at first, my father’s silence.”

Present Tense
by Todd Dillard

My father’s telling me about his dog,
how it fell into a well
when they were walking down a wooded path.
His dog ran across some rotted planks,
the planks splintered, “And whoosh!”
my father says. “No more dog.”
I look at the clock and remind my father it’s three A.M.
“I’m not finished,” he says.
He tells me about the rope he bought, the bucket,
how he knotted the rope to the bucket, lowered it down,
and yelled for the dog to get in.
“But all I pulled up was more barking.”
“Dad,” I say. “This never happened.”
He says he can’t remember
how long he tried to get the dog
to shimmy into the bucket.
Just that at some point
when the sky turned tawny—“Dad—“
as a pitcher of sweet tea—“Dad—“
he decided to give up.
“Dad,” I say. “It’s late.
I’m tired. And you’re dead.”
“Dammit, son,” my father says. “Let me finish!”
My father tells me about filling the bucket with dirt
and pouring the dirt into the well.
And I know what he’s getting at, I know
he’s going to tell me bucket by bucket
he filled the well and
the dog jumped out. He’s going to say
something about how the dog
led him home through the dark.
I know this so loudly I don’t
hear, at first, my father’s silence.
“Dad?” I say. “Dad, are you there?”
I keep lowering the bucket
but all I ever pull up are leaves.
Red leaves. Lately, some gold.

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Postcard @postcardlit.bsky.social · Aug 30

Today's the last day!

Postcard @postcardlit.bsky.social · Aug 10

Grab issues 2 and 3 for just $15 each through 8/31! Pick up your copies today! www.postcardlit.com/store

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Postcard @postcardlit.bsky.social · Aug 29

2 more days!

Postcard @postcardlit.bsky.social · Aug 26

Issues 2 and 3 are on sale through Sunday! Get them for $15 each! And maybe submit to issue 4 while you're at it? www.postcardlit.com

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Postcard @postcardlit.bsky.social · Aug 26

Issue 3 contributor Jane Zwart has a debut collection coming out and it's now available for pre-order!

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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Postcard @postcardlit.bsky.social · Aug 26

Pre-order the newest book from issue 1 contributor Donna Vorreyer! You will want this book!

Donna Vorreyer @djvorreyer.bsky.social · Aug 26

Today's the day! Unrivered is available for pre-orders from @sundresspub.bsky.social! The first 75 pre-orders receive a mini-broadside as a thank you.
Grateful to those who believed in this book. I'll be sharing the kind words of those who wrote blurbs over the next few days.

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Postcard @postcardlit.bsky.social · Aug 26

Issues 2 and 3 are on sale through Sunday! Get them for $15 each! And maybe submit to issue 4 while you're at it? www.postcardlit.com

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Postcard @postcardlit.bsky.social · Aug 25

Sale ends in 6 days!

Postcard @postcardlit.bsky.social · Aug 10

Grab issues 2 and 3 for just $15 each through 8/31! Pick up your copies today! www.postcardlit.com/store

Postcard @postcardlit.bsky.social · Aug 17

Don't forget we're running a sale for 2 more weeks!

Postcard @postcardlit.bsky.social · Aug 10

Grab issues 2 and 3 for just $15 each through 8/31! Pick up your copies today! www.postcardlit.com/store

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Postcard @postcardlit.bsky.social · Aug 15

Our local post office is officially out of Ursula K Le Guin stamps but we’ve got enough for 6 more orders! Then issues will come marked with Saul Bellow.

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Postcard @postcardlit.bsky.social · Aug 10

Grab issues 2 and 3 for just $15 each through 8/31! Pick up your copies today! www.postcardlit.com/store

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Postcard @postcardlit.bsky.social · Aug 10

Grab issues 2 and 3 for just $15 each through 8/31! Pick up your copies today! www.postcardlit.com/store

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Postcard @postcardlit.bsky.social · Aug 4

Issues 2 and 3 are on sale for 25% off! That's right! Grab a copy or two of Postcard for just $15 each! Visit postcardlit.com/store to get yours today!

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Postcard @postcardlit.bsky.social · Jul 28

We've been a little behind, but we're still reading for Issue 4! Hoping for a fall/winter release. Plenty of time to submit since we are always open for your wonderful poems!

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Postcard @postcardlit.bsky.social · Jul 25

Less than a week to enter the giveaway! Feel free to enter on Instagram if you wish instead...

Postcard @postcardlit.bsky.social · Jul 13

We’re giving away one copy of Issue 2 and one copy of Issue 3 to two randomly selected individuals! All you need to do is like this post AND quote post with someone (living or dead) you’d like to send a poem postcard to and why. Winners will be selected on July 31st!

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Postcard @postcardlit.bsky.social · Jul 20

Postcard is reading for Issue 4 and we're always open for submissions! Submit to (quite possibly) the only postcard-printed magazine today! Just visit postcardlit.com for more information (and maybe buy an issue while you're there?).

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Postcard @postcardlit.bsky.social · Jul 24

Nope, but it does include any blank lines between stanzas.

Postcard @postcardlit.bsky.social · Jul 20

New poem alert from Issue 1 contributor Jared Beloff! Take a minute or two out of your Sunday to give it a read!

Jared Beloff @readinstead.bsky.social · Jul 20

I have a Sasquatch poem in the latest issue of @asteralesjournal.bsky.social

A sprig of blueberries and the words Jared Beloff "Sasquatch mourns those who died trying to find him"

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Postcard @postcardlit.bsky.social · Jul 20

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Postcard @postcardlit.bsky.social · Jul 15

Would love to know what she'd make of these!

Postcard @postcardlit.bsky.social · Jul 15

These would be a good addition to that collection!