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Today's Poetry Recommendation is Natalie Diaz a queer poet and activist of Akimel O'odham decent. #poetryrecommendations #poetryrec #poetrymonth #nataliediaz #booksky
April 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
We're back with another fragment from "The Love Songs of Hades." 🤍 If you haven't read Issue 8, then what are you waiting for?

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March 14, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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three queens by Cara Mast at Small Wonders

"all she hears is 'resurrection'" This poem is so beautiful!

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three queens - Small Wonders
The crown sits heavy on my head / but my neck is strong; I’ve been wearing it as long as I can remember.
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March 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Last sanctuary by Marisca Pichette at Small Wonders

A poem about dragons returning to us and the rules to get to see them.

https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/last-sanctuary/

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Last sanctuary - Small Wonders
When the dragons came / they banned airplanes, / helicopters and drones
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February 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Ghost Towns: A Cultural Resources Survey Report from the 2020-21 Field Season, by Sara E. Palmer at The Deadlands

A poem set in my current home of Seattle.

https://psychopomp.com/deadlands/issue-04/ghost-towns/

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Ghost Towns: A Cultural Resources Survey Report from the 2020-21 Field Season, by Sara E. Palmer - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
In the first spring I hide from the plague in a pale rain above Schet-cheet-qua-chub,fading into the timber at the […]
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February 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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日食 [Eclipse] by Phương Anh at Orion's Belt

A poem about the love of parents and celestial bodies.

https://www.orions-belt.net/archives/-eclipse

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日食 [Eclipse] — Orion's Belt
Sun is an evanescent being, hiding / behind distance, making themself small
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February 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
a fun little poem about the classic myth of pygmalion, and if your statue-come-alive would want you in return

Pygmalion, by Jo Walton

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January 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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‘Misunderstandings’ by Shana Ross at Feral Poetry

I love this poem about communication via writing and when we fail.

https://feralpoetry.net/misunderstandings-by-shana-ross/

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‘Misunderstandings’ by Shana Ross – FERAL: A Journal of Poetry and Art
FERAL: A Journal of Poetry and Art
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January 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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specular she by Anne Liberton at Small Wonders

I love the form and format of this poem about a girl and the things she faces.

https://smallwondersmag.com/piece/specular-she/

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specular she - Small Wonders
no girl go home / girl be tomorrow's ghost / turned yesterday's daughter.
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December 9, 2024 at 4:00 PM
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Walking in the Starry World by John P. Johnson at Orion's Belt

A poem with beautiful language of the vastness of the universe and our place within in it.

https://www.orions-belt.net/archives/walking-in-the-starry-world

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Walking in the Starry World — Orion's Belt
how our village is not small / but vast, how we are made of light
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November 22, 2024 at 4:00 PM
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I hear you can drown in just an inch of water by Shana Ross at ONE ART: a journal of poetry

I felt this poem in my bones.

https://oneartpoetry.com/2024/11/12/i-hear-you-can-drown-in-just-an-inch-of-water-by-shana-ross/

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I hear you can drown in just an inch of water by Shana Ross
I hear you can drown in just an inch of water I get caught up in my own shit and text my friend on the anniversary of her rape. She calls immediately. I answer and she gives me grief. It feels good…
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November 15, 2024 at 4:00 PM