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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters@asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 2w ago

Are you planning on the @sealeychallenge.bsky.social this year? If so, may we offer up some suggestions written by @asteralesjournal.bsky.social contributors? Check them out if you need to add to your stack.

Yes, there are office tarantulas. And, yes, this chapbook is amazing. Go get one now! www.glass-poetry.com

Glass Poetry Press@glasspoetry.bsky.social · 2w ago

FIRST SET OF COPIES OF UNCLENCH BY MARYLYN TAN!! (plus Thelma and Louise, the office tarantulas) www.glass-poetry.com

As the smoke lifts, we stole a few hours to do some cleanup in the garden and I found that this sunflower lived through some traume early on, a deep bend & probable break at the base of the stem, but she survived. & now she's a giant. & flowering. & I love her. Also, zinnias, cuz they're my faves 😍

The gun violence epidemic has hit my backyard and I'm fucking heartbroken for my city. 💔 "Now there is a scar Where the old man used to be." -DMB www.cnn.com/2026/06/06/u...

Police search for suspects after at least 12 people shot near a festival in Toledo, Ohio, authorities say | CNN

Police are searching for suspects after at least 12 people were shot, two critically, near the Old West End Festival in Toledo, Ohio, authorities said Saturday.

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Happy June! Happy Pride! Where we sending our poems this month, fam? #poetry #submissions

Me: Okay, this poem is going to be short. 25, maybe 30 lines The poem, after it hits page 4: Who runs Bartertown?

ICYMI ⬇️ ⬇️ I wrote a poem that doesn't reference Tori Amos or the X-Men 😂 🤣

Anthony Frame@anthonyframe.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Hey! A new poem, "On Silence" in the always wonderful @rustandmoth.bsky.social! Full poem at the link below ⬇️ rustandmoth.com/work/on-sile...

Hey! A new poem, "On Silence" in the always wonderful @rustandmoth.bsky.social! Full poem at the link below ⬇️ rustandmoth.com/work/on-sile...

New #poetry from Anthony Frame: "On Silence".

On Silence | Rust & Moth

“In music, silence is more important than sound.” —Miles Davis Let me tell you something true: when I was thirteen, a man put his hand over my mouth and I lost my voice for a decade. Is it grief...

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Hey! A new poem, "On Silence" in the always wonderful @rustandmoth.bsky.social! Full poem at the link below ⬇️ rustandmoth.com/work/on-sile...

I am proud to announce that, just now, I sent an email instead of doomscrolling. Therefore, I'm taking the rest of the month off.

SO MANY BABY BIRDS!!!

BABY MF-ING DOVE!!

It's my birthday so here's my recent links and some random pictures. Do me a solid & drop your recent links! "All My Heroes Turned Out to Be Creeps" in @upthestaircase.bsky.social www.upthestaircase.org/anthony-fram... "What If? Tony" in Indianapolis Review theindianapolisreview.com/what-if-tony/

Good afternoon to everyone, but especially this dove raising a pair of chicks on my eaves trough.

"I’ve been many a man’s Bible, been unbelievable." - Rane Arroyo (11/15/1954 - 5/7/2010) Sixteen years after you left, how do you still teach me, old friend?

I have another new poem out today! Thanks to @aprilmbratten.bsky.social and the team at @upthestaircase.bsky.social for including my "P̶o̶e̶m̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶W̶h̶i̶c̶h̶ ̶D̶e̶a̶t̶h̶ ̶f̶r̶o̶m̶ ̶T̶h̶e̶ ̶S̶a̶n̶d̶m̶a̶n̶ ̶V̶i̶s̶i̶t̶s̶ ̶M̶e̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶a̶ ̶D̶r̶e̶a̶m̶ All My Heroes Turned Out to Be Creeps" in the latest (phenomenal!) issue of one of my favorite journals!

Up the Staircase Quarterly@upthestaircase.bsky.social · 3mo ago

A new Up the Staircase Quarterly is live! Interviews w/ Len Lawson & Rachel Nix. New poetry by David Eileen, Anthony Frame, Darren C. Demaree, Cherry Cheesman, Weston Leo Richey, Eliza Fixler, Mervyn Seivwright, Dean Bartoli Smith, & Mrityunjay Mohan. www.upthestaircase.org

ICYMI ⬇️ ⬇️

Anthony Frame@anthonyframe.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I have another new poem out today! Thanks to @aprilmbratten.bsky.social and the team at @upthestaircase.bsky.social for including my "P̶o̶e̶m̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶W̶h̶i̶c̶h̶ ̶D̶e̶a̶t̶h̶ ̶f̶r̶o̶m̶ ̶T̶h̶e̶ ̶S̶a̶n̶d̶m̶a̶n̶ ̶V̶i̶s̶i̶t̶s̶ ̶M̶e̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶a̶ ̶D̶r̶e̶a̶m̶ All My Heroes Turned Out to Be Creeps" in the latest (phenomenal!) issue of one of my favorite journals!

I have another new poem out today! Thanks to @aprilmbratten.bsky.social and the team at @upthestaircase.bsky.social for including my "P̶o̶e̶m̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶W̶h̶i̶c̶h̶ ̶D̶e̶a̶t̶h̶ ̶f̶r̶o̶m̶ ̶T̶h̶e̶ ̶S̶a̶n̶d̶m̶a̶n̶ ̶V̶i̶s̶i̶t̶s̶ ̶M̶e̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶a̶ ̶D̶r̶e̶a̶m̶ All My Heroes Turned Out to Be Creeps" in the latest (phenomenal!) issue of one of my favorite journals!

Up the Staircase Quarterly@upthestaircase.bsky.social · 3mo ago

A new Up the Staircase Quarterly is live! Interviews w/ Len Lawson & Rachel Nix. New poetry by David Eileen, Anthony Frame, Darren C. Demaree, Cherry Cheesman, Weston Leo Richey, Eliza Fixler, Mervyn Seivwright, Dean Bartoli Smith, & Mrityunjay Mohan. www.upthestaircase.org

ICYMI ⬇️ My first (of hopefully many) X-Men poem dropped today ⬇️⬇️

Anthony Frame@anthonyframe.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Hi hi hi! I have a new poem, "What If? Tony" in the new issue of Indianapolis Review! Inspired by What If? Magik by Leah Williams and Filipe Andrade. Thanks so much to Natalie Solmer for including me! TW: Child sexual abuse Read the whole poem here: theindianapolisreview.com/what-if-tony/

ICYMI ⬇️ My first (of hopefully many) X-Men poem dropped today ⬇️⬇️

Anthony Frame@anthonyframe.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Hi hi hi! I have a new poem, "What If? Tony" in the new issue of Indianapolis Review! Inspired by What If? Magik by Leah Williams and Filipe Andrade. Thanks so much to Natalie Solmer for including me! TW: Child sexual abuse Read the whole poem here: theindianapolisreview.com/what-if-tony/

Hi hi hi! I have a new poem, "What If? Tony" in the new issue of Indianapolis Review! Inspired by What If? Magik by Leah Williams and Filipe Andrade. Thanks so much to Natalie Solmer for including me! TW: Child sexual abuse Read the whole poem here: theindianapolisreview.com/what-if-tony/

It's April! Happy National Poetry Month, poets. Where we submitting this month?

Today on Glass! "Swim" by Derek N. Otsuji! www.glass-poetry.com/journal.html

Thrilled (and honored) to be able to include this amazing poem in Glass!

Nate@nfako.bsky.social · 4mo ago

happy (and a bit harrowed) to have this poem out in the world. thanks @anthonyframe.bsky.social "I am wrong and you are wrong and I’m willing to say it, therefore I am a poet" --Rachel Zucker

Issue 22 of @screen_door_review is live and ready to be loved. ❤️📚🌈 www.screendoorreview.com/issue-22/ #queer #southern #poetry #flashfiction

Send your work to @asteralesjournal.bsky.social!! They are 1,000,000% the best!

Donna Vorreyer@djvorreyer.bsky.social · 5mo ago

@asteralesjournal.bsky.social is open until March 15! I know it's too early to feature your poems again, but we'd love to see work from anyone reading your post!

Okay, poets, where we sending our work in March? Bonus points if they don't charge reading fees. Double bonus points if they're reading period is more than 15 minutes

How am I supposed to only pick three of these?!? 😍😍😍

Glass Poetry Press@glasspoetry.bsky.social · 5mo ago

We're thrilled to announce the 20 Finalists from the 2026-2027 Glass Chapbook Series Open Reading Period! Congrats to all of these amazing poets! Final decisions will be coming very soon. Watch this space.

welp, someone at this grocery store called Pączki "donuts" and now the cops are here