Cynthia Atkins
@catkinspoet.bsky.social
Poet/mixed media artist/writer/mom/teacher Published work in Alaska Quarterly Review, BOMB, Cimarron Review, Diode, North American Review, Permafrost, Salamander. Three Books, “Psyche’s Weathers,” “In The Event of Full Disclosure” “Still-Life With God”
O big Thank you @pdforan.bsky.social 🫏‼️🌷✍🏿 with @okaydonkeymag.com
Pat Foran@pdforan.bsky.social · 2mo ago"... The taffeta dress slides across a floor of metaphor— As in that shining surface of feeling. As in the blues got left at the bus stop". @catkinspoet.bsky.social in @okaydonkeymag.com okaydonkeymag.com/2026/07/31/o...
So grateful @okaydonkeymag.com 🫏🌷‼️💯🎵
Okay Donkey Magazine@okaydonkeymag.com · 3mo ago“Spry, how the afternoon light lands on a vase of flowers. A-glow, as in someone sliding a magic carpet into the DMs of memory.” “Ode to Serotonin” by Cynthia Atkins @catkinspoet.bsky.social new poetry out today at OKD: okaydonkeymag.com/2026/07/31/o...
Grateful to have my poem, “How To Speak Ill of The Dead” in the Spring issue #33 @wildroofjournal.bsky.social in such amazing company. Grateful to Editor-in-chief @aaronlelito.bsky.social *beautiful space. ✍🏿 #writing wildroofjournal.com/issue-33-gal... wildroofjournal.com PDF available too🌺✍🏿💯‼️
From “Self-Portrait with No Spare Parts” by Cynthia Atkins @catkinspoet.bsky.social #SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #Poetry #Poem #WomenPoets #WomenPublishingWomen #Ciswomen #TransWomen #Nonbinary #Intersex #GenderExpansive #Inclusive #SelfPortraitwithNoSpareParts #CynthiaAtkins #TuesdayPoem #TBT
voxpopulisphere.com/2026/02/02/c... Grateful to EIC @michaelsimms @voxpopulisphere.bsky.social for giving my tribute poem to Rob Reiner “When Harry Met Sally” such a special home at @VoxPopuli✍🏿‼️🎥 #robreiner #whenharrymetsally #voxpopuli #writingcommunity
Cynthia Atkins: When Harry Met Sally
A light quaked on earth, because when the waitress gasped and blushed, we gasped and blushed, sitting in the plush dark aisles to our interiors.
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So very kind —thank you! @pdforan.bsky.social #plumepoetry #writingcommunity
Pat Foran@pdforan.bsky.social · 11mo ago“… You don’t know who your friends are. Scroll and scroll, looking for that little swath of self, something familiar, a fingernail of who you really are. …” @catkinspoet.bsky.social in Plume plumepoetry.com/poem-with-no...
What a thrill & honor to be a finalist #louiseboganprize @triohousepress.org Stellar company—congrats & huzzah ✍🏿‼️ @joustingsnail.bsky.social @chriscampanioni.bsky.social @davigray.bsky.social @catkinspoet.bsky.social @emilyhyland.bsky.social @amberthomas.bsky.social @meganmerchant.bsky.social
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Trio House Press@triohousepress.org · last yr.@triohousepress.org is thrilled to announce the finalists for the 2025 Louise Bogan Award for Excellence in Poetry!
Beautiful new collection by @jdisip.bsky.social “Reluctant Prophets” is an astounding jewel. Go get it— @moontidepress.bsky.social #writingcommunity
“Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all others were making ships.”— Charles Simic. Photo, Gilbert Garcin #resistfascism #simic2yearsgone
