Happy to have a poem nominated for the Best of the Net award!

Christine Klocek-Lim@chrissiemkl.bsky.social · 2w ago

Best of the Net 2026 Nominations OPEN to Submissions —a poem each day—...

Happy to have a poem nominated for the Best of the Net award!

Christine Klocek-Lim@chrissiemkl.bsky.social · 2w ago

Best of the Net 2026 Nominations OPEN to Submissions —a poem each day—...

Best of the Net 2026 Nominations OPEN to Submissions —a poem each day—...

Best of the Net 2026 Nominations

OPEN to Submissions —a poem each day—

autumnskypoetrydaily.com

Just reread the essay and discovered that subtitle is from the text. Go me!

God’s Ammunition Is Not Exhausted: on a new edition of Elias: An Epic of the Ages

If God be for us lowly poets, who can be against us?

furtherlightmag.com

Theric Jepson@thmazing.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I dig the subtitle they came up for it:

The world is full of poetry! If you haven't seen it yet, check out NVR's translation issue. It features modern translations of living poets writing in lots of languages, from Amharic to Uzbek, and many in between. We know there's something in it you'll enjoy!

New Verse Review@newversereview.bsky.social · 6mo ago

19 poets, 19 translators, 15 languages from Amharic to Uzbek—don’t miss New Verse Review’s special translations issue edited by @dacooperpoet.bsky.social & Mary Grace Mangano, featuring translations by @bdralyuk.bsky.social, @victoriamoul.bsky.social, @aestallings.bsky.social, and many more!

In this essay @danielcowper.bsky.social discusses why poetry is so unpopular with general readers (link in the comments). He then takes a look at contemporary poetry that is popular (in terms of Amazon sales). It isn't to be missed!

A great special issue of @newversereview.bsky.social full of excellent translations of living poets from around the world. Please, read and share!

New Verse Review@newversereview.bsky.social · 6mo ago

19 poets, 19 translators, 15 languages from Amharic to Uzbek—don’t miss New Verse Review’s special translations issue edited by @dacooperpoet.bsky.social & Mary Grace Mangano, featuring translations by @bdralyuk.bsky.social, @victoriamoul.bsky.social, @aestallings.bsky.social, and many more!

My great thanks to the editors of @newversereview.bsky.social for housing my translation of Julia Nemirovskaya’s poem about the inner spirit—the zest, the spark—that keeps the abyss at bay.

I'm here with translations of a couple of sonnets from the Greek of Yiannis Doukas:

New Verse Review@newversereview.bsky.social · 6mo ago

19 poets, 19 translators, 15 languages from Amharic to Uzbek—don’t miss New Verse Review’s special translations issue edited by @dacooperpoet.bsky.social & Mary Grace Mangano, featuring translations by @bdralyuk.bsky.social, @victoriamoul.bsky.social, @aestallings.bsky.social, and many more!

A great special issue of @newversereview.bsky.social full of excellent translations of living poets from around the world. Please, read and share!

New Verse Review@newversereview.bsky.social · 6mo ago

19 poets, 19 translators, 15 languages from Amharic to Uzbek—don’t miss New Verse Review’s special translations issue edited by @dacooperpoet.bsky.social & Mary Grace Mangano, featuring translations by @bdralyuk.bsky.social, @victoriamoul.bsky.social, @aestallings.bsky.social, and many more!

19 poets, 19 translators, 15 languages from Amharic to Uzbek—don’t miss New Verse Review’s special translations issue edited by @dacooperpoet.bsky.social & Mary Grace Mangano, featuring translations by @bdralyuk.bsky.social, @victoriamoul.bsky.social, @aestallings.bsky.social, and many more!

In anticipation of our upcoming translation issue, we recently published three pieces of prose about translation(s), two reviews and one interview. Check them out in the comments below!

Delighted to have this "rood" poem in LightPoetryMagazine's Poems of the Week. Thank you to Melissa Balmain, Kevin Durkin, & The Light Brigade for embracing it. Check out all the Poems of the Week at lightpoetrymagazine.com #EasterHumor #EasterCandy #candy #chocolatecrosses

Coming Soon! NVR associate editors @dacooperpoet.bsky.social and Mary Grace Mangano recently completed work on a translation special issue. Watch for it late next month.

Today is #WorldPoetryDay,, in honor of which, I'm posting a sampling of some of the best poetry from the first two years of Forgotten Ground Regained. This is from the Fall 2025 issue: "Hellhound" by @dacooperpoet.bsky.social alliteration.net/poetry/hellhound/

Hellhound, a poem in alliterative verse by D.A. Cooper

... Cold rain, / cursed and heavy / ceaselessly falls / in this circle of Hell ...

alliteration.net

Congratulations to @dacooperpoet.bsky.social! His poem "Hellhound" is on @sfpoetry.bsky.social's Rhysling longlist. Read it here: alliteration.net/poetry/hellhound/ #alliterative #speculative #sff #scifi #poetry #alliterativeverse #poetrysky #rhysling #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity 🪐📚

Hellhound, a poem in alliterative verse by D.A. Cooper

... Cold rain, / cursed and heavy / ceaselessly falls / in this circle of Hell ...

alliteration.net

Just an ordinary day for two sister missionaries, tracting through Dante's Inferno. But for one demon, it might mean a chance at redemption. Find out what happens in DA Cooper's "The Fallen." #LDS #poetry #Dante #religiouspoetry #religiousspeculative

Jokes for next year:

This Joke Explains Iran Today

Dark humor is sometimes the most reliable weapon.

theatlantic.com

Like @manuelaamiouny.bsky.social, congrats to @sfpoetry.bsky.social's 2026 Rhysling Award nominees! I am pleased to note that Forgotten Ground Regained has two poems on the list: @dacooperpoet.bsky.social's "Hellhound" @mrpoemguy.bsky.social's "Knot Loosener Memorial Disputation with Gas Giant"

The first issue of my crazy project is out! Order a copy and read about magical secret agents from the Republic of Deseret, fantastical retellings of scripture stories, possession, angels, astronauts, the problem of evil in Mistborn, CS Lewis's Perelandra from an LDS perspective, and more!

Further Light Magazine@furtherlightmag.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Issue 1 now available for purchase in print and ebook! bookshop.org/p/books/furt...

NVR's winter issue is available! Featuring @katiedozier.bsky.social, @janezwart.bsky.social, @lesleymwheeler.bsky.social, @sethwieck.bsky.social, @kdawn999.bsky.social, @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social, @poetjs.bsky.social, and more!

Another favorite poet of ours, DA Cooper, dives into...someone called this a meme, but I'm not sure that's quite right? irreantum.associationmormonletters.org/23-1-mental-...

Mental Health Pain Scale: When Your Psychiatrist is LDS - Irreantum

D. A. Cooper is the poetry editor of Further Light: Science Fiction...

irreantum.associationmormonletters.org

D.A. Cooper, "On Odin's Journey", in the current issue of Forgotten Ground Regained alliteration.net/poetry/on-od... #alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse #poetrysky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #BlueSkyPoets

On Odin’s Journey, a poem in alliterative verse by D.A. Cooper

With an opening line, it all begins: / We’re formed when fire · and frost collide / deep inside · the soundless abyss ...

alliteration.net

"I Raise My Voice", a poem in alliterative verse by @dacooperpoet.bsky.social in the current issue of Forgotten Ground Regained. alliteration.net/poetry/i-rai... #alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse #poetrytwitter #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #psalms #meditation

I Raise My Voice, a poem in alliterative verse by D.A. Cooper

My soul delights · in the Lord my God / as I contemplate continually · his everlasting kindness. / But despite his goodness, my spirit grieves ..

alliteration.net

Thrilled to have a new poem in the new issue of FGR, along with great work by @stevensearcy.bsky.social, @dacooperpoet.bsky.social, @rhunedhel.bsky.social and many others. Here's my alliterative tree psalm, written while with students in the amazing Arnold Arboretum: alliteration.net/poetry/among...

Among the Drumlins, a poem in alliterative verse by Eric Colbourn

The trees growing in this glen, this glacial kettle, / stand like silent friends that scribble truth / from leaf to leaf ...

alliteration.net

New fiction from Lee Allred! We hope you enjoy "Opera of the Abyss, Part 1: Murder and the Rue Morgue." Join Field Agent Nils Lund of the Republic of Deseret as he pursues an unnatural monster and a stolen invention across the rooftops of Paris. With art by Kevin Wasden. #althistory #steampunk

We know it's been a little quiet around here, but that's all about to change! Further Light begins publishing next week! More details on our website.

I'm very happy to have my first Pushcart nomination. Thanks to @rhunedhel.bsky.social at Forgotten Ground Regained!

Paul Deane@rhunedhel.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Forgotten Ground Regained's sixth and final Pushcart nomination for 2025: @dacooperpoet.bsky.social's poem, "Hellhound": alliteration.net/poetry/hellhound/ #alliterative #poetry #Pushcart #Prize #nomination #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #BlueSkyPoets #PoetsOfBluesky

I'm very happy to have my first Pushcart nomination. Thanks to @rhunedhel.bsky.social at Forgotten Ground Regained!

Paul Deane@rhunedhel.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Forgotten Ground Regained's sixth and final Pushcart nomination for 2025: @dacooperpoet.bsky.social's poem, "Hellhound": alliteration.net/poetry/hellhound/ #alliterative #poetry #Pushcart #Prize #nomination #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #BlueSkyPoets #PoetsOfBluesky