Christian Wiman 💙 our Poet of the Week this one really got me 💙
Elizabeth Johnston Ambrose
@poetlady74.bsky.social
I’m a poet, animal lover, camping fanatic, and educator living in Rochester, NY. Medusa scholar. Author of Imago, Dei ( Rattle Chapbook Prize, 2021) and Wild Things (Main Street Rag, 2021). 2025 Betsy Colquitt Poetry Award.
Sergiy Pustogarov, this week's Poets Respond selection Read the full poem: www.rattle.com/not-criminal... #poetry
“See how words suture wounds. I was / am there. I cradle his body as he falls.” Excerpt from Homa Mojadidi’s poem “Closure.” It is forthcoming in the Fall 2026 collection of Online Exclusives. Read the full poem at the link below: buff.ly/Dsr9Bt3 #WritingCommunity #AmWriting
Two of our submission categories (Pamet River Prize and Open Reading Period in Fiction) close tomorrow at midnight EST. We’d love to read your work! yesyesbooks.submittable.com/submit
Today on Glass! "Epistle to the Fallen Nestling" by Jenny Maaketo! www.glass-poetry.com/journal.html
It was enough and it no longer involved you. "Eros", Louise Glück 💙
Know any community college students writing great things?
NewPages@newpages.bsky.social · last wk.Read the Spring 2026 edition of Kings River Review. Like what you see? Try sending your own art, nonfiction, fiction, & poetry. No fee. Open to 2-year community college students only. Deadline for the fall issue is October 15. #writers #litmag #callforsubmissions
‘For Susan Stewart, this is what poetic process is: the closely observed emergence of empirical knowledge out of chaos, confusion, darkness.’ Ange Mlinko on the poet and critic. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Ange Mlinko · On Susan Stewart
For Stewart, this is what poetic process is: the closely observed emergence of empirical knowledge out of chaos,...
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@arseniclobster.bsky.social , these poems are BRILLIANT!!!
Anti-Heroin Chic@antiheroinchic.bsky.social · 2w ago"This life will take your blood. So carry your rucksack of apples, your kiln-fired jug. Tune your ear outward. Listen to the language of the earth. There is only so much that can be said of the dangers around the bend... There is a world not meant to hurt you."
After nearly 8 weeks of being unwell, I’m finally feeling like myself. Last night my BFF and writer-extraordinaire, Maria, and I went to an 80s themed dance party. I felt like I was in middle school and it was so nourishing. Dance = medicine. 💕
www.backslidersmagazine.com/siren-sestin... thanks to Backsliders for publishing three of my poems about religious trauma ( two appeared in Imago, Dei, but this is the first pub for “ Siren.”).
"Siren Sestina" by Elizabeth Johnston Ambrose
...her pastor drew water for her dunking. She’d been close-lipped. But her sisters turned her in. It’s how nymphs survive: we throw each other under the Word. She let the church lead her to water.
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Yay!!!
Christina Tudor@christinaltudor.bsky.social · 3w agoThrilled to have a new flash out into the world. Thanks to @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social for selecting it, Cathy Ulrich for inspiring it, and @erinvachon.bsky.social for the @smokelong.bsky.social prompt! Read "No Human Body Required" here: bulbregion.com/No-Human-Bod...
A really beautiful piece. May we all be lamp keepers.
ONLY POEMS@onlypoemsmag.bsky.social · 3w agoPeople Who Keep the Lamps Lit
the importance of putting something bittersweet in our mouths, turning around and around on our tongues 🌀
This article is so fascinating and beautiful. Butterflies retain memories after metamorphosis. AND their offspring appear to inherit the memories…
Oisín McGann@oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 3w agoI don’t know why this post doesn’t give his name, but it’s Jo Nagai. This is a true story. medium.com/@zehraanjum2...
‘How much is a poem worth? About 10.99 for circa 64 pages – or it’s priceless. It’s an art form that sort of thinks of itself as resisting commodification.’ Sarah Howe, with Sandeep Parmar, on poetry and money, in ‘Poetry and the Turning World’ on the podcast. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Poetry and the Turning World: Money
Podcast Episode · The LRB Podcast · 13 July · 1hr 31min
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Do you need an affordable option to attend our urban writing retreat in Ithaca, NY, October 2026? See our site or link in bio for the scholarship application. We have only three spots, so please apply as soon as possible for the best chance of receiving this opportunity.
This is how to speak to every single one of those sycophants.
Thanks to @robmclennan.bsky.social for publishing my poem about my grandmother and lightening bugs on Dusie <3 FYI: my grandmother pulled through that illness. I'm headed to PA tomorrow to see her and my grandfather (75 yrs of marriage!). Every day is a gift and I've been luckier than most.
rob mclennan@robmclennan.bsky.social · 3w agoTuesday poem #693 : Elizabeth Johnston Ambrose : My 91-Year-Old Grandmother in the Hospital, Again / @poetlady74.bsky.social @rattlepoetry.bsky.social ; dusie.blogspot.com/2026/07/tues...
🚨Dream journal moment!🚨Beyond excited to have a poem in the new issue of North American Review alongside some absolutely rockstar poets and writers! Here’s to poetry, a little imagination, and the bizarre interplay of loss, lineage, and memory. @northamerreview.bsky.social
