s w i f t s: a literary magazine
@swiftslitmag.bsky.social
an @accumulatequiet.bsky.social project edited by @jeremymichaelreed.bsky.social www.swiftslitmag.com
This is so very moving, Jared. Beautiful, beautiful writing. 💙 @readinstead.bsky.social @swiftslitmag.bsky.social
Jared Beloff@readinstead.bsky.social · last mo.I am so happy to see my Marquez homage poem "What Was Found Inside the Whale" published with @swiftslitmag.bsky.social swiftslitmag.com/jared-beloff
"soon the older men could hear waves / inside the whale’s stomach, the cadences of their mother singing" "What Was Found Inside the Whale" by @readinstead.bsky.social starts off Issue Three of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social: swiftslitmag.com/jared-beloff
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I am so happy to see my Marquez homage poem "What Was Found Inside the Whale" published with @swiftslitmag.bsky.social swiftslitmag.com/jared-beloff
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It’s the hottest week of summer so far and here’s some new work from @swiftslitmag.bsky.social to read in the shade. I’m so grateful to work on this project & publish such great work by @readinstead.bsky.social @heyhaylimay.bsky.social @caitlint.bsky.social & more!
s w i f t s: a literary magazine@swiftslitmag.bsky.social · last mo.Our third issue is out! Check out work by @readinstead.bsky.social, @heyhaylimay.bsky.social, Scott Coykendall, Kristina Erny, Ken Taylor, & @caitlint.bsky.social here: swiftslitmag.com
Our third issue is out! Check out work by @readinstead.bsky.social, @heyhaylimay.bsky.social, Scott Coykendall, Kristina Erny, Ken Taylor, & @caitlint.bsky.social here: swiftslitmag.com
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If you haven’t seen, the magazine I edit is the listing of the day over at @duotrope.com! The summer issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social is coming out very soon, and we’re always open for submissions! swiftslitmag.com
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Duotrope@duotrope.com · last mo.Today's listing of the day is: s w i f t s: a literary magazine @swiftslitmag.bsky.social #WritingCommunity
Today's listing of the day is: s w i f t s: a literary magazine @swiftslitmag.bsky.social #WritingCommunity
Listing of the Day
Today's listing of the day is: s w i f t s: a literary magazine @swiftslitmag.bsky.social #WritingCommunity
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We’re the listing of the day over at @duotrope.com! Our summer issue is coming soon, and we’re always open for submissions - check us out here! swiftslitmag.com
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Duotrope@duotrope.com · last mo.Today's listing of the day is: s w i f t s: a literary magazine @swiftslitmag.bsky.social #WritingCommunity
Thanks to @duotrope.com for interviewing our EiC @jeremymichaelreed.bsky.social ahead of our third issue! Check out the full thing but here's a couple helpful answers to get you started - and don't forget we're always open to submissions! duotrope.com/interview/ed...
Everything floats // briefly
s w i f t s: a literary magazine@swiftslitmag.bsky.social · 3mo ago"Six inches of rain / in the past week, and the Harpeth spills // its floodplain, eats into the trails, trebles // like a fever, steady and slow, knocking down / whatever stands in its way." Read "My Daughter Wanted to Go for a Hike, a Real Hike" by Gary McDowell: swiftslitmag.com/gary-mcdowell
"Six inches of rain / in the past week, and the Harpeth spills // its floodplain, eats into the trails, trebles // like a fever, steady and slow, knocking down / whatever stands in its way." Read "My Daughter Wanted to Go for a Hike, a Real Hike" by Gary McDowell: swiftslitmag.com/gary-mcdowell
"but they are determined to exist, with the ancient / cloaks of their furred wings-kings of outlasting;" Read three poems from @kristi-maxwell.bsky.social from an Inger Christensen-inspired series: swiftslitmag.com/kristi-maxwell
"the voice did / want the rope to add up to something more / than rope" Read three poems by Lauren Mallett in our newest issue: swiftslitmag.com/lauren-mallett
"The water loved you so well, loved you through your whisper-thin topsoil / until you were saturated, birch and cedar and spruce roots / swimming in silt like migrated mangroves, / and you carried that love down / to meet the reaching sea." - @fklein907.bsky.social swiftslitmag.com/frances-klein
"When they asked me why I stole the flute, I said / because it was beautiful..." Read "My Statement" by Paul Hostovsky in the newest issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social here: swiftslitmag.com/paul-hostovsky
"washing / the leaves & ashes from the street // tender & in a forgotten key that can't / be shaken out" Read two new poems by @cold-eternals.bsky.social in the newest issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social here: swiftslitmag.com/ryan-collins
Check out our most recent newsletter about all things happening here at AQ HQ, including a new issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social & a peek at our next project ...! accumulate-quiet.beehiiv.com/p/april-2026...
April 2026 Updates
swifts issue two and a new venture in the works!
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Thanks to @jeremymichaelreed.bsky.social and the swifts folks for taking two poems about Ketchikan’s recent landslides *cue Stevie Nicks*
Jeremy Michael Reed@jeremymichaelreed.bsky.social · 4mo agoIt’s spring and the second issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social is out! Incredible work from @cold-eternals.bsky.social @fklein907.bsky.social @kristi-maxwell.bsky.social & more! You can read it here: www.swiftslitmag.com
It’s spring and the second issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social is out! Incredible work from @cold-eternals.bsky.social @fklein907.bsky.social @kristi-maxwell.bsky.social & more! You can read it here: www.swiftslitmag.com
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s w i f t s: a literary magazine@swiftslitmag.bsky.social · 4mo agoOur second issue is live! Check out the fantastic writing of @cold-eternals.bsky.social, Paul Hostovsky, @fklein907.bsky.social, Lauren Mallett, @kristi-maxwell.bsky.social, & Gary McDowell here: www.swiftslitmag.com
Our second issue is live! Check out the fantastic writing of @cold-eternals.bsky.social, Paul Hostovsky, @fklein907.bsky.social, Lauren Mallett, @kristi-maxwell.bsky.social, & Gary McDowell here: www.swiftslitmag.com
New poem from issue 1 contrib Donna Vorreyer!
s w i f t s: a literary magazine@swiftslitmag.bsky.social · 4mo ago“Here in the buzzing dim… the outside world disappears, the timeline slips.” Our final featured writer from our inaugural issue is the fantastic @djvorreyer.bsky.social! swiftslitmag.com/donna-vorreyer
Thanks for including me in your first issue with so many other writers I love to read.
s w i f t s: a literary magazine@swiftslitmag.bsky.social · 4mo ago“Here in the buzzing dim… the outside world disappears, the timeline slips.” Our final featured writer from our inaugural issue is the fantastic @djvorreyer.bsky.social! swiftslitmag.com/donna-vorreyer
“Here in the buzzing dim… the outside world disappears, the timeline slips.” Our final featured writer from our inaugural issue is the fantastic @djvorreyer.bsky.social! swiftslitmag.com/donna-vorreyer
“In the early dark, / I begin the slow work / of stitching something…” Read “Needlework” and two other incredible poems by Brynn Martin in our inaugural issue today: swiftslitmag.com/brynn-martin
"The patterns / of distance are well established between us. Is an unread poem / a kind of broken promise?" Every time we see a new @amorak.bsky.social poem, we make sure to read it. Be sure to read his newest in the first issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social: swiftslitmag.com/amorak-huey
“The sky purpling over high / cane would be enough” A phenomenal new poem from @jackbedell.bsky.social in the first issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social: swiftslitmag.com/jack-b-bedell
“The punctum is the camera - really an iPhone - and me, as I am now. Though my voice punctures the past at times.” Read the full visual essay “Progue” by Lindsey D. Alexander in our first issue here: swiftslitmag.com/lindsey-d-al...
If you haven’t signed up for it already, check out the first edition of our newsletter! You can read what we’re about, see a note from our editor @jeremymichaelreed.bsky.social, & learn about our first project @swiftslitmag.bsky.social here: accumulate-quiet.beehiiv.com/p/welcome-to...
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