Ed Brickell
@edbrickell.bsky.social
Three-time (2025-26) Best of the Net nominee, poetry. Nature, books, hiking, root for the underdog, music always. I share some of my previously published poetry at shortsurpriselife.com.
My poem “Durutti Column on the DC Metro“ is live at Pine Hills Review - thanks to Alex, Daniel and Samantha for sharing it. #poetry #writing #poem #Booksky
“Durutti Column on the DC Metro” by Ed Brickell
because they lived for doing, for telling others what to do, / for anger with strategic purpose, leaving and arriving / at their homes in darkness holding hours more of work
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My poem “Snow Falling Upward“ is live in the new issue of American Poetry Journal. First of five poems slated to appear this Spring, and grateful for the home of each and every one. Thanks to editor Theresa Edwards and the APJ staff. #poetry #writing #Booksky
snow falling upward | Ed Brickell | apjpoetry
snow falling upward | Ed Brickell | apjpoetry
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Thanks to Susurrus for featuring my poem “Moon In My Bourbon” today from their Winter issue. #poem #poetry #writing #BookSky
Susurrus@susurrusmag.bsky.social · 7mo ago"The depth of the bourbon is the height of the moon, pines and aspens reaching for each other, breeze shared back and forth in silver shiver..." "Moon in My Bourbon" by @edbrickell.bsky.social 📸: @saintbridge.bsky.social
Another recent poem of mine, “Without Mountains,” has been nominated for the 2026 Best of the Net Anthology. Grateful to have poems nominated by two journals this year. If you like Nature-themed poetry, Bracken is special. #poem #poetry #BookSky
Two Poems by Ed Brickell — Bracken
An afternoon of bright needles on our faces. The frozen lake, the tree-dark shoreline. Our hiking poles tapped the ice on the trail, boots crunching.
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A poem of mine is being shared in the Winter 2025 issue of Susurrus. They always feature a different photographer as part of their graphic design – in this issue it’s Scott Craig from Roanoke, VA. Grateful to be included with him and a terrific gathering of Southern writers. #poetry #poem #BookSky
Moon in My Bourbon — Susurrus
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Two of my poems, “Early American Poverty” and “Reading” are live in the Spring 2025 issue of MORIA. Gratitude for editors who believe in what I do. #writing #poetry #BookSky
CURRENT ISSUE (SPRING 2025) — MORIA
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My poem “Dreaming Them” will be shared in an upcoming issue of the quarterly anthology published by Querencia Press. Poems don’t always have to find homes, but it’s inspiring when they do. Grateful to the editors. #poetry #poem #writing
Querencia Press
Querencia Press is an independent publisher, seeking to amplify overlooked voices. We want to create a safe space for writers and artists to share their stories.
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Two of my poems, “A Snow Hike” and “Without Mountains,” have been accepted for publication in issue 13 of Bracken Poetry & Art, a journal “born of the love of the woods and its shadows.” I’m pleased they found what I feel is the best home for them. Big thanks to the editors. #poetry #writing
Issue XII — Bracken
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We live in an occupied country, misunderstood; justice will take us millions of intricate moves. - William Stafford, “Thinking for Berky” #poem #poetry #booksky
Thinking For Berky by William Stafford - Famous poems, famous poets. - All Poetry
Comments & analysis: In the late night listening from bed / I have joined the ambulance or the patrol
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Excited to have two poems appearing in an upcoming issue of MORIA, published at LA-based Woodbury University. Lovely publication and I’m honored to be included with some terrific folks. #booksky #writing #poem #poetry
MORIA
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A monstrous little something for #shortpoemsunday, which originally appeared in Last Leaves Magazine. #writing #poem #poetry #booksky
Monster Alarm
The church bells rang on the hill above my houseWhile the children played below.The youngest from another neighborhoodAsked me what it was.”That’s the monster alarm,” I said.̶…
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“The politician will consume the poet,” Goethe warned. This is as close as I’ve come to writing a political poem. The landscape described is like a dream collage of where I grew up. Thanks to the Bond Street Review, where it first appeared. #poem #poetry #writing #booksky
Historic Site
Murder hornets mutter in the peeling eavesWhere flags of no known nation hang.Mom and Dad are never coming home from work,They’ve thrown away their burner phones.”It’s heritage, n…
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Sharing my poem “Enough,” which first appeared in the Delta Poetry Review, Vol. 6, Issue 18. I’ve written a lot about family & impermanence lately. Many thanks to the editors. #poetry #poem #writing #booksky
Enough
You had sat at our tables for decades,until one day, in the midst of a story told many times,you carried a flickering questionthrough the crumpling hallways of yourself,and you answered, enough. An…
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Happy to hear the terrific poetry mag Rattle is featuring “Late Bloomers” - poets who started publishing regularly in their fifties - in a special edition this fall: “It’s never too late to develop and share your voice.” To submit, click below. #poetry #poems #writing #booksky
Rattle - Tribute to Late Bloomers
Our Fall 2025 issue will be dedicated to poems written by "late bloomers"—those who only started publishing poetry regularly after the age of 50. Much ado is made in the literary world of younger poet...
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Here’s a link to my poem “Running Trails,” a nominee for the 2025 Best of the Net awards. Best viewed in landscape format. Grateful to the good folks at the excellent journal Susurrus for their faith in my work. #poem #poetry #booksky
Running Trails — Susurrus
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My daughters and grandchildren visited my fave childhood haunt, the recently restored Carnegie Library in Palestine, Texas. We donated three copies of my wife’s children’s book. Our beloved “CiCi” would love knowing she is now part of this beautiful library! #booksky #library #reading #books #poetry
I've added "Enough" and "Strange Mockingbird" to my previously published poems site (linked below). It's where I share many of my poems published in various journals over the past three years. And all for free, except you'll never get that time back. #writing #poetry #poem #authors #booksky
short surprise life
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You can read my poem “Home” in the latest edition of The Harvard Advocate by linking to it below for free. A little slice of East Texas in Harvard Square. Gratitude to the editors. #writing #poetry #poem #authors #booksky
THE HARVARD ADVOCATE
The Harvard Advocate, the art and literary magazine of Harvard College, is the oldest continuously published college publication in the United States.
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