My twin daughters and I made my grandmother’s beloved rum cake yesterday. ❤️
Celeste Schueler
@celesteschueler.bsky.social
Feminist, poet, and mother living in the PNW. BA and MFA from Mississippi University for Women. Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominated. Peonies of Resurrection forthcoming from Unsolicited Press in 2027.
wrote a post-apocalyptic poem on a vintage graphic
theclosedeyeopen.com/issue-xiv/ Here is my poem in the latest issue of The Closed Eye Open 🩵 This poem is in my forthcoming collection Peonies of Resurrection 💐
Please donate to your local food banks or organizations helping those in need. Everyone deserves access to food.
On Wednesday at 4pm, MERMAIDS AND LAZY ACTIVISTS author Maud Lavin will discuss her book with artist/poet Zachary Cahill at the Seminary Co-op. www.semcoop.com/event/maud-l...
Maud Lavin - "Mermaids and Lazy Activists" - Zachary Cahill | Seminary Co-op Bookstores
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In case you missed it this morning...
NEW POEM 278: "heart as double-paned window" by Lynne Jensen Lampe (@ljensenlampe.bsky.social) "words can’t paint everything this side of the glass :: blood comes with its own poetry & each line leaks iron & loneliness" stonecirclereview.com/heart-as-dou... #Poem #Poetry #NewPoem
NEW POEM 278: "heart as double-paned window" by Lynne Jensen Lampe (@ljensenlampe.bsky.social) "words can’t paint everything this side of the glass :: blood comes with its own poetry & each line leaks iron & loneliness" stonecirclereview.com/heart-as-dou... #Poem #Poetry #NewPoem
Cover reveal: NIGHT OWL (Ecco) March 31, 2026. 5th book of poems, 4th book in eight years. Nature poems like you’ve never seen. Pre-order in link below! 🦉
Celebrating the work of our trans and queer contributors today and every day! Check out a few pieces from our archive we hope stay with you beyond the blog. buff.ly/554vznz
For your Wednesday Mimesis BY FADY JOUDAH — If you tear down the web I said It will simply know -This isn't a place to call home - And you'd get to go biking
The only thing more agonizing than invisible disability and chronic pain is having the world believe you are fine because “You don't look disabled.” Many thanks to Diode for publishing these poems about the ways invisible disability erases suffering from view. diodepoetry.com/montgomery_s...
Sarah Fawn Montgomery
Still Life with Disability Shadow gives likeness possibility beyond a body’s boundaries. These days I live inanimate as a tapered candle spilling wax to harden on the table, flowers already vase wilti...
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“The creative process is a process of surrender, not control. Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise.” -- Julia Cameron
Stone Circle Replay Wednesday poem: "That Christmas I Ate Moonshine Cherries and Became a Fortune Teller" by Beth Gilstrap (@bettysueblue.bsky.social) stonecirclereview.com/that-christm...
That Christmas I Ate Moonshine Cherries and Became a Fortune Teller
by Beth Gilstrap CW: death, addiction, alcoholism You had beaten the cancer once, taken up the pink bunting of survivors, made it your whole personality—folks with borderline move through them l...
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It's almost that time of year when the sun disappears and I turn my heart into a SAD lamp to prevent from spiraling into a seasonal depression.
I am fully embracing the PNW fall/upcoming winter.
Poem revision is going HARD. One is getting more intense and another is probably getting worse, but I’m doing my job pretty well at this moment.
John Singer Sargent, Rocky Coast (from Scrapbook), ca. 1875 #johnsingersargent #themet
POEM #276: "Keepsakes" by Lana Hechtman Ayers (@lanaayers23.bsky.social) "what the heart holds it holds despite rebuttals from blurred photos home movie reels or grandma’s pshaws & there are chrysanthemums growing in the past that move like a storm blowing in" stonecirclereview.com/keepsakes
Poetry group is giving me life, but I really, really miss my husband when he’s gone.
Delighted to find poems by personal favorites Alex Carrigan and @thejayestofzees.bsky.social in the new issue of @the-engine-idling.bsky.social!
What's going on in that pretty little head of hers? Read The Urge & find out! engineidling.net/current #poetry #poetrycommunity #indielit #indiepublishing #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #artistscommunity