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I'm happy to have a poem published in @elysiumreview.bsky.social today! My poem's titled "A Layering of Other Worlds," it's from my new manuscript-in-progress, & I'm glad it found such a good home in this issue alongside so many great poems! www.elysiumreview.com/jeremy-micha...
The new issue of Elysium Review is out! Check out these poems celebrating pleasure, delight, wonder, and joy if you need a little dopamine pick-me-up for the afternoon. www.elysiumreview.com/issue-9.html
We're open for submissions for our January 2027 issue right now! www.elysiumreview.com/submissions....
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We are web-editing our next issue today! Look out for our Summer 2026 issue launch on July 15th!
We are open for submissions until the end of the day! www.elysiumreview.com/submissions....
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"a yellow polka dot dress fluttering left to right, left to right, releasing its aroma of jasmine & citrus as if it were steaming from a fresh cup in a japanese restaurant, the aroma that wanders the halls of my mind" -"The Smell of Love" by Katie Kim www.elysiumreview.com/katie-kim.html
Katie Kim
as the welcome sign on the floor swings from the call of the wind, a yellow polka dot dress fluttering left to right, left to right, releasing its aroma of jasmine & citrus as if it were steaming...
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Elysium Review @elysiumreview.bsky.social (Poetry; non-paying) opened to poetry submissions. https://duotrope.com... #amwriting
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Elysium Review @elysiumreview.bsky.social (Poetry; non-paying) opened to poetry submissions. https://duotrope.com/magazine/elysium-review-35853 #amwriting
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"She is German, and we have no words for each other, but her dance means we are all little birds, we are in a nest together and there is joy." -"In the Kelvingrove Museum, Edinburgh" by Sara Eddy www.elysiumreview.com/sara-eddy.html
Sara Eddy
Stitched birds hide on a side panel next to a wall, hatchlings sewn into a glinty gold nest, mouths open over 100 years, worm-waiting. I show them to a little girl who begins an inspiration dance,.....
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"Soft, my toddler says, pets my tummy, and leans in to nurse in the dark. My belly: a squishy cantaloupe, maybe something bigger. I celebrate this crumpled skin, stretched three times to shelter babies." from "Worthy" by Liona Burnham www.elysiumreview.com/liona-burnha...
Liona Burnham
Thanks to Amelia Nagoski and Emily Nagoski Soft, my toddler says, pets my tummy, and leans in to nurse in the dark. My belly: a squishy cantaloupe, maybe something bigger. I celebrate this...
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Take a look at Issue 8 of Elysium Review. It's a collection of poetry curated to make you feel good: www.elysiumreview.com/issue-8.html
Issue 8
" Worthy " by Liona Burnham " In the Kelvingrove Museum, Edinburgh " by Sara Eddy " The Smell of Love " by Katie Kim " Mashed Potatoes " by Sneha Madhavan-Reese " Delight " and " The Table in...
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New work in @elysiumreview.bsky.social for the new year! Thanks for giving these pieces a home. Read here: www.elysiumreview.com/issue-8.html
"I feel an alchemy my body of bones soft fingers wrists, teeth, snug and warmer scent of flowers slide deepening within" @sianessa.bsky.social www.elysiumreview.com/sian-killing...
Sian Killingsworth
I feel an alchemy my body of bones soft fingers wrists, teeth, snug and warmer scent of flowers slide deepening within I inhale gently my flesh shudders jubilant, shook I want to...
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"...Breathing in the tang of kelp and salt, I flash on Blade Runner: its angst and origami, its final scene where a man flees his cramped world and soars toward a life he hadn’t dared to imagine." @abramama968.bsky.social www.elysiumreview.com/lisa-domingu...
Lisa Dominguez Abraham
From a shoreline park, I admire the reclining figure of Mt. Tamalpais across the bay. Her forest hair flowing north reminds me how brief I am, how lucky to live...
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"In the chill hospital room I pushed and heaved like an animal knocking at the blue space between mountains nearly clawing the baby out of myself" @kaylizpoet.bsky.social www.elysiumreview.com/karen-elizab...
Karen Elizabeth Sharpe
I was a woman at the edge of the world. Electricity’s spark felt uninspired. Unpaid bills lost their fright. Azure skies hadn’t mattered. For months I had shunned the doctor’s sonic wands...
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"The teenagers pick up when we call then have nothing to say, answer our questions with monosyllables or inscrutable jokes" @johnpauldavis.org www.elysiumreview.com/john-paul-da...
John Paul Davis
The teenagers pick up when we call then have nothing to say, answer our questions with monosyllables or inscrutable jokes yet every time we move to end the conversation they prolong things. Almost as....
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I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
Thank you to @stevieedwardspoet.bsky.social for including my poem in the latest issue of the Elysium Review. I love the focus of this journal, and it’s an honor to have my work appear among the poems of these other fantastic writers! www.elysiumreview.com/lisa-domingu...
"Face Time," my #poem that was published in @elysiumreview.bsky.social's latest issue is what I chose to read in this week's episode of #theuncomputable
John Paul Davis@johnpauldavis.org · last yr.New episode of my podcast #theuncomputable : Face Time https://johnpauldavis.org/podcast/face-time/ #podcast #poetry
📢 Delighted to share a poem of mine HOT off the virtual press at Elysium Review! 🔥 Thanks to @stevieedwardspoet.bsky.social for giving this poem a beautiful home: www.elysiumreview.com/sian-killing...
Sian Killingsworth
I feel an alchemy my body of bones soft fingers wrists, teeth, snug and warmer scent of flowers slide deepening within I inhale gently my flesh shudders jubilant, shook I want to...
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Issue 7 of Elysium Review is live! We focus on poetryof Pleasure, Delight, Wonder, and Joy! www.elysiumreview.com/issue-7.html
Issue 7
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"On Looking" at @elysiumreview.bsky.social www.elysiumreview.com/leah-umansky...
Leah Umansky
After The Slowdown 1. We’re born to pay attention to our life, to see the folds, the knots, not just the starched line or crease of a day or an hour. 2. Once, I thought a bird was sleeping,...
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New poem in the @elysiumreview.bsky.social. What a sweet way to start the year. Thanks to @stevieedwardspoet.bsky.social for including my poem. I read the issue this afternoon and was struck by how beautifully the poems spoke to each other. www.elysiumreview.com/wendy-wisner...
Elysium Review @elysiumreview.bsky.social (Poetry; non-paying) opened to poetry submissions. #amwriting
Re-opening: Elysium Review
Elysium Review @elysiumreview.bsky.social (Poetry; non-paying) opened to poetry submissions. #amwriting
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What poems are giving you peace, hope, resilience, and/or strength these days? What's fortifying you? Let's start a thread. We may need these poems in the coming days.