Jacob Schepers
@jacobschepers.bsky.social
Poet, Co-Editor of @ballastjournal.bsky.social www.jacobschepers.com www.ballastjournal.com @jacobschepers on the gram
ballast journal is edited by beautiful humans I can tell you that much.
ballast journal@ballastjournal.bsky.social · last wk.Contributor features from ballast 4.2: Here’s Jeffrey Hecker from "Jane Byrne Interchange (Chicago, Illinois)" @heckheck03.bsky.social Read more in the issue www.ballastjournal.com/jeffrey-heck... #contributorfeature #poetry #poems #ballast #JeffreyHecker
Contributor features from ballast 4.2: Here’s Jeffrey Hecker from "Jane Byrne Interchange (Chicago, Illinois)" @heckheck03.bsky.social Read more in the issue www.ballastjournal.com/jeffrey-heck... #contributorfeature #poetry #poems #ballast #JeffreyHecker
Pleased as punch to participate in the 12 or 20 questions series with @robmclennan.bsky.social Check it out and learn more about yours truly.
rob mclennan@robmclennan.bsky.social · 2w ago12 or 20 (second series) questions with Jacob Schepers / @jacobschepers.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/07/12-o...
Contributor features from ballast 4.2: Here’s Seth Copeland with “Someone Told Me to Download an App Today” @petrichorlit.bsky.social See it in the issue www.ballastjournal.com/seth-copeland #contributorfeature #poetry #poems #ballast #SethCopeland
Contributor features from ballast 4.2: Here’s Rocío Cerón,translated by Dana Delibovi @danadelibovi.bsky.social See more in the issue www.ballastjournal.com/ceron-rocio-... #contributorfeature #poetry #poems #ballast #RocíoCerón #DanaDelibovi
¡Genial! ¡Qué honor!
ballast journal@ballastjournal.bsky.social · last mo.Contributor features from ballast 4.2: Here’s Rocío Cerón,translated by Dana Delibovi @danadelibovi.bsky.social See more in the issue www.ballastjournal.com/ceron-rocio-... #contributorfeature #poetry #poems #ballast #RocíoCerón #DanaDelibovi
Contributor features from ballast 4.2: Here’s vincent a celluci and “once upon a time in security” See more in the issue (and hear the poet read!) www.ballastjournal.com/vincent-a-ce... #contributorfeature #poetry #poems #ballast #VincentACellucci
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Contributor features from ballast 4.2: Here’s Sam Calhoun (@weatherman_sam on IG) and “Stewart’s Point” See more in the issue www.ballastjournal.com/sam-calhoun #contributorfeature #poetry #poems #ballast #SamCalhoun
“Blah Blah Blah” That’s me in UGLY GROUND SWELL MOSS. Thanks for reading, @neonpajamas.bsky.social www.carbonationpress.com/catalog-2/02...
022: Ugly Ground Swell Moss by Jacob Schepers — Carbonation Press
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Ben Niespodziany 📚🎪@neonpajamas.bsky.social · last mo.Jacob Schepers @jacobschepers.bsky.social
My translation of Rocío Cerón's poem, "Omens, Stone Upon Stone" just came out in the ever-elegant Ballast Journal @ballastjournal.bsky.social—thank you editors Sara Judy and @jacobschepers.bsky.social for including our work in this graceful issue of excellent writing 💙 #poetry #translation
Issue 4.2 Table of Contents — ballast
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New issue of @ballastjournal.bsky.social dropped today! Check it out www.ballastjournal.com/issue-42-tab...
I have two new poems up at ballast today! Thanks to editors Sara Judy and @jacobschepers.bsky.social for such hard work each issue. www.ballastjournal.com/jeffrey-heck...
Jeffrey Hecker — ballast
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Head on over to @ritualdaggerzine.bsky.social to check out a piece from VASECTOMAJESTIC 😘 ritualdagger.neocities.org/zineposts/ja...
one poem by jacob schepers
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Jacob Schepers, Ugly Ground Swell Moss / @jacobschepers.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/06/jaco...
Jacob Schepers, Ugly Ground Swell Moss
Ugly ground, swell moss finds you worth keeping neat. Ugly ground, swell moss knows of some face of you you cannot. Ugly ground, swell m...
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UGLY GROUND SWELL MOSS, my new collection (and second full-length) is available to order NOW 💫 I’m beyond grateful to everyone involved in unleashing this work, Greg Bem and Carbonation Press especially! www.lulu.com/shop/jacob-s...
Ugly Ground Swell Moss
Ugly Ground Swell Moss is a book-length experimental project exploring identity through mutual, sometimes conflicted, ways of knowing and not-knowing. Resembling, on the one hand, a collection of lyri...
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The Franco Institute held the first annual Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton Culture and the Public Good Symposium on Friday, April 10, 2026. Look forward to more moments from the day and more conversations about *Attention* to follow!
Contributor features from ballast 4.1: Here’s Dennis Hinrichsen with “drip-dry buffalo” See more in the issue www.ballastjournal.com/dennis-hinri... #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #DennisHinrichsen
Contributor features from ballast 4.1: Here’s Ben Egerton with “Currency” See more in the issue www.ballastjournal.com/ben-egerton #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #BenEgerton
Tomorrow's the big day! The Franco Institute is honored to welcome our four speakers for the 2026 Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton Culture and the Public Good Symposium on Friday, April 10. franco.nd.edu/events/2026/...
Contributor features from ballast 4.1: Here’s Marthine Satris with “Wrack Line Elegy” @msatris.bsky.social See more in the issue www.ballastjournal.com/marthine-sat... #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #MarthineSatris
LOOK: 2026 Art, Art History, and Design Exhibition is open until April 10 with a closing reception on April 7. Look responds to the Franco Institute's 2025-26 research theme of attention. Closing Reception: 🗓️ Tuesday, April 7, 4 - 5pm 📍 O'Shaughnessy Gallery East, O'Shaughnessy Hall
Contributor features from ballast 4.1: Here’s Maia Sauer with “Risk” See more in the issue www.ballastjournal.com/maia-june-sa... #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #MaiaSauer
Contributor features from ballast 4.1: Here’s Peach Delphine with “wasn’t barter but trade-“ See more in the issue www.ballastjournal.com/peach-delphi... #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #PeachDelphine
Contributor features from ballast 4.1: Here’s Matt Turner from 6AMING And don’t miss the full collection coming later this year from @antiphonyjournal.bsky.social See more in the issue www.ballastjournal.com/matt-turner #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #MattTurner
Contributor features from ballast 4.1: Here’s Robyn Art with “My Strange Addiction” See the poem in the issue www.ballastjournal.com/robyn-art #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #RobynArt
Check it out! So pleased to bring this new ballast issue to the surface.
ballast journal@ballastjournal.bsky.social · 6mo agoAnd we’re LIVE! @ballastpoetryjournal issue 4.1 OUT NOW! We are reading now for issue 4.2: OUR SUBMISSIONS ARE STILL ALWAYS FREE AND ALWAYS OPEN. www.ballastjournal.com/issue-41-tab...
