nancysobanik.bsky.social
@nancysobanik.bsky.social
Poet. My chapbook "The Unfolding" published in May, 2026 by Finishing Line Press. https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/the-unfolding-by-nancy-sobanik/
Today's Poem- Louise Gluck's masterful exploration of the changes deeply felt in autumn, our own changes as well as the inner reflection induced internetpoem.com/louise-gluck...
October Poem by Louise Gluck
Is it winter again, is it cold again, didn't Frank just slip on the ice, didn't he heal, weren't the spring seeds planted didn't the night end, didn't the melting ice flood the narrow gutters
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Today's Poem- Written by my poetry friend Judy Kaber, and posted today on George Bilgere's "Poetry Town", a daily dose of good poetry in my inbox. This moving poem describes life after wrenching and life-altering loss.
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I just learned that my poem "Vigil" received a Best of the Net nomination from Odd Pocket Press! I'm honored, and want to congratulate the other nominees! The poem can be read at this link: oddpocketpress.substack.com/p/odd-pocket...
Check out my new substack craft post! substack.com/@nancysobani...
Parataxis in Poetry
A look at a literary device
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Congratulations to our Best of the Net nominations: @jessicapurdy.bsky.social , Tara Humphrey, Alesa Bernat, @patriciawallace.bsky.social , @nancysobanik.bsky.social and @kellygracethomas.bsky.social
Today's poem- For a wonderful analysis, check out Poetry Editor Betsy Sholl's write-up here: maineartsjournal.com/lily-brown-p... Take My Waking by Lily Brown
Lily Brown – Poetry - The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly
“Take My Waking” is from Lily Brown’s book Blade Work, which just won the 2026 Maine Literary Award for poetry. It seems in this early morning light, the speaker has willed herself awake from a troubl...
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This- Today's poem- so perfect for a Sabbath contemplation about our origins, and how close to and far from creation (and our creator) we are God Is Burning ––Li-Young Lee soundcloud.com/worldlittoda...
“God Is Burning,” by Li - Young Lee
A poem, “God Is Burning,” by Li-Young Lee
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Today's poem- from the brand spanking new Whale Road Review, this poem about the mystery of things that revisit our lives, some expected, some not The Way of Things by Ryan McCarty www.whaleroadreview.com/mccarty/
The Way of Things
The earth around the old house, when the spring rains come, has this habit of leaving gifts gleaming on the ground. Old bottle caps, smoothed hunks of glass, long-still snakes of baling wire, all s…
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Today's poem- is by me, with gratitude to ONE ART: A Journal of Poetry (write it!) and Editor Mark Danowsky. thoughts are with those who lost their live, and those who loved them. oneartpoetry.com/2026/09/11/u...
United on Flight 93 by Nancy Sobanik
United on Flight 93 “The bright-eyed daughter, the quick son. Alphabet of names in a green field.” &n…
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So excited to get an acceptance from ONE ART for my 9/11 poem, to be published on 9/11! Let us remember who our allies are, and especially victims of that terrible day. Friends, sign up for daily poems from ONE ART sent to your email, or access the poems here: oneartpoetry.com
ONE ART: a journal of poetry
(Write it!)
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Today's poem- I love this list poem by Kelli Russell Agodon, found in the new issue of Waxwing waxwingmag.org/.../29_Agodo...
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Today's poem- is new to me, and was shared by Audrey Gidman in her marvelous daily prompts (check her out on substack!) poets.org/poem/yellow-....
Yellow Bowl
If light pours like water
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After Working in the ER for Twenty-Three Years by Steve Cushman in ONE ART: a journal of poetry oneartpoetry.com/2026/08/28/a...
After Working in the ER for Twenty-Three Years by Steve Cushman
After Working in the ER for Twenty-Three Years I will not climb a ladder to clean leaf debris or hang Christmas lights. I will not use a blender while drinking. Fingers are precious, soft things ev…
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From ‘Vigil’ by @nancysobanik.bsky.social chosen by Joan Kwan Glass as an honorable mention in Issue 1: oddpocketpress.substack.com/p/vigil-by-n...
Today's poem- In honor of a friend who has left the struggles of this life behind, and a good reminder to us all. www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
We Have Not Long to Love
In silence I have watched you comb your hair. (Almost the faintest whisper would be shrill.) So moments pass as though they wished to stay.
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Today's poem- Sara Lynn Eastler, in Hole in the Head Review, just released! www.holeintheheadreview.com/post/the-bou... © 2026 Hole in the Head Review
The Bounds of Girlhood
Because I was raised / in a home half-buried / by dirt in the Maine woods, / it took longer to learn how women were liquids, / filling up sweater sets, teacups, / and garden beds. Same as a coyote, / ...
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Issue #109 out now! Featured Poet Faye Brinsmead, supported by Spencer K.M. Brown, @nancysobanik.bsky.social, Marie Isabell Matthews-Schlinzig, Saad Kayani, @shamelesstrekkie.bsky.social, @kiptain.bsky.social, Chris Vola, @thatjeffreycat.bsky.social, Ethan Mershon, and @theoriginalison.bsky.social.
I have a poem out today in the new issue of Neologism Poetry Journal, with my thanks to Christopher Fields, Editor for giving it a home. I hope you enjoy reading it. The contrapuntal form allows it to be read horizontally across, and each column vertically down. www.neologismpoetry.com/June-2026/
Today's poem- Curated today on The Sharpener, Sean Singer's substack poetry site (which offers excellent collected poems daily, please do subscribe!) Water by Philip Larkin
Excited to be published in the Odd Pocket Press Issue #1 debut, along with so many fine poets. My thanks to Editor Tresha Faye Haeffner for putting this together, and to Joan Kwon Glass who judged the poetry contest. oddpocketpress.substack.com/p/odd-pocket...
ODD POCKET ISSUE # 1
Contest Winners & Honorable Mentions
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