My hell on earth poem is up at A Thin Slice of Anxiety. www.athinsliceofanxiety.com/2026/07/poet...

"The one I wore when I met her." Fabulous new poem Burial Shirt by Joe Couture @rjcouture.bsky.social now up on DarkWinter Lit! www.darkwinterlit.com/post/burial-...

Burial Shirt by Joe Couture

Prufrock measured life in coffee spoons ‘round here, it’s draughts, cheques, trips to Puerto Plata— where poor camareras change old boys’ bedsheets

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I landed a poem in one of my favourites. expatpress.com/the-ballet-j...

The Ballet – Joe Couture - ExPat Press

Beneath a balding head the shape of an egg, with cochlear implants wired on both sides, Dee has two kindly, crossed eyes, behind convex lenses in a thick black frame resting on a Roman man’s nose with...

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SPOTLIGHT ON...Joe Couture: samanthaterrell.weebly.com/shine-poetry... #shinepoetry #poetrycommunity #internationalcommunity

If you're a fan of flash fiction, give a gander at this daily-updated lit mag I recently discovered, Black Hole News. They recently discovered me, too. www.bhn.today

Thanks Ankit @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social, for publishing my brand of humour. 🦐 🦐

My best spam folder find of life: An acceptance letter from Unlikely Stories, a lit mag that includes charity recommendations in author bios, for a transgressional story I wrote with this beauty in mind. Lots to read over there, check 'em out! www.unlikelystories.org/content/a-lo...

If you're looking for a holsum read, feel free to check out my new piece at the wonderful Marrow Magazine. marrowmagazine.com/the-farmers-...

Thanks to Michele McDannold @ The Literary Underground for publishing my villanelle. I just killed my chances of traveling south for the next few years. theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/03...

The Truth by Joe Couture - The Literary Underground

The Truth Some folks can do whatever they please so long as they fulfill their fantasies just ask the pantsless kids down in Palm Beach. Grab a pussy, steal a man in his sleep. There will be no reperc...

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Two new for Tuesday. Today features new contributors with poet Joe Couture and artist Lee Hammerschmidt. @rjcouture.bsky.social #poetry #artwork @oddballmagazine.bsky.social

Poem by Joe Couture - oddball magazine

Artwork by Lee Hammerschmidt

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Thanks @davidestringel.bsky.social , EIC of one of my favourite lit mags, @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social, for publishing my latest piece. www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/litt...

@coutureeold.bsky.social This is going to get difficult before long.

I landed on a great microfiction website, 50 Word Stories. 😁

Thanks to John Patrick Robbins @TheRyeWhiskeyReview for publishing my latest poem. Check it out (or don't). ryethewhiskeyreview.blogspot.com/2025/12/obse...

Pink sea in North Sydney

"Check out my latest publication!" feels like such a ham move. So, here it is. If you click it, I hope you enjoy it. litbreak.com/fathers-day/

My Beloved Lemon + Guinness 0 + Fanny Fern = A1 bath🛀

@coutureeold.bsky.social Here's mine:

Last night the sky was on fire. #capebreton

Everytime I read an article discussing the fading humanities, or prioritizing STEM fields over the arts, I think of this snippet.

Art Is Sustenance - Ethan Hawke

YouTube video by Yatharth

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