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Digital anthology series celebrating knowledge, connection, and growth through poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction.
EICs @melruthwrites.bsky.social and @kristinwrites.bsky.social. CNF Editor @gcbwrites.bsky.social
Laughing Monkey @laughingmonkey0.bsky.social aka Paul Engel - published in: Frogpond, Modern Haiku, The Heron's Nest , Red Moon Anthology, Failed Haiku, chapbook "The Dance of The รmu" Bainbridge Island Press - Namu Amida Butsu
Jacob Wren @jacobwren.bsky.social The Air Contains Honey
Artistic Director of PME-ART
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Dry Your Tears to Perfect Your Aim
Desire Without Expectation
Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social I co-host #VibeCheckPod. Also, I teach creative writing at Harvard Medical School.
BOOKS: Prelude to Bruise, How We Fight for Our Lives, Alive at the End of the World.
My next book HOME OUT THERE comes out in May.
I live in Cambridge, MA. ๐ฆ
William Strang @strangphotography.bsky.social Travel, Documentary and Photography in Southeast Asia
Content Creator, Photographer
Captured with Sony Alpha 7 IV
based in Thailand
Strangphotography.com
Simon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social Same name, not *that* one though. 49, Movie lover, lives in the East. (UK) Rarely manages a serious post on any social media platform.
'Drinking Chololate Enthusiast' - Not my words, but the words of Hotel Chocolat
Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social bestselling author * Hugo winner * nerd
latest books: A Wall Is Also a Road, Automatic Noodle, We Will Rise Again
bylines: New Scientist, Flaming Hydra, etc.
pronouns: they/them
all the stuff: www.techsploitation.com
ant ant ant ant ant @antfive.bsky.social Contemporary haiku since 1994. antantantantant.com
Thomas L. Vaultonburg @wolftwinthomas.bsky.social ๐บ Wolf Twin Author ๐
Author of VANISHED ROADS
104 haiku on grief, renewal, and attention.
Available now:
https://www.wolftwin.com/product-page/vanished-roads
Pattaya Photography @pattayapatrol.bsky.social Yet another old white man with his camera taking photos. Shoot first, ask questions later. Team Nikon since 40+ years. All my work is unedited straight from the memory card (only cropped and scaled here). I'm not working for anybody, I'm just having fun.
Tom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social Authors of โLegendary Children: The First Decade of RuPaulโs Drag Race & The Last Century of Queer Life,โ publishers of tomandlorenzo.com, podcast: Pop Style Opinionfest. Cosmopolitan mag red carpet correspondents. All skeets are by T unless signed by L.
EPOCH @epochliterary.com Fiction, poetry, essay, comics, etc., โyrs in quality literatureโ since 1947. www.epochliterary.com
JBGarrity Photography @joegarrity.bsky.social I enjoy taking photos and sharing them, mostly of nature. All genres from astro, landscape, macro, marine life, wildlife, insects, flowers, etc.
Vera Kober Art @vera-kober-art.bsky.social Modern Floral Painter
https://www.verakober.com/floral
OddlyMe @oddly-me.bsky.social No DMs
I enjoy reading poetry and writing short poems.
I also enjoy scrolling through photographs. There are so many I like.
All poems and photographs I post are mine
All rights reserved ยฉ Kimberly Reed / Oddlyme
Click #oddlyme to see all my posts- T Rachel @thechick.bsky.social
Joelle McTigue ๐ท @joellemctigue.bsky.social Artist examining memory as unstable matter shaped by movement, repetition, access, power, and erasure. Madrid. joellemctigue.com
Rachel Armes-McLaughlin @mother-poet.bsky.social She/Her | Poet | ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ | โ๏ธ
๐คฉ Pushcart Nominated 2025
My work is published in The Chaos Section, where I am poetry co-editor; Loblolly Press; Medicine & Meaning; and a Central Arkansas Library System anthology, with one poem nominated for Best of the Net.
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Ali @alibutterfly.bsky.social Mother, sister, daughter, teacher, caregiver, knitter, crafter, fair weather gardener. Seeking some joy after a super difficult year. Thankful for the poetry community on Bluesky and the distraction of the arts challenges ๐.
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B. Luke Wilson @blukewilson.bsky.social Writer and editor. Words out in The Rumpus, ONLY POEMS, HAD, ect. Hollins MFA alum. Poetry Editor @chestnutreview.bsky.social.
The Village with All of the Flash Writers @heyflashvillage.bsky.social The VILLAGE ๐ is a place where the world ๐ feels a tiny bit smaller. Founded by SMOKELONG for the Global Flash Community
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Annika Carmen Schmidt @fuenfsiebenfuenf.bsky.social haiku, poetry, scifaiku, micropoetry,
kidlit in English, German, French, Plattdeutsch.
born: Wesermarsch, based: Berlin-Wedding.
Em Gray @em-words.bsky.social She/her. Poet. Words in The Forward Book of Poetry, Propel, Mslexia, Strix, Arachne Press, Modron & more.๐ฑFTA. Dyspraxia. Foxes.
The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk Independent poetry press + cultural review platform. We publish narrative-led work with edge. #PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs
#PromoteIndieLit
Edited by @alanparrywriter.co.uk
www.thebrokenspine.co.uk
https://linktr.ee/brokenspinearts
Martina Matijeviฤ @vientoverde.bsky.social Croatian poet-artist.
Born from a dyslexic childโs imagination.
Remember, you are loved.
Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social Writer of #haiku, #senryu, and #haibun.
๐ป herbtate.com
๐โNo Longerโ (2024); โWay Longerโ (2026)
moocat.net @moocat.net This is the official account for the literary magazine, moocat.net (2001-present)
Beth Loves Bollywood (Beth Watkins) @bethlovesbollywood.bsky.social Indian cinema enthusiast. Co-host of the Filmi Ladies podcast. ๐๐พ๐ฌ Academic museum professional @ UIUC. ๐ฅ Breakfast, history, pets, British detective shows, puns, knitting. ๐งถ Chambana, Illinois. She/her. www.bethlovesbollywood.com ๐ฟ
Pippa @pippaesque.bsky.social Prune Juice Editor. I write short things and long things. Zines, poems, art. I like birds.
Buy me a ko-fi: Ko-fi.com/pippaesque. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
dadakuku @dadakuku.bsky.social Life is short and weird, poetry should be too ๐
EIC: petrock.bsky.social
Submit at dadakuku.com
Julene Tripp Weaver @trippweavpoet.bsky.social Poetโlatest book: "Slow Now with Clear Skies." Writer. HerbalistโGreen Witch. Therapist. Systemic or Family Constellation. Health Artist. #WOMPO https://www.julenetrippweaver.com
Villain Era ๐ค๐ช @villaineralit.bsky.social A literary magazine obsessed with revenge. Open for submissions! https://www.villaineralit.com Mastermind: @charlesjensen.bsky.social
Charles Jensen @charlesjensen.bsky.social Author of SPLICE OF LIFE: A MEMOIR IN 13 FILM GENRES, poetry coll. INSTRUCTIONS BETWEEN TAKEOFF AND LANDING, & more. EIC: @villaineralit.bsky.social. Genre is a construct. Opinions mine. He/him. https://charles-jensen.com
Kakistocracy of DEATH! ๐ @crankypacifist.bsky.social I'm Jay โ she/him/y'all โ ADHD
Published & creative crap:
https://jayparr.neocities.org/
Typos are stylesheet.
"AI hater."
"Radically pro-transgender."
Fuck the war machine.
Geld the patriatchy.
House the unhoused.
pfp by Terijian Bearheart.
Jenn R-J @jennfel.bsky.social Haiku, Senryu and Tanka Poet. Touchstone nominee 2022-2025. Haiku 2026 Anthology. Red Moon Press Anthology. Business Systems Analyst. Host of #SenryuSunday writing prompt.
Sarah Ann Winn | Poet Camp @poetcamp.bsky.social Iโm a poet, teacher and free-range librarian, and the founder of Poet Camp. #wompo
*And brand new to Bluesky as of 9/5!
PoetCamp.com
Hannah Grieco @writesloud.bsky.social Writer, Editor, Teacher | Author of First Kicking, Then Not (Stanchion 2025) | Columnist @ WCP
she/they ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ โค๏ธ
www.hgrieco.com
@eugeniat2.bsky.social @eugeniat2.bsky.social Activist ๐ด tree hugger ๐๐animal rights advocate ๐๐ง๐๐ฆฎ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ณ๐ณEnvironmentalist๐ณ
๐บ๐ฆUkraine ๐บ๐ฆ Navalny
Vegetarian ๐ฑ True Blue
๐California Democrat
inkMine @inkmine.bsky.social spill us some ink~writing prompts posted every Monday & Friday
approx 3pm EST/12pm PST
all styles & everyone welcome
post with hashtag #inkMine
hosts:
Daniela G @luvd1.bsky.social
Rich D @baronderosa.bsky.social
Art:
Mitchell P @MitchellSquid.bsky.social
Earth is the aim @destinationterre.bsky.social Destination Terre
Magedah Shabo @magedah.bsky.social education writer | academic editor | English language instructor
author:
๐ Techniques of Propaganda & Persuasion (Prestwick House)
๐ Rhetoric, Logic, & Argumentation: A Guide for Student Writers (Prestwick House)
๐ท botanical photography
๐๏ธ micropoetry
@johntheobscure.bsky.social @johntheobscure.bsky.social Flaneur, eco-conscious, photographer, advocate, writer, doomer.
Arthur Mandal @arthurmandal.bsky.social Brit/US writer of uncanny fiction. Best Small Fictions 2025. Over 40 stories in The Barcelona Review, LITRO, Southeast Review, The Forge, The Los Angeles Review and others. @nightjarpress Based in Eugene, Oregon (but grew up in UK). www.arthurmandal.com
her ghost @justasilvia2.bsky.social 
T.E. Bean @tebean.bsky.social lit-sci-fi novel โพ๏ธ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ โพ๏ธ arriving Nov 2026 from Black Spring Press (UK) + via Simon & Schuster (US/Can) rep: Katharine Sands
โ ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฟ (Beacon Press) Autumn 2027 https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/T-E-Bean/269958332
@vss365hq.bsky.social @vss365hq.bsky.social 
Wigleaf @wigleaf.bsky.social Seven-time Pushcart Prize winning journal of very short fiction. (Read us at wigleaf.com)
LycopeneDream @bonnievivante.bsky.social Reading and sharing art, literature and poetry. Also here for the cute ๐ถ ๐ฑ and memes. Sometimes I scribble.
GK @gk3000.bsky.social gk3000.com: I do photography & design accessories
๐Barcelona / dm for photoshoots
instagram.com/gk3000com
Chestnut Review @chestnutreview.bsky.social International litmag ALWAYS open for submissions. Pays $120/piece. Responds in 30 days. Free subs in most genres. Free issues online. Paid feedback options. If you don't submit, we can't pay you.
Home: chestnutreview.com
https://linktr.ee/ChestnutReview
ONLY POEMS @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social ๐ Fall in love with poetry again
๐ฉ Submit poems, book reviews & fever dreams
๐ฐWe pay (money & attn)
๐ Read it & weep (or laugh hysterically idk) ๐๐พ
โก๏ธ linktr.ee/onlypoemsmag
Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social Cartoonist and Illustrator. My book of science cartoons, PHYSICS FOR CATS, is available now! www.tomgauld.com
Cynthia Ventresca @cynthiaavent11.bsky.social Poet, observer of seconds and synchronicities, reformed corporate slave.
periodicities : a journal of poetry and poetics @periodicities.bsky.social est. March 2020 : editor/publisher rob mclennan https://bsky.app/profile/robmclennan.bsky.social
built as a curious extension of above/ground press (b. 1993
https://periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/
member of Literary Magazines Canada Collective,
The Slowdown @slowdownshow.org Maggie Smith delivers a different way to see the world โ through poetry. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Sign up for our daily poem newsletter --> bit.ly/3AWdEMl
Produced in partnership with the Poetry Foundation.
Chen Chen @chenchenwrites.bsky.social poet, teacher, sometimes essayist. chapbook, Love That For Us, out now @andchangepoetry.bsky.social. craft book forthcoming @noemipress.bsky.social. two books @boa-editions.bsky.social.
abolish the police & free palestine.
https://www.chenchenwrites.com
Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social Weโre a literary journal thatโs totally bonkers-in-love with voice-driven writing, pop culture, and the kind of honesty that gets you right in the kidneys.
Posts: @carolinamata.bsky.socialโฌ, AJ Jolish & @emotes206.bsky.socialโฌ
https://splitlipthemag.com/
Melissa Nadia Viviana ๐ธ @resistrebelrevolt.net Resist Rebel Revolt! Anti-Fascist. Author. Philosopher. Dog-Mom. Utilitarian Democrat. Existential Activist.
https://melissanadiaviviana.com/
Organized 3 Abortion Marches
Past President of Women's Non-Profit
Past Secretary of LGBTQIA Org
Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social The official "Resistance" team of U.S. National Park Service. Our website: www.ourparks.org
fajjie's drift @fajjie.bsky.social 
Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social My new special Night Thoughts is out NOW on Hulu.
linktr.ee/kumailnanjiani
Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social Actress, Writer, Creator of Philosophy Tube โ๏ธ
Lohar in HOUSE OF THE DRAGON; Eurus in STAR WARS; Nocturne in BALDURโS GATE 3; Hotspur in THE PRINCE; also @KillJamesBond โจ๐
Bluesky @bsky.app official Bluesky account (check username๐)
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