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Kia.R.D @kia-r-d.bsky.social Just a calgary based teen trying to share their photography and poetry.
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the brash hermit @thebrashhermit.bsky.social ๐ฝEast Coast. ๐งโโ๏ธHe/Him. ๐ชฉ Millennial.
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Mainly post poems & micro poems here.
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@resistancepoetry @resistancepoetry.bsky.social Field notes from inside history | Watching Minnesota freeze while democracy burns | When they ask what I did to resist, I'll show them this | Daily socio-political witness haiku | Nothing here is fictional | #haiku #poetry #ResistancePoetry
Boy Meets Void @boymeetsvoid.com My name is Stephen. I write personal essays, rants, and poetry at www.boymeetsvoid.com
Ian MacClayn @ianmacclayn.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/ianmacclayn
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Mason Jar Press @masonjarpress.bsky.social A publisher of prose and poetry based in beautiful Baltimore, MD. http://masonjarpress.com/
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Creative Writing at NEIU @neiu-cw.bsky.social Home of Northeastern Illinois Universityโs Creative Writing Minor, The 82 Reading Series, and more!
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Dig It Dan @digitdan.bsky.social Uncovering history across Maine. I detect properties for owners to showcase their history by finding items lost by past inhabitants. Credited with discovering a Militia/Civil War muster field in ME. Posts about Maine history and things that interest me.
Willows Wept Review @willowswept.com Willows Wept Review publishes poetry, prose, and visual art that interrogates the relationship between people and the world.
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David Hanlon @vespertine4.bsky.social Cardiff poet. Best of the Net nominee. Author of two poetry collections - 'Spectrum of Flight' published in 2020 & 'Dawn's Incision' in 2024. Co-Poetry Editor @brokenspinearts.bsky.social
Joshua Palmatier/Zombies Need Brains @joshuapalmatier.bsky.social Joshua Palmatier is an epic fantasy writer and the founder of the small press Zombies Need Brains. ZNB does NOT use AI imagery in its covers and does NOT accept AI-generated stories. Visit the store: https://zombies-need-brains-llc.square.site
Shawn McNulty Abstract Artist @shawnmcnulty.bsky.social Visual Artist Modern Abstract Paintings from Minneapolis. Collections: Bill Clinton, Peyton Manning, General Mills, Emerson, US Bank Stadium, Bellagio https://shawnmcnulty.com https://instagram.com/shawnmcnulty ๐ฟ๏ธ
Poetry Emma Meier @poetryemmameier.bsky.social Poet. Writer. Reader. Thinker. โ๏ธ๐
Tasha Monroe @itstashamonroe.bsky.social Essayist, Novelist, Founder of Simply Edyn & Co.
Fibromyalgia Warrior | Women-Centered Health Advocate | Activist
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mark stephen [surname stolen] @markmwahwords.bsky.social Poet, music distro, cultural worker, abolitionist, educator. Benefitting from occupied indigenous land. Sissy vegan for spaceship Earth.
Brian Borncamp @zubaplants.bsky.social www.zubaplants.com - Native Plants and More - Buffalo, NY
River River Books @riverriverbooks.bsky.social Where Poetry Moves. Two editors, publishing (at least) two exceptional poetry titles a year & the Plainwater Nonfiction Series. Poetry submissions open in May. Posts by editors @hanvanderhart.bsky.social and @amorak.bsky.social
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Identity Theory @identitytheory.bsky.social Classic online lit mag (founded 2000). Interviews, fiction, CNF, micro, poetry, etc. We may or may not be edited by a corgi. Read us at identitytheory.com.
The Broken Spine (SUBS OPEN) @thebrokenspine.co.uk Independent poetry press + cultural review platform. We publish narrative-led work with edge. #PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #WednesdayWIPs
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www.thebrokenspine.co.uk
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Rough Diamond Poetry @rough-diamond1.bsky.social Rough Diamond is an online and in print poetry journal. roughdiamondpoems@gmail.com
EIC - Charlotte Cosgrove
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Nicholas Korn | The Wild Sonnets @wildsonnets.bsky.social For The Wild Sonnets books & downloads: www.wildsonnets.com
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Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine @doorisajarmag.bsky.social Quarterly literary magazine of #poetry, short #fiction, #nonfiction, #drama, #art and #bookreviews with cadence and personality to take readers on a journey.
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Rina Palumbo @rinapalumbo.bsky.social Ph.D. (JHU, History); Italian-Canadian expatriate. Writer, Editor, avid reader.
Writing in Hopkins Review, Identity Theory, Ghost Parachute, et al.
https://rinapalumbowriter.com/
Ewen Glass @ewenglass.bsky.social screenwriter | lecturer | poemer
Feral:A Journal of Poetry and Art @feralpoetryandart.bsky.social 
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Moist Poetry Journal @moistpoetryjournal.bsky.social A high humidity journal of poetry / Queer, fluid, trans affirming / currently publishing 3x a week / Home to the #FullMoonHaikuContest / ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ https://moistpoetryjournal.com/ EIC: Han VanderHart.
Michael Kleber-Diggs @mkdordiggsy.bsky.social Another dude with fancy notions.
Poet, essayist, lit critic, arts educator.
๐: WORLDLY THINGS (Milkweed Ed., 2021).
Lit agent: Nordlyset; booking agent: Blue Flower Arts.
Saint Paul MN. https://linktr.ee/michaelkleberdiggs
Lawrence Moore @lawrencemoore.bsky.social Poet. Pushcart, Forward nominated.
This Joyful Interlude out now with @janes-studio.bsky.social ๐๏ธ
UK link: amazon.co.uk/dp/1068432330
Vegan, BLM
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Anthony Frame @anthonyframe.bsky.social Poet in Residence at Frame's Pest Control. Toriphile. X-Men fanatic. Editor/Publisher glasspoetry.bsky.social . Book: Main Street Rag. Chapbook: Sibling Rivalry Press.
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Shanna Compton @shannacompton.bsky.social Artist printmaker & poet.๐ฆปGetting inky in Blue Hill, Maine. ๐ผ๏ธ ARTPM 2026 at Buoy (Mar-May) + Itโs the Small Things at Camden Public Library (May) ๐ Freelance book designer & cover artist for small presses. // See also @bloofbooks
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Animal Heart Press @animalheartpress.bsky.social A small, feminist press with a big heart. Subscribe for your free ebook and early access to the good stuff!
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David Wheatley @nemoloris.bsky.social Cairngorm-regarder. Bairn-herder. 
Mark Leahy @markleahy.bsky.social Irish writer/artist living in Devon, UK. he/him Performance, voice, text, artist publications. HE teaching/supervision. Administration and governance in creative arts organisations. www.markleahy.net 
Simeon Berry @simeonberry.bsky.social Author of Monograph (National Poetry Series, UGA Press) & Ampersand Revisited (National Poetry Series, Fence Books). Posts daily poems by others. he/him
John Looker @johnlooker.bsky.social Poems highly commended in competitions by Daljit Nagra and Cilla McQueen and included in the anthology of the Austin Poetry Festival. Journals incl Magma, Poetry Salzburg, Artemis USA. Books by Bennison Books.
Lives in SE England. johnlooker.wordpress.com/
Glass Poetry Press @glasspoetry.bsky.social Publisher of Glass Chapbook Series, Glass: A Journal of Poetry, and Crucible: An Online Reading Series. Subs always free. Posts by anthonyframe.bsky.social
www.glass-poetry.com
Glass Poets Starter Pack: https://go.bsky.app/EicS1Aa
Lauren Crawford (she/her) @laurencraw.bsky.social Poet
CATCH & RELEASE' coming March 2025 @CornerstoneUWSP |
Poetry Ed @IronOakEditions |
MFA @SIUC |
@WMorrisAwards winner
Best New Poets '24
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Susan Muth @susiemuth.bsky.social Poet | MFA from @mason__cw | Executive Editor @offseasonmag | jigsaw puzzler | she/her
ANMLY @anmlymag.bsky.social www.ANMLY.org/
www.medium.com/anomalyblog
https://www.anmly.org/newsletter
Lit mag. International, intersecting, always interesting.
Header by แนฌaรผs Jafar.
Imogen Reid @imogenreid.bsky.social PhD Chelsea College of Arts. Work in: Partisan Hotel, gorse journal, Mercurius Magazine, Sublunary Editions, 3AM Magazine, Essence Press, Vanguard Readings. Chapbooks with Gordian Projects & Nightjar Press, book with Rossi Contemporary
the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social the engine(idling is an online literary magazine for the restless. unique themed issues.
www.engineidling.net
EIC Danielle McMahon (@dehm000.bsky.social)
Niamh Mac Cabe @niamhmaccabe.bsky.social Writer, artist, stylite.
Fair to middling spinster.
Magpie apologist.
Good at everything.
Northwestern Ireland.
Also Instagram, and X.
https://niamhmaccabe.wixsite.com/mysite
alex guenther @guentheralex.bsky.social teacher and writer living in bangkok. poetry at https://alexguentherpoetry.wordpress.com/
Alex Jenkins @alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social Poet, writer, (col)lapsed academic (he/him). Work in: @badlilies.bsky.social, @propelmagazine.bsky.social, and elsewhere.
Billy Mills @billymills.bsky.social Irish poet, cricket fan, book reviews, Bob Dylan.
See my blog: https://ellipticalmovements
#speirgorm
"I give as examples Billy Mills, Susan Howe and J.H. Prynne, although the assumption that they write for themselves is entirely my own" J.C.C. Mays
Susan Tomaselli ๐ ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ @stomaselli.bsky.social WiP: TRACES (novel in essays) | former writer-in-residence at Maynooth 2020/21 | current editor gorse journal & Gorse Editions. She/her.
*Won't follow you back if you have zero posts or no profile, sorry*
Irreverent Cherrycoke @kralikbskysocial.bsky.social Dubliner in Prague.
Love, football, the arts, the occasional pint. 
Tom Jenks @tomjenksuk.bsky.social Poetry, prose, publishing, art.
https://tomjenks.uk/
https://substack.com/@tomjenks
Matthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social Wild eyed Welsh poet. Anti-discrimination, democracy, rights, transcendence.
Bernard Pearson @bernp.bsky.social Novelist: books 'Where the Willows End, In Red Blood' 'One of Our Own,' Poetry: 200 poems published worldwide. old friend's description of him, 'I've known this idiot most of my life.'
Poetry Pharmacy @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social Poetry place-the World's 1st Poetry Pharmacy prescribing poetry & more in Bishop's Castle & Oxford Street, London. Poetry on Prescription since 2012
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Rishi Dastidar @betarish.bsky.social Poet &c | rishidastidar.com | linktr.ee/betarish
Rhianna Levi-Burton @rhiannalevi98.bsky.social Former Worcestershire Poet Laureate. Cover teacher. Youth worker. Social media manager. Published writer. Mental health advocate.
Coffee, cats, tattoos, movie fanatic. Tolkien enthusiast. ๐ค
Worcester, UK
Steve Nash @stevenashwrites.bsky.social Writer, lecturer, suspected vampire. Latest poetry collection Nearly Man out now. Debut novel Remington Platypus out with Northodox Press
https://linktr.ee/steveywrites- N ๐บ๐ธ @n976wow.bsky.social
Cindy Ana ๐ณ๐ฟ @kakapowhakatoi.bsky.social Would rather write than talk. Sometimes I donโt read skeets properly, especially pre-coffee. Rฤmere is my favourite day. Work can be found in Broken Spine Arts, takahฤ, Voicemail Poems
Special mention in Given Words 2025
Tรดpher Mills @topherpoet.bsky.social Working class, poet and inconsolable Cardiffian. My new and selected poems,โSex on Toastโ is available from Parthian.
Alec Finlay @alecfinlay.bsky.social artist and poet; ecological remediation and human recuperation; landscape, tea, limit and creativity; lives by the sea in Edinburgh; mostly sharing a daily poem here.
Delicate Emissions Poetry Zine @delicatezine.bsky.social A hand-made, heart made, 8-panel poetry zine publishing small poems by poets of many sizes since 2021. Proud CLMP member; listed on ChillSubs & Duotrope. Read us at https://delicateemissions.com/. Contact: DelicateEmissions@gmail.com.
Stephen Jackson @fortyoddcrows.bsky.social Pacific Northwest: Seattle, Portland, Eugene ๐ฒ | Working-class, poet, photographer, vegan ๐ฑ | Allium, The Branches, fourteen poems, New Ohio Review, Prairie Fire, Washington State Queer Poetry Anthology
https://stephen-jackson.com
BIBLIOPHONE ๐ต๐ธ @bibliophone.bsky.social Words. Heard.
www.bibliophone.com
The Dodge @thedodgemag.bsky.social Literary magazine est. 1979, reimagined 2021.
Writing, translation, and art on the environment.
https://thedodgemag.com/
General submissions in nonfiction, translation, and visual art OPEN NOW!
cream city review @creamcityreview.bsky.social University of Wisconsin-Milwaukeeโs graduate student run lit mag. Publishing art, fiction, CNF, poetry and more since 1975!
https://beacons.ai/creamcityreview
(Cover art by Amal Azzam)
@lisamims.bsky.social @lisamims.bsky.social Library fan. That guy is my little brother. Random poetry and song lyrics.
https://mastodon.social/@lisamims
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Genrepunk Magazine @genrepunkmag.bsky.social Literary magazine for weird little experiments. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ โฟ๏ธ ๐ต๐ธ ๐ค๐ป
Run by Audrey T. Carroll (https://bsky.app/profile/audreytcarroll.bsky.social).
Genrepunkmag.wordpress.com
Submissions will be closed starting April 1st.