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Benjamin Parker @benparkerpoetry.bsky.social Poet in North Wales - 'Perishing Thoughts' Chapbook Out Now🖋🏔🍂 Hardback - Lulu Bookstore. Ebook - amazon and kindle unlimited.
Renée Harper @reneeharper.bsky.social Poet, Artist and College Professor | PhD in CanLit | Lives in Nelson, B.C., Canada, Sinixt territory | she/they | Author of Boundary Territory (2024) | reneeharper.ca | reneeharperart.com
Raine Geoghegan @rainegeoghegan.bsky.social International Poet, Playwright, Curator & Editor of KIN, an anthology celebrating Romany, Traveller & Nomadic Communities with Salmon Poetry Press, Founder of Writing as Sanctuary’. #Breast Cancer Survivor/ Chronic Illness/ Disability
Katrina Kaye Poetry @katrinakaye.bsky.social I post poems and poetry related stuff mostly. Check out my website: poetkatrinakaye.com
Tethered Sky @tetheredsky.bsky.social Poet | current manuscript: Mélusine 🐍 | she/her
James H Duncan @jameshduncan.bsky.social Writer, Poet, Editor, Bookshop Blogger Hobo Camp Review + The Bookshop Hunter Website: jameshduncan.com Represented by Falkin Literary
🍯honey bee🐝 @po3try.bsky.social curiosity swims in the deep place #cats #disability #scienx #noai
Jo Fox @joxfoxo.bsky.social I like writing poems and reading other people’s too. Picture Book writer - currently querying 🤞Published writer of short fiction in national women’s press. Novice knitter. Maker of sensory tools and fidgets. Powered by ADHD⚡️ No DM’s
Skylewriting @skylewriting.bsky.social Author, journalist, published poet. Currently close to finishing my next book, a novel. Loves coffee.
Jarod K. Anderson @jarodkanderson.bsky.social Fiction. Poetry. Nonfiction. Memoir: Something in the Woods Loves You - Timber Press Sept 2024 New Fantasy Novel: Strange Animals - Ballantine Books Feb 2026 Poetry: The Haunted Forest Trilogy Podcast: The Cryptonaturalist https://linktr.ee/jarodkanderson
PoetessOProinntigh @poetessoprunty.bsky.social Artist. Poetess ©. Interests include, but are not limited to, literature, art, history, mythology, folklore, archaeology, photography, vintage, fine arts, etc... "Never let'em determine your worth - only you can do that." OProinntigh
Grant Clauser @grantclauser.bsky.social Poet | Teacher | Editor | Walker | Pennsylvanian | Plant-based Temporary Shelters (2025) Muddy Dragon on the Road to Heaven (2020) Teaches at Rosemont College Montgomery County Poet Laureate 2010 grantclauser.com
bdeb37 @bdeb37.bsky.social Writer / Poet ✍🏾 New York City, NY 📕Memories Dreams & Serenades -Out Now on Amazon https://a.co/d/6ja6Daf
Clive Culverhouse @cliveculverhouse.bsky.social Poet published in Popshot Magazine and The Dirigible Balloon. Plough Prize poetry long list. Fantasy author.
Jaye Tan @jayetanwrites.bsky.social -Writer/Poet -New collection of poems “Breaking Dawn” out soon! -Somewhere, New Jersey linktr.ee/jayetanwrites
Kamran Alam Khan @kamranalamkhan.bsky.social Philosophy and Poetry
Maranda Russell Photo @mandyslittlelife.bsky.social creative artistic photography
Gene Twaronite @genetwaronite.bsky.social A Tucson poet and the author of six poetry collections. His latest collection is "Watch Us Burn: Poems for a Lost Earth" (Kelsay Books). Follow more of his writing @genetwaronitepoet.com.
TheRTG.bsky.social @thertg.bsky.social Poems & Fragments Bits & Pieces 🚫A.I.
Erik Vincenti Zakhia @erik-zakhia.bsky.social - Writer | Fantasy-Historical Novelist | Poet | Engineer in Sustainability (EPFL) | Agroforestry & Permaculture pioneer - A message of Peace, from Lebanon to Earth - Founder of Arbaro de Espero https://arbarodeespero.wordpress.com/
Atrium @atriumpoetry.bsky.social Online poetry mag edited by @clairewalkerpoetry.bsky.social and @hollyannepoet.bsky.social www.atriumpoetry.com
L.C. Wide @lcwide.bsky.social aspiring author, budding poet, overqualified storyteller 29 // she/they https://www.instagram.com/lcwide?igsh=MWZyODRtNmg0ZTN1Ng%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
SuperCod14 @supercod.bsky.social Liberal, Army Vet, LGBTQ, Married, My poetry can be found on the allpoetry.com site under the username JrLion 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #resistfascism #poetry #poems #art #writing
National Association for Poetry Therapy @poetry-therapy.bsky.social Promoting growth & healing through language, symbol, and story. #poetry #expressivearts Learn more about us at https://poetrytherapy.org/ We also publish the Journal of Poetry Therapy quarterly —> https://poetrytherapy.org/Journal-of-Poetry-Therapy
Sandy McIntosh @sandymcintosh.bsky.social Author of twelve volumes of poetry, a Chinese cookbook, and three computer software programs. https://sandymcintosh.info
Holly Brians Ragusa @mothergusa.bsky.social Author, poet, speaker, activist-taking account of myself- making space for nuance - speaking the language of love. Hollybriansragusa.com
Michael Salinger @michael-salinger.bsky.social Author, world traveler, sculptor, coffee roaster, father etc. etc.
Paula J Lambert @pjlpoet.bsky.social Eleven collections of poetry. Literary translator, micropress publisher, visual artist. Unapaulagetic on Substack. Always writing. Mostly trying to be mindful. And kind. www.paulajlambert.com
Philip Metres @philipmetres.bsky.social Poet, writer, translator
Ellen Austin-Li @ellenaustinli.bsky.social poet, friend, mother, lover Debut full-length poetry collection, INCIDENTAL POLLEN, can be preordered through Madville Publishing: https://madvillepublishing.com/product/incidental-pollen/
J.I.B. @jibpoet.bsky.social Poet, essayist. Died in a plane crash in the mid 90’s.
C.D. Bailey @cdbailey.bsky.social Filmmaker, writer, drummer, lung breather.
Laura Grace Weldon @lauragraceweldon.bsky.social Writer, poet, book editor, hope monger, cranky pacifist, effusive introvert. Author of five books. Braided Way editor. she/her Ohio 6a/ ecoregion 8 lauragraceweldon.com
Literary Cleveland @literarycleveland.bsky.social Fostering excellence, amplifying diverse voices, and building a vibrant literary community. litcleveland.org
Karen Schubert @karen-youngstown.bsky.social Poet, author of "The Compost Reader" (Accents), "I Left My Wings on a Chair" (Kent State University Press), winner of Wick Poetry Center Chapbook Prize Founding Director Lit Youngstown LitYoungstown.org Founding Chair LOOP Youngstown LOOPYoungstown.org
Darren C. Demaree @darrencdemaree.bsky.social Ohioan. Poet. Librarian.
Andréa Fekete @writinginthecity.bsky.social She/her/y’all. Educator. Author of “Waters Run Wild.” Novel of the WV coal mine wars (2018) WV -> CLE 🌱 🌻 CNF 🏆 Blue Earth Review and Foreword Reviews.
Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social Hugo and Nebula nominated author with over 100 works in print, computer programmer, weirdo from Cleveland. Class-conscious science fiction. Unionize the world.
Dick Westheimer @rlwesty-poet.bsky.social Poet, gardener, runner, reader, nerd, writer of unabashed and sometimes appreciated love poems.
JM Romig @jmroaming.bsky.social Librarian, Professional GM, Poet, and co-owner of Puzzlebox Events - a business that creates and runs bespoke immersive party games. Book your party at puzzleboxevents.com.
Daniel Gray-Kontar @dgkisreplife.bsky.social Creative entrepreneur and scholar in the BLK Midwest Afrofuturist poet AI Artist BLK Utopian also known as the rapper/vocalist Replife.
@shelleychernin.bsky.social @shelleychernin.bsky.social
amanda nicole corbin @ancpoet.bsky.social 7.9.19 | poet published in the london magazine, the notre dame review, door is a jar, etc. | nominated best microfiction | reader for black fox lit ✨ read here: https://www.anothernewcalligraphy.com/anc071.html https://amandanicolecorbin.com/
Kari Gunter-Seymour @karigunterseymour.bsky.social Ohio Poet Laureate, 9th Generation Appalachian, Photographer, Author of DIRT SONGS and ALONE IN THE HOUSE OF MY HEART, featured in World Literature Today and American Book Review
Joey Poetry @joeypoetry.bsky.social Happy Place is available in print, ebook, and audio: https://www.scorchedfeathers.com/happy-place/ #poetry #joeypoetry
@sjgrimm.bsky.social @sjgrimm.bsky.social
Mervyn "Deep Cobra" Seivwright @mervynspoet.bsky.social Mervyn Seivwright writes to balance social consciousness & #poetry craft for humane growth. 2021/2023 Pushcart Nom with #poems in 80 Journals in 13 countries & a new collection, Stick, Hook, & a Pile of Yarn. https://www.clippings.me/users/mervynseivwright
Jonie McIntire @joniemcintire.bsky.social Poet Laureate of Lucas County, Ohio
Jeremy Proehl @jpwrites.bsky.social I am a poet currently working towards my first chapbook.
Nicole Robinson @nicolerobinson.bsky.social poet | narrative medicine practitioner | admirer of water & land and the living that lives there | author of Without a Field Guide (Unbound Edition Press) | nicolerobinsonpoetry.com | opinions are my own
Nick Rees Gardner @nickreesgardner.bsky.social Writer, critic, beer and wine monger
Marcus Bales @marcusbales.bsky.social Not much is known about Marcus Bales except he lives and works in Cleveland, Ohio, and his poems have not been published in Poetry or The New Yorker.
David Baker @davidbakerpoet.bsky.social Poet, reader, environmentalist, dad, hopeful doubter.
Matt Weinkam @mattweinkam.bsky.social Executive Director of Literary Cleveland
Ruth Awad @ruthawad.bsky.social Lebanese-American author of Set to Music a Wildfire (Southern Indiana Review Press, 2017) and Outside the Joy (Third Man Books, 2024). 2021 NEA fellow. Poet, abolitionist, bi, Pom mom, she/her
Yalie Saweda @yaliesaweda.bsky.social 🇸🇱 X 🇺🇸. Oaklander. Poet Laureate of Cincinnati. Winner of 22-23 Jake Adam York Prize. BESAYDOO (Milkweed Editions, 2024). PRE-ORDER: http://bit.ly/3LupPVN Photo by JP Leong
Scott Woods @scottwoods.bsky.social Writer, poet, Prince fan
Grace Curtis @gracecurtis.bsky.social Poetry and other literary, artful, birdy, funny, beautiful, or interesting things.
@ajsammarco.bsky.social @ajsammarco.bsky.social Attorney, Writer & Poet. The world needs to read words the shape of clouds! New book, Paper Doll, 2026 from Main Street Rag. Pre-order open https://mainstreetragbookstore.com/product/paper-doll-alissa-sammarco/ . Www.alissasammarco.com
@jjstick.bsky.social @jjstick.bsky.social
Milenko Budimir @milenkobudimir.bsky.social The guy from the old Twitterverse, ya know — adjunct philosophy prof, tech writer/editor, curious human...Balkanalia, photography, architecture, poetry
Adrian Lime @adrianlime.bsky.social Husband, father, poet, spray paint artist, probably some other things
Kip Knott @kiptain.bsky.social Poet, writer, photographer. Author of FAMILY HAUNTS (Louisiana Literature Press). Wigleaf Top 50 2024. Best Microfiction 2024.
Tom Barlow @tombarlow.bsky.social Author of five novels, a hundred short stories, and a thousand poems. Man, are my fingers tired!
Leonard Kress @lkress.bsky.social Poet, fiction writer, translator (Polish). PAN TADEUSZ by Adam Mickiewicz on website: www.leonardkress.com Craniotomy Sestinas (2021) Poppy Seeds (2023) Foxholes (2025)
Lacie Semenovich @laciesemenovich.bsky.social Poet. Writer. (she/her)
@peggyhoneydew.bsky.social @peggyhoneydew.bsky.social
Roberta Schultz @cadencemaker.bsky.social Maker of songs, poems and drum circles. robertaschultz.com
Betsy Mars @bamars.bsky.social Poet, assistant editor at Gyroscope Review, photographer, animal lover, struggling optimist. Better description coming eventually.
Jeff Gundy @gundyj.bsky.social I'm a poet, biker, lucky husband, father, and grandpa, retired professor and writer in residence at Bluffton University, lifelong left-wing Mennonite, guitar player, songwriter . . . not necessarily in that order.
Jennifer Franklin (she/her) @jfranklinpoet.bsky.social Poet, author of 4 poetry collections including A Fire in Her Brain (Princeton University Press, Jan 27) Teaches at M’ville MFA, 24Pearl St, Poets House, The Frost Place & privately on Zoom
Kelly Boyer Sagert @kbsagert.bsky.social ASJA/SABR/pet lover. Freelance writer with dozens of published books/numerous plays. Scriptwriter of the Emmy-Award-nominated film, Trail Magic: The Grandma Gatewood Story, and the film festival winning film Victoria Woodhull: Shattering Glass Ceilings.
Kent State University Press @ksupress.bsky.social Publisher of books and journals based at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. Learn more at kentstatebooks.wordpress.com and www.kentstateuniversitypress.com.
Cheryl A Townsend @cheryltownsend.bsky.social Poet, photographer, gonzo gardener, geocacher, being
Sara Moore Wagner @saramoorewagner.bsky.social Poet: Books: Lady Wing Shot (Blue Lynx Prize, 2024), Swan Wife (Cider Press Review Editors Prize, 2022), Hillbilly Madonna (Driftwood Press, 2022) Loved working with Driftwood so much, I became Managing Poetry Editor in 2023 www.saramoorewagner.com
David B. Prather @davidbprather.bsky.social Thus far, I have three poetry collections under my belt. I've had poems published in many journals, including New Ohio Review, Prairie Schooner, Poet Lore, Potomac Review, Seneca Review, etc. Website: www.davidbprather.com
K Weber @midwesternskirt.bsky.social poetry, collaboration & sometimes digital photo collage. 12 self-published poetry collections (FREE/some in audio format!). kweberandherwords.com
Christopher Barzak @cbarzak.bsky.social 🏳️‍🌈 Author: One for Sorrow, The Love We Share Without Knowing, Wonders of the Invisible World, Before & Afterlives, The Gone Away Place, Monstrous Alterations, and A Voice Calling. Shirley Jackson Award for Best Single Author Collection. Stonewall Honor.
Mary Beth Defer @shewordcrafts.bsky.social Writer, mother, friend, and passionate learner. I wish you peace, health, and joy. Passionate about haiku, my family, kindness, the water, and the natural world.
@sarapoet.bsky.social @sarapoet.bsky.social
Joe Arcangelini @poetbear.bsky.social Poet, Paralegal, gay, old fart, living north of San Francisco.
Sarah Seybold @sarahseybold.bsky.social Poems appearing or forthcoming in Alaska Quarterly Review, Chicago Quarterly Review, Gulf Coast, ZYZZYVA, The Dodge, SWWIM, Thimble, and elsewhere.
@docjanning.bsky.social @docjanning.bsky.social
Bonnie Proudfoot @bonnie-pfoot.bsky.social I'm a poet, fiction writer, avid reader and occasional book reviewer, glass artist and aspiring blues harmonica player. My 2020 novel, Goshen Road (OU Swallow Press) was long-listed for the PEN/Hemingway and was named the WCONA Book of the Year.
Cleveland Review of Books @clereviewbooks.bsky.social the cleveland of reviews of books clereviewofbooks.com
nico @nicoxrette.bsky.social 🖤 poet | emotional physicist 🌌 a madwoman with a telescope, crying in the observatory, making out with language. currently submitting my entire personality (manuscript) to presses. art is political—so am i. sleep token + t swift 🔁
A.M. Hayden (Windy Chicken Poet) @windychickenpoet.bsky.social Parent, Prof, Poet Laureate, Animal Rescuer, Yoga, El Caminos American Saunter (FlowerSong Press) How to Tie Tobacco (Wild Ink Publishing) Old World Wings: Poems of Europe (Wild Ink Publishing) ❤️✨️🌎🤸‍♀️🌺 windychickenpoet.com Windychickenpoet on Insta/FB
Alison Stine @alisonstine.bsky.social Writer of books, most recently DUST. Pre-order THE RAVEN ENGAGEMENT (2027) now @wednesdaybooks.bsky.social‬ @macmillanlib.bsky.social NEA winner, Philip K Dick Award https://linktr.ee/alisonstinewrites
Dr. Taylor Byas, Ph.D. @taylorbyas.bsky.social PhD | Corporate Baddie | I DONE CLICKED MY HEELS THREE TIMES (Soft Skull ‘23, Winner of the 2023 Maya Angelou Book Award, 2023 Chicago Review of Books Award, 2024 Ohio Book Award) | RESTING BITCH FACE (August 2025) | she/her www.taylorbyas.com
Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts [NEOMFA] @neomfa.bsky.social The nation’s only consortial MFA creative writing program. Three gateway campuses: The University of Akron, Cleveland State University, & Kent State University. Four genres: fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, & playwriting. < neomfa.org >
Amanda Terman @amandaterman.bsky.social 🎤 SAG-AFTRA voice actor ☑️ Executive director of AAF-Cleveland 🎶 Poet, singer, writer AmandaTerman.com
Melanie Dusseau @melaniedusseau.bsky.social Creative writing & literature prof, romance author, lover of books, & poet of the ginger life. www.melaniedusseau.com Associate Professor of English, U Findlay (she/her), MFA, analog researcher, dog-loving, traveling teller of love stories. Human writer.💗
aimeekn @aimeenoel.bsky.social Writing and teaching.
Christopher Struzik @chrisstruzik.bsky.social Poet, Artist, Naturalist UNC-Greensboro Wooster, Ohio
Dan Denton @dandenton.bsky.social Writer. Poet. Actor. Former union autoworker and UAW chief steward.
Renée K. Nicholson @reneeknicholson.bsky.social Love Prince & dogs & dancers & cover songs & champagne & Vermeer. New Book: FEVERDREAM March 2026 (Redhawk Publications). Series editor, Connective Tissue @WVUPRESS. Contributing writer: https://medicalhealthhumanities.com/. Partner: Healthcare Is Human.
Dr. Carolyn Nemec @carolynnemec.bsky.social Dr. Carolyn in Cleveland. Women’s Health specialist. Certified in Functional Medicine.
@cathybarber.bsky.social @cathybarber.bsky.social Poet. Programming Chair and Board Member, Literary Cleveland. Former teacher, California Poets in the Schools. Books: Once: and Golden Shovel Collection (Kelsay Books, 2023) and Aardvarks, Bloodhounds, Catfish, Dingoes (Dancing Girl Press, 2018)