River Heron Review @riverheronreview.bsky.social Online poetry journal & community of poets publishing well-crafted poems that speak to readers who expect excellence & variety. Connect with Zoom readings, workshops, monthly newsletters. www.riverheronreview.com Links: https://linktr.ee/riverheronreview
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Sundress Publications @sundresspub.bsky.social Nonprofit literary press & writers residency. Also Best of the Net, Poets in Pajamas, and more. www.sundresspublications.com
Lawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social Reader.
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Poetry Foundation @poetry.foundation The Poetry Foundation transforms lives through the power of words. Publisher of POETRY magazine. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/
Kaz_the_Kumquat @odragonku.bsky.social 🇬🇧 ♠️ An oft' anxious yet optimistic nihilist, eclectic dyscalculic and ND nerd
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Mayday Marin (SF Bay) @maydaymarin.bsky.social The day before Dobbs will NOT be the apex of US women’s freedoms. Anti MAGA, anti Christian Nationalism, anti fascist, anti forced birth, anti patriarchy.
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Quill of Mnemosyne @sonnetsmith.bsky.social Welsh writer and Poet posting verse, and other writing. #WritingCommunity
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Lisa @lisadellaporta.bsky.social Deep Woods of Philly | Sometimes Writer | Spoonie Crew | Accidental Startupper | Words in New Letters, Wild Roof Journal, etc.| NO DMs
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Matthew M C Smith @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social Wild eyed Welsh poet. Anti-discrimination, democracy, rights, transcendence.
Francesca L Rolle @francesca-laura.bsky.social Art. Nature. Poetry. Life.
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Jenevieve Carlyn @coastalpoet.bsky.social Evie | "The greatest journey begins with a single hoofbeat.” Connecticut Poet Laureate Award for Ecopoetry. Poetry of the Sacred Prize. Palette Poetry Love and Eros Prize Finalist. Commended Mist & Mountain, Shortlist Artemesia Arts
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Amith Hegde @amithhegde.bsky.social Seeker, Learner, Creator, #Poet, #Writer|
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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.
Justin Karcher @justinkarcher.bsky.social Buffalo, NY. Man About Town. Poet. Playwright. New Play Development Director. Editor of Ghost City Review.
Nina Nazir @ninanazir.bsky.social Poet, writer, artist, blogger. Bibliophile. Activist. Tree hugger. Caffeine connoisseur. Neurodivergent. Creative af. Room 204 Writer with Writing West Midlands. www.sunrarainz.wordpress.com / ninasnazir.substack.com
Dr. Kimi W.W. is writing Motherland Rising: The Spiral Path @drkimiww.bsky.social Poet, professor, scholar of Indigenous rhetorics & literatures, actress, producer, consultant, crocheter, seamstress, beader, Mom, Kaku/Nana, Wonder Woman, Rance’s nukwupu. Warning—this is where I almost strictly poet away my time. “I” is not always “me.”
Nada Gordon @nadagordon.bsky.social Writer, craftsperson, seamstress, ESL teacher, literature professor, entertainer. Author of nine books, including _The Sound Princess: Selected Poems 1985-2015_ http://www.subpresscollective.com/the-sound-princess-selected-poems-1985-2015-by-nada-gordon/
Subpress Poetry @subpresspoetry.bsky.social Community-organized press publishing chapbooks and books. New chaps in 2026 from Bob Holman, rob mclennan and others, as well as books by Daniel Bouchard and Elizabeth Marie Young, Kimberly Lyons’ selected, and Steve Carey’s collected.
Meandering M🌿 @pathwaymoments.bsky.social Here to enjoy nature, photography and any gardening tips along the way.
Joshua Seigal - 'YAPPING AWAY' out now! @joshuaseigal.bsky.social Poet/Performer/Author. Winner - People’s Book Prize & Laugh Out Loud Award (twice). Books by Bloomsbury, HarperCollins etc. MA Writing & Education. Loves lemurs. Support my work, buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/joshuaseigal
BraveWrite @bravewrite.bsky.social #BraveWrite belongs to ALL who post; Optional weekly prompts are provided by Publishers, & they read. “The bravest thing you can be is yourself!” ©️Aspen
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The Bulb Region @bulbregion.bsky.social An online literary journal dedicated to prose, poetry, comics, essays, humor, hybrid, and everything in-between.
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David @haikubycrane.bsky.social Author of Day Breaks on the Bottom of a Blue Sea. Words in Chicken Soup for the Soul, 5-7-5 Haiku Journal, The Five-Two, Live Nude Poems & many others.
Raymond Bevilacqua-Steinmetz @raymonds-towers.bsky.social Seattle-born farmboy,
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Web: raymondstowers.wordpress.com
Epistemic Literary- Read Issue 8: Righteous Rage now! @epistemiclit.bsky.social Read Issue 8! Epistemiclit.com
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
Aaron Guile @aaronguile.bsky.social I live in St George, UT. I read and write poetry (often poorly—you’re welcome). I maintain a blog at ourprocess.wordpress.com.
Marc Chamberlain @marcchamberlain.bsky.social Poets | Anniversaries | Poems
www.marcchamberlain.net
Jenni Wyn Hyatt @ydryw.bsky.social Cymraes. I love Wales, birds, trees, cats and other animals, poetry, peace and justice. I have published three collections of poetry, all available on Amazon. No DMs unless / until I have got to know you, please.
Sunlit @sunblissful.bsky.social Poetess, musician, snaps photography. Also posts a lot of random music because music is life :)
All posts by myself except REposts.
No starter packs. I block political profiles.
Fliddais @fliddais.bsky.social Philosopher-Sci-Fi Nerd-Hopeful poet
50 year old man who looks nothing like profile picture. And yes, I do believe in faeries😊
Gerry White @gerdub.bsky.social Love classic literature, sci-fi, cyberpunk, travel, learning languages, hiking, music.
Unique Places to Save @uniqueplacestosave.org Non profit dedicated to restoring and conserving land and water across the United States - over 8,500 acres protected to date!
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Anasha Thea @anashathea.bsky.social Poet, artist, spiritualist. Dream interpreter and hoarder of crystals 😇🦋✨💕
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Mo Schoenfeld @moschoenfeld.bsky.social Published poet, writer, parent, married. Human rights are non-negotiable.
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Debbie Cribb Owens - #vss365 host for March 1 - 15 @cribbowens.bsky.social Knock-about writer. Curious person. Becoming still.
Maria Nazos @marianazos.bsky.social Poems in @newyorker.com. #writer #poet #translator. Order PULSE: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/P/bo265676906.html.
Rebecca Bridge @rebeccabridge.bsky.social Writer, professor, poet, editor, cryptic crosswords, painter, screenwriter, metalsmith, mother, woodworker, and, you know, liver of life. Author of A Month's Worth of Instructional Poems & co-author of Clear Out the Static in Your Attic. Pretty despondent.
Marissa Nicosia @nicosiamarissa.bsky.social Renaissance literature, temporality, politics, material texts, historical recipes; Imagining Time in the English Chronicle Play https://tinyurl.com/historical-futures
Travis Chi Wing Lau (劉志頴) @travisclau.bsky.social (he/him/his) Associate Professor, Crip Queer Poet: c18/c19 British Literature and Culture / Disability Studies / Health Humanities / History of Medicine (immunity and vaccination)
travisclau.com
DrNaturegirl @drnaturegirl.debbiemross.co.uk Poet, author, artist, baker, photographer. Keen gardner/veg grower, advocate for nature & the underdog. All year open water swimmer, thalassophile. Social & environmental justice NOW. Daily photo from Scotland.NOT a naturist!
https://linktr.ee/Debhandmade
Atrium @atriumpoetry.bsky.social Online poetry mag edited by @clairewalkerpoetry.bsky.social and @hollyannepoet.bsky.social
www.atriumpoetry.com
Clare Shaw @clareshawpoet.bsky.social Poet. I love moss, mudlarking and broken things. Proud to be Northern, non-binary and neurodivergent. 
Poetry Wales @poetrywales.bsky.social The Welsh home of international poetry
Scottish Poetry Library @byleaveswelive.bsky.social The Scottish Poetry Library is Scotland's number one poetry resource both online and in bricks and mortar. We're at 5 Crichton's Close, Edinburgh and we're open to the public Monday-Thursday 10am-3pm. Our online HQ is www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk
Medha Singh @medhawrites.bsky.social Poet, editor and translator. Edinburgh. SciencesPo, UoE / TEDx / New Writer Awardee ‘23 (Scottish Book Trust). www.medhawrites.com
Julia Webb @julwe1.bsky.social Neurodivergent poet and editor. Steering editor for 'Lighthouse'. Latest collection 'Grey Time' (Nine Arches press, 2025).
https://juliawebb.org/
https://visual-poetics.blogspot.com/
https://storymachines.co.uk/portfolio/lighthouse/
Andrew Hawkins @beardeduniverse.bsky.social Hello beautiful beings! I'm a music producer, published poet and keen photographer.
I love adventures in the wild. Spreader of kindness and positive vibes.
www.youtube.com/@BeardedUniverse
https://andrew-hawkins.bandcamp.com
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Sarah Doyle @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social Poet, reader, workshop leader, weather watcher, moon gazer. Pre-Raphaelite Society Poet-in-Residence. Widely published, inc. Something so wild and new... (2021) & (m)othersongs (2023), V. Press.
Web: sarahdoyle.co.uk
https://buymeacoffee.com/poetsarahdoyle
Sarah Frideswide @sjfrideswide.bsky.social Published poet. Fiction Writer. MA Creative Writing Distinction. Working class writer with ADHD and C-PTSD. Author of One-Armed Nick and the Nuns of Osyth, here: https://sarahfrideswide.substack.com/p/6-double-barrelled-flintlock-pistol
Corinna Board @corinnaboard.bsky.social EAL teacher. Tree lover. Likes to write poems. She/her.
https://linktr.ee/parole_de_reveuse
Jo Bell @jobellwriter.bsky.social Poet, digital salonniere. Host of The Poetic Licence (Patreon) - monthly prompts, famous poet interviews, a creative community. Memoir, BOATER out now with HarperNorth. https://linktr.ee/BoaterJoBell
Catherine Redford @catherineredford.bsky.social Poet | Researcher | Co-editor at Dust Poetry. Forward-shortlisted debut poetry collection, ‘The Way the Water Held Me’, out now. Magma Selected Poet.
https://linktr.ee/catherine_redford
Grant @granth2k.bsky.social Tech, solar. Scale model maker. Adelaide 🇦🇺
Contributions of poetry, photography and opinions are my own.©️
Just Bsky 🦋
📓 https://grantherringe-xqiap.wordpress.com
L.D. Tudge @dreadfullypoorpublishing.co.uk Humourist/storyteller—not necessarily both at the same time, or either at any time. Writer-ghostwriter-consultant
I've lent my pen to Steve Martin, National Lampoon, Ripley's Believe It or Not!, and untold more.
https://www.dreadfullypoorpublishing.co.uk
jriegs @jriegs.bsky.social Retired from being a workaholic, I’m an introvert at heart, currently getting lost in nature, haiku, poetry, and photography. I look forward to losing myself in your work / words too ☮️
Matthias (watering thoughts) 🦄🧚♂️🐉 @ignorantfairy.bsky.social poet, visual artist, educator, queer
🏳️⚧️ ally, he/him,
nd, married, poemosexual
Poetry is how I translate realities
Some work can be found at SixtyOddPoets
Pictures & poems by me if not credited otherwise. Interaction is 🗝
https://ko-fi.com/ignorantfairy
Sheila Burpee Duncan @sheilabduncan.bsky.social Second Rounder @austinfilmfest. Penguin Random House Canada Student Award for Fiction. Stories in @blankspacesmag @AgnesandTrue. Words & photos all my fault.© 🇨🇦
Isabel Caves @isabelcaves.bsky.social Writer. Poet. Photographer. Graphic Designer. Digital Artist.
Free original art phone wallpapers: https://buymeacoffee.com/isabelcaves/extras
Printable Wall Art: http://www.ko-fi.com/isabelcavesartdesign/shop
(No AI in my work)
Ages of Aeon @iancaton.bsky.social Here for the dronemusic, poetry & shitposts. And I’m all out of shitposts.
Mary @mm-brown.bsky.social Poet. Author: Love Is the Remedy: Poems for a Mending Heart (2007); Seek, Wait, Trust: Poems for Navigating the Spiritual Journey (2022). Social & Racial Justice Activist. Retired Educator.
Mollie Grace @msfulofgrace.bsky.social Democrat, she/her, LGBTQIA+ ally, end gun violence, support women: generations behind us should have more rights than we do
reading, photography, writing, hanging with family & friends
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Danielle Ste. Just @daniellestejust.bsky.social Science fiction author. Tech optimist. Littérateur. My latest novel:
https://a.co/d/5E5fxRI
Hannah Roy LaGrone @hannahlagrone.bsky.social Mom of 2 toddler boys, poet and picture book writer, former ESL/bilingual teacher #12x12PB #PBparty finalist #50preciouswords ‘26 winner
Ian Brownlie @ianbrownlie.bsky.social Writer of poetry/fiction for children (Dirigible, Tyger Tyger, Little Thoughts, Nimblewitlit, The Toy) and adults (Shine, Viridine, Underbelly, Rough Diamond) | Pushcart nom '26, Times/CH LL | he/him
Debra J. Nordyke @dnwritespoetry.bsky.social Writer of poetry. To walk as a warrior, embracing grace, into the storms of darkness to breathe out light. Weaving the evil threads life hurls with the threads of wonder. Beauty is cultivated in darkness.
ant ant ant ant ant @antfive.bsky.social Contemporary haiku since 1994. antantantantant.com
Wales Haiku Journal @waleshaiku.bsky.social An online journal of international haiku. Published in partnership with WalesArtReview. Editor Joe Woodhouse. Co-Editor C.X. Turner @loverpoetic.bsky.social
Dreena’s Writing (Dreena C) @dreenawriting.co.uk Author. Insomniac. Tofu-eating wokerati. Pub’d here & there. 🇯🇪🌟 Winner: Flash500. Placed/ listed: Bridport, Marlowe & Christie, BFFA, SPR, etc. 🌟 Part-time scallywag. 🌟 I also write as Jane Harvey. 🌟
Finishing Line Press @finishinglinepress.bsky.social Finishing Line Press is an award-winning small press publisher, since 1998. FLP is a proud member of CLMP http://Finishinglinepress.com
J. C. Jones @thejcjones.bsky.social Author of the best selling Louisa Moss detective series.
Ex-nightclub boss and, due to carelessness, owner of only half a lung.
Poems and Limericks daily.
Based in Hereford, UK.
Laken Brimicombe @lakenbrimicombe.bsky.social 🇨🇦Middle grade writer
🐈⬛Cat mom
Ryan T. Pozzi @ryantpozzi.bsky.social Nonfiction writer. Author of The Mess That Made Them (Bloomsbury, 2026) geni.us/TMtMT. Two-time Best of the Net nominee. | 🏠 Council Bluffs, IA (Omaha Metro Area) | Rep: Anderson Literary Agency
Haiku Diem @haikudiem.bsky.social Daily haiku by @authorFreeman.bsky.social, the author of BASHO'S HAIKU JOURNEYS, a haiku picture book (www.BashoPB.com) and BRIDGE ACROSS THE SKY, an Angel Island verse novel (www.AngelIslandNovel.com).
www.HaikuDiem.com
www.AuthorFreeman.com
Veronica Hosking @hoskingpoet.bsky.social Trying to match meter and rhyme with life.
Chaosmology @chaosmology.bsky.social left & write >>> #poetry #haiku #scifi #speculativefiction #shortstory #essays #blog #amwriting #writingcommunity
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Sean Wright 🇦🇺🏳️⚧️♿ @sbwrightpoet.bsky.social Teacher Librarian | Disabled |Social Democrat | Prokopton of Stoic Phil. | Poet | Ditmar Winner | Living on Narungga Land | Born on Yolgnu country|He/Him | https://ko-fi.com/sbwright|@sbwright linktr.ee/sbwright
Serena🪞🧿✨ @alethianstrata.bsky.social Multidisciplinary systems thinker ⚙️ 🧠
Exploring patterns that connect mind, culture, nature, and meaning.
Often going on about internal multiplicity.
🏛 More: https://beacons.ai/AlethianStrata
Melissa Joplin Higley @mjhigley.bsky.social Poet
https://melissajoplinhigley.com/
FIRST FATHER (Bottlecap Press, 2023)
https://bottlecap.press/products/first
BlueSky Poetry @blueskypoetry.bsky.social A "respectful" space for poets to share work and connect with a vibrant community. All styles of poetry are celebrated. Use #BlueSkyPoetry and #SkyPoet to join a conversation, and tag us at @blueskypoetry.bsky.social for a chance to be featured.
Suzy Dobie @suzydobie.bsky.social Poet, lover of poetry, admirer of poets.
Steve Westby @stevewestby.bsky.social Psychologist (but not yours). Poet. Father of two. Progressive. Author of "By Way of Introduction" (https://a.co/d/dVigNQl)
Daniel Cummings @nathanbrazil.bsky.social Dad. Husband. Love Vonnegut, Ellison and Park Chan-wook.
Me @ewiggins66.bsky.social Writer, architect, woodcarver, gardener, dog & cat lover, live off-grid in a secluded coastal forest retreat in Maine. Healthcare worker. Autistic tendacies linger. I believe life is complicated and we all need choices.
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
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Mitchell P @MitchellSquid.bsky.social
Reuben Gelley Newman @joustingsnail.bsky.social Poemsong person! Librarian! Singing C2s in NYC
DEAR DEAR from @triohousepress.org in July 2026. Preorder: https://shorturl.at/KGJ2e
Chap FEEDBACK HARMONIES out from Seven Kitchens Press
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social A new quarterly literary journal publishing 5 poems, 2 prose works, and original visual art. SUBS OPEN 2/1-3/15
Co-founders/editors @djvorreyer.bsky.social and @rebunting.bsky.social
http://www.asteralesjournal.com
Dawn McLachlan @deemclachlan.bsky.social Poet, author, bookseller, allotmenteer - for hire or loan. Won some poetry prizes. Account is stuff from a small rural town in NE Scotland. Kitten content warning! Once a librarian….
#FridayPoem
She/Her
https://dawnmclachlan.com/
Karen Pierce Gonzalez @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social Award winning poet/writer/artist Chaps: Coyote in the Basket of My Ribs, Moon kissed Earth wrought Vision drunk, RavenSong, Down River with Li Po etc. Art: BirdSong, Women of Babylon, etc. More: linktr.ee/KPGFolkHeart NO MAGA No solicitation
Emily Tee @emteepoetry.bsky.social Poet, writer, editor/judge with The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press. Lives in the UK.
Dabbles in Flash Fiction, speculative genres. Writing a novel. Mini poetry pamphlet due late 2026.
One of the hosts of PromptCombo
@edwardstjames.bsky.social @edwardstjames.bsky.social Short story writer and poet, stories and chapbook now up on Amazon! Follow below:
https://ko-fi.com/edwardstjames
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