@mjhigley.bsky.social is coeditor and also Poet Laureate of Mamaroneck, NY!

Melissa Joplin Higley and I are currently accepting poetry submissions for The Art of Democracy. More information and guidelines are included in the submission form. The deadline is May 1, 2026.

Submit here: forms.gle/4RLAYbLK9eR8...

Questions? Email us at poetry.artofdemocracy@gmail.com.

My poem in response to Stephanie Grainger's "Sonnet" in this week's Ekphrastic Review challenge. Her painting inspired by Shakespeare's Sonnet 29.

The Ekphrastic Review - The Ekphrastic Challenges share.google/k2Rhk192zIFe...

Susan Barry-Schulz — RogueAgent

A mesmerizing new poem by @susanbarryschulz.com

www.rogueagentjournal.com/sbarry-schul...

Time for a cute Bean photo!

I'm honored to have two poems in the current issue of Eclectica Magazine! Many thanks to eds Christine Potter and Tom Dooley.
ECLECTICA Magazine Homepage share.google/QyVlo98YlaCG...

New Orchid bloom and more snow!

Geraniums opening up

Overnight snow

I hope everyone is having a peaceful and happy holiday season 🎄❄️

More snow today!

Christmas cookies!

Bean is ready to pillage the village!

Snowy Sunday!

SWWIM Every Day — SWWIM by Anne Graue Of course, Hestia was overlooked & left in the home to tend the fire. The existence of tigers didn’t interest her in the least as she moved from chore to chore i...

I have a new poem published today at
SWWIM Every Day — SWWIM share.google/d8goxJbzJtZw...
@swwim.bsky.social

Reading this too now.

"Thus the poet is a tragic figure. The poem is always a record of failure."
--Ben Lerner

Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃

View from my window this morning

I forgot to post our wonderful fall issue @westchesterreview.bsky.social

Chock-full of well crafted work! I hope you'll give it a read!

Beautiful rainbow earlier this evening

Happy Halloween! 👻🎃

My poem "In the Distance, Silos" is in the current issue of petrichor! @petrichorlit.bsky.social #28 – Anne Graue – petrichor share.google/3lcgQLIW41h2...

The Physics of Grief, an Abstract The speaker is old. The speaker's dog is also old. On any given day, between them, they have three good knees. Each morning, together, they face the problem of the stairs. The speaker has a penchant for the melancholy; the dog, for cheddar cheese. The speaker proposes a proportional relationship between gravity and grief, although no such formula exists. The speaker has lost. Is lost. The dog, after a bath and a good brushing, lies in the sun, releasing her summer coat to the month of October. The speaker is struggling to understand the point of it all. The dog, stretched out beneath the fluttering swirl of the swamp maple's falling yellow stars, breathes in, breathes out.

My poem, The Physics of Grief, An Abstract”, just published in the recent issue of MockingHeart Review:

mockingheartreview.com/volume-10-is...

#poetry

Spent some time in SE KS

I'm trying to edit my post and can't figure it out ☹️

I'm so sorry!

I have a poem in the new issue of Cottonmouth Journal! www.cottonmouthjournal.com

I have a poem in this one! Issue 6: Torrent | Clepsydra Literary and Art Magazine share.google/yv8WNuwdSF9l...

Whale watching in Alaska

Hanging out in Alaska for a bit!