No writer is a failure until they are dead. Full stop. A career in writing is built over decades. It's built like a house, brick by brick, book by book. Not published yet? Emphasis on YET. Book not selling? It's not selling YET. You're only done when you quit.
And I don't think you're ready to quit
Courage
Spotify Wrapped 2024!!
I’m admittedly a little disappointed in the graphics and execution of this year’s Wrapped. Something tells me they relied heavily on AI… which no one asked for…
From “The Best American Poetry 2023”
painting of a black frazzled cat with the caption: "Unusually repulsive cat startled by a gesture of affection:
when someone says they like my poem
How dare
For #smallpoemsunday these eight lines by Anaïs Nin! 🖤 @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
Anyone know of chapbook presses open for submissions? Or chapbook contests?
Asking for a friend (me) 👀
Hi hi hi Bluesky! Trying this again. Hoping I can be better at posting
Refaat Alareer who was recently martyred contributed to this volume from Haymarket. To keep him alive through his work & spread his light.
www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1885-l...
Issue #70 of Mud Season Review is live! I’m incredibly honored to be the issue’s featured poet 🥹
An email stating my poems will be published in Mud Season Review and I will be the featured poet of the month.
The good news keeps coming 🥹 SUPER excited for these poems to be published! Can’t wait to share them!
Three months late replying to this thread but HI I’m here!! And I have several new poems coming out soon!! 🥳
mcr is my favorite band! Idk what their stance towards religion is now but I’ve def noticed the first album (and really all albums) have heavy Catholicism imagery. Can’t say I’ve ever thought of them in the same vein as Flyleaf tho. More just referencing it rather than worship-like, you know?
The email from Wild Roof Journal saying my poem “Harbinger” has been accepted for publication.
A screenshot of a green “accepted” box from Submittable
Got some great news today 🥳
Drop something blue from your gallery 🩵🎂
Thank you 😊
I’m about to finish a poem I’ve been working on for weeks. A cool, rainy breeze blows through open windows, while the scent of an apple candle fills the air. A glass of moscato sits nearby. Hozier’s new album plays.
This is a phenomenal evening.
A selfie of me holding the issue of Eye Contact. The magazine’s cover is black, grey, and white and features a teacup on a wooden table.
The page my poem “Bubble Gum” is on
“Bubble Gum” was my first published poem, appearing in Eye Contact, the literary and art magazine of Seton Hill University. It was published ~6.5 years ago (!!)
Over the weekend, I worked on a first draft of a poem and did a lot of planning for my chapbook. Still a lotttt of work to go on the chapbook, but it felt great to sit down and plan things ☺️
Hello, Bluesky writing community! I’m Ali, a poet based Pittsburgh, PA. I’ve published 13 poems and 3 pieces of fiction. I’ll be posting my previously published work soon. Looking forward to meeting and connecting with fellow poets!
