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Ellensburg Arts Commission’s Poet Laureate Program is inviting submissions to the Walking Chapbook Poetry Project, a temporary public art installation on the theme of In the Spirit of UNITY. Deadline is January 15, 2024. Details ⬇

Through the haze of 12 days of COVID, I’ve received some good poetry news. I have poems upcoming in Doxology Magazine and Stanchion . Also grateful for my first Pushcart Prize nomination.✨Thanks to Matthew M C Smith and TopTweetTuesday for that! stanchionzine.com/product-page/i…

So grateful to be a part of iamb’s wave twenty. Can’t wait to read and listen to everyone’s poems! 🩷

This Saturday EatTheStorms the Poetry Podcast is hosting a special funding episode A Podcast for Palestine 🇵🇸 All funds will go to Children Not Numbers Below are the list of writers, so far, taking part, more to be added before Saturday. We now also have a GoFundMe page gofund.me/553c2548

Arrived safely in Ellensburg, WA! 🌟 Can’t wait to savor these rich, imagistic poems! Thanks to Black Bough Poetry / Barddoniaeth Y Gangen Ddu for including my poems “Ritual” and “Indigo.”

Happy to be among the fine poets of iamb’s wave twenty. Thanks to editor 𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 for creating such a gorgeous home for our work, and for being such a great collaborator.

Still buzzing from the Black Bough Poetry / Barddoniaeth Y Gangen Ddu Winter Edition Launch today, especially Matthew Hollis' reading of The Seafarer, I was inspired to write this short poem for TopTweetTuesday and host extraordinaire Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad.

' ... poetry is therapeutic: it ministers to. It divines understanding of the fledgling self and by showing us to ourselves, saves us from our own extinctions.' iambapoet.com/wave/20-marie-…

Thanks to editors Matthew M C Smith and @ElCurwen for including my poems in the Black Bough Poetry / Barddoniaeth Y Gangen Ddu Winter Edition. 🌟❄️

Merry Christmas to the Black Bough Poetry / Barddoniaeth Y Gangen Ddu community and EIC Matthew M C Smith, this week's host of TopTweetTuesday.🎄Hope you enjoy my poem "Future-breathing" as we welcome the light.✨Tried to hit all points of the challenge!

Christmas morning vibes with the hubs and pups! 🎄 Have a poetic day! Here’s to peace in the new year. ☮️ ❤️

Happy New Year to Matthew M C Smith and all my poetry mates Black Bough Poetry / Barddoniaeth Y Gangen Ddu! 🌟In response to this week's TopTweetTuesday prompt "ritual," here is my poem called "Reflection." I am still working on it, but it won't be Tuesday for much longer, so here goes!

For TopTweetTuesday, I'm reviewing Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad's beautiful collection Patchwork Fugue. Full of gorgeous language, these poems explore life’s ephemerality so reverently: “I will hold / your smudged paper lightness / your last outlines in ink…” Atomic Bohemian Briony Collins

For this week's TopTweetTuesday challenge, I offer "Perigee as True Love." Long live the the moon poem! Thanks to Matthew M C Smith and Black Bough Poetry / Barddoniaeth Y Gangen Ddu for cultivating such a supportive, welcoming environment for poets and poetry.

As the world decays, there are poems and mushrooms, 🍄 and there will always be love. Here's my 37-second poem "Sweet Nothings According to Fungi." Thanks to Leia Full House Literary for featuring this poem and for being such a supportive editor to work with. fullhouseliterary.com/issue-1-2025-o…

For Daniel Hinds, host of this week's TopTweetTuesday, here is my short poem "First Spring Hike." Thanks for reading, and enjoy the day with poetry!!🌻

Thanks to Matthew M C Smith for inviting me to host TopTweetTuesday's global poetry fest on such an important theme. I am thoroughly fired up with anger, heartbreak, and inspiration. 🔥 Thanks to everyone for sharing your poems!! I'm counting 33 so far, so keep them coming.

We did it y’all!! As TopTweetTuesday comes to a close, I want to say THANK YOU for using poetry to tell the truth and to build a better world together. ☮️✌️🕊️ It was an honor to read your words of hope and resistance. 🙏🏼🏳️‍🌈🌎

Welcome to this week's TopTweetTuesday host Dai Woolridge (Poet)! Here is my nature-inspired poem for Earth Day, "I Gleaned An Ocean." 🌊Enjoy your time as host!