Submissions close March 15th!
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Richard Modiano reviews THE BROKEN BUDDHA by Johnny Cordova - The Literary Underground
The Broken Buddha by Johnny Cordova (Roadside Press) Johnny Cordova’s The Broken Buddha is a restless, confessional pilgrimage—one that moves through Southeast Asia and India before circling back to t...
It’s heartening for a reviewer to understand the intentional use of moral ambiguity in The Broken Buddha, given the number of poems set in the red light districts of Bangkok and the speaker’s transgressions there.
Read Richard Modiano's very insightful review at The Literary Underground:
09.03.2026 12:02
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Room full of beautiful folks. Jen Rouse reading. Adrian Dallas Frandle, Michael Todd Cohen and Anthony Garret in foreground. Johnny Cordova center of room. Slight fish-eye lends.
Anti-Fascist Love Poem reading was so good, y’all—sometimes readings are about caring for each other with our words 📚❤️🙏 Thankful for every poet and guest…the room was so full of love & support & yes: QUEERS & lovers!
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Sections of Sho poetry journal art
Arizona-based @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social publishes two print issues of poetry a year. They strive to build community by championing poets through audio features, playlists, and editors’ prizes awarded to work in each issue. Find out more at table 605!
05.03.2026 13:20
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Submissions close March 15th!
01.03.2026 18:32
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In The Field: Conversations With Our Contributors—Johnny Cordova | Water~Stone Review
t was fun to be interviewed by Water~Stone Review about my poem "Li Po took a driving test." Check it out:
27.02.2026 20:44
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Read at your leisure!
26.02.2026 15:50
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Copyist
Susan L. Leary
After we give the animal a writing utensil, what 1s needed next: a mind or a piece of paper? This is not a question
or a riddle but an argument of practicality. The idea of a brother is not a brother. The idea of freedom is made tangible in the hands
of arbitrarily good men. How to invent the after-life? How to absolve oneself of hierarchy while kissing another man's feet?
On the outside, my brother passes me the clippers. He passes the dog a coin & I hide the dog in my purse. If I must remember
for him, must I remember accurately? On the questionnaire, my sister gets shit done. I count the fan blades. I call the public
defender. I leave a message for the 29* time. No one gives a fuck, my brother says—& all I can do is listen. All I can do is thumb
through the pages & continue to learn his whereabouts. Bunk 22.
Bunk 32. Where against the false pretense of sunrise, he dreams from an unidentified bed & I dream in the bed of his language.
If you are someone who is likeable only in comparison to your captor, What are we doing? he says. If we hold the state accountable, do we do it through language or through love? On the outside, my brother
passes. I take his pen & invent the mouth of his archive. I am delegate.
I am yammerer. Of myself, my brother should get the credit.
Honored to have a new poem in The McNeese Review, a journal I absolutely love! Thanks to editor, Michael Robins, and poetry editor, Gwenyth Wheat, for giving “Copyist” such a kind home and for inviting me to speak about my process in crafting it (included in the replies)! Check it out, friends! 💙
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So honored to have a poem on Poets.org. It's been a dream of mine for so long. I have infinite gratitude for everyone involved in getting this poem out into the world. ❤️
09.06.2025 13:38
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♥️♥️♥️
25.02.2026 23:50
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NAWP! said the ostrich.
Our 4th annual poetry reading (for those unable to attend AWP) March 5th at 7pm
Hey! Don't miss out on the FOMO and poems. Sign up to read here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Registered to attend (readers & nonreaders) here: www.eventbrite.com/e/nawp-open-...
22.02.2026 00:31
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Just a little over halfway full with less than a month to go. Send strong work!
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A photo of the Cloudwatcher book cover with text reading Forthcoming April 7
Cover Art: SeamlessOo
Cover Design: Gopa and Ted2, Inc.
Forthcoming April 7: CLOUDWATCHER by MICHAEL BAZZETT, winner of the 2025 Stern Prize from The American Poetry Review!
In today's #coverfeature, BAZZETT tells us about the uncanny resemblance—and rightness—between his speaker, self, and cover figure:
20.02.2026 18:19
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Black text bubbled in a light peach background on a periwinkle background. Text reads: “Join these poets in Shō No. 9 Summer Issue.” Poets listed: Madeleine Bazil · Isha Camara · Piera Chen · Jordan Cobb · David Eileen · Rebecca Hawkes · Jacob Herrera Spears · Lucas Jorgensen · Sophie Kaiser Rojas · Sheema Kalbasi · Eli Karren · Victoria Kornick · Ethan Kwak · Carolene Kurien · Jenny Molberg · Alia Shaukat · Nora Sullivan · Aspen Taylor · Preeti Vangani · Jeff Whitney · Andrew Chi Keong Yim · Hananah Zaheer · Joshua Zeitler
Shō No. 9 Update: We’ve accepted 34 poems from 23 poets for our summer issue, and we’re looking for more strong work!
Submissions are open until March 15, 2026 (11.59pm MST).
Submit here: shopoetryjournal.submittable.com
15.02.2026 16:58
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We'll be sharing more forthcoming and recently published books soon! Shō contributors—share book news with us via email!
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APRIL AND BACK AGAIN by Claire Taylor @clairemtaylor.com
www.publishinggenius.com/catalog/apri...
15.02.2026 16:56
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GHOST HUNTING GLACIERS by Michael Garrigan (Winner of the Grayson Books Poetry Prize, Selected by Alberto Ríos) @mgarrigan.bsky.social
www.mgarrigan.com/store/p9/Gho...
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ADDICTION APOCALYPSE by Remi Recchia
www.tamupress.com/book/9781680...
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ODDEST & OLDEST & SADDEST & BEST by Jane Zwart @janezwart.bsky.social
www.orisonbooks.com/product-page...
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MORE FLOWERS by Susan L. Leary @susanlleary.bsky.social @triohousepress.org
triohousepress.myshopify.com/products/mor...
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Sharing a few February poetry releases from Shō contributors:
Happy Publication Day to IT'S IMPORTANT I REMEMBER by Cortney Lamar Charleston @bardsbesidebars.bsky.social
nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014964...
(25% off with code NUP2026)
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Anti-Fascist Love Poem image, featuring the graphic of a black hand with red painted nails taking off its own handcuff. Text:
Anti-Fascist Love Poem
HAN VANDERHART
DOMINIQUE AHKONG
MICHAEL TODD COHEN
Reading
ADRIAN DALLAS FRANDLE
JENNIFER A SUTHERLAND
CATHERINE ROCKWOOD
JOHNNY CORDOVA
ELIZABETH SYLVIA
RITA MOOKERJEE
AMORAK HUEY
ERIN VACHON
TARA SHEA
K. IVER
Baltimore, MD
Saturday, March 7|7-9pm
Fells Point 1640 Thames Street
(use entrance to: 1636)
You like love poems? Anti-Fascist love poems? Erin Vachon and I have been working on organizing this reading to take place during AWP this year—hope you can join us. @erinvachon.bsky.social 🖤 💪
14.02.2026 16:18
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From DRESSING THE BEAR 💙⬇️
@triohousepress.org
07.02.2026 18:18
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Shō Poetry Journal, an Arizona-based print journal, offers free submissions to Native American poets. Submit up to 5 poems. Response time is 30 days or less. Shō No. 9 will be published in summer 2026. Shopoetryjournal.submittable.com
Shō Poetry Journal is committed to supporting the work of both established and emerging Native American poets. Submissions are always free for US Indigenous poets with tribal affiliation. We look forward to reading your work!
Cover Art: Detail from "Hopi Leia" by Sikuyva Dawavendewa.
07.02.2026 12:22
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Black text on pale lavender background reads: Stats: Free Submissions for BIPOC Poets | Shō Poetry Journal | Capped at: 75 submissions Time it took to reach our cap: 35 hours 54 minutes U.S.-based submitters: 42 International submitters: 33 International submissions by location: Australia: 1 Brazil: 2 Cameroon: 1 Canada: 6 Egypt: 1 Ghana: 2 India: 5 Indonesia: 1 Mexico: 1 New Zealand: 1 Nigeria: 6 Pakistan: 1 Philippines: 1 South Africa: 1 Sri Lanka: 1 UK: 2
Our free BIPOC call for Shō No. 9 is now closed—thank you to everyone who submitted. This is the first time we've reached our submissions cap for a BIPOC call...we've got a lot of reading to do.
Everyone will hear back from us in 30 days or less.
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Free submissions for BIPOC poets open today at 12pm MST.
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Black-and-white photo of printed poems laid out in sequence on a black mat. Black text on pale lavender background reads Shō Poetry Journal: An Arizona-based print journal • “Free Submissions for BIPOC Poets” • January 24-25 • Opens: Noon MST • Closes: 11:59pm MST • One submission per person • Capped at 75 submissions • Swipe for FAQ • shopoetryjournal.submittable.com
Black text on pale lavender background reads Shō Poetry Journal • FAQ • How do I submit poetry? • Can international poets submit? • Where are your guidelines?
BIPOC Poets: Get your packets ready! We're offering 75 free submissions this weekend.
Project opens: Saturday 24 January @ 12pm MST
Project closes: Sunday 25 January @ 11:59pm MST (or once cap is reached)
If you have a submission pending, please wait until you receive a response.
21.01.2026 23:56
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Black-and-white photo of printed poems laid out in sequence on a black mat. Black text on pale lavender background reads Shō Poetry Journal: An Arizona-based print journal • “Free Submissions for BIPOC Poets” • January 24-25 • Opens: Noon MST • Closes: 11:59pm MST • One submission per person • Capped at 75 submissions • Swipe for FAQ • shopoetryjournal.submittable.com
Black text on pale lavender background reads Shō Poetry Journal • FAQ • How do I submit poetry? • Can international poets submit? • Where are your guidelines?
BIPOC Poets: Get your packets ready! We're offering 75 free submissions this weekend.
Project opens: Saturday 24 January @ 12pm MST
Project closes: Sunday 25 January @ 11:59pm MST (or once cap is reached)
If you have a submission pending, please wait until you receive a response.
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REUBEN GELLEY NEWMAN
nostalgia, or call it fantasy, or call it obsess, nonsense, song-sense, song-flesh, song-gone, song-run, undone, honey-spun, body-none-
I'm no body of music exhaling like a fishless lake, I'm nobody begging for a kiss-but yes, I know body, I know its full-bodied wine, it tastes
of lyric, I'm frantic with lyric, giddy-up, Lyric, my canteen's about to burst, giddy-up, Lyric, wrest my heartbeat, brim my blood-
2/2
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