John Wise

Riding the Hellevator As Aeneus carried Anchises out of burning Troy towards the stars and away from crisis, their creator cradles you, old boy, from the frozen core. Ascend fallen light! From grief to joy, Wisdom Supreme,...

"Riding the Hellevator" published by 7th-Circle Pyrite: www.7thcirclepyrite.com/post/riding-...

Zodiac The alphabet is not enough to convey the complexity of a mind. Rounded subtleties express ennui where there should be evocations clawing their way out of living rock. Which came first? the desert on m...

My poem "Zodiac" was published by 7th-Circle Pyrite back in August. www.7thcirclepyrite.com/post/zodiac

Loving this issue of @doorisajarmag.bsky.social Link for those interested: service.qfie.com/doorisajar/c...

New issue of Door is a Jar Magazine out this Friday!

I am so proud and grateful to have four poems published in this issue :)

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"Morels"

First published in "Roots and Leaves" by Wingless Dreamer Books

It’s publishing day! Our latest issue Vol. 2, Issue 2 (Summer 2025) is now live on our website.

You can view it 3 ways online:
1. Interactive PDF flipbook
2. Downloadable pdf
3. Hyperlinked pages by author

coolbeanslit.com/vol-2-issue-2

Thank you to all of our wonderful contributors! 🙏

DISJOINT'D 1.2 disjoint'd press<br>Issue 2: October 2024<br>edited by e. kwak<br>

Poem published last year in a really cool online magazine produced by E. Kwak called Disjointed Lit. online.fliphtml5.com/jhhxg/rbom/#...

The revised version Issue five: short fiction by Osahon Ize-Iyamu

@klammens.bsky.social "The revised version"
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Three photos from Seedlings IV: Winter

Beyond grateful to Will J. Wood and Corran Green for their time, energy, and talents put into issue IV of Seedlings. My poem "A Thousand Leaves Between Us" is beautifully printed alongside "November Burning" by Sarah Humby. www.seedlings.studio/shop

Consider backing a very cool magazine!!

“Animals” by Maggie Smith

Icon/Graph Stand in. The map is not the territory.So we have been told. Have you entered by the door and walkedwithin? Roses carved into a wooden screen, the painting of the saint.The speech is not the writin…

In @whaleroadreview.bsky.social I published "Icon/Graph" a poem about writing and meaning-making. I'm not sure it qualifies as speculative, but if you think it does, it is also eligible for the Rhysling (Short Poem)
www.whaleroadreview.com/beiter/

Welcome to our Winter 2024 issue! This marks the 9-year anniversary of Whale Road Review, and publishing the fantastic work in this issue on a Friday the 13th feels like a scarily good way to celebrate!

www.whaleroadreview.com/issue-37

#Ranger Mag just dropped another double issue (#8 and #9). As usual, it's jam packed with the best experimental poetry, art and music of the international avant garde. Check it out!
rangermagazine.net/issue8
rangermagazine.net/issue9

My poems "An Anecdote for $5 and a Bottle of Water" and "Sex is Water" were published in issue 8 of #Ranger. You can find issue 8 here: www.rangermagazine.net/issue8. Really happy to have a home for these two works.

“High in the Mountains, I Fail to Find the Wise Man” by Li Po (translated by David Young)

“Passing the Temple of Accumulated Fragrance” by Wang Wei (translated by David Young)

In regards to when "Florida Man" becomes a local celebrity, I'm oddly proud of the lore my students built for Lieutenant Dan during Hurricane Milton

Marry: Oxford comma so I can quit my job
Fuck: Em-dash to cuddle afterwards and thank it for its vital role in English-language haiku
Kill: Semicolon. Unnecessary. There's always something else you can use.

So many brilliant, moving poems in Ruth Awad’s “Outside The Joy.” Lately, I keep coming back to this one.

Wanted: Fiction Editor

Apparently, it’s really hard to be both Executive Editor and Fiction Editor at a growing literary journal (@mgliterary.bsky.social).

Please help. Contact us via MoonLit Getaway’s website for details. #WritingCommunity #5amWritersClub

Happy to see this poem in my inbox today. Really enjoyed Denise Duhamel's book, and this one was my favorite after my first reading.

Only recently came across James Holden’s music. This one is mesmerizing.

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Issue 4 Submission Call (Open January 16)

Issue 4 submission guidelines are up on our website.
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Please read full guidelines before sending work.

Submissions open January 16.

Please help us spread the word.

Very cool poem. I just came across this lit mag. Excited to dig into it.

• "𝗩𝗲𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗴𝗶𝗮" was rejected by 17 previous journals.

• "𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘁 𝟮" was rejected by 13 previous journals.

• "𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁, 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗺𝗲" was rejected by 3 previous journals.

And I already received three rejection letters for seven other poems in the last three days.

Congrats! Always feels so good to have work accepted after racking up rejections.

Amazing!🥳

"The Inflated Graveworm," a dark literature magazine, is open for submissions! And it pays!

-- $10 per #poem
-- $20 #nonfiction (900 words)
-- $40 cover #art (5.5" x 8.5")
-- $40 #fiction (4500 words)

Details:
www.graveworm.com/ig/subs.php

Please help spread the word!
#callforsubmissions