Betty Stanton

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Temple in a City literary journal Micro fiction Sixth street by author Betty Stanton. Published in Temple in a City literary journal.

The houses on Sixth Street are identical, white teeth in a jaw that never closes. @fadingbetty.bsky.social

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Inherited Altars | Rust & Moth We inherit fever, not names, and move like creatures invented from the same wounds, our bodies struck bright and feral beneath blind stars. Dark and bare, we build altars from our own heat, tongues unraveling...

New #poetry from Betty Stanton: "Inherited Altars".

Inherited Altars | Rust & Moth We inherit fever, not names, and move like creatures invented from the same wounds, our bodies struck bright and feral beneath blind stars. Dark and bare, we build altars from our own heat, tongues un...

And another one I've been excited about out now from @rustandmoth.bsky.social rustandmoth.com/work/inherit...
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New poem in the newest issue of Innisfree Poetry Journal. It's been out a few days but this whole 'one arm' thing is really slowing me down! www.innisfreepoetry.org/uncategorize...
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Four Poems by Betty Stanton Read four poems by Betty Stanton, our fifth biweekly poet of the Winter 2026 issue, along with a few words about "Vein Song."

“My work has always found a focus in the bodies of women, and watching the mix of strength and fragility in women...” Read four #poems by Betty Stanton (@fadingbetty.bsky.social), along with a few words from the poet. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity
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Four Poems by Betty Stanton Read four poems by Betty Stanton, our fifth biweekly poet of the Winter 2026 issue, along with a few words about "Vein Song."

I'm the biweekly featured poet at the Philly Poetry Chapbook Review. phillychapbookreview.org/four-poems-b...
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Thank you! I grew up on this street in more ways than one.

It's in @templeinacity.bsky.social but thank you!

Mine was just the ulnar nerve. Can't imagine doing all of that at once! 🫂

New poem in this issue of Hole In The Head Review. Glad to have some new works coming out since I'm stuck not really writing right now in the cast!

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Had surgery on my elbow yesterday. Very hard to be #amwriting in a cast! 😒

Thank you!

Temple in a City literary journal Micro fiction Sixth street by author Betty Stanton. Published in Temple in a City literary journal.

New micro out today @templeinacity.bsky.social templeinacity.com/micro-fictio...
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“Is it necessary to suffer in order to be a writer? Don’t worry about the suffering. The suffering will occur whether you like it or not.” - Margaret Atwood

Thank you! Which one? Or did you mean from both?

Need a queer cozy apocalyptic love read? New flash piece in @littlefruitsmag.bsky.social today.
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The Collection of Sunlight BETTY STANTON

New flash piece today in Quotidian Bagatelle from @foofarawpress.bsky.social qb.foofaraw.press/the-collecti... I'll have two more flash pieces out with them over the next few months!
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My dissertation advisor told me to 'find an ass to kick'.

I mean, I'll have to get her birth certificate, but she was definitely Canadian and moved to the US in the late 1930's...

So, if this is true, I'm just fully Canadian because my paternal grandmother was a Canadian citizen? .... Because I'd be good with that.

Thank you!

Yeah, I have no idea how 2025/2026 has ended up being my most successful/prolific year, but it definitely has been.

Thank you for the mention!

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