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Amy Saul-Zerby

@amysz.bsky.social
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author: If I Cannot Fly, Choose Your Own Beginning, Deep Camouflage, & Paper Flowers, Imaginary Birds eic: @voicemailpoems.bsky.social amysaulzerby.com

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Voicemail Poems @voicemailpoems.bsky.social · 13h
last call for submissions for our fall issue ⌛️ call & send us a poem by midnight pacific time to be considered! 🎃
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Amy Saul-Zerby @amysz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
get someone who looks at you the way my cat looks at my baby
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Voicemail Poems @voicemailpoems.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
one more week to submit! 🎃 send us a poem 💛
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Voicemail Poems @voicemailpoems.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
two weeks left to submit 🍁⏳ send us a poem!
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Voicemail Poems @voicemailpoems.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
we are currently accepting submissions for our FALL 2026 issue, & we'd love to hear from you! ✨ 🧡 voicemailpoems.org/submit 🧡 deadline october 1st
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Voicemail Poems @voicemailpoems.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
☀️ summer issue's up ☀️ ft. @bluenguyen.bsky.social, @thrillandgrace.bsky.social, & more! voicemailpoems.org/2026/08/24/s...
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Amy Saul-Zerby @amysz.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
at 36 weeks, the doctors said it looks like i have a pregnancy condition called ICP, but i told them, "listen, I'm gonna love this baby, whether he's a juggalo or not"
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Amy Saul-Zerby @amysz.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Thank you so much to Bird of Philly Poetry LFG for writing this beautiful review of IF I CANNOT FLY 🥰🙏
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LFG #13: A Review of If I Cannot Fly, by Amy Saul-Zerby
To grab what you can and bear down
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Amy Saul-Zerby @amysz.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
had such a great time launching IF I CANNOT FLY at The Perch on Sunday 🥰 thank you so much to Sean Lynch of @serotoninpress.bsky.social for publishing this book & hosting, to Jeff for the use of this beautiful space, to my wonderful readers, and to everyone who came out! 🙏🩵
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Amy Saul-Zerby @amysz.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
tonight at The Perch! 🎉 I’m so excited to read some poems from my new poetry collection, IF I CANNOT FLY (out now from @serotoninpress.bsky.social) in the company of some dear & talented friends 🥰 would so love to see you there 🩵 copies of the book will be available for purchase 📚
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Amy Saul-Zerby @amysz.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
TOMORROW NIGHT at the Perch! 📕🎉
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Amy Saul-Zerby @amysz.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
two years sober today! 🙌
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Amy Saul-Zerby @amysz.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
home stretch 🙏
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Amy Saul-Zerby @amysz.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
trying to wrap my head around the fact that in six weeks i'll be a mother, as i waddle around the apartment keeping my spirits up despite prenatal depression, acid reflux, and general physical discomfort 🤘
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Amy Saul-Zerby @amysz.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
my heart is full 💓 come snag a copy of my new book next Sunday (7/19) at The Perch or Friday 7/24 at Inkwood Books! or order one from @serotoninpress.bsky.social 📫 eternal thanks to Sean Lynch & Larissa Greer for helping me get these poems out into the world 🙏 serotoninpress.com/if-i-cannot-...
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Amy Saul-Zerby @amysz.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
“When we understand what we can and cannot change, that’s when the world opens.” TYSM @beachsloth.bsky.social for the kind & thoughtful review of my new poetry collection, IF I CANNOT FLY, available for pre-order from @serotoninpress.bsky.social beachsloth.substack.com/p/if-i-canno...
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Beach Sloth @beachsloth.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
beachsloth.substack.com/p/if-i-canno... I am sure places outside of New Jersey make saltwater taffy, but those other places suck.
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If I Cannot Fly by Amy Saul-Zerby
“If I Cannot Fly” lets Amy Saul-Zerby explore the many manifestations of love.
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Amy Saul-Zerby @amysz.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
32 weeks pregnant and my baby is already 5lbs 2oz (92nd percentile) 😬 everyone wants to date tall men, no one thinks about what's gonna happen when you start a family!
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Voicemail Poems @voicemailpoems.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
last day to submit for our summer issue! ⌛️ send us a poem by midnight pacific time to be considered 🩵
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Amy Saul-Zerby @amysz.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
anyone interested in writing a review of my new poetry collection? let me know! 🩵
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Amy Saul-Zerby @amysz.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
too many blessings to count this year 🙏 much gratitude to Sean Lynch of @serotoninpress.bsky.social for making this dream a reality, to Larissa Greer for the cover art, & to Sommer Browning, @theoriginalison.bsky.social & I.S. Jones for the kind words serotoninpress.bigcartel.com/product/if-i...
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Voicemail Poems @voicemailpoems.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
one week left to submit! send us a poem 🩵
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Amy Saul-Zerby @amysz.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
hosting for @moonstonearts.bsky.social tn at fergie's pub 🎉 come hear from vasiliki argyris + william lessard 🤩 open mic to follow ✨ hope to see you!
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Amy Saul-Zerby @amysz.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
two more months, somehow 🤯
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Amy Saul-Zerby @amysz.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
asked my cousin's 5-year-old what our baby's middle name should be and he immediately replied, "TACO FISH"
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Amy Saul-Zerby @amysz.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
next month at The Perch Music & Arts Workshop, come celebrate the release of my new poetry collection, IF I CANNOT FLY, from @serotoninpress.bsky.social 🎉 Sunday, July 19th at 7pm ✨ cannot wait to see you there 🩵
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Amy Saul-Zerby @amysz.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
from flower girl to bride 🥹 my childhood would not have been the same without the love and care of this wonderful woman, my dearest nanny who was recently by my side for my own wedding and baby shower, and kindly forgave my american pronunciation of “to-mah-to”
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Amy Saul-Zerby @amysz.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
i do not recommend planning a wedding while pregnant, but it had to be done, and by god, we did it
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Amy Saul-Zerby @amysz.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
how it started // how it's going it feels like shy & i have lived many lives together over the past decade i don't know what i did to deserve her friendship, but it must've been something good! love you, @formermissnj.bsky.social ❤️❤️❤️
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Voicemail Poems @voicemailpoems.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
two weeks left to submit! send us a poem 🩵
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Amy Saul-Zerby @amysz.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
coming next month from @serotoninpress.bsky.social 🙌 cover art by the wonderful Larissa Erin Greer, whose support of my work over the last decade has been incredible 🙏 serotoninpress.bigcartel.com/product/if-i...
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Amy Saul-Zerby @amysz.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
the happiest day
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Amy Saul-Zerby @amysz.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
My next poetry collection, IF I CANNOT FLY, is available for pre-order from @serotoninpress.bsky.social, and some brilliant poets wrote some kind words about it 🥰 Stay tuned for cover reveal, release party details, & more! serotoninpress.bigcartel.com/product/if-i...
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Amy Saul-Zerby @amysz.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
had such a great time reading at Fergie’s Pub for @moonstonearts.bsky.social last night 🙌
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Amy Saul-Zerby @amysz.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
tonight! 🎉 come thru
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Amy Saul-Zerby @amysz.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
first birthday as an old married lady 👵 🥰
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Voicemail Poems @voicemailpoems.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
three weeks left to submit ⏳ send us a poem!
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Amy Saul-Zerby @amysz.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
today i am thirty-nine years old, coming up on two years sober, twenty-nine weeks pregnant, and thankful AF
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Amy Saul-Zerby @amysz.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
"make sure he listens to the music so he's not a poser!"
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Amy Saul-Zerby @amysz.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
next week at Fergie's Pub, i have the honor of reading with @dankraines.bsky.social & my dear friend Rocky Wilson! TY @moonstonearts.bsky.social & Sean Lynch for the opportunity 🙏 come wish me a belated happy bday & hear some poems from my new book (out next month w/ @serotoninpress.bsky.social!)
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Voicemail Poems @voicemailpoems.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
we are currently accepting submissions for our SUMMER 2026 issue, & we'd love to hear from you! ✨ 🩵 voicemailpoems.org/submit 🩵 deadline july 1st
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Amy Saul-Zerby @amysz.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
spring has sprung / the sap has ris' / i wonder where / my belly button is
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Voicemail Poems @voicemailpoems.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
“Saying I love you in my mother tongue  is impossible. My mother never loved me  in words. She gave up a continent  for me, its contents traded for a feathered hope of better.” - @ella-b-winters.bsky.social voicemailpoems.org/2026/04/28/w...
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Voicemail Poems @voicemailpoems.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
“I drive and I listen to the notes dancing through the dark on the way to my ears –   the chimes and the melody and the perfect fifths – as the night opens up ahead of me and the rest of my life beckons from right down the road.” - @shannonfrostgre.bsky.social voicemailpoems.org/2026/04/28/t...
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Voicemail Poems @voicemailpoems.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
“your weary body tightens under the blaze of light yet your soul remains untouched by its ray” - Aleksandra Jovičić Đinović (translated from Serbian by Kruna Petrić) voicemailpoems.org/2026/04/28/r...
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Amy Saul-Zerby @amysz.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
over the moon that my 4th poetry collection, IF I CANNOT FLY, is forthcoming from @serotoninpress.bsky.social in July 🙌 grateful to @theoriginalison.bsky.social, Sommer Browning & I.S. Jones for their kind words abt the book & to Sean Lynch for giving it a home 🙏 serotoninpress.com/if-i-cannot-...
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If I Cannot Fly - Serotonin Press
Forthcoming in July of 2026 from Serotonin Press, If I Cannot Fly by Amy Saul-Zerby is her fourth poetry collection. Click this link to pre-order your copy. Cover art coming soon… “Reading Amy Saul-Ze...
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Voicemail Poems @voicemailpoems.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
“do you believe to feel safe / is the same as happiness / do you believe / everything you’re told / did you believe you’d lose nothing / when you asked / the machine to think for you” - @birchwiley.bsky.social voicemailpoems.org/2026/04/28/p...
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Voicemail Poems @voicemailpoems.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
“Our passionate energy rises and simmers She whispers to me at the end of the song A paradise blossoms from the words that I hear-   ‘If music be the food of love, play on’” - Lena Hadley voicemailpoems.org/2026/04/28/o...
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Amy Saul-Zerby @amysz.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
same as i ever was (but married!)
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Voicemail Poems @voicemailpoems.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
“I am not / exactly / my body today.” - @chloeyelenamiller.bsky.social voicemailpoems.org/2026/04/28/m...
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