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Beth Gordon

@bethgordonpoet.bsky.social
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She/Her. Poet. Mom. Grandma. Managing Editor of Feral: A Journal of Poetry and Art. Here for the poets and other writers. feralpoetryandart.bsky.social

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Barbara McVeigh @barbaramcveigh.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
“It’s easier to cross-stitch a hummingbird’s heart.” That image and more in: “The Crone Prays.” Prose poetry from @bethgordonpoet.bsky.social in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social pitheadchapel.com/the-crone-pr...
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The Crone Prays
Beth Gordon   Some days it’s easier to tell the people I love that there’s a palm reader in my head: a parlor of empty nests: a pile of rusted bikes. My heart is a tapestry of moonshine. It’s …
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Beth Gordon @bethgordonpoet.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
New poem up at @pitheadchapel.bsky.social pitheadchapel.com/the-crone-pr...
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The Crone Prays
Beth Gordon   Some days it’s easier to tell the people I love that there’s a palm reader in my head: a parlor of empty nests: a pile of rusted bikes. My heart is a tapestry of moonshine. It’s …
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David Hanlon @vespertine4.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Bewitching poems by the amazing @bethgordonpoet.bsky.social in @onlypoemsmag onlypoems.com/poems/beth-g...
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Poems by Beth Gordon | ONLY POEMS
Read Beth Gordon, featured poet published on ONLY POEMS. Explore their portfolio of poems, and get insight into their work via an extensive interview.
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Tom Snarsky @tomsnarsky.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
happy #smallpoemsunday! 💜 feel free to share small poems you wrote or ones you love by other poets :) here’s a great one by Beth Gordon (@bethgordonpoet.bsky.social), from her collection Morning Walk with Dead Possum, Breakfast and Parallel Universe (@animalheartpress.bsky.social)
Loneliness

You ask me to pour your wine into a measuring cup, you ask me
to chop celery while you transform egg
whites and asparagus stems into a feline potion. My daughter
sends me photos of three kittens asleep in the bassinette and I try not to ask
about witches stealing baby
breath because I know she will not answer. You ask me
if I ate breakfast and I tell you that I woke with a hungover
man in my bed. Without cats or omelets
or coffee, I said, not a single aspirin to ease his pain.
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StephanieKMerrill @stephaniekmerrill.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Proud to be a part of @feralpoetryandart.bsky.social, the Joy Issue. Thanks to @bethgordonpoet.bsky.social, managing editor. feralpoetry.net/opa-by-steph...
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‘Opa!’ by Stephanie K. Merrill – FERAL: A Journal of Poetry and Art
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Beth Gordon @bethgordonpoet.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
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Beth Gordon @bethgordonpoet.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Still buzzing from connecting with writers and indie presses at the Punch Bucket Lit festival in Asheville this Saturday. @hanvanderhart.bsky.social @riverriverbooks.bsky.social Jakeela Dallis Kelly Riedesel Loblolly Press.
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Dr. Han VanderHart @hanvanderhart.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Small press books are such a joy—Animal Heart Press, Loblolly Press, Belle Point Press here! 📚💙 “formed by the grit / of the heart” indeed. I cannot say how important it is to support small presses right now directly. Many have alternative distribution models; they are the life of literature.
Hotel ottoman filled with small press beauties including Ophelia by Vic Myers and A Letter from the Mountain by Tom Snarsky and Distant Relations by Cheryl Whitehead.
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River River Books @riverriverbooks.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Found friend of the press @tomsnarsky.bsky.social’s new at @animalheartpress.bsky.social along with @bethgordonpoet.bsky.social 🥰🙏💙🎉🎉
Photograph of A Letter From The Mountain
& Other Poems by Tom Snarsky, published by Animal Heart Press (2025), held by editor Han of River River Books in front of RRB table
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Beth Gordon @bethgordonpoet.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
One of my favorite journals nominated one of my favorite poems for BOTN!
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Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
"I’m back on my bullshit again: watching murder television as a form of salvation." Two tiny, dense supernovas from DIHP alum @bethgordonpoet.bsky.social #poetry | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/beth-... Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
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Acre Books @acrebooks.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Absolutely delighted to share this news! Please welcome @bethgordonpoet.bsky.social to Acre Books! 🎉🎉🎉
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Beth Gordon @bethgordonpoet.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
I'm beyond thrilled to finally share some amazing news. My second full-length collection, Alchemy of Nests, will be published by @acrebooks.bsky.social in 2027. Thank you to Lisa Ampleman and Nicola Mason for selecting this manuscript and for already being wonderful editors / collaborators.
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Beth Gordon @bethgordonpoet.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
@feralpoetryandart.bsky.social is open for submissions of poetry and art on the theme of JOY. Let’s clap back at the trashfire. Give us poems and art about the moments of your life that glow in your memory and bring you happiness. feralpoetry.net/submissions/
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a white and orange cat is dancing in front of a mirror in a room .
ALT: a white and orange cat is dancing in front of a mirror in a room .
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Tom Snarsky @tomsnarsky.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
🔗: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... cc: @laurenparker.bsky.social @judemarr.bsky.social @amandamwrites.bsky.social @ctsalazar.bsky.social @bethgordonpoet.bsky.social
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Night Light, July 2025—ALFTM&OP Launch! 💌⛰️. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Night Light, July 2025—ALFTM&OP Launch! 💌⛰️. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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Beth Gordon @bethgordonpoet.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
11 more days to submit your poetry and art on the theme of REVOLUTION to @feralpoetryandart.bsky.social
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Beth Gordon @bethgordonpoet.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Hey hop on over to @feralpoetryandart.bsky.social We are open for submissions May1-31 for poetry and art on the theme of REVOLUTION.
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Beth Gordon @bethgordonpoet.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Thanks to @skyislandjournal.bsky.social for publishing four of my poems in their latest issue. All born in Arroyo Seco, NM. This one’s dedicated to my poetry muse.
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Beth Gordon @bethgordonpoet.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
In love with our new issue of @feralpoetryandart.bsky.social feralpoetry.net/issue-twenty...
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Beth Gordon @bethgordonpoet.bsky.social · 02/11/2024
I wrote this poem back in February not knowing a hurricane would arrive in Western North Carolina in September. Thank you @doesithavepockets.bsky.social for publishing 3 of my poems. www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/beth-...
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Beth Gordon @bethgordonpoet.bsky.social · 01/11/2024
@feralpoetryandart.bsky.social is open for submissions of poetry and art in the theme of DREAMS. Send us your wildest creations.
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a picture of a lion with the words in your dreams on the bottom
ALT: a picture of a lion with the words in your dreams on the bottom
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Animal Heart Press @animalheartpress.bsky.social · 21/09/2024
@bethgordonpoet.bsky.social and @judemarr.bsky.social representing today at the #PunchBucketLit book fair! If you're in #asheville come on down and say hi!
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Beth Gordon @bethgordonpoet.bsky.social · 25/08/2024
Have you submitted to @feralpoetryandart.bsky.social yet? We are open for submissions of poetry and art until August 31st. Send us your wildest darlings.
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a man is standing in front of a wall with graffiti on it including the letter s
ALT: a man is standing in front of a wall with graffiti on it including the letter s
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Beth Gordon @bethgordonpoet.bsky.social · 16/08/2024
Very excited to share this. My first foray into CNF/memoir. Working with Casie Dodd and Belle Point Press has been wonderful. Pre-order here: bellepointpress.com/products/the...
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Beth Gordon @bethgordonpoet.bsky.social · 11/08/2024
@feralpoetryandart.bsky.social is open for submissions of poetry and art until August 31st. Send us your wildest creations. feralpoetry.net/submissions/
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a cat with green eyes is looking up at the camera in front of a colorful galaxy .
ALT: a cat with green eyes is looking up at the camera in front of a colorful galaxy .
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Jude Marr PhD (he/him) @judemarr.bsky.social · 15/07/2024
Friends, this is a strikingly good book. Incisive, imaginative work from a poet you'll want to know more of. Pre-orders matter! Take a chance on this one. You won't be disappointed.
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Animal Heart Press @animalheartpress.bsky.social · 17/07/2024
Blue But Not Broken by @naoisegale - OUT NOW! “This collection from Naoise Gale is as blisteringly honest, heartbreaking at times, yet life-enhancing . . . ” —JP Seabright, Writer, and Assistant Editor, Full House Literary Get your copy today! #poetry femmesalvebooks.net/blue-but-not...
Animal Heart Press infographic with the cover of Blue But Not Broken by Naoise Gale and the legend "Out Now!"
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Beth Gordon @bethgordonpoet.bsky.social · 10/07/2024
Thank you @hanvanderhart.bsky.social and @moistpoetryjournal.bsky.social for giving this poem a lovely home.
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Jude Marr PhD (he/him) @judemarr.bsky.social · 26/06/2024
Wildlings, have you pre-ordered your copy of Blue But Not Broken by award-winning UK poet Naoise Gale yet? Out next month! femmesalvebooks.net/blue-but-not... " . . . gritty, vulnerable, tender . . . a resilient neurodivergent voice . . . wounded but nevertheless unbroken." #poetry
Forked lightning, a slash of bright against a deep blue sky. A quote from the book:

lightning / never forks / my thighs to heavens"Two white candles, backlit until they glow, against velvet black. A quote from the book:

"to touch eyes would be to / die burning, cobalt blue."
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Animal Heart Press @animalheartpress.bsky.social · 24/06/2024
The experience of neurodivergence, especially for girls, remains an enigma for many. Naoise Gale takes you on her own journey, difficult yet transformative, through the challenges and triumphs of living as neurodivergent in this world. Preorder your copy now: femmesalvebooks.net/blue-but-not...
Cover art for Blue But Not Broken by Naoise Gale. On a white background, six blue Rorscharch inkblots in three rows of two.Author photo. A young white woman with long, straight brown hair stands in a formal garden with a large brick building in the background.  The young woman is wearing bright red lipstick. Her clothes are shades of brown.
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Beth Gordon @bethgordonpoet.bsky.social · 30/06/2024
Issue 19: Earth Water Fire Air is here! feralpoetry.net/issue-ninete...
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Issue Nineteen is here and it’s elemental, wildlings! – FERAL: A Journal of Poetry and Art
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Animal Heart Press @animalheartpress.bsky.social · 20/05/2024
Hey, wildlings. Have you sent us something for the next issue of @feralpoetryandart.bsky.social ? The theme is EARTH, WATER, FIRE, AND AIR so plenty of scope :) We'd love to see your poems and artwork! You have until the end of the month #poetry feralpoetry.net/submissions/
A patch of soil with grit and a single green leaf
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Animal Heart Press @animalheartpress.bsky.social · 13/05/2024
Another week begins, and submissions are still open for Feral Journal of Poetry and Art! Wildlings, we want to see your poems and your artwork for the EARTH, WATER, FIRE, AND AIR issue! Check out the guidelines and send us something fabulous!! feralpoetry.net/submissions/ #poetry
Close up of agitated water
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Beth Gordon @bethgordonpoet.bsky.social · 08/05/2024
Wildlings! @feralpoetryandart.bsky.social is open for subs!
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Beth Gordon @bethgordonpoet.bsky.social · 30/04/2024
Look at this gorgeous video the team at @westtradereview.bsky.social created from my poem. ❤️
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Stone Circle Review @stonecirclereview.bsky.social · 21/03/2024
Stone Circle #ThrowbackThursday poem #45: "Whirlwind" by Beth Gordon (@bethgordonpoet.bsky.social) #Tbt stonecirclereview.com/whirlwind/
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Jude Marr PhD (he/him) @judemarr.bsky.social · 22/02/2024
Okay, y'all. Here's a SPECIAL OFFER for you. And if you like this, there will be more to follow. A workshop to get those creative juices flowing! TWO DATES to choose from, 6 PLACES per session. MESSAGE ME to find out more, sign up, and get a link with payment details. TELL YOUR FRIENDS. #poetry
Online Generative Workshop. Wednesday March 20th OR Sunday March 24th 7-9 pm GMT (3-5 pm EDT) £40 / $50 including detailed feedback on 1 poem / page submitted post-workshop
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Animal Heart Press @animalheartpress.bsky.social · 13/02/2024
We had a fabulous time at AWP in KC! Thanks to everyone who stopped by, said hi, bought books ❤❤❤ And don't forget, you can buy our amazing poets' books right here, anytime!! linktr.ee/AnimalHeartPress @bethgordonpoet.bsky.social @judemarr.bsky.social #poetry
Beth Gordon behind our table at AWP. The table has a selection of Animal Heart publications. Beth's conference name tag has a collection of buttons from other tables.Jude Marr behind the Animal Heart table at AWP. A selection of AHP publications on the table, on stands or lying flat. Jude is wearing a green fedora and green sweater, with a red and blue scarf
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Beth Gordon @bethgordonpoet.bsky.social · 10/02/2024
Good morning #AWP24. Come by and see us @animalheartpress.bsky.social at T1210 for the last day of the book fair. All books 25% off and for every book you buy you’ll get a chance to win a year’s subscription to @feralpoetryandart.bsky.social
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Beth Gordon @bethgordonpoet.bsky.social · 07/02/2024
First “official” photo of #AWP hanging out with the team River Heron Review
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Beth Gordon @bethgordonpoet.bsky.social · 02/02/2024
Cover reveal. Forthcoming from @louisianalit.bsky.social
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Beth Gordon @bethgordonpoet.bsky.social · 29/01/2024
Come see us in Kansas City! @judemarr.bsky.social @animalheartpress.bsky.social @feralpoetryandart.bsky.social T1210
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Animal Heart Press @animalheartpress.bsky.social · 29/01/2024
Welcome to Monday, wildlings! If you're heading to AWP in KC next week, don't forget to come by and visit with us @bethgordonpoet.bsky.social and @judemarr.bsky.social We will be at T1210 with our friends from River Heron Review. We can't wait to see you! p.s. Here we are two years ago in Philly 🙂
Beth and Jude behind a bookfair table. Books piled on the table. The sign says Animal Heart Press.
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Beth Gordon @bethgordonpoet.bsky.social · 27/01/2024
Read this poem last night. Read it again this morning to make sure I didn’t dream it. @jasonpmyers.bsky.social @bellepointpress.bsky.social
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Jude Marr PhD (he/him) @judemarr.bsky.social · 21/01/2024
We couldn't be more thrilled to welcome @tomsnarsky.bsky.social @laurenparker.bsky.social and Zoe Mitchell into our family!
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Beth Gordon @bethgordonpoet.bsky.social · 21/12/2023
Wildlings! We are opening for no-fee manuscript submissions for one week in January!!!!!!!!
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Animal Heart Press @animalheartpress.bsky.social · 27/11/2023
We hope your week is off to a good start, wildlings! If you're working on a submission for the ANIMAL issue of Feral Journal of Poetry and Art, you've got until Thursday!! #poetry #submissions feralpoetry.net/submissions/
A smiley dolphin pops up at the edge of a pool
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Beth Gordon @bethgordonpoet.bsky.social · 22/11/2023
Great sale going at at @animalheartpress.bsky.social
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Rhona Greene @rhonagreene.bsky.social · 20/11/2023
‘The Water Engine’ by Ankh Spice @seagoatscreams.bsky.social is 2 years old today! 💫🐐 🌊 🎈 💫 It’s the book that never stops giving (like it’s creator!)💫🐐💫 Published by Femme Salvé Books & available here👉 femmesalvebooks.net/the-water-en... 🎈
The Water Engine
by Ankh Spice
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Jack Bedell @jackbedell.bsky.social · 05/11/2023
Huge thanks to Lee Potts. Truly appreciate having this one from my Francesca Woodman series in @stonecirclereview.bsky.social today! stonecirclereview.com/the-lamprey/
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The Lamprey
by Jack B. Bedell —after Francesca Woodman’s Eel Series, 1978   is what we can never be: pure curve. Even in a simple bowl, it bends itself infinitely, spirals against itself forever, without it...
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