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Julie Weiss (she/her) @colourofpoetry.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Thrilled to have a poem in Gyroscope Review´s Fall 2026 Crone Power Issue (my first time as a Crone!), alongside a slew of talented poets. Thank you to EIC Constance Brewer, and editors Betsy Mars and Elya Braden for including "Ghosts," and congrats to all!

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Julie Weiss (she/her) @colourofpoetry.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

DMQ Review has been a dream journal of mine since 2018, when I came back to poetry. TY to EIC Sally Ashton and team for publishing "School Morning Physics" in this stunning fall issue, which also includes 5 beautiful poems by the late J.P. Dancing Bear and In Memoriam. www.dmqreview.com/weissf26

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Weiss-F26 — DMQ Review

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Julie Weiss (she/her) @colourofpoetry.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Thank you so much, Lee, for sharing this again! ❤️

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Julie Weiss (she/her) @colourofpoetry.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

When my daughter, inevitably, starts asking for a phone, maybe I´ll give her this poem instead. TY to EIC Natalie Solmer from The Indianapolis Review for publishing "What You´ll Miss While Staring at Your Phone Screen" alongside so many brilliant poets! theindianapolisreview.com/what-youll-m...

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Julie Weiss (she/her) @colourofpoetry.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

TY kindly to Christine Klocek-Lim for publishing "Whimsy in Times of War" today in Autumn Sky Poetry DAILY! "This poem’s imagery creates the apparatus of hope by reminding us that whimsy is an acceptable form of protest." Sign up here to receive a beautiful poem per day: autumnskypoetrydaily.com

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Julie Weiss (she/her) @colourofpoetry.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

TY to James Penha from @newversenews.bsky.social for publishing my poem, "To All the Imprisoned Children" yesterday alongside Dick Altman´s and Karen Marker´s powerful poems. I translated mine into Spanish, too! Please forgive any grammatical mistakes. thenewversenews.substack.com/p/nvn-sunday...

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Julie Weiss (she/her) @colourofpoetry.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

There´s so much sadness in the world right now. Here in Spain, we´re still reeling from the horrendous train crash in Córdoba. 💔💔💔All my gratitude to @oneart.bsky.social´s finest, Mark and Louisa, for publishing this one quicker than I could blink. ❤️ oneartpoetry.com/2026/01/28/m...

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Miracle Girl by Julie Weiss

Miracle Girl –Adamuz, Córdoba, January 18th, 2026 Six and barefoot, you falter along the rails like a phant…

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Julie Weiss (she/her) @colourofpoetry.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

I hope my daughter keeps asking the hard questions. With heartfelt thanks to wonderful EIC Christine Klocek-Lim.

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Julie Weiss (she/her) @colourofpoetry.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

I hope my daughter keeps asking the hard questions. With heartfelt thanks to wonderful EIC Christine Klocek-Lim.

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Julie Weiss (she/her) @colourofpoetry.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Thanks to the wonderful Mark and Louisa from @oneart.bsky.social for publishing "Dear Son" today, my 1st poem of the year! Its twin "Dear Daughter," (in comments) also published in ONE ART, was nominated for the 2026 Monarch Queer Literary Awards! oneartpoetry.com/2026/01/06/d...

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Dear Son by Julie Weiss

Dear Son I see you crouched behind a bush, hands cupped around some countryside bug, whose name and composition you´ll pull out of the air as if the sky was a library, earth´s most bizarre curiosit…

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Stone Circle Review @stonecirclereview.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

POEM 289: "What Comes After Life?" by Julie Weiss (@colourofpoetry.bsky.social) "She wants me to turn the sky inside out, show her those ghost towns she learned about from the pages of my lips." stonecirclereview.com/what-comes/ #Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity

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Julie Weiss (she/her) @colourofpoetry.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

How does a mother allay a daughter's fears when she can't even allay her own? A warm thank you to EIC Lee Potts for featuring my poem "What Comes After Life?" today in his beautiful journal, Stone Circle Review! stonecirclereview.com/what-comes/

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What Comes After Life?

by Julie Weiss That question again. It orbits out of my daughter´s chest after every death. A beetle she finds, squashed into a shape we name dismay. Her grandmother´s canary, tucked under dirt and...

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Julie Weiss (she/her) @colourofpoetry.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Thank you kindly for everything, Lee! I´m thrilled and totally honored to be part of the Stone Circle Review family. ❤️

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Julie Weiss (she/her) @colourofpoetry.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Absolutely floored to be nominated by ONE ART for the 2026 Monarch Queer Literary Awards alongside such incredible poets!! Thank you, Mark and Louisa, for publishing "Dear Daughter" and for this great honor. Congratulations and best of luck to all my fellow nominees! oneartpoetry.com/2025/11/28/o...

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ONE ART’s Nominations for the 2026 Monarch Queer Literary Awards

ONE ART’s Nominations for the 2026 Monarch Queer Literary Awards Kai Coggin – I AM MY OWN COUNTRY NOW Abby E. Murray – I Can’t Find My Gender Julie Weiss – Dear Daughter, Sean Gla…

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Julie Weiss (she/her) @colourofpoetry.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Thank you to the wonderful editors of @dustpoetry.bsky.social for selecting "After a Stranger Called This a Hobby" for their Dear World Issue! I wrote this poem after a tweet of mine went viral a while back, and not long after my dad passed. www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/after-a...

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After a Stranger Called This a Hobby by Julie Weiss

After a Stranger Called This a Hobby In one hour, the clock has ticked off eightwords. The moon yawns. The stars clear their throats, but I need to wrap tonight´sgrief in a metaphor, all glitter and r...

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Julie Weiss (she/her) @colourofpoetry.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Thank you for sharing, and for everything, James!

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Julie Weiss (she/her) @colourofpoetry.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

A poem about last year´s devastating floods in Valencia and other regions, and everything that went wrong. TY to the team at Sheila-Na-Gig for including "What the Flood Carried" in their spring 2025 issue! sheilanagigblog.com/poetry-archi...

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Julie Weiss

Julie Weiss is the author of The Places We Empty, and two chapbooks, The Jolt and Breath Ablaze: Twenty-One Love Poems in Homage to Adrienne Rich, Volumes I and II. Her second collection, Rooming w…

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Variant Literature @variantlit.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Today's poem: "Not Today" by @colourofpoetry.bsky.social variantlit.com/not-today/

"One street could span miles
when measured through a mother's eyes.
Three streets, a hike through a forest or a journey across a river. Dare me to hold my breath underwater that long,
I tell my daughter, and I'll drown." From the poem "Not Today" by Julie Weiss published by Variant Lit

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Julie Weiss (she/her) @colourofpoetry.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

In 1989, a friend and I went to the movies. A week later, walking home from school, she vanished. 26 years later, my daughter was born on the day of my friend´s abduction, a cold case to this day. Thank you to the entire team at Variant Lit for publishing "Not Today." variantlit.com/not-today/

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Not Today

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Julie Weiss (she/her) @colourofpoetry.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Publication day never gets old! Thank you kindly to EIC Ian Chung from Eunoia Review for publishing "Park Bench" from my chapbook-in-circulation, A Simple Gesture. Crossing my fingers for an acceptance one of these days soon!!

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Julie Weiss (she/her) @colourofpoetry.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Happy 1-week bday to Rooming with Elephants!! Yesterday, I took my kids to a bday party, & a friend had, unbeknownst to me, brought it for me to sign. I know I´m just one tiny spark in a shimmering universe of poets, but writing her a note under my printed name, I felt bit like a poetry star. 🤩

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Julie Weiss (she/her) @colourofpoetry.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Sharing a poem from my new collection, out as of yesterday!! #PoetsOnBluesky

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Julie Weiss (she/her) @colourofpoetry.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

This little girl had BIG dreams, one of which was to become a poet. Well, this little girl has just published her 4th book of poetry (2nd collection)! TY to everyone involved in making this book, which I poured my mother´s heart into. kelsaybooks.com/products/roo... www.amazon.com/-/es/dp/1639...

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Julie Weiss (she/her) @colourofpoetry.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Excuse me if I scream (AAAAHHHHH!!), but my new parenting collection will be out in a matter of days!!!! Stay tuned for links!!! #PoetsOnBluesky

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Julie Weiss (she/her) @colourofpoetry.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Finished writing poem #20 of my manuscript, the follow-up to my forthcoming collection, Rooming with Elephants. 10/20 poems are published or forthcoming, some in journals I´ve been trying for years. Thankful for how far I´ve come since publishing my debut, shown here, in 2021. Dreams do come true! ❤️

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Julie Weiss (she/her) @colourofpoetry.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Gyroscope´s 2025 Winter Issue is out! I´m thrilled to appear alongside so many wonderful poets and poet friends. Thank you to editors Constance Brewer, Betsy Mars, and Elya Braden for including my poem. #PoetsOnBluesky

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Julie Weiss (she/her) @colourofpoetry.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

1st 2025 pub has gone live! TY to EIC Erik Deerly & team at Burningword for believing in this poem. The issue is beautiful, brilliant, powerful. It´s an honor to be featured among such talented writers & artists. PDF and print versions will be available on Feb 1st. Full poem at www.burningword.com.

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Julie Weiss (she/her) @colourofpoetry.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

WHAT a day for POETRY! 3 poems were accepted by Masticadores out of Taiwan, 1 poem by Variant Lit, & Bear Review said they absolutely loved one of my poems except that it´s going to be published in Gyroscope very soon. Thank you to the editors of all these journals for making my January!! 😍

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Julie Weiss (she/her) @colourofpoetry.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Sooooo excited!!! I recently received ACCEPTANCES by Burningword Journal and Up The Staircase Quarterly, two journals I´ve been submitting to for years. I´ll never again look at another rejection as a "no," but a "not yet." TY to the editors of both journals for making my week!!! 🥳

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Julie Weiss (she/her) @colourofpoetry.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

I´m a full-time online English teacher, who out of necessity works more hours than the norm, and a full-time mother of 2 young children (7, 9). I returned to poetry in 2018 after a 17-year hiatus. All this is to say, dedication, desire, & hard work, even in the wee late hours, yield rewards!

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Julie Weiss (she/her) @colourofpoetry.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

I´m absolutely elated to share with you the cover of my forthcoming parenting collection, Rooming with Elephants (Kelsay Books, 2025), with exquisite cover art by the extraordinary poet and artist, @meganmerchant.bsky.social . My mother´s heart is glowing!! ❤️

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Julie Weiss (she/her) @colourofpoetry.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Thrilled to receive a 2.5-hour acceptance from Eunoia Review for "Park Bench," a poem from my chapbook manuscript, A Simple Gesture, now out in circulation and looking for its forever home. Thank you to EIC Ian Chung!!

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Julie Weiss (she/her) @colourofpoetry.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

POETS: I know we often write "after" poems when we´ve set out to write a poem because we were consciously inspired or influenced by another poet´s work. But have you ever added an "after" when you realized you were inspired or influenced only after having written the entire poem? #PoetsOnBluesky

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Julie Weiss (she/her) @colourofpoetry.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

In case anyone wants to read The Jolt and/or Breath Ablaze, my homage to Adrienne Rich love poems, now is a great time to get my chaps! Bottlecap is having a Black Friday sale, 20% off all chaps, physical copies ($8.00) and digital downloads ($2.80). ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🏳️‍🌈

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Julie Weiss (she/her) @colourofpoetry.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Just saw this by accident, from over a year ago! My "After" Ellen Bass poem. What an amazing find! aquietroot.com/2023/07/31/h...

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Shane Schick @shaneschick.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

"What is the soul allowed to keep? Every birth, every small gift, every ache?" Tracy K. Smith gets the picture.

Fragment of a poem by Tracy K. Smith about a landscape painting.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 17/10/2024

Welcome to Bluesky. If you're a writer, don't forget to TELL US ALL ABOUT YOUR BOOK!

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Julie Weiss (she/her) @colourofpoetry.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Out today, the poem I wish someone had gifted me when I was young & unsure of myself. Gratitude to Mark & Louisa from ONE ART for your support, & for pairing my poem with Abby E. Murray´s jewel, "How (Not) to Die." #PoetsOnBluesky #https://oneartpoetry.com/2024/11/15/dear-daughter-by-julie-weiss/

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Dear Daughter, by Julie Weiss

Dear Daughter, I see you in the store, rummaging through a display of tacky hibiscus hairclips, our town´s new fad among fourth graders. You ask me which color bedazzles above all the rest. I was n…

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Hannah Linden @hannahl1n.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

ok this is fun. I'm asking people to share 5 accounts. Five #poets you 💙. Include #PoetsOnBluesky. Repost & follow others' 5 poets. For today: @juliawebb.bsky.social @julianday.bsky.social @gramjd.bsky.social @dbodepudi.bsky.social @luminousjune.bsky.social

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Julie Weiss (she/her) @colourofpoetry.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Last month, not long after turning 50, I asked my kids to bring me an elephant to mail a letter, freaked out a bit, and a poem was born. Thank you to editor Christine Klocek-Lim for publishing this one! #poetry #poet #skypoem #writingcommunity autumnskypoetrydaily.com/2024/10/08/e...

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Elephant in a Drawer by Julie Weiss

Editor’s Note: This poem’s title opens the lines with a cliché, but continues into territory that is terrifying and new and the opposite of that simple, timeworn image.

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SeaGoatScreamsPoetry(Ankh Spice) @seagoatscreams.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

Blueskynewskies, if you have a poetry book out, drop it here & let's share. Like everyone here, I have no 'reach' - our shares ARE the algorithm, which takes some getting used to. But we buoy each other, quietly and persistently.

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Julie Weiss (she/her) @colourofpoetry.bsky.social · 19/06/2024

OMG you guys! Just look at this exquisite review of The Jolt, written by Isabelle Whittall, in none other than SUNDRESS READS! My deepest gratitude to Sundress and to Isabelle. ❤️❤️❤️https://sundressblog.com/2024/06/10/sundress-reads-review-of-the-jolt-twenty-one-love-poems-in-homage-to-adrienne-rich/

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Julie Weiss (she/her) @colourofpoetry.bsky.social · 06/06/2024

My PRIDE babies!! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 bottlecap.press

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 24/01/2024

Heads up, poets: there appear to be problems at chapbook publisher Bottlecap Press, including lack of payment and no response to emails. Writer Beware has gotten complaints as well www.reddit.com/r/publishing...

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