Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 10/09/2026"I felt the intimacy of our voices entwined without our bodies ever touching. Hidden closeness in plain sight." Music, love, & what hides between in this essential #longread #fiction from Rachel McCarron. Please don't miss this one <3 | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/rachel-mccarron 050
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 10/09/2026"....Maybe if I let my son say fuck as a child it will grow into any other word: wrinkle or bushwhack or apricot." An intimate, authentic, & stunning trio of #poems, new from Kristina Percy | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/krist... 010
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 10/09/2026"It’s all fun and games at the rodeo until the angels show up..." Another ethereal, magic-laden, wonder-filled #fiction from DIHP alum KM Baysal | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/km-b... 010
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 10/09/2026"Secure or not we dwell in persuasion." A pair of playfully pensive #poems new from Gregory O'Neill | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/grego... 010
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 10/09/2026"Some remarks are pithy and poignant, like the small yellow note stating simply, “I’ve never felt lonelier than when I moved to the USA.”" Discover a gently gorgeous journey in this new #creativenonfiction from Laurie Drabble | www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/laurie-d... 020
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 10/09/2026"Two snakes were playing Hearts. Both cheated." Delightfully quirky new #fiction from Michael Drezin | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/mich... 031
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 08/09/2026"The first time they saw each other, he put the leash and collar on and she made like a still heavy rock." Part lovesong, part essay, fully beautiful, lyric new #creativenonfiction from Rob S. Rutherford | www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/rob-s-ru... 000
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 08/09/2026"It was she who had built the system of routines she called the factory, and she held the sole authority to halt it." A quietly powerful story of aging, caregiving, and the relationships that surround both in this new #fiction from Aldo Giovannitti | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/aldo... 010
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 08/09/2026"I keep waiting for a sentence with enough gravity to ruin my life in the right direction." Uniquely voiced and vividly drawn, two new #poems from Scott Kenimond @scottthepoet.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/scott... 010
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 08/09/2026"You dress like Hulk Hogan. Your yellow tights are okay. Unfortunately, the handlebar mustache is itchy and keeps falling off." An exquisitely poignant coming of age heartbreaker, new from Matthew Kasper | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/matt... #fiction 020
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 08/09/2026"But you only see multi-shades of moldy-brown, an easter egg dipped in too many dyes at once." A pair of singularly cinematic #poems from @williamteets.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/willi... 001
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 08/09/2026"If a shard of glass grazes your cheek: the better, the better." Dark, propulsive & brilliant, don't miss this new flash #fiction from Mandy Lange | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/mand... 021
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Does It Have Pockets "They think it’s some kind of miracle, like women haven’t been giving birth to foxes for centuries now." A trio of sparkling #poems from Tresha Faye Haefner | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/tresh... 030
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 07/09/2026"keep a hand on the sheet, always, i’ve been trained, but this flax sail was woven by my daughter and there will never be another." A stunning pair of poems from Travis Stephens, new for September | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/travi... 020
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Does It Have Pockets "We became fixated on this news reel from beyond, and worried." Two superlative new #poems from Marc Harshman | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/marc-... 020
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 07/09/2026"“Your grandma tasted like old lace and butterscotch candies,” I said, snapping my jaws." Blurring the lines between real & imagined, powerful new literary speculative #fiction from Verdell Walker @vwalkerwrites.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/verd... 031
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 07/09/2026"It doesn’t do to poke the creature that lives in her chest, the one that roars when she thinks of all she’s lost." A small, perfect meditation on grief from the wonderful @jackmorris.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/jack... #fiction 030
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 07/09/2026"In a haughty voice, I inform my mom that I’m anti-fur." Warm and nuanced new #CreativeNonfiction from Abby Alten Schwartz @abbys480.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/abby-alt... 021
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Our September gallery features the vibrant work of Serial Color Dabbler Joyce Stone: www.doesithavepockets.com/artandhybrid...doesithavepockets.comJoyce Stone | September 2026 — Does It Have Pockets 010
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 01/09/2026A Conversation with the brilliant #dihpalum Beth Sherman! Up now in Features : www.doesithavepockets.com/features/b-s...doesithavepockets.comA Conversation with Beth Sherman — Does It Have Pockets 020
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Your semi-annual reminder: DIHP is Fee-Free til the end of August! www.doesithavepockets.com/subs 021
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Don't miss our latest interview, this time with Pockets alumna Jessica Purdy! We talk poetry, marsupials, dreams, and a whole lot more. www.doesithavepockets.com/features/j-p...doesithavepockets.comA Conversation with Jessica Purdy — Does It Have Pockets 011
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 05/08/2026"As soon as the fishtailing started, I latched onto the first glowing thing I saw: a Waffle House sign, like a beacon in the storm." Love, addiction, friendship, & Waffle House. Magnificent new #fiction from Colin Bishoff | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/coli... 010
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 05/08/2026"I only stood back minting what currency I could from ruin" Two singularly breathtaking new #poems from Mark Dunbar | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/mark-... 010
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 05/08/2026"Her memory is increasingly selective and her world view set to outrage." Boundaries, grief, & family, beautifully writ in this new #longread #fiction from John Wegner | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/john... 010
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 05/08/2026"...Word meets wood as custom typographical designs of individual poems are then burned by hand into bespoke pieces of wood..." Stop, drop, & roll on over to this month's spectacular Art & Hybrid Gallery featuring the vibrant Haiku Pyrography of Brasswax | www.doesithavepockets.com/artandhybrid...doesithavepockets.comBrasswax | August 2026 — Does It Have Pockets 010
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 05/08/2026"We fueled each other’s best and worst. He was neurotic. I drank too much." An elegy for a lost friend with a complicated legacy, profoundly & delicately wrought by Thomas Phalen | www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/thomas-p... 020
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 05/08/2026"Please believe me when I write that I love more than what I’ve lost" A meditation on color & a note to Justin Bieber, wrapped in two fantastic poems from Matt Zambito | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/matt-... 020
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 05/08/2026"On November 7, 1995, a tropical cyclone formed in the monsoon trough of the Bay of Bengal." Tense, dynamic, poignant new creative nonfiction from Nicole Irizawa, new for August | www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/nicole-i... 020
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 04/08/2026"When I’m in the hospital in labor, she perches on the bed shouting through her megaphone: “Gimme a push! A push! A P-U-S-H.”" Two dynamic & shimmery flash #fictions, new from DIHP alum @claudiamonpere.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/clau... 121
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 04/08/2026"Picture me frothing at the farmhouse sink" Two cinematic & vibrant new #poems from Isabel Galupo | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/isabe... 020
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 04/08/2026"My first memory of my sister is watching her in Mother’s lap." An exquisite translation of the incredible "Silky Smooth" by Anita Harag from Walter Burgess & Marietta Morry | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/hara... 010
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 04/08/2026'"I’ll give you a nametag that reads “greasy little shit” so everyone knows what kind of baggage you’re holding." Two innovative, gut-punch #poems from @mle-dress.bsky.social -- new for August | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/emily... 010
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 04/08/2026"He looked once over his shoulder at the adults. Not panic. Inventory." Riveting and poignant, don't miss this new #fiction from @brandonmcneice.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/bran... 021
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 03/08/2026"....when they were sure I was asleep one night I pushed through the cigarette smoke that folded onto itself in blue curtains" Two powerful, transformative new poems from William Faller | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/willi... 020
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 03/08/2026"“Why do we have to make the six-hour drive when they hate us?”" Food, family, & grief, gorgeously folded in to this new #flashfiction from @lkardos.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/laur... 092
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 03/08/2026"Clean again, your skin glows like a newborn’s; your head is a friendly bald egg." Two bright, achingly beautiful prose #poems, new from Kathleen McGookey | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/kathl... 010
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 03/08/2026"Most of my customers are like her, who think death is a dirty word, who think one should not have to choose to be buried or burned." Don't miss this bright, immersive flash fiction, new for August from @j4prez.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/yi-j... 032
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 03/08/2026"Familial trauma furnished the construction materials for my cabin of creative writing..." An epic creative nonfiction/poetry hybrid from @gdgrossman.bsky.social -- a retrospective on Covid, writing, and much more | www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/gary-gro... 030
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 03/08/2026"like you and I rushing into a mortgage or that marathon we never trained for" New for August, two sparkling, layered #poems from @mcdolan.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/chris... 041
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Don't miss our fantastic, wide-ranging chat w/ the wonderful Eileen Toomey about her new chapbook, *How to Make an Espresso Martini* whose title story first appeared here at DIHP! www.doesithavepockets.com/features/e-t...doesithavepockets.comA Conversation with Eileen Toomey — Does It Have PocketsI’ve been sharing Eileen Toomey’s wonderful “How to Make an Espresso Martini” creative nonfiction, which first appeared here at DIHP, for over a year, and it has become a signature guide for me, my si... 130
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 16/07/2026We're beyond excited to have the chance to sit down with @lizdebeerwriter.bsky.social to chat about her new book, "Farewell to Emptiness." Join us for some conversation & a few bonus stories. <3 #literarycommunity www.doesithavepockets.com/features/l-d...doesithavepockets.comA Conversation with Liz deBeer — Does It Have Pockets 0102
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Our "vacation" is done! Time for more submissions: www.doesithavepockets.com/subs #litmags #literarycommunity 0148
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Listen, friends. I mean this literally! This superlative new epistle/list hybrid #CNF from @christielauryn.bsky.social has its own playlist. Pour yourself a cup & really spend some time with this one if you can. <3 www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/christie... 031
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 09/07/2026"For a while you look too, until he turns his head just enough to let you know that he’d like you to stop." A masterclass in tension & nuance, don't miss this poignant new #fiction from Susannah Rigg | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/susa... 020
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 08/07/2026"I bargain with my reflection" Two serenely abyssal #poems from Lindsay B. Sears, new for July | Ihttps://www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/lindsay-b-sears 040
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 08/07/2026"One night we sat next to each other in silence for almost two hours. It should have been okay, but it wasn’t." This month's #longread #fiction is a #mustread powerhouse, new from Marc Kaufman| www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/marc... 020
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 08/07/2026"I was often jealous, back then, of the girls he brought flowers to, the girls with painted nails," Cherished DIHP alum Tyler Lemley @tylerlemley1.bsky.social returns with two utterly exquisite new #poems for July | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/tyler... 040
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 08/07/2026"608-315-5408 Haha, no, not a scam. I just wanted to know how you were doing. You seem nice. (Sent: 11:55 PM; Read: 11:56 PM)" A poignant study in loneliness & technology in this tremendous new #fiction from Zach Shea | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/zach... 141
Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 07/07/2026"If you’re reading this, it’s because you have been taken in by The Girl and her mother who are mourning the loss of me." A gorgeous love song to our very best friends in this new #fiction from Karen Zlotnick | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/kare... 020
