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D.W. Baker @lowermelody.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

"Meteorite," a short poem featured in my microchapbook LOVE'S THE BURNING BOY (@fifthwheelpress.bsky.social pride series 2026), was first published & nominated for Best of the Net by @identitytheory.bsky.social

Meteorite

You are both:

the impact;

the celestial space
created on earth
once

everything in
the crater
burns away.

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Epistemic Literary- Read Issue 8: Righteous Rage now! @epistemiclit.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

DYK we have a newsletter? Hear first about upcoming sub calls, get issues delivered to your inbox, and stay updated on any new initiatives! Emails are infrequent and informative, no fluff clogging your inbox. Sign up now on the front page of our website! epistemiclit.com

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Gretchen Filart @gretchenfilart.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Super proud of this amazing woman! Congratulations!👏

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Gretchen Filart @gretchenfilart.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Thank you so much for these amazing women who, despite their own challenges and disabilities, continue to lend their tireless support to the community and to lesser-heard voices. Happy Asian Heritage Month and Mental Health Awareness Month!♥️🫂

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ｐｅｔｒｉｃｈｏｒ @petrichorlit.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Slight delay on the 10th Anniversary issue. It's our biggest in 10 years, so there's a lot to put together. But it will be worth it. In the meantime, subs open in two hours yaaaaay.

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Gretchen Filart @gretchenfilart.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Trying to get my mojo back by subbing old poems to places. Thought it might help uplift me,even if I can't write anything yet,or don't know when I can due to bipolar meds+stroke. Had one freshly released by a local paper called Mountain Beacon(👇🏽their pubmat). Happy & thankful. Might submit to more🙏🏽

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Gretchen Filart @gretchenfilart.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Still free until March 5! Download and help this amazing author out!

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Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Stanchion Book Club members! Check your inboxes — you now have the early access PDF of @tcboudreau.bsky.social 's Love You, Miss You, Goodbye Forever! You'll get your physical copy soon, as well as an invitation to join a Book Club-exclusive book chat and Q&A with Boudreau & @fbereaud.bsky.social!

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Melissa Ruth Rotert -Order THE RIDDERS SERIES! @melruthwrites.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

I'm at 33 poems and I'd like to have a minimum of 40. Who's got some pet poetry for me?? #dogpoems #catpoems #petpoems #adoptdontshop #rescue #fundraiser #poetry

Cover of an upcoming anthology called "Poetry for Pets" with a black pug looking over his shoulder smugly. He's wearing a red white and blue shirt. There is a pink/orange water color background. He is a very good boy.

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Gretchen Filart @gretchenfilart.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Please share, buy, and read this amazing lady's books!

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Kristin Houlihan, Writer @kristinwrites.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Five minutes on the porch Blue sky Feeds my #soul #Vss365 #micropoetry #haiku #LongCovid

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Epistemic Literary- Read Issue 8: Righteous Rage now! @epistemiclit.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

ISSUE 7: INTEGRITY is now LIVE! Please read, share, and discuss! And watch this space all week for lots of spotlights. Thank you to everyone who is a part of this issue and our wonderful #EpistemicLitFamily! epistemiclit.com/current-issue/

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Gretchen Filart @gretchenfilart.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

People telling me, "maybe you should try venturing out into the bi space." Like, girlie, I may be straight, but I'm open (and get attracted) to bi men and trans men (pansexual men - cool, too). But the bi men and trans men only like me as a friend😆

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fbereaud.bsky.social @fbereaud.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Today is the publication date of my first novel. What an honor to work with the amazing @stanchion.bsky.social. Please consider ordering a copy and, if you’re in San Diego, come celebrate with me this Sat! www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...

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Gretchen Filart @gretchenfilart.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

"I go out and get one for us to relish with an impromptu tea." Beautiful poem by the incredible @ronita.bsky.social :)

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Gretchen Filart @gretchenfilart.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

I'm on Upscrolled - a social media platform built by a Palestinian. It promises to be everything soc med nowadays isn't. Let's connect? I'm on there as @gretchenfilart. share.upscrolled.com/en/user/9770...

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Gretchen Filart @gretchenfilart.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

A poem about grappling with stroke, memory, and language. Born today inside the bus, after 5 months of silence and 4 days post-hospitalization. Shaky, rusty like the pipes in my brain. But coping. Trying. #poetry #poems

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Gretchen Filart @gretchenfilart.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

From the bottom of my heart: Thank you, Kristin ❤️🫂

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Gretchen Filart @gretchenfilart.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

It's been a really tough week of a stroke-induced hospitalization. This cheered me up. Thank you for sharing @readalittlepoem.bsky.social ❤️

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Patrick Samphire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @patricksamphire.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

JK Rowling is destroying children's lives. Stop buying her shit, watching her shows, playing her games. You're funding her hate campaign. Move on.

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Gretchen Filart @gretchenfilart.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

This is so heartwarming. Thank you, whoever you are, dear reader💕

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Gretchen Filart @gretchenfilart.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Grateful to share that my daughter's artwork, "Hand in hand", is the cover art for @nimblewitlit.bsky.social's new issue, "Trustworthy"💕 Many thanks to the editors for giving her & other young artists' voices space in this lit mag. Read & support young talents! epistemiclit.com/nimblewitlit...

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Gretchen Filart @gretchenfilart.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Wouldn't have happened if these people didn't have faith in our work. Thank you @epistemiclit.bsky.social. and congratulations to all the winners of The @genrepunkmag.bsky.social Awards!

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Gretchen Filart @gretchenfilart.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

"I think I understand Why Bebo peeled gently now I wish I understood What love was, then" Beautiful❤️

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Abigail Myers @abigailmyers.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

As a fellow '90s teen, this piece gave such lovely and sad chills. @pleomorphic2.bsky.social captured how this album felt so perfectly.

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Gretchen Filart @gretchenfilart.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

So cool. Thank you for the nomination @epistemiclit.bsky.social 🫶🏽❤️

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Gretchen Filart @gretchenfilart.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

I have a new(ish) poem out now on @epistemiclit.bsky.social 's latest issue, "Nostalgia". It's about ADHD-sidequesting on old friendships and love. Hope you have a read of everyone's fantastic pieces! Much thanks to the amazing editors at Epistemic Literary for including my work here❤️

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Gretchen Filart @gretchenfilart.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Humbled by this BOTN nomination by the lovely ladies at @epistemiclit.bsky.social ❤️ Thank you for your faith in and support of everyone's work. You guys are the best! Wishing everyone the best of luck🫶🏽

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Gretchen Filart @gretchenfilart.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

What I like about poets is most of y'all like astrology.

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Gretchen Filart @gretchenfilart.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

I'm writing poems and doing submissions again after a long, dry creative spell (mostly the meds' doing). It makes me incredibly happy, excited, and reinvigorated.

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Gretchen Filart @gretchenfilart.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

One of the worst things social media has done to humans is make us excessively reactive. Without pausing, without taking time to rethink words (ours or another's), without considering going into a "green zone" first before acting, often we jump into assumptions and harsh judgments. 1/2

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Epistemic Literary- Read Issue 8: Righteous Rage now! @epistemiclit.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

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Epistemic Literary- Read Issue 8: Righteous Rage now! @epistemiclit.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

I read the interview first, then the piece but any order is soul searing.

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Epistemic Literary- Read Issue 8: Righteous Rage now! @epistemiclit.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Issue 5: #Resistance is OUT NOW. It’s a stunning issue, maybe our best yet. Read, share, #Resist! epistemiclit.com/current-issue/

Orange and yellow flames are emerging from a disembodied mouth. The following words are written in the flames: White supremacists are not very fine people; Denying trans rights does not “protect women”; Trying to violently overturn an election is not patriotic; Words matter; Truth matters; The opposite of diversity equity and inclusion is white supremacy and exclusion; Hatred and lies don’t make a country great; They hate “woke” because they want you asleep; Wake up!

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Gretchen Filart @gretchenfilart.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Thank you so much, Jared and L.M., for the space to share about a vulnerable piece. ♥️

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Sumitra Singam @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Friends, army, gazers-at-wildflowers, The @lit-namjooning.bsky.social team want to talk, and connect, and gaze deeply at your em-dashes!! Come along on Fri 16 May 8pm EST and ask us anything ahead of our subs opening in June! Registration linky-loo: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Namjooning with the editors. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

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Gretchen Filart @gretchenfilart.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

A reminder that Pablo Neruda is a rapist. He confessed to it in his memoir, released posthumously in 1974. A Tamil cleaning lady when he was a diplomat. See the power dynamics & how he abused them? Even people in Chile are outraged that the government canceled the plan to name an airport after him.

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Gretchen Filart @gretchenfilart.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

During an exam today, my 12-year-old had to answer this question: "Why is it hard to be truthful in this society?" She answered, "Because when you tell the truth, instead of getting supported, everyone judges you for it." Baby girl's spewing FACTS.💯

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fbereaud.bsky.social @fbereaud.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Friends, it’s #AWP25 time. I’ll be at @thetwinbill.bsky.social table (T1109). We’ll have print issues of the journal and an amazing anthology from @406press.bsky.social. I’ll have copies of San Diego Stories (signing Th 2 pm, Fri 11 am) & the latest collection from Matthew Johnson. Come say hi!

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Gretchen Filart @gretchenfilart.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

It's World Poetry Day, and I'm remembering how poetry saves me, the way my daughter does every day. This is one of the first poems I wrote after a decade-long pause from poetry. Never published, always turned down. Sharing bec today is about light: of words, of new life. Happy World Poetry Day🪶❤️✨

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Jenny Wong @jenwithwords.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Thrilled to be the featured creative for North Bay Poetics where I will be reading and chatting about my chapbook, poetry films, and other upcoming projects. Special guests include: @pamyve.bsky.social David Crews @trivarnahariharan.bsky.social @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social Comment/DM for link!

An ocean wave back ground with a small thumbnail of my debut chapbook “Shiftings & Other Coordinates of Disorder” beside a thumbnail of me. The text says, “North Nay Poetics presents Canadian Creative Jenny Wong , Shiftings and Seas, poetry, poetry films, prose. March 18 3-4:30pm pst, zoom.

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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 08/03/2025

Put the word out that we're back. Think of us. We open 4/20 for a short window for a print issue in the fall. We want poems, prose, art, comics & beyond. Free to submit, free to read online always, we now pay $150 + comp copies + eternal literary infamy. More prestigious than the Paris Review.

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Gretchen Filart @gretchenfilart.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Happy Women's Day, ladies❤️ Something from two years back (edited only a bit. Exhausted, slush brain.)

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Sumitra Singam @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Yeah, so we're doing an Asia-Pac timing friendly meet and read series. Everyone is welcome regardless of where you live - borders are bogus. Thurs Feb 13 7pm Melb time. Some AWESOME people have registered. I might sing Waltzing Matilda. Don't miss out! Zoom reg link: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Map of Australia graphic with the words "Yeah Nah Meet and Read Series"

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Gretchen Filart @gretchenfilart.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Insane what is happening in the social media sphere today. Exhausting. One can't help but miss the good old MySpace days.

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