Jack Bedell @jackbedell.bsky.social · 04/10/2026You’re the best, Pat! Thank you so much for giving this poem a boost. 120
Reposted by Jack BedellPat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026"It would’ve been nice to ring in the new year on the curb staring down my lampless street into an emptiness so black even the idea of a horizon disappeared ..." @jackbedell.bsky.social in Plague Circus plaguecircuspress.com/im-sad-by-ja...plaguecircuspress.comI’m Sad the World Didn’t End by Jack B. Bedell 141
Reposted by Jack BedellPat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026"... it's all home to me." Pointe Noire by @jackbedell.bsky.social in Tanasi Review see page 9) tanasiriverreview.neocities.org/Tanasi_River...tanasiriverreview.neocities.org 142
Reposted by Jack BedellStone Circle Review @stonecirclereview.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The Circle is always open. The poems I’m looking for return, in Charles Simic’s words, “that which is familiar to its original strangeness” No fee. Four-week turnaround. Full guidelines at stonecirclereview.com/submissions-... #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #CallForSubmissions #LitMag 02415
Jack Bedell @jackbedell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026@judemarr.bsky.social Thanks for tuning in to the Dodo reading tonight! It was wonderful to see your face and hear your voice! 121
Reposted by Jack BedellV.C. Myers @vcmyers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Love this lil ode to PJ Harvey & the 90s... 121
Jack Bedell @jackbedell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Very grateful to have a little nostalgia-for-the-before-times piece up at Plague Circus this morning. 👇🏻 plaguecircuspress.com/im-sad-by-ja...plaguecircuspress.comI’m Sad the World Didn’t End by Jack B. Bedell 020
Jack Bedell @jackbedell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The new issue of Tanasi Review is out today. The PDF is available now with a print edition to follow next month. Very grateful to have a poem about Pat Mire’s latest movie in the issue’s lead-off spot! 🙌🏻👇🏻 tanasiriverreview.neocities.org/Tanasi_River...tanasiriverreview.neocities.org 051
Jack Bedell @jackbedell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I’m very grateful to have this one in the @stonecirclereview.bsky.social archive! 252
Reposted by Jack BedellPat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026"The mystery is not always a whodunit. Sometimes, like this time, that part is ..." "Some scenes can’t help themselves." "Sometimes murder scenes hold no truth at all." @jackbedell.bsky.social with four nutshell studies in @bulbregion.bsky.social bulbregion.com/Nutshell-Stu...bulbregion.comNutshell Studies of Unexplained Deaths, by Jack B. Bedell — The Bulb RegionNutshell Studies of Unexplained Deaths — Jack B. Bedell I. Barn, 1939 The... 142
Reposted by Jack Bedells w i f t s: a literary magazine @swiftslitmag.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Poetry Nominations: @mollyakin.bsky.social, "Of Fatigue" @jackbedell.bsky.social, "Dusk, Chackbay" @amorak.bsky.social, "Lament with Waning Crescent" @fklein907.bsky.social, "Landslide II" 132
Jack Bedell @jackbedell.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I love spending time in the world of those dioramas. If I ever made it to the crime bureau where they’re housed now, I think they’d have to drag me out! 111
Reposted by Jack BedellThe Bulb Region @bulbregion.bsky.social · 08/09/2026"Some scenes can’t help themselves. Their order of events conforms naturally into one or two reasonable chronologies. One act simply leads to the next until the final outcome declares itself." The amazing @jackbedell.bsky.social enters four crime-scene dioramas in The Bulb Region today. 🔗👇 132
Jack Bedell @jackbedell.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Absolutely stoked to have four Nutshell Studies based on Frances Glessner Lee’s dioramas up at @bulbregion.bsky.social today! Huge gratitude to @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social for inspiring these, and for giving them a perfect home! bulbregion.com/Nutshell-Stu...bulbregion.comNutshell Studies of Unexplained Deaths, by Jack B. Bedell — The Bulb RegionNutshell Studies of Unexplained Deaths — Jack B. Bedell I. Barn, 1939 The... 1112
Reposted by Jack BedellKyla Houbolt @luaz.bsky.social · 04/09/2026www.neologismpoetry.com/August-2026/ smokin' hot issue. Love @jackbedell.bsky.social's piece in here:neologismpoetry.comAugust 2026Issue #111 Amira Sain Rival Male Hummers* with Forgotten Tree (after Greg Williamson’s Double Exposures) These tiny Anna’s hummingbirds alight On sapling grown too tall for its cramped case both ti… 131
Reposted by Jack BedellPat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026“… No stares, no pain, no names even in this here, this now …” @jackbedell.bsky.social in @neologismpoetry.bsky.social www.neologismpoetry.com/August-2026/ 132
Jack Bedell @jackbedell.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Thank you so much for checking these out, and for spreading the word, Pat. Much love! 110
Reposted by Jack BedellPat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026“The WHY of it, though, is a quiet song you’ll sing to yourself …” Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death + 2 by @jackbedell.bsky.social in @bruisermag.com www.bruisermag.com/Bedell_Three...bruisermag.comThree prose poems by Jack B. Bedell - BRUISERMEMORY, K&B, LÂCHE PAS LA PATATE & NUTSHELL STUDIES OF UNEXPLAINED DEATH 231
Reposted by Jack BedellPat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026“There are days when the last shadow in this swamp steps to the edge of the clearing and howls. …” @jackbedell.bsky.social in Odd Lobster oddlobster.com#jack-b-bedelloddlobster.comOdd Lobster 042
Reposted by Jack BedellPat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026“Storms and songs have shown this river for what it is a hundred years now” @jackbedell.bsky.social in Hollow and Sky hollowandsky.org/triptych-not...hollowandsky.orgTriptych, Notes from the River Jack Bedell - Hollow and SkyTriptych, Notes from the River 1. A line of saltwater creepsupriver dailycloser to oyster bedsand groundwaterwe all need to live 2. Storms and songs have shownthis river for what it isa hundred years ... 041
Reposted by Jack BedellMatt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 03/09/2026"Even the oldest alligators floating in this water hold her as kin whenever they brush near" Brilliant evocation of place and character from @jackbedell.bsky.social www.neologismpoetry.com/August-2026/neologismpoetry.comAugust 2026Issue #111 Amira Sain Rival Male Hummers* with Forgotten Tree (after Greg Williamson’s Double Exposures) These tiny Anna’s hummingbirds alight On sapling grown too tall for its cramped case both ti… 151
Jack Bedell @jackbedell.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Fantastic new issue of @neologismpoetry.bsky.social posted yesterday, and I’m stoked to have a poem included. www.neologismpoetry.com/August-2026/neologismpoetry.comAugust 2026Issue #111 Amira Sain Rival Male Hummers* with Forgotten Tree (after Greg Williamson’s Double Exposures) These tiny Anna’s hummingbirds alight On sapling grown too tall for its cramped case both ti… 031
Jack Bedell @jackbedell.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Very grateful to have a swamplore piece in the new issue of @neologismpoetry.bsky.social alongside so many ✨! 👇🏻 040
Reposted by Jack BedellNeologism Poetry Journal @neologismpoetry.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Issue #111 out now! Featured Poet Amira Sain, supported by @jackbedell.bsky.social, Eva Hadjiyani, Patrick Deeley, Obiotika Wilfred Toochukwu, @tracyroyce.bsky.social, Juno Steele Gray, James F. Wurtz, @yoda-olinyk.bsky.social, and Ella Betz. www.neologismpoetry.com/August-2026/ 141
Jack Bedell @jackbedell.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Also stoked to have a poem in the beautiful new issue of Dirt Freckles today! 🙌🏻👇🏻 dirtfreckleslitmag.wixsite.com/dirt-freckle...dirtfreckleslitmag.wixsite.comPurpling | Dirt Freckles 1 040
Jack Bedell @jackbedell.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Very grateful to have three prose micros up @bruisermag.com today! Thanks to Josh Shepard and everyone on staff for giving the perfect home to memories of Stan Hansen and my dad. There’s also the 1st in my series of Nutshell murder scene mysteries. 👇🏻 www.bruisermag.com/bedell_three...bruisermag.comThree prose poems by Jack B. Bedell - BRUISERMEMORY, K&B, LÂCHE PAS LA PATATE & NUTSHELL STUDIES OF UNEXPLAINED DEATH 032
Jack Bedell @jackbedell.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Very grateful to everyone at Odd Lobster for giving my Honey Island monster poem a great home! 🐊👇🏻 oddlobster.com#jack-b-bedelloddlobster.comOdd Lobster 011
Jack Bedell @jackbedell.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Issue 2 of Hollow and Sky is out now. It’s beautiful, and I’m really blessed to have a brand new poem included. hollowandsky.org/triptych-not...hollowandsky.orgTriptych, Notes from the River Jack Bedell - Hollow and SkyTriptych, Notes from the River 1. A line of saltwater creepsupriver dailycloser to oyster bedsand groundwaterwe all need to live 2. Storms and songs have shownthis river for what it isa hundred years ... 020
Reposted by Jack BedellPat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026"Beyond that, for her it’s all high score after high score, the purity of her shot’s arc, and ..." @jackbedell.bsky.social & World B. Free in Coming Up Short www.comingupshortmag.com/p/swishcomingupshortmag.comSwishby Jack B. Bedell 131
Jack Bedell @jackbedell.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Thank you, Pat. I hope you’re finding some peace, man. Much love to you. 110
Jack Bedell @jackbedell.bsky.social · 05/08/2026It’s great to be back on the board at Some Words today with a new micro from my PI series! Big thanks to Justin Carter for giving this one a home! 🙌🏻 somewords.boards.net/thread/32/ja...somewords.boards.net 020
Jack Bedell @jackbedell.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Call the band back together. Let’s do it again!!! 010
Jack Bedell @jackbedell.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Knocked out to have a poem up at Badlands today! Thanks to Trevor for giving this one a fantastic home! 👇🏻 badlandspoetry.com/about/poems/ 010
Jack Bedell @jackbedell.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Really stoked to have a new micro up at Coming Up Short/Aperture today. 🙏🏻 www.comingupshortmag.com/p/swishcomingupshortmag.comSwishby Jack B. Bedell 010
Reposted by Jack BedellPat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · 19/07/2026"We both pass life like this, enjoying whatever warmth we can find, fully aware winter is going to ease in one day soon and ..." In Water by @jackbedell.bsky.social in Gorko thegorkogazette.com/2026/07/18/i...thegorkogazette.comNew content every morning!feet / dangling towards silt 162
Jack Bedell @jackbedell.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Very grateful to have a little poem up today at Gorko. Huge thanks to Colin Gee for giving that one a great home! 👇🏻 thegorkogazette.com/2026/07/18/i...thegorkogazette.comNew content every morning!feet / dangling towards silt 052