nataliemarino.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social · 05/09/2026When poetry no longer matters, it really matters. 010
nataliemarino.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Publishing a poetry book is a daunting endeavor. I’ve sent out various versions of my first full-length collection for years & today I received a form rejection from a press I admire. The idea of doing 100% of the marketing myself with self-publishing is exhausting,but maybe that’s the best option. 2140
nataliemarino.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social · 06/08/2026My poem “Los Gatos in the Early 21st Century” appears in the latest issue of Swing 💙 110
nataliemarino.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social · 20/06/2026My micro-essay “What Happens When Machines Learn to Write Poetry” was recently published by Blood + Honey. Thank you to the editors. 100
Reposted by @nataliemarino.bsky.socialFlight: A Literary Sampler @flightlit.bsky.social · 07/06/2026The spare beauty of “On Limitation” by @nataliemarino.bsky.social flight-literary.ghost.io/natalie-mari...flight-literary.ghost.ioNatalie Marino- PoetryNatalie Marino is a poet and practicing physician. Her work appears in Hayden’s Ferry Review, Little Patuxent Review, Pleiades, Salt Hill, wildness and elsewhere. She is the author of the chapbooks Un... 151
nataliemarino.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social · 27/05/2026My prose poem “A Love Story” was recently published by The Broadkill Review. Thank you to the editors. 020
nataliemarino.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social · 09/05/2026I have started a Substack. It’s called The Real Review. My first post is three reviews, of recently published collections by Kelli Russell Agodon, Andrea Damic, and Patricia Nelson. I would love it if you took a few minutes to read it! nataliemarino1.substack.com/three-reviewsnataliemarino1.substack.comThree Reviewsof recently published poetry/hybrid collections: Kelli Russell Agodon's Accidental Devotions, Andrea Damic's All the Losses, Patricia Nelson's Monster Monologues 000
nataliemarino.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social · 02/05/2026My poem “Ode to Maggie Murdaugh” is the the latest issue of Puerto del Sol: 110
nataliemarino.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social · 30/04/2026My poem “Capitalism as Protagonist or Heart of Darkness” appears the latest issue of The Indianapolis Review 💜 041
nataliemarino.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social · 26/04/2026The current age of AI has allowed polished average work to flourish. I am disappointed to be saying that as the new standard, even when written by actual humans, soulless writing that takes no risks is increasingly at the forefront. 000
nataliemarino.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social · 23/04/2026My poem “Confession” appears in Terrapin Books’s recent anthology The Color Wheel, edited by Diane Lockward. 010
nataliemarino.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social · 09/04/2026www.npr.org/2026/04/09/n... One of the many reasons we need single-payer healthcare (that would include long-term care) is the rapidly decreasing fertility rate. Without a young labor force and younger relatives and friends, who will care for all the elderly in 20-40 years?npr.org710,000 fewer babies were born last year in U.S. compared with two decades agoThe U.S. fertility rate continued its slide to historic levels, due to plunging teen pregnancies and far more women delaying motherhood into their 30s and 40s. 010
nataliemarino.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social · 05/04/2026My poem “On Limitation” appears in the latest issue of Flight: A Literary Sampler. Thank you Frances and Will for including my work! 010
nataliemarino.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social · 02/04/2026A second poem of mine that appears in the latest issue of Pictura Journal is “Portrait of Fortune.” 010
nataliemarino.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social · 01/04/2026My poem “Butterfly” appears in Issue 6 of Pictura. Thank you AJ Wright for including my work! 000
nataliemarino.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Everyone knows the solution, but many richer people don’t like it: tax wealth instead of income. If this happened, over 90% of Americans wouldn’t pay any taxes. 010
nataliemarino.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social · 22/02/2026💙 I am so honored to have my very short story about the impossibility of what nostalgia promises in the latest issue of -ette 091
nataliemarino.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Thank you Beth and Nora for including my work. 051
nataliemarino.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social · 25/11/2025I was interviewed by Hayden’s Ferry Review about my poem “”Self-Portrait as Poem” that was published in issue #76: haydensferryreview.com/blog/3-quest... 020
nataliemarino.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social · 21/11/2025“The Sky’s Vast Blue” is one of three of my poems published by Cultural Daily today. Thank you Bunkong Tuon! www.culturaldaily.com/natalie-mari... 021
nataliemarino.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social · 14/11/2025I have several copies of my new chapbook End of Revels (Bottlecap Press) ready to mail out. Please let me know if you are interested in a signed copy. 031
nataliemarino.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social · 08/11/2025Thank you @stonecirclereview.bsky.social and @leepottspoet.bsky.social for publishing my work! 140
nataliemarino.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social · 28/10/2025My poetry chapbook, END OF REVELS, told in the voice of Sylvia Plath at the time of her death, is now available from Bottlecap Press: bottlecap.press/products/end... 1163
nataliemarino.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social · 14/10/2025My poem “Paraphrase” was recently published on West Trade Review’s substack. 030
nataliemarino.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social · 09/10/2025My poem “After the War” appears in the October 2025 issue of The Inflectionist Review. Thank you so much John Sibley Williams. 030
nataliemarino.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social · 02/10/2025My poem “Weldon Kees Looks Back” has been nominated for Best of the Net 2026 by Blood+Honey ❤️💜❤️ 030
nataliemarino.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social · 30/09/2025My poem “Ode to Ocean” appears in issue #3 of Phylum Press’s journal. 040
nataliemarino.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social · 14/09/2025Thank you Chila Woychik and Eastern Iowa Review for including my poem “Epilogue” in your anthology Best Prose Poetry 2025. 020
nataliemarino.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social · 11/09/2025It’s life’s illusions I recall. -Joni Mitchell, “Both Sides Now” 020
nataliemarino.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social · 01/09/2025“IKEA pear cider and another year knowing you can’t feel full from excess” 042
Reposted by @nataliemarino.bsky.socialStone Circle Review @stonecirclereview.bsky.social · 31/08/2025NEW POEM #264: "excuses to mark a day" by Jessica Lee McMillan (@jessicaleemcmillan.com) "how many clinking glasses do you remember or cigarette breaks I remember eating watermelon in the dark one night more than any drink or birthday cake" stonecirclereview.com/excuses-to-m... 2104
nataliemarino.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social · 21/08/2025Thank you @thedodgemag.bsky.social for featuring my poem “Sky as Smoke” in your latest issue! 040
Reposted by @nataliemarino.bsky.socialThe Dodge @thedodgemag.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Happy Wednesday! Today we're excited to feature more poetry from our Summer 2025 Issue, this time from Natalie Marino @nataliemarino.bsky.social ! Read her poem "Sky as Smoke" on our website (link in bio) and check out the rest of our Summer 2025 Issue! 183
Reposted by @nataliemarino.bsky.socialThe Dodge @thedodgemag.bsky.social · 15/07/2025@uhume.bsky.social @anthony-martin.bsky.social @alinaetc.bsky.social @ifkexists.bsky.social @neonpajamas.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social @sarahseybold.bsky.social 071
nataliemarino.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social · 15/07/2025I am excited to say that my poem “Sky as Smoke” appears in the summer issue of the Dodge. 091
nataliemarino.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social · 08/07/2025I am honored to have a poem in the latest issue of Half Mystic! 010
nataliemarino.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social · 02/07/2025I have three poems featured in the inaugural issue of Aesterion Lit, including “Elegy to City.” www.aesterion.com/summer-2025 020
nataliemarino.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social · 15/06/2025My poem “Train as Metaphor” appears in the latest issue of Welter (University of Baltimore). Thank you to the editors! 020
nataliemarino.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social · 12/06/2025My very short story “A Masculine Man” appears in the latest issue of Gooseberry Pie Lit! Thank you Jeff Harvey for including my work. 000
nataliemarino.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social · 10/05/2025I am honored that my poem “Mother as Myth-Maker” appears in the latest issue of Atlanta Review. Thank you to the editors! 000
nataliemarino.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social · 04/05/2025I am honored that my poem “Self-Portrait as Poem” is featured in issue #76 of Hayden’s Ferry Review. Thank you so much to the editors! 130
nataliemarino.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social · 02/05/2025My prose poem “Lucky Break,” about my uncle Jim, who was a national pool champion in the 1970s, was published by Blood Honey Lit today. Thank you editor David Estingel! 000
nataliemarino.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social · 14/04/2025My poem “Today the Clouds are Big as Countries” (originally published by Philly Chapbook Review) has been translated into Italian! Thank you Matteo Fais! 010
nataliemarino.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social · 12/04/2025The second of two poems of mine recently published by Cable Street is “The Window.” Thank you @danadelibovi.bsky.social and the team for including my work! 010
Reposted by @nataliemarino.bsky.socialDavid Cazden @dcazdn.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Happy to have three poems in here with @nataliemarino.bsky.social lovely work and the rest of the authors. 😃 0116
Reposted by @nataliemarino.bsky.socialCable Street @cablestreet-litmag.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Our Spring 2025 issue is here! Work by Raphael Rubinstein, @nataliemarino.bsky.social, @dcazdn.bsky.social, Gail Elizabeth Williams, @janschmidtwriter.bsky.social, Ian C. Smith, and many more. cablestreet.org/issue-8-tabl...cablestreet.orgIssue 8 Table of Contents - Cable StreetAgnes Sioda. “Aufwachen” / “Wake Up.” 150 x 200 cm. Oil on canvas. A WORD* * *TRIBUTEHail, Brother, and FarewellTributes to Our Late Editor, Christopher Sawyer-Lauçanno* * *INSIGHT* * *POETRYDavid Caz... 074
nataliemarino.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social · 08/04/2025I am honored that editor @danadelibovi.bsky.social and Cable Street included my poem “Namesake” in the latest issue 💜❤️💜. 020
nataliemarino.bsky.social @nataliemarino.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Thank you so must Poetry Is Currency! 061