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Ashley Howard @ashleydhow.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Hearing about these poems was the highlight I needed this week! I first came to A.M. Juster through his translations of Milton’s latin poems—such a wonderful poet and person

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Smalljones aka Paul Jones @smalljones.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Tomorrow New Verse Review @newversereview.bsky.social opens for submissions to its annual Halloween mini-issue. Here's one by Paul Jones (@smalljones) from our 2024 issue.

Larger than Life Animatronic Werewolf at Costco
“He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man” - Samuel Johnson

Not to be the beast but to own one.
A hairy fanged once-a-month-er
wearing a pre-torn plaid shirt and pants
frayed at their high-water hemline.

I ask for his name, but he has none.
I am certain he's a MacGregor,
one of that wicked, unhappy clan,
made mad from murders at Loch Lomond.

Roars! Performative repetition!
Red eyes, flares unfocused but sincere,
matched to a car salesman's wave of hands
stuck in a full-moonlight state of mind.

A rubberized plastic piece of fun–
that's how he's related, now, to fear–
lineage forgotten, unforgiven
by those we need not nudge to remind.

Something or someone inside me shuns
him. Yet, I can't move or stop my stare.
He was somewhere thought to be a man–
a man who was loved, happy, and kind.

I would pay the price for his freedom.
But closet him until his regular
lunar change. I'm a bit less human
myself and in need of a trusted friend.

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Shane McCrae @akasomeguy.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Villanelles are hard to write! But I tried to write one, and @newversereview.bsky.social was kind enough to publish it in the Summer 2026 issue. Thank you thank you to everyone there.

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Matthew King @cincinnatusc.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

...case of the kind of thing @danielcowper.bsky.social was saying a few weeks ago in @newversereview.bsky.social that people like in poems (which I'd summarize as: things they're inclined to regard as wisdom, written in a way they're inclined to regard as eloquent) open.substack.com/pub/newverse...

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Why Don't People Like Poetry? What Poetry Do They Like?

Letters from an Island 5

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New Verse Review @newversereview.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

In this essay @danielcowper.bsky.social discusses why poetry is so unpopular with general readers (link in the comments). He then takes a look at contemporary poetry that is popular (in terms of Amazon sales). It isn't to be missed!

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New Verse Review @newversereview.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

The world is full of poetry! If you haven't seen it yet, check out NVR's translation issue. It features modern translations of living poets writing in lots of languages, from Amharic to Uzbek, and many in between. We know there's something in it you'll enjoy!

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Paul Deane @rhunedhel.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

For a roundup of poetry news, check out @newversereview.bsky.social's "Rusty Paperweight": substack.com/app-link/pos...

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The Rusty Paperweight: April '26

Curated by Contributing Editor Ethan McGuire

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A. E. Stallings @aestallings.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

I'm here with translations of a couple of sonnets from the Greek of Yiannis Doukas:

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Daniel Cooper @dacooperpoet.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

A great special issue of @newversereview.bsky.social full of excellent translations of living poets from around the world. Please, read and share!

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Boris Dralyuk @bdralyuk.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

My great thanks to the editors of @newversereview.bsky.social for housing my translation of Julia Nemirovskaya’s poem about the inner spirit—the zest, the spark—that keeps the abyss at bay.

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New Verse Review @newversereview.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

In anticipation of our upcoming translation issue, we recently published three pieces of prose about translation(s), two reviews and one interview. Check them out in the comments below!

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New Verse Review @newversereview.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

In anticipation of our upcoming translation issue, we recently published three pieces of prose about translation(s), two reviews and one interview. Check them out in the comments below!

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New Verse Review @newversereview.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Coming Soon! NVR associate editors @dacooperpoet.bsky.social and Mary Grace Mangano recently completed work on a translation special issue. Watch for it late next month.

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New Verse Review @newversereview.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Coming Soon! NVR associate editors @dacooperpoet.bsky.social and Mary Grace Mangano recently completed work on a translation special issue. Watch for it late next month.

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Paul Deane @rhunedhel.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Ryan Wilson on the poet's vision ... newversereview.substack.com/p/the-poets-... @newversereview.bsky.social

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The Poet's Vision

On Poetic Hospitality in Inhospitable Times

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New Verse Review @newversereview.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Check out this great essay by @stevensearcy.bsky.social recently published at New Verse Review!

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Paul Deane @rhunedhel.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Also in the current issue of Forgotten Ground Regained, @dacooperpoet.bsky.social's poem "Hellhound", inspired by a scene in Dante's Inferno. It imitates the Norse poetic form fornyrðislag. alliteration.net/poetry/hellhound/ #alliterative #poetry #Dante #inferno #hellhound #alliterative #poetry

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Hellhound, a poem in alliterative verse by D.A. Cooper

... Cold rain, / cursed and heavy / ceaselessly falls / in this circle of Hell ...

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Daniel Cooper @dacooperpoet.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

I'm very happy to have my first Pushcart nomination. Thanks to @rhunedhel.bsky.social at Forgotten Ground Regained!

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Daniel Cooper @dacooperpoet.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Read my review of Midge Goldberg's To Be Opened After My Death @newversereview.bsky.social: newversereview.substack.com/p/a-review-o...

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A Review of To Be Opened After My Death by Midge Goldberg

Review by D.A. Cooper

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New Verse Review @newversereview.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Today at NVR, @dacooperpoet.bsky.social reviews Midge Goldberg's collection To Be Opened After My Death (Kelsay Books). This one will be of special interest to lovers of light verse! Link below:

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New Verse Review @newversereview.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Today at NVR, we're honored to share Paul J. Pastor's remembrance of the brilliant poet, critic, and philosopher Frederick Turner. Link below. "the world gets people like Fred Turner only, well, once.... he was #1 of a series of 1."

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New Verse Review @newversereview.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

New Verse Review is open from November 1 through November 30 for poetry submissions to its winter issue. We'd be honored if you shared your work with us. Full details below:

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Paul Deane @rhunedhel.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

J.M. Jordan recently published "Overheard Whisper from a Backyard Fort", a poem in half-lines, in @newversereview.bsky.social: www.newversereview.com/2-3-j-m-jordan

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New Verse Review @newversereview.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

New Verse Review is open from November 1 through November 30 for poetry submissions to its winter issue. We'd be honored if you shared your work with us. Full details below:

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Daniel Cooper @dacooperpoet.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

I recently had two alliterative poems published, one spiritual and one spooky. Thanks to Dialogue and FGR! @dialoguejournal.bsky.social @rhunedhel.bsky.social alliteration.net/poetry/hellh... www.dialoguejournal.com/articles/bir...

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New Verse Review @newversereview.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Check out New Verse Review's Halloween issue! www.newversereview.com/issue-2-4--H...

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Paul Deane @rhunedhel.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Announcing: The Fall, 2025 issue of Forgotten Ground Regained, featuring modern English poetry in Norse and Icelandic forms. 17 poems, 3 articles, with loads of info for the curious (& some great poems!) alliteration.net/current-issue/ #alliterative #poetry #poetrysky #poetrylovers #BlueSkyPoets

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Current Issue: Fall 2025

Forgotten Ground Regained: A Quarterly Journal of Alliterative Verse

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Angela Alaimo O’Donnell @angelaodonnellpoet.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Delighted to have a poem in this wonderful new Halloween issue of NEW VERSE REVIEW

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New Verse Review @newversereview.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Check out New Verse Review's Halloween issue! www.newversereview.com/issue-2-4--H...

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New Verse Review @newversereview.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

NVR's Halloween edition will launch on Tues, Oct 14. In celebration we are throwing our first ever HALLOWEEN PARTY! On Fri, Oct 17 at 8pm ET we will have a Zoom reading with some of the poets from the issue. We are looking forward to seeing you there! For tickets, please click the link below:

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Nikola Yurtsaba (Nicole Yurcaba) @nyurtsaba.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

My poem "It is Apple-Picking Season & You Cannot Help" appears in the Halloween issue of @newversereview.bsky.social! I am so honored the editors chose this poem: www.newversereview.com/issue-2-4--H... Please read this haunting (in the best way) issue!

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New Verse Review Halloween 2025 Issue

Poems by Marly Youmans, Katie Hartsock, Vince Gotera, Meredith Bergmann, Angela Alaimo O'Donnell, Helena Feder, John Poch, Jared Carter, and others

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New Verse Review @newversereview.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Just a reminder, today is the last day to submit to NVR's Halloween issue!

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Steven Searcy @stevensearcy.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

I was honored to receive my first Best of the Net nomination from the fabulous journal New Verse Review!

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Vicki Ziegler @bookgaga.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

"to open eyes and fists at one day old is more than you signed up for." #TodaysPoem #poetry Little Bud, Unready by Lisa Barnett (2025 @newversereview.bsky.social) www.newversereview.com/2-3-lisa-bar...

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Poem by Lisa Barnett

Lisa Barnett, "Little Bud, Already"

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