Psaltery & Lyre @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Dear friends, We are going on hiatus for the remainder of 2026. Although this is difficult news to share, we remain full of gratitude for the writers, readers, friends, and volunteers who have made Psaltery & Lyre a beautiful, bright corner of the literary world. With gratitude, The editors 2191
Psaltery & Lyre @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social · 13/04/2026"I have waited so long in gorgeous dark / for a spark that reminds me I'm alive." "Psalm Against Ruin" by @evelynberrywriter.bsky.social psalteryandlyre.org/2026/04/13/p...psalteryandlyre.orgPsalm Against Ruinby Evelyn Berry 043
Reposted by Psaltery & LyreSamuel Day Wharton @fakeourway.bsky.social · 11/04/2026you are a thorn / in the foot of memory 011
Psaltery & Lyre @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social · 06/04/2026"Plunge: this breath / I forget to notice I take" "Pastoral Care: Plunge" by Elizabeth Harlan-Ferlo psalteryandlyre.org/2026/04/06/p...psalteryandlyre.orgPastoral Careby Elizabeth Harlan-Ferlo 011
Reposted by Psaltery & LyreSamuel Day Wharton @fakeourway.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Now they are rock and tree again, and somewhere / a hungry blaze comes for them 042
Psaltery & Lyre @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social · 30/03/2026"Willing to fall for the trick that tells the truth, / we trick ourselves to forget." "Sonnenizio for Bill and Detail from 'Sonnenizio for Bill'" by @kavetchnik.bsky.social psalteryandlyre.org/2026/03/30/s...psalteryandlyre.orgSonnenizio for Bill and Detail from “Sonnenizio for Bill”by Jen Karetnick I. The Gonif With a line from Imtiaz Dharker Willing to fall for the trick that tells… 062
Psaltery & Lyre @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social · 23/03/2026"In the last days, / someone will come to you selling a version of your life / that is not true but gleaming." "Logan Canyon" by Sunni Brown Wilkinson psalteryandlyre.org/2026/03/23/l...psalteryandlyre.orgLogan Canyonby Sunni Brown Wilkinson 050
Psaltery & Lyre @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social · 16/03/2026"It tumbles out like a newborn calf / ready to run. All nature & instinct & slime." "Dictionary" by Grayson Mack psalteryandlyre.org/2026/03/16/d...psalteryandlyre.orgDictionaryby Grayson Mack 031
Psaltery & Lyre @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social · 13/03/2026“Anna Rollins, in her debut memoir 'Famished: On Food, Sex, and Growing Up as a Good Girl,' writes about the lure of becoming a ‘more perfect woman’ through controlling her body." Alyssa Witbeck reviews "Famished" by @annajrollins.bsky.social psalteryandlyre.org/2026/03/13/a...psalteryandlyre.orgA More Perfect Woman: On Ann Rollins’ “Famished: On Food, Sex, and Growing Up as a Good Girl”Famished: On Food, Sex, and Growing Up as a Good Girl by Ann RollinsWm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2025Review by Alyssa Witbeck:: Anna Rollins, in her debut memoir Famished: On Food, Sex, and Grow… 011
Psaltery & Lyre @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social · 09/03/2026"I was reckless as a child." "Snowshoe Hare" by @lauraring.bsky.social psalteryandlyre.org/2026/03/09/s...psalteryandlyre.orgSnowshoe Hareby Laura A. Ring I was reckless as a child.No sky too wide. Traipsedalong the ridgeline in full sun.Deer trails. Clearings. Never shiedfrom wing or foot fall.I lingeredat the fox’s musk-red burrow.… 032
Psaltery & Lyre @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social · 02/03/2026"Three windows face into the garden, sills crowded / with stones" "If this was all we had, it would be enough" by J.I. Kleinberg psalteryandlyre.org/2026/03/02/i...psalteryandlyre.orgIf this was all we had, it would be enoughby J.I. Kleinberg 052
Psaltery & Lyre @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social · 23/02/2026"I am having dreams of Los Angeles." "Your LA Death" by MT Vallarta @itsmelktea.bsky.social psalteryandlyre.org/2026/02/23/y...psalteryandlyre.orgYour LA Deathby MT Vallarta CW: Suicide I … 020
Psaltery & Lyre @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social · 16/02/2026"Adrift in that airy / lobby, rubber plants arching / overhead..." "Vague as Moths" by Katie Johntz. psalteryandlyre.org/2026/02/16/v...psalteryandlyre.orgVague as Mothsby Katie Johntz Adrift in that airylobby, rubber plants archingoverhead, I remember the soundof the news of the first illness, the firstcorrupted cells breakingoff on their own to take hold in the … 020
Reposted by Psaltery & LyreSamuel Day Wharton @fakeourway.bsky.social · 03/02/2026you imbibed everything, then nothing from me 061
Reposted by Psaltery & LyreTracie Renee (she/her) @tracierenee.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Adding that lately when I'm hungry for new voices, I read: @havehashad.com @okaydonkeymag.com @oneart.bsky.social @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social @rattlepoetry.bsky.social 052
Psaltery & Lyre @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social · 09/02/2026“I took a nap. It seemed almost wasteful, / given the magnitude of the next day, / but tired wrapped around me like smoke” "The Day Before I Died" by @kingrobertj.bsky.social psalteryandlyre.org/2026/02/09/t...psalteryandlyre.orgThe Day Before I Diedby Bob King I took a nap. It seemed almost wasteful,given the magnitude of the next day,but tired wrapped around me like smoke,pulling me toward the sofa that alreadyhad the perfect imprint of my b… 151
Psaltery & Lyre @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social · 02/02/2026"I started by pushing my breastbone past my lungs unlodging" "Missionaries Show Me and My Mother How to Pray" by Chloe Xu psalteryandlyre.org/2026/02/02/m...psalteryandlyre.orgMissionaries Show Me and My Mother How to Prayby Chloe Xu And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the throne of the beast; and its kingdom was filled with darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain. … 020
Reposted by Psaltery & LyreSamuel Day Wharton @fakeourway.bsky.social · 28/01/2026my heart curls inward / like a leaf before frost 011
Psaltery & Lyre @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social · 26/01/2026I don’t forgive him, not yet, / but I let their love for him stand, / a stone I don’t need to carry." "The Shadow I Keep" by @samaureli.bsky.social psalteryandlyre.org/2026/01/26/t...psalteryandlyre.orgThe Shadow I Keepby Sam Aureli 172
Reposted by Psaltery & LyreDana Delibovi @danadelibovi.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Every Monday @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social publishes an excellent poem. Every single Monday. I needed this one today.psalteryandlyre.orgThe Shadow I Keepby Sam Aureli 182
Reposted by Psaltery & LyreSarah Stockton @sarahstockton.bsky.social · 19/01/2026 A poem from my forthcoming chapbook, Pelican's Daughter (Concrete Wolf Press) is up on the Psaltery & Lyre site today. Many thanks, @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social and @millietullis.bsky.social! 142
Psaltery & Lyre @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social · 23/01/2026“I expected Prato would bring that same precision and authentic voice to her fiction, but what I didn’t expect was how deeply her novel-in-stories would resonate with my own obsessions about lineage, memory, and the spiral of time.” Rebecca Beardsall reviews Purgatoire by Liz Pratopsalteryandlyre.orgBook Review: “Purgatoireby” Liz PratoReview by Rebecca Beardsall 020
Psaltery & Lyre @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social · 19/01/2026"Search: end of life / Search: extraordinary measures / Search: airplane flights" "Search On: Dying Across the Border" by @sarahstockton.bsky.social psalteryandlyre.org/2026/01/19/s...psalteryandlyre.orgSearch On: Dying Across the Borderby Sarah Stockton 050
Psaltery & Lyre @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social · 13/01/2026"European men, who loved me for my curves, my / ice-water eyes." "My mother dreams of whiteness" by @gathcreator.bsky.social psalteryandlyre.org/2026/01/12/m...psalteryandlyre.orgMy mother dreams of whitenessby Jael Montellano 072
Reposted by Psaltery & LyreSamuel Day Wharton @fakeourway.bsky.social · 06/01/2026in contempt / of physics, undousable fires / and nonflammable men 173
Reposted by Psaltery & LyreJael Montellano @gathcreator.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Thank you @alinaetc.bsky.social for the inspo! Thank you @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social for giving it a place to live. 031
Psaltery & Lyre @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social · 05/01/2026"It was Baba. He walked in and sat on the edge of my bed, holding out a bowl to me. I looked down. Peeled cucumbers with salt. Cut watermelon. A bunch of grapes." "Balance" by Elaje López psalteryandlyre.org/2026/01/05/b...psalteryandlyre.orgBalanceby Elaje López 020
Psaltery & Lyre @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social · 29/12/2025“as I spill ink on the Day of Rest...” "Writing Poems in the Synagogue Bathroom" by Maya Bernstein psalteryandlyre.org/2025/12/29/w...psalteryandlyre.orgWriting Poems in the Synagogue Bathroomby Maya Bernstein 030
Reposted by Psaltery & LyreJane Zwart (she/her) @janezwart.bsky.social · 22/12/2025Much gratitude to Millie Tullis and the folks who make @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social for making space for this poem, which is as close to my heart as they come. 0154
Reposted by Psaltery & LyreChristina Daub @christinadaub.bsky.social · 22/12/2025Another exquisite poem by Jane Zwart! #poetry 192
Reposted by Psaltery & LyreChiara Di Lello @chiaradilello.bsky.social · 22/12/2025"a Christmas cactus that outlived her mother is blooming out of season—the anniversary of my grandma’s death now all the liturgy it knows." Beautiful new & seasonally on-point @janezwart.bsky.social poem. Gonna go check on my Christmas cactus and call my mom 💕 142
Psaltery & Lyre @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social · 22/12/2025"In my mother’s theory of miracles / there are two columns..." "In the Lion's Mouth" by @janezwart.bsky.social psalteryandlyre.org/2025/12/22/i...psalteryandlyre.orgIn the Lion’s Mouthby Jane Zwart 1116
Reposted by Psaltery & LyreUlrica Hume @uhume.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Call Us Not Weeds (short story about feminism) @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social psalteryandlyre.org/2025/10/13/c...psalteryandlyre.orgCall Us Not Weedsby Ulrica Hume 183
Reposted by Psaltery & LyreJoanna ✅ Theiss @joannatheiss.com · 16/12/2025Millions of thanks to the fine editors who published my work in 2025! Thank you @doesithavepockets.bsky.social The Penn Review The Broken Teacup @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social @theargylelitmag.bsky.social @ekphrasticreview.bsky.social @templeinacity.bsky.social 263
Psaltery & Lyre @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social · 15/12/2025"Day and night, / in every room / Steve is burning" "Steve is Burning" by Renee Emerson psalteryandlyre.org/2025/12/15/s...psalteryandlyre.orgSteve is burningby Renee Emerson 051
Reposted by Psaltery & LyreJane Zwart (she/her) @janezwart.bsky.social · 14/11/2025I know a lot of worthwhile work doesn't gets its due. And I know a lot of good things are less a matter of deserving than grace. That makes this mean more to me. Grateful to the reviewer, to Orison Books, and to any of y'all who decide to preorder: www.orisonbooks.com/product-page... 1134
Psaltery & Lyre @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social · 08/12/2025"In the yard's far corner, / a cemetery is forming." "Burying" by Sandra Fees psalteryandlyre.org/2025/12/08/b...psalteryandlyre.orgBuryingby Sandra Fees 072
Reposted by Psaltery & LyreKatie Riegel @katierpoet.bsky.social · 26/11/2025I love this essay—and yes, there’s milkweed in Illinois, but not as much as when I was a child due to herbicides, alas. 073
Psaltery & Lyre @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social · 01/12/2025"You wore the cast like a psalm—" "Liturgy with a Broken Wrist" by McLord Selasi psalteryandlyre.org/2025/12/01/l...psalteryandlyre.orgLiturgy with a Broken Wristby McLord Selasi 051
Psaltery & Lyre @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social · 24/11/2025"I still look for milkweed. In the ditches on the side of the road and around the base of telephone poles." "The Silk Inside a Milkweed Plant Can Carry the Seeds for Miles" by Lisa Thornton @thorntonforreal.bsky.social psalteryandlyre.org/2025/11/24/t...psalteryandlyre.orgThe Silk Inside a Milkweed Plant Can Carry the Seeds for Milesby Lisa Thornton 1152
Reposted by Psaltery & LyreKasey Jueds @kaseyryoen.bsky.social · 18/11/2025I love this journal so much! 5163
Reposted by Psaltery & LyreBurgi Zenhaeusern @burgi.bsky.social · 18/11/2025"after / or before: only the obvious blue." What a beautiful new poem by @kaseyryoen.bsky.social 😍✨️😍! 163
Reposted by Psaltery & LyreRebecca Hussey @ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social · 18/11/2025New poem from Kasey Jueds! 031
Psaltery & Lyre @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social · 17/11/2025"Enter through a goneness, the way snow / finds the hole in the roof..." "Each Time as Suddenly" by @kaseyryoen.bsky.social psalteryandlyre.org/2025/11/17/e...psalteryandlyre.orgEach Time as Suddenlyby Kasey Jueds 1236
Reposted by Psaltery & LyreMatthew Murrey @mytwords.bsky.social · 10/11/2025"when sweetened with a hint of brown sugar and the fourth chamber of my heart." Did not see that coming! Delightful. 021
Reposted by Psaltery & LyreJennifer Saunders @magpiedays.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Delighted to have a poem up this week in Psaltery & Lyre! Alt text for the photo appearing with the link: a close-up photo of a small wicker basket filled with a variety of wild mushrooms. 193
Psaltery & Lyre @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social · 10/11/2025"He told me I needed wild mushrooms / dried myself in the oven overnight." "The Chef Told Me" by @magpiedays.bsky.social psalteryandlyre.org/2025/11/10/t...psalteryandlyre.orgThe Chef Told Meby Jennifer Saunders 172
Psaltery & Lyre @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social · 03/11/2025"He had no doubt the mountain range along the horizon held a message" "Ruskin and the Struggle of Revelation" by @jackbedell.bsky.social psalteryandlyre.org/2025/11/03/r...psalteryandlyre.orgRuskin and the Struggle of Revelationby Jack B. Bedell 064
Reposted by Psaltery & LyreRachel Trousdale @rvtrousdale.bsky.social · 02/11/2025When you're writing, you come up with clever little devices and think, "I wonder if anyone will ever notice what I've done here?" Well, Sara Stoudt just reviewed my book in @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social, and she caught every. single. one. I'm thrilled and honored and kind of flabbergasted. 151
Reposted by Psaltery & LyreJack Bedell @jackbedell.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Very grateful to have a new poem from my Ruskin series up at @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social this morning. Ruskin and the Struggle of Revelation psalteryandlyre.org/2025/11/03/rusk… psalteryandlyre.orgRuskin and the Struggle of Revelationby Jack B. Bedell 094