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Public School Poetry @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Check out this amazingness from Justin Hamm in our new issue. So grateful to hear it live at our launch party!

Public School Poetry @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Tonight! Our launch reading for Issue #7 @ 7. Bring your own pizza and stay for our high class poets. Message and we'll send you a direct zoom link.

Partial cover for Issue #7 of Public School Poetry, featuring a giant, mobius-like shell in a desert landscape with an empty middle

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Sean Thomas Dougherty @stdougherty.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The Lit new issue of Public School with new poems and peer written essays by Joseph Chapman, Justin Hamm, Karen Finneyfrock, Karen Holman, Katie Hartsock, Lauren Camp, Mike Santora, Sean Thomas Dougherty, Sehee S. Oh, and Zach Savich www.publicschoolpoetry.com/current

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Public School Poetry @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Issue #7 is now live! Stunning poems and essays from Joseph Chapman, Justin Hamm, Karen Finneyfrock, Karen Holman, Katie Hartsock, Lauren Camp, Mike Santora, Sean Thomas Dougherty, Sehee Oh, and Zach Savich. And a "Crawling, Grasping" mobius from Christina Mesiti. www.publicschoolpoetry.com/current

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Public School Poetry @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Hey! Check out our illustrious VP David Ward's poem "Intarsia" today in a West Trade Review Fall issue preview.

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Public School Poetry @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Submission window for Issue #7 closes in LESS THAN 24 HRS! If you or a poet you know want to join our poetry-essay exchange, come find us at publicschoolpoetry.submittable.com/submit

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Public School Poetry @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Remembering the poet Dale Going, who was a joy to work with, and whose poem "This Is My Secret Society My Private Tribe," we nominated for a Pushcart Prize last year. Read the whole poem here: www.publicschoolpoetry.com/dale-going

Beginning of Dale Going's poem "This Is My Secret Society My Private Tribe"

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Public School Poetry @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Our readership doubled last issue and then doubled again with our current issue! And wow, the submissions we're getting! Keep 'em coming. Next deadline June 1st.

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Public School Poetry @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Tonight! PSP Issue #6 reading launch with our amazing contributors. One of whom is Kristie Williams who may read her poem "All That I Know of Tree Sex and Panties Was Unearthed at Another Poet's Reading" www.facebook.com/events/16776...

cover image for Public School Poetry #6 featuring the names of our ten contributors against a blue sky, above a cemetery, beside a Dollar General sign that's been edited to read Public School

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Public School Poetry @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

"They tell me to exit you must go through" "Ikea Panic Attack" by Claire Denson www.publicschoolpoetry.com/pages/claire...

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Public School Poetry @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

It's 5pm and Public School Poetry is officially open for submissions! If the thought of writing a 5-paragraph essay in response to another (anonymous) contributor's poems strikes that magic combo of excitement and nerves, send us some work! publicschoolpoetry.submittable.com/submit

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Public School Poetry @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Issue #6 is live! Come for popping-out-of-a-hole-screaming vibes, luminescent creatures yanked into nightmare worlds that still use their muscled brilliance to sing, and for our ten gorgeous poets. @mehpoeting.bsky.social @sallypoet.bsky.social www.publicschoolpoetry.com/current

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Public School Poetry @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

"Stop One Clock" and feel this sharp dagger of love poem from @jessicawalsh.bsky.social www.publicschoolpoetry.com/pages/jessic...

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Public School Poetry @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

6 days until Issue 6! Have you read the roundontini in Issue #5 from @kavetchnik.bsky.social yet?! Be brave. It's for Dallas, Who Bites www.publicschoolpoetry.com/pages/jen-ka...

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Public School Poetry @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Shiny new person machine poem by PSP editor @davidww.bsky.social up on HAD today!

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Public School Poetry @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Posting Issue 5 poems every day until the launch of Issue 6! Here's Carrie Strand Tebeau's electrifying Wolf Day sequence. "You do not choose / the Wolf Day. You have no say." www.publicschoolpoetry.com/pages/carrie...

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Public School Poetry @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Congratulations to Shou Jie Eng, whose poem "Shoreline Sketch" (Issue #4) is a 2026 Best of the Net finalist! "they dug their feet into the sand towards the fire towards the fire the sand was/ warmer they noticed their feet noticed" www.publicschoolpoetry.com/shou-jie-eng

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Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 18/03/2026

LGBTQ+ Poetry Finalists Cont’d: Unfurl: Survivals, Sorrows, and Dreaming by Eli Clare. @dukepress.bsky.social Wayward Creatures by heidi andrea restrepo rhodes. YEET! by @jasonbcrawford @omnidawn.bsky.social #Lammys2026

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Public School Poetry @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Finalizing our contributor's page for Issue #6! This page is always something special and this next issue's gonna melt some cold hearts. Our poets are invited to share a current photo or a photo from some other time gone by. Bios from our current issue ❤️ www.publicschoolpoetry.com/contributor-...

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Public School Poetry @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Loving Public School Poetry contributor Amorak Huey's new collection, Mouth!

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Public School Poetry @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Check out Public School Poetry contributor, Shou Jie Eng's, poem "Alexa" in the new issue of @sixthfinch.bsky.social. Pepper, grinding, empire sixthfinch.com/eng1.html

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Sixth Finch - Winter 2026 - Shou Jie Eng - ALEXA

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Public School Poetry @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Acceptances sent out! Issue #6 is gonna be a stunner

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Public School Poetry @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Subs have closed for Issue 6 of Public School Poetry, and we're reading through an an amazing bunch of submissions! Thanks for making our Vice Principal selecting work an exciting challenge.

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Public School Poetry @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

On this Black Friday, come on down to Public School Poetry, where we have NOTHING TO SELL! No products, only poems. In fact, send us some work, if you are interested our unique poem-essay exchange format. Submission window closes Dec. 1! www.publicschoolpoetry.com

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Julie Babcock @juliebabcock.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

The great Sean Thomas Dougherty (also a Public School Poetry contributor in Issue #1!) word-singing the unmeasurable grams we're forced to measure

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Public School Poetry @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

PSP contributors Molly Spencer, Keith Taylor, Jen Sperry Steinorth & Jeff Kass at our annual pizza party reading. Subs for Issue #6 are open!

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Public School Poetry @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

For the next six glorious weeks, the submission window for Issue #6 of Public School Poetry is open! Homework is due December 1st! publicschoolpoetry.submittable.com/submit

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Public School Poetry @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

So excited to check out Laura Passin's new book! (featuring one of our favorite 'A Wrinkle in Time'-themed poems... www.publicschoolpoetry.com/laura-passin)

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Public School Poetry @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Issue #5 reading tonight @ 7pm et! DM for the link. Our contributors meet each other for the first time & discover who wrote what about whose poems. Mystical experiences happen. & we send postcards!

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David Ward @davidww.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Featuring work by @jeffkass21.bsky.social, @kavetchnik.bsky.social, @jessicawalsh.bsky.social, and seven other poets who are not on Bluesky!

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Public School Poetry @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

The Countdown is over! Issue #5 has just begun www.publicschoolpoetry.com/current-issue

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Public School Poetry @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

The TWO DAY countdown to Issue #5 has begun! And will end very shortly! See you Monday on publicschoolpoetry.com

Cover image for Issue #5 of Public School Poetry, featuring 10 poets & an image of Niagara Falls

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Public School Poetry @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Want to know more about Public School Poetry? We answered questions!

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Public School Poetry @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Oh hey! PSP Vice-Principal Ellen Stone is on the radio in an hour (5pm EST) with the Living Writers series: wcbn.org

Charming poet, editor, & author of 'Everybody Wants to Keep the Moon Inside Them' (Mayapple Press 2025): Ellen Stone!

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Public School Poetry @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

On Father's Day, a final poem from Issue #4: "Antigone Canadensis," by Thomas Lynch. "A hatch of ladybugs in mid October and hornets hover in the sunlit air sugar maples redden, yellow; everywhere" www.publicschoolpoetry.com/thomas-lynch Last day to send us poetry for Issue #5!

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Public School Poetry @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

2 days left to submit! Have poems by 2 excellent poets: Shou Jie Eng & @patriciaclarkpoet.bsky.social www.publicschoolpoetry.com publicschoolpoetry.submittable.com/submit

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Public School Poetry @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

"It was a summer of violence and wisteria. The clouds were clambering beastly heads and raining pink rain." from "Iphegenia," by @kdawn999.bsky.social www.publicschoolpoetry.com/kimberly-gib... (honestly, one of those poems where every line could be a pull quote. So, so good!)

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Public School Poetry @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

"I read to her about the 𝑜𝑜𝑘 and the 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑟𝑒 and the 𝑚𝑎𝑝𝑢𝑙 felled to clear the way for the Arcite's sepulcher, and I look up from time to time to monitor her eyelids." from John Popielaski's "Extraordinary Measures" www.publicschoolpoetry.com/john-popiela... Submissions end on the 15th!

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Public School Poetry @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Excerpted from Jasmine An's chinavirus erasure sequence. Full thing here! www.publicschoolpoetry.com/jasmine-an 6 days left to submit! publicschoolpoetry.submittable.com/submit

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Public School Poetry @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

"I learned this method from my father // who ate all fruit with a knife and bowl / and a precision that seemed almost vulgar" Gahl Liberzon, from Issue #4! www.publicschoolpoetry.com/gahl-liberzon Submissions due 6/15 publicschoolpoetry.submittable.com/submit

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Public School Poetry @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

"I preside over a subcommittee of one." @dalegoingpoet.bsky.social [the ending of this poem, whew] www.publicschoolpoetry.com/dale-going

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Public School Poetry @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

为 I am held between sleep and desire. 写 I hold her gaze. 一 She waits in the mirror, 首 clocking me, 诗 as the time draws taut. - Cela Xie, "The Reflection" www.publicschoolpoetry.com/cela-xie 9 days to send in work!

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Public School Poetry @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

10 days left to submit some poetry for Issue #5! Each day, we'll post a poem from one of our 10 poets in the current issue. Today's poet is Alison Swan-- click the link for an accompanying essay by Shou Jie Eng! www.publicschoolpoetry.com/alison-swan

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Public School Poetry @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

The submission window is now open for ISSUE #5 of Public School Poetry. If you want to join in the poetry-essay exchange, send us some work! publicschoolpoetry.submittable.com/submit/32704...

A poster displaying concert filled with rainbow light, with overlaid text announcing open submissions and the submission window dates May 1 - June 15.

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Public School Poetry @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

What an amazing reading! Our Public School Poetry contributors rock!

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Public School Poetry @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Our fourth issue is out! Featuring poems and essays by: Jasmine An, Patricia Clark, Shou Jie Eng, Kimberly Gibson-Tran, Dale Going, Gahl Liberzon, Thomas Lynch, John Popielaski, Alison Swan, and Cela Xie See them read tonight! 7 PM Eastern Standard Time (DM for Zoom link!) publicschoolpoetry.com

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Public School Poetry @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Issue #4 is up now at publicschoolpoetry.com! Featuring poetry and essays by Alison Swan, Cela Xie, Dale Going, Gahl Liberzon, Jasmine An, John Popielaski, Kimberly Gibson Tran, Patricia Clark, Shou Jie Eng, and Thomas Lynch.

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Kimberly Gibson-Tran @kdawn999.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Woohoo! I have 3 poems just published in @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social ! The fun is they also assigned me a 5-paragraph essay. It was an honor to get to write about Gahl Liberzon’s poems. 🩵💛 Here’s the issue: www.publicschoolpoetry.com

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Public School Poetry @publicschoolpoetry.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Well, we've jettisoned the X account for obvious reasons. Only the small army of porn bots following that account will be sad!

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