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rochellejshapiro.bsky.social @rochellejshapiro.bsky.social · 17h
ONE ART has just published my poem, PLOT oneartpoetry.com/2026/10/05/p...
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PLOT by Rochelle Jewel Shapiro
PLOT I had a map in my heart to sense which room my father was in before I entered the house. An X on the kitchen or his bedroom, or the living room located him. Red X warned me to go to a neighbor…
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rochellejshapiro.bsky.social @rochellejshapiro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My poem, On My Encroaching Blindness was just nominated for Best of the Net by Rogue Agent. www.rogueagentjournal.com/rshapiro
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Rochelle Jewel Shapiro — RogueAgent
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rochellejshapiro.bsky.social @rochellejshapiro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Thank you, Rogue Agent, for nominating my poem, On My Encroaching Blindness for Best of the Net.
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rochellejshapiro.bsky.social @rochellejshapiro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Rogue Agent just told me they nominated my poem, On My Encroaching Blindness for Best of the Net
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Rogue Agent Journal @rogueagent.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Ink, eyelashes, and a crowbar… issue 135 of RA is here! Ft poetry by Anna Drasko, @mjhigley.bsky.social Mary Beth Hines, Aeris Kairos, August Kingham, Bryanna Licciardi, Rita Maria Martinez, Jane Medved, Lauren Oertel, and @rochellejshapiro.bsky.social // rogueagentjournal.com/issue135
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Issue 135 — RogueAgent
Welcome to Rogue Agent, a journal for poetry and art that inhabits the body.
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rochellejshapiro.bsky.social @rochellejshapiro.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
My dear poet friend, Susan Vespoli, painted my portrait for an 110 day portrait challenge. I will always love it.
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rochellejshapiro.bsky.social @rochellejshapiro.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
My poem, Speak to Me of Spring, was just published by The Bluebird Word. thebluebirdword.com/speak-to-me-...
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Speak to Me of Spring - The Bluebird Word
A poem that toggles gently between life and death, its sorrows and faith, alongside renewal of life as reflected in spring daffodils.
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rochellejshapiro.bsky.social @rochellejshapiro.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Such depth~
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rochellejshapiro.bsky.social @rochellejshapiro.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
This will reverberate in me
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rochellejshapiro.bsky.social @rochellejshapiro.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
LOL
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rochellejshapiro.bsky.social @rochellejshapiro.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Cargo by T.R. Poulson open.substack.com/pub/onlypoem...
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Cargo by T.R. Poulson
"Fate is a small word."
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rochellejshapiro.bsky.social @rochellejshapiro.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
My poem, Terminex Tells Me There are Bats in my Attic just appeared in March issue of Sonic Boom. My poem is on p. 15. Here's the link: sonicboomjournal.wixsite.com/sonicboom/cu...
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Current Issue | Sonic Boom
Enjoy the current issue of Sonic Boom, a literary journal that showcases explosive short-form poetry and visual poems from around the world.
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rochellejshapiro.bsky.social @rochellejshapiro.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Your heart can skip a beat reading this~
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rochellejshapiro.bsky.social @rochellejshapiro.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
For the Man with the Erection Lasting More than Four Hours by John Hodgen open.substack.com/pub/onlypoem... We all need a break from bad news, and this is it!!!
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For the Man with the Erection Lasting More than Four Hours by John Hodgen
"Silver, walking his own plank. He has science to thank."
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rochellejshapiro.bsky.social @rochellejshapiro.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Ars Poetica by Henry Israeli open.substack.com/pub/onlypoem...
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Ars Poetica by Henry Israeli
their sticky eggs dripping from each strand
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rochellejshapiro.bsky.social @rochellejshapiro.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Unjust Praise by Ghirmai Yohannes open.substack.com/pub/onlypoem...
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Unjust Praise by Ghirmai Yohannes
Salt!— In proper measure
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phillip crymble @phillipcrymble.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Charles Simic, for your late-winter blues
THE SECRET OF THE YELLOW ROOM

Sloth's best. Lolling on a sofa
In a Chinese dressing gown
With the windows open in the heat, 
The breeze rousing the leaves.
The flies dozing on the ceiling.

The silky hush of a summer afternoon, 
Like floating on one's back
With eyes closed in some pond
Clogged with water lilies,
Inhaling their scent as they nuzzle close.

The light and shade dillydallying, 
The leaves sighing again.
Afterward, not even that.
Majestic stupor. Stirring only at midnight 
To click on the yellow table lamp.
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rochellejshapiro.bsky.social @rochellejshapiro.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
The Journey by Mary Oliver open.substack.com/pub/onlypoem...
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The Journey by Mary Oliver
"One day you finally knew"
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rochellejshapiro.bsky.social @rochellejshapiro.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
My poem, Like a Tree Planted by a River, was just published by The Bluebird Word thebluebirdword.com/like-a-tree-...
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Like a Tree Planted by the River - The Bluebird Word
New poetry by Rochelle Shapiro celebrates river, sky, and nature--"this is my cathedral"-- singing with avian glory and tender plants.
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rochellejshapiro.bsky.social @rochellejshapiro.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Willow Review just published my poem, I LOOKED FOR HIM EVERYWHERE rochellejshapiro.com/my-poem-i-lo...
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My poem, I LOOKED FOR HIM EVERYWHERE was just published in Willow Review (4/25) – Rochelle Jewel Shapiro
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rochellejshapiro.bsky.social @rochellejshapiro.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Nice double meaning of lie
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rochellejshapiro.bsky.social @rochellejshapiro.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Fascinating tie to Tarkovsky's camera. I will google this in a moment. Love poems I learn from.
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rochellejshapiro.bsky.social @rochellejshapiro.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
I never fully "understandL" her poems, but always love them.
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rochellejshapiro.bsky.social @rochellejshapiro.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Good title.
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Chen Chen @chenchenwrites.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
god i love journaling/keeping a diary. yes, some of it will turn into "real writing" (spoiler alert: it's all real), but i looove writing things that really aren't meant to be published or shared in any capacity. i'm just gossiping about me to myself for moi
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rochellejshapiro.bsky.social @rochellejshapiro.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Yup. Trees will do it for you every time.
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rochellejshapiro.bsky.social @rochellejshapiro.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Made me cry.
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Tom Snarsky @tomsnarsky.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Kyla Houbolt @luaz.bsky.social
Lead Pipe Cinch

inch by inch
the calendar absorbs
that ectoplasmic gloss
of old photos
but also that old timey
time when everyone
was a flower
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Amazing eyes @amazingeye18.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Winter sunset in Norway
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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 03/12/2024
'Ryokuin, Green Shade' (1933) Shoda Kakuyu Sumi ink and mineral pigments on Silk (172 x 113 cm)
a sheet river gorge spanned by a wooden bridge
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rochellejshapiro.bsky.social @rochellejshapiro.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
My poem, Hunger, was nominated by Trampoline Poetry for Best of the Net. Scroll down to the second poet to find my work. www.trampolinepoetry.com/issue-21
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Issue 21 — TRAMPOLINE
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Ashley ✒️ @byashleyegan.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Sharing one of my favorite poems, "The Two-Headed Calf" by Laura Gilpin. First published in her poetry book, "The Hocus-Pocus of the Universe". Grab the tissues, this one is a tear jerker.
(White image with black text.)

The Two-Headed Calf
by Laura Gilpin

Tomorrow when the farm boys find this freak of nature, they will wrap his body in newspaper and carry him to the museum.

But tonight he is alive and in the north field with his mother. It is a perfect summer evening: the moon rising over the orchard, the wind in the grass. And as he stares into the sky, there are twice as many stars as usual.
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rochellejshapiro.bsky.social @rochellejshapiro.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Beautifully thought, beautifully written
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rochellejshapiro.bsky.social @rochellejshapiro.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
So grateful always for your posts. Happy Thanksgiving. Sincerely, Rochelle
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rochellejshapiro.bsky.social @rochellejshapiro.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Yes, I'm not letting go of all my dear poets on X until it is X-ed.
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Forgotten Poets @forgottenpoets.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Hey Rochelle - happy to be found! :-) Sorry - I had to delete the post, had a typo in it which I really didn't want to keep there. I reposted it tho here: bsky.app/profile/forg... 😊
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rochellejshapiro.bsky.social @rochellejshapiro.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
So glad to find you and this poem. I just can't get oriented yet on Blue Sky.
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rochellejshapiro.bsky.social @rochellejshapiro.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Amethyst Review posted my poem, An Angel Appeared to Rilke in the Garden. amethystmagazine.org/2024/10/21/a...
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rochellejshapiro.bsky.social @rochellejshapiro.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
@achillesthe2nd.bsky.social Thanks for the follow. It's going to take ages for me to re-orient here.
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rochellejshapiro.bsky.social @rochellejshapiro.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Gripping
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rochellejshapiro.bsky.social @rochellejshapiro.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
So glad I found my way to your story.
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-ette review @ettereview.bsky.social · 30/09/2024
Today’s the day! Issue 3 is now live!
-ette review Fall 2024 with work by Jonathan Fletcher, Kelle Groom, Bryana Joy, Veeda Khan, Amy Marques, Kathleen McGookey, Susan Rich, Cathy Ulrich
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rochellejshapiro.bsky.social @rochellejshapiro.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
I love the way you allow your feelings to be direct.
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