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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

“When The Forest Is Quiet, You Must Be Quiet Also” by Coleman Pedigo (Flame) and @sachavega.bsky.social (Spark) is a fantastical journey through magical forest and enchantment: “To love as grown men love / is to remain when enchantments fade.” Page 17: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue...

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I love “Unfortunate Breath” by Athena Maynard and Anthony David Vernon: “Of course I’m scared of the fire / …” Check it out, page 16: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue... #poetry #litmag #writingcommunity

Image of pink book and lighter combined, on black background, neon.

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

“red CAPS” by J.D. (Flame) and Alyaa Zein (Spark) is the historical, multi-lingual, poem you are looking for! “one by land, two by sea / in a church steeple / for all to see…” Check it out, page 15: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue... #poetry #litmag #writingcommunity

Photo of pink line art of a book on black background.

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

A poem featuring sewing?! Yes, please! Check out “Phantom Thread” by @carriganak.bsky.social (Flame) and Annie Liang (Spark): “I often surrender control of my hands to a / careers softer than the silk I feed through the machine…” Check it out, page 14: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue... #poetry

Graphic of book in green line art on black background.

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I love the format of “cotton rose blues” by @sorrenbriarwood.com (Flame) and Katerina Dementeva (Spark) in Issue Seven - what a haunting, emotional piece. Check it out, page 13: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue... #poetry #litmag #writingcommunity

Book and lighter image in blue neon line art on black background.

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

“Old and New Propositions” by @thejoelest.bsky.social (Flame) and @mithalanis.bsky.social (Spark) in Issue Seven plays with collective crisis, transactional relationships, and capitalism. Check it out, page 12: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue... #poetry #litmag #writingcommunity

Multicolored line art of a pen with smoke. Black background.

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Check out “End-Of-Season Sale” by Lilly Purdy (Flame) and Coleman Pedigo (Spark) in our seventh issue: “My mother used to bake with honey-blood / redcurrants, reduced and distilled /…” Page 11: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue... #poetry #litmag #writingcommunity

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

“Crow Queens’ Sexiest Song” by Katerina Dementeva (Flame) and M (Spark) is an ode to queer bars and connections with strangers. Check it out, page 10: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue... #poetry #litmag #writingcommunity

Image of book thats also a lighter. Neon blur and pink on black background. By Renato Paucar

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

A sonnet broken by anxiety? Say less. I love “Truths That Don’t Land” by Mahailey Oliver (Flame) and Lilly Purdy (Spark). Check it out, page 9: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue... #poetry #litmag #writingcommunity

Photo of blue pen with smoke line art on black background

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I love “Lost Sea” by @mithalanis.bsky.social (Flame) and @sorrenbriarwood.com (Spark). The form! The imagery! The sea–gone. Check it out, page 8: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue... #poetry #litmag #writingcommunity

Photo of book on black background. Line image, neon green

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

“Forgotten” by M (Flame) and Abraham Aondoana (Spark) is gentle, yet haunting, and filled with ache. “...his lips frozen, as though silence / could hold the sky together.” Page 7: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue... #poetry #litmag #writingcommunity

Image of a book that’s also a lighter. Yellow line art on black background. Image by graphic designer Renato Paucar.

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Second up from Issue Seven is “The Deadly Sins of Space,” which is a collaborative poem written by The Hivemind – 20 people! “The sea spat the fallen stars onto the shore, / dead as diamonds.” Check it out, page 6: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue... #poetry #litmag #writingcommunity

Black image with neon pink line drawing of a pen on fire

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

“A Brother’s Gotta Tell Me Goodbye” by Ryan McCarty (Flame) and Dylan Night (Spark) made me cry when I read it. “I squeezed all my hope into a stone and prayed it / toward the lake,...” Check it out, page 5: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue... #poetry #litmag #writingcommunity

Black photo with neon line drawing of a book. Art by graphic designer Renato Paucar.

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Issue Seven of S2F is published! www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue... In this issue, we have two co-authored poems and eleven poems created through our "spark-to-flame" process. Thank you to the cover artist, Adam (see more of his work on Instagram at @digitallycomposed)

Cover image of Spark to Flame Issue Seven by Adam. Person with white pants and wings at Pride 2025, Washington, DC.

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Flyers up in various cities thanks to friends ~ here’s one in Austin, Texas! Submissions open until April 12 for Issue Seven! #writingcommunity #poetry

Flyer advertising Spark to Flame’s submissions are open for issue seven on a community board.

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

The last poem from Issue Six is "Liminal Light," by Duma Lupe Davila and Renee Alexander. I love the precision and gentleness of the poem. It closes our issue so, so beautifully. Check it out, page 12: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue... #writingcommunity #poetry

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Next up from Issue Six is "Ganymede" by @louisehurrell.bsky.social (Flame) and Sam Kerbel (Spark). “You’d call me a moon, say I’m barren / that I simply cannot sustain life..." and it also introduced me to Pàdraig MacAoidh. Page 11: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue... #writingcommunity #poetry

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Today we are highlighting "Brood XXII" by Jennifer Schomburg Kanke (Flame) and Joey Price (Spark). "We have waited so long / in the cold, hard, silent ground / let now be our time / to scream, scream, scream." Check it out, page 10: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue... #writingcommunity #poetry

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Next up from Issue Six is "Ecdysis" by J.D. (flame) and Paige Groome (Spark). "Human nature is an insatiable itch / straitjacket perfection cannot scratch." Check it out, page 9: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue... #writingcommunity #poetry

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Next up from Issue Six is "Retrocausality" by @mithalanis.bsky.social (Flame) and J.D. (Spark). It brings us through the liminal, the ache, the solace of change and growth. Check it out, page 8: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue... #writingcommunity #poetry

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Next up from Issue Six is "2020 Vision" by Sam Kerbel (Flame) and @mithalanis.bsky.social (Spark). I love "I say we'd shine despite the fire / The heavy knowledge of knowing..." Check it out, page 7: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue... #writingcommunity #poetry

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Today we are highlighting "Aurora" by Sarah Watkins (Flame) and @louisehurrell.bsky.social (Spark). I love the interplay between the internal and external in this piece. Check it out-page 6: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue... #writingcommunity #poetry

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

First up from Issue Six is the collaboratively written poem, "We Write What We Know" by @nathanthegreathan.bsky.social and Neal Allen Shipley. I love how it grapples with knowing and non-knowing, tension, shame, and identity. Page 5: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue... #writingcommunity #poetry

Photo from unsplash of old bridge and a person going under it

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

We are excited to publish S2F’s Issue Six: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue... In this issue, we have two co-authored poems and seven poems created through our “spark-to-flame” process. Thank you to our contributors, who connected with others' words and shared their joy and pain.

Cover of Spark to Flame Issue Six by Sophia May. Three people helping each other over a cliff, with a sunrise or sunset in the background.

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Congrats to S2F’s Best of the Net nominees!

Spark to Flame’s Best of the Net Nominations 2026. From issue four: “here in the dreaming” by Ashley Varela (Flame) and mk zariel (Spark). From issue five: “Outside the Garden” by Allison Burris (Flame) and Elizabeth Wing (Spark); and “fire” by nat raum and D.W. Baker.

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Issue Five closes with “Little Sapling”--a beautiful meditation on our relationship to nature by Karina Lin Jones (Flame) and @mithalanis.bsky.social (Spark). Check it out, page 14: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue... #writingcommunity #poetry 📝

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

“Draught” by @giadapesce.bsky.social (Flame) and Jake Williams (Spark) is surprising yet alluring. “It is a vast, vibrating land / Of scorching red.” Check it out, page 13: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue...

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

“Mother Memory” by Jaydn Hayes (Flame) and @giadapesce.bsky.social (Spark) is so potent--evoking memory, ancestors, and generational ties. Check it out, page 12: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue... #writingcommunity 📝

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

“We know what happens to a dream / deferred / but what about / a love led awry?” Love “Fleeting” by Mahailey Oliver (Flame) and @angelaheiser.bksy.social (Spark). Check it out, page 11: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue... #writingcommunity 📝

A photo of a white ceramic heart, shattered.

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

The use of the form in “Adultery Pantoum” by @carriganak.bsky.social (Flame) and Mahailey Oliver (Spark) makes this piece so potent! Check it out, page 10: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue... #writingcommunity 📝

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Love love love “Pour one out for my unreliable narrator” by @lowermelody.bsky.social (Flame) and @weirdhotartgirl.bsky.social (Spark): “...//use your skin as a puppet//who are you if not here//…” Check it out, page 9: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue... #writingcommunity 📝

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

“The radio songs all distilled the same sweetsick shit / about the shaky meatblood heart.” The journey “Threshold” by Elizabeth Wing (Flame) and Karina Lin Jones (Spark) takes readers on is wonderful and wild. Check it out, page 8: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue... #WritingCommunity

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

“...& maybe there is a world that doesn’t rotate at the pace of mass death…” “fire” by @lowermelody.bsky.social @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social is a poem that burns. Check it out, page 7: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue... #writingcommunity

A photo of the earth with the right side engulfed in flame.

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

I love “The Truth About Mushrooms” by @mithalanis.bsky.social (Flame) and @savvofragments.bsky.social (Spark): “Grief, then, the hidden mycelium / linking us all together.” Check it out! Page 6: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue... #WritingCommunity 📝 #poetry

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

First up from Issue Five is “Outside the Garden” by Allison Burris (Flame) and Elizabeth Wing (Spark): “this love you’re looking for / is like giving butterfly kisses” Check it out, page 5: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue... #Writingcommunity 📝 #poetry

Picture of coyote against dark blue and purple sky- dusk. Dramatic.

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

We are excited to publish S2F’s Issue Five: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue... In this issue, we have one co-authored poem and nine poems created through our “spark-to-flame” process. #WritingCommunity #poetry 📝

Spark to Flame Issue Five cover art by Maria Taibo showing a forest with warm browns and greens.

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

“Sun-psalm” by Ana Reisens and Eartha Davis is like a meditation on dawn and dusk and ends our issue in the most beautiful way. Check it out, page 15: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue... #writingcommunity #poetry 📝

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

“The Cave Mouth Yawned” by Luigi Coppola (Flame) and Angelica Urquizo (Spark) tells the story of humanity from the perspective of a cave! Love the use of language & bits of playfulness. #writingcommunity #poetry 📝 Check it out, page 14: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue...

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

“Uprooting” by Lauren E. Burrow and Mahailey Oliver combines puns with the human experience of growing up. “If a girl falls in her journey to independence, / does she even make a sound?” Check it out, page 13: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue... #writingcommunity #poetry 📝

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

“The Call Center for Grief” by @mithalanis.bsky.social (Flame) and Ashley Varela (Spark) is an incredible study in grief and humor, animal and human. “like a chimp hugging / a baby’s body / to its heart…” Check it out, page 12: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue... #Writingcommunity #poetry 📝

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

“We have always loved / this way, in metaphors…” That line from “Break up {after Valentine}” by Angela Yap (Flame) and Luca Fois (Spark) continues to stick with me. Check it out, page 11: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue... #Writingcommunity #poetry 📝

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

I love how “When It’s Time To Leave” by Annie Klier Newcomer (Flame) and Mahailey Oliver (Spark) plays with mirrors in both form and theme. Check it out, page 10: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue... #WritingCommunity #poetry 📝

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

“Well alright I admit that I’m in love with a girl who came from the eighties” by @sclly21.bsky.social (Flame) and C. M. Gigliotti (Spark) has everything you want—Breakfast Club, Madonna, and Michael Jackson. Check it out, page 9: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue... #WritingCommunity #poetry 📝

Photo of a heart in the condensation of a window

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

“The broken things I love” is an absolutely delightful abecedarian by the collective, The idea of absinthe. I love the use of space, the playfulness. Check it out on page 8: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue... #WritingCommunity #poetry 📝

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

“Purge” by Angelica Urquizo (Flame) and @mithalanis.bsky.social (Spark) is an intense journey: “When we wake, you will / know me by the texture / of the roughened walls…” Check it out on page 6: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue... #WritingCommunity 📝

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

First up in our fourth issue is “here in the dreaming” by Ashley Varela (Flame) and mk zariel (Spark): “in which care transcended all & the whole world faded | into the soft oblivion of the queer” Check it out on page 5: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue... 📝 #WritingCommunity

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Spark to Flame @s2fjournal.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

We are excited to publish S2F’s Issue Four: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue... In this issue, we have three co-authored poems and seven poems created through our “spark-to-flame” process. 📝

Cover art by Emily Cai. Spark to Flame’s Issue Four cover art is of Zurich old down buildings over a calm river, with an older gentleman leaning over a bridge on the left. Colors are calm and muted.

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