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Susan L. Leary @susanlleary.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Tiny poem from our collaborative chap, BRINK WAS THE WORD I WAS LOOKING FOR: diodepoetry.com/leary_susan_... Love poem-ing with Jarrett Moseley! Happy #smallpoemsunday! @darkwebtofu.bsky.social @diodeeditions.bsky.social @tomsnarsky.bsky.social

Lost Couplet

When I die, let my body be donated to silence.
The final noise: when I'm clothed in ground.

Sparrows asleep inside a glass violin.
Bells with their throats cut.

The song went: plenty, plenty. I've plenty of bones.

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Got an audio feature up on the @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social website, where you can listen to me read a poem aloud, then get the backstory of how the poem came into being. If you like that sort of thing 😊 🙏 Thanks so much for the spot, @johnnycordova.bsky.social and Dominique!💙 Link to listen 👇

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Day 14 of #thesealeychallenge • Our featured poet is Bunkong Tuon (@bunkong.bsky.social), whose work appeared in Shō Poetry Journal (@shopoetryjournal.bsky.social). For the whole month of August, we'd like to put a spotlight on individual poets as well as some of our favourite lit mags.

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Shō Poetry Journal @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

We are open for poetry submissions until August 31! Submit up to 5 poems, no theme. We respond in 30 days or less. Submissions are open to international poets. Payment is 1 print contributor copy. US-based contributors are also considered for two editors' prizes. shopoetryjournal.submittable.com

Cover art preview of a painting by Nara Allsop based on Hananah Zaheer's poem “War”—black text reads Shō Poetry Journal • An Arizona-based print journal • Open for Submissions • Submit up to 5 poems • We respond in 30 days or less • Closes August 31 @ 11:59pm PT • shopoetryjournal.submittable.com

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bestofthenet.bsky.social @bestofthenet.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Each week, BotN randomly selects a journal from the previous year's Participating Journals list to highlight on social media. Check out @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social

2026 Participating Journal Spotlight

Shō Poetry Journal

Best of the Net Anthology

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Rebecca Hart Olander @rholanderpoet.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Flowers & gratitude to the Shō Poetry Journal editors for choosing my poem “An Old Story” for pub & for the Editor’s Prize for the summer issue (link in bio). Thanks, Dominique Ahkong, Johnny Cordova & Claire Zhou! Folks, Shō is open now - send your work their way!🌻♥️🌷 @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social

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Yahia Lababidi @ysl.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

“Do not speak to me of peace unless you have tasted war’s metal…” — Sheema Kalbasi 🇮🇷 @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social #Iran #war #poetry

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Susan L. Leary @susanlleary.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

🚨Dream journal moment!🚨Beyond excited to have a poem in the new issue of North American Review alongside some absolutely rockstar poets and writers! Here’s to poetry, a little imagination, and the bizarre interplay of loss, lineage, and memory. @northamerreview.bsky.social

Glass Desk in the Hereafter

I made from my body a glass desk & from the glass desk, I made a wooden chair with mauve fabric. To my right, my brother's prayer card
resting against a framed black & white photograph of a dead dog. At my feet, another dog in her little brown bed breathing heavier
than she probably should. I sit more figuratively than I do literally.
I am sitting inside the paper doll-ness of my own girlhood. I am sitting inside
my mother & inside her mother & inside their teeth which are wider than their smiles. I am sitting inside my father & inside
my brother & when forced to move, I am walking inside the bones of a boy who died like a cliché in the bathroom. I am walking down the hall
& into the kitchen, into the microwave & into the coffee cup. & because my body is the space across which my entire life has unfolded, 1 am a thousand
ghosts that obscure my face in the mirror. I am rain in the hair, your tiny yellow rabbit, wildflowers at the side of the road. Sometimes,
I am a knife cutting through sky. Sometimes, I am carrying around the ball & chain of my own lousy architecture. Sometimes, my body grows
a separate body. I am the stray dog running loose on the interstate as well as God directing the oncoming traffic. Meaning, I am dodging
my own death while egging it on. Meaning, I am in the driver's seat, listening to Celine Dion & my brother is behind the wheel of every pick-up.
He is at the red light & the green light. He is parked at Dunkin' Donuts & just outside DeVito's coin laundry. Mostly, he is beside me with the windows
down, smelling of smoke. & because I am all body, I am breathing into the atmosphere & I am the atmosphere breathing. I am the glass desk & the mauve chair
& the brown bed & perhaps even the little white dog. & because the vast space of my body never changes, the poem is changing all the time.

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Susan L. Leary @susanlleary.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Happy book birthday to DRESSING THE BEAR! Can’t believe it’s been 2 years! I’m still so proud of this one! Here are some highlights! Thank you to everyone who has shined a light on these poems, and thank you, as ever, to Trio House Press! @triohousepress.org

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Merciless troll lord @gorsebloom.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Very happy to be among friends in the new issue of Shō

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Shō Poetry Journal @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Cover reveal: Shō No. 9 | Summer 2026 Cover art: “Past Looking” by Nara Allsop Our summer issue features 69 poems by 45 poets (listed below). Preorder Shō No. 9 at: tinyurl.com/shono9 Issues will ship in July. Conal Abatangelo Jessica Ballen Anne Barngrover Madeleine Bazil Finnegan Bly

“Past Looking,” a delicate painting by Nara Allsop in muted colors with dandelions, ladybugs, a pair of brown hands pointing gun fingers at two ends, joined by an eye and leaf-shaped wings. Reddish brown background.

Back cover of Shō No. 9 lists names of 45 contributors and preview of cover art by Nara Allsop

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Shō Poetry Journal @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Submissions are free for Black poets today—Happy Juneteenth! Open until 11:59 PT. shopoetryjournal.submittable.com/submit/35882...

Printed poems spread over a black mat. White text on green background reads "Now Open." Black text on yellow background reads "Free Submissions for Black Poets"—"Friday June 19"

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Brett Hanley @brettghanley.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Help me celebrate the launch of my debut on July 15 with @jacklegpress.bsky.social and friends! RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...

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Shō Poetry Journal @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Open and reading for Shō No. 10! Submit here: shopoetryjournal.submittable.com

Sun-drenched manila file folder filled with sheets of printed poems against a grey stone background. A white pen with a black clip is placed below the folder. Underlined text handwritten in Black Sharpie on the folder reads: Review Folder Shō No. 10

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Shō Poetry Journal @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Congratulations to the New York Knickerbockers!!! Subs are open 🏀 🏀 🏀 🏀 🏀

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Shō Poetry Journal @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Sharing this audio feature here because @jamesolearypoet.bsky.social is not on IG! Listen to them read “In the Dark, the Arms Look Like Crosses” from Shō No. 8 and our Pride Playlist.

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Shō Poetry Journal @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

If you're sending out poems this weekend, please keep us in mind.

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Susan L. Leary @susanlleary.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Thank you so much, @shomedasgupta.bsky.social! 🌸🌺🌼

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Shō Poetry Journal @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

ICYMI, this happened: Erica Dawson's poem “Portrait of the artist as sonnet for Dickinson’s line A wounded deer—leaps highest—”, published in Shō No. 6, will appear in the The Pushcart Prize LI: Best of the Small Presses (2027). Congratulations, Erica!

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Shō Poetry Journal @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

A reminder that submissions to Shō Poetry Journal are always free for U.S. Indigenous Poets! Send a cover letter and up to 5 poems; we respond in 30 days or less. shopoetryjournal.submittable.com/submit/356139/free-submissions-for-u-s-indigenous-poets-sh-no-10

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Shō Poetry Journal @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

If you're sending out poems this weekend, please keep us in mind.

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Susan L. Leary @susanlleary.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Stephanie Choi 💙 Absolutely love this poem in the most recent issue of @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social!

STEPHANIE CHOI
Vulnerable
Not one of those words which once learned, I couldn't stop saying, like ubiquitous or introspection-instead one that people can't stop saying to me about what I do, what I teach. It's just so...my friend says after a reading, another friend's dad, and another's mom, say it's so beautiful your generation can be...the Dean of my college tells me he read my book and the poems have such a vulnerable power. My boyfriend glances over the student poem I'm reading and says that's the kind of thing I'd write in my notes app and never show anyone, or delete immediately. From the latin —vulnus: wound. I must admit an apt adjective, albeit unoriginal. The wound is the place where light enters you-Rumi writes, and I promised myself I'd never use that in a poem. I want my students to locate the wound with the precision of a surgeon, transform it with the vision of a mountain lion. Stakes. Risks. Everyday I profess the same thing. They write about alcoholic parents, suicide, heartbreak. I often cry when I read their work, alone at home in my pajamas. But I feel shy about telling them this-how much their poems, even the bad ones, inhabit me, continue to sting like scraped knees. I think about them more than I want to, like now at pilates, in a low lounge, as our teacher whose second language is English says if you feel so vulnerable, you can do this... and sets her knee on the ground—a reminder—it's okay, if only for a moment, to let the wound rest.

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Shō Poetry Journal @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

We are open for submissions! We are reading for our winter issue and respond to all submissions in 30 days or less. Submit here: shopoetryjournal.submittable.com

Bright sliver of an oil painting by Tanya Rastogi. Bright pink text on indigo background reads: Open for Submissions. Light blue-white text reads: Shō Poetry Journal | An Arizona-based print journal. Submit up to 5 poems. We respond within 30 days. Shō No. 10 (Winter 2026/27). shopoetryjournal.submittable.com

Pink text on indigo background reads: Shō Poetry Journal. Indigo text in beige 3D box lists FAQ: Can international poets submit? Do you pay? Do you nominate work for prizes?

Pink text on indigo background reads: Shō Poetry Journal. Indigo text in beige 3D box lists basic submission guidelines for Shō Poetry Journal.

Pink text on indigo background reads: Shō Poetry Journal. Indigo text in beige 3D box lists Shō Poetry Journal's policies and requests regarding the submission process.

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shovda @shovda.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Hi, now that it's Pride month, you can hear me read a poem of mine that @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social published last year live on their site. Very honored to be included on their Pride Playlist. :) shopoetryjournal.com/pride-playli...

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Pride Month Playlist | 2026 - Shō Poetry Journal

For LGBTQ+ Pride Month, we've curated this playlist of poems recently published in Shō Poetry Journal Issues No. 7 and No. 8, featuring Aldo Ampáran, Chen Chen, Reuben Gelley-Newman, Iain Grinbergs, B...

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Shō Poetry Journal @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

We are open for submissions! We are reading for our winter issue and respond to all submissions in 30 days or less. Submit here: shopoetryjournal.submittable.com

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Exposed Bone Literary Magazine @exposedbonemag.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Do you have some work collecting dust that could find a good home? We open again soon…

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Bull City Press @bullcitypress.com · 20/05/2026

✍️ find details on submitting to our chapbook open reading here: buff.ly/EYEycWa

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Shō Poetry Journal @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Get your packets ready! Submissions to Shō Poetry Journal open June 1. We charge $3 for an expedited response of 30 days or less, pay one contributor copy (international poets included), and award two $150 Editors’ Prizes for each issue. Submissions are free for U.S. Indigenous poets.

Navy text on blue/purple-hued graphic reads: Shō Poetry Journal — Get your packets ready! Submissions for open June 1. shopoetryjournal.submittable.com

Navy text on blue/purple-hued graphic reads: The Basics: 1. Manuscript * Submit up to 5 unpublished poems in a single PDF or Word doc/docx * Include your name and page numbers on every page * Name your file ‘FirstName_LastName’ e.g. Victoria_Chang.pdf 2. Cover Letter (pasted in Submittable) * Include your poem titles * Include a short third-person author bio * Simultaneous submission? Let us know

Navy text on blue/purple-hued graphic reads: Policies & Requests * We do not accept work that has been generated or aided by AI * Please do not submit poems that have been posted online/published in any form * To withdraw individual poems, use the ‘Messages’ feature in Submittable (do not notify us via email or our contact form)

Navy text on blue/purple-hued graphic reads: Good to know * We charge a $3 submission fee for a response of 30 days or less * All contributors receive a print copy of the issue. U.S.-based authors receive a discount on extra copies * Editors’ Prizes of $150 each are awarded to two U.S.-based poets in each issue. The winners and two runners-up each receive a one-year subscription to Shō Poetry Journal * Submissions are always free for U.S. Indigenous poets * We offer at least one free BIPOC pop-up window per reading period

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Trio House Press @triohousepress.org · 16/05/2026

We are so pleased to share the @triohousepress.org 2026 Trio Award Finalists! Congratulations to all!

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Susan L. Leary @susanlleary.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Super excited that DRESSING THE BEAR (@triohousepress.org) was selected by t.r. san to be featured this week for The Wardrobe’s Best Dressed with @sundresspub.bsky.social! Here’s “The Professor Asks Me to Write a Joyful Poem”! 💙 More at the link, friends: sundressblog.com/category/war...

The Professor Asks Me to Write a Joyful Poem

One without drugs or sadness
or mention of your death. One
in which you don't beat your fists
bloody against a palm. I am
disobedient as is joy as is you,
as is the better version of the truth
that lives inside the defense. Is it more profound to say walking towards
or walking away? Somehow, with me, you're always doing both: forgetting
the air mattress & your Greyhound
ticket, then forgetting to breathe.
Is forgetfulness a form of joy
or of disobedience? The day I forgot
the plunger at Ace Hardware
was the day you forgot
to put my car in park. You were fifteen,
so my fault, but as the car rolled
nearer the storefront, we laughed
through the panic because joy is you
is disobedience is me, is the weather
we last looked upon your face.
A shit storm, you'd have said,
as we ran out to the parking lot, pelted
by the sky's sadness & with nothing
for a shield, while I was thinking
how nice it would have been
to spend a day with you in the rain.

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Hayden's Ferry Review @haydensferryreview.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

✨ Hey, writers! You’re invited to celebrate the launch of Hayden’s Ferry Review Issue 78! Join us for a special virtual evening honoring the incredible writers and artists featured in this issue! Link in comments! 📅 May 7, 6 PM MST!

Promotional flyer for the Hayden’s Ferry Review Issue 78 Virtual Launch Party with a pink and purple gradient background, white serif text, and a collage of contributor portraits with neon borders. Featured names include Saúl Hernández, KB Brookins, Olivia Rombak, Elica Sue, and Yan Ban. Text at bottom reads, “Join us to celebrate! May 7 @ 6 pm MST.”

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Hayden's Ferry Review @haydensferryreview.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Today, we’re revealing the cover of our newest issue and opening the door to Issue 78 with a web preview now live on the HFR homepage. Inside, you’ll find a gathering of new writing and art from this issue’s contributors — work that invites attention, return, and conversation! Link in comments!

Front cover of Hayden’s Ferry Review Issue 78, featuring abstract, water-like artwork with layered brushstrokes in blue, green, yellow, and pale pink. The text “Hayden’s Ferry Review” appears at the top, with “HFR” in yellow at the lower right.

Back cover of Hayden’s Ferry Review Issue 78, featuring darker teal and blue abstract water imagery with rippling forms and bright white highlights. The text “spring/summer 2026” and “seventy-eight” appears over the artwork, with a barcode at the bottom left.

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Susan L. Leary @susanlleary.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

One of my favorites from DRESSING THE BEAR! ⬇️ @triohousepress.org

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BOA Editions @boa-editions.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Our Blessing the Boats Selections is open and accepting submissions from May 1st to June 15th. Blessing the Boats Selections spotlights poetry collections by women of color. There is no submission fee associated with this reading period. Visit our website for a full list of eligibility requirements

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Shō Poetry Journal @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

New playlist for Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, featuring Sean Cho A., Courtney Alyce, Shlagha Borah, Aaron Caycedo-Kimura, Lyn Li Che, M. Cynthia Cheung, Stephanie Choi, Eliana Chow, Vasvi Kejriwal, Giljoon Lee, Rishona Michael, Ngoc Pham, Brooke Sahni, Rukan Saif, Tianyi, and Claire Zhou.

Grid of sixteen poets and blue background header: Asian/Pacific Heritage Month Playlist 2026 | Shō Poetry Journal

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Shō Poetry Journal @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

To celebrate Jewish American Heritage Month, we've curated this playlist of poems recently published in Shō Poetry Journal. Look out for audio features from Aileen Bassis, Loisa Fenichell, Shira Leah Haus, Daniel Lurie, Brooke Sahni, and Rebekah Wolman.

Blue grid of six poets for Shō Poetry Journal's Jewish American Heritage Month Playlist.

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Shō Poetry Journal @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

For Mental Health Awareness Month, we've curated this playlist of poems recently published in Shō Poetry Journal. Look out for audio features from Emily Adams-Aucoin, Catherine Broadwall, Crystal Cox, Olivia Jacobson, Sophie Johnson, Mallory Rodenberg, Alyssandra Tobin, and Tiezst "Tie" Taylor.

Light green grid of eight poets featured for Shō Poetry Journal's Mental Health Awareness Month Playlist.

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Johnny Cordova @johnnycordova.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

I now have author copies of The Broken Buddha in hand. If you’d like a signed copy, DM me for my Venmo or PayPal details. $20 includes shipping.

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