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The SWWIM Reading Series has moved! While our residents are still hosted by the lovely & generous Betsy Hotel, the readings are now held at Books & Books in Coral Gables. Join us Friday, October 16 at 6:30pm (EST) for a reading with Bleah Patterson & Z. Yasmin Waheed at Books & Books.

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SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 12h

This is the last day of #LitMagWeek. Thank you for reading! As a reminder, new subscribers receive 40% off for an annual plan. Link to subscribe valid through 10/2 at midnight: swwimmiami.substack.com/b7ac8eeb Thank you for subscribing & supporting! @clmporg.bsky.social #SWWIMEveryDay

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SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 13h

From “Blue Manatee” by Catherine Bowman Tap the link below to read the full poem in SWWIM Every Day. www.swwim.org/swwimeveryday/2026/10/2/blue-manatee . . . #SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #WomenPoets #Inclusive #CatherineBowman

Image of ripples of deep blue fabric and a quote in pale blue "Tonight, the sky the color of a velvet blue boot, thrifted, long lost" by Catherine Bowman

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SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Read our friends and collaborators at MER (Mom Egg Review) @merliterary.bsky.social ! (narrated by Mary Block, senior editor of SWWIM Every Day and SWWIM director of development) @clmporg.bsky.social #LitMagWeek #SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #MER #MomEggReview

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SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Throwback Thursday: Do you remember Green Mountains Review? We do. (narrated by Jen Karetnick @kavetchnik.bsky.social , SWWIM cofounder and managing editor of SWWIM Every Day) @clmporg.bsky.social #LitMagWeek #SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #GreenMountainsReview

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SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

From “Preoperative Love Poem” by Deborah Ager Tap the link below to read the full poem in SWWIM Every Day. www.swwim.org/swwimeveryday/2026/10/1/preoperative-love-poem . . . #SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #Poetry #WomenPoets #Inclusive #DeborahAger

Image of seams of river bed and earth with reflections of sky and a quote in bright yellow "just your skin and my skin with their rivers of scars trickling, teaching our fingertips where to go every night" by Deborah Ager

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SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Congratulations to our 2026 Best of the Net nominees! Tammy C. Greenwood “Soldier’s Heart” Laura Last “Canción“ Eggie “efucke“ Heather Swan “History with Fire” Rachel Becker “Audiometry” Erika Meitner “Are You Making the Most of Summer? / Looming Heat Spike” @bestofthenetanthology

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Best of the Net Nominees 2026

Tammy C. Greenwood
“Soldier’s Heart”

Laura Last
“Canción“

Eggie
“efucke“

Heather Swan
“History with Fire”

Rachel Becker
“Audiometry”

Erika Meitner
“Are You Making the Most of Summer? / Looming Heat Spike”

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SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

For #LitMagWeek, please enjoy this encore presentation of our SWWIM Chat with @jfranklinpoet.bsky.social & Editor-in-Chief Catherine Esposito Prescott. SWWIM Chats are available weekly to our paid subscribers. Annual subscriptions are 40 percent off through 10/2. Link to subscribe in our bio.

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SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

From “A ball python keeps showing up in my dreams” by Maegan Gonzales Tap the link below to read the full poem in SWWIM Every Day. www.swwim.org/swwimeveryday/2026/9/30/a-ball-python-keeps-showing-up-in-my-dreams . . . #SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #Poetry #Inclusive #MaeganGonzales

Image of a coiled snake in dark and pale green with a quote in pale blue "The father lets Iono coil three times around the little girl's unsuspicious neck. Her body tightens." by Maegan Gonzales

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SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

ONE WEEK FROM TODAY: Tuesday, 10/6/26, 7-9PM ET, Zoom Poems That Speak to Other Poems with Alina Stefanescu @alinaetc.bsky.social Learn more here: www.swwim.org/readings-eve... Registration & payment link: buy.stripe.com/00wcN54p40ww... Price: $80/each OR all 3 for $220

Poems That Speak to Other Poems

A poem may address another poem in different ways-- directly, indirectly, as a legacy or a disputation.

Throughout the history of poetry, the poetic form has emerged from dialogue with its ancestry. Many poems also dialogue with others through traces or by picking up lines and carrying them into the present. Each poem sets the conditions and demarcates the terrain of its particular intimacy and intensity. In this generative workshop, we will explore writing poems that speak to or with the poems that have shaped us.

Alina Stefanescu was born in Romania and lives in Birmingham, Alabama with her partner and several intense mammals. Recent books include a creative nonfiction chapbook, Ribald (Bull City Press Inch Series, Nov. 2020) and Dor, which won the Wandering Aengus Press Prize (September, 2021). Her debut fiction collection, Every Mask I Tried On, won the Brighthorse Books Prize (April 2018). Alina's poems, essays, and fiction can be found in Prairie Schooner, North American Review, World Literature Today, Pleiades, Poetry, BOMB, Crab Creek Review, and others. She serves as editor, reviewer, and critic for various journals and is currently working on a novel-like creature. My Heresies, a poetry collection was published by Sarabande in late April 2025. More online at www.alinastefanescuwriter.com.

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Welcome to day 2 of #LitMagWeek! Be sure to check out weeklong discounts from over 100 participating magazines (featured on this page and on the #LitMagWeek website), and stay tuned for reading recommendations, magazine origin stories, insider info, and more: litmagweek.com

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SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Meet SWWIM! (narrated by Catherine Esposito Prescott, SWWIM cofounder and editor-in-chief of SWWIM Every Day) Photos by Chantal Lawrie. #LitMagWeek #SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #WomenPoets #WomenSupportingWomen

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SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

From “All the Ways to Want Things” by Stacie Kiner Tap the link below to read the full poem in SWWIM Every Day. www.swwim.org/swwimeveryday/2026/9/29/all-the-ways-to-want-things . . . #SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #Poetry #WomenPoets #Inclusive #StacieKiner #TuesdayPoem #TBT

Image of the earth blue and glowing with the bottom in the shadow of night with a quote in bright yellow "Our world slowly spinning unbuttons itself-- this is a difficult home" by Stacie Kiner

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SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

To celebrate #LitMagWeek, we’re thrilled to offer new subscribers 40% off for an annual plan. Enjoy weekly #SWWIMChats where an editor sits down with a contributor to discuss poetry & the creative life as well as other bonus content, including prompts & poems. The offer is valid through 10/2.

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SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

From “Ancient Balm” by Regina Caggiano Tap the link below to read the full poem in SWWIM Every Day. www.swwim.org/swwimeveryda... . . . #SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #Poetry #WomenWriters #WomenPoets #Inclusive #AncientBalm #ReginaCaggiano #MondayPoem

Black and white image of a woman's open mouth with teeth showing and fingers touching chin with a quote in bright blue "and I know one day we'll argue for the last time about my mouth this nuisance, elemental, obstructive" by Regina Caggiano

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SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Happy Saturday, students! Use the discount code of STUDENT20 to get 20 percent off any individual SWWIM Lesson in our upcoming fall workshop series. Sign up today here: linktr.ee/swwimmiami Learn more here: www.swwim.org/readings-eve... XO SWWIM Team #PoetryWorkshops #SWWIMWorkshops

Flyer saying FALL WORKSHOP SERIES, SWWIM, PLEASE USE THE CODE STUDENT20 AT CHECK OUT

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Perugia Press @perugiapress.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Shout-outs for our editor/director @rholanderpoet.bsky.social and board member @jenjblackburn.bsky.social from @swwim.bsky.social! Thanks, SWWIM team! 🌊🌟🙏

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SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

From “Water” by Tiana Nobile 문영신 @tiananob.bsky.social Tap the link below to read the full poem in SWWIM Every Day. www.swwim.org/swwimeveryday/2026/9/25/water *This week’s poems were curated by Writer-in-Residence Sarah Audsley. #SWWIMEveryDay #WomenPoets #Inclusive #TianaNobile 문영신

Image of an ocean wave crashing into foam with a quote in bright blue "I tell you, come. Pleading, soon. Together, we roar in the water." by Tiana Nobile 문영신

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SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

From “Everything Else Was Heavier” by Genevieve DeGuzman @gendeguzman.bsky.social Tap the link below to read the full poem in SWWIM Every Day. www.swwim.org/swwimeveryday/2026/9/24/everything-else-was-heavier *This week’s poems were curated by Writer-in-Residence Sarah Audsley. #SWWIMEveryDay

Image of a black-capped chickadee taking a seed from the palm of a hand holding seeds with a quote in pale yellow "My fist with a living bird in hand no one will ever see. Some sparrows in the underbrush sing only for themselves." By Genevieve Deguzman

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SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

From “The Diversity Hire Must Always Be Grateful” by Christine Kitano Tap the link below to read the full poem in SWWIM Every Day. www.swwim.org/swwimeveryday/2026/9/23/the-diversity-hire-must-always-be-grateful *This week’s poems were curated by Writer-in-Residence Sarah Audsley.

Image of a classroom with rows and rows of pink-brown wood benches with a quote in pale blue that reads "The candidate must never ask for anything" by Christine Kitano

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SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY! Tuesday, 10/6/26, 7-9PM ET, Zoom Poems That Speak to Other Poems with Alina Stefanescu @alinaetc.bsky.social Learn more here: www.swwim.org/readings-eve... Registration & payment link: buy.stripe.com/00wcN54p40ww... Price: $80/each OR all 3 for $220

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SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

From “Cape Disappointment” by Shelley Wong @shelleywong.bsky.social Tap the link below to read the full poem in SWWIM Every Day. www.swwim.org/swwimeveryday/2026/9/22/cape-disappointment *This week’s poems were curated by Writer-in-Residence Sarah Audsley. #SWWIMEveryDay #ShelleyWong

Image of clusters of black clams against a blurry landscape of ocean coast with a quote in bright yellow "I don't believe in turning down a chowder often people think I should speak a little louder" by Shelley Wong

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SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Please welcome SWWIM Every Day's new readers! Sandra Crouch @sandracrouch.bsky.social Nia Doyley We're thrilled to have these two on our team! Read their bios on our website: www.swwim.org/about XO SWWIM Team

Flyer that reads SWWIM Please welcome SWWIM Every Day's new readers!

Flyer that reads Welcome! Nia Doyley with a photo of a woman in a white dress and long dark hair laying in a tree and looking up

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SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

From “Who Let the Dogs Out” by Susan Nguyen @susanpoet.bsky.social Tap the link below to read the full poem in SWWIM Every Day. www.swwim.org/swwimeveryday/2026/9/21/who-let-the-dogs-out *This week’s poems were curated by Writer-in-Residence Sarah Audsley. #SWWIMEveryDay #SusanNguyen

Image of a copper bell outside against leaves with a quote in bright blue "The church bell of his hot mouth, silenced." by Susan Nguyen

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Genevieve DeGuzman @gendeguzman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Get caught up on the SWWIM series this past week curated by @saudsley.bsky.social. The poem a day feature goes through next week! ❤️‍🔥 #SWWIMEveryDay

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SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Thursday, 12/3/26, 7-9PM ET, Zoom How to Get a Running Start: A Submission Clinic with S. Erin Batiste Learn more here: www.swwim.org/readings-eve... Registration & payment link: buy.stripe.com/4gMaEXg7M1AA... Price: $80/each OR all 3 for $220

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Majda Gama @majda.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This is going to be brilliant

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SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Thursday, 11/5/26, 7-9PM ET, Zoom Writing Beyond the Frame: An Ekphrastic Workshop with Tara Ballard Learn more here: www.swwim.org/readings-eve... Registration & payment link: buy.stripe.com/00w6oHdZEcfe... Price: $80/each OR all 3 for $220

Fall Workshop Series, Writing Beyond the Frame: An Ekphrastic Workshop with Tara Ballard, November 5, 2026, 7-9PM ET, Zoom

This workshop invites writers to create personal and boundary-pushing poetry inspired by visual art forms. Participants will use ekphrasis as an entry point to consider gender constructions and navigate expectations of identity.

Tara Ballard holds a PhD in English from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and an MFA from the University of Alaska Anchorage. Her work has been published in The Atlantic, Poetry Northwest, Michigan Quarterly Review, North American Review, New York Quarterly, and elsewhere. She is an affiliate editor for Alaska Quarterly Review and a 2025 fellow at The New School's Institute for Critical Social Inquiry.

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SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Tuesday, 10/6/26, 7-9PM ET, Zoom Poems That Speak to Other Poems with Alina Stefanescu @alinaetc.bsky.social Learn more here: www.swwim.org/readings-eve... Registration & payment link: buy.stripe.com/00wcN54p40ww... Price: $80/each OR all 3 for $220

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SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Join us for a virtual writing workshop series with SWWIM this fall! Generate new poems and learn how to send them out for publication. Sign up for one or for all three. Price: $80/each OR all 3 for $220 Time: 7:00-9:00 PM (ET) Where: Zoom Registration links in bio

FALL WORKSHOP SERIES

10/6/26
Poems That Speak to Other Poems
with Alina Stefanescu

11/5/26
Writing Beyond the Frame: An Ekphrastic Workshop
with Tara Ballard

12/3/26
How to Get a Running Start: A Submission Clinic
with S. Erin Batiste

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SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

From “White Savior” by Ansley Moon Tap the link below to read the full poem in SWWIM Every Day. www.swwim.org/swwimeveryda... This week’s poems were curated by Writer-in-Residence Sarah Audsley. . . . #SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #WomenPoets #Inclusive #AnsleyMoon

Image of a woman applying bright red lipstick with a quote in pale blue "By my hand, my brown girl will be worthy, will be different. Will learn to wash away the day's stink & always wear lipstick." by Ansley Moon

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SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Happy National Translation Month! SWWIM Every Day is seeking translations! Please see our Submittable for guidelines. . . . #SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #Poetry #WomenWriters #WomenPoets #Inclusive #Translations #WorldPoetry #TranslationMonth

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SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

From “A Small Selfishness” by Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello Tap the link below to read the full poem in SWWIM Every Day. www.swwim.org/swwimeveryda... This week’s poems were curated by Writer-in-Residence Sarah Audsley. #SWWIMEveryDay #WomenPoets #Inclusive #MarciCalabrettaCancioBello

Image of blue smoke rising with a quote in yellow that reads "Stay like that, alive. Let the ash fall, let the smoke rise." by Marci calabretta Cancio-Bello

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SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

From “Sad Girls Wearing Paper Hats” by Mary-Kim Arnold Tap the link below to read the full poem in SWWIM Every Day. www.swwim.org/swwimeveryda... This week’s poems were curated by Writer-in-Residence Sarah Audsley. . . . #SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #WomenPoets #Inclusive #MaryKimArnold

Image of a young woman looking out over a cityscape of lights at dawn with a quote in pale blue "You have seen before how the days can astonish" by Mary-Kim Arnold

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SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Join us for a virtual writing workshop series with SWWIM this fall! Generate new poems & learn how to send them out for publication. Sign up for one or for all three. 10/6/26: Poems That Speak to Other Poems w/ Alina Stefanescu @alinaetc.bsky.social #SWWIMEveryDay #PoetryWorkshops

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SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

From “Dog Days” by Rosanna Young Oh Tap the link below to read the full poem in SWWIM Every Day. www.swwim.org/swwimeveryda... This week’s poems were curated by Writer-in-Residence Sarah Audsley. . . . #SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #Poetry #WomenPoets Inclusive #DogDays #RosannaYoungOh #TBT

Image of a red-brown labradoodle puppy and a quote in yellow that reads "I am the beast she thinks I am" by Rosanna Young Oh

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SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

From “Quickening” by Ashley Sojin Kim Tap the link below to read the full poem in SWWIM Every Day. www.swwim.org/swwimeveryda... This week’s poems were curated by Writer-in-Residence Sarah Audsley. . . . #SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #Poetry #Poem #WomenPoets #Inclusive #AshleySojinKim

Image of a person's hands holding a string of bright white lights with a quote in blue that reads "I know well how to carry grief, but what to do with hope?" by Ashley Sojin Kim

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SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

From “Venus in Aries pt 2” by Cloud Delfina Cardona Tap the link below to read the full poem in SWWIM Every Day. www.swwim.org/swwimeveryday/2026/9/11/venus-in-aries-pt-2 . . . #SWWIMEveryDay #Poetry #WomenPoets #Inclusive #CloudDelfinaCardona

Image of a highway beneath a starry sky with a quote in bright blue "There I go again. Turning this night into a myth I can pass down to anyone who has ever risked it all for what you thought was love" by Cloud Delfina Cardona

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Emily Mohn-Slate @mohnslate.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Grateful to @swwim.bsky.social for giving this poem a home! These lines came to me in pieces as I was trying to name what it is to parent two tweens and be in the Before times of so much change to come 💜 (also happy I managed to sneak in our favorite awkward puberty joke that the kids hate:)

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Lesley Wheeler @lesleymwheeler.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Also obsessed with the Great Pink Sea Snail? @ the Betsy Writers Room, thanks to @swwim.bsky.social , I re-watched the first Dr Dolittle so I could write this final section of my long poem “Ternary Systems.” Thanks to @pinchjournal.bsky.social for giving it a shiny home! 🐌

Poem “Ternary Systems 101” by Lesley Wheeler

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SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

From “The Great Before” by Emily Mohn-Slate @mohnslate.bsky.social Tap the link below to read the full poem in SWWIM Every Day. www.swwim.org/swwimeveryday/2026/9/10/the-great-before . . . #SWWIMEveryDay #Poetry #WomenPoets #WomenPublishingWomen #EmilyMohnSlate

Image of silhouettes of a mother and daughter jumping against a twilight sky and lake with a quote in pale blue "we're singing together with our still-forming faces, with all our sweet unknowing" by Emily Mohn-Slate

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SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

From “Love Stung” by Paula R. Hilton Tap the link below to read the full poem in SWWIM Every Day. www.swwim.org/swwimeveryday/2026/9/9/love-stung . . . #SWWIMEveryDay #WomenPoets #WomenPublishingWomen #Inclusive #PaulaRHilton

Image of a bee in the middle of a yellow flower in a field of yellow flowers with a quote in pale blue "How do you get the stinger out when you're mad for the bee?" by Paula R. Hilton

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Samuel Day Wharton @fakeourway.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Palm the darkened / heart of the fallen / walnut

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SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

From September 14-25, in honor of her residency at The Betsy Hotel & our 10th anniversary season, SWWIM Every Day will be featuring a selection of poems curated by Sarah Audsley @saudsley.bsky.social

A flyer with an image of a smiling woman with chin-length dark brown hair and eyes and long earrings with the text in yellow "SWWIM September Resident & Guest Curator Sarah Audsley"

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SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

From “Watching My Son Play Alone” by Sayuri Matsuura Ayers Tap the link below to read the full poem in SWWIM Every Day. www.swwim.org/swwimeveryday/2026/9/8/watching-my-son-play-alone . . . #SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #WomenPoets #Inclusive #SayuriMatsuuraAyers

Image of a glowing golden meadow with Queen Anne's Lace and a quote in bright yellow "Kneel and stroke the bristling back of the meadow. Emerge from its blaze, a new animal" by Sayuri Matsuura Ayers

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