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I still think that Dylan Thomas' "Fern Hill" is a perfect poem... So I'm sharing it here, if you need a poem today. Maybe read it out loud, it's got such a lovely music to it.

https://poets.org/poem/fern-hill

#poetry #mastopoets #wales #autisticJoy #literature

@silhelm

There's a whole bunch of queer love poems: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/collections/101691/queer-love-poems

Carol Ann Duffy is a queer poet: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/carol-ann-duffy
Her collection The World's Wife is a good place to start.

This collection is also pretty cool: The Choreic Period (Latif Askia Ba) - you can read sample poems of his at The Poetry Foundation: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/latif-ba

And: Jericho Brown, who won the 2020 Pulitzer for poetry (collection: The Tradition)

#mastopoets #bookstodon

Time for #ThreeGoodThings :

1) the amaryllis flower has opened! second blossom is on its way.

2) made a tasty 'experiment' - a sort of vegan lasagna consisting of red lentils, soy mince, very finely sliced potatoes, vegan cheese and vegan cream.

3) sent out a poem today. (Chestnut Review is open to submissions until the end of the month).

#3GoodThings #Mastopoets

A helpful piece about ableism in workshop feedback / expectations, by Sarah Fawn Montgomery:

"I wanted to write stories about bodies and brains like mine without having to justify that yes, this really did happen and, yes, I really did feel this way, and no, I was not exaggerating to garner attention or sympathy."

full article: https://electricliterature.com/to-tell-my-disabled-stories-i-needed-to-unlearn-ableist-workshop-critiques

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#WritingCommunity #MastoWriters @writingcommunity #chronicIllness #neurodiverseWriters #disabledWriters #MastoPoets #cripLit

The new issue of Ouch! just came out, and I am one of 75 queer / trans / nonbinary contributors whose work is collected in it. You can read the whole issue online FREE (or treat yourself to a hard copy, which also helps support the journal):

https://www.ouchcollective.com

at the top of the page, go to 'Publications' to see the digital issues - the latest one is 4. There's a lot of visual and textual art to explore!

#MastoPoets #queerart #LGBT2QIA #QueerBookstodon #actuallyAutistic

Insightful, heartening read by Mia You on (non) native English, (poetry) translation, and who owns language:

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/1659311/poets-on-translation-the-alternative-speaker

"The English of possibility. The English in the imagination. The English reclaimed and reinvented by the (neo-)colonized speaker. You find a way to stretch the language to fit you and your stray prepositions."

#englishes #translation #poetry #language #MastoPoets

@BPI I've got some poems (incl. audio) here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/annette-c-boehm#tab-poems

and here:
https://ogre.red/issues/2023-04/2023-04-boehm-annette-c/

#ActuallyAutistc #MastoPoets #queerLiterature @writingcommunity

KARE RAISU

take me to your place
i'll make you lunch
kare raisu
lots of butter
ginger
and curry
carrots, potato and apples
no chicken, though
i'll have to look up
what to replace it with
for the protein
just remember to save some
to take with you on monday
after we could
have some coffee
do you have any?
i like mine with milk
do you have any?
sorry, where's the sugar?
no, don't worry
i'll do the dishes
fine, FINE
then i do the plates and pots
you do the forks and mugs
where's your bathroom?
come with me
let's watch a romance
on your mirror

#poetry #fantasy #poem #mastopoetry #mastopoets #mastopoem #MastoArt #mastoartist #art #poet

i'll put your name
on the pages
of the notebook i made
maybe that will
take it out
of my head
for a bit

#poetry #parabá #art #MastoArt #mastoartist #mastopoem #mastopoets #poem #poems

Been sitting on this news for a while, but now it's finally time to share: I have 2 poems plus 2 self-translations (plus audio recordings) in the November issue of Poetry! You can find the issue over here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/issue/1614971/november-2024
#poetryfoundation #mastopoets #litjournals #poetryintranslation #translation #literature #anotherhashtag #lyrik #deutschelyrik

I've been working on a new project for the past year or so, and you can see the first pieces from it in Petrichor issue 26, hot off the (virtual) press: https://petrichormag.com/26-annette-c-boehm/

http://annettecboehm.wordpress.com/2024/10/01/new-poems-new-project/

@writingcommunity #mastopoets #poetslife #actuallyautistic #neurodiversity #smallpress #poetry #collagepoetry

where are the poets of Mastodon? Are you here to publish only on Mastodon? Are you submitting to journals/reviews/websites? Have something to "boast" about? #Poetry #Poetslift #MastoPoets #PoetryCommunity @poetry

Got an acceptance from a journal I've been sending work to for like a decade. Sharing this to encourage you to keep trying. #writinglife #mastopoets @writingcommunity #poetry #nationalpoetrymonth

Dear @writingcommunity I have to say I'm a bit giddy. I just sent out a new manuscript for the first time - and it's not my usual kind of work, it's collage poems. Fingers crossed.
#writinglife #mastopoets #ActuallyAutistic #neurospicy #poetry #collage

Without A Cloud

joy is presence
when strings are bowed
joy is purpose
when fields are ploughed
joy is keeping
to what was vowed

joy is a calm
voice in the crowd
joy is the truth
humbling the proud
joy is freedom
that is allowed

joy is quiet
when life is loud
joy is wisdom
piercing the shroud
joy is the mind
without a cloud

https://pixelfed.social/p/poligraf/649748388580584794?fs=1

#basseville #strochquebec #villedequebec #quebec #quebeccity #365joys #skyblue #poetry #poems #MastoPoets #Memories #January2021 #January07

If you're looking to send some poems out into the world, Poetry South is open for submissions:
https://www.muw.edu/poetrysouth/submit/
#poetry #mastopoets #writing #OpenForSubmissions #poetryjournal @writingcommunity

Friendly new year's reminder that Threepenny Review has opened for submissions - it's the quickest way to get that first rejection of the year out of the way. It's become my own little new year's tradition to send to them on Jan 1st. @writingcommunity #mastopoets #mastowriters #OpenForSubmissions #writing

Maybe the librarians of Mastodon can answer this question. Why do we put poetry in non-fiction? Why isn't poetry in among the novels and science fiction and mysteries? And - why am I only asking this question now? #Poets #MastoPoets #Librarian

Happy everything, @writingcommunity ! Let's make a thread of journals currently open for submissions, so we can end the year on a hopeful note! #submissions #mastopoets #mastowriters #mastolit