Özge Lena
@lenaozge.bsky.social
Poet with more than a hundred poems published worldwide. Nominated five & shortlisted four times for international poetry prizes. #catapoetics
Pinned
Özge Lena
@lenaozge.bsky.social
· Sep 27
So proud to present "Catapoetics: Poetry of the Catastrophe" in International Conference on Poetry Studies at Birkbeck College, University of London.
#catapoetics #catapoetry #catapoem #catapoet #catastrocene #poetry
#catapoetics #catapoetry #catapoem #catapoet #catastrocene #poetry
And I'd choose my self.
Thank you, dear world, for giving me this wonderful life. 🧿
Thank you, dear world, for giving me this wonderful life. 🧿
December 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
And I'd choose my self.
Thank you, dear world, for giving me this wonderful life. 🧿
Thank you, dear world, for giving me this wonderful life. 🧿
Reposted by Özge Lena
Thank you Satya and Catherine @blackcatpress.bsky.social for my contributor’s copy of this beautiful production.
December 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Thank you Satya and Catherine @blackcatpress.bsky.social for my contributor’s copy of this beautiful production.
Reposted by Özge Lena
“’Swounds, show me what thou’lt do:
Woul’t weep? woul’t fight? woul’t fast? woul’t tear thyself?
Woul’t drink up eisel? eat a crocodile?
I’ll do’t. Dost thou come here to whine?
To outface me with leaping in her grave?
Be buried quick with her, and so will I.”
(“Hamlet”, V.1)
#shakespearesunday
Woul’t weep? woul’t fight? woul’t fast? woul’t tear thyself?
Woul’t drink up eisel? eat a crocodile?
I’ll do’t. Dost thou come here to whine?
To outface me with leaping in her grave?
Be buried quick with her, and so will I.”
(“Hamlet”, V.1)
#shakespearesunday
December 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
“’Swounds, show me what thou’lt do:
Woul’t weep? woul’t fight? woul’t fast? woul’t tear thyself?
Woul’t drink up eisel? eat a crocodile?
I’ll do’t. Dost thou come here to whine?
To outface me with leaping in her grave?
Be buried quick with her, and so will I.”
(“Hamlet”, V.1)
#shakespearesunday
Woul’t weep? woul’t fight? woul’t fast? woul’t tear thyself?
Woul’t drink up eisel? eat a crocodile?
I’ll do’t. Dost thou come here to whine?
To outface me with leaping in her grave?
Be buried quick with her, and so will I.”
(“Hamlet”, V.1)
#shakespearesunday
December 14, 2025 at 11:09 AM
"...poetry directs us by destroying daily language..."
Maurice Blanchot, from Poetry and Language (tr. Charlotte Mandell)
Maurice Blanchot, from Poetry and Language (tr. Charlotte Mandell)
December 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
"...poetry directs us by destroying daily language..."
Maurice Blanchot, from Poetry and Language (tr. Charlotte Mandell)
Maurice Blanchot, from Poetry and Language (tr. Charlotte Mandell)
After writing a poem on language, re-reading some Wittgenstein today.
December 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
After writing a poem on language, re-reading some Wittgenstein today.
Reposted by Özge Lena
Auditions are over, poets have been informed of which wave they'll appear in throughout 2026/27, and Christmas is just around the corner.
Time to say hello to the poets who'll make up wave twenty-four of @iambapoet.com – including special guest poet @johnglenday.bsky.social.
iambapoet.com/wave/24
Time to say hello to the poets who'll make up wave twenty-four of @iambapoet.com – including special guest poet @johnglenday.bsky.social.
iambapoet.com/wave/24
poets | wave 24 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard
www.iambapoet.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Auditions are over, poets have been informed of which wave they'll appear in throughout 2026/27, and Christmas is just around the corner.
Time to say hello to the poets who'll make up wave twenty-four of @iambapoet.com – including special guest poet @johnglenday.bsky.social.
iambapoet.com/wave/24
Time to say hello to the poets who'll make up wave twenty-four of @iambapoet.com – including special guest poet @johnglenday.bsky.social.
iambapoet.com/wave/24
Reposted by Özge Lena
Today's the day! The 1-year anniversary issue of SHINE Quarterly is AVAILABLE here:
tinyurl.com/36hehcme
Watch the launch video here:
youtu.be/ADqjbsKe1YM
Join #shinepoetry in supporting the:
#internationalcommunity
#poetrycommunity
#booklaunch
#stockingstuffers for
#poetrylovers / #booklovers
tinyurl.com/36hehcme
Watch the launch video here:
youtu.be/ADqjbsKe1YM
Join #shinepoetry in supporting the:
#internationalcommunity
#poetrycommunity
#booklaunch
#stockingstuffers for
#poetrylovers / #booklovers
December 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Today's the day! The 1-year anniversary issue of SHINE Quarterly is AVAILABLE here:
tinyurl.com/36hehcme
Watch the launch video here:
youtu.be/ADqjbsKe1YM
Join #shinepoetry in supporting the:
#internationalcommunity
#poetrycommunity
#booklaunch
#stockingstuffers for
#poetrylovers / #booklovers
tinyurl.com/36hehcme
Watch the launch video here:
youtu.be/ADqjbsKe1YM
Join #shinepoetry in supporting the:
#internationalcommunity
#poetrycommunity
#booklaunch
#stockingstuffers for
#poetrylovers / #booklovers
New year's 'kokina' from my love! ♥️
December 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
New year's 'kokina' from my love! ♥️
Reposted by Özge Lena
Editing Soot & Boots reminded me how short fiction can cut straight to the bone. #SootAndBoots
December 5, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Editing Soot & Boots reminded me how short fiction can cut straight to the bone. #SootAndBoots
Reposted by Özge Lena
Looking for a meaningful festive gift? Give the Gift of a Year of Poetry. 🔗 poetryarchive.org/support/gift...
December 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Looking for a meaningful festive gift? Give the Gift of a Year of Poetry. 🔗 poetryarchive.org/support/gift...
Reposted by Özge Lena
We return to Germany for our 11th #yulefolklore tale, in a cold December night, when the birds suddenly fall silent.
Ominous enough, since our feathered friends are often seen as messengers between our world and the next since days of old.
Read the story following the link below.
🎨 Karel Zeman
Ominous enough, since our feathered friends are often seen as messengers between our world and the next since days of old.
Read the story following the link below.
🎨 Karel Zeman
December 10, 2025 at 6:11 AM
We return to Germany for our 11th #yulefolklore tale, in a cold December night, when the birds suddenly fall silent.
Ominous enough, since our feathered friends are often seen as messengers between our world and the next since days of old.
Read the story following the link below.
🎨 Karel Zeman
Ominous enough, since our feathered friends are often seen as messengers between our world and the next since days of old.
Read the story following the link below.
🎨 Karel Zeman
Reposted by Özge Lena
Can I brazenly point out that someone might appreciate poetry for Christmas? amzn.eu/d/8GeJEBX
December 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Can I brazenly point out that someone might appreciate poetry for Christmas? amzn.eu/d/8GeJEBX
Wonderful news! My poem "Tabula Rasa" is accepted to be published in Aksolotl Literary Magazine of Estonia!
#poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrysky
aksolotlestonia.wordpress.com/acerca-de-2/...
#poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrysky
aksolotlestonia.wordpress.com/acerca-de-2/...
December 10, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Wonderful news! My poem "Tabula Rasa" is accepted to be published in Aksolotl Literary Magazine of Estonia!
#poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrysky
aksolotlestonia.wordpress.com/acerca-de-2/...
#poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrysky
aksolotlestonia.wordpress.com/acerca-de-2/...
Reposted by Özge Lena
💐The countdown is on! 💐MORE FLOWERS releases with @triohousepress.org in less than 60 days, so thank you in advance for your patience with all my little reminders, and please consider pre-ordering at the link. I am super excited to share these poems!
triohousepress.myshopify.com/products/mor...
triohousepress.myshopify.com/products/mor...
December 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
💐The countdown is on! 💐MORE FLOWERS releases with @triohousepress.org in less than 60 days, so thank you in advance for your patience with all my little reminders, and please consider pre-ordering at the link. I am super excited to share these poems!
triohousepress.myshopify.com/products/mor...
triohousepress.myshopify.com/products/mor...
Reposted by Özge Lena
The end of the year is a liminal time and the believe of witches abroad doing mischief is almost universal across Northern Europe in December.
We meet one in our 9th #yulefolklore tale in the Bavarian Alps – and, of course, she’s up to no good!
Read it following the link below.
🎨 Maéna Paillet
We meet one in our 9th #yulefolklore tale in the Bavarian Alps – and, of course, she’s up to no good!
Read it following the link below.
🎨 Maéna Paillet
December 8, 2025 at 6:18 AM
The end of the year is a liminal time and the believe of witches abroad doing mischief is almost universal across Northern Europe in December.
We meet one in our 9th #yulefolklore tale in the Bavarian Alps – and, of course, she’s up to no good!
Read it following the link below.
🎨 Maéna Paillet
We meet one in our 9th #yulefolklore tale in the Bavarian Alps – and, of course, she’s up to no good!
Read it following the link below.
🎨 Maéna Paillet
Reposted by Özge Lena
Thrilled that my Nature Prize shortlisted poem "Black on Black" is published in the nature poems anthology of Black Cat Poetry Press 🖤 #poetry #poetrycommunity @blackcatpress.bsky.social
www.blackcatpress.co.uk/product-page...
www.blackcatpress.co.uk/product-page...
The Water Knows I Love You | The Black Cat Poetry
The Water Knows I Love You is the second in the nature anthology series from Black Cat Press, gathering 45 poems from emerging and established voices. Across varied styles and forms - from quiet lyric...
www.blackcatpress.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Thrilled that my Nature Prize shortlisted poem "Black on Black" is published in the nature poems anthology of Black Cat Poetry Press 🖤 #poetry #poetrycommunity @blackcatpress.bsky.social
www.blackcatpress.co.uk/product-page...
www.blackcatpress.co.uk/product-page...
Thrilled that my Nature Prize shortlisted poem "Black on Black" is published in the nature poems anthology of Black Cat Poetry Press 🖤 #poetry #poetrycommunity @blackcatpress.bsky.social
www.blackcatpress.co.uk/product-page...
www.blackcatpress.co.uk/product-page...
The Water Knows I Love You | The Black Cat Poetry
The Water Knows I Love You is the second in the nature anthology series from Black Cat Press, gathering 45 poems from emerging and established voices. Across varied styles and forms - from quiet lyric...
www.blackcatpress.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Thrilled that my Nature Prize shortlisted poem "Black on Black" is published in the nature poems anthology of Black Cat Poetry Press 🖤 #poetry #poetrycommunity @blackcatpress.bsky.social
www.blackcatpress.co.uk/product-page...
www.blackcatpress.co.uk/product-page...
December 7, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Reposted by Özge Lena
Our 7th #yulefolklore tale takes us back to France today on St Nicholas Day and we’ll meet one of his ghastly companions who whip up the tension of the saint’s annual visit.
This one does it literally though, what with his cruel backstory.
Read it, following the link below!
This one does it literally though, what with his cruel backstory.
Read it, following the link below!
December 6, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Our 7th #yulefolklore tale takes us back to France today on St Nicholas Day and we’ll meet one of his ghastly companions who whip up the tension of the saint’s annual visit.
This one does it literally though, what with his cruel backstory.
Read it, following the link below!
This one does it literally though, what with his cruel backstory.
Read it, following the link below!
Great news! Delighted to have an acceptance for Issue 4 of @frazzledlit.bsky.social 🤍
www.frazzledlit.com
www.frazzledlit.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Great news! Delighted to have an acceptance for Issue 4 of @frazzledlit.bsky.social 🤍
www.frazzledlit.com
www.frazzledlit.com
Reposted by Özge Lena
⚡️🎄⚡️🎄⚡️🎄⚡️
Have you put
The Storms Journal V on your Christmas shopping list? @eatthestorms.com
⚡️🎄⚡️🎄⚡️🎄⚡️🎄⚡️
Available here 👇
eatthestorms.com/the-storm-shop/
Have you put
The Storms Journal V on your Christmas shopping list? @eatthestorms.com
⚡️🎄⚡️🎄⚡️🎄⚡️🎄⚡️
Available here 👇
eatthestorms.com/the-storm-shop/
December 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
⚡️🎄⚡️🎄⚡️🎄⚡️
Have you put
The Storms Journal V on your Christmas shopping list? @eatthestorms.com
⚡️🎄⚡️🎄⚡️🎄⚡️🎄⚡️
Available here 👇
eatthestorms.com/the-storm-shop/
Have you put
The Storms Journal V on your Christmas shopping list? @eatthestorms.com
⚡️🎄⚡️🎄⚡️🎄⚡️🎄⚡️
Available here 👇
eatthestorms.com/the-storm-shop/
Reposted by Özge Lena
“Holle-peter, as well as Hersche, Harsche, Hescheklas, Euprecht, Eupper…, is among the names given to the muffled servitor who goes about in Holle's train at the time of the winter solstice”
(Grimm)
🎨 Valin Mattheis
#FolkloreThursday
(Grimm)
🎨 Valin Mattheis
#FolkloreThursday
December 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
“Holle-peter, as well as Hersche, Harsche, Hescheklas, Euprecht, Eupper…, is among the names given to the muffled servitor who goes about in Holle's train at the time of the winter solstice”
(Grimm)
🎨 Valin Mattheis
#FolkloreThursday
(Grimm)
🎨 Valin Mattheis
#FolkloreThursday
In 2025, I've almost 100 poems published across many countries, two Pushcart Prize, an Editor's Choice, a Spiritual Poetry Award, and Best of the Net nominations, a university conference on #catapoetics in London...
This has absolutely been my year of #poetry :)
Cheers to a better one! 🥂
This has absolutely been my year of #poetry :)
Cheers to a better one! 🥂
December 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
In 2025, I've almost 100 poems published across many countries, two Pushcart Prize, an Editor's Choice, a Spiritual Poetry Award, and Best of the Net nominations, a university conference on #catapoetics in London...
This has absolutely been my year of #poetry :)
Cheers to a better one! 🥂
This has absolutely been my year of #poetry :)
Cheers to a better one! 🥂