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Small, community-organized press publishing chapbooks, full-length collections, and selected poems. New chaps coming in 2025 from David Hadbawnik, rob mclennan and others, and full collections from Elizabeth Marie Young, Kyla Houbolt, and Kimberly Lyons.
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Kyla Houbolt @luaz.bsky.social · 3h
I lost #SmallPoemSunday in the maw of a migraine, so jumping onto its tail with this, the source of the title of my soon-to-be book. @tomsnarsky.bsky.social (Is it a title poem even if the title of the poem is not the title of the book? Any poetry experts around here? 😂 )
Held Every time I turn around, there it is, my life, becoming altar.
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Kyla Houbolt @luaz.bsky.social · 1d
#frogsky #poetry

Frogtober!
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Subpress Poetry @subpresspoetry.bsky.social · 1d
“Ethics” by Kyla Houbolt, from her forthcoming book, *Becoming Altar* asterismbooks.com/product/beco... @luaz.bsky.social
Ethics Is it ethical to be a frog when the snow is on the ground? To be a frog in winter, in a sound mind and body of amphibious elegance? It isn't right! sing the bugs in their dens, we never got a chance to have amphibious elegance, we only got chitinous chic which is far far less groovy. The bugs grouse among themselves, crowding the rotting tree trunks, clicking and whirring and taking committee votes. But the unconcerned frog, who is not hungry for bug at the moment, casts no stones. There is no call to fiddle with all them bugs! thinks the frog to itself, preening in its winter mudhole. Meanwhile, Creator, in the form of Raven, listens in with amusement. None of these creatures knows what's to come, or how blessed their lives are. Though that smug frog might need to be taken down a peg or two, he thinks. Maybe it's time to send in the crows. And of course the poets are listening to all this, and each one is writing notes, and all the notes are different. This is the blessing and the curse of poetry: that it never agrees and that it never agrees. Ethics? Maybe in the spaces between.
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graveyard dirt @upfromsumdirt.bsky.social · 1d
well, kyla, it might be time to turn this into a series...
photo of 2 people dressed in frog costumes in protest of authoritarian extremisms in portland oregon.
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Subpress Poetry @subpresspoetry.bsky.social · 1d
“Ethics” by Kyla Houbolt, from her forthcoming book, *Becoming Altar* asterismbooks.com/product/beco... @luaz.bsky.social
Ethics Is it ethical to be a frog when the snow is on the ground? To be a frog in winter, in a sound mind and body of amphibious elegance? It isn't right! sing the bugs in their dens, we never got a chance to have amphibious elegance, we only got chitinous chic which is far far less groovy. The bugs grouse among themselves, crowding the rotting tree trunks, clicking and whirring and taking committee votes. But the unconcerned frog, who is not hungry for bug at the moment, casts no stones. There is no call to fiddle with all them bugs! thinks the frog to itself, preening in its winter mudhole. Meanwhile, Creator, in the form of Raven, listens in with amusement. None of these creatures knows what's to come, or how blessed their lives are. Though that smug frog might need to be taken down a peg or two, he thinks. Maybe it's time to send in the crows. And of course the poets are listening to all this, and each one is writing notes, and all the notes are different. This is the blessing and the curse of poetry: that it never agrees and that it never agrees. Ethics? Maybe in the spaces between.
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Subpress Poetry @subpresspoetry.bsky.social · 1d
Time for another frog poem by greenway laureate* Kyla Houbolt

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*there is no such thing but there ought to be and if there were it would be Kyla
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Jordan Davis @jordandavis.bsky.social · 3d
Good essay by Mark here, and as a bonus, new poems by me
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🇲🇽🇺🇸mark statman🇺🇸🇲🇽 @markstatman.bsky.social · 4d
This week’s #Poet in #Mexico moves in different directions. ¿Día de Muertos? Yom Kippur? That close. Abrázame mis amores.

The essence of it is this: On whose shoulders do you stand? Or, who are you because?

#Poetry from Jordan Davis! ¡Calaveras mariachi! ¡Baile!

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Get It Done: Remembrance as Absence, Presence, Resistance
And Poems by Jordan Davis
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Joanna Hastings @joannahastings.bsky.social · 3d
I love this so much. Melancholy, hopeful and beautiful.
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Subpress Poetry @subpresspoetry.bsky.social · 3d
“One Frog” by Kyla Houbolt, from her forthcoming book, *Becoming Altar* asterismbooks.com/product/beco... @luaz.bsky.social
One Frog Tonight one frog sings outside. It's no country for rain. I live far away, but I can hear this one frog, it's a loud frog, alone in some creek or other, in a county of two lane roads that twist in the dark. Still there is comfort here because somewhere glimmering among the darkened trees is a lighted window. An old man and his nephew sit inside, whittling. They're making toys. One makes a small cart with rolling wheels; the other makes a dog with a wagging tail. There are no children nearby, not even in the neighboring counties, so one might wonder who the toys are for. But the old man and his nephew don't seem concerned; they just keep whittling. Occasionally one of them smiles. The shavings go into the fire. The frog sings. The roads twist in the dark. The creek is low. One day it might rain.
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Kyla Houbolt @luaz.bsky.social · 3d
My publisher is ON it! Frogs, featured in *Becoming Altar* (More frogs to come!)
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Subpress Poetry @subpresspoetry.bsky.social · 3d
“One Frog” by Kyla Houbolt, from her forthcoming book, *Becoming Altar* asterismbooks.com/product/beco... @luaz.bsky.social
One Frog Tonight one frog sings outside. It's no country for rain. I live far away, but I can hear this one frog, it's a loud frog, alone in some creek or other, in a county of two lane roads that twist in the dark. Still there is comfort here because somewhere glimmering among the darkened trees is a lighted window. An old man and his nephew sit inside, whittling. They're making toys. One makes a small cart with rolling wheels; the other makes a dog with a wagging tail. There are no children nearby, not even in the neighboring counties, so one might wonder who the toys are for. But the old man and his nephew don't seem concerned; they just keep whittling. Occasionally one of them smiles. The shavings go into the fire. The frog sings. The roads twist in the dark. The creek is low. One day it might rain.
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Jordan Davis @jordandavis.bsky.social · 3d
RIGHT!
RIGHT ROAD Great Mistake
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Subpress Poetry @subpresspoetry.bsky.social · 3d
“One Frog” by Kyla Houbolt, from her forthcoming book, *Becoming Altar* asterismbooks.com/product/beco... @luaz.bsky.social
One Frog Tonight one frog sings outside. It's no country for rain. I live far away, but I can hear this one frog, it's a loud frog, alone in some creek or other, in a county of two lane roads that twist in the dark. Still there is comfort here because somewhere glimmering among the darkened trees is a lighted window. An old man and his nephew sit inside, whittling. They're making toys. One makes a small cart with rolling wheels; the other makes a dog with a wagging tail. There are no children nearby, not even in the neighboring counties, so one might wonder who the toys are for. But the old man and his nephew don't seem concerned; they just keep whittling. Occasionally one of them smiles. The shavings go into the fire. The frog sings. The roads twist in the dark. The creek is low. One day it might rain.
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Kyla Houbolt @luaz.bsky.social · 3d
#Poetry -- The preorder page for Becoming Altar has been expanded and updated to include more about me, and a swell poem. Check it out! And @unionherald.bsky.social many thanks for the blurb.
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Cover image of Becoming Alter, a blue field with yellow type. Also showing the spine of the book, with white type.
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Kyla Houbolt @luaz.bsky.social · 4d
It's true: I haven't said anything about this for days and days. But in the midst of this Ic3-y season, you might find a ray of something different, maybe hope, herein. Soon, soon! ❤️
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Subpress Poetry @subpresspoetry.bsky.social · 12d
Preorder now: the first full collection from Kyla Houbolt asterismbooks.com/product/beco...
The distributor’s search result for a book with a light blue cover with yellow type: **ASTERISM Search by title, author, translator, or ISBN Q Becoming Altar New and Selected Poems Kyla Houbolt $20.00 < Pre-order
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David Harrison Horton @unionherald.bsky.social · 12d
I'm about to do another run. If you'd like a copy, DM me your postal address. Free to good readers. It's a pretty great issue.
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David Harrison Horton @unionherald.bsky.social · Aug 3
Very pleased to announce the release of SAGINAW no. 14. Great pieces by @billymills.bsky.social, Stephen Ratcliffe, Katie Coy, @dangodston.bsky.social, and @thedaybooks.bsky.social. Copies are free to good readers. DM me a postal address if you would like a copy.
Cover of SAGINAW no.14: featuring work by Billy Mills, Stephen Ratcliffe, Katie Coy, Dan Godston, and Jessica Smith. The image is of ruins from the Old Summer Palace in Beijing.
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Kyla Houbolt @luaz.bsky.social · 12d
#Poetry
Here it is, folks! If you preorder, good things will surely follow. (Or, a book, at any rate.)
Thank you thank you thank you!
🎶💯👀🤩☄️
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Subpress Poetry @subpresspoetry.bsky.social · 12d
Preorder now: the first full collection from Kyla Houbolt asterismbooks.com/product/beco...
The distributor’s search result for a book with a light blue cover with yellow type: **ASTERISM Search by title, author, translator, or ISBN Q Becoming Altar New and Selected Poems Kyla Houbolt $20.00 < Pre-order
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Subpress Poetry @subpresspoetry.bsky.social · 12d
Preorder now: the first full collection from Kyla Houbolt asterismbooks.com/product/beco...
The distributor’s search result for a book with a light blue cover with yellow type: **ASTERISM Search by title, author, translator, or ISBN Q Becoming Altar New and Selected Poems Kyla Houbolt $20.00 < Pre-order
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Kyla Houbolt @luaz.bsky.social · 13d
#Poetry -- Ma Noo Book! is working away behind these scenes, toward potential availability.

#ContentWarning: It will included a noticeable amount of non-standard style and colloquial speech patterns. Be Alerted! 😎
Cover image for Becoming Altar. Title and author in yellow, background color is blue. Spine text is white. Publisher is Subpress Collective. Book to be distributed by Asterism.
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wordkunst @wordkunst.bsky.social · 23d
THREE POEMS by Jordan Davis @jordandavis.bsky.social

Poetry for BURNING HOUSE PRESS @thearsonista.bsky.social

LANDSCAPE // LABYRINTH

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Three poems by Jordan Davis
Interrogator neededmust fail to understandthe simplest thingsin a vault of goo —Platitudes generatedby electricityfalling into a sourceit troubles us to considereven once,whispering to solvent afte…
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Jordan Davis @jordandavis.bsky.social · 16d
Do you write about poetry? Would you like to see advance copies of the new titles from @subpresspoetry.bsky.social. Kyla Houbolt ARC ready now; titles ready soon by Elizabeth Marie Young, Steve Carey, and Daniel Bouchard. Subpresspoetry at the gmail is one way to reach me; DM here is another.
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Jordan Davis @jordandavis.bsky.social · Sep 7
We’re getting closer to bringing the new @subpresspoetry.bsky.social titles to press. They’re so good.
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Kyla Houbolt @luaz.bsky.social · Sep 6
#Poetry -- I know, the world news and department of warring and not-yet-melting ice -- all so much more gripping, but may I say, possibly, some of the antidote will be found in this book, come autumn. 💜
Book cover in blue with yellow words reading "Becoming Altar, New and Selected Poems, Kyla Houbolt." The book has white words on the spine. Classy, no?
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Kyla Houbolt @luaz.bsky.social · Sep 2
#Poetry Okay! As promised here is the cover of Becoming Altar! There will be pre-orders soon; watch this space!
Image of front cover of a book, blue with yellow type, including the spine with white type. The title reads Becoming Altar, New and Selected Poems, Kyla Houbolt. All words are flush right.
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Kyla Houbolt @luaz.bsky.social · Aug 24
🎶 Been working on the cover, da da da da da
You don't get to see it yet, dee dee dee dee dee
Working on the cover, doodle doodle do. 🎶
👀 Soon you will see it, la la la la la
Yellow words on blue background.
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David Harrison Horton @unionherald.bsky.social · Aug 22
Downingfield Press (‪@downingfield.bsky.social‬) now has a method to sell directly to readers in the US and the UK. This method (rather than platforms like Amazon) enures more money ends up with the press. You can purchase my new book through this link: shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params...
Cover of David Harrison Horton's book, Necessary. It was a retro 70s futuristic scene with lots of oranges and blues and miniature mythological figures.
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Subpress Poetry @subpresspoetry.bsky.social · Aug 18
Subpress author Joe Elliot has a new book from Spuyten Duyvil spuytenduyvil.net/An-Everythin...
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Jordan Davis @jordandavis.bsky.social · Aug 18
My eighteenth book for the Sealey challenge is Daniel Bouchard’s Spider Drop.
Spider Drop, by Daniel Bouchard (Subpress, 2018) ONDERDUNK ROAD From the Iroquois Museum came the story of a sky woman who fell thru the clouds and was caught by geese who set her down on a turtle's back. Thus, people came. On Bear Road there were no bears on Schoolhouse Road only a swamp on the state highway freight trucks roared past us for half a mile and on Red Barn Road somebody had recently painted a barn red. And there the mud covered cows charged toward us and waited for a word at the hot-wired fence we told them we meant Helios no offense. Weeping willow trees were always close to houses while lichen-covered, crag-wrinkled trees had faces to be seen, and recognized. All these barns with roofs sagging like wet paper tear themselves down by decay. Unstitched nails pop from buckled walls under which the white ash and maple sprout. When we came down from the hill where fog enshrouded us rushing water in culverts was loud but invisible.
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