L.J. Sysko
@ljsysko.bsky.social
Poet • Books: THE DAUGHTER OF MAN (UAP, Miller Williams Poetry Series, 2023), BATTLEDORE (FLP, 2017) • Contrib. Editor, Tupelo Quarterly • Dir. Exec. Comms., Delaware State University
https://ljsysko.com/
https://ljsysko.com/
In TQ36, Donna Stonecipher munches the madeleine and spills the tea on prose poems, her 6th grade haiku habit, and resisting the urge to make poems "capital 'P' poetic." Check out our chat, online now.
October 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
In TQ36, Donna Stonecipher munches the madeleine and spills the tea on prose poems, her 6th grade haiku habit, and resisting the urge to make poems "capital 'P' poetic." Check out our chat, online now.
It was my honor to assemble a 100th birthday tribute to great American poet Gerald Stern with contributions by Derricotte, Gay, Hirsch, Macari, McGrath, Montilla, Moscaliuc, Ras, Salerno, Stern, Waters, and me! In Tupelo Quarterly TQ36. Online now.
October 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
It was my honor to assemble a 100th birthday tribute to great American poet Gerald Stern with contributions by Derricotte, Gay, Hirsch, Macari, McGrath, Montilla, Moscaliuc, Ras, Salerno, Stern, Waters, and me! In Tupelo Quarterly TQ36. Online now.
Happy 212th birthday to Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice 🎉 Shall we take a turn about the room to celebrate?
January 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Happy 212th birthday to Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice 🎉 Shall we take a turn about the room to celebrate?
Please join me for a solo poetry reading. Thanks to CallingAllPoets.net for inviting me. See you Thursday, 1/16/25 @ 7pm? (Zoom link on my website's News page.)
I'm not sure which new poems I'm reading yet, but I know this...if you're there and wearing a fleece onesie, I'll ship you a free book.
I'm not sure which new poems I'm reading yet, but I know this...if you're there and wearing a fleece onesie, I'll ship you a free book.
January 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Please join me for a solo poetry reading. Thanks to CallingAllPoets.net for inviting me. See you Thursday, 1/16/25 @ 7pm? (Zoom link on my website's News page.)
I'm not sure which new poems I'm reading yet, but I know this...if you're there and wearing a fleece onesie, I'll ship you a free book.
I'm not sure which new poems I'm reading yet, but I know this...if you're there and wearing a fleece onesie, I'll ship you a free book.
…our country’s founding Karens…from my book The Daughter of Man.
November 8, 2024 at 10:27 PM
…our country’s founding Karens…from my book The Daughter of Man.
Chicago friends, we would love to see you!
July 5, 2024 at 4:14 PM
Chicago friends, we would love to see you!
How fun is this? Pie Lady Books turned THE DAUGHTER OF MAN into pie!
April 29, 2024 at 8:33 PM
How fun is this? Pie Lady Books turned THE DAUGHTER OF MAN into pie!
A little poem snippet from me to you on this Monday. Kintsugi + trauma from THE DAUGHTER OF MAN.
April 15, 2024 at 8:55 PM
A little poem snippet from me to you on this Monday. Kintsugi + trauma from THE DAUGHTER OF MAN.
Did I mention that my book is cooler than me? It was There and I was Home and, well, here’s the dang photo.
October 9, 2023 at 7:00 PM
Did I mention that my book is cooler than me? It was There and I was Home and, well, here’s the dang photo.