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Text & image depository. Digipoetics since 2016.
Editors: Seth Copeland, Caleb Jordan, Amanda Ngoho Reavey
https://petrichormag.com/
(art: Annalynn Hammond; Michael Paulukonis)
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ｐｅｔｒｉｃｈｏｒ @petrichorlit.bsky.social · Oct 1
petrichor 28 is here and submissions are now open!

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Closeup from the cover art of petrichor number 28, with art my Miles Stimac.
petrichorlit.bsky.social
Aaaaand that's a wrap on our submissions portals for 2025. We are simultaneously putting together petrichor 29 (including Pebbles vol. 6) and petrichor 30, our 10th Anniversary issue. Expect cool things in '26. Here's a picture of that boat that was stuck on the sand in Milwaukee, 2/12/25.
A boat frozen in the sand, covered in graffiti.
December 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
petrichorlit.bsky.social
As it snows in Milwaukee, we're open till November's end for Pebbles vol. 6. Poems of 1-5 lines (from monoku to tanka) and/or visuals (haiga, etc.) are all welcome till Sunday night. Pebbles 6 will be published as part of petrichor 29 in January.

(poems about snow are welcome but not required)
4-panel Peanuts comic by Charles Schulz. A snowman sits under a tree holding a book. Charlie Brown remarks to Linus "Your snowman seems to like to read." Linus replies "Yes, he's very fond of poetry." Looking at the snowman again, Charlie Brown asks "Robert Frost?" As they walk off, Linus responds "You said it...I didn't!"
November 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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roseknapp.bsky.social
Heaven Looks Like Us: Palestinian Poetry @haymarketbooks.org

#poetry
November 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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hanvanderhart.bsky.social
Have a cup of coffee. Read a book of poems. Your day will be better for it.
November 26, 2025 at 1:23 PM
petrichorlit.bsky.social
General Submissions remain closed but we're reopening Pebbles vol. 6 subs till November 30. Send us up to 10 poems, each no more than 5 lines, and/or visuals (haiga, etc.).
Autumn trees with a banner over them reading: "Submissions for Pebbles vol. 6 extended till 11/30. Send up to 10 poems | 1 - 5 lines each
November 18, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Subs close Saturday night! Here! At petrichor!

Thunder in the night forever.
Two Dudes Pointing meme in front of the petrichor website banner.
November 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
petrichorlit.bsky.social
petrichor is open for another 2 weeks for general submissions and microwork for Pebbles vol. 6.
A smashed pumpkin in a street with a banner over it reading: "petrichor. Open for general submissions and Pebbles volume 6 till November 15."
November 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
petrichorlit.bsky.social
Passages, a new asemic series from Annalisa Retico. View all six in the new issue of petrichor.
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Asemic lines of text in three colors on pulpy paper. One of the Passages by Annalisa Retico.
October 7, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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from "Hummingbird, or, In Loving Memory of the Young Woman Whose Life I Took," a powerful tribute from Choiselle Joseph. Read the full poem in the new issue of petrichor.
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You’re in your room again jade seven-string over thigh fingers flying with aban don over fretboards Look at you You’re just like Wes doo doo-doo-doo-doo doodoodoodoo You learnt that from her the drowning out learnt it like the alphabet and walking and curse words Through the locked door your father grows siren-loud You can hear her not talking
October 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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koreyhurni.bsky.social
Thank you, @brushwithseth.bsky.social, for giving my Icarus erasures a home in the latest @petrichorlit.bsky.social. Another wonderful issue y’all should check out!
#28 – Korey Hurni – petrichor
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October 4, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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cavar.bsky.social
a new poem about one of my/our names in @petrichorlit.bsky.social :)

petrichormag.com/28-sarah-cavar
I follow my knowledge to neck solar plexus waist spoon-hips pale thighs. And so follows the sun in hasty afterwards. A small opacity of lies between our bodies: mine & theirs & rayoflight’s. When I bow service in the shadow of our name we drapes me in their clothing. When I kiss their feet they render us a broken prince. Pronouns are erotic, though this is difficult to notice still harder to admit: I: am: I: a narrow panic, lightness tightened to a throaty vowel. This, I am told, her body does, spoons favor from my open mouth. Snaps elastics of my flesh. I do not want to know anymore, third penitent in the booth of our name. But my sun is just a star, turning at the horror of our closeness.
October 2, 2025 at 12:03 AM
petrichorlit.bsky.social
We sure did, and you guys are already stepping up w/ subs (which we prefer over dubs)
October 1, 2025 at 11:44 PM
petrichorlit.bsky.social
petrichor 28 is here and submissions are now open!

petrichormag.com/petrichor-28/
Closeup from the cover art of petrichor number 28, with art my Miles Stimac.
October 1, 2025 at 4:01 AM
petrichorlit.bsky.social
Sneak peak and reminders wachow
Text over four columns of closeup previews from work forthcoming in the new issue by Annalisa Retico, Mike Bagwell, Mark Rutter, and Korey Hurini. Text announcement reads: petrichor no. 28 drops October 1st. petrichor opens for subs October first. Coincidence????
September 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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Oh yeah, we're so back. Shoutout to Jasper w/ tech support.
petrichorlit.bsky.social ｐｅｔｒｉｃｈｏｒ @petrichorlit.bsky.social · Sep 10
Hey folks, something's up w/ our site. Not sure yet, but we're gonna figure it out. Stay tuned!
September 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
petrichorlit.bsky.social
Hey folks, something's up w/ our site. Not sure yet, but we're gonna figure it out. Stay tuned!
September 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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alocasiamag.bsky.social
Our ALOCASIA has unfurled a new leaf! And we're so proud!

It's our first all-Indigenous issue! This is a showcase of the work of 20 writers from around the world, curated by our guest editors Yasmine Bolden, tripp j Crouse, and Sarah Clark. We hope you are as delighted by it as we are

ALOCASIA.org
Alocasia leaf background. Text reads "Plantcestors: The Indigenous Issue"
August 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
petrichorlit.bsky.social
"I destroyed myself for a girl named after a flower."

Annalisa Hansford's "Garden Sonnet" in petrichor 27
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#27 – Annalisa Hansford – petrichor
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September 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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doorisajarmag.bsky.social
Happy official release day for Issue 36 Fall 2025 of Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine!
www.doorisajarmagazine.net/issues/fall-...

It's our 10-year anniversary issue. Thank you to everyone who has helped us grow and thrive over this past decade!
#poetry #fiction #nonfiction #art #drama #bookreviews
September 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
petrichorlit.bsky.social
"there is peace of a land without pests,
and our troubles submerge like manatees:"

"Kayaking Cockroach Bay" by John Davis Jr. Read the whole poem in petrichor 27
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#27 – John Davis Jr. – petrichor
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August 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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"Hispanic sonnet with bad lyrics from a good song" by Alex Z. Salinas in petrichor 27.
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You make my lonely life a Paradise. You made my life Outside my door. Outside my Door: notion of night, motion Of life tracked by lonely eye: Icy moon. Paradise measured by Distance or rooms? How many Doors open to paradise in life Sized down by lonely death? Is Life less lonely outside my door? Is Paradise more or less you? If Paradise locks death outside then Waste breath like nobody’s business Going out of business. Paradise: A pair of dice.
August 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
petrichorlit.bsky.social
Our Best of the Net nominees are in!
Best of the Net Nominees for 2026 Meredith MacLeod Davidson — “The Locks” (#26) Peter Burzyński — “Resident Alien / Service-Class Citizen” (#26) Haley Bossé — “Toxic Algae Blooms in the Willamette River” (#26) Lizzy Ke Polishan — “you can’t stop it, baby, just enjoy” (#27) Jennessa Hester — “wilderness survival” (#24) nat raum — “journal (take #27)” (#27)
August 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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"When I Met A Man in New Orleans" by Oswaldo Vargas. Read the full poem here.

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I won’t live here long enough to ruin the sidewalks more with him but I still fall for the streetcar cutie. He apologizes for his room. He taped wing after wing to flee Tennessee.
August 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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ashtonpittman.bsky.social
Read this thread. Stop falling for these accounts. 👇
hypoautonomic.bsky.social Hypoautonomic, BS @hypoautonomic.bsky.social · Jun 17
The Alt National Park Service account calls itself the official "resistance" team of the US National Park Service. With 887k followers, is one of the biggest accounts on Bluesky. It is the 11 most followed account according to some trackers.

This thread will dive into its activity.
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The Alt National Park Service account. 887 thousand followers. "The officla 'Resistance' team of the U.S. National Park Service. Our Website: www.ourparks.org
July 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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pixelated shroud review of Caleb (one of our editor)'s collection from Stone Corpse Press!

pixelatedshroud.wordpress.com/2025/06/18/i...
I Like the Taste of Peaches: On Caleb Jordan’s Idylls [Alex Youngman]
a review by Alex Youngman ————————– It is difficult to express anything beyond simple enjoyment about a collection as enigmatic as Idylls&…
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June 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM