Susan L. Leary
@susanlleary.bsky.social
Poet | MORE FLOWERS (Trio House Press 2026) | DRESSING THE BEAR (Louise Bogan Award, Trio House Press) | A BUFFET TABLE FIT FOR QUEENS (Washburn Prize, Small Harbor Publishing) + 2 📚| Mayah 🐶 | www.susanlleary.com
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Susan L. Leary
@susanlleary.bsky.social
· Aug 14
🌸COVER REVEAL🌸 for MORE FLOWERS & it’s a beauty! I’m grateful to so many: @triohousepress.org, @krisbigalk.bsky.social, @natashakane.bsky.social & to @fascicles.bsky.social, @kcbrattpfotenhauer.bsky.social, & @cynthiamhoffman.bsky.social for their kind, generous words!
Pre-order link in comments!
Pre-order link in comments!
Stuart Kestenbaum 🤎
“Stitch it back together.”
“Stitch it back together.”
November 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Stuart Kestenbaum 🤎
“Stitch it back together.”
“Stitch it back together.”
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Well if @lollardfish.bsky.social says so then I will! You can now preorder Every Galaxy a Circle. It's a collection of speculative short stories about space and monsters and memories and ghosts. I think it is pretty good and there is a loving description of pie in it.
November 27, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Well if @lollardfish.bsky.social says so then I will! You can now preorder Every Galaxy a Circle. It's a collection of speculative short stories about space and monsters and memories and ghosts. I think it is pretty good and there is a loving description of pie in it.
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i need a bookstore open from 9pm to 3am, that would just work so well for me
November 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
i need a bookstore open from 9pm to 3am, that would just work so well for me
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Listen
with the night falling we are saying thank you
we are stopping on the bridges to bow from the railings […]
we are standing by the water thanking it
standing by the windows looking out
in our directions
W.S. Merwin
poets.org/poem/thanks
with the night falling we are saying thank you
we are stopping on the bridges to bow from the railings […]
we are standing by the water thanking it
standing by the windows looking out
in our directions
W.S. Merwin
poets.org/poem/thanks
Thanks
Listen
poets.org
November 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Listen
with the night falling we are saying thank you
we are stopping on the bridges to bow from the railings […]
we are standing by the water thanking it
standing by the windows looking out
in our directions
W.S. Merwin
poets.org/poem/thanks
with the night falling we are saying thank you
we are stopping on the bridges to bow from the railings […]
we are standing by the water thanking it
standing by the windows looking out
in our directions
W.S. Merwin
poets.org/poem/thanks
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RIP Tina Darragh 💜
November 27, 2025 at 3:20 AM
RIP Tina Darragh 💜
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Congratulations to Elline Lipkin—Girl in a Forest is a Golden Poppy Award finalist! Read more about the book and Elline on our Substack. We also have our Black Friday free shipping/BOGO sale if you want to pick up a copy. 💛💜💛💜
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November 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Congratulations to Elline Lipkin—Girl in a Forest is a Golden Poppy Award finalist! Read more about the book and Elline on our Substack. We also have our Black Friday free shipping/BOGO sale if you want to pick up a copy. 💛💜💛💜
triohousepress.myshopify.com/products/pre...
triohousepress.myshopify.com/products/pre...
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Memoirs make great gifts for friends, relatives, or yourself. Pick up some @triohousepress.org memoirs by @courtneykocak.bsky.social @snajmi.bsky.social, @reneethewriter.bsky.social, & @debkossmann.bsky.social for 50% off — sale runs only until Monday 12/1/25!
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November 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Memoirs make great gifts for friends, relatives, or yourself. Pick up some @triohousepress.org memoirs by @courtneykocak.bsky.social @snajmi.bsky.social, @reneethewriter.bsky.social, & @debkossmann.bsky.social for 50% off — sale runs only until Monday 12/1/25!
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triohousepress.myshopify.com
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There is always an analogy between nature and the imagination and possibly poetry is merely the strange rhetoric of that parallel.
Wallace Stevens
Wallace Stevens
November 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
There is always an analogy between nature and the imagination and possibly poetry is merely the strange rhetoric of that parallel.
Wallace Stevens
Wallace Stevens
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🌱 Holiday decor, wild style
November 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
🌱 Holiday decor, wild style
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Congratulations to Elizabeth Loudon (@esloudon.bsky.social), whose poem “Renunciation” was chosen for inclusion in Best New Poets 2025 and will be in our winter issue, Shō No. 8!
November 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Congratulations to Elizabeth Loudon (@esloudon.bsky.social), whose poem “Renunciation” was chosen for inclusion in Best New Poets 2025 and will be in our winter issue, Shō No. 8!
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Danniel Schoonebeek
November 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Danniel Schoonebeek
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That is the surprise
That the kindness was not an affect, but a choice
And that kindness in its entirety is very freakish
And weird, the real kind.
Dorothea Lasky
That the kindness was not an affect, but a choice
And that kindness in its entirety is very freakish
And weird, the real kind.
Dorothea Lasky
November 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
That is the surprise
That the kindness was not an affect, but a choice
And that kindness in its entirety is very freakish
And weird, the real kind.
Dorothea Lasky
That the kindness was not an affect, but a choice
And that kindness in its entirety is very freakish
And weird, the real kind.
Dorothea Lasky
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Send me a note if you'd like to join me for this end of the year workshop.
November 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Send me a note if you'd like to join me for this end of the year workshop.
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“I am glad,” said Frog. Then Frog and Toad went right to sleep.
November 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
“I am glad,” said Frog. Then Frog and Toad went right to sleep.
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Today's Featured Poem:
"This Animal" by Aracelis Girmay from Green of All Heads published by Boa Editions, Ltd.
Read here:
poems.com/poem/this-an...
"This Animal" by Aracelis Girmay from Green of All Heads published by Boa Editions, Ltd.
Read here:
poems.com/poem/this-an...
This Animal
By what do I feel she is a woman rat
poems.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Today's Featured Poem:
"This Animal" by Aracelis Girmay from Green of All Heads published by Boa Editions, Ltd.
Read here:
poems.com/poem/this-an...
"This Animal" by Aracelis Girmay from Green of All Heads published by Boa Editions, Ltd.
Read here:
poems.com/poem/this-an...
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This poem, Gray, by C. V. Cavafy sure blew the world wide open today.
November 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
This poem, Gray, by C. V. Cavafy sure blew the world wide open today.
Eve Luckring’s SIGNAL TO NOISE (Ornithopter Press) was so very good!
@thetenderbetween.bsky.social
@ornithopterpress.bsky.social
@thetenderbetween.bsky.social
@ornithopterpress.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Eve Luckring’s SIGNAL TO NOISE (Ornithopter Press) was so very good!
@thetenderbetween.bsky.social
@ornithopterpress.bsky.social
@thetenderbetween.bsky.social
@ornithopterpress.bsky.social
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I'm so excited to share two new poems with you that were just published Lunch Ticket 🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊
I Try So Hard Not To Bite Off His Tongue & Like A Bobcat Watching A Squirrel
lunchticket.org/i-try-so-har...
It's easier to read them on the website. 🙏🩷🙏🩷
I Try So Hard Not To Bite Off His Tongue & Like A Bobcat Watching A Squirrel
lunchticket.org/i-try-so-har...
It's easier to read them on the website. 🙏🩷🙏🩷
I Try So Hard Not to Bite Off His Tongue & One Poem - Lunch Ticket
Two poems by Sheree La Puma
lunchticket.org
November 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I'm so excited to share two new poems with you that were just published Lunch Ticket 🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊
I Try So Hard Not To Bite Off His Tongue & Like A Bobcat Watching A Squirrel
lunchticket.org/i-try-so-har...
It's easier to read them on the website. 🙏🩷🙏🩷
I Try So Hard Not To Bite Off His Tongue & Like A Bobcat Watching A Squirrel
lunchticket.org/i-try-so-har...
It's easier to read them on the website. 🙏🩷🙏🩷
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November 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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"Poetry helps us to say, oh, there are things I know that I haven’t learned. There are instincts or intuitions that arise for me that prove to be quite practical and useful." —Tracy K. Smith lithub.com/tracy-k-smit...
Tracy K. Smith on the Spiritual and the Poetic
First Draft: A Dialogue of Writing is a weekly show featuring in-depth interviews with fiction, nonfiction, essay writers, and poets, highlighting the voices of writers as they discuss their work, …
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November 24, 2025 at 11:11 AM
"Poetry helps us to say, oh, there are things I know that I haven’t learned. There are instincts or intuitions that arise for me that prove to be quite practical and useful." —Tracy K. Smith lithub.com/tracy-k-smit...
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I love seeing my book out in the world--and isn't this a lovely fall theme--and very color coordinated.
If you don't have a copy, it makes a great holiday gift. Get one from me or purchase directly from @diodeeditions.bsky.social!
#book, #poetrybook
If you don't have a copy, it makes a great holiday gift. Get one from me or purchase directly from @diodeeditions.bsky.social!
#book, #poetrybook
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I love seeing my book out in the world--and isn't this a lovely fall theme--and very color coordinated.
If you don't have a copy, it makes a great holiday gift. Get one from me or purchase directly from @diodeeditions.bsky.social!
#book, #poetrybook
If you don't have a copy, it makes a great holiday gift. Get one from me or purchase directly from @diodeeditions.bsky.social!
#book, #poetrybook
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November 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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- Michael McGriff
November 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
- Michael McGriff
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On December 21, from 2-4 PM EST, I’ll be teaching a 2‑hour generative craft class diving into the underrated, luminous work of poet Laura Gilpin. We will read well beyond “The Two-Headed Calf,” discussing the work of caregiving & poetry, approaching both with deep curiosity & attention to mystery.
Generative Craft Class with Maya C. Popa · Zoom · Luma
On December 21, from 2-4 PM EST, I’ll be teaching a 2‑hour generative craft class diving into the underrated, luminous work of poet Laura Gilpin. We will read…
luma.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:48 AM
On December 21, from 2-4 PM EST, I’ll be teaching a 2‑hour generative craft class diving into the underrated, luminous work of poet Laura Gilpin. We will read well beyond “The Two-Headed Calf,” discussing the work of caregiving & poetry, approaching both with deep curiosity & attention to mystery.