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SWWIM publishes, promotes, & celebrates poets who are cis/trans women, female-identifying, non-binary, intersex, & belonging to other gender expansive communities. Co-founded by Catherine Esposito Prescott & @kavetchnik.bsky.social. linktr.ee/swwimmiami
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SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · Sep 25
Join us for a virtual writing workshop series with SWWIM this fall! Get in touch with your creative energy, your “bruja,” your inner witch. We’ll explore the wonder, mystery, synchronicity, and enchantment of the creative process in our writing. Sign up for one or for all three. Broom optional.
Image of crystal ball reflecting trees, The Bruja Series, SWWIM logo, 10/17/25 10/7/25: Tarocchi Appropriati: The Art of Writing Tarot Poems with Caridad Moro-Gronlier 11/4/25: Bones, Stones, and Relics: Tapping into the Magic of Objects with Mary Block 12/9/25: Mystics, Medicine, and Magic: A Yogic Journey to Poetry with Catherine Esposito Prescott Flyer with image of smiling woman with brown hair and the text Tarocchi Appropriati: The Art of Writing Tarot Poems with Caridad Moro-Gronlier, Where poetry meets the mystery & symbolism of tarot, October 7, 2025 7-9PM ZOOM, The Bruja Series Flyer with image of smiling woman with curly hair in the sun, text that reads Bones, Stones, and Relics: Tapping into the Magic of Objects with Mary Block, A pathway into mystery & memory, insight & connection, November 4, 2025 7-PM EST ZOOM, The Bruja Series Flyer with image of smiling woman with glasses and long hair, text that reads Mystics, Medicine, and Magic: A Yogic Journey to Poetry with Catherine Esposito Prescott, Connect with mystic poetry & dive into the subconscious, December 9, 2025, 7-9pm EST, Zoom, The Bruja Series
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Tomorrow night!!!
swwim.bsky.social SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 6d
ONE WEEK FROM TODAY! Join us for our last workshop in The Bruja Series.

Mystics, Medicine, and Magic: A Yogic Journey to Poetry with Catherine Esposito Prescott

Price: $80

Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Time: 7:00–9:00 PM (EST)

Where: Zoom

#SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #Poetry #Poem #WomenPoets
Image of woman with long hair and glasses, arms folded. "Mystics, Medicine, & Magic: A Yogic Journey to Poetry with Catherine Esposito Prescott. Connect with mystic poetry & dive into the subconscious. December 9, 2025, 7PM-9PM EST ZOOM. The Bruja Series. SWWIM"
December 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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From “Blue Asphalt” by Barbara Daniels

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#SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #Poetry #Poem #ItsLit #WomenWriters #WomenPoets #WomenPublishingWomen #WomenSupportingWomen #Ciswomen #TransWomen #Nonbinary #Intersex #GenderExpansive #Inclusive #Community #BlueAsphalt #BarbaraDaniels #MondayPoem
Image of blue water on asphalt with a reflection of an electric tower and pine trees and a quote that reads "That's me at the window watching blue light on wet asphalt." by Barbara Daniels
December 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Happy Weekend! Join us in celebrating this week's SWWIM #Shoutouts!

#SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #Poetry #ItsLit #WomenWriters #WomenPoets #WomenPublishingWomen #Ciswomen #TransWomen #Nonbinary #Intersex #GenderExpansive #Inclusive #Community #WeeklySpotlight #ShoutOuts
Weekly Spotlight, SWWIM, Literary Magazines Barely South Cindy Veach The Literary Underground Sarah Sarai, Karen J. Weyant The Maine Review Jennifer Martelli, Meghan Sterling, Carolyn Oliver, Dana Wall The Missouri Review Traci Brimhall ONE ART: a journal of poetry Kari Gunter-Seymour, Gloria Heffernan, Dana Henry Martin, Betsy Mars Rust & Moth Dagne Forrest, Susanna Lang, Suzanne Langlois, Christy Prahl, Sunni Brown Wilkinson Santa Fe Literary Review Jennifer Markell, Jennifer Saunders Awards 2025 Best Spiritual Literature Awards Finalists: Anya Kirshbaum, Kathryn Weld Weekly Spotlight, SWWIM Books CavanKerry Press Rebecca Olander, Singing from the Deep End Texas A&M University Press Lauren Camp, Is Is Enough Wandering Aengus Press Veronica Kornberg, Strange Gift Waywiser Press Anna Lena Phillips Bell, Might Could Features & Columns Second Coming Erin Murphy Podcasts and Radio Spots The Slowdown Chet'la Sebree *SWWIM Every Day Editor **SWWIM Every Day Staff
December 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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This poem by @taylorfthiel.bsky.social really hit me hard in a beautiful way.
swwim.bsky.social SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 3d
Tap the link below to read the full poem in SWWIM Every Day.

www.swwim.org/swwimeveryday/2025/12/5/sacred-vows
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December 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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From “Sacred Vows” by Taylor Franson-Thiel @Taylor Franson-Thiel

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#SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #Poetry #Poem #WomenWriters #WomenPoets #WomenPublishingWomen #Ciswomen #TransWomen #Nonbinary #Intersex #GenderExpansive #Inclusive #SacredVows #TaylorFransonThiel #FridayPoem
Image of colorful tulips and grasses with the quote "Tulips are one reason I think God may be real" by Taylor Franson-Thiel
December 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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So excited! Thank you, @swwim.bsky.social and The Betsy Writer’s Room! #poetry #womenpoets #miamipoetry
swwim.bsky.social SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 4d
Join us Thursday, December 11 at 7pm (EST) for a reading & conversation with Lesley Wheeler & Haya Pomrenze at The Betsy Hotel’s B Bar. This event will be live-streamed on our Instagram & Facebook pages.

Join us in person or from wherever you are.

XO
SWWIM Team

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A flyer that says "A Poetry Reading & Conversation" SWWIM Lesley Wheeler and Haya Pomrenze, December 11, 7 p.m., The B Bar, Livestream on IG/FB The Betsy Hotel
December 4, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Join us Thursday, December 11 at 7pm (EST) for a reading & conversation with Lesley Wheeler & Haya Pomrenze at The Betsy Hotel’s B Bar. This event will be live-streamed on our Instagram & Facebook pages.

Join us in person or from wherever you are.

XO
SWWIM Team

@lesleymwheeler.bsky.social
A flyer that says "A Poetry Reading & Conversation" SWWIM Lesley Wheeler and Haya Pomrenze, December 11, 7 p.m., The B Bar, Livestream on IG/FB The Betsy Hotel
December 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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From “Relegated” by Anne Graue @amgraue.bsky.social

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#SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #Poetry #Poem #ItsLit #WomenWriters #WomenPoets #WomenPublishingWomen #WomenSupportingWomen #Ciswomen #TransWomen #Nonbinary #Intersex #GenderExpansive #Inclusive #Relegated #AnneGraue #ThursdayPoem
Image of statue of woman holding book with the quote "that was not her story" by Anne Graue
December 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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From “Self-Portrait in a Winter Landscape” by Ann Keniston

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#SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #Poetry #Poem #WomenPoets #WomenPublishingWomen #WomenSupportingWomen #Ciswomen #TransWomen #Nonbinary #Intersex #GenderExpansive #Inclusive #SelfPortraitinaWinterLandscape #AnnKeniston #WednesdayPoem
Black and white image of woman with a finger over her lips with the quote "Sometimes the danger of disclosure overcomes the need to tell" by Ann Keniston
December 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Congratulations to our Pushcart Prize Nominees!

Sarah Carson
We Call It Hunger
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Patricia Clark
A Pause to Bless the Grasses
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Roey Leonardi
Buying a Half-Bushel
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#SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #Poem
December 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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ONE WEEK FROM TODAY! Join us for our last workshop in The Bruja Series.

Mystics, Medicine, and Magic: A Yogic Journey to Poetry with Catherine Esposito Prescott

Price: $80

Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Time: 7:00–9:00 PM (EST)

Where: Zoom

#SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #Poetry #Poem #WomenPoets
Image of woman with long hair and glasses, arms folded. "Mystics, Medicine, & Magic: A Yogic Journey to Poetry with Catherine Esposito Prescott. Connect with mystic poetry & dive into the subconscious. December 9, 2025, 7PM-9PM EST ZOOM. The Bruja Series. SWWIM"
December 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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From “Winter of Our Marriage” by Sara Backer

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#SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #Poetry #Poem #WomenWriters #WomenPoets #WomenPublishingWomen #WomenSupportingWomen #Ciswomen #TransWomen #Nonbinary #Intersex #GenderExpansive #Inclusive #WinterofOurMarriage #SaraBacker #TuesdayPoem #TBT
Image of bright sunlight over snow crystals with trees in the background. A quote that reads "Our eyes burn from ceaseless white: walls, windows, ground, and sky" by Sara Backer.
December 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Tomorrow night!
swwim.bsky.social SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 9d
Join us under the streetlight for a hyperlocal intro to Art Week with An Ekphrastic Evening with Arrae Gallery! All-star poets and artists come together for a night that could only happen here in Miami 💫🌴🌃🌺🥭

#SWWIMWithUs #SWWIMEveryDay #Poetry #WomenPoets #Miami
SWWIM + Arrae Gallery "An Ekphrastic Evening" December 2nd, 2025 6-8pm, Coconut Grove, Florida - Poets Michael Anna de Armas, Clayre Benzadón, Caroline Cabrera, Chloé Firetto-Toomey, Kimberly Reyes, Nicole Tallman Artists Chee Bravo, James Hilton, Pablo Matute, Jane O'Hara, Pedro Sena, Carlos Urribarrí Suggested Donation $25 RSVP at the link SWWIM and Arrae logos
December 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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From “Migration Patterns” by Dana Wall

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#SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #Poetry #Poem #ItsLit #WomenWriters #WomenPoets #WomenPublishingWomen #WomenSupportingWomen #Ciswomen #TransWomen #Nonbinary #Intersex #GenderExpansive #Inclusive #Community #MigrationPatterns #DanaWall #MondayPoem
Image of open arched doorway with the quote "I am learning the architecture of absence" by Dana Wall
December 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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On this Black Friday in this difficult year, I’m
grateful to @swwim.bsky.social for publishing my cento ghazal and to the poets whose lines are part of it!
November 28, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Join us under the streetlight for a hyperlocal intro to Art Week with An Ekphrastic Evening with Arrae Gallery! All-star poets and artists come together for a night that could only happen here in Miami 💫🌴🌃🌺🥭

#SWWIMWithUs #SWWIMEveryDay #Poetry #WomenPoets #Miami
SWWIM + Arrae Gallery "An Ekphrastic Evening" December 2nd, 2025 6-8pm, Coconut Grove, Florida - Poets Michael Anna de Armas, Clayre Benzadón, Caroline Cabrera, Chloé Firetto-Toomey, Kimberly Reyes, Nicole Tallman Artists Chee Bravo, James Hilton, Pablo Matute, Jane O'Hara, Pedro Sena, Carlos Urribarrí Suggested Donation $25 RSVP at the link SWWIM and Arrae logos
November 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Happy Weekend! Join us in celebrating this week's SWWIM #Shoutouts!

#SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #Poetry #ItsLit #WomenWriters #WomenPoets #WomenPublishingWomen #Ciswomen #TransWomen #Nonbinary #Intersex #GenderExpansive #Inclusive #Community #WeeklySpotlight #ShoutOuts
November 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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From “American Guzzling Cento” by Marceline White @therealmarceline.bsky.social

#SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #Poetry #Poem #WomenPoets #WomenPublishingWomen #Ciswomen #TransWomen #Nonbinary #Intersex #GenderExpansive #Inclusive #AmericanGuzzlingCento #MarcelineWhite #FridayPoem
Image of woman singing with guitar with the quote "Sing you home into yourself and back to reason, America" by Marceline White
November 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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From “To the Ukulele Player on Central Avenue in St. Petersburg, Florida Who Asks Passersby, What Are You Grateful For?” by Susan Michele Coronel

#SWWIMEveryDay #Poem #WomenPoets #Ciswomen #TransWomen #Nonbinary #Intersex #GenderExpansive #Inclusive #SusanMicheleCoronel #ThursdayPoem
Image of beach stones with the quote "your eyes at once sparkly beach stones, raindrops & holes" by Susan Michele Coronel
November 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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From “Perhaps” by Ronna Magy

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#SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #Poetry #PoetsofInstagram #Poem #ItsLit #WomenWriters #WomenPoets #WomenPublishingWomen #WomenSupportingWomen #Ciswomen #TransWomen #Nonbinary #Intersex #GenderExpansive #Inclusive #Community #Perhaps #RonnaMagy #WednesdayPoem
Image of sparrow with the quote "perhaps i come back a small sparrow sit on the ledge" by Ronna Magy
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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From “Two Daughters” by Emily Pérez

#SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #Poetry #Poem #ItsLit #WomenWriters #WomenPoets #WomenPublishingWomen #WomenSupportingWomen #Ciswomen #TransWomen #Nonbinary #Intersex #GenderExpansive #Inclusive #Community #TwoDaughters #EmilyPérez #TuesdayPoem #TBT
Image of two women silhouetted against a sunset with the quote "When there are two daughters there are two moons" by Emily Pérez
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Please join us in congratulating the 2026-27 SWWIM Residency at The Betsy Hotel awardees!

Writers in Residence 2026-27
Erika Meitner
Bleah Patterson
Dorsía Smith Silva
Patricia Smith

@rika99.bsky.social @littlemissbleah.bsky.social @poetpatriciasmith.bsky.social
Flyer that says Congratulations! SWWIM Writers in Residence 2026-2027, with images of Erika Meitner, Bleah Patterson, Dorsía Smith Silver, and Patricia Smith
November 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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From “Plaintiff's Lawyer Explains Gravity to the Men of the Jury Hearing a Sacrocolpoperineopexy Malpractice Case” by Cecille Marcato

#SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #Poem #WomenPoets #WomenPublishingWomen #Ciswomen #TransWomen #Nonbinary #Intersex #GenderExpansive #Inclusive #CecilleMarcato
Image of earth with the quote "On Earth, she tells them, everything falls" by Cecille Marcato
November 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Happy Weekend! Join us in celebrating this week's SWWIM #Shoutouts!

#SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #Poetry #ItsLit #WomenWriters #WomenPoets #WomenPublishingWomen #Ciswomen #TransWomen #Nonbinary #Intersex #GenderExpansive #Inclusive #Community #WeeklySpotlight #ShoutOuts
November 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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From “Search Engine Results” by Dani Janae @danijanae.bsky.social

#SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #Poetry #Poem #WomenPoets #WomenPublishingWomen #WomenSupportingWomen #Ciswomen #TransWomen #Nonbinary #Intersex #GenderExpansive #Inclusive #SearchEngineResults #DaniJanae #FridayPoem
Image of statue of a woman with cracks with a quote that says "I have learned to subsist on love that was not whole" by Dani Janae
November 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM