Fabulous poets doing mindbending work
Each of these poets are making work which pushes our understanding of composition, diction, stylistics, publishing, and community ... they each suggest new ways if looking at poetry and are worth a follow!
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@derekbeaulieu.bsky.social
@alinaetc.bsky.social
poet. writer. editor. reviewer. translator. corrupted bibliomaniac. exists in romanian and alabamian. hybrid in she/her dreams. self-deleting. self-ghosting. www.alinastefanescuwriter.com
@sachaarcher.bsky.social
@l-a-n-g-u-a-g-e.bsky.social
The Kinds of Poetry I Want: Essays & Comedies (University of Chicago Press, 2024)
@sinaqueyras.bsky.social
Human. Writer. Curator. Queer. MamaSir. I make space for poetry. I curate Writers Read Concordia.
@originobscure.bsky.social
Artist/Author/Designer • Book Fiend • Clutter Cultist • Collaborationist • Curiosity Hunter • Gentle Extremist TM — Co-founder of MA|DE (debut collection ‘ZZOO’ out Feb ‘25) — http://ma-de.ca + @madeprojects.bsky.social
@lillianyvonne.bsky.social
Cat person. Computational & LLM poet. I attend faculty meetings for a living.
@eschmaltzzz.bsky.social
possibles, infinites, gaps, nothings, in-betweens new book in fall 2025 (Coach House Book) Assistant Professor, Dalhousie University https://ericschmaltz.com/
@silliman.bsky.social
Poet in Springfield, PA. Lecturer @ U of Pennsylvania, Author of 50+ books My blog had 5 million visits before it was unilaterally deleted by Gurgle (a copy can be found at the Electronic Poetry Center) rsillima@yahoo.com
@razovsky.bsky.social
Writer, editor, publisher, writing instructor. 2023 Trillium Book Award winner. 2019 Harbourfront Festival Prize winner. Author of The Book of Grief and Hamburgers — and 21 other books of poetry, fiction, memoir, and essay.
@juliapoly.bsky.social
Assistant Professor Communication & Media Studies, Memorial University, Newfoundland | Feminist Archives & Tech | Artist Archives & Networks | Digital Archives | Critical DH | Curator-poet-critic | they/she
@cmakris.bsky.social
poet & writer “one of Ireland’s foremost avant-garde poets” - The Irish Times yesbutisitpoetry.blogspot.com
@rachelartsmith.bsky.social
Artist | Poet | Lecturer Producing Vispo and Artists books using Drawing, Photography, and Writing. Co-Editor of intergraphia books www.rachelartsmith.com
@whatisapoem.bsky.social
Experimental Poet—Experimental Lit Prof—Experimental Musician Curator @ bpNichol.ca — Literary Arts Residency Lead @ The SETI Institute
@garybarwin.bsky.social
writing, multimedia, music, art, Hamilton ON Canada https://linktr.ee/garybarwin “There’s a wisecrack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.”
@essencepress.bsky.social
artists' books, concrete poetry, perception, slowness, quietness, circles & lines, grey, Japan, Agnes Martin, moon jars, green tea, bit of a minimalist www.juliejohnstone.com
@thedaybooks.bsky.social
Mom, poet, + artist in Alabama FT Instructor of English + Gender Studies Adjunct Former k12 + YA librarian, archivist PhD student in Comms/Book History (Posts don’t reflect my institution *at all* apparently) 🔗https://linktr.ee/thedaybooks
@imogenreid.bsky.social
PhD Chelsea College of Arts. Work in: Partisan Hotel, gorse journal, Mercurius Magazine, Sublunary Editions, 3AM Magazine, Essence Press, Vanguard Readings. Chapbooks with Gordian Projects & Nightjar Press, book with Rossi Contemporary
@jrcarpenter.bsky.social
artist, performance writer, poet, practice-led researcher, fossil hunter, PLA licensed mudlarker, and lecturer in the School of English at University of Leeds https://luckysoap.com
@brihughespoet.bsky.social
Lecturer in Creative Writing at Royal Holloway; edits Osmosis Press, How(ever) How2 Digital Archive, Resurgence and Ecologist poetry feature; ask me about the RHUL Poetry MA pathway! https://linktr.ee/brihughespoet
@anamariacaballero.bsky.social
award-winning literary artist | digital poetry revolution | cofounder theVERSEverse | author of 6 books | harvard | colombiana https://linktr.ee/anacaballero
@alecfinlay.bsky.social
artist and poet; ecological remediation and human recuperation; landscape, tea, limit and creativity; lives by the sea in Edinburgh; mostly sharing a daily poem here.
@vikshirley.bsky.social
Poet/Writer. PhD Dark Humour and the Surreal. Most recent publications Strangers Wave: Joy Division Photo Poems (zimZalla) & Notes from the Underworld (Sublunary Editions) Co-edits Surreal-Absurd Mercurius Mag, Associate Editor Sublunary Editions.
@yokoono.bsky.social
Official Yoko Ono account, administered by Yoko’s office, Studio One. IMAGINE PEACE: Think Peace, Act Peace, Spread Peace. ䷊⊙🏳️
@robmclennan.bsky.social
poet, fiction writer, publisher, critic, papa, etc. out now: On Beauty: stories, (University of Alberta Press) https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/ https://www.patreon.com/robmclennan http://robmclennanauthor.blogspot.com/ https://robmclennan.substack.com/
@derekbeaulieu.bsky.social
Poet, author, editor, literary advocate; Director of Literary Arts at Banff Centre; former Poet Laureate of Calgary (2014-2016) and Banff (2022-2024) -- located in Treaty 7 territory, Banff, Alberta, Canada. He/him. online at: www.derekbeaulieu.ca