Poets!
50+ poets who write excellent poems, think interesting things, and, importantly, are just good people. Please follow them!
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@paulmguest.bsky.social
@susanrich-poet18.bsky.social
Poet, Editor, Alchemist --- lover of visual art --- especially that of Leonora Carrington and Remedios Varo. Proud cat lover and bird watcher. Author of 6 books of poetry, most recently BLUE ATLAS, Red Hen Press, 2024.
@feed-me-poetry.bsky.social
Grateful educator, fledgling poet, bumbling mother, proud cat lady, and language-obsessed woman running coast to coast with hair on fire.
@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/
@gaiajane.bsky.social
Poet | Poetry Foundation: bit.ly/3BydKOn | PennSound: bit.ly/3DfAvHk | she/her ❦ In service of the heart.
@adamg.bsky.social
Writer in Delaware. Forthcoming chap: Poems to Stage Dive to (Stanchion, 2026). Full length: Every Living Day (Thirty West, 2023). Work in The Offing, Harvard Advocate, Northwest Review, etc. Probably eating a little treat. 🏳️🌈
@theferocity.bsky.social
Poet and cultural critic. Also, I co-host the podcast VIBE CHECK. Artist-in-residence at Harvard rn. BOOKS: Prelude to Bruise, How We Fight for Our Lives, Alive at the End of the World. saeedjones.substack.com
@suzfrischkorn.bsky.social
Poet | Writer | Editor | She/her | Author of WHIPSAW (Anhinga Press, 2024) | FIXED STAR (JackLeg Press) | + 2 more & five chapbooks | assistant poetry editor at Terrain.org | editor at $ Poetry is Currency | https://linktr.ee/SuzanneFrischkorn
@joriegraham.bsky.social
Resilience requires Imagination. Resistance requires Imagination. Recent book“To 2040”,’23(Laurel Prize for Ecological Writing) Carcanet (UK) Copper Canyon (US). “The Dream of The Unified Field”(Pulitzer Prize for Poetry).“[To]The Last [Be] Human”,’22.
@erinwriter.bsky.social
Copper Canyon poet (new book coming 2026), professor, Girl Scout from Omaha. She/her 🇺🇦
@artichokeheart.bsky.social
(she/they) Biracial Nisei. Poet and writer. Editor. EIC South Dakota Review. Lover of cats and mollusks.
@leahumansky.bsky.social
What brave new world is this? ☁️ Poet/ educator/ artist/ feminist/ OF TYRANT (Word Works 2024) Host + Curator of @coupletseries.bsky.social in NYC since 2011 Curator/creator of #staybrave substack Repped by Annie DeWitt https://linktr.ee/leahumansky
@catherinepierce.bsky.social
Poems & essays * Poet Laureate of Mississippi * Four books, most recently DANGER DAYS (Saturnalia 2020) * Can be found looking at trees * catherinepiercepoet.com
@marybid.bsky.social
Writer of poems + small fiction | The Girl with the Black Lipstick (novella-in-flash, Black Lawrence Press, July 25) | Preorder from BLP at https://blacklawrencepress.com/books/the-girl-with-the-black-lipstick/
@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.
@poetmarcuswicker.bsky.social
Maybe the Saddest Thing & Silencer @eccobooks. Harvard @RadInstitute Fellow. @uofmemphis MFA Prof. @NEAarts Fellow. Poet. Boxing fanatic. Human as all get-out.
@poetphd.bsky.social
Writer. Editor, Atlanta Review. Higher Ed. Advocate. Professor. Certified Exec. Coach. Fulton Co. (GA) Poet Laureate. And, yeah, Waffle House Poet Laureate.
@jamesallenhall.bsky.social
Poet. Essayist. Co-host of Breaking Form: A Podcast of Poetry and Culture. All opinions are my own.
@nikkimwalls.bsky.social
Poet. Currently Visiting Poetry Prof at University of Irvine. Latest book is Hold Your Own from Copper Canyon Press. Los Angeles https://www.patreon.com/nikkiwallschlaeger
@kelliagodon.bsky.social
(she/her) Poet. Editor. Paddleboarder. Easygoing Capricorn. Next book: Accidental Devotions (Copper Canyon Press, 2026)! Co-host of "Poems You Need" with Melissa Studdard. Faculty at Rainier Writing Workshop at Pacific Lutheran University.🏳️🌈Bi/Queer
@adamclay.bsky.social
Poet and Professor at Louisiana State University. Most recent book is Circle Back (Milkweed Editions, 2024).
@a-woo.bsky.social
Attorney & Chief Program Officer (Legal, Policy, Organizing) at @ACLU of Virginia. Poet—NECK OF THE WOODS, Alice James Books. Teaching Law & Lit—UVA Law. Legal aid alum. Former bartender. she/her. Words here = mine alone.
@scyflynn.bsky.social
Poet. The Colour of Extinction (@renardpress, October 2024) - Observer Poetry Book of the Month. An Ocean Called Hope (@downingfield, May 2025). https://scflynn.com
@chelsearathburn.bsky.social
Poet Laureate of Georgia. Author of Still Life with Mother and Knife. Chaser of ghosts.
@emilyskaja.bsky.social
Poet, professor, dog enthusiast. Author of BRUTE (Graywolf 2019). CW faculty at Memphis MFA.
@christopherbakken.bsky.social
Poet and nonfiction writer whose work has appeared in Best American Poetry, The Paris Review, Ploughshares, etc. Director of Writing Workshops in Greece: Thessaloniki & Thasos. DRIVING THE BEAST (poems) forthcoming from LSUP in 2025.
@jfranklinpoet.bsky.social
Poet, author of If Some God Shakes Your House (Four Way Books, 23) Teaches at M’ville MFA, 24Pearl St, Poets House & privately, Poetry Reviews coeditor of The Rumpus
@alauchter.bsky.social
Author of the books The Wishing Tomb & The Glass Crib. PEN Center USA Literary Award recipient. Work in CNN and Huffington Post. Book hoarder. Happy wife. Knitter. Cat friend. Aquarius. Avid smiler.
@timothyliupoet.bsky.social
Poète Maudit. DOWN LOW AND LOWDOWN: BEDSIDE BOTTOM-FEEDER BLUES; LUMINOUS DEBRIS: NEW & SELECTED LEGERDEMAIN (1992-2017). www.timothyliu.net
@chelsdingman.bsky.social
Author of Thaw (@ugapress 2017 National Poetry Series) Through a Small Ghost (@ugapress 2020) I, Divided (@lsupress 2023) PhD Candidate @ualberta Poetry editor @sweetliterary
@charlesjensen.bsky.social
Author of SPLICE OF LIFE: A MEMOIR IN 13 FILM GENRES, poetry coll. INSTRUCTIONS BETWEEN TAKEOFF AND LANDING, & more. EIC: @villaineralit.bsky.social. Genre is a construct. Opinions mine. He/him. https://charles-jensen.com
@dorothykchan.bsky.social
💥 Poet, author of five collections 💥 RETURN OF THE CHINESE FEMME (Deep Vellum, April 2024) 💥 HBIC of Honey Literary 🍯
@letitiatrent.bsky.social
#filmsky #writingcommunity #poetry #mutantfam #Arkansas writer & film watcher. Pls pay me Criterion. Shirley Jackson Award nominee. Novel Summer Girls out from Haunted Doll House, July 2024. I write sometimes on Substack: https://letitiatrent.substack
@stevekuusisto.bsky.social
Poet, memoirist, disability activist, and dog lover. Travels and lectures widely on literature and human rights.
@dseuss.bsky.social
Author of Modern Poetry, frank: sonnets, Still Life w Two Dead Peacocks and a Girl, Four-Legged Girl, all from Graywolf Press, and Wolf Lake, White Gown Blown Open (Univ. of Massachusetts Press), Chancellor for Academy of American Poets.
@rpinsky.bsky.social
@shannacompton.bsky.social
Artist printmaker & poet.🦻Getting inky in Blue Hill, Maine. 🖼️ Next exhibition: WASHED AWAY, Lewis Gallery at PPL in Portland, ME, 5/2-6/21. 📚 I freelance as a book designer & cover artist for small presses. // See also @bloofbooks www.shannacompton.com
@chenchenwrites.bsky.social
poet • phd in english • 2 books with BOA Editions • latest chapbook @ghostcitypress.bsky.social • abolish the police & free palestine • https://www.chenchenwrites.com/the-latest
@aireadee.bsky.social
Poet. Thinker. Professor. 2024 Gugg Fellow. Assembles without reading directions.
@khadijahqueen.com
Doctor of poems. F1 fan. In my crone era. https://www.khadijahqueen.com/ linktr.ee/authorKQ
@bethbachmann.bsky.social
Poet. Novelist. Author of Temper, Do Not Rise, CEASE. www.bethbachmann.com
@seanthomasd.bsky.social
Poet. Recent books with BOA Editions, Jacar Press. I work as a Medtech and caregiver, and teach part-time in the Western Connecticut State U MFA Program. Disability rights advocate, father, husband, obsessive Cleveland Cavs fan.
@longrules.bsky.social
Author of two books of poems, Nine Acres (Copper Canyon, 2011) and Long Rules (Backwaters, 2021), and a book of essays, Joy (or Something Darker but Like It): Poetry and Parenting (University of Michigan, 2024). Also a runner, musician and cocktail maker.
@elder-afaa.bsky.social
A devoted husband, septuagenarian, father, grandfather, big brother, son, uncle, cousin…friend. Wordsmith. Chancellor at Academy of American Poets. Born, raised in Baltimore MD.
@wendywisner.bsky.social
Poet • Writer • IBCLC • She/Her • Author of three books of poems, including The New Life (2024)• Associate Editor at Rise Up Review www.wendywisner.com
@oliverdelapaz.bsky.social
Poet Laureate of Worcester, MA. Author and editor. Kundiman. NEA Fellow. Teaches at the College of the Holy Cross and in the low res MFA at PLU.
@sandmansimonds.bsky.social
Poet, Runner & Lifter of Weights, Magician Vermont Book Award in Fiction 2023 for Assia. 9 books of poetry 😁 Burning Oracle (poetry-ish) coming 2026 Wesleyan University Press
@simeonberry.bsky.social
Author of Monograph (National Poetry Series, UGA Press) & Ampersand Revisited (National Poetry Series, Fence Books). Posts daily poems by others. he/him
@maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social
The other one. Poet & NYT bestselling author. Next 📚: DEAR WRITER (April 2025), THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT (Sept 2025), A SUIT OR A SUITCASE (March 2026).
@paulmguest.bsky.social
Poet and memoirist. Published in Best American Poetry, The Paris Review, Poetry, and elsewhere. Whiting Award Winner and Guggenheim Fellow.