Michael Beard

Laurie Kuntz Leaving We invent our own ways of leaving.It is morning in Manila,we begin to dress, surveyour bodies as friends can.Our lives are revealed in scars we have acquired.The accident slashed across the…

"We confirm what is left of our beauty
after the years have marked us
with sons and skids down icy roads . . ."

from "Leaving" by @poetlaurie.bsky.social in issue #2

read here:
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Astronomy: the Aurora Borealis, with pine trees in the foreground. Coloured lithograph after a pastel by M. Raebel, 1909

💜 Issue #2 is UP and waiting to be READ on our website! 💜

This is an absolutely incredible issue filled with amazingly talented poets y'all, from top to bottom. Fill your poetry bucket and read the newest issue here:

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Issue #2 coming this Saturday. Mark your brain calendars.

‼️Contributors for Issue no. 2‼️

On its way. Thank you all for your patience. ❤️

Rage and Roses: On D A N G E R O U S B O D I E S / A N G E R O D E S by stevie redwood In the fifth line of “It’s San Francisco Summer,” poet stevie redwood calls readers to imagine “a fist of rage; a fist of roses; the fist erected / in solidarity or demand.” Like much of redwood’s …

New review: DANGEROUS BODIES/ANGER ODES by stevie redwood (@sundresspub.bsky.social)

"this book's major achievement: to personalize survival amid capitalist decay vividly enough to celebrate the 'uppercut to the fascist' as a logical act of righteous anger."

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Rage and Roses: On D A N G E R O U S B O D I E S / A N G E R O D E S by stevie redwood In the fifth line of “It’s San Francisco Summer,” poet stevie redwood calls readers to imagine “a fist of rage; a fist of roses; the fist erected / in solidarity or demand.” Like much of redwood’s …

A new review is up on our website! Click here to read "Rage and Roses: On D A N G E R O U S B O D I E S / A N G E R O D E S by stevie redwood" by contributor @lowermelody.bsky.social!

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(inspired by cherry blossom season in animal crossing)

(Redivider #22.2)

We're always open for submissions in poetry and book reviews (on poetry)! Consider sending us something :)

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I'm officially giving my poem feedback service a go!

Want close reading feedback on a poem (or three)? I'm offering zoom-recorded verbal feedback AND copies of my handwritten notes, along with any other materials I create for you.

Info at my Ko-fi page:
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All of my feedback consists of informed suggestions! As all feedback should be. As the poet, you have the authority to either accept or ignore what I say. Your work deserves close attention and honesty, at the very least. And that is what I love giving.

This service will not impact my position as EIC of Paraselene in any way, nor vice versa. The two are completely separate from one another. I am not reading with an eye for publication value here, but instead focusing on your poem's potential (from my own poetic perspective).

I have my MFA in Poetry from Bowling Green State University as well as professional editing and teaching experience. On my Ko-fi page, I include my updated CV for your reference.

I'm officially giving my poem feedback service a go!

Want close reading feedback on a poem (or three)? I'm offering zoom-recorded verbal feedback AND copies of my handwritten notes, along with any other materials I create for you.

Info at my Ko-fi page:
ko-fi.com/michaelbeard...

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MOON FYRE (March '25) A new monthly newsletter...

Check out our new monthly newsletter, MOON FYRE! We cover updates on the magazine and give a little writing prompt at the end ❤️💜

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We've changed up how we accept submissions. Check out our website's "Submit" page to get the link for our Poetry and Book Review calls on Duosuma!!

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We're in the process of making the switch to Duosuma! Using this submission manager will help us keep submissions more organized and allow us to have everything in one place, which is much needed. We're also introducing optional, paid "Expedited" and "Editorial Feedback" options!

Paraselene seeks to publish work that achieves both a high level of craft and a sense of self-assuredness. We are drawn to work that is emotionally resonant and challenges conventional form and ideas.

Our Submit page: paraselenemagazine.com/submit/

Added some more designs to my Redbubble shop if anyone is interested :)

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Maëlle Keita Ghost PuppetI carry an apology on the tip of my tonguefor being happyand meaning to be.A pretend seer,I already had made-up memoriesto survive a future without you.Still, their lack is a special br…

"I carry an apology on the tip of my tongue
for being happy
and meaning to be."

from Maëlle Keita's "Ghost Puppet" in Issue One:

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Adding my Redbubble link and a couple designs here in case anyone is interested in what I'm doing? Still figuring things out with the whole Shop thing over there. I'm having fun doing these little things :)

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In my sticker designing era

Pink and purple graphic advertising our Digital Reviews Library.

JUST ADDED a couple of books from @querenciapress.bsky.social's wonderful catalogue up on the DRL: Milk Sickness by David Greenspan and i have wrestled with the way clouds weep by Judy Nahum. Consider giving them a review!

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(Yalobusha Review #40)

(Yalobusha Review #40)

"Love Poem" (Lucky Jefferson)

Submit graphic with frog and snowman bundled up from cold weather.

We are so back

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Check out this interview with Michael Beard, editor of new-lit-kid-on-the-block @paraselenemag.bsky.social. (They are open for submissions, by the way!)