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Amy Beth

@sissonab.bsky.social

Poet. Associate Artist ISGRJ. Editorial Assistant FENCE Magazine.

239 Followers  |  306 Following  |  46 Posts  |  Joined: 29.08.2023  |  2.0993

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08.10.2025 11:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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5 Questions with Samuel Prize Winner Amy Beth Sisson We sit down with 2025

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06.10.2025 12:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Amy Beth Sisson Wins the 2025 Samuel Prize for Emerging Writers Over 50 Amy Beth Sisson wins the 2025 Samuel Prize! Read the announcement here.

You can read my acceptance speech and interview here: lambdaliterary.org/2025/10/amy-...

05.10.2025 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thank you, @lambdaliterary.org , for bringing me into the spotlight. Even though I feel more comfortable in the light of a soft flickery candle, I am grateful.

04.10.2025 23:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@planthumanq.bsky.social fits my poetic obsessions. So glad to have my poem "Zoochory" here

22.09.2025 15:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thank you to the Mendelssohn Chorus and ArtPhilly for the opportunity to be part of this collaboration. It is wonderful to work with the brilliant composer Leigha Amick and my amazing and generous mentor Steven Kleinman.

29.07.2025 12:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Colored drawing of coltsfoot and pitcher plant flowers

Colored drawing of coltsfoot and pitcher plant flowers

I haven't doodles in a long time.

28.06.2025 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A collection of photographs of peonies

A collection of photographs of peonies

A surfeit of peonies!

21.05.2025 23:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s Pub Day!
I HOPE THIS HELPS is officially in the world.

Born in rupture. Shaped in breath. Carried by love, survival, and the magic of our lives.

This book understands heartbreak and turns it into balm, blade, blessing.
May it find you when you need it most.

#IHopeThisHelps
#PoetryIsMedicine

14.05.2025 00:42 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A red and pink peony blossom

A red and pink peony blossom

I so want to be there but I will be at a writing retreat. I will keep an eye out for other celebrations of your work.

30.04.2025 18:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Visual poem "Dark Matters" created from a musical score with grayed out text. From Samiya Bashir's book "I Hope This Helps."

Visual poem "Dark Matters" created from a musical score with grayed out text. From Samiya Bashir's book "I Hope This Helps."

Cover of Samiya Bashir's book "I Hope This Helps"

Cover of Samiya Bashir's book "I Hope This Helps"

Samiya Bashir's book "I Hope This Helps" is layered and gorgeous. Thank you @scryptkeeper.substack.com

30.04.2025 11:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

My interview with my brilliant teacher @paullisicky.bsky.social is live today! Thank you, @dintywmoore.bsky.social for bringing it into the world.

09.04.2025 11:48 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Tonight!

02.04.2025 14:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Three women standing in front of a colorful painting

Three women standing in front of a colorful painting

I'm reading at the upcoming April 2 edition of Mad Poets First Wednesday with Ann de Forest and LaVonne France!
Wednesday, April 2
7:00 p.m.
Community Arts Center
414 Plush Mill Rd.
Wallingford, PA
Plentiful parking; accessible entrance around to the right of the building. An open mic will follow

15.03.2025 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Great in "crab" cakes too

03.03.2025 21:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for everyone who came out to read and shared these wonderful poems!
Carl Dennis "Spring Letter"
Wendell Berry "The Peace of Wild Things"
Martin Espada "Vivas To Those Who Have Failed"
Carol Ann Duffy "Valentine"
Robert Hayden "Those Winter Sundays"
Maxine Kumin "The Revisionist Dream"

16.02.2025 01:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Poster showing national day of protest/ President's Day February 17th 2025 at noon/ where The White House, or your state capital, city hall, town hall, why: to resist fascism.

Poster showing national day of protest/ President's Day February 17th 2025 at noon/ where The White House, or your state capital, city hall, town hall, why: to resist fascism.

13.02.2025 11:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | The Impossible Math of Philanthropy (Gift Article) There’s a reason so many seemingly well-funded causes fail to move the needle.

...corporations externalize trillions in costs to society and the planet. Nonprofits form to absorb those costs, but have at their disposal only a tiny portion of the profits that corporations were able to generate by externalizing those costs in the first place.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/o...

08.02.2025 20:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Valentine poetry sharing circle has been postponed until February 15th! thepac.center/events/poetr...

07.02.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yep. I am dismayed

25.01.2025 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rutgers cancels HBCU event to align with Trump DEI orders The Rutgers University Center for Minority Serving Institutions announced Thursday that it has canceled an upcoming virtual conference about registered apprenticeship programs as a result of President...

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A snow bird

A snow bird

A snow bird

A snow bird

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Photo of a tabby cat

Photo of a tabby cat

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Valentine Poetry Sharing Circle β€” Park Avenue Community Center Delco Writers and Friends Valentine Poetry Sharing Circle featuring poet Darla Himeles. Share your poetry love. Bring a printed copy of a poem that you love to read or memorize one to recite.&...

thepac.center/events/poetr... I'd love to see you there!

16.01.2025 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A Child's Christmas in Wales, by Dylan Thomas, free ebooks, ebook, etext

"I turned the gas down, I got into bed. I said some words to the close and holy darkness, and then I slept." gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/070...

25.12.2024 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I memorized a poem by @dseuss.bsky.social recently. In my dream last night I was stumbling over a recitation. This morning someone sent me this: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Community Access Fund Support Blue Stoop's Free Programming, Scholarship Fund, and Capacity Building Today!

Blue Stoop, an incredible philly lit mag, is nearing the end of their fundraising auction! lots of great items & services! plz take a look givebutter.com/c/bluestoop/...

14.12.2024 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Plaster cast for Adams Memorial (Saint-Gaudens)

Plaster cast for Adams Memorial (Saint-Gaudens)

Plaster cast for Adams Memorial (Saint-Gaudens)

Plaster cast for Adams Memorial (Saint-Gaudens)

Plaster cast for Adams Memorial (Saint-Gaudens)

Plaster cast for Adams Memorial (Saint-Gaudens)

Plaster cast for Adams Memorial by Saint-Gaudens. michenerartmuseum.org/exhibition/m...

12.12.2024 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's almost a Plath quote from "Sheep in Fog"

11.12.2024 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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