Haley

Sending this around again bc it just makes us SO happy. I reread it and marvel at the things said, at how we are perceived — we really are doing what we set out to do! This recognition is so special and encouraging. Thank you so so much.

In the Hot Spring Locker Room

Honored to have my poem, In the Hot Spring Locker Room, included in @thimblelitmag.bsky.social newest issue alongside some other incredible poets! www.thimblelitmag.com/2025/07/24/i...

Excited to have my poem, Longevity, out in this new issue!

Delighted to have a series of poems up at @eunoiareview.bsky.social over the last few days. They published one of my first ever published poems last year and will always be special to me! This prose poem is one of my faves of the bunch 🥰

So glad this piece found the perfect home in @epistemiclit.bsky.social 's latest issue, Nostalgia. Check out the rest of the issue and the amazing writing there! And if you hear me mess up the Italian accent in the recording of this...no you didnt 👀

THE GIFT OF A NEW LANGUAGE - Near the end of his life, my grandfather lost his language, then gained his mother tongue. A fewmonths after dementia had taken all but his childhood

So, so many quotable lines in this piece by @haleydirenzo.bsky.social but I think this one contains so much: “It was not so much the money, but how it had allowed me to accomplish a dream, born
from the regret of him missing out on one.” #Nostalgia across generations, a force for good

Honored to be nominated for this award and the continued support for this story, which is a favorite of mine ❤️

Love this for me

Thank you to @epistemiclit.bsky.social lit for nominating my fiction piece, I'm so honored to be nominated amongst these other great works and to have another piece coming out with them soon!

Been wanting to share some work on social without first getting the validation of publication, so before I talk myself out of it, here's something timely. Happy Fourth and holding on to stupid hope.

Freedom from kings.
Freedom from fascism.
Power to the people forever. ♥️

Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸

Southwest Nebraska hospital announces plans to close, blames uncertainty over funding

While Republicans celebrate the passage of the largest Medicaid cut in history, the Curtis Medical Center in Nebraska announced it will shut down as a result of these horrific cuts — the first of many hospitals to close.

This is a dark day for rural America and for our country.

Thrilled to have these two poems in January House about long ago by a girl (me) who's never gotten over anything in her life, aka a poet.

My flash story, Upending the Garden, is featured in Epistemic Literary's first physical Anthology! Really enjoyed working with these folks and excited they put this together.

Dreams

My flash story Dreams is up at Flash Fiction Magazine today. I wrote the first draft in 2020 well before I started to take writing more seriously. That only happened in the last year, but I'm so glad I found my way back to this piece. I'm very proud of it and would love if you gave it a read!

It sounds so much like my 13-year-old self that I understand girls are still craving and hating even when they are perfect

Oh hey, there is a poetry party going on over at that new club Four Score 84! It has everything, poetry about aging, red lipstick, floor sleeping and mountain lions. Read “College Girls” by @haleydirenzo.bsky.social right here!

www.roifaineantpress.com/post/mountai...

Excited to be featured in this issue. Check out my four poems and the other amazing contributors! Mine are here: www.roifaineantpress.com/post/mountai...

Loved the story referenced here, Empty Bag - flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2025/02... and learning more about the thought process behind it!

3 poems from @haleydirenzo.bsky.social!

"At least we don’t have to watch the dog die first,
at least we can quit our jobs, read books
until the end of time, which is actually
the end of time this time."

- 'When They Tell Us the World is Ending This Year'

www.godscrueljokelit.com/haley-direnz...

50-Word Stories Brand new bite-sized fiction every weekday!

Little micro out at 50 Word Stories today fiftywordstories.com

"My whole childhood was his emergency," from Fathers is sticking with me. What a great line!!

You searched for Direnzo - 101 Words

Excited to have had two pieces published with 101 Words in December, available here: 101words.org?s=Direnzo

It's a great place for bite-sized flash, and I found a great writing community through them!

Excited to have a flash piece in this issue with Gone Lawn!

My flash fiction piece, Upending the Garden, is live in Epistemic Literary's Issue 4. This is one of my favorite pieces of mine yet, and I'm honored to be featured among these other great pieces!

Home - A fully digital literary anthology based on themed submissions. The magazine accepts submissions from all with no fee and aims to be fully accessible.

Issue 4 of @epistemiclit.bsky.social will be out this week. If you want to know the minute it's released, sign up for our newsletter on EpistemicLit.com so you're the first to know.

Patroclus Visits Me Instead of Achilles in a Dream eunoiareview.wordpress.com/2024/11/11/p...

Eunoia Review accepted and published one of my very first poems to see the light of day earlier this year and gave me confidence to keep writing. Happy to see it here!

Just joined over here in the hopes of sharing more writing and connecting with others. First up, these two pieces on BULL published earlier this week.