@carolee.bsky.social
poet | artist | blogger | primarily WFPB website ➡️ caroleebennett.com poetry blog ➡️ https://gooduniversenextdoor.com/
This week in the poetry blogs with @velveteenrabbi.bsky.social @garybarwin.bsky.social @jwikeley.bsky.social @victoriamoul.bsky.social @shotscarecrow.bsky.social @carolee.bsky.social @thepoetslizard.bsky.social @clareshawpoet.bsky.social @aempoet.bsky.social 1/3
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Cleaver Mag has an exciting call for its Visual Poetics Contest! If you’re planning to submit & looking for inspiration, I have some for you. Check out my list of different, inventive poem formats: gooduniversenextdoor.com/2022/12/18/e... Many are visual!
11.08.2025 15:22 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0poets be like omg i really needed this & it’s literally a flower that opens just ONCE… & only at NIGHT 🌝
add a bumble bee serenade? i’m 💀 (sound ON!)
Issue Three is live! Poems from @readinstead.bsky.social
@johnpauldavis.org, @mfitejohnson.bsky.social, @fklein907.bsky.social, Gail Martin, Kerry Trautman, Meghan Sterling and art from @carolee.bsky.social, Rachel Turney,
@lauriemmarshall.bsky.social & Sandra Wilcoxon!
The poetry of rainy summers, bad politics & more w/ @carolee.bsky.social @pearlpoet.bsky.social @lesleymwheeler.bsky.social @grantclauser.bsky.social @emmalee1.bsky.social @mcrucefix.bsky.social @teatimehaiku.bsky.social @roguestrands.bsky.social 2/3
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muttering to myself: the revolution will have stickers
11.06.2025 12:18 — 👍 43 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0Good idea! 😎
22.05.2025 19:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Soooo tired of proclaiming how terrible I am at poem titles.
Even more tired of BEING terrible at poem titles! 😔
I’m convinced it’s holding many drafts back from being picked up by lit mags.
Help! What tips or resources can you share?
omg you’re right 🤣
20.05.2025 01:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This is 100% true for me, too, and yet… do I write consistently? No. No, I do not.
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a boy with a chicken on his shoulder but the chicken blends perfectly with his face and eye. the boy is labeled “me” and the chicken is labeled “the speaker in my poem”
09.05.2025 22:23 — 👍 169 🔁 33 💬 3 📌 0Sometimes I forget that making something makes me feel inordinately better about the world.
04.05.2025 15:24 — 👍 69 🔁 12 💬 2 📌 0
Writing for the bees, the planet as a prayer wheel & more w/ @aempoet.bsky.social @pfanderson.bsky.social @thepoetslizard.bsky.social @carolee.bsky.social @webbish6.bsky.social @collinkelley.bsky.social @jillpearlman.bsky.social @kristybowen.bsky.social 3/3
www.vianegativa.us/2025/04/poet...
I’m reaching out with a one-time request I believe is important. You might remember me from my PEN days.
My social reach has shrunk off Meta. I’m hoping you'll find this worth sharing. @carolee.bsky.social
@catiporter.bsky.social
@robbienestor.bsky.social
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It’s suuuuch a good poem! ❤️
03.04.2025 15:27 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Love that my poem “Happy Easter, you Sonofabitch” is alongside beautiful poems by @wendywisner.bsky.social and @djvorreyer.bsky.social for April’s monthly poem curation by @carolee.bsky.social 🙏💙🌼
gooduniversenextdoor.com/2025/01/03/p...
I love assembling these resources & am so happy they’re useful (& that they get more eyes on so many good poems). ❤️
03.04.2025 15:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0@carolee.bsky.social curates such a wealth of poetry resources on her site! So happy to see "Faith is Believing What You Cannot" asking with these other wonderful poets on her April list.
02.04.2025 00:02 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0
Girding our loins for NaPoWriMo & more w/ victoriamoul.bsky.social clareshawpoet.bsky.social jntod.bsky.social @susanrich-poet18.bsky.social @ren-powell.bsky.social thepoetslizard.bsky.social carolee.bsky.social romanaiorga.bsky.social robinhoughton.bsky.social 2/2 www.vianegativa.us/2025/03/poet...
31.03.2025 21:22 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Thank you for spreading the word about the prompts!
01.04.2025 02:39 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Looking for some 30/30 prompts for April? @carolee.bsky.social has you covered with 30 prompts, including one based on Issue One's "and in the poem we search for the birds" by @jasonbcrawford.bsky.social.
gooduniversenextdoor.com/2025/03/29/n...
3/3 @carolee.bsky.social @thepoetslizard.bsky.social @webbish6.bsky.social @lesleymwheeler.bsky.social @teatimehaiku.bsky.social @jillpearlman.bsky.social @romanaiorga.bsky.social @kristybowen.bsky.social @robinhoughton.bsky.social @roguestrands.bsky.social
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i’m so glad you like it. these lists have all been private collections, but i realized others may appreciate them.
19.02.2025 01:17 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Anyone else smitten with all the “Someday I’ll Love [insert your name here]” poems?
19.02.2025 01:13 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
3/3 @ren-powell.bsky.social
@jamesbrush.bsky.social @thepoetslizard.bsky.social @carolee.bsky.social @webbish6.bsky.social @lesleymwheeler.bsky.social @andotheritems.bsky.social @jillpearlman.bsky.social @lauragraceweldon.bsky.social @charhamrick.bsky.social
www.vianegativa.us/2025/02/poet...
You get a letter poem! & you get a letter poem! Enough letter poems for everyone!
11.02.2025 23:52 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
You wont find a more poetic arts&letters section than this from @jamesbrush.bsky.social @carolee.bsky.social @thepoetslizard.bsky.social @webbish6.bsky.social @lesleymwheeler.bsky.social @jillpearlman.bsky.social @oyoguhito.bsky.social @roguestrands.bsky.social 3/3 www.vianegativa.us/2025/02/poet...
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With gratitude for the poets & artists, whose work helps us survive ❤️
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Poets on Imbolc & more @clareshawpoet.bsky.social @jntod.bsky.social @carolee.bsky.social @ren-powell.bsky.social @jasoncrane.org @thepoetslizard.bsky.social @webbish6.bsky.social @renee-emerson.bsky.social @jillpearlman.bsky.social @kristybowen.bsky.social 2/2
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