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MSJ today presents a new poem from Sarah Dickenson Snyder. The Beekeeper will stay with you.

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06.08.2025 06:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Buenos Aires-based writer Calla Smith presents a tense, powerful, thought-provoking flash fiction story that comes to stay.

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01.08.2025 07:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rev up your engine. Poet Marisa P. Clark was born to ride. And so is our collection on Tension.

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29.07.2025 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Submissions for Journal 15 will open on July 17. Our theme is Tension. See our Submission Guidelines for all the dirt.
We can’t wait to read your work. Enjoy the flower.

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10.07.2025 05:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Muleskinner Journal announces Journal Fourteen. Thanks to everyone who submitted work. What you'll find is what we selected. Memorable work, agonizingly selected over other great work. We are proud and lucky. See here.

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01.07.2025 05:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Do you have some time this weekend? We have an amazing treat for you.

We close our Handle & Spout meditations with a handful of new pieces of transformative work from five writers you should know.

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28.06.2025 04:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rough road behind. Open Road ahead. See our pages today for the newest work from writer M F Drummy, whose debut collection is upcoming from Main Street Rag Press.

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23.06.2025 21:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Second Hand, from poet Marisa P. Clark, remembers the light, the smoke, and the fire. Especially the smoke.

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19.06.2025 22:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Down by the river, where the water runs cold, you’ll find Town by Rachel Pearsall

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17.06.2025 05:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In her wonderful poem, She Feeds the Storm, poet Kathleen Kimball-Baker reminds us that everything is everything, including the weather.

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14.06.2025 02:58 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Famously, every ending heralds a beginning, and every beginning touches an ending. In Commencement Speech, poet Amalie Kwassman offers your grad less traditional advice and reflection. It’s time to get real.

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10.06.2025 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today, we offer a wild short story from Allison Bradley. Tango will change the way you play board games.

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09.06.2025 03:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trash Day is Monday for me. What about you? Today's poem, from Michael Lauchlan, should be saved.

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03.06.2025 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This poem will fit.Β  This poem will keep you warm.

26.05.2025 02:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Set aside a few minutes today for a poem that challenges the sense in sensibility.

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21.05.2025 01:20 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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What do we do about Carthage? A question for the ages.

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17.05.2025 07:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In today’s short story, Hero Once, Marco Etheridge reminds us that we can’t hide forever.

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10.05.2025 04:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We have for you today two portraits, connected. Park it here, and enjoy On the In-Law.

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05.05.2025 02:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today’s Journal entry is a flash fiction gem, The Perfect House. It’s perfect for your coffee break today.

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28.04.2025 00:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Welcome to our 14th journal! Our theme this time around is Handle and Spout because, sometimes, you just have to sing. We kick these journal entries off with Marion Goldstein’s wonderful poem, Visiting Rita.

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24.04.2025 05:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Journal 14 is open for submissions.
Our theme is Handle and Spout. Read all about it on our Submissions Guidelines page.

www.muleskinnerjournal.com/submit

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15.04.2025 05:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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MSJ releases Journal Thirteen, empty : FULL.
Read, download, or print.
It's chock full of great writing, writing that will fill you up.

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09.04.2025 05:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Frederick Barrows brings us a story that tries to make privilege pay, tries to fill up the emptiness it leaves behind.

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03.04.2025 00:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wendy Dolber with a short reflection that hits all the right notes.

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31.03.2025 05:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Poet Candice M. Kelsey weaves her way from LA to Georgia, where flags are flying.

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30.03.2025 04:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We're going to AWP and hosting a poetry reading! Join us on Thursday, March 27, at 6 p.m., at the historic LA Public Library, 630 W. 5th Street, Los Angeles. The Ashland Poetry Press, Black Fork Review, Chestnut Review, and Muleskinner Journal are jointly hosting this event. Hope to see you there!

24.03.2025 06:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rosemary Dunn Moeller has chores to do. I know you would help. We all would.

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22.03.2025 06:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Up in the UP, or nearby at least. CJ Giroux reflects on blue flannel, lime green, and yellow.

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16.03.2025 08:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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David Salner takes us from the late 15th century, to late-stage Capitalism to late for work. Enjoy the trip.

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14.03.2025 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In her important poem, Aspirations, Marion Goldstein reminds us that bias and barriers are real, but not inevitable.

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08.03.2025 05:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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