Lisa Zerkle

Lisa Zerkle

@lisazerkle.bsky.social

Poet•Editor•Reader •MFA from Warren Wilson •Senior Editor at Painted Bride Quarterly •Podcaster on PBQ Slush Pile •Editor at Iron Oak Editions https://www.chillsubs.com/profile/lzerkle

190 Followers 357 Following 32 Posts Joined Jan 2025
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New Slush Pile episode up now with poems from Erin Evans! pbqmag.org/podcast/epis...

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1 week ago

Hi!👋 I’m here.

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1 month ago
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New pod out now!
Fiction edition with @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social
pbqmag.org/latest-podca...

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1 month ago
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New podcast episode up over at pbqmag.org/podcast/epis...

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3 months ago
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Border Patrol left Charlotte. The damage stayed behind The Border Patrol's enforcement surge in Charlotte, N.C. lasted just about a week. Residents picking up the pieces in its aftermath say doing so is going to take a lot longer than that.

Border Patrol left Charlotte. The damage stayed behind

www.npr.org/2025/12/10/g...

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3 months ago
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My Son in the Sea by Lisa Zerkle Quickly and easily listen to One Poem Only for free!

Today is double feature day on the One Poem Only podcast. I’m thrilled to have two poems read by the magical Maggie Devers.
Maybe give a listen as you’re cooking for Thanksgiving? These poems were also featured as Poetry in Plain Sight broadsides. #booksky

player.captivate.fm/episode/aaa5...

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4 months ago
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Check out the latest
Slush Pile podcast from Painted Bride Quarterly!

pbqmag.org/latest-podca...

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4 months ago

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

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4 months ago

The earliest known example of ‘brain rot’ comes from Henry David Thoreau in his 1854 book “Walden.”

“While England endeavors to cure the potato-rot, will not any endeavor to cure the brain-rot, which prevails so much more widely and fatally?”

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Submit — Susurrus

🔔🔔🔔 #SubsOpen for our Winter 2025 issue! Submit your #poetry, #flash, #fiction, #CNF, and #photography to
@susurrusmag.bsky.social! Send us your gorgeous and compelling, your thoughtful and tender--all open to artists across the American South. Learn more at susurrusthemagazine.com/submit

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5 months ago
Submissions Guidelines | Glass Poetry Press

Casual reminder that we're open for chapbook submissions all month long. Send in your loves and rages, your scars and scares, your humors and porpoises. Your weird visions of the future. We're here for it all, fam!

www.glass-poetry.com/submissions....

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5 months ago

I’m thrilled my poem “High Sierra Incantation” is featured over at Glass Poetry today. Huge thanks to Tony for his generosity. #booksky #poetrysky

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5 months ago
The Atlantic Announces Free Digital Subscriptions for All U.S. Public High Schools None

The Atlantic Announces Free Digital Subscriptions for All U.S. Public High Schools

www.theatlantic.com/press-releas...

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5 months ago

Thanks for sharing!

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5 months ago
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I Bless the Dog When He Sneezes — Susurrus

"as we walk past neat green lawns. Bless you, I say,
clearly, with emphasis. This speaking to creatures

who do not respond is an echo of something earned,
of time spent teaching."

"I Bless the Dog When He Sneezes" by Lisa Zerkle (@lisazerkle.bsky.social)

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6 months ago
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New pod available!

pbqmag.org/podcast/epis...

#booksky

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6 months ago

Happy to be a part of this issue. Thank you!

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6 months ago
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Huge thanks to @susurrus editors CJ, Maddie, & Michelle for launching this poem into the world alongside such fine company. And check out that gorgeous cover!

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7 months ago
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What a delight to return to Kelly Hoffer’s debut “Undershore.” It’s unlike any collection I’ve read—a unique and creative elegy that hits hard. If you’re looking for your next Sealey Challenge read, reach out to Lightscatter Press and add this one to your stack.

#poetrysky
#booksky

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7 months ago
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A new episode of Painted Bride Quarterly’s Slush Pile is out now, featuring three ekphrastic poems by Janée Baugher. Listen now wherever you find podcasts!

pbqmag.org/podcast/epis...

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7 months ago

Let's show 'em how it's done, poets 😎

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7 months ago

Check out the interactive poems in Tyehimba Jess’ book Olio.

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7 months ago
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We are looking for poems that perform Olympic feats with language that leave a reader in wonder while still referring back to the basic things that make us human.

Send us work that uniquely explores August’s upcoming theme of bravery.

Details below:
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#writingcommunity

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7 months ago
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Today’s used book store find. Definitely worth four dollars. Thank you, gods of poetry!🤩 (Bonus vintage Prairie Lights book mark) #booksky

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8 months ago
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Painted Bride Quarterly is open for poetry submissions. Visit PBQ.org for details.

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8 months ago
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Opinion | Where I Learned the Power of Looking at Everything

Where I Learned the Power of Looking at Everything www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/o...

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8 months ago
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Need honest, constructive criticism? Consider working with one of our professional editors that can offer detailed feedback. The @‌ironoakeditions.bsky.social team is here to help you refine a short piece or a full manuscript.

Meet the team and get details here:
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#writingcommunity

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9 months ago

"On Tyranny" free resources to use and to share, now or any time
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10 months ago
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Mother’s Day is a tough day for those of us who have/had complicated relationships with our mothers.
I’m grateful to the editors and readers over @raleighreview for putting this poem out into the world

#writersky
#poetsky

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10 months ago

Poets— helpful and encouraging submissions advice here. Plus a reminder that sometimes publishing takes time (Tracy K Smith’s first book came out 8 years after her MFA).

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