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Betty Stanton

@fadingbetty.bsky.social

EdD, MFA, poet, author, speech & debate coach, director, teacher, editor, rpg nerd, game designer, bad at social media, located in Oklahoma

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Four Poems by Betty Stanton Read four poems by Betty Stanton, our fifth biweekly poet of the Winter 2026 issue, along with a few words about "Vein Song."

β€œMy work has always found a focus in the bodies of women, and watching the mix of strength and fragility in women...” Read four #poems by Betty Stanton (@fadingbetty.bsky.social), along with a few words from the poet. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity
phillychapbookreview.org/four-poems-b...

27.02.2026 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Four Poems by Betty Stanton Read four poems by Betty Stanton, our fifth biweekly poet of the Winter 2026 issue, along with a few words about "Vein Song."

I'm the biweekly featured poet at the Philly Poetry Chapbook Review. phillychapbookreview.org/four-poems-b...
#poem #blueskypoetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #amwriting

26.02.2026 23:39 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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23.02.2026 00:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! I grew up on this street in more ways than one.

21.02.2026 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's in @templeinacity.bsky.social but thank you!

21.02.2026 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Mine was just the ulnar nerve. Can't imagine doing all of that at once! πŸ«‚

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Anatomy of Grief Time folds itself like linen at the footof the bed, creased from nights we’veheld under it, our bodies pressing newconstellations into the fabric of our loss.Each exhale is a new type of departure,eac...

New poem in this issue of Hole In The Head Review. Glad to have some new works coming out since I'm stuck not really writing right now in the cast!

www.holeintheheadreview.com/post/anatomy...

#poem #blueskypoetry #poetrysky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #amwriting

21.02.2026 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Had surgery on my elbow yesterday. Very hard to be #amwriting in a cast! πŸ˜’

20.02.2026 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!

20.02.2026 01:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Temple in a City literary journal Micro fiction Sixth street by author Betty Stanton. Published in Temple in a City literary journal.

New micro out today @templeinacity.bsky.social templeinacity.com/micro-fictio...
#amwriting #writingcommunity #flashfiction #microfiction

20.02.2026 01:10 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

β€œIs it necessary to suffer in order to be a writer? Don’t worry about the suffering. The suffering will occur whether you like it or not.” - Margaret Atwood

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Thank you! Which one? Or did you mean from both?

17.02.2026 00:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Need a queer cozy apocalyptic love read? New flash piece in @littlefruitsmag.bsky.social today.
#amwriting #shortstory #shortstories #writingcommunity #flashfiction

14.02.2026 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Collection of Sunlight BETTY STANTON

New flash piece today in Quotidian Bagatelle from @foofarawpress.bsky.social qb.foofaraw.press/the-collecti... I'll have two more flash pieces out with them over the next few months!
#amwriting #shortstory #shortstories #writingcommunity #flashfiction

11.02.2026 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My dissertation advisor told me to 'find an ass to kick'.

11.02.2026 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I mean, I'll have to get her birth certificate, but she was definitely Canadian and moved to the US in the late 1930's...

10.02.2026 01:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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So, if this is true, I'm just fully Canadian because my paternal grandmother was a Canadian citizen? .... Because I'd be good with that.

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Thank you!

07.02.2026 03:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, I have no idea how 2025/2026 has ended up being my most successful/prolific year, but it definitely has been.

06.02.2026 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for the mention!

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Thank you!

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Thank you!

05.02.2026 23:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!

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Thank you!

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Thank you!

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Thank you!

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Thank you!

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Thanks for sharing!

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Thank you for the mention/review!

05.02.2026 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Aww, thank you! I love Shusterman.

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