Christine Klocek-Lim
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Author. Artist. Editor of Autumn Sky Poetry DAILY. Hiking is my jam. — https://linktr.ee/christinekloceklim
Pushcart Prize Anthology 2025 Nominations
Autumn Sky Poetry DAILY is delighted to announce the following poems have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize Anthology: Arkansas by Laura Sobbott RossFeathered by Carole GreenfieldThe Work Continues by Jacob ButlettA Dialogue with my Daughter Through…
Autumn Sky Poetry DAILY is delighted to announce the following poems have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize Anthology: Arkansas by Laura Sobbott RossFeathered by Carole GreenfieldThe Work Continues by Jacob ButlettA Dialogue with my Daughter Through…
Pushcart Prize Anthology 2025 Nominations
Autumn Sky Poetry DAILY is delighted to announce the following poems have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize Anthology: Arkansas by Laura Sobbott RossFeathered by Carole GreenfieldThe Work Continues by Jacob ButlettA Dialogue with my Daughter Through the Window of Her Dollhouse by J.R. SoloncheCurated by Ed HackFrom Here to Horse by Emily Adamek
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November 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Pushcart Prize Anthology 2025 Nominations
Autumn Sky Poetry DAILY is delighted to announce the following poems have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize Anthology: Arkansas by Laura Sobbott RossFeathered by Carole GreenfieldThe Work Continues by Jacob ButlettA Dialogue with my Daughter Through…
Autumn Sky Poetry DAILY is delighted to announce the following poems have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize Anthology: Arkansas by Laura Sobbott RossFeathered by Carole GreenfieldThe Work Continues by Jacob ButlettA Dialogue with my Daughter Through…
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October 28, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Best of the Net 2025 Nominations
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September 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Best of the Net 2025 Nominations
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From the archives — First Aubade by Jeremy Heartberg
First Aubade by Jeremy Heartberg from Autumn Sky Poetry Number 3, December 2006
First Aubade by Jeremy Heartberg from Autumn Sky Poetry Number 3, December 2006
From the archives — First Aubade by Jeremy Heartberg
First Aubade by Jeremy Heartberg from Autumn Sky Poetry Number 3, December 2006
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August 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
From the archives — First Aubade by Jeremy Heartberg
First Aubade by Jeremy Heartberg from Autumn Sky Poetry Number 3, December 2006
First Aubade by Jeremy Heartberg from Autumn Sky Poetry Number 3, December 2006
Saturday book feature — Balance by Laurie Kuntz
Balance by Laurie Kuntz from Balance (Moonstone Press 2025)
Balance by Laurie Kuntz from Balance (Moonstone Press 2025)
Saturday book feature — Balance by Laurie Kuntz
Balance by Laurie Kuntz from Balance (Moonstone Press 2025)
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August 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Saturday book feature — Balance by Laurie Kuntz
Balance by Laurie Kuntz from Balance (Moonstone Press 2025)
Balance by Laurie Kuntz from Balance (Moonstone Press 2025)
Perseids by Bonnie Proudfoot
Editor's Note: This lovely poem reminds the reader that there is not just one thing of beauty to love, but many.
Editor's Note: This lovely poem reminds the reader that there is not just one thing of beauty to love, but many.
Perseids by Bonnie Proudfoot
Editor's Note: This lovely poem reminds the reader that there is not just one thing of beauty to love, but many.
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August 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Perseids by Bonnie Proudfoot
Editor's Note: This lovely poem reminds the reader that there is not just one thing of beauty to love, but many.
Editor's Note: This lovely poem reminds the reader that there is not just one thing of beauty to love, but many.
Wax Wings by Nicole Michaels
Editor's Note: This poem's energetic closing stanza is the perfect ending to the story of birds whose beauty never fails to enchant those who are fortunate enough to see them.
Editor's Note: This poem's energetic closing stanza is the perfect ending to the story of birds whose beauty never fails to enchant those who are fortunate enough to see them.
Wax Wings by Nicole Michaels
Editor's Note: This poem's energetic closing stanza is the perfect ending to the story of birds whose beauty never fails to enchant those who are fortunate enough to see them.
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August 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Wax Wings by Nicole Michaels
Editor's Note: This poem's energetic closing stanza is the perfect ending to the story of birds whose beauty never fails to enchant those who are fortunate enough to see them.
Editor's Note: This poem's energetic closing stanza is the perfect ending to the story of birds whose beauty never fails to enchant those who are fortunate enough to see them.
The Mellowing by Vaishnavi Pusapati
Editor's Note: At first glance, this quiet poem offers gentleness, but soon peels back the layer of calm to reveal the true nature of a surrendered relationship.
Editor's Note: At first glance, this quiet poem offers gentleness, but soon peels back the layer of calm to reveal the true nature of a surrendered relationship.
The Mellowing by Vaishnavi Pusapati
Editor's Note: At first glance, this quiet poem offers gentleness, but soon peels back the layer of calm to reveal the true nature of a surrendered relationship.
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August 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The Mellowing by Vaishnavi Pusapati
Editor's Note: At first glance, this quiet poem offers gentleness, but soon peels back the layer of calm to reveal the true nature of a surrendered relationship.
Editor's Note: At first glance, this quiet poem offers gentleness, but soon peels back the layer of calm to reveal the true nature of a surrendered relationship.
The Lavender Dress by Nanette Schieron
Editor's Note: This narrative poem shows the reader that if the emotional framework is sound, the missing details don't matter—heartbreak is universal.
Editor's Note: This narrative poem shows the reader that if the emotional framework is sound, the missing details don't matter—heartbreak is universal.
The Lavender Dress by Nanette Schieron
Editor's Note: This narrative poem shows the reader that if the emotional framework is sound, the missing details don't matter—heartbreak is universal.
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August 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The Lavender Dress by Nanette Schieron
Editor's Note: This narrative poem shows the reader that if the emotional framework is sound, the missing details don't matter—heartbreak is universal.
Editor's Note: This narrative poem shows the reader that if the emotional framework is sound, the missing details don't matter—heartbreak is universal.
CLOSED to Submissions until October 3, 2025
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August 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Headed Home by Karen Kinley
Editor's Note: This poem carries the reader through a space that is both overwhelming and ordinary—a train, a commute, and the wish for a place that is better.
Editor's Note: This poem carries the reader through a space that is both overwhelming and ordinary—a train, a commute, and the wish for a place that is better.
Headed Home by Karen Kinley
Editor's Note: This poem carries the reader through a space that is both overwhelming and ordinary—a train, a commute, and the wish for a place that is better.
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August 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Headed Home by Karen Kinley
Editor's Note: This poem carries the reader through a space that is both overwhelming and ordinary—a train, a commute, and the wish for a place that is better.
Editor's Note: This poem carries the reader through a space that is both overwhelming and ordinary—a train, a commute, and the wish for a place that is better.
From the archives — How Language Lets Us Down by Corey Mesler
How Language Lets Us Down by Corey Mesler from Autumn Sky Poetry Number 4, December 2006
How Language Lets Us Down by Corey Mesler from Autumn Sky Poetry Number 4, December 2006
From the archives — How Language Lets Us Down by Corey Mesler
How Language Lets Us Down by Corey Mesler from Autumn Sky Poetry Number 4, December 2006
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August 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
From the archives — How Language Lets Us Down by Corey Mesler
How Language Lets Us Down by Corey Mesler from Autumn Sky Poetry Number 4, December 2006
How Language Lets Us Down by Corey Mesler from Autumn Sky Poetry Number 4, December 2006
Saturday book feature — Soundtrack by Alex Stolis
What we once thought we had we didn’t by Alex Stolis from Soundtrack (Whittle Micro-Press 2025)
What we once thought we had we didn’t by Alex Stolis from Soundtrack (Whittle Micro-Press 2025)
Saturday book feature — Soundtrack by Alex Stolis
What we once thought we had we didn’t by Alex Stolis from Soundtrack (Whittle Micro-Press 2025)
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August 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Saturday book feature — Soundtrack by Alex Stolis
What we once thought we had we didn’t by Alex Stolis from Soundtrack (Whittle Micro-Press 2025)
What we once thought we had we didn’t by Alex Stolis from Soundtrack (Whittle Micro-Press 2025)
Summer Show by Sarah Daly
Editor's Note: This poem's narrative focuses on regret and frustration, and how difficult it is to accept life when it leads somewhere you never wanted it to go.
Editor's Note: This poem's narrative focuses on regret and frustration, and how difficult it is to accept life when it leads somewhere you never wanted it to go.
Summer Show by Sarah Daly
Editor's Note: This poem's narrative focuses on regret and frustration, and how difficult it is to accept life when it leads somewhere you never wanted it to go.
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August 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Summer Show by Sarah Daly
Editor's Note: This poem's narrative focuses on regret and frustration, and how difficult it is to accept life when it leads somewhere you never wanted it to go.
Editor's Note: This poem's narrative focuses on regret and frustration, and how difficult it is to accept life when it leads somewhere you never wanted it to go.
Today by J.R. Solonche
Editor's Note: The repetition in this poem hammers home the speaker's yearning for an innocence that likely only existed in childhood, but is longed for nonetheless because of the present moment's difficult reality.
Editor's Note: The repetition in this poem hammers home the speaker's yearning for an innocence that likely only existed in childhood, but is longed for nonetheless because of the present moment's difficult reality.
Today by J.R. Solonche
Editor's Note: The repetition in this poem hammers home the speaker's yearning for an innocence that likely only existed in childhood, but is longed for nonetheless because of the present moment's difficult reality.
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August 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Today by J.R. Solonche
Editor's Note: The repetition in this poem hammers home the speaker's yearning for an innocence that likely only existed in childhood, but is longed for nonetheless because of the present moment's difficult reality.
Editor's Note: The repetition in this poem hammers home the speaker's yearning for an innocence that likely only existed in childhood, but is longed for nonetheless because of the present moment's difficult reality.
Turning Forty by Jason Barry
Editor's Note: This poem leads the reader into the speaker's regret over past inaction with a gritty sort of courage—this is the truth of life, and this age is where one faces it.
Editor's Note: This poem leads the reader into the speaker's regret over past inaction with a gritty sort of courage—this is the truth of life, and this age is where one faces it.
Turning Forty by Jason Barry
Editor's Note: This poem leads the reader into the speaker's regret over past inaction with a gritty sort of courage—this is the truth of life, and this age is where one faces it.
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August 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Turning Forty by Jason Barry
Editor's Note: This poem leads the reader into the speaker's regret over past inaction with a gritty sort of courage—this is the truth of life, and this age is where one faces it.
Editor's Note: This poem leads the reader into the speaker's regret over past inaction with a gritty sort of courage—this is the truth of life, and this age is where one faces it.
In the Pale Heat of Late September by Devika Mathur
Editor's Note: The unique imagery in this poem allows the reader to experience the emotional ache of the speaker with startling clarity.
Editor's Note: The unique imagery in this poem allows the reader to experience the emotional ache of the speaker with startling clarity.
In the Pale Heat of Late September by Devika Mathur
Editor's Note: The unique imagery in this poem allows the reader to experience the emotional ache of the speaker with startling clarity.
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August 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
In the Pale Heat of Late September by Devika Mathur
Editor's Note: The unique imagery in this poem allows the reader to experience the emotional ache of the speaker with startling clarity.
Editor's Note: The unique imagery in this poem allows the reader to experience the emotional ache of the speaker with startling clarity.
Absence by Dean Abbott
Editor's Note: This poem's use of personification and repetition creates a framework for an emotional narrative rich with both love and persistence.
Editor's Note: This poem's use of personification and repetition creates a framework for an emotional narrative rich with both love and persistence.
Absence by Dean Abbott
Editor's Note: This poem's use of personification and repetition creates a framework for an emotional narrative rich with both love and persistence.
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August 18, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Absence by Dean Abbott
Editor's Note: This poem's use of personification and repetition creates a framework for an emotional narrative rich with both love and persistence.
Editor's Note: This poem's use of personification and repetition creates a framework for an emotional narrative rich with both love and persistence.
From the archives — The White Oak by Martin J. Elster
The White Oak by Martin J. Elster from Autumn Sky Poetry DAILY, August 4, 2023
The White Oak by Martin J. Elster from Autumn Sky Poetry DAILY, August 4, 2023
From the archives — The White Oak by Martin J. Elster
The White Oak by Martin J. Elster from Autumn Sky Poetry DAILY, August 4, 2023
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August 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
From the archives — The White Oak by Martin J. Elster
The White Oak by Martin J. Elster from Autumn Sky Poetry DAILY, August 4, 2023
The White Oak by Martin J. Elster from Autumn Sky Poetry DAILY, August 4, 2023
Saturday book feature — Ice Cream for Lunch: A Grandparents Handbook by Laura Foley
Joy and Sorrow by Laura Foley from Ice Cream for Lunch: A Grandparents Handbook (The Poetry Box, 2025)
Joy and Sorrow by Laura Foley from Ice Cream for Lunch: A Grandparents Handbook (The Poetry Box, 2025)
Saturday book feature — Ice Cream for Lunch: A Grandparents Handbook by Laura Foley
Joy and Sorrow by Laura Foley from Ice Cream for Lunch: A Grandparents Handbook (The Poetry Box, 2025)
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August 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Saturday book feature — Ice Cream for Lunch: A Grandparents Handbook by Laura Foley
Joy and Sorrow by Laura Foley from Ice Cream for Lunch: A Grandparents Handbook (The Poetry Box, 2025)
Joy and Sorrow by Laura Foley from Ice Cream for Lunch: A Grandparents Handbook (The Poetry Box, 2025)
Earliest Memory by Greg Watson
Editor's Note: This poem offers a story by denying the narrative multiple times until the reader can't help but read between the lines to find the trauma hidden within.
Editor's Note: This poem offers a story by denying the narrative multiple times until the reader can't help but read between the lines to find the trauma hidden within.
Earliest Memory by Greg Watson
Editor's Note: This poem offers a story by denying the narrative multiple times until the reader can't help but read between the lines to find the trauma hidden within.
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August 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Earliest Memory by Greg Watson
Editor's Note: This poem offers a story by denying the narrative multiple times until the reader can't help but read between the lines to find the trauma hidden within.
Editor's Note: This poem offers a story by denying the narrative multiple times until the reader can't help but read between the lines to find the trauma hidden within.
Lavender by Carole Greenfield
Editor's Note: This almost-sestina uses the form's repetition to beautifully illustrate the persistence of love and grief and memory.
Editor's Note: This almost-sestina uses the form's repetition to beautifully illustrate the persistence of love and grief and memory.
Lavender by Carole Greenfield
Editor's Note: This almost-sestina uses the form's repetition to beautifully illustrate the persistence of love and grief and memory.
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August 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Lavender by Carole Greenfield
Editor's Note: This almost-sestina uses the form's repetition to beautifully illustrate the persistence of love and grief and memory.
Editor's Note: This almost-sestina uses the form's repetition to beautifully illustrate the persistence of love and grief and memory.
Dreaming, Drowning by Dale A. Lombardi
Editor's Note: This poem's surreal imagery carries the reader into a prayer where pain and beauty coexist in a balance that feels like peace.
Editor's Note: This poem's surreal imagery carries the reader into a prayer where pain and beauty coexist in a balance that feels like peace.
Dreaming, Drowning by Dale A. Lombardi
Editor's Note: This poem's surreal imagery carries the reader into a prayer where pain and beauty coexist in a balance that feels like peace.
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August 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Dreaming, Drowning by Dale A. Lombardi
Editor's Note: This poem's surreal imagery carries the reader into a prayer where pain and beauty coexist in a balance that feels like peace.
Editor's Note: This poem's surreal imagery carries the reader into a prayer where pain and beauty coexist in a balance that feels like peace.
The lane where she went missing by Ian Clarke
Editor's Note: The melancholy imagery in this poem illustrates the speaker's despair with perfectly chosen metaphors of grief.
Editor's Note: The melancholy imagery in this poem illustrates the speaker's despair with perfectly chosen metaphors of grief.
The lane where she went missing by Ian Clarke
Editor's Note: The melancholy imagery in this poem illustrates the speaker's despair with perfectly chosen metaphors of grief.
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August 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The lane where she went missing by Ian Clarke
Editor's Note: The melancholy imagery in this poem illustrates the speaker's despair with perfectly chosen metaphors of grief.
Editor's Note: The melancholy imagery in this poem illustrates the speaker's despair with perfectly chosen metaphors of grief.