Elysium Review
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Poetry of Pleasure, Delight, Wonder, Love, and Joy
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"I feel an alchemy
my body of bones
soft fingers
wrists, teeth, snug
and warmer
scent of flowers
slide deepening within"
@sianessa.bsky.social
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my body of bones
soft fingers
wrists, teeth, snug
and warmer
scent of flowers
slide deepening within"
@sianessa.bsky.social
www.elysiumreview.com/sian-killing...
Sian Killingsworth
I feel an alchemy my body of bones soft fingers wrists, teeth, snug and warmer scent of flowers slide deepening within I inhale gently my flesh shudders jubilant, shook I want to...
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June 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"I feel an alchemy
my body of bones
soft fingers
wrists, teeth, snug
and warmer
scent of flowers
slide deepening within"
@sianessa.bsky.social
www.elysiumreview.com/sian-killing...
my body of bones
soft fingers
wrists, teeth, snug
and warmer
scent of flowers
slide deepening within"
@sianessa.bsky.social
www.elysiumreview.com/sian-killing...
"...Breathing in
the tang of kelp and salt,
I flash on Blade Runner: its angst and origami,
its final scene where a man flees
his cramped world and soars toward
a life he hadn’t dared to imagine."
@abramama968.bsky.social
www.elysiumreview.com/lisa-domingu...
the tang of kelp and salt,
I flash on Blade Runner: its angst and origami,
its final scene where a man flees
his cramped world and soars toward
a life he hadn’t dared to imagine."
@abramama968.bsky.social
www.elysiumreview.com/lisa-domingu...
Lisa Dominguez Abraham
From a shoreline park, I admire the reclining figure of Mt. Tamalpais across the bay. Her forest hair flowing north reminds me how brief I am, how lucky to live...
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June 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
"...Breathing in
the tang of kelp and salt,
I flash on Blade Runner: its angst and origami,
its final scene where a man flees
his cramped world and soars toward
a life he hadn’t dared to imagine."
@abramama968.bsky.social
www.elysiumreview.com/lisa-domingu...
the tang of kelp and salt,
I flash on Blade Runner: its angst and origami,
its final scene where a man flees
his cramped world and soars toward
a life he hadn’t dared to imagine."
@abramama968.bsky.social
www.elysiumreview.com/lisa-domingu...
"In the chill hospital room
I pushed and heaved like an animal
knocking at the blue space between mountains
nearly clawing the baby out of myself"
@kaylizpoet.bsky.social
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I pushed and heaved like an animal
knocking at the blue space between mountains
nearly clawing the baby out of myself"
@kaylizpoet.bsky.social
www.elysiumreview.com/karen-elizab...
Karen Elizabeth Sharpe
I was a woman at the edge of the world. Electricity’s spark felt uninspired. Unpaid bills lost their fright. Azure skies hadn’t mattered. For months I had shunned the doctor’s sonic wands...
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June 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"In the chill hospital room
I pushed and heaved like an animal
knocking at the blue space between mountains
nearly clawing the baby out of myself"
@kaylizpoet.bsky.social
www.elysiumreview.com/karen-elizab...
I pushed and heaved like an animal
knocking at the blue space between mountains
nearly clawing the baby out of myself"
@kaylizpoet.bsky.social
www.elysiumreview.com/karen-elizab...
"The teenagers pick
up when we call
then have nothing to say,
answer our questions
with monosyllables
or inscrutable jokes"
@johnpauldavis.org
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up when we call
then have nothing to say,
answer our questions
with monosyllables
or inscrutable jokes"
@johnpauldavis.org
www.elysiumreview.com/john-paul-da...
John Paul Davis
The teenagers pick up when we call then have nothing to say, answer our questions with monosyllables or inscrutable jokes yet every time we move to end the conversation they prolong things. Almost as....
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June 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
"The teenagers pick
up when we call
then have nothing to say,
answer our questions
with monosyllables
or inscrutable jokes"
@johnpauldavis.org
www.elysiumreview.com/john-paul-da...
up when we call
then have nothing to say,
answer our questions
with monosyllables
or inscrutable jokes"
@johnpauldavis.org
www.elysiumreview.com/john-paul-da...
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I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
June 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
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Thank you to @stevieedwardspoet.bsky.social for including my poem in the latest issue of the Elysium Review. I love the focus of this journal, and it’s an honor to have my work appear among the poems of these other fantastic writers! www.elysiumreview.com/lisa-domingu...
June 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Thank you to @stevieedwardspoet.bsky.social for including my poem in the latest issue of the Elysium Review. I love the focus of this journal, and it’s an honor to have my work appear among the poems of these other fantastic writers! www.elysiumreview.com/lisa-domingu...
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"Face Time," my #poem that was published in @elysiumreview.bsky.social's latest issue is what I chose to read in this week's episode of #theuncomputable
New episode of my podcast# theuncomputable : Face Time https://johnpauldavis.org/podcast/face-time/# podcast# poetry
June 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"Face Time," my #poem that was published in @elysiumreview.bsky.social's latest issue is what I chose to read in this week's episode of #theuncomputable
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📢 Delighted to share a poem of mine HOT off the virtual press at Elysium Review! 🔥 Thanks to @stevieedwardspoet.bsky.social for giving this poem a beautiful home: www.elysiumreview.com/sian-killing...
Sian Killingsworth
I feel an alchemy my body of bones soft fingers wrists, teeth, snug and warmer scent of flowers slide deepening within I inhale gently my flesh shudders jubilant, shook I want to...
www.elysiumreview.com
June 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
📢 Delighted to share a poem of mine HOT off the virtual press at Elysium Review! 🔥 Thanks to @stevieedwardspoet.bsky.social for giving this poem a beautiful home: www.elysiumreview.com/sian-killing...
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I have a #poem in this fantastic issue of this magnificent journal! www.elysiumreview.com/john-paul-da...
Issue 7 of Elysium Review is live! We focus on poetryof Pleasure, Delight, Wonder, and Joy!
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Issue 7
ISSN: 3064-9994
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June 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I have a #poem in this fantastic issue of this magnificent journal! www.elysiumreview.com/john-paul-da...
Issue 7 of Elysium Review is live! We focus on poetryof Pleasure, Delight, Wonder, and Joy!
www.elysiumreview.com/issue-7.html
www.elysiumreview.com/issue-7.html
Issue 7
ISSN: 3064-9994
www.elysiumreview.com
June 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Issue 7 of Elysium Review is live! We focus on poetryof Pleasure, Delight, Wonder, and Joy!
www.elysiumreview.com/issue-7.html
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New poem in the @elysiumreview.bsky.social. What a sweet way to start the year. Thanks to @stevieedwardspoet.bsky.social for including my poem. I read the issue this afternoon and was struck by how beautifully the poems spoke to each other.
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January 2, 2025 at 1:10 AM
New poem in the @elysiumreview.bsky.social. What a sweet way to start the year. Thanks to @stevieedwardspoet.bsky.social for including my poem. I read the issue this afternoon and was struck by how beautifully the poems spoke to each other.
www.elysiumreview.com/wendy-wisner...
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Elysium Review @elysiumreview.bsky.social (Poetry; non-paying) opened to poetry submissions. #amwriting
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Elysium Review @elysiumreview.bsky.social (Poetry; non-paying) opened to poetry submissions. #amwriting
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May 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Elysium Review @elysiumreview.bsky.social (Poetry; non-paying) opened to poetry submissions. #amwriting
What poems are giving you peace, hope, resilience, and/or strength these days? What's fortifying you? Let's start a thread. We may need these poems in the coming days.
January 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
What poems are giving you peace, hope, resilience, and/or strength these days? What's fortifying you? Let's start a thread. We may need these poems in the coming days.
"We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice." - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
January 19, 2025 at 6:22 PM
"We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice." - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
"it is a serious thing
just to be alive
on this fresh morning
in the broken world."
-Mary Oliver, "Invitation"
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Invitation by Mary Oliver • Read A Little Poetry
“it is a serious thing // just to be alive / on this fresh morning / in this broken world.” — Mary Oliver
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January 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
"it is a serious thing
just to be alive
on this fresh morning
in the broken world."
-Mary Oliver, "Invitation"
readalittlepoetry.com/2023/12/24/i...
Our new issue is out today! Happy New Year! www.elysiumreview.com/issue-6.html
Issue 6
Ann Fisher-Wirth "One Star, and the Full Moon Rising" Rachel Greenberg "Yes" Xiaoly Li "Whispers of the Maple" Ruby Hansen Murray "Devotion" Sandra Salinas Newton "Goose on Mills Pond" Aza Pace...
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January 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Our new issue is out today! Happy New Year! www.elysiumreview.com/issue-6.html
We're open for submissions until the end of day tomorrow! Send us your beauties!
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Submissions
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November 19, 2024 at 5:44 PM
We're open for submissions until the end of day tomorrow! Send us your beauties!
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We publish Poetry of Pleasure, Delight, Wonder, Love, and Joy! And we're open for submissions until November 20th! www.elysiumreview.com/submissions....
Submissions
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November 13, 2024 at 6:04 PM
We publish Poetry of Pleasure, Delight, Wonder, Love, and Joy! And we're open for submissions until November 20th! www.elysiumreview.com/submissions....
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Elysium Review
Elysium Review is open to poetry that engages with the topics and experiences of pleasure, delight, wonder, love, and joy. Please send 3-5 poems to ElysiumReviewPoetry@gmail.com ISSN: 3064-9994
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November 13, 2024 at 5:45 PM
This is now the primary social media account for www.elysiumreview.com!
Please follow us if you love poetry!
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