hazelle rachelle
@hazellerachelle.bsky.social
poet + aspiring screenwriter! | queer speculative [prose] poetry in Chestnut Review, HAD, HOAX, HORNS, you name it... hazellelerum.com 🏳️🌈| pdx | tin house ‘25
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another weird and wild and perfect short short today, this one from Andrew Doll!
https://www.havehashad.com/19nq1
https://www.havehashad.com/19nq1
October 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
another weird and wild and perfect short short today, this one from Andrew Doll!
https://www.havehashad.com/19nq1
https://www.havehashad.com/19nq1
🤖 go read this issue!! 🤖
"You are diesel and chrome, you are hydroelectric, and the men that move through your body are building undeniable things, inevitable things, with their honest hands."
two from the stunning @hazellerachelle.bsky.social here:
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two from the stunning @hazellerachelle.bsky.social here:
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elsewhere magazine / the prose poetry magazine / issue 25
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October 31, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🤖 go read this issue!! 🤖
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Bringing my poems over to to Bsky. Here's what I consider my magnum opus (for now).
November 28, 2024 at 2:30 AM
Bringing my poems over to to Bsky. Here's what I consider my magnum opus (for now).
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2024 was an illustrious year for debuts by Trans, Nonbinary, and Gender Non-Conforming Authors — here are 76 of them, compiled by @jenstjude.bsky.social!
76 Notable Debuts by Trans, Nonbinary, and Gender Non-Conforming Authors in 2024 - Chicago Review of Books
This is the fifth time I’ve compiled this list. I don’t remember my motivations back in 2020. Perhaps I wanted to be a good, cis ally and honor authors I admire. Maybe I wanted to fill an…
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December 23, 2024 at 5:13 PM
2024 was an illustrious year for debuts by Trans, Nonbinary, and Gender Non-Conforming Authors — here are 76 of them, compiled by @jenstjude.bsky.social!
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Good morning! I've begun a starter pack for prose poets. go.bsky.app/EdpM3cb Please share.
December 27, 2024 at 7:03 AM
Good morning! I've begun a starter pack for prose poets. go.bsky.app/EdpM3cb Please share.
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the other is wrapped in christmas paper
Janet Sutherland
Janet Sutherland
December 26, 2024 at 3:29 AM
the other is wrapped in christmas paper
Janet Sutherland
Janet Sutherland
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2024 Headline of the Year nominee (January)
December 22, 2024 at 7:14 PM
2024 Headline of the Year nominee (January)
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This is going to be devastating to hear but…your manuscript will be better after a year of revisions. It might even have That Glow.
December 11, 2024 at 5:35 PM
This is going to be devastating to hear but…your manuscript will be better after a year of revisions. It might even have That Glow.
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Thanks for sharing this one. Go grab a copy! 🩵
Issue 15 has officially landed and what better way to celebrate than with this sneak peek from the issue, by Hazelle Lerum. Enjoy ‘on tasting her girlfriend’s scars’ below and head over to our website to grab the new issue with 13 other queer poems!
December 9, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Thanks for sharing this one. Go grab a copy! 🩵
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One thing you will never think after reading a great book or listening to a great album or seeing a great piece of art is, “I’m really glad this person remained cautious while they were making this and guarded against being perceived as weird.”
December 6, 2024 at 6:38 PM
One thing you will never think after reading a great book or listening to a great album or seeing a great piece of art is, “I’m really glad this person remained cautious while they were making this and guarded against being perceived as weird.”
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because I'm Very Good at Self Promotion, I forgot until 7pm that it's Creator Day on itch.io and I have a horror story on there!! in fun sleazy zine form! it's pay what you want, and I get 100% of any tips today. this one's for all the gay robot horror enthusiasts out there
High Maintenance by S. A. Chant
A sci-fi/horror story about a pleasure android striving for domestic bliss.
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November 30, 2024 at 3:44 AM
because I'm Very Good at Self Promotion, I forgot until 7pm that it's Creator Day on itch.io and I have a horror story on there!! in fun sleazy zine form! it's pay what you want, and I get 100% of any tips today. this one's for all the gay robot horror enthusiasts out there
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Maybe my triggers are many because to live in the United States of America is to wake up every day inside an abuser.
Elissa Washuta, in “Apocalypse Logic”
Elissa Washuta, in “Apocalypse Logic”
November 29, 2024 at 11:00 PM
Maybe my triggers are many because to live in the United States of America is to wake up every day inside an abuser.
Elissa Washuta, in “Apocalypse Logic”
Elissa Washuta, in “Apocalypse Logic”
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Maybe the most polygon-intensive sculpt I've done!
This is Nchul, a Fabricator-General in the court of Kalit Yal from K. 2031-2134. Known for having being particularly sparse in their consumption of eias, the life-breath of all things, Nchul cultivated a reputation of pious ignorance.
This is Nchul, a Fabricator-General in the court of Kalit Yal from K. 2031-2134. Known for having being particularly sparse in their consumption of eias, the life-breath of all things, Nchul cultivated a reputation of pious ignorance.
November 29, 2024 at 5:48 PM
Maybe the most polygon-intensive sculpt I've done!
This is Nchul, a Fabricator-General in the court of Kalit Yal from K. 2031-2134. Known for having being particularly sparse in their consumption of eias, the life-breath of all things, Nchul cultivated a reputation of pious ignorance.
This is Nchul, a Fabricator-General in the court of Kalit Yal from K. 2031-2134. Known for having being particularly sparse in their consumption of eias, the life-breath of all things, Nchul cultivated a reputation of pious ignorance.
Seems tonally appropriate for Black Friday. Originally appeared in The Dread Machine, Issue 3.2.
November 29, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Seems tonally appropriate for Black Friday. Originally appeared in The Dread Machine, Issue 3.2.
Basic Rights Oregon created a template letter to support HB 2002 for gender affirming care. Please submit a letter by 5pm Nov. 26th!
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HB2002 Rulemaking Public Comment
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November 25, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Basic Rights Oregon created a template letter to support HB 2002 for gender affirming care. Please submit a letter by 5pm Nov. 26th!
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The @sfwa.bsky.social SFWA Board of Directors has approved the addition of Poetry and Comics categories to the Nebula Awards, starting with the 2025 awards in a few months. And a special Hugo for poetry will be given out at next year's @seattleworldcon.bsky.social. Big things afoot in spec poetry!
SFWA Approves New Poetry, Comics Nebula Awards
The SFWA Board of Directors has approved the addition of Poetry and Comics categories to the Nebula Awards. SFWA President Kate Ristau told members yesterday, “We are thrilled to honor and celebrat…
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November 22, 2024 at 2:45 PM
The @sfwa.bsky.social SFWA Board of Directors has approved the addition of Poetry and Comics categories to the Nebula Awards, starting with the 2025 awards in a few months. And a special Hugo for poetry will be given out at next year's @seattleworldcon.bsky.social. Big things afoot in spec poetry!
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ok yes I cackled
You know things are bad when your non-poetry friends start sending you "Good Bones"
November 20, 2024 at 1:24 AM
ok yes I cackled
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oh this is my fav speech & debate piece i've ever written!! its about exactly what bogi believe it to be and also a little bit about how i am obsessed with speech & debate <3 tysm for loving it <333
Today's poem recommendation on #BogiReads:
"CONGRESSIONAL INCEPTION MEETS TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS" by arushi (aera) rege @arushiaerarege.bsky.social in @beestung.bsky.social Summer 2024!
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The ultimate in Debateception -
"CONGRESSIONAL INCEPTION MEETS TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS" by arushi (aera) rege @arushiaerarege.bsky.social in @beestung.bsky.social Summer 2024!
beestungmag.com/issue20/one-...
The ultimate in Debateception -
One Poem by arushi (aera) rege – beestung
beestungmag.com
November 20, 2024 at 1:31 AM
oh this is my fav speech & debate piece i've ever written!! its about exactly what bogi believe it to be and also a little bit about how i am obsessed with speech & debate <3 tysm for loving it <333
Election poem. First appeared in Minto Press, 2023.
November 20, 2024 at 3:38 AM
Election poem. First appeared in Minto Press, 2023.
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‘Bitching and Drifting’ - from my 1st Collection..‘Consolamentum’ from @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
November 18, 2024 at 7:43 AM
‘Bitching and Drifting’ - from my 1st Collection..‘Consolamentum’ from @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
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The Handmaid's Tale is a good book. But did you know that there's a book written by a Black woman about a post-apocalyptic Earth heavily affected by climate change and societal decline. The book was published in 1993, but is set in 2024 following a presidential election 👀 #BookSky #BlackBookSky
November 16, 2024 at 6:30 PM
The Handmaid's Tale is a good book. But did you know that there's a book written by a Black woman about a post-apocalyptic Earth heavily affected by climate change and societal decline. The book was published in 1993, but is set in 2024 following a presidential election 👀 #BookSky #BlackBookSky
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Die más. Poem in the Shape of the Poet Beating Henry Kissinger to Death with Their Bare Hands by Felix.
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November 14, 2024 at 1:40 PM
Die más. Poem in the Shape of the Poet Beating Henry Kissinger to Death with Their Bare Hands by Felix.
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