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Here’s Rebecca Valley and “January in the Japanese Garden” for ballast 3.4’s contributor features
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Here’s Rebecca Valley and “January in the Japanese Garden” for ballast 3.4’s contributor features
Read the full poem here
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The Franco Institute invites the community to join us March 3 at Stockroom East for an Evening with N. K. Jemisin.
This is a free but ticketed event with limited seating availability. Visit our event page for our Eventbrite link.
franco.nd.edu/events/2026/...
The Franco Institute invites the community to join us March 3 at Stockroom East for an Evening with N. K. Jemisin.
This is a free but ticketed event with limited seating availability. Visit our event page for our Eventbrite link.
franco.nd.edu/events/2026/...
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Read the full poem here
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because it’s vital to share how art and creativity not only happen in spite of difficulties and dumpster fires but as a refusal to accept the dumpster fires
Grateful to the editors, collaborators, contributors, journal neighbors, press mates, & readers:
Community > gloating
because it’s vital to share how art and creativity not only happen in spite of difficulties and dumpster fires but as a refusal to accept the dumpster fires
Grateful to the editors, collaborators, contributors, journal neighbors, press mates, & readers:
Community > gloating
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Read the full poem here
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#KellyRSamuels
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Read the full poem here
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Read the full poem here
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Content Warning: grief, loss of child
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Content Warning: grief, loss of child
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Here’s Matthew Murrey with “L” @mytwords.bsky.social
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Here’s Matthew Murrey with “L” @mytwords.bsky.social
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#MatthewMurrey
My second full-length, *Ugly Ground Swell Moss*, is heading out into the world sometime soon with Carbonation Press.
My second full-length, *Ugly Ground Swell Moss*, is heading out into the world sometime soon with Carbonation Press.
Here’s Pete Miller with “Ethanol”
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www.ballastjournal.com/pete-miller
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Here’s Pete Miller with “Ethanol”
Read the full poem here:
www.ballastjournal.com/pete-miller
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Here’s Jory Mickelson @poetryphone.bsky.social with “[Sometimes a hotel room]”
Read the full poem here!
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Here’s Jory Mickelson @poetryphone.bsky.social with “[Sometimes a hotel room]”
Read the full poem here!
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Here’s Andrew Maxwell with “nunc dimittis”
Read the full poem here!
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Here’s Andrew Maxwell with “nunc dimittis”
Read the full poem here!
www.ballastjournal.com/andrew-maxwell
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#AndrewMaxwell
Here’s Jason Labbe with “Everybody”
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www.ballastjournal.com/jason-labbe
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Here’s Jason Labbe with “Everybody”
Read the full poem here!
www.ballastjournal.com/jason-labbe
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#JasonLabbe
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5-6:45 PM ET Saturday Dec 13th
A fantastic lineup that includes @monostich.bsky.social @readinstead.bsky.social and @upfromsumdirt.bsky.social @barlowadams.bsky.social and @dmurphy.bsky.social
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5-6:45 PM ET Saturday Dec 13th
A fantastic lineup that includes @monostich.bsky.social @readinstead.bsky.social and @upfromsumdirt.bsky.social @barlowadams.bsky.social and @dmurphy.bsky.social
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Here’s David Koehn with “Horse in Field Under Power Lines Quatern”
Read (or listen to David read) the full poem here!
www.ballastjournal.com/david-koehn
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Here’s David Koehn with “Horse in Field Under Power Lines Quatern”
Read (or listen to David read) the full poem here!
www.ballastjournal.com/david-koehn
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#DavidKoehn
Here’s Ted Jean with “Ecclesiastes”
www.ballastjournal.com/ted-jean
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Here’s Ted Jean with “Ecclesiastes”
www.ballastjournal.com/ted-jean
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#TedJean
Here’s Jenna Jaco with “That Couple”
www.ballastjournal.com/jenna-jaco
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Here’s Jenna Jaco with “That Couple”
www.ballastjournal.com/jenna-jaco
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Here’s Vivian Ia with “[camaraderie with the inevitable]” which is also one of our Pushcart nominees this awards season!
www.ballastjournal.com/vivian-ia
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#VivianIa
Here’s Vivian Ia with “[camaraderie with the inevitable]” which is also one of our Pushcart nominees this awards season!
www.ballastjournal.com/vivian-ia
#contributorfeature
#poem
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#VivianIa
Here’s G Timothy Gordon with “Daliesque”
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Here’s G Timothy Gordon with “Daliesque”
www.ballastjournal.com/g-timothy-go...
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#GTimothyGordon