Koss (she/they/Aquarian)
@kossworks.bsky.social
Poet, artist, writer. Dancing Backwards Towards Pluperfect, Diode Editions. Lammy Poetry Finalist '25, BSF '20, Wigleaf Top 50 longlist. Granta Memoir
Website: https://koss-works.com
Book: https://koss-works.com/dancing-backwards-towards-pluperfect/
Website: https://koss-works.com
Book: https://koss-works.com/dancing-backwards-towards-pluperfect/
Happy to have work forthcoming in @stanchion.bsky.social ! Thank you, Jeff!
January 24, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Happy to have work forthcoming in @stanchion.bsky.social ! Thank you, Jeff!
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My first story of 2026 is up in Necessary Fiction! Thank you so much EIC @shimmer.bsky.social Himmer and guest editor @nicholas-claro.bsky.social for picking my story.
This week's fiction is "Just Another Saturday Night" by @dawnsteffler.bsky.social, selected by guest editor @nicholas-claro.bsky.social. necessaryfiction.com/stories/just...
January 23, 2026 at 6:21 PM
My first story of 2026 is up in Necessary Fiction! Thank you so much EIC @shimmer.bsky.social Himmer and guest editor @nicholas-claro.bsky.social for picking my story.
Thanks, kindly, @rodmannix.bsky.social !!
January 23, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Thanks, kindly, @rodmannix.bsky.social !!
This is soon, 7 PM Eastern Time. Hope to see you!
Reminder, this is coming up. Hope to see you there with a poem for Open Mic! Register here:
January 22, 2026 at 10:19 PM
This is soon, 7 PM Eastern Time. Hope to see you!
I no longer have crushes on human beings, only people's dogs, but not to worry, they are platonic crushes... This is better, really.
January 22, 2026 at 1:42 AM
I no longer have crushes on human beings, only people's dogs, but not to worry, they are platonic crushes... This is better, really.
Reminder, this is coming up. Hope to see you there with a poem for Open Mic! Register here:
January 20, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Reminder, this is coming up. Hope to see you there with a poem for Open Mic! Register here:
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2 small art pieces for $ if you are interested. Having surgery and will be laid up for awhile--trying to generate some $ to tide me over... 1 cradled piece and 1 paper with glass + handmade frame (maple ebonized). I used to build frames for galleries. DM #artwork, #worksonpaper
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January 19, 2026 at 6:19 PM
2 small art pieces for $ if you are interested. Having surgery and will be laid up for awhile--trying to generate some $ to tide me over... 1 cradled piece and 1 paper with glass + handmade frame (maple ebonized). I used to build frames for galleries. DM #artwork, #worksonpaper
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Deep gratitude to the poet @hanvanderhart.bsky.social for curating a series that reinforces what a mighty cultural movement poetry is!
Of punk roots, of Arabic oral traditions, of the length of cultural memory, of the Sonics of the ghazal, of Lena Khalaf Tuffaha and June Jordan and Empire, of gender and of family expectations and so much more.
Listen to Episode 83 with @majda.bsky.social here: share.transistor.fm/s/204962e6 📚💙🎙️
Listen to Episode 83 with @majda.bsky.social here: share.transistor.fm/s/204962e6 📚💙🎙️
Episode 83: Majda Gama (Of Arabic Oral Tradition, the Sonics of the Ghazal, and the Western Luxury of Telling the Truth in Your Poems)
Listen: On Spotify, Apple, Google, and elsewhere Read: “Ghazal: Morning” (The Offing) Purchase: In the House of Modern Upbringing for Girls (Wandering Aengus Press, 2025)…
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January 19, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Deep gratitude to the poet @hanvanderhart.bsky.social for curating a series that reinforces what a mighty cultural movement poetry is!
This. Book. Is Gorgeous. Thank you, @susanlleary.bsky.social for your words! You can preorder and have in your hands soon here: triohousepress.myshopify.com/products/mor...
January 19, 2026 at 3:45 PM
This. Book. Is Gorgeous. Thank you, @susanlleary.bsky.social for your words! You can preorder and have in your hands soon here: triohousepress.myshopify.com/products/mor...
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book mail! thrilled to dig into the wondrous poems of @susanlleary.bsky.social 🌷
January 18, 2026 at 4:41 PM
book mail! thrilled to dig into the wondrous poems of @susanlleary.bsky.social 🌷
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November 27, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Absolutely loving @mrmandell8.bsky.social 's latest poetry book about the life passages and resilience of girls, of THESE girls. It's raw, intelligent, and full of wisdom. I highly recommend it! Buy here:
www.finishinglinepress.com/product/the-...
#poetry, #girlhood, #chapbook, 📚❣️
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#poetry, #girlhood, #chapbook, 📚❣️
January 19, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Absolutely loving @mrmandell8.bsky.social 's latest poetry book about the life passages and resilience of girls, of THESE girls. It's raw, intelligent, and full of wisdom. I highly recommend it! Buy here:
www.finishinglinepress.com/product/the-...
#poetry, #girlhood, #chapbook, 📚❣️
www.finishinglinepress.com/product/the-...
#poetry, #girlhood, #chapbook, 📚❣️
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Not much writing this week. I am doing this thing tho where I pretend my window is an etch-a-sketch and I write poems in the sky and shake the window when a bird comes into frame.
January 18, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Not much writing this week. I am doing this thing tho where I pretend my window is an etch-a-sketch and I write poems in the sky and shake the window when a bird comes into frame.
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Sharing one of mine for this week’s installment of #smallpoemsunday!
🌸 MORE FLOWERS 🌸 out in 2 weeks with @triohousepress.org!
@tomsnarsky.bsky.social
🌸 MORE FLOWERS 🌸 out in 2 weeks with @triohousepress.org!
@tomsnarsky.bsky.social
January 18, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Sharing one of mine for this week’s installment of #smallpoemsunday!
🌸 MORE FLOWERS 🌸 out in 2 weeks with @triohousepress.org!
@tomsnarsky.bsky.social
🌸 MORE FLOWERS 🌸 out in 2 weeks with @triohousepress.org!
@tomsnarsky.bsky.social
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I'm pleased to add these authors (and a few of their credits) to the Highly-Rated Authors page on the Literary Retweet website.
@dnschmidt.com
@jarnopp.bsky.social
@mikesahno.bsky.social
@d2montgomery.bsky.social
@glcharleboisbks.bsky.social
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@dnschmidt.com
@jarnopp.bsky.social
@mikesahno.bsky.social
@d2montgomery.bsky.social
@glcharleboisbks.bsky.social
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January 18, 2026 at 6:33 PM
I'm pleased to add these authors (and a few of their credits) to the Highly-Rated Authors page on the Literary Retweet website.
@dnschmidt.com
@jarnopp.bsky.social
@mikesahno.bsky.social
@d2montgomery.bsky.social
@glcharleboisbks.bsky.social
www.literaryretweet.com/highly-rated...
@dnschmidt.com
@jarnopp.bsky.social
@mikesahno.bsky.social
@d2montgomery.bsky.social
@glcharleboisbks.bsky.social
www.literaryretweet.com/highly-rated...
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Pleased to have new work in Through the Looking Glass - An International Portraiture of Mothers (Ballerini Book Press)
"'Don’t let the world pass you by,' she always told me, and each time I’d imagine myself to be a planet or moon or comet..."
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"'Don’t let the world pass you by,' she always told me, and each time I’d imagine myself to be a planet or moon or comet..."
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Ballerini Book PressSlender. Never Spineless.Through The Looking Glass – New Release
Through The Looking Glass. An International Portraiture of Mothers ISBN: 978-3-9526204-2-7 A glimpse into the lives and passions of the imperfect, but central women in our lives, who shape us, as m…
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January 18, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Pleased to have new work in Through the Looking Glass - An International Portraiture of Mothers (Ballerini Book Press)
"'Don’t let the world pass you by,' she always told me, and each time I’d imagine myself to be a planet or moon or comet..."
ballerinibookpress.ch/product/thro...
"'Don’t let the world pass you by,' she always told me, and each time I’d imagine myself to be a planet or moon or comet..."
ballerinibookpress.ch/product/thro...
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Only one more week to enter the Memoir Excerpt & Essay Contest at CRAFT! Roxane Gay judges this year. See details here: www.craftliterary.com/craft-memoir...
January 18, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Only one more week to enter the Memoir Excerpt & Essay Contest at CRAFT! Roxane Gay judges this year. See details here: www.craftliterary.com/craft-memoir...
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The first official review of my NiF is out in the world! Thanks @ninamiller.bsky.social and @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social! US orders: jakethemag.com/books/
Non US or signed copies (I only have 2 left until I restock) docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/...
Non US or signed copies (I only have 2 left until I restock) docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/...
January 18, 2026 at 9:46 PM
The first official review of my NiF is out in the world! Thanks @ninamiller.bsky.social and @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social! US orders: jakethemag.com/books/
Non US or signed copies (I only have 2 left until I restock) docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/...
Non US or signed copies (I only have 2 left until I restock) docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/...
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weekly ukulele video 🥰❤️ (January 19, 2026)
YouTube video by Melissa Llanes Brownlee
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January 18, 2026 at 9:49 PM
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“even though to imagine it / all at once is lonely”
~ @isaacpickell.bsky.social from his @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social collection “It’s Not Over Once You Figure It Out” for #smallpoemsunday
Cc @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
~ @isaacpickell.bsky.social from his @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social collection “It’s Not Over Once You Figure It Out” for #smallpoemsunday
Cc @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
January 18, 2026 at 4:19 PM
“even though to imagine it / all at once is lonely”
~ @isaacpickell.bsky.social from his @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social collection “It’s Not Over Once You Figure It Out” for #smallpoemsunday
Cc @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
~ @isaacpickell.bsky.social from his @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social collection “It’s Not Over Once You Figure It Out” for #smallpoemsunday
Cc @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
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HAPPY NEWS! I am grateful to the amazing Eugenia Leigh for choosing my manuscript SENTENCE to win the 2025 Nine Syllables Press Chapbook Contest! These poems are as much my brother’s as my own & I am thankful to everyone at Smith College for believing in them! Coming fall 2026!
Image: 9SP IG page
Image: 9SP IG page
January 16, 2026 at 12:47 AM
HAPPY NEWS! I am grateful to the amazing Eugenia Leigh for choosing my manuscript SENTENCE to win the 2025 Nine Syllables Press Chapbook Contest! These poems are as much my brother’s as my own & I am thankful to everyone at Smith College for believing in them! Coming fall 2026!
Image: 9SP IG page
Image: 9SP IG page
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Congratulations @susanlleary.bsky.social !!!!
And for me another reading pleasure to look forward to 😍
And for me another reading pleasure to look forward to 😍
HAPPY NEWS! I am grateful to the amazing Eugenia Leigh for choosing my manuscript SENTENCE to win the 2025 Nine Syllables Press Chapbook Contest! These poems are as much my brother’s as my own & I am thankful to everyone at Smith College for believing in them! Coming fall 2026!
Image: 9SP IG page
Image: 9SP IG page
January 16, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Congratulations @susanlleary.bsky.social !!!!
And for me another reading pleasure to look forward to 😍
And for me another reading pleasure to look forward to 😍
Thank you, @susanlleary.bsky.social and @kathyfish.bsky.social for sharing my posts!
January 18, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Thank you, @susanlleary.bsky.social and @kathyfish.bsky.social for sharing my posts!
Thank you, @suzfrischkorn.bsky.social, @pdforan.bsky.social, @jenwithwords.bsky.social, @samrasnake.bsky.social and @rodmannix.bsky.social and company for sharing my posts!
January 18, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Thank you, @suzfrischkorn.bsky.social, @pdforan.bsky.social, @jenwithwords.bsky.social, @samrasnake.bsky.social and @rodmannix.bsky.social and company for sharing my posts!