Özge Lena
@lenaozge.bsky.social
Poet with more than a hundred poems published worldwide. Nominated five & shortlisted four times for international poetry prizes. #catapoetics
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Özge Lena
@lenaozge.bsky.social
· Sep 27
So proud to present "Catapoetics: Poetry of the Catastrophe" in International Conference on Poetry Studies at Birkbeck College, University of London.
#catapoetics #catapoetry #catapoem #catapoet #catastrocene #poetry
#catapoetics #catapoetry #catapoem #catapoet #catastrocene #poetry
"Denominator" is in Poems Revived! 🌱 Thank you David Hanlon for giving new roots to my poem. #poetry #poetrysky
(Originally published in Abridged 0-100: From under the Floorboards) @abridgedmagazine.bsky.social
(Originally published in Abridged 0-100: From under the Floorboards) @abridgedmagazine.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"Denominator" is in Poems Revived! 🌱 Thank you David Hanlon for giving new roots to my poem. #poetry #poetrysky
(Originally published in Abridged 0-100: From under the Floorboards) @abridgedmagazine.bsky.social
(Originally published in Abridged 0-100: From under the Floorboards) @abridgedmagazine.bsky.social
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Congrats to our 6 @pushcartprize.bsky.social nominees:
Chris Jones
@helenlaycock.bsky.social
Maire T Robinson
Jo Morrigan Black
@smcnicholl.bsky.social
@lenaozge.bsky.social
& huge cheers to all our stars @eatthestorms.com V
What a fab journey, myself & Dami couldn't be more proud of you all ⚡️🥳⚡️
Chris Jones
@helenlaycock.bsky.social
Maire T Robinson
Jo Morrigan Black
@smcnicholl.bsky.social
@lenaozge.bsky.social
& huge cheers to all our stars @eatthestorms.com V
What a fab journey, myself & Dami couldn't be more proud of you all ⚡️🥳⚡️
November 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Congrats to our 6 @pushcartprize.bsky.social nominees:
Chris Jones
@helenlaycock.bsky.social
Maire T Robinson
Jo Morrigan Black
@smcnicholl.bsky.social
@lenaozge.bsky.social
& huge cheers to all our stars @eatthestorms.com V
What a fab journey, myself & Dami couldn't be more proud of you all ⚡️🥳⚡️
Chris Jones
@helenlaycock.bsky.social
Maire T Robinson
Jo Morrigan Black
@smcnicholl.bsky.social
@lenaozge.bsky.social
& huge cheers to all our stars @eatthestorms.com V
What a fab journey, myself & Dami couldn't be more proud of you all ⚡️🥳⚡️
Over the moon to be nominated for Pushcart Prize by @eatthestorms.com Thank you so much Damien & Rhona 💙⚡ #poetry #pushcartprize #poetrysky
November 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Over the moon to be nominated for Pushcart Prize by @eatthestorms.com Thank you so much Damien & Rhona 💙⚡ #poetry #pushcartprize #poetrysky
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November 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Delighted that my poem "How Calliope Lost Her Tongue" is published in the Fall 2025 "Voice" issue of The Branches Journal. Print in New York City. #poetry
thebranchesjournal.com
thebranchesjournal.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Delighted that my poem "How Calliope Lost Her Tongue" is published in the Fall 2025 "Voice" issue of The Branches Journal. Print in New York City. #poetry
thebranchesjournal.com
thebranchesjournal.com
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Thank you all so much for embracing our 5th Storm 🙏
Sharing just a few comments in the video below.
Team @rhonagreene.bsky.social and Damien Donnelly have truly had the best time curating this issue. 🙏🎉
If you don’t have your Storm yet, buy your copy here…
eatthestorms.com/the-storm-sh...
Sharing just a few comments in the video below.
Team @rhonagreene.bsky.social and Damien Donnelly have truly had the best time curating this issue. 🙏🎉
If you don’t have your Storm yet, buy your copy here…
eatthestorms.com/the-storm-sh...
November 17, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Thank you all so much for embracing our 5th Storm 🙏
Sharing just a few comments in the video below.
Team @rhonagreene.bsky.social and Damien Donnelly have truly had the best time curating this issue. 🙏🎉
If you don’t have your Storm yet, buy your copy here…
eatthestorms.com/the-storm-sh...
Sharing just a few comments in the video below.
Team @rhonagreene.bsky.social and Damien Donnelly have truly had the best time curating this issue. 🙏🎉
If you don’t have your Storm yet, buy your copy here…
eatthestorms.com/the-storm-sh...
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The beautiful slick magazine, The Storms, from Dublin arrived. They paid very well for the use of images of two of my paintings. Thank goodness for organizations that support the arts. #painting #art @eatthestorms.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The beautiful slick magazine, The Storms, from Dublin arrived. They paid very well for the use of images of two of my paintings. Thank goodness for organizations that support the arts. #painting #art @eatthestorms.com
"I believe the world is beautiful
and that poetry, like bread, is for everyone."
#poetry #smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
and that poetry, like bread, is for everyone."
#poetry #smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
"I believe the world is beautiful
and that poetry, like bread, is for everyone."
#poetry #smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
and that poetry, like bread, is for everyone."
#poetry #smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
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Out winter anthology from last year in paperback and hardback with artwork by Emma Bissonnet 🔥 ❄️ 🔥 ❄️ 🔥 ❄️
www.blackboughpoetry.com/christmas-wi...
www.blackboughpoetry.com/christmas-wi...
November 23, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Out winter anthology from last year in paperback and hardback with artwork by Emma Bissonnet 🔥 ❄️ 🔥 ❄️ 🔥 ❄️
www.blackboughpoetry.com/christmas-wi...
www.blackboughpoetry.com/christmas-wi...
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November 18, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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Books have a magical way of pulling us into their worlds, making reality fade. A little help for my eyes feels like a small price to pay for such wondrous escapes. Keep reading, fellow dreamers! ✨ #booksky #books
November 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Books have a magical way of pulling us into their worlds, making reality fade. A little help for my eyes feels like a small price to pay for such wondrous escapes. Keep reading, fellow dreamers! ✨ #booksky #books
November 17, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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Proof copy is here, and she’s lovely, so let this be a little reminder that MORE FLOWERS is out with @triohousepress.org in less than 3 months! You can pre-order at the link in the replies or wherever books are sold!
Here’s to more poetry and more flowers!
🌺🌸🌼
Here’s to more poetry and more flowers!
🌺🌸🌼
November 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Proof copy is here, and she’s lovely, so let this be a little reminder that MORE FLOWERS is out with @triohousepress.org in less than 3 months! You can pre-order at the link in the replies or wherever books are sold!
Here’s to more poetry and more flowers!
🌺🌸🌼
Here’s to more poetry and more flowers!
🌺🌸🌼
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You can listen to me reading the poem: the880.substack.com/p/the-starbe...
November 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
You can listen to me reading the poem: the880.substack.com/p/the-starbe...
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Delighted that my poem "Fire Marionette" is published in The Starbeck Orion Issue 13! Thank you @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social #poetry #poetrysky
🔗 the880.substack.com/p/the-starbe...
🔗 the880.substack.com/p/the-starbe...
November 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Delighted that my poem "Fire Marionette" is published in The Starbeck Orion Issue 13! Thank you @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social #poetry #poetrysky
🔗 the880.substack.com/p/the-starbe...
🔗 the880.substack.com/p/the-starbe...
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**CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!!**
Today, @afterpoetry.com reveals which poems it will publish throughout 2026.
Picking 17 poets from more than 130 submissions was no easy task – so well done to all who made it through selection.
Are you in? Here's where to find out ...
afterpoetry.com/index/poems/...
Today, @afterpoetry.com reveals which poems it will publish throughout 2026.
Picking 17 poets from more than 130 submissions was no easy task – so well done to all who made it through selection.
Are you in? Here's where to find out ...
afterpoetry.com/index/poems/...
All Poems | 2026 | After... Poems inspired by other art
See the full index of ekphrastic poems published by After... in 2026
www.afterpoetry.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
**CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!!**
Today, @afterpoetry.com reveals which poems it will publish throughout 2026.
Picking 17 poets from more than 130 submissions was no easy task – so well done to all who made it through selection.
Are you in? Here's where to find out ...
afterpoetry.com/index/poems/...
Today, @afterpoetry.com reveals which poems it will publish throughout 2026.
Picking 17 poets from more than 130 submissions was no easy task – so well done to all who made it through selection.
Are you in? Here's where to find out ...
afterpoetry.com/index/poems/...
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"In my sparkling water, I hold spilled stars
to glow through the blossom
of my scars when time sweeps me along,
then I become the river."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Lena River by Özge Lena (@lenaozge.bsky.social) (2025 @internationaltimes.bsky.social) internationaltimes.it/lena-river/
to glow through the blossom
of my scars when time sweeps me along,
then I become the river."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Lena River by Özge Lena (@lenaozge.bsky.social) (2025 @internationaltimes.bsky.social) internationaltimes.it/lena-river/
Lena River | IT
internationaltimes.it
November 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
"In my sparkling water, I hold spilled stars
to glow through the blossom
of my scars when time sweeps me along,
then I become the river."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Lena River by Özge Lena (@lenaozge.bsky.social) (2025 @internationaltimes.bsky.social) internationaltimes.it/lena-river/
to glow through the blossom
of my scars when time sweeps me along,
then I become the river."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Lena River by Özge Lena (@lenaozge.bsky.social) (2025 @internationaltimes.bsky.social) internationaltimes.it/lena-river/
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NEW SUBMISSION OPPORTUNITY!
We are now also open for "The Cat Poetry Book" until 16th December!
Can't wait to read your feline friendly words!😻😽🙀
roughdiamondpoetry.com/submissions/
We are now also open for "The Cat Poetry Book" until 16th December!
Can't wait to read your feline friendly words!😻😽🙀
roughdiamondpoetry.com/submissions/
a cat standing on its hind legs next to a window
ALT: a cat standing on its hind legs next to a window
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November 16, 2025 at 8:40 AM
NEW SUBMISSION OPPORTUNITY!
We are now also open for "The Cat Poetry Book" until 16th December!
Can't wait to read your feline friendly words!😻😽🙀
roughdiamondpoetry.com/submissions/
We are now also open for "The Cat Poetry Book" until 16th December!
Can't wait to read your feline friendly words!😻😽🙀
roughdiamondpoetry.com/submissions/
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Make a false head wearing / your true face.
Delighted that my poem "Fire Marionette" is published in The Starbeck Orion Issue 13! Thank you @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social #poetry #poetrysky
🔗 the880.substack.com/p/the-starbe...
🔗 the880.substack.com/p/the-starbe...
November 16, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Make a false head wearing / your true face.
Delighted that my poem "Fire Marionette" is published in The Starbeck Orion Issue 13! Thank you @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social #poetry #poetrysky
🔗 the880.substack.com/p/the-starbe...
🔗 the880.substack.com/p/the-starbe...
November 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Delighted that my poem "Fire Marionette" is published in The Starbeck Orion Issue 13! Thank you @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social #poetry #poetrysky
🔗 the880.substack.com/p/the-starbe...
🔗 the880.substack.com/p/the-starbe...
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The Starbeck Orion, Issue 13, Day Fourteen features the poetry of Özge Lena:
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The Starbeck Orion, Issue 13, Day Fourteen features the poetry of Özge Lena
A Feast Of Image And Word
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November 7, 2025 at 7:07 AM
The Starbeck Orion, Issue 13, Day Fourteen features the poetry of Özge Lena:
open.substack.com/pub/the880/p...
open.substack.com/pub/the880/p...
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Here is my poem "Lena River" published in the wonderful International Times of the UK! @internationaltimes.bsky.social #poetry #poetrysky
🔗 internationaltimes.it/lena-river/
🔗 internationaltimes.it/lena-river/
November 15, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Here is my poem "Lena River" published in the wonderful International Times of the UK! @internationaltimes.bsky.social #poetry #poetrysky
🔗 internationaltimes.it/lena-river/
🔗 internationaltimes.it/lena-river/
So proud to have poems in The Body and 100 poems for the 21st century anthologies of @rough-diamond1.bsky.social 💎
Our anthologies are available internationally from Amazon. We'd be so grateful if you'd buy a copy and leave us a review...we've pout so much heart into these books and the poems that are in here are AMAZING!
November 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
So proud to have poems in The Body and 100 poems for the 21st century anthologies of @rough-diamond1.bsky.social 💎