Paraselene
@paraselenemag.bsky.social
A new online literary magazine for poetry and book reviews on poetry. Always open for submissions. Proud CLMP member. #1,597 on the FISH list. Posts by themichaelbeard.bsky.social
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The Smart Search List of the Day is: Experimental Poems feat. @miraclemonocle.bsky.social @okaydonkeymag.com @paraselenemag.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...
Smart Search List of the Day
The Smart Search List of the Day is: Experimental Poems feat. @miraclemonocle.bsky.social @okaydonkeymag.com @paraselenemag.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com/search/smart/poetry/experimental-poems-QDvl0Z2p
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January 11, 2026 at 1:06 PM
The Smart Search List of the Day is: Experimental Poems feat. @miraclemonocle.bsky.social @okaydonkeymag.com @paraselenemag.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...
"I saw you lying on the ocean floor,
motionless, your skin glinting in the cold,
aqueous light. When a diver approached,
you leapt up and were gone—
I never even looked you in the eyes. . ."
From Sanat Ranadive's "The Stingray" featured in Issue #2.
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motionless, your skin glinting in the cold,
aqueous light. When a diver approached,
you leapt up and were gone—
I never even looked you in the eyes. . ."
From Sanat Ranadive's "The Stingray" featured in Issue #2.
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“The Stingray” by Sanat Ranadive
The Stingray I saw you lying on the ocean floor, motionless, your skin glinting in the cold, aqueous light. When a diver approached, you leapt up and were gone— I never even looked you in the eyes.…
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January 10, 2026 at 6:14 PM
"I saw you lying on the ocean floor,
motionless, your skin glinting in the cold,
aqueous light. When a diver approached,
you leapt up and were gone—
I never even looked you in the eyes. . ."
From Sanat Ranadive's "The Stingray" featured in Issue #2.
paraselenemagazine.com/2025/05/17/s...
motionless, your skin glinting in the cold,
aqueous light. When a diver approached,
you leapt up and were gone—
I never even looked you in the eyes. . ."
From Sanat Ranadive's "The Stingray" featured in Issue #2.
paraselenemagazine.com/2025/05/17/s...
Read the latest review of Kashiana Singh's collection, Witching Hour (Glass Lyre Press), by contributor Candance Louisa Daquin, published TODAY!
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“A Review of Kashiana Singh’s Witching Hour” by Candice Louisa Daquin
The eponymous ouroboros, representative of renewal, rebirth, and the cycle of life and death, can also represent eternity, unity, and the interconnectedness of all things. With her ravishing collec…
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January 4, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Read the latest review of Kashiana Singh's collection, Witching Hour (Glass Lyre Press), by contributor Candance Louisa Daquin, published TODAY!
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We are BACK OPEN for poetry and book review submissions!
Visit our Submit page here: paraselenemagazine.com/submit
Visit our Submit page here: paraselenemagazine.com/submit
January 3, 2026 at 8:44 PM
We are BACK OPEN for poetry and book review submissions!
Visit our Submit page here: paraselenemagazine.com/submit
Visit our Submit page here: paraselenemagazine.com/submit
Opening up for submissions again soon!
December 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Opening up for submissions again soon!
Some small changes (good) coming soon
December 4, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Some small changes (good) coming soon
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A book I reviewed, stevie redwood's A N G E R O U S B O D I E S / A N G E R O D E S, is featured on this #DisabilityPrideMonth reading list. An excerpt from my review for @paraselenemag.bsky.social :
July 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
A book I reviewed, stevie redwood's A N G E R O U S B O D I E S / A N G E R O D E S, is featured on this #DisabilityPrideMonth reading list. An excerpt from my review for @paraselenemag.bsky.social :
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"We confirm what is left of our beauty
after the years have marked us
with sons and skids down icy roads . . ."
from "Leaving" by @poetlaurie.bsky.social in issue #2
read here:
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after the years have marked us
with sons and skids down icy roads . . ."
from "Leaving" by @poetlaurie.bsky.social in issue #2
read here:
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Laurie Kuntz
Leaving We invent our own ways of leaving.It is morning in Manila,we begin to dress, surveyour bodies as friends can.Our lives are revealed in scars we have acquired.The accident slashed across the…
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May 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
"We confirm what is left of our beauty
after the years have marked us
with sons and skids down icy roads . . ."
from "Leaving" by @poetlaurie.bsky.social in issue #2
read here:
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after the years have marked us
with sons and skids down icy roads . . ."
from "Leaving" by @poetlaurie.bsky.social in issue #2
read here:
paraselenemagazine.com/2025/05/17/l...
"We confirm what is left of our beauty
after the years have marked us
with sons and skids down icy roads . . ."
from "Leaving" by @poetlaurie.bsky.social in issue #2
read here:
paraselenemagazine.com/2025/05/17/l...
after the years have marked us
with sons and skids down icy roads . . ."
from "Leaving" by @poetlaurie.bsky.social in issue #2
read here:
paraselenemagazine.com/2025/05/17/l...
Laurie Kuntz
Leaving We invent our own ways of leaving.It is morning in Manila,we begin to dress, surveyour bodies as friends can.Our lives are revealed in scars we have acquired.The accident slashed across the…
paraselenemagazine.com
May 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
"We confirm what is left of our beauty
after the years have marked us
with sons and skids down icy roads . . ."
from "Leaving" by @poetlaurie.bsky.social in issue #2
read here:
paraselenemagazine.com/2025/05/17/l...
after the years have marked us
with sons and skids down icy roads . . ."
from "Leaving" by @poetlaurie.bsky.social in issue #2
read here:
paraselenemagazine.com/2025/05/17/l...
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Woof okay, finally off work and not trying to sneak "yays" in-between customers.
So happy that this poem found a home at @paraselenemag.bsky.social (and that they included a recording — always a fan of that). It feels appropriate
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So happy that this poem found a home at @paraselenemag.bsky.social (and that they included a recording — always a fan of that). It feels appropriate
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Helen Robertson
untitled for AllisonI find myself sleeping next doorTo the first look in your eyesNails ten deep in my hipsI count crescent moonsIn skin tidal lockedTo the ghost of first devotionTo the flavor of s…
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May 18, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Woof okay, finally off work and not trying to sneak "yays" in-between customers.
So happy that this poem found a home at @paraselenemag.bsky.social (and that they included a recording — always a fan of that). It feels appropriate
paraselenemagazine.com/2025/05/17/h...
So happy that this poem found a home at @paraselenemag.bsky.social (and that they included a recording — always a fan of that). It feels appropriate
paraselenemagazine.com/2025/05/17/h...
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In case you missed it: this new workshop will focus on the analysis of what makes poetry work stand out with “wow” factor and leads to publication and readership and hopefully we can employ some of these techniques to our own work. Come and join us! Starts June 7.
May 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
In case you missed it: this new workshop will focus on the analysis of what makes poetry work stand out with “wow” factor and leads to publication and readership and hopefully we can employ some of these techniques to our own work. Come and join us! Starts June 7.
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Officially terminated my contract with ELJ. Anyone interested in reprinting a book of poetry about climate change?
May 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Officially terminated my contract with ELJ. Anyone interested in reprinting a book of poetry about climate change?
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Submissions for our Short Story Award competition open soon! First prize is €1000, second prize €500, as well as a €300 third prize. Guest judge @nualaoconnor.bsky.social @jmcm.bsky.social and I cannot wait to read your words.
Send us your best!
Rules below:
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Send us your best!
Rules below:
open.substack.com/pub/authorjm...
May 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Submissions for our Short Story Award competition open soon! First prize is €1000, second prize €500, as well as a €300 third prize. Guest judge @nualaoconnor.bsky.social @jmcm.bsky.social and I cannot wait to read your words.
Send us your best!
Rules below:
open.substack.com/pub/authorjm...
Send us your best!
Rules below:
open.substack.com/pub/authorjm...
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Yaaaaaaaaaaayyyyy!
💜 Issue #2 is UP and waiting to be READ on our website! 💜
This is an absolutely incredible issue filled with amazingly talented poets y'all, from top to bottom. Fill your poetry bucket and read the newest issue here:
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This is an absolutely incredible issue filled with amazingly talented poets y'all, from top to bottom. Fill your poetry bucket and read the newest issue here:
paraselenemagazine.com/issues/curre...
May 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Yaaaaaaaaaaayyyyy!
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Sharing an intimate reflection on childbirth and our poor maternal outcomes in the US in @paraselenemag.bsky.social issue 2:
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Molly Akin
8 Postpartum Reflections in Almost Tanka 1. Melinda says sixty percent Would be prevented If we could collect The palpating liquor As it spills out of our wombs2. When there is so much Daily life i…
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May 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Sharing an intimate reflection on childbirth and our poor maternal outcomes in the US in @paraselenemag.bsky.social issue 2:
paraselenemagazine.com/2025/05/17/m...
paraselenemagazine.com/2025/05/17/m...
💜 Issue #2 is UP and waiting to be READ on our website! 💜
This is an absolutely incredible issue filled with amazingly talented poets y'all, from top to bottom. Fill your poetry bucket and read the newest issue here:
paraselenemagazine.com/issues/curre...
This is an absolutely incredible issue filled with amazingly talented poets y'all, from top to bottom. Fill your poetry bucket and read the newest issue here:
paraselenemagazine.com/issues/curre...
May 17, 2025 at 7:09 PM
💜 Issue #2 is UP and waiting to be READ on our website! 💜
This is an absolutely incredible issue filled with amazingly talented poets y'all, from top to bottom. Fill your poetry bucket and read the newest issue here:
paraselenemagazine.com/issues/curre...
This is an absolutely incredible issue filled with amazingly talented poets y'all, from top to bottom. Fill your poetry bucket and read the newest issue here:
paraselenemagazine.com/issues/curre...
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Wondering where to send poetry? Add these places to your list:
@audilocus.bsky.social
@poetrycurrency.bsky.social
@publishedbyjake.bsky.social
@paraselenemag.bsky.social
@cosmicdaffodil.bsky.social
@rhinopoetry.bsky.social
@oneart.bsky.social
@fahmidanjournal.bsky.social
@rfpress.bsky.social
@audilocus.bsky.social
@poetrycurrency.bsky.social
@publishedbyjake.bsky.social
@paraselenemag.bsky.social
@cosmicdaffodil.bsky.social
@rhinopoetry.bsky.social
@oneart.bsky.social
@fahmidanjournal.bsky.social
@rfpress.bsky.social
May 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Wondering where to send poetry? Add these places to your list:
@audilocus.bsky.social
@poetrycurrency.bsky.social
@publishedbyjake.bsky.social
@paraselenemag.bsky.social
@cosmicdaffodil.bsky.social
@rhinopoetry.bsky.social
@oneart.bsky.social
@fahmidanjournal.bsky.social
@rfpress.bsky.social
@audilocus.bsky.social
@poetrycurrency.bsky.social
@publishedbyjake.bsky.social
@paraselenemag.bsky.social
@cosmicdaffodil.bsky.social
@rhinopoetry.bsky.social
@oneart.bsky.social
@fahmidanjournal.bsky.social
@rfpress.bsky.social
Issue #2 coming this Saturday. Mark your brain calendars.
May 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Issue #2 coming this Saturday. Mark your brain calendars.
ICYMI ⤵️
‼️Contributors for Issue no. 2‼️
On its way. Thank you all for your patience. ❤️
On its way. Thank you all for your patience. ❤️
May 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
ICYMI ⤵️
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The Smart Search List of the Day is: Experimental Poetry feat. @diodeeditions.bsky.social @paraselenemag.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...
Smart Search List of the Day
The Smart Search List of the Day is: Experimental Poetry feat. @diodeeditions.bsky.social @paraselenemag.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com/search/smart/poetry/experimental-poetry-CALiV7wM
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May 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The Smart Search List of the Day is: Experimental Poetry feat. @diodeeditions.bsky.social @paraselenemag.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...
‼️Contributors for Issue no. 2‼️
On its way. Thank you all for your patience. ❤️
On its way. Thank you all for your patience. ❤️
May 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
‼️Contributors for Issue no. 2‼️
On its way. Thank you all for your patience. ❤️
On its way. Thank you all for your patience. ❤️
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Happy friday! Here's a few places to hit up if you're sending poetry out:
@onlypoemsmag.bsky.social
@publishedbyjake.bsky.social
@maudlinhouse.bsky.social
@rejectionlit.bsky.social
@stonecirclereview.bsky.social
@oneart.bsky.social
@paraselenemag.bsky.social
@onlypoemsmag.bsky.social
@publishedbyjake.bsky.social
@maudlinhouse.bsky.social
@rejectionlit.bsky.social
@stonecirclereview.bsky.social
@oneart.bsky.social
@paraselenemag.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Happy friday! Here's a few places to hit up if you're sending poetry out:
@onlypoemsmag.bsky.social
@publishedbyjake.bsky.social
@maudlinhouse.bsky.social
@rejectionlit.bsky.social
@stonecirclereview.bsky.social
@oneart.bsky.social
@paraselenemag.bsky.social
@onlypoemsmag.bsky.social
@publishedbyjake.bsky.social
@maudlinhouse.bsky.social
@rejectionlit.bsky.social
@stonecirclereview.bsky.social
@oneart.bsky.social
@paraselenemag.bsky.social
Locking in for Issue #2
April 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Locking in for Issue #2
ICYMI ⤵️
A new review is up on our website! Click here to read "Rage and Roses: On D A N G E R O U S B O D I E S / A N G E R O D E S by stevie redwood" by contributor @lowermelody.bsky.social!
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Rage and Roses: On D A N G E R O U S B O D I E S / A N G E R O D E S by stevie redwood
In the fifth line of “It’s San Francisco Summer,” poet stevie redwood calls readers to imagine “a fist of rage; a fist of roses; the fist erected / in solidarity or demand.” Like much of redwood’s …
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April 12, 2025 at 2:29 AM
ICYMI ⤵️
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New review: DANGEROUS BODIES/ANGER ODES by stevie redwood (@sundresspub.bsky.social)
"this book's major achievement: to personalize survival amid capitalist decay vividly enough to celebrate the 'uppercut to the fascist' as a logical act of righteous anger."
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"this book's major achievement: to personalize survival amid capitalist decay vividly enough to celebrate the 'uppercut to the fascist' as a logical act of righteous anger."
paraselenemagazine.com/2025/04/08/d...
Rage and Roses: On D A N G E R O U S B O D I E S / A N G E R O D E S by stevie redwood
In the fifth line of “It’s San Francisco Summer,” poet stevie redwood calls readers to imagine “a fist of rage; a fist of roses; the fist erected / in solidarity or demand.” Like much of redwood’s …
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April 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
New review: DANGEROUS BODIES/ANGER ODES by stevie redwood (@sundresspub.bsky.social)
"this book's major achievement: to personalize survival amid capitalist decay vividly enough to celebrate the 'uppercut to the fascist' as a logical act of righteous anger."
paraselenemagazine.com/2025/04/08/d...
"this book's major achievement: to personalize survival amid capitalist decay vividly enough to celebrate the 'uppercut to the fascist' as a logical act of righteous anger."
paraselenemagazine.com/2025/04/08/d...