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sophie klahr
@sophieklahr.bsky.social
wrote TWO OPEN DOORS IN A FIELD (University of Nebraska), MEET ME HERE AT DAWN ( YesYes Books) and co-wrote THERE IS ONLY ONE GHOST IN THE WORLD ( Fiction Collective Two ). For online poetry classes, manuscript consultation & more ---> sophieklahr.com
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Looking for some literary assistance? An editor for 3 poems or a whole manuscript? Office Hours? Submission management? I've got you <3 www.sophieklahr.org/editorialser...
Here I am with my cats! And, FRIDAY = last chance to sign up for DIVING INTO THE MUCK: HOW TO SUBMIT POETRY, NOT GET DEFEATED, AND GET PUBLISHED, a 1.5 hour long online seminar this coming Sunday on creating healthy, practical submission habits & shedding old perspectives! sophieklahr.com/classes
November 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Take an afternoon seminar on November 16th with @sophieklahr.bsky.social, co-author of our 2022 Sukenick Contest Winner THERE IS ONLY ONE GHOST IN THE WORLD ! www.uapress.ua.edu/978157366203...
sophieklahr.com/classes!
sliding scale starts at $60 for those in need <3
November 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Come ask me all your burning questions !
sophieklahr.com/classes!
sliding scale starts at $60 for those in need <3
November 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
sophieklahr.com/classes!
sliding scale starts at $60 for those in need <3
October 31, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Two of my Angel poems are in the new @diodeeditions.bsky.social issue - here's one below diodepoetry.com/klahr_sophie/

btw, the "Brief History of Allegiance, Part 1" is over at @adnpoetry.bsky.social : adozennothing.com/2025/02/01/s... )
October 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Today is the anniversary of the Tree of Life synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh - the shooter was targeting my congregation.
Here is my poem about the shooting and aftermath, published in @newenglandreview.bsky.social - I repost it every year. ❤️‍🩹 nereview.com/article/tree...
Tree of Life – New England Review
nereview.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The 2nd of my small fiction splinters over at @havehashad.com 🧿🗡️ www.havehashad.com/preview/hadp...
October 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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two amazing new prose poems today from Sophie Klahr!



here's the first of the two: https://www.havehashad.com/7nv8q
October 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Loved the thin line between humor and disaster in these two pieces by Sophie Klar:
two amazing new prose poems today from Sophie Klahr!



here's the first of the two: https://www.havehashad.com/7nv8q
October 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Happy second birthday to THERE IS ONLY ONE GHOST IN THE WORLD ( @fictioncollective2.bsky.social )You can get 31% off (+ free shipping) til Nov. 1st with code 'spooky' 👻
www.uapress.ua.edu/978157366203...
There Is Only One Ghost in the World
One ghost, infinite echoes—where memory, myth, and identity collide.There Is Only One Ghost in the World follows the fragmented meditations of a multilayer...
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October 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Dang. This poem by @sophieklahr.bsky.social hits hard. Absolutely beautiful.
October 13, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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New work from @sophieklahr.bsky.social, 2022 Sukenick Contest winner for THERE IS ONLY ONE GHOST IN THE WORLD, co-authored with Corey Zeller. 👻 Our Sukenick Contest and Doctorow Prize are OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS until NOVEMBER FIRST !! Send your poetic prose to us! fc2.org/prizes
October 5, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Thanks to American Literary Review for featuring this flash from the new book i'm working on ! 🗝️
October 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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REMINDER!
fc2.org/prizes/
September 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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New poem from our 2022 Sukenick Contest winner THERE IS ONLY ONE GHOST IN THE WORLD co-author @sophieklahr.bsky.social in Alaska Quarterly Review.
( Poets writing prose ~ this is your sign to submit to our contests: fc2.org/prizes/ )
September 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
In the latest issue of Alaska Quarterly Review - my poem on gratitude, devastation, & reality.
September 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
won a thing at a time (aka now) when i really needed a win 🥲
September 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Bright idea: hire our 2024 Sukenick Contest winning co-author of THERE IS ONLY ONE GHOST IN THE WORLD @sophieklahr.bsky.social as your editor, then submit your shined-up manuscript to the Sukenick Contest, OPEN NOW! fc2.org/prizes/
September 8, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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In which Kazim Ali, final judge of our Doctorow Prize, tells us what he is hungry to read 🎼 Submit now, until November 1st! fc2.org/prizes/#doct...
September 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Looking for some literary assistance? An editor for 3 poems or a whole manuscript? Office Hours? Submission management? I've got you <3 www.sophieklahr.org/editorialser...
September 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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I'll say a sonnet is a little song
to hold a thing that otherwise cannot be held: a lonely thing; a death; a bear.

-Tender by Sophie Klahr
#Poetry #LiteratureSky 💙📚👀
July 9, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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We are big fans of @sophieklahr.bsky.social and one of our former interns worked closely with her. It was life changing. Highly recommend.
If you sign up for my NEWSLETTER ~ you will get some EXCLUSIVE discounts on my summer editorial services!
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August 7, 2025 at 6:22 PM
If you sign up for my NEWSLETTER ~ you will get some EXCLUSIVE discounts on my summer editorial services!
www.sophieklahr.org#/contact/
August 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Today’s poem is selected by Sophie Klahr (@sophieklahr.bsky.social) as part of the 20th anniversary of Read A Little Poetry.

“Prayer Bones” appeared in The New Yorker Magazine, 2005. Shared here with deep gratitude.
August 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM