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SWWIM publishes, promotes, & celebrates poets who are cis/trans women, female-identifying, non-binary, intersex, & belonging to other gender expansive communities. Co-founded by Catherine Esposito Prescott & @kavetchnik.bsky.social. linktr.ee/swwimmiami
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In October 2025, SWWIM’s reading series at the Betsy-South Beach featured poets Lisa Rhoades & Yael Valencia Aldana. Here we share some photos from that gorgeous evening. Keep an eye out for more highlights from our fall reading series!

Photos by Chantal Lawrie.
February 3, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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From “Minotaur” by Romana Iorga

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Image of rust-pink colored waves with a quote in bright blue "learn to inhabit again the labyrinth of my body" by Romana Iorga
February 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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From “Desire” by Mary Beth Hines

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Image of red haired doll with big eyes in plaid dress with a quote in bright yellow "her I love you rings and rings" by Mary Beth Hines
February 2, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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SWWIM, MER, NELLE, Whale Road Review, Perugia Press, & Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry present “Off Site. On Purpose,” featuring many of today's most inspiring women poets! Join us for a night of life-affirming poetry on Wednesday, March 4, 2026 at 7:00 PM (doors 6:30 PM).

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Burgundy colored flyer with rose-colored text that reads Save the Date, Offsite. On Purpose. Presented by SWWIM, MER, NELLE, Perugia Press, Whale Road Review, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry, Wednesday March 4th 7:00PM (Doors Open 6:30), Westminster Hall, 519 W. Fayette Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
January 31, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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This is an extraordinary #poem, both personal & universal, the best kind. "They call it broken heart syndrome, spawned by intense trauma or sorrow..." Achingly tender. Who isn't feeling intensely, traumatized and full of sorrow these days? Worth pausing to read. 👏❤️

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January 29, 2026 at 7:26 PM
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Happy Weekend! Join us in celebrating this week's SWWIM #Shoutouts!

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Weekly Spotlight SWWIM Literary Magazines Common Ground Review Paula Finn, Beth Gylys Chartreuse Lit Suzanne Frischkorn, Marina Hope Wilson Eclectica Sara Eddy, Tresha Faye Haefner, Megan Merchant, Christine Potter Elysium Review Sara Eddy, Katie Kim The Georgia Review Loisa Fenichell, Lynne Thompson The National Poetry Review Ja'net Danielo Nimrod Anna Lena Phillips Bell, Emma Bolden, Mary Meriam, Ruby Hansen Murray ONE ART: a journal of poetry Katy Luxem, VA Smith Only Poems Andrea Jurjević $ (Poetry Is Currency) Ja'net Danielo Poetry Northwest Katie Berta, Rebecca Hart Olander Weekly Spotlight SWWIM Literary Magazines Rogue Agent Susan Michele Coronel, Emily Hockaday, Donna Vorreyer, Amie Whittemore Vox Populi Alison Hurwitz Wailing & Gnashing Trish Hopkinson Awards Ashland Poetry Press 3rd Annual Broadside Contest Finalists: Susan Rich Best Microfictions 2026 Sarah Freligh, Kathleen McGookey, Erin Murphy Periplus Fellows Jia-Rui Cook Books American Poetry Journal Jeri Theriault, Prepared for Stillness Sundress Publications Dani Janae, Hound Triptych Weekly Spotlight SWWIM Features & Columns LitHub Anna Lena Phillips Bell, Diamond Forde*, Jennifer Franklin Poetry Daily Alyse Knorr Interview Accents Publishing Jennifer Litt Podcasts & Radio Spots The Slowdown Joan Kwon Glass, Jane Zwart *SWWIM Every Day Editor **SWWIM Every Day Staff
January 30, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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From “yamaha summer” by Sophie Yu

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Image of wilted pale pink flower with a quote in light blue "your face wrinkling like a petunia without sun" by Sophie Yu
January 30, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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From “Soldier's Heart” by Tammy C. Greenwood @tcgreenwood.bsky.social

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Image of heart monitor in green, yellow, and red with the quote in bright yellow "once named, soldier's heart--worn out from its fighting, its witnessing" by Tammy C. Greenwood
January 29, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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Mark your calendars for our AWP offsite Breakfast Club with Radar & SWWIM on Friday, March 6th at 8:00 AM at Bistro 300 located in the Hyatt Regency Baltimore Inner Harbor. This event is free to attend. Each poet covers the cost of their own breakfast.

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Flyer in shades of pink, ivory, and red that says Breakfast Club with Radar and SWWIM, Friday March 6, 8:00AM, Bistro 300, Hyatt Regency, Baltimore Inner Harbor, *Free to attend, each poet covers the cost of their own breakfast. Logos of Radar Poetry and SWWIM.
January 28, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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From “Secondhand Smoke” by Dorian Kotsiopoulos

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Image of a broken cigarette butt on pavement with the quote in bright blue "The bent butt is a broken bird" by Dorian Kotsiopoulos
January 28, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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From “Thirty-Year Friendship” by Nan Cohen

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Image of a dark green and misty forest with the quote in pale blue "a forest doesn't know itself the way a woodcutter does" by Nan Cohen
January 27, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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From “The Self Slipping Free” by Sally Bliumis-Dunn

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Image of oak tree with bare branches against blue sky on a green hill with a shadow and a quote in bright yellow "The oak's long shadow with its tips of jagged branches" by Sally Bliumis-Dunn
January 26, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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Kudos to Laura Sobbott Ross. Haunting.
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January 23, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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Happy Weekend! Join us in celebrating this week's SWWIM #Shoutouts!

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SWWIM Weekly Spotlight Literary Magazines The American Poetry Review Ellen June Wright Book of Matches Cynthia Bargar, Alexis Rhone Fancher, Hilary Sideris, Jeanne Wagner, Lisa Zimmerman The Broadkill Review Catherine Rockwood, Shana Ross The Glacier Michelle Bitting, Mary Lou Buschi, Dorsey Craft, Kelly R. Samuels NYQ Merrill Oliver Douglas, Lola Haskins, Jen Karetnick*, Karen Morris ONE ART: a journal of poetry Gloria Heffernan Pedestal Francesca Bell, Elisabeth Adwin Edwards, Alexis Rhone Fancher, Jeannine Hall Gailey, Dana Henry Martin, Abby E. Murray, Connie Post, Heidi Seaborn, Amy Small-McKinney Poetry South Ann Fisher-Wirth, Jen Karetnick*, Sarah Kersey, Marianne Kunkel, Christy Prahl, Ellen June Wright SWWIM Weekly Spotlight Literary Magazines Quartet Journal Kelli Russell Agodon, Ronda Piszk Broatch, Merrill Oliver Douglas, Annette Sisson Salamander Christy Lee Barnes, Emma Bolden, Gemma Cooper-Novack, Jennifer Jean, Carolene Kurien, Sandra Marchetti, Michelle Matz, Jill Michelle, Kunjana Parashar, Sonya Schneider, Anastasia Vassos, Connemara Wadsworth Southern Humanities Review Dorsey Craft Sugar House Review Deborah Bacharach**, Lauren Camp, Sarah K. Carey, Paula Colangelo, Frances Donovan, Alexa Doran, Stefanie Kirby, Sana Henry Martin, melissa McKinstry, Lizzy 柯 (Ke) Polishan, Jane Zwart Thimble Literary Magazine Tina Barry, Lisa Bellamy, Lauren Camp, Luci Huhn, Jennifer Schomburg Kanke, Pamela Manasco, Rita Maria Martinez, Erin Murphy, Katherine Riegel, Sarah Seybold, Wendy Wisner SWWIM Weekly Spotlight Literary Magazines Westchester Review Beth Gylys, Jane Poirier Hart, Kelly R. Samuels, Hilary Sideris Wildness S. A. Leger, Laura Ann Reed Awards Muriel Craft Bailey Poetry Contest Second Place: Miranda Beeson; Poems of Special Merit: Anastasia Vassos 2025 Sheila-Na-Gig First Chapbook Competition Finalist: Alison Hurwitz The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest Second Place: KT Herr Books River River Books Jennifer A. Sutherland, House of Myth and Necessity SWWIM Weekly Spotlight Reviews RHINO Reviews Reviewers: Luisa A. Igloria, Susanna Lang, Lúcia Leão, Emily Pérez; Reviewed: Michele Battiste, Yamini Pathak, Shannon K. Winston The Rumpus Reviewer: .chisaraokwu. Sugar House Review Reviewer: Carla Panciera; Reviewed: Cindy Veach Reviewed: Allisa Cherry *SWWIM Every Day Editor **SWWIM Every Day Staff
January 23, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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From “Going Under” by Laura Sobbott Ross

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Image of woman underwater reaching for the surface sunlight with the quote in pale blue "We cover her with our shadows" by Laura Sobbott Ross
January 23, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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Today’s Poem of the Day at @swwim.bsky.social has wrecked me before I’ve finished my oatmeal. www.swwim.org/swwimeveryda...
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by Laura Last My son flew out west yesterday, into sunset’s bloodshot eye, back to the desert where dust hides its venoms and salves. Life holds itself in dry stumps, and at night: th...
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January 22, 2026 at 12:58 PM
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From “Canción” by Laura Last

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Image of starry sky over a twilight snow-covered mountain peak and silhouette with the quote in pale yellow "at night: that bowl of sky, punctured by stars" by Laura Last
January 22, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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From “Plum Tree Cento” by Janet MacFadyen

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Image of birds flying over a sunset or dawn beach, rose pink and turquoise sky and reflection in the water, with the quote in light blue "Even flying is born out of nothing" by Janet MacFadyen
January 21, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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From “Espalier” by Zoë Ryder White @zoeryderwhite.bsky.social

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Image of rosy red and green pairs with a quote in bright yellow "G. says we're each a little queer in our queer little way" by Zoë Ryder White
January 20, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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From “Gateway to Lomonosov” by Ruiyan Zhu

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Image of a jar of coins with a quote in bright blue "Light spills through morning like a jar of pennies" by Ruiyan Zhu
January 19, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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January 16, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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Loved this so much.
January 15, 2026 at 12:58 AM
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Happy Weekend! Join us in celebrating this week's SWWIM #Shoutouts!

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Literary Magazines Aeolian Harp Series, Vol. 11 Kashiana Singh, Cindy Veach Calul Journal Carol Dorf, Betsy Mars, Lesléa Newman Copytext Magazine Tina Barry EnTrance Journal Kelli Russell Agodon, Patricia Zylius Notre Dame Review Charlotte Pence, Felicia Zamora ONE ART: a journal of poetry Chelsea Rathburn The Opiate Jessica de Koninck The Orchards Poetry Journal Gloria Heffernan Plant-Human Quarterly Sally Bliumis-Dunn, Lauren Camp The Plentitudes Kory Wells Psaltery & Lyre Sandra Fees, Jennifer Saunders, Jane Zwart Shenandoah Susanna Rich The Shore Julia C. Alter, Allison Blevins, Rebecca Brock**, Mary Fontana, Violeta Garcia-Mendoza, Melanie McCabe, Atia Sattar, Ruiyan Zhu Small Orange Jen Karetnick*, Arden Levine, Freesia McKee The 2River View Sarah Kersey Vox Populi Robbi Nester West Trade Review Rachel Becker, Anya Kirshbaum, Rita Mookerjee, Annette Sisson Awards Nossrat Yassini Poetry Festival Granite State Poetry Prize Finalist: Sara Backer Books Antiphony Press J.L. Conrad, Haven Gunpowder Press Catherine Esposito Prescott*, Superbloom Trio House Press Susan L. Leary, More Flowers Reviews Consequence Forum Reviewer: Ruth Hoberman Interviews Shenandoah Sarah Audsley *SWWIM Every Day Editor **SWWIM Every Day Staff
January 16, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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From “Disasters of the Water Kind” by Leona Sevick @lsevick.bsky.social

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Image of a movie theater with people in seats watching a screen with the quote in bright yellow "a haven from a world that never promised peace" by Leona Sevick.
January 16, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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From “efucke” by Eggie

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Image of lime with the quote in pale blue "smiles like a wedge of lime, fresh and bursting wide" by Eggie
January 15, 2026 at 2:02 PM