Taylor Franson-Thiel
@taylorfthiel.bsky.social
POET | she/her
Bone Valley Hymnal 2025 ELJ Editions
EIC of BRAWL
Asst. Poetry Editor of phoebe
GMU MFA Poetry
taylorfranson-thiel.com
Bone Valley Hymnal 2025 ELJ Editions
EIC of BRAWL
Asst. Poetry Editor of phoebe
GMU MFA Poetry
taylorfranson-thiel.com
look at this you haven't yet it's kinda fun kinda weird
August 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
look at this you haven't yet it's kinda fun kinda weird
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this is so sweet I'm gonna die
got another cover letter with 5 faves, and so gonna share so they can become some of your faves too
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August 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
this is so sweet I'm gonna die
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got another cover letter with 5 faves, and so gonna share so they can become some of your faves too
links in replies...
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August 22, 2025 at 2:13 AM
got another cover letter with 5 faves, and so gonna share so they can become some of your faves too
links in replies...
links in replies...
After finishing my last reading for my debut poetry collection in Utah, I have a few signed copies left!
$15 (includes shipping)! Happy to send these out to whoever wants a debut with dinosaurs on the cover!
$15 (includes shipping)! Happy to send these out to whoever wants a debut with dinosaurs on the cover!
July 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
After finishing my last reading for my debut poetry collection in Utah, I have a few signed copies left!
$15 (includes shipping)! Happy to send these out to whoever wants a debut with dinosaurs on the cover!
$15 (includes shipping)! Happy to send these out to whoever wants a debut with dinosaurs on the cover!
(I do social media for a lit mag, so I find myself way too exhausted to even look at my own most days but...)
I hope everyone here is doing great and is reading some poems today. In my lil heart I do think poetry can save us. Stay safe.
I hope everyone here is doing great and is reading some poems today. In my lil heart I do think poetry can save us. Stay safe.
June 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
(I do social media for a lit mag, so I find myself way too exhausted to even look at my own most days but...)
I hope everyone here is doing great and is reading some poems today. In my lil heart I do think poetry can save us. Stay safe.
I hope everyone here is doing great and is reading some poems today. In my lil heart I do think poetry can save us. Stay safe.
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"Bone Valley Hymnal arrives from the molten core of Utah’s arid landscapes. Here, with the fossils mothers pass down to their daughters @taylorfthiel.bsky.social weaves hymns of heritage and gender performativity."
Bone Valley Hymnal | ELJ Editions
Bone Valley Hymnal arrives from the molten core of Utah’s arid landscapes. Here, with the fossils mothers pass down to their daughters Franson-Thiel weaves hymns of heritage and gender performativity.
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June 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
"Bone Valley Hymnal arrives from the molten core of Utah’s arid landscapes. Here, with the fossils mothers pass down to their daughters @taylorfthiel.bsky.social weaves hymns of heritage and gender performativity."
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New flash nonfiction piece up with @publishedbyjake.bsky.social today:
"To The Wendy's Cashier Whose Husband Is Dying"
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"To The Wendy's Cashier Whose Husband Is Dying"
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May 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
New flash nonfiction piece up with @publishedbyjake.bsky.social today:
"To The Wendy's Cashier Whose Husband Is Dying"
jakethemag.com/to-the-wendy...
"To The Wendy's Cashier Whose Husband Is Dying"
jakethemag.com/to-the-wendy...
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Today's Featured Poem:
"To Be Young on the Eve of the Bois Caiman Ceremony" by @sonytonaime.bsky.social, from Dear Human at the Edge of Time: Poems on Climate Change in the United States, published by Paloma Press.
Read here:
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"To Be Young on the Eve of the Bois Caiman Ceremony" by @sonytonaime.bsky.social, from Dear Human at the Edge of Time: Poems on Climate Change in the United States, published by Paloma Press.
Read here:
poems.com/poem/to-be-y...
To Be Young on the Eve of the Bois Caiman Ceremony
Behold! The same hands that broke our backs
have come for the earth.
poems.com
May 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Today's Featured Poem:
"To Be Young on the Eve of the Bois Caiman Ceremony" by @sonytonaime.bsky.social, from Dear Human at the Edge of Time: Poems on Climate Change in the United States, published by Paloma Press.
Read here:
poems.com/poem/to-be-y...
"To Be Young on the Eve of the Bois Caiman Ceremony" by @sonytonaime.bsky.social, from Dear Human at the Edge of Time: Poems on Climate Change in the United States, published by Paloma Press.
Read here:
poems.com/poem/to-be-y...
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Today's Feature:
In honor of National Poetry Month, we present our fourth feature of Reader's Write Back, in which our readers share their favorite Poetry Daily poems with us.
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In honor of National Poetry Month, we present our fourth feature of Reader's Write Back, in which our readers share their favorite Poetry Daily poems with us.
Read here:
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Our Readers on Poems from Poetry Daily
“Between the Night & Its Music” by A.B. Spellman invokes a deep consideration of the connections between people and music. Whenever I read this poem, I am reminded of all the stages and complexities t...
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April 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Today's Feature:
In honor of National Poetry Month, we present our fourth feature of Reader's Write Back, in which our readers share their favorite Poetry Daily poems with us.
Read here:
poems.com/features/wha...
In honor of National Poetry Month, we present our fourth feature of Reader's Write Back, in which our readers share their favorite Poetry Daily poems with us.
Read here:
poems.com/features/wha...
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Today's Featured Poet:
Grace Schulman was inducted as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2019 and was awarded the Frost Medal for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in American Poetry, presented by the Poetry Society of America, in 2016.
Grace Schulman was inducted as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2019 and was awarded the Frost Medal for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in American Poetry, presented by the Poetry Society of America, in 2016.
April 24, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Today's Featured Poet:
Grace Schulman was inducted as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2019 and was awarded the Frost Medal for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in American Poetry, presented by the Poetry Society of America, in 2016.
Grace Schulman was inducted as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2019 and was awarded the Frost Medal for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in American Poetry, presented by the Poetry Society of America, in 2016.
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Today's Featured Poem:
"Meteor" by Grace Schulman, from Again, the Dawn, published by Turtle Point.
Read here:
poems.com/poem/meteor/
"Meteor" by Grace Schulman, from Again, the Dawn, published by Turtle Point.
Read here:
poems.com/poem/meteor/
Meteor
That night the wind-chapped table shouted, new
peaches, bread, still warm, and consecrated
by watery breezes on the shore
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April 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Today's Featured Poem:
"Meteor" by Grace Schulman, from Again, the Dawn, published by Turtle Point.
Read here:
poems.com/poem/meteor/
"Meteor" by Grace Schulman, from Again, the Dawn, published by Turtle Point.
Read here:
poems.com/poem/meteor/
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Today's Featured Poet:
Rob Macaisa Colgate (he/she/they) is a disabled bakla poet and playwright. A 2025 National Endowment for the Arts and 2024 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellow, he is the author of the poetry collection Hardly Creatures (Tin House, 2025).
Rob Macaisa Colgate (he/she/they) is a disabled bakla poet and playwright. A 2025 National Endowment for the Arts and 2024 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellow, he is the author of the poetry collection Hardly Creatures (Tin House, 2025).
April 22, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Today's Featured Poet:
Rob Macaisa Colgate (he/she/they) is a disabled bakla poet and playwright. A 2025 National Endowment for the Arts and 2024 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellow, he is the author of the poetry collection Hardly Creatures (Tin House, 2025).
Rob Macaisa Colgate (he/she/they) is a disabled bakla poet and playwright. A 2025 National Endowment for the Arts and 2024 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellow, he is the author of the poetry collection Hardly Creatures (Tin House, 2025).
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A NEW round of shout-outs is up on our Substack:
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@nupress.bsky.social @middlecreek.bsky.social @emergejournal.bsky.social @taylorfthiel.bsky.social @tintjournal.bsky.social @42milespress.bsky.social @evaalterpoet.bsky.social @counterpointlit.bsky.social
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@nupress.bsky.social @middlecreek.bsky.social @emergejournal.bsky.social @taylorfthiel.bsky.social @tintjournal.bsky.social @42milespress.bsky.social @evaalterpoet.bsky.social @counterpointlit.bsky.social
Saturday Shout-Out ~ April 19, 2025
Share your recently published work with the WRJ community
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April 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Today’s Featured Poet:
Doireann Ní Ghríofa (b. 1981) is author of 7 books of poetry, most recently Lunulae: New & Selected Poems in Translation. Her prose début A Ghost in the Throat finds an 18th century poet haunting a young mother, leading her through visions of blood, milk, lust, and murder.
Doireann Ní Ghríofa (b. 1981) is author of 7 books of poetry, most recently Lunulae: New & Selected Poems in Translation. Her prose début A Ghost in the Throat finds an 18th century poet haunting a young mother, leading her through visions of blood, milk, lust, and murder.
April 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Today’s Featured Poet:
Doireann Ní Ghríofa (b. 1981) is author of 7 books of poetry, most recently Lunulae: New & Selected Poems in Translation. Her prose début A Ghost in the Throat finds an 18th century poet haunting a young mother, leading her through visions of blood, milk, lust, and murder.
Doireann Ní Ghríofa (b. 1981) is author of 7 books of poetry, most recently Lunulae: New & Selected Poems in Translation. Her prose début A Ghost in the Throat finds an 18th century poet haunting a young mother, leading her through visions of blood, milk, lust, and murder.
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Today’s Featured Poet:
Ed Steck is a writer and artist living in Pittsburgh, PA. His books include A Place Beyond Shame (Wonder), An Interface for a Fractal Landscape (UDP), and others. He is a co-owner of Fungus Books and Records in Pittsburgh.
Ed Steck is a writer and artist living in Pittsburgh, PA. His books include A Place Beyond Shame (Wonder), An Interface for a Fractal Landscape (UDP), and others. He is a co-owner of Fungus Books and Records in Pittsburgh.
April 19, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Today’s Featured Poet:
Ed Steck is a writer and artist living in Pittsburgh, PA. His books include A Place Beyond Shame (Wonder), An Interface for a Fractal Landscape (UDP), and others. He is a co-owner of Fungus Books and Records in Pittsburgh.
Ed Steck is a writer and artist living in Pittsburgh, PA. His books include A Place Beyond Shame (Wonder), An Interface for a Fractal Landscape (UDP), and others. He is a co-owner of Fungus Books and Records in Pittsburgh.
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"I now see how much more powerful stamina can be than talent; or, to say it another way, how powerless talent is, on its own, without stamina—rather like what is said about the body once the soul has left it."
- Carl Phillips, MY TRADE IS MYSTERY
(Reading now... loving it!)
- Carl Phillips, MY TRADE IS MYSTERY
(Reading now... loving it!)
April 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
"I now see how much more powerful stamina can be than talent; or, to say it another way, how powerless talent is, on its own, without stamina—rather like what is said about the body once the soul has left it."
- Carl Phillips, MY TRADE IS MYSTERY
(Reading now... loving it!)
- Carl Phillips, MY TRADE IS MYSTERY
(Reading now... loving it!)
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Today's Featured Poet:
Carolyn Oliver is the author of The Alcestis Machine (Acre, 2024); Inside the Storm I Want toTouch the Tremble(University of Utah Press, 2022), winner of the Agha Shahid Ali Prize in Poetry; and three chapbooks.
Carolyn Oliver is the author of The Alcestis Machine (Acre, 2024); Inside the Storm I Want toTouch the Tremble(University of Utah Press, 2022), winner of the Agha Shahid Ali Prize in Poetry; and three chapbooks.
April 16, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Today's Featured Poet:
Carolyn Oliver is the author of The Alcestis Machine (Acre, 2024); Inside the Storm I Want toTouch the Tremble(University of Utah Press, 2022), winner of the Agha Shahid Ali Prize in Poetry; and three chapbooks.
Carolyn Oliver is the author of The Alcestis Machine (Acre, 2024); Inside the Storm I Want toTouch the Tremble(University of Utah Press, 2022), winner of the Agha Shahid Ali Prize in Poetry; and three chapbooks.
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Today's Featured Poem:
"Deep Learning" by Carolyn Oliver (@CarolynROliver.bsky.social), from The Alcestis Machine, published by Acre Books (@acrebooks.bsky.social).
Read here:
poems.com/poem/deep-le...
"Deep Learning" by Carolyn Oliver (@CarolynROliver.bsky.social), from The Alcestis Machine, published by Acre Books (@acrebooks.bsky.social).
Read here:
poems.com/poem/deep-le...
Deep Learning
In another life, I am a voice for hire. Nights
in a blanketed back room I give you names,
side effects, animals, hours, kinks,
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April 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Today's Featured Poem:
"Deep Learning" by Carolyn Oliver (@CarolynROliver.bsky.social), from The Alcestis Machine, published by Acre Books (@acrebooks.bsky.social).
Read here:
poems.com/poem/deep-le...
"Deep Learning" by Carolyn Oliver (@CarolynROliver.bsky.social), from The Alcestis Machine, published by Acre Books (@acrebooks.bsky.social).
Read here:
poems.com/poem/deep-le...
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Today's Featured Poem:
"Papyrus Pantoum" by Arthur Sze, from Into the Hush, published by Copper Canyon Press (@coppercanyonpress.bsky.social).
Read here:
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"Papyrus Pantoum" by Arthur Sze, from Into the Hush, published by Copper Canyon Press (@coppercanyonpress.bsky.social).
Read here:
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Papyrus Pantoum
under a rising moon, we step along a ridge of white sand—
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April 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Today's Featured Poem:
"Papyrus Pantoum" by Arthur Sze, from Into the Hush, published by Copper Canyon Press (@coppercanyonpress.bsky.social).
Read here:
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"Papyrus Pantoum" by Arthur Sze, from Into the Hush, published by Copper Canyon Press (@coppercanyonpress.bsky.social).
Read here:
poems.com/poem/papyrus...
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Had a great time at the BH conference yesterday, met lots of cool people, sold out of books (!), but unfortunately as usual every picture of me catches me making a weird face because I'm talking so you'll just have to take my word for it that this all happened and I looked normal, most of the time
April 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Had a great time at the BH conference yesterday, met lots of cool people, sold out of books (!), but unfortunately as usual every picture of me catches me making a weird face because I'm talking so you'll just have to take my word for it that this all happened and I looked normal, most of the time
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Today's Featured Poet:
陆游 Lu You (1125–1210) born at the end of the Northern Song dynasty, dedicated his life to advocating for a northern expedition to reclaim lost land.
陆游 Lu You (1125–1210) born at the end of the Northern Song dynasty, dedicated his life to advocating for a northern expedition to reclaim lost land.
April 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Today's Featured Poet:
陆游 Lu You (1125–1210) born at the end of the Northern Song dynasty, dedicated his life to advocating for a northern expedition to reclaim lost land.
陆游 Lu You (1125–1210) born at the end of the Northern Song dynasty, dedicated his life to advocating for a northern expedition to reclaim lost land.
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Stone Circle #ThrowbackThursday poem : "Other Lives" by Conor Gearin (@conorgearin.bsky.social) #TBT
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Other Lives
by Conor Gearin
If I was a
lavender seed, on
gravel or on good soil.
If I was a gull on kitchen
scraps or a pile of
confiscated weed. If I was
a weasel. Or trout.
Setting matters
as much as the spe...
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April 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Stone Circle #ThrowbackThursday poem : "Other Lives" by Conor Gearin (@conorgearin.bsky.social) #TBT
stonecirclereview.com/other-lives/
stonecirclereview.com/other-lives/
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Also surprise but new interview up from Fish Barrel Review and Daphne Fischer.
You can read about me discuss craft, Bone Valley Hymnal, and also answer the question "why dinosaurs?"
fishbarrelreview.wordpress.com/2025/04/09/t...
You can read about me discuss craft, Bone Valley Hymnal, and also answer the question "why dinosaurs?"
fishbarrelreview.wordpress.com/2025/04/09/t...
TAYLOR FRANSON-THIEL
Disrupting Harmful Histories: A Conversation with Bone Valley Hymnal Author Taylor Franson-Thiel Taylor Franson-Thiel is the author of Bone Valley Hymnal (ELJ Editions 2025). She is an editorial re…
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April 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Also surprise but new interview up from Fish Barrel Review and Daphne Fischer.
You can read about me discuss craft, Bone Valley Hymnal, and also answer the question "why dinosaurs?"
fishbarrelreview.wordpress.com/2025/04/09/t...
You can read about me discuss craft, Bone Valley Hymnal, and also answer the question "why dinosaurs?"
fishbarrelreview.wordpress.com/2025/04/09/t...