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Ali Gipson
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poet & writer • words in: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Mud Season Review, The Madrigal, etc. • emo music enthusiast • latte connoisseur • big bird nerd
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No writer is a failure until they are dead. Full stop. A career in writing is built over decades. It's built like a house, brick by brick, book by book. Not published yet? Emphasis on YET. Book not selling? It's not selling YET. You're only done when you quit.

And I don't think you're ready to quit
February 4, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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February 1, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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Courage
January 28, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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January 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Spotify Wrapped 2024!!

I’m admittedly a little disappointed in the graphics and execution of this year’s Wrapped. Something tells me they relied heavily on AI… which no one asked for…
December 6, 2024 at 2:39 AM
From “The Best American Poetry 2023”
December 5, 2024 at 3:55 AM
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when someone says they like my poem
December 3, 2024 at 3:27 PM
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How dare
December 1, 2024 at 2:12 PM
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For #smallpoemsunday these eight lines by Anaïs Nin! 🖤 @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
December 1, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Anyone know of chapbook presses open for submissions? Or chapbook contests?

Asking for a friend (me) 👀
November 25, 2024 at 1:29 AM
Hi hi hi Bluesky! Trying this again. Hoping I can be better at posting
November 23, 2024 at 3:17 AM
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Refaat Alareer who was recently martyred contributed to this volume from Haymarket. To keep him alive through his work & spread his light.
www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1885-l...
Light in Gaza
www.haymarketbooks.org
December 8, 2023 at 1:32 AM
Poem #3: Altricial

#poetry #writing
November 3, 2023 at 12:12 AM
Poem #2: I Keep Asking Myself

#poetry #writing
November 1, 2023 at 9:48 PM
Poem 1: Orphaned

#poetry #writing
November 1, 2023 at 1:32 AM
Issue #70 of Mud Season Review is live! I’m incredibly honored to be the issue’s featured poet 🥹
November 1, 2023 at 1:30 AM
The good news keeps coming 🥹 SUPER excited for these poems to be published! Can’t wait to share them!
October 13, 2023 at 2:16 AM
Super excited about this!! #poetry #writing
September 30, 2023 at 11:54 PM
Got some great news today 🥳
September 30, 2023 at 1:55 AM
Drop something blue from your gallery 🩵🎂
September 28, 2023 at 8:01 PM
I’m about to finish a poem I’ve been working on for weeks. A cool, rainy breeze blows through open windows, while the scent of an apple candle fills the air. A glass of moscato sits nearby. Hozier’s new album plays.

This is a phenomenal evening.
September 24, 2023 at 1:30 AM
“Bubble Gum” was my first published poem, appearing in Eye Contact, the literary and art magazine of Seton Hill University. It was published ~6.5 years ago (!!)
September 19, 2023 at 2:41 AM
Over the weekend, I worked on a first draft of a poem and did a lot of planning for my chapbook. Still a lotttt of work to go on the chapbook, but it felt great to sit down and plan things ☺️
September 13, 2023 at 2:00 AM
Hello, Bluesky writing community! I’m Ali, a poet based Pittsburgh, PA. I’ve published 13 poems and 3 pieces of fiction. I’ll be posting my previously published work soon. Looking forward to meeting and connecting with fellow poets!
September 4, 2023 at 7:56 PM