The Ones Behind the Bookshelves
@cgacosta.bsky.social
This account is run by poet g.a.costa
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newsletter: theonesbehindthebookshelves.substack.com/
personal website: cgacosta.weebly.com
Merry Christmas to All!
Here’s a little #Christmas #poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge for you to enjoy.
#writingcommunity #poetry
Here’s a little #Christmas #poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge for you to enjoy.
#writingcommunity #poetry
December 25, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Merry Christmas to All!
Here’s a little #Christmas #poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge for you to enjoy.
#writingcommunity #poetry
Here’s a little #Christmas #poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge for you to enjoy.
#writingcommunity #poetry
Submissions are now CLOSED for the Spring Literary Series 2026. I have reached the submission cap much earlier than expected. Thank you for the incredible response!
Submission will re-open in June for the Fall Literary Series 2026.
#writingcommunity
Submission will re-open in June for the Fall Literary Series 2026.
#writingcommunity
December 15, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Submissions are now CLOSED for the Spring Literary Series 2026. I have reached the submission cap much earlier than expected. Thank you for the incredible response!
Submission will re-open in June for the Fall Literary Series 2026.
#writingcommunity
Submission will re-open in June for the Fall Literary Series 2026.
#writingcommunity
Religious #Art of #Islamic World exhibition at the National #Museum of #Korea.
Pic 2: These flower-shaped tiles are written in bold white script bearing the name of sacred figures, Allah, Muhammad, and the first caliph, Abu Bakr.
Pic 3: Qu’ran folio written in Muhaqqaq script, 14th century.
Pic 2: These flower-shaped tiles are written in bold white script bearing the name of sacred figures, Allah, Muhammad, and the first caliph, Abu Bakr.
Pic 3: Qu’ran folio written in Muhaqqaq script, 14th century.
December 10, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Last weekend, my husband and I went up to #Seoul to visit the National Museum of #Korea. I’ve visited this place perhaps three or four times over the decade. We came to see the special exhibition on Islamic art.
#writingcommunity #museumtrip
#writingcommunity #museumtrip
December 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Last weekend, my husband and I went up to #Seoul to visit the National Museum of #Korea. I’ve visited this place perhaps three or four times over the decade. We came to see the special exhibition on Islamic art.
#writingcommunity #museumtrip
#writingcommunity #museumtrip
Reposted by The Ones Behind the Bookshelves
New publisher listing for: The Ones Behind the Bookshelves @cgacosta.bsky.social (Fiction Poetry; General, Fantasy, Horror, SF; non-paying). #WritingCommunity
New Publisher Listing: The Ones Behind the Bookshelves
New publisher listing for: The Ones Behind the Bookshelves @cgacosta.bsky.social (Fiction Poetry; General, Fantasy, Horror, SF; non-paying). #WritingCommunity
duotrope.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:18 AM
New publisher listing for: The Ones Behind the Bookshelves @cgacosta.bsky.social (Fiction Poetry; General, Fantasy, Horror, SF; non-paying). #WritingCommunity
If you'd like to submit your work, you can find the submission guidelines on theonesbehindthebookshelves.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:56 AM
If you'd like to submit your work, you can find the submission guidelines on theonesbehindthebookshelves.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:33 AM
If you'd like to submit your work, you can find the submission guidelines on theonesbehindthebookshelves.substack.com
Back in 1855, #WaltWhitman actually paid to print the first edition himself. It was a small volume with just twelve untitled poems and a preface.
#writingcommunity #poetry #funfacts
#writingcommunity #poetry #funfacts
November 27, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Back in 1855, #WaltWhitman actually paid to print the first edition himself. It was a small volume with just twelve untitled poems and a preface.
#writingcommunity #poetry #funfacts
#writingcommunity #poetry #funfacts
November 27, 2025 at 3:43 AM
#POETRY
Scrubs by Sam Hendrian
“Lit a cigarette outside the hospital
Which she knew set a bad example
But she hadn’t found any other way
To make it through another day.”
#writingcommunity #poem #indiewriter
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Scrubs by Sam Hendrian
“Lit a cigarette outside the hospital
Which she knew set a bad example
But she hadn’t found any other way
To make it through another day.”
#writingcommunity #poem #indiewriter
theonesbehindthebookshelves.substack.com/p/the-hub-sc...
The Hub. Scrubs.
POETRY November 2025
theonesbehindthebookshelves.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:58 AM
#POETRY
Scrubs by Sam Hendrian
“Lit a cigarette outside the hospital
Which she knew set a bad example
But she hadn’t found any other way
To make it through another day.”
#writingcommunity #poem #indiewriter
theonesbehindthebookshelves.substack.com/p/the-hub-sc...
Scrubs by Sam Hendrian
“Lit a cigarette outside the hospital
Which she knew set a bad example
But she hadn’t found any other way
To make it through another day.”
#writingcommunity #poem #indiewriter
theonesbehindthebookshelves.substack.com/p/the-hub-sc...
November 21, 2025 at 4:17 AM
The Hub by Rion Levy
A surreal, gritty snapshot of small-town chaos.
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#writingcommunity #poetry #poem
A surreal, gritty snapshot of small-town chaos.
theonesbehindthebookshelves.substack.com/p/the-hub-sc...
#writingcommunity #poetry #poem
The Hub. Scrubs.
POETRY November 2025
theonesbehindthebookshelves.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:16 AM
The Hub by Rion Levy
A surreal, gritty snapshot of small-town chaos.
theonesbehindthebookshelves.substack.com/p/the-hub-sc...
#writingcommunity #poetry #poem
A surreal, gritty snapshot of small-town chaos.
theonesbehindthebookshelves.substack.com/p/the-hub-sc...
#writingcommunity #poetry #poem
2nd November #Poetry post is up!
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#writingcommunity #poems
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#writingcommunity #poems
The Hub. Scrubs.
POETRY November 2025
theonesbehindthebookshelves.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:54 AM
2nd November #Poetry post is up!
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#writingcommunity #poems
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#writingcommunity #poems
A few pictures from last weekend.
#FreePalestine protest in #Seoul.
#zionismisfacism #fromtherivertothesea #palestine
#FreePalestine protest in #Seoul.
#zionismisfacism #fromtherivertothesea #palestine
November 12, 2025 at 2:33 AM
A few pictures from last weekend.
#FreePalestine protest in #Seoul.
#zionismisfacism #fromtherivertothesea #palestine
#FreePalestine protest in #Seoul.
#zionismisfacism #fromtherivertothesea #palestine
On the Factory Floor
g.a.costa, 2025
A poem on how the machinery of capitalism devours its own workers to keep feeding the world.
#poetry #poem #capitalism #poetryofwitness #politicalpoetry
g.a.costa, 2025
A poem on how the machinery of capitalism devours its own workers to keep feeding the world.
#poetry #poem #capitalism #poetryofwitness #politicalpoetry
November 7, 2025 at 9:41 AM
On the Factory Floor
g.a.costa, 2025
A poem on how the machinery of capitalism devours its own workers to keep feeding the world.
#poetry #poem #capitalism #poetryofwitness #politicalpoetry
g.a.costa, 2025
A poem on how the machinery of capitalism devours its own workers to keep feeding the world.
#poetry #poem #capitalism #poetryofwitness #politicalpoetry
The oldest known poem in #history is The Epic of Gilgamesh—over 4,000 years old! It follows Gilgamesh, the partly divine king of Uruk, on a journey of friendship, heroism, and the search for immortality.
Have you ever tried writing an epic #poem of your own? What #story did you tell?
#writing
Have you ever tried writing an epic #poem of your own? What #story did you tell?
#writing
November 6, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Follow poet Menna Riahy on Instagram:
www.instagram.com/mennariahy/
She regularly shares her #poetry online and collaborates with fellow #artists on #visualpoetry projects.
#writingcommunity #indiewriters
www.instagram.com/mennariahy/
She regularly shares her #poetry online and collaborates with fellow #artists on #visualpoetry projects.
#writingcommunity #indiewriters
November 4, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Follow poet Menna Riahy on Instagram:
www.instagram.com/mennariahy/
She regularly shares her #poetry online and collaborates with fellow #artists on #visualpoetry projects.
#writingcommunity #indiewriters
www.instagram.com/mennariahy/
She regularly shares her #poetry online and collaborates with fellow #artists on #visualpoetry projects.
#writingcommunity #indiewriters
Poetry (Nov 2025)
The comfort of surreality outweighs the shame of fearing the unknown by Menna Riahy
A weary soul seeks solace in dreams where imagination frees them from the weight of reality and time.
#poetry #writingcomunity #poems
The comfort of surreality outweighs the shame of fearing the unknown by Menna Riahy
A weary soul seeks solace in dreams where imagination frees them from the weight of reality and time.
#poetry #writingcomunity #poems
November 4, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Poetry (Nov 2025)
The comfort of surreality outweighs the shame of fearing the unknown by Menna Riahy
A weary soul seeks solace in dreams where imagination frees them from the weight of reality and time.
#poetry #writingcomunity #poems
The comfort of surreality outweighs the shame of fearing the unknown by Menna Riahy
A weary soul seeks solace in dreams where imagination frees them from the weight of reality and time.
#poetry #writingcomunity #poems
The comfort of surreality outweighs the shame of fearing the unknown by Menna Riahy
A weary #soul seeks solace in #dreams where imagination frees them from the weight of reality and time.
theonesbehindthebookshelves.substack.com/p/imperator-...
#writingcommunity #philosophy #poetry
A weary #soul seeks solace in #dreams where imagination frees them from the weight of reality and time.
theonesbehindthebookshelves.substack.com/p/imperator-...
#writingcommunity #philosophy #poetry
Imperator. Comfort of surreality
POETRY November 2025
theonesbehindthebookshelves.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The comfort of surreality outweighs the shame of fearing the unknown by Menna Riahy
A weary #soul seeks solace in #dreams where imagination frees them from the weight of reality and time.
theonesbehindthebookshelves.substack.com/p/imperator-...
#writingcommunity #philosophy #poetry
A weary #soul seeks solace in #dreams where imagination frees them from the weight of reality and time.
theonesbehindthebookshelves.substack.com/p/imperator-...
#writingcommunity #philosophy #poetry
Find more of Jonathan Lacher’s work at crayshack.com
You can also purchase his book, Through the Ages, a collection of poetry featuring a variety of historical events.
www.lulu.com/shop/jonatha...
#writingcommunity #indieauthor #poetry #poems #poetrycollection
You can also purchase his book, Through the Ages, a collection of poetry featuring a variety of historical events.
www.lulu.com/shop/jonatha...
#writingcommunity #indieauthor #poetry #poems #poetrycollection
Through the Ages
"History does not repeat itself, but it does often rhyme."
A collection of poetry featuring a variety of historical events. Demonstrating through literal rhymes the metaphorical rhymes that happen b...
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November 3, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Find more of Jonathan Lacher’s work at crayshack.com
You can also purchase his book, Through the Ages, a collection of poetry featuring a variety of historical events.
www.lulu.com/shop/jonatha...
#writingcommunity #indieauthor #poetry #poems #poetrycollection
You can also purchase his book, Through the Ages, a collection of poetry featuring a variety of historical events.
www.lulu.com/shop/jonatha...
#writingcommunity #indieauthor #poetry #poems #poetrycollection
The Imperator by Jonathan Lacher
A ruthless ruler recounts his rise and fall.
theonesbehindthebookshelves.substack.com/p/imperator-...
#poetry #writingcommunity #poems #ancientrome #juliuscaesar #history #indieauthor
A ruthless ruler recounts his rise and fall.
theonesbehindthebookshelves.substack.com/p/imperator-...
#poetry #writingcommunity #poems #ancientrome #juliuscaesar #history #indieauthor
Imperator. Comfort of surreality
POETRY November 2025
theonesbehindthebookshelves.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:25 AM
The Imperator by Jonathan Lacher
A ruthless ruler recounts his rise and fall.
theonesbehindthebookshelves.substack.com/p/imperator-...
#poetry #writingcommunity #poems #ancientrome #juliuscaesar #history #indieauthor
A ruthless ruler recounts his rise and fall.
theonesbehindthebookshelves.substack.com/p/imperator-...
#poetry #writingcommunity #poems #ancientrome #juliuscaesar #history #indieauthor
Poetry (Nov. 2025).
The Imperator by Jonathan Lacher
Link in bio
#writingcommunity #poetry #poem #ancientrome
The Imperator by Jonathan Lacher
Link in bio
#writingcommunity #poetry #poem #ancientrome
November 3, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Poetry (Nov. 2025).
The Imperator by Jonathan Lacher
Link in bio
#writingcommunity #poetry #poem #ancientrome
The Imperator by Jonathan Lacher
Link in bio
#writingcommunity #poetry #poem #ancientrome
Read the inspiration behind Quo Avis by St. Corax.
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#writingcommunity #indieauthor #birds #graphicnovel
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#writingcommunity #indieauthor #birds #graphicnovel
Are you still a CONCERNED bird?
October 2025
theonesbehindthebookshelves.substack.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Read the inspiration behind Quo Avis by St. Corax.
theonesbehindthebookshelves.substack.com/p/are-you-st...
#writingcommunity #indieauthor #birds #graphicnovel
theonesbehindthebookshelves.substack.com/p/are-you-st...
#writingcommunity #indieauthor #birds #graphicnovel
Featured #writer: St. Corax
About St. Corax
I live in the very centre of Spain and work for an evil company (excuse the redundancy). I enjoy listening to metal music and at home I have a shelf dedicated to Terry Pratchett. archiveofourown.org/works/672223...
#writingcommunity #indieauthor
About St. Corax
I live in the very centre of Spain and work for an evil company (excuse the redundancy). I enjoy listening to metal music and at home I have a shelf dedicated to Terry Pratchett. archiveofourown.org/works/672223...
#writingcommunity #indieauthor
QUO AVIS? (Issue 2) - Chapter 1 - st_corax EN (st_corax) - Original Work [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
archiveofourown.org
October 20, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Featured #writer: St. Corax
About St. Corax
I live in the very centre of Spain and work for an evil company (excuse the redundancy). I enjoy listening to metal music and at home I have a shelf dedicated to Terry Pratchett. archiveofourown.org/works/672223...
#writingcommunity #indieauthor
About St. Corax
I live in the very centre of Spain and work for an evil company (excuse the redundancy). I enjoy listening to metal music and at home I have a shelf dedicated to Terry Pratchett. archiveofourown.org/works/672223...
#writingcommunity #indieauthor