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Jenny Mattern
@jengelmattern.bsky.social
MG author. Fledgling poet. Rep’d by Nicole Eisenbraun @ Ginger Clark Literary Agency. WHERE THE LIGHT SHINES IN releasing fall 2026.
Website: jemattern.com
A #poem for those who still believe in democracy on November 5, 2025.
November 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Behold…poetry perfection
September 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I’m happy to have my #poem published in the newest journal of #haibun from the Poetry Pea. 💚
September 9, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I’m tickled to have my #haibun featured on the 50-Word Stories website today!
August 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
💚 This week’s feature in my Poetry Corner: “Things We Carry on the Sea” by Wang Ping (easier-to-read version in alt text)
#poetsofbluesky #poetry
August 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The latest issue of Folk Ku from King River Press is gorgeous!

I’m tickled to have two poems featured in its pages amongst so much beautiful ‘ku!
August 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I'm honored to have my haibun—"Erickson's Theory"—featured in Issue 32 of Drifting Sands, amidst a number of incredibly talented poets.
💙💙💙
A huge thank you to guest editor, Anju Kishore!
#poetsofbluesky #haibun #poetry

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June 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Woo-hoo! It’s my #tanka! Thank you to @thesolitarydaisy.bsky.social & Michael Dylan Welch.
May 31, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I’m all about haiku on this site, but I’m shamelessly going to drop this here because I’m pretty proud of it. 💜
May 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Gorgeous, Christy!! ✨
April 18, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I’m happy to have a poem featured in this #haiku anthology on #internationalhaikuday! 🌲⛺️🌲
April 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Just saw 3 little boys pause at the Poetry Corner to read Jack Prelutsky’s “Be Glad Your Nose Is On Your Face.” They walked away with big smiles. ☀️
#poetry #poetsofbluesky
April 9, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Gary, after hearing about the penguin tariffs. #caturday
April 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Happy #caturday from Kate, who is absolutely not planning world domination.
March 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
One of my haiku is featured in the latest issue of The Solitary Daisy!
March 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
trapped in time
my deer ones
smile for the camera

#DailyHaikuPrompt (deer) #haiku
March 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
It was such a joy to play with words while writing this split-sequence #haiku alongside the wonderfully talented @andrewssusanm.bsky.social! Thanks to @thepoetrypea.bsky.social for choosing to publish it in their journal!
March 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
For those needing a diversion from the heaviness of world events, may I present "Ode to a Beloved Bra"—
#poetry #poetsofbluesky
March 3, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Love Jack Kent! Ditto Leo Lionni. Alexander and the Windup Mouse, Fish is Fish, & Swimmy were a huge part of my childhood. #kidlitchat
February 26, 2025 at 2:35 AM
My parents think I’m just a kid,
a silly, flighty sprite,
a child with neither will nor way
who couldn’t win a fight.

It’s weird, I think, how much they fret
and can’t go with the flow.
I’m pushing fifty, after all.
They really should let go!

#poetry #wordoftheweek
#poetsofbluesky
February 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
“Our snow was not only shaken from whitewash buckets down the sky, it came shawling out of the ground and swam and drifted out of the arms and hands and bodies of the trees.”
❄️
-Dylan Thomas, A Child’s Christmas in Wales
February 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
February 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
My first attempt at playing with enjambment and buried rhyme after a class with the wonderful @josephfasano.bsky.social

#poetry #poem
January 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
“What Kind of Times are These”—written by Adrienne Rich in 1991—is the current feature in my poetry corner. I just wish it weren’t quite so timely.
January 24, 2025 at 2:08 AM
🤎🤎🤎 #Kidlit quote of the day:
January 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM