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kjzwrites.bsky.social
katherine j zumpano
@kjzwrites.bsky.social
poet & writer in the pnw
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🩷 from me, to you OUT NOW 🩷
poems published in southchild lit, jeopardy magazine, & more
Hopping on here to say I never have, and never will, use AI to write my poems for me!

My self-published micro-chapbook of love poems is currently on sale for $3.27 USD 🩷

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June 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
what we leave behind | 2021

The poem behind my current project 🤍 ‘what we leave behind’ will feature poems and prose about home, family, and belonging. This poem was first published in Sledgehammer Lit, who treated it with such care.
April 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
ink | 2024

Sharing a new poem in honor of a very sweet friend’s birthday 🤍
January 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Day 3 of my at-home writing day! I did some much-needed work on my website, and created some content to share soon. I also started outlining a chapbook series I began researching last year — a chapbook series based on the tarot deck, with each card being a different poem/short prose piece.
January 25, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Day 2 of my at-home writing retreat! A couple of years ago, I wrote a chapbook…but it never really felt complete. I decided to turn it into a full-length collection of poems about home, belonging, and family.
January 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Day 1 of my at-home writing retreat! I spent the day re-outlining a collection of recipes, poems & essays about food, and starting a few drafts of those essays.
January 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
my goal for 2023 was to publish my first book. I did it.

so what’s next? more books, more poems, & more accomplishments.
December 21, 2023 at 8:02 PM