Özge Lena
@lenaozge.bsky.social
Poet with more than a hundred poems published worldwide. Nominated five & shortlisted four times for international poetry prizes. #catapoetics
For #smallpoemsunday & @tomsnarsky.bsky.social I'm sharing my Pushcart Prize and Editor's Choice Award nominated poem from @south85journal.bsky.social
December 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
For #smallpoemsunday & @tomsnarsky.bsky.social I'm sharing my Pushcart Prize and Editor's Choice Award nominated poem from @south85journal.bsky.social
This is wonderful! 🌱 Thank you @blackcatpress.bsky.social
December 20, 2025 at 12:19 PM
This is wonderful! 🌱 Thank you @blackcatpress.bsky.social
December 20, 2025 at 5:23 AM
And I'd choose my self.
Thank you, dear world, for giving me this wonderful life. 🧿
Thank you, dear world, for giving me this wonderful life. 🧿
December 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
And I'd choose my self.
Thank you, dear world, for giving me this wonderful life. 🧿
Thank you, dear world, for giving me this wonderful life. 🧿
December 14, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Oh, also my poem "Writing Poems in the Middle of a Catastrophe" from @oneart.bsky.social was included in the Apocalypse Poems List of Good Universe Next Door, along with many wonderful poets! 🖤 #poetry #poetrysky #apocalypse
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December 13, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Oh, also my poem "Writing Poems in the Middle of a Catastrophe" from @oneart.bsky.social was included in the Apocalypse Poems List of Good Universe Next Door, along with many wonderful poets! 🖤 #poetry #poetrysky #apocalypse
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"...poetry directs us by destroying daily language..."
Maurice Blanchot, from Poetry and Language (tr. Charlotte Mandell)
Maurice Blanchot, from Poetry and Language (tr. Charlotte Mandell)
December 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
"...poetry directs us by destroying daily language..."
Maurice Blanchot, from Poetry and Language (tr. Charlotte Mandell)
Maurice Blanchot, from Poetry and Language (tr. Charlotte Mandell)
After writing a poem on language, re-reading some Wittgenstein today.
December 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
After writing a poem on language, re-reading some Wittgenstein today.
New year's 'kokina' from my love! ♥️
December 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
New year's 'kokina' from my love! ♥️
How I adore multilingual magazines! 🩵
December 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
How I adore multilingual magazines! 🩵
Frank O'Hara:
"And here I am, the
center of all beauty!
writing these poems!
Imagine!"
"And here I am, the
center of all beauty!
writing these poems!
Imagine!"
December 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Frank O'Hara:
"And here I am, the
center of all beauty!
writing these poems!
Imagine!"
"And here I am, the
center of all beauty!
writing these poems!
Imagine!"
Wonderful news! My poem "Tabula Rasa" is accepted to be published in Aksolotl Literary Magazine of Estonia!
#poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrysky
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#poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrysky
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December 10, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Wonderful news! My poem "Tabula Rasa" is accepted to be published in Aksolotl Literary Magazine of Estonia!
#poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrysky
aksolotlestonia.wordpress.com/acerca-de-2/...
#poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrysky
aksolotlestonia.wordpress.com/acerca-de-2/...
Yesterday someone called me 'lucky' :)
Yes, to be lucky, I wake up at 4.50 every morning to write in my second language, teach English to children all day, read poems until my eyes turn red, and keep believing in poetry...
Yes, to be lucky, I wake up at 4.50 every morning to write in my second language, teach English to children all day, read poems until my eyes turn red, and keep believing in poetry...
December 9, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Yesterday someone called me 'lucky' :)
Yes, to be lucky, I wake up at 4.50 every morning to write in my second language, teach English to children all day, read poems until my eyes turn red, and keep believing in poetry...
Yes, to be lucky, I wake up at 4.50 every morning to write in my second language, teach English to children all day, read poems until my eyes turn red, and keep believing in poetry...
December 7, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Great news! Delighted to have an acceptance for Issue 4 of @frazzledlit.bsky.social 🤍
www.frazzledlit.com
www.frazzledlit.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Great news! Delighted to have an acceptance for Issue 4 of @frazzledlit.bsky.social 🤍
www.frazzledlit.com
www.frazzledlit.com
"Denominator" is in Poems Revived! 🌱 Thank you David Hanlon for giving new roots to my poem. #poetry #poetrysky
(Originally published in Abridged 0-100: From under the Floorboards) @abridgedmagazine.bsky.social
(Originally published in Abridged 0-100: From under the Floorboards) @abridgedmagazine.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"Denominator" is in Poems Revived! 🌱 Thank you David Hanlon for giving new roots to my poem. #poetry #poetrysky
(Originally published in Abridged 0-100: From under the Floorboards) @abridgedmagazine.bsky.social
(Originally published in Abridged 0-100: From under the Floorboards) @abridgedmagazine.bsky.social
Here is my Pushcart nominated poem "And the Oscar Goes to" ⚡
November 25, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Here is my Pushcart nominated poem "And the Oscar Goes to" ⚡
Delighted that my poem "How Calliope Lost Her Tongue" is published in the Fall 2025 "Voice" issue of The Branches Journal. Print in New York City. #poetry
thebranchesjournal.com
thebranchesjournal.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Delighted that my poem "How Calliope Lost Her Tongue" is published in the Fall 2025 "Voice" issue of The Branches Journal. Print in New York City. #poetry
thebranchesjournal.com
thebranchesjournal.com
"I believe the world is beautiful
and that poetry, like bread, is for everyone."
#poetry #smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
and that poetry, like bread, is for everyone."
#poetry #smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
"I believe the world is beautiful
and that poetry, like bread, is for everyone."
#poetry #smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
and that poetry, like bread, is for everyone."
#poetry #smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 3:39 AM
You can listen to me reading the poem: the880.substack.com/p/the-starbe...
November 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
You can listen to me reading the poem: the880.substack.com/p/the-starbe...
Delighted that my poem "Fire Marionette" is published in The Starbeck Orion Issue 13! Thank you @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social #poetry #poetrysky
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November 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Delighted that my poem "Fire Marionette" is published in The Starbeck Orion Issue 13! Thank you @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social #poetry #poetrysky
🔗 the880.substack.com/p/the-starbe...
🔗 the880.substack.com/p/the-starbe...