Lisa Raatikainen
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Lisa Raatikainen
@lisaraat.bsky.social
Poet and writer — work in Commonweal, Image, SWWIM, Five South, Whale Road Review, etc. Music teacher and choir enthusiast.
Thrilled and humbled to be included alongside so many writers I admire in this luminous anthology by
Image Journal. 🙏🙏🙏
December 16, 2024 at 1:16 AM
Where should I be submitting? Who's open for poems in Feb?
January 29, 2024 at 2:10 AM
Hmmm having trouble posting an image. Anyone else?
October 14, 2023 at 10:36 PM
So excited to see my poem "An Artist's Model Reflects on Eros" published on the SWWIM website today! Many thanks to the editors!

www.swwim.org/swwimeveryda...
October 4, 2023 at 9:20 PM
So grateful to have a poem nominated for Best of the Net this year! A big thank you to the editors at Five South.

www.fivesouth.net/post/hoofpri...
September 30, 2023 at 12:55 AM
Was busy so hubs (sweetheart that he is) ran out to my community garden plot to help me out with some tasks.

Reader, he "harvested" nearly all the leaves of my Brussels sprouts.
September 4, 2023 at 11:21 PM
Y'all should really read this poem. Shivers
NEW POEM #57: "Sacrifice" by Cynthia Moon (@cynthiamoon.bsky.social)

"The reverend told your mama God knows
the pain of losing a son. But God is doing alright,
sleeping soundly."

stonecirclereview.com/sacrifice/

#Poem #PoetryCommunity #Poetry #NewPoem
September 3, 2023 at 1:29 AM
Finally getting into Jane Kenyon
August 29, 2023 at 1:35 AM
Reposted by Lisa Raatikainen
Hey! We finally found a minute to launch ourselves into the sky. 😊

Our fall issue is coming soon! In the meantime, please enjoy our amazing summer issue...
www.whaleroadreview.com/issue-31-sum...
August 28, 2023 at 6:10 PM
Reposted by Lisa Raatikainen
Lit journals here so far (all .bsky.social):

barrelhouse
cincinnatireview
cottonxenomorph
dreampop
epochliterary
havehadhas
icefloepress
louisianalit
okaydonkey
pinkplastichouse
psalteryandlyre
rustandmoth
smokelong
stonecirclereview
tbq
theoffingmag
therumpus
thebaffler
uncannymagazine
zyzzyva
August 18, 2023 at 10:25 PM
"Where is the summer that lasts forever, / The night as soft as antelope eyes?" -Rita Dove
August 25, 2023 at 7:45 PM
Just another poet trying to get settled in a new ecosystem. Wanna trade follows?
August 23, 2023 at 9:23 PM
I've been dying to tell people how much I loved the book I just finished, so might as well do it here. Who knew Iris Murdoch was funny?!?
August 23, 2023 at 2:00 AM