Paula J Lambert
@pjlpoet.bsky.social
Ten collections of poetry. Literary translator, micropress publisher, visual artist. Unapaulagetic on Substack. Always writing. Mostly trying to be mindful. And kind. www.paulajlambert.com
Fall schedule somehow keeps growing. October/November: Youngstown, Bowling Green, and Baltimore, OH.
October 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Fall schedule somehow keeps growing. October/November: Youngstown, Bowling Green, and Baltimore, OH.
October 5th is LAST DAY for preorder special price of Terms of Venery, Revised! Available at discounted price of $12.80. Regular price of $16.00 starts on Monday, October 6th.
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October 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM
October 5th is LAST DAY for preorder special price of Terms of Venery, Revised! Available at discounted price of $12.80. Regular price of $16.00 starts on Monday, October 6th.
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So pleased to be part of this anthology and important educational project, with Paloma Press, Wick Poetry, and United by Nature. 🌱
#TheNatureOfOurTimes
#TheNatureOfOurTimes
September 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
So pleased to be part of this anthology and important educational project, with Paloma Press, Wick Poetry, and United by Nature. 🌱
#TheNatureOfOurTimes
#TheNatureOfOurTimes
Poetry marathon at Bexley library today, hosted by Mimi Chenfeld and Fred Andrle!
September 14, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Poetry marathon at Bexley library today, hosted by Mimi Chenfeld and Fred Andrle!
I adore this book! The Four Ugliest Children in Christendom, by Camille-Yvette Welsch. Picked it up a while ago for the cover and title alone. Finally started reading several weeks ago and fell. in. love. 😍 Still managed not to finish , so doing that now for #TheSealeyChallenge, Day 1.
August 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I adore this book! The Four Ugliest Children in Christendom, by Camille-Yvette Welsch. Picked it up a while ago for the cover and title alone. Finally started reading several weeks ago and fell. in. love. 😍 Still managed not to finish , so doing that now for #TheSealeyChallenge, Day 1.
This is the exhibition that will be on display when Chuck Salmons, Kip Knott and I read on Sunday, August 10th. Figuratively Speaking III at Pennington Custom Art Service, opening reception August 2nd. Show up through the month of August.
July 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This is the exhibition that will be on display when Chuck Salmons, Kip Knott and I read on Sunday, August 10th. Figuratively Speaking III at Pennington Custom Art Service, opening reception August 2nd. Show up through the month of August.
Save-the-Date reminders for two upcoming Columbus readings! I’ll be reading with Kip Knott and Chuck Salmons in August, and with Cathy Essinger and Barbara Sabol in September. 📚💕
July 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Save-the-Date reminders for two upcoming Columbus readings! I’ll be reading with Kip Knott and Chuck Salmons in August, and with Cathy Essinger and Barbara Sabol in September. 📚💕
June 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I always make sure, with each new book that comes out, that a copy goes to these two places in my Massachusetts home town: Hazen Memorial Library and the Shirley Historical Society. All signed, and at the library, in their special collection where they can be viewed/read on site but not checked out.
May 13, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I always make sure, with each new book that comes out, that a copy goes to these two places in my Massachusetts home town: Hazen Memorial Library and the Shirley Historical Society. All signed, and at the library, in their special collection where they can be viewed/read on site but not checked out.
Reading in Kent, Ohio, on Friday, May 16, as part of the Edith Chase Symposium Poetry Series. Always a grand event, one of the best in Ohio. Looking forward to reading with this awesome list of poets, and so pleased to be part of the tributary-themed anthology, A Confluence of Poems.
April 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Reading in Kent, Ohio, on Friday, May 16, as part of the Edith Chase Symposium Poetry Series. Always a grand event, one of the best in Ohio. Looking forward to reading with this awesome list of poets, and so pleased to be part of the tributary-themed anthology, A Confluence of Poems.
Two April readings coming up! Rhapsody & Refrain 2025: 30 Columbus Poets starts Wednesday, at Streetlight Guild here in Columbus. I’m excited to co-feature with Louise Robertson on Mon, April 21st. On Wed, April 23rd, I’ll be featuring for Broadsides & Ephemera at Loganberry Books in Shaker Heights.
April 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Two April readings coming up! Rhapsody & Refrain 2025: 30 Columbus Poets starts Wednesday, at Streetlight Guild here in Columbus. I’m excited to co-feature with Louise Robertson on Mon, April 21st. On Wed, April 23rd, I’ll be featuring for Broadsides & Ephemera at Loganberry Books in Shaker Heights.
Spring Features / Readings
🌸🌼🪷🌷🌻🌺
Last year was a busy one, jam-packed, on the road all the time. Going a bit easy this year. These are mostly local, all in Ohio, and I’m really looking forward to each!
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🌸🌼🪷🌷🌻🌺
Last year was a busy one, jam-packed, on the road all the time. Going a bit easy this year. These are mostly local, all in Ohio, and I’m really looking forward to each!
paulajlambert.weebly.com/features.html
April 4, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Spring Features / Readings
🌸🌼🪷🌷🌻🌺
Last year was a busy one, jam-packed, on the road all the time. Going a bit easy this year. These are mostly local, all in Ohio, and I’m really looking forward to each!
paulajlambert.weebly.com/features.html
🌸🌼🪷🌷🌻🌺
Last year was a busy one, jam-packed, on the road all the time. Going a bit easy this year. These are mostly local, all in Ohio, and I’m really looking forward to each!
paulajlambert.weebly.com/features.html
So pleased to be able to share I have a new chapbook available from Bottlecap Press! This is my second Bottlecap Feature collection, and it’s available for order here:
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March 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
So pleased to be able to share I have a new chapbook available from Bottlecap Press! This is my second Bottlecap Feature collection, and it’s available for order here:
bottlecap.press/products/sin...
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So pleased to receive author copies today of this truly gorgeous anthology!! Inside and outside, this book is beautiful, and I’m so proud to be one of the poets included. Earth: Poems of Presence and Possibility, available now from tiny wren. Thank so much to Dana and Dana!
March 20, 2025 at 2:18 AM
So pleased to receive author copies today of this truly gorgeous anthology!! Inside and outside, this book is beautiful, and I’m so proud to be one of the poets included. Earth: Poems of Presence and Possibility, available now from tiny wren. Thank so much to Dana and Dana!
I like to share this poem on International Women’s Day. “In the beginning/we were worshipped, and In the beginning, we could fly,/and in the beginning we were loved by the air itself.”
March 9, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I like to share this poem on International Women’s Day. “In the beginning/we were worshipped, and In the beginning, we could fly,/and in the beginning we were loved by the air itself.”
New poem on Substack. Grateful to the this afternoon's co-writing group, as I'd not expected to complete this, nor to post it. Have a look.
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February 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
New poem on Substack. Grateful to the this afternoon's co-writing group, as I'd not expected to complete this, nor to post it. Have a look.
open.substack.com/pub/paulajla...
open.substack.com/pub/paulajla...
New post. “On the Breath beneath the Frozen Surface of the Lake: and the quick and angry tentacles of fear, lashing out.”
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February 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
New post. “On the Breath beneath the Frozen Surface of the Lake: and the quick and angry tentacles of fear, lashing out.”
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New post. Unapaulagetic on Substack.
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January 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM
New post. Unapaulagetic on Substack.
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I’ve been working on this post for a while now, hoping to finish in time to share today. “On the Surreal Nature of Our Everday Lives.” It’s a bit of a long read, one I hope is worth your time. open.substack.com/pub/paulajla...
January 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I’ve been working on this post for a while now, hoping to finish in time to share today. “On the Surreal Nature of Our Everday Lives.” It’s a bit of a long read, one I hope is worth your time. open.substack.com/pub/paulajla...
…AND I’ll be taking part in Lit Youngstown’s First Wednesday Reading Series on February 5th! With Cherise Benton, at Westside Bowl, 7 p.m.
January 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
…AND I’ll be taking part in Lit Youngstown’s First Wednesday Reading Series on February 5th! With Cherise Benton, at Westside Bowl, 7 p.m.
Upcoming ekphrastic poetry workshop! I got a sneak peek yesterday of the exhibition as it was being installed—what a thrill! Decoys, taxidermy, photography, textiles…wild. Literally! Waitlist for virtual portion, spots still open for live event.
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January 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Upcoming ekphrastic poetry workshop! I got a sneak peek yesterday of the exhibition as it was being installed—what a thrill! Decoys, taxidermy, photography, textiles…wild. Literally! Waitlist for virtual portion, spots still open for live event.
oac.ohio.gov/riffe-galler...
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I hadn’t expected a new poem tonight, but here we are. “On the Weight of the Soul, the Weight of a Cloud, the Weight of a Whale.” https: open.substack.com/pub/paulajla...
December 28, 2024 at 8:00 AM
I hadn’t expected a new poem tonight, but here we are. “On the Weight of the Soul, the Weight of a Cloud, the Weight of a Whale.” https: open.substack.com/pub/paulajla...
Artwork by Elizabeth.
(Granddaughter.) 🥰
(Granddaughter.) 🥰
December 27, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Artwork by Elizabeth.
(Granddaughter.) 🥰
(Granddaughter.) 🥰