Stone Circle Review
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Open for submissions. Sharing poems that find a seam and take root. EIC @leepottspoet.bsky.social. Member CLMP. https://stonecirclereview.com/
POEM 290: The One in a Million Cat by Millie Tullis (@millietullis.bsky.social)
Could I bring home the ox,
if I were the Ox-Cart Man? How
would I keep the millions of cats
from fighting, if I were
the Millions of Cats Man?
How I would keep them fed
if I were his Wife.
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Could I bring home the ox,
if I were the Ox-Cart Man? How
would I keep the millions of cats
from fighting, if I were
the Millions of Cats Man?
How I would keep them fed
if I were his Wife.
stonecirclereview.com/the-one
December 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
POEM 290: The One in a Million Cat by Millie Tullis (@millietullis.bsky.social)
Could I bring home the ox,
if I were the Ox-Cart Man? How
would I keep the millions of cats
from fighting, if I were
the Millions of Cats Man?
How I would keep them fed
if I were his Wife.
stonecirclereview.com/the-one
Could I bring home the ox,
if I were the Ox-Cart Man? How
would I keep the millions of cats
from fighting, if I were
the Millions of Cats Man?
How I would keep them fed
if I were his Wife.
stonecirclereview.com/the-one
POEM 289: "What Comes After Life?" by Julie Weiss (@colourofpoetry.bsky.social)
"She wants me to turn the sky
inside out, show her those
ghost towns she learned about
from the pages of my lips."
stonecirclereview.com/what-comes/
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
"She wants me to turn the sky
inside out, show her those
ghost towns she learned about
from the pages of my lips."
stonecirclereview.com/what-comes/
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
December 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
POEM 289: "What Comes After Life?" by Julie Weiss (@colourofpoetry.bsky.social)
"She wants me to turn the sky
inside out, show her those
ghost towns she learned about
from the pages of my lips."
stonecirclereview.com/what-comes/
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
"She wants me to turn the sky
inside out, show her those
ghost towns she learned about
from the pages of my lips."
stonecirclereview.com/what-comes/
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
I'm delighted to announce Stone Circle's 2026 Pushcart Prize nominees. Please take a moment to enjoy their wonderful poems again (links are below).
#Pushcart #PushcartPrize
#Pushcart #PushcartPrize
December 1, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I'm delighted to announce Stone Circle's 2026 Pushcart Prize nominees. Please take a moment to enjoy their wonderful poems again (links are below).
#Pushcart #PushcartPrize
#Pushcart #PushcartPrize
🗓️Monthly reminder - the Circle is always open. Submit a poem today. There's no fee and we promise a quick turnaround. Submission guidelines: stonecirclereview.com/submissions-...
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November 30, 2025 at 10:29 PM
🗓️Monthly reminder - the Circle is always open. Submit a poem today. There's no fee and we promise a quick turnaround. Submission guidelines: stonecirclereview.com/submissions-...
#Poetry #PoetryCommunity #CallForSubmissions #LitMag
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POEM 288: "Bidden " by Jack B. Bedell (@jackbedell.bsky.social)
"... every
leap, every fall, every spin and twist
that much closer to a death they are
bidden to face so spring can bloom
along the horizon line"
stonecirclereview.com/bidden/
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
"... every
leap, every fall, every spin and twist
that much closer to a death they are
bidden to face so spring can bloom
along the horizon line"
stonecirclereview.com/bidden/
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
November 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
POEM 288: "Bidden " by Jack B. Bedell (@jackbedell.bsky.social)
"... every
leap, every fall, every spin and twist
that much closer to a death they are
bidden to face so spring can bloom
along the horizon line"
stonecirclereview.com/bidden/
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
"... every
leap, every fall, every spin and twist
that much closer to a death they are
bidden to face so spring can bloom
along the horizon line"
stonecirclereview.com/bidden/
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
POEM 297: "Memorabilia Mausoleum" by Ink (@inkthepoet.bsky.social)
"burgeon to bursting the beginning universe
then loosen its belt
to accommodate the more
of everything
inevitable with eternity"
stonecirclereview.com/memorabilia-...
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
"burgeon to bursting the beginning universe
then loosen its belt
to accommodate the more
of everything
inevitable with eternity"
stonecirclereview.com/memorabilia-...
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
November 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
POEM 297: "Memorabilia Mausoleum" by Ink (@inkthepoet.bsky.social)
"burgeon to bursting the beginning universe
then loosen its belt
to accommodate the more
of everything
inevitable with eternity"
stonecirclereview.com/memorabilia-...
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
"burgeon to bursting the beginning universe
then loosen its belt
to accommodate the more
of everything
inevitable with eternity"
stonecirclereview.com/memorabilia-...
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
POEM 386: "Airport" by Dawn Macdonald (@yukondawn.bsky.social)
"A child’s parents know the Pope; they have an in
with Michelangelo. She swings between
the registers. She has the voice of a chandelier
in a box beneath the bed."
stonecirclereview.com/airport
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
"A child’s parents know the Pope; they have an in
with Michelangelo. She swings between
the registers. She has the voice of a chandelier
in a box beneath the bed."
stonecirclereview.com/airport
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
November 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
POEM 386: "Airport" by Dawn Macdonald (@yukondawn.bsky.social)
"A child’s parents know the Pope; they have an in
with Michelangelo. She swings between
the registers. She has the voice of a chandelier
in a box beneath the bed."
stonecirclereview.com/airport
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
"A child’s parents know the Pope; they have an in
with Michelangelo. She swings between
the registers. She has the voice of a chandelier
in a box beneath the bed."
stonecirclereview.com/airport
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
POEM 285: "Flyer Taped to a Store Window…" by Sam Rasnake (@samrasnake.bsky.social)
"the mouth is a cavern with rock formations,
trails, and stream—the lips an eel—the chin
a block of granite chiseled to fit—the face"
stonecirclereview.com/flyer-taped/
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
"the mouth is a cavern with rock formations,
trails, and stream—the lips an eel—the chin
a block of granite chiseled to fit—the face"
stonecirclereview.com/flyer-taped/
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
November 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
POEM 285: "Flyer Taped to a Store Window…" by Sam Rasnake (@samrasnake.bsky.social)
"the mouth is a cavern with rock formations,
trails, and stream—the lips an eel—the chin
a block of granite chiseled to fit—the face"
stonecirclereview.com/flyer-taped/
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
"the mouth is a cavern with rock formations,
trails, and stream—the lips an eel—the chin
a block of granite chiseled to fit—the face"
stonecirclereview.com/flyer-taped/
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
POEM 284: "Penelope" by Kelly White Arnold (@karnoldteaches.bsky.social)
"Not the ponderous pining
wife-wishful woman sodden
with seawater and waiting.
Instead,"
stonecirclereview.com/penelope/
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
"Not the ponderous pining
wife-wishful woman sodden
with seawater and waiting.
Instead,"
stonecirclereview.com/penelope/
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
November 16, 2025 at 3:25 PM
POEM 284: "Penelope" by Kelly White Arnold (@karnoldteaches.bsky.social)
"Not the ponderous pining
wife-wishful woman sodden
with seawater and waiting.
Instead,"
stonecirclereview.com/penelope/
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
"Not the ponderous pining
wife-wishful woman sodden
with seawater and waiting.
Instead,"
stonecirclereview.com/penelope/
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
POEM 283: "Soft machine, you are breathing wrong" by Alison Heron Hruby (@alisonheronhruby.bsky.social)
"I thought I could breathe well,
that I could draw in my ribs like an expert,
knew the fundamentals in my heart,
to exhale what I did not need."
stonecirclereview.com/soft-machine
#Poem #Poetry
"I thought I could breathe well,
that I could draw in my ribs like an expert,
knew the fundamentals in my heart,
to exhale what I did not need."
stonecirclereview.com/soft-machine
#Poem #Poetry
November 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
POEM 283: "Soft machine, you are breathing wrong" by Alison Heron Hruby (@alisonheronhruby.bsky.social)
"I thought I could breathe well,
that I could draw in my ribs like an expert,
knew the fundamentals in my heart,
to exhale what I did not need."
stonecirclereview.com/soft-machine
#Poem #Poetry
"I thought I could breathe well,
that I could draw in my ribs like an expert,
knew the fundamentals in my heart,
to exhale what I did not need."
stonecirclereview.com/soft-machine
#Poem #Poetry
Staying up late to watch our youngest daughter's flight as she travels to Europe for her first overseas trip.
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Staying up late to watch our youngest daughter's flight as she travels to Europe for her first overseas trip.
We had a squirrel over for Sunday dinner.
November 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
We had a squirrel over for Sunday dinner.
POEM 282: "Looking at the Photo, I Remember an Episode of America’s Next Top Model" by Megan McDermott (@megmcdermott92.bsky.social )
"where contestants had to pretend to be living
statues, staying very still as pigeons landed
on their heads and arms."
stonecirclereview.com/looking-at/
#Poem
"where contestants had to pretend to be living
statues, staying very still as pigeons landed
on their heads and arms."
stonecirclereview.com/looking-at/
#Poem
November 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
POEM 282: "Looking at the Photo, I Remember an Episode of America’s Next Top Model" by Megan McDermott (@megmcdermott92.bsky.social )
"where contestants had to pretend to be living
statues, staying very still as pigeons landed
on their heads and arms."
stonecirclereview.com/looking-at/
#Poem
"where contestants had to pretend to be living
statues, staying very still as pigeons landed
on their heads and arms."
stonecirclereview.com/looking-at/
#Poem
POEM 281: "Nostalgia, 1997" by Natalie Marino (@nataliemarino.bsky.social)
"I see myself
young and cunning because the war
is over and I can go wherever I want.
I walk away before the end"
stonecirclereview.com/nostalgia-19...
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
"I see myself
young and cunning because the war
is over and I can go wherever I want.
I walk away before the end"
stonecirclereview.com/nostalgia-19...
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
November 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
POEM 281: "Nostalgia, 1997" by Natalie Marino (@nataliemarino.bsky.social)
"I see myself
young and cunning because the war
is over and I can go wherever I want.
I walk away before the end"
stonecirclereview.com/nostalgia-19...
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
"I see myself
young and cunning because the war
is over and I can go wherever I want.
I walk away before the end"
stonecirclereview.com/nostalgia-19...
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
Oh sweet summer child...
November 6, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Oh sweet summer child...
POEM 280: "What Matters" by Camille Newsom
"picnic phrases
like why believe and when
is soft-and-dead coming
to hold our stupid hands"
stonecirclereview.com/what-matters/
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
"picnic phrases
like why believe and when
is soft-and-dead coming
to hold our stupid hands"
stonecirclereview.com/what-matters/
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
November 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
POEM 280: "What Matters" by Camille Newsom
"picnic phrases
like why believe and when
is soft-and-dead coming
to hold our stupid hands"
stonecirclereview.com/what-matters/
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
"picnic phrases
like why believe and when
is soft-and-dead coming
to hold our stupid hands"
stonecirclereview.com/what-matters/
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
POEM 279: "all night i hear the noise of fire licking" by nat raum (@gr8earlofhell.bsky.social)
"the pulse my body so spitefully insists
upon is surging and burning and twisting
through every vessel and then some
like sneaking out like letting go"
stonecirclereview.com/all-night/
#Poem #Poetry
"the pulse my body so spitefully insists
upon is surging and burning and twisting
through every vessel and then some
like sneaking out like letting go"
stonecirclereview.com/all-night/
#Poem #Poetry
November 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
POEM 279: "all night i hear the noise of fire licking" by nat raum (@gr8earlofhell.bsky.social)
"the pulse my body so spitefully insists
upon is surging and burning and twisting
through every vessel and then some
like sneaking out like letting go"
stonecirclereview.com/all-night/
#Poem #Poetry
"the pulse my body so spitefully insists
upon is surging and burning and twisting
through every vessel and then some
like sneaking out like letting go"
stonecirclereview.com/all-night/
#Poem #Poetry
Support your local library! #DeweyDecimalDash #haverford
November 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Support your local library! #DeweyDecimalDash #haverford
Don't forget! The Circle is always open. Submit a poem today. There's no fee and we promise a quick turnaround. Submission guidelines: stonecirclereview.com/submissions-...
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October 31, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Don't forget! The Circle is always open. Submit a poem today. There's no fee and we promise a quick turnaround. Submission guidelines: stonecirclereview.com/submissions-...
#Poetry #PoetryCommunity #CallForSubmissions #LitMag
#Poetry #PoetryCommunity #CallForSubmissions #LitMag
NEW POEM 278: "heart as double-paned window" by Lynne Jensen Lampe (@ljensenlampe.bsky.social)
"words can’t paint everything
this side of the glass :: blood comes
with its own poetry &
each line leaks iron & loneliness"
stonecirclereview.com/heart-as-dou...
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem
"words can’t paint everything
this side of the glass :: blood comes
with its own poetry &
each line leaks iron & loneliness"
stonecirclereview.com/heart-as-dou...
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem
October 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
NEW POEM 278: "heart as double-paned window" by Lynne Jensen Lampe (@ljensenlampe.bsky.social)
"words can’t paint everything
this side of the glass :: blood comes
with its own poetry &
each line leaks iron & loneliness"
stonecirclereview.com/heart-as-dou...
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem
"words can’t paint everything
this side of the glass :: blood comes
with its own poetry &
each line leaks iron & loneliness"
stonecirclereview.com/heart-as-dou...
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem
POEM 277: "How Can You Have Any Pudding..." by Susan Grimm (@sjgrimm.bsky.social)
"The dead crowd the table thickly, criticize our meat. They give / off a low dark buzz. Floating like stodgy balloons, they wobble- / perch on their usual chairs."
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#Poem #Poetry
"The dead crowd the table thickly, criticize our meat. They give / off a low dark buzz. Floating like stodgy balloons, they wobble- / perch on their usual chairs."
stonecirclereview.com/how-can-you-...
#Poem #Poetry
October 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
POEM 277: "How Can You Have Any Pudding..." by Susan Grimm (@sjgrimm.bsky.social)
"The dead crowd the table thickly, criticize our meat. They give / off a low dark buzz. Floating like stodgy balloons, they wobble- / perch on their usual chairs."
stonecirclereview.com/how-can-you-...
#Poem #Poetry
"The dead crowd the table thickly, criticize our meat. They give / off a low dark buzz. Floating like stodgy balloons, they wobble- / perch on their usual chairs."
stonecirclereview.com/how-can-you-...
#Poem #Poetry
POEM #276: "Keepsakes" by Lana Hechtman Ayers (@lanaayers23.bsky.social)
"what the heart holds it holds
despite rebuttals from blurred photos
home movie reels or grandma’s pshaws
& there are chrysanthemums
growing in the past
that move like a storm blowing in"
stonecirclereview.com/keepsakes
"what the heart holds it holds
despite rebuttals from blurred photos
home movie reels or grandma’s pshaws
& there are chrysanthemums
growing in the past
that move like a storm blowing in"
stonecirclereview.com/keepsakes
October 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
POEM #276: "Keepsakes" by Lana Hechtman Ayers (@lanaayers23.bsky.social)
"what the heart holds it holds
despite rebuttals from blurred photos
home movie reels or grandma’s pshaws
& there are chrysanthemums
growing in the past
that move like a storm blowing in"
stonecirclereview.com/keepsakes
"what the heart holds it holds
despite rebuttals from blurred photos
home movie reels or grandma’s pshaws
& there are chrysanthemums
growing in the past
that move like a storm blowing in"
stonecirclereview.com/keepsakes
