William Ward Butler
@williamwardbutler.bsky.social
Writer, co-editor-in-chief of Frozen Sea, Bay Area 🌁
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Today's listing of the day is: Frozen Sea @frozenseapoetry.bsky.social #WritingCommunity
Listing of the Day
Today's listing of the day is: Frozen Sea @frozenseapoetry.bsky.social #WritingCommunity
duotrope.com
August 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Today's listing of the day is: Frozen Sea @frozenseapoetry.bsky.social #WritingCommunity
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Issue Nine out now! 🪓
We're so excited to share this absolute bouquet of a line-up - frozensea.org/issue-nine 💐
We're so excited to share this absolute bouquet of a line-up - frozensea.org/issue-nine 💐
August 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Issue Nine out now! 🪓
We're so excited to share this absolute bouquet of a line-up - frozensea.org/issue-nine 💐
We're so excited to share this absolute bouquet of a line-up - frozensea.org/issue-nine 💐
I have two new poems in the latest issue of the Texas Review — here’s one of them!
June 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I have two new poems in the latest issue of the Texas Review — here’s one of them!
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✨Join us June 24th to celebrate the launch of our Summer 2025 Issue!
🎤Readings by John Briscoe, @williamwardbutler.bsky.social, @susanmgaines.bsky.social, Charles Hood, Annie Holdren, @elizabethmck.bsky.social, @davidrompf.bsky.social, Patrice Vecchione.
catamaranliteraryreader.com/events-2025/...
🎤Readings by John Briscoe, @williamwardbutler.bsky.social, @susanmgaines.bsky.social, Charles Hood, Annie Holdren, @elizabethmck.bsky.social, @davidrompf.bsky.social, Patrice Vecchione.
catamaranliteraryreader.com/events-2025/...
Summer Issue Launch Event: Cowell Ranch Historic Hay Barn — Catamaran Literary Reader
Join us in celebrating the launch of Catamaran’s 48th issue!
catamaranliteraryreader.com
June 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
✨Join us June 24th to celebrate the launch of our Summer 2025 Issue!
🎤Readings by John Briscoe, @williamwardbutler.bsky.social, @susanmgaines.bsky.social, Charles Hood, Annie Holdren, @elizabethmck.bsky.social, @davidrompf.bsky.social, Patrice Vecchione.
catamaranliteraryreader.com/events-2025/...
🎤Readings by John Briscoe, @williamwardbutler.bsky.social, @susanmgaines.bsky.social, Charles Hood, Annie Holdren, @elizabethmck.bsky.social, @davidrompf.bsky.social, Patrice Vecchione.
catamaranliteraryreader.com/events-2025/...
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Frozen Sea Issue Seven is out now! 🌤️🌲
Head over to frozensea.org/issue-seven to read all poems from this issue and stay tuned on socials as we release them over the next weeks! 🩵❤️🔥
Head over to frozensea.org/issue-seven to read all poems from this issue and stay tuned on socials as we release them over the next weeks! 🩵❤️🔥
February 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Frozen Sea Issue Seven is out now! 🌤️🌲
Head over to frozensea.org/issue-seven to read all poems from this issue and stay tuned on socials as we release them over the next weeks! 🩵❤️🔥
Head over to frozensea.org/issue-seven to read all poems from this issue and stay tuned on socials as we release them over the next weeks! 🩵❤️🔥
New issue of
@frozenseapoetry.bsky.social is out today, perfect for any post-Valentine’s ennui
frozensea.org/issue-seven
@frozenseapoetry.bsky.social is out today, perfect for any post-Valentine’s ennui
frozensea.org/issue-seven
February 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
New issue of
@frozenseapoetry.bsky.social is out today, perfect for any post-Valentine’s ennui
frozensea.org/issue-seven
@frozenseapoetry.bsky.social is out today, perfect for any post-Valentine’s ennui
frozensea.org/issue-seven
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floating your way February 15th, Issue Seven! 🌁 🌊🪓
first sneak previews tomorrow 👀
line-up:
Sophie Bebeau
Nathan Blansett
Daniel Brennan
Prince Cunningham
T. De Los Reyes
Jeremiah Moriarty
Michael Okafor
Christian Paulisich
Elizabeth Anne Schwartz
Brian Sonia-Wallace
Jack Westmore
first sneak previews tomorrow 👀
line-up:
Sophie Bebeau
Nathan Blansett
Daniel Brennan
Prince Cunningham
T. De Los Reyes
Jeremiah Moriarty
Michael Okafor
Christian Paulisich
Elizabeth Anne Schwartz
Brian Sonia-Wallace
Jack Westmore
February 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
floating your way February 15th, Issue Seven! 🌁 🌊🪓
first sneak previews tomorrow 👀
line-up:
Sophie Bebeau
Nathan Blansett
Daniel Brennan
Prince Cunningham
T. De Los Reyes
Jeremiah Moriarty
Michael Okafor
Christian Paulisich
Elizabeth Anne Schwartz
Brian Sonia-Wallace
Jack Westmore
first sneak previews tomorrow 👀
line-up:
Sophie Bebeau
Nathan Blansett
Daniel Brennan
Prince Cunningham
T. De Los Reyes
Jeremiah Moriarty
Michael Okafor
Christian Paulisich
Elizabeth Anne Schwartz
Brian Sonia-Wallace
Jack Westmore
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Today's poem is "Loneliness Was Part Of It"
by Jaye Kranz
from Frozen Sea
Subscribe and you'll hear the poet from your inbox!
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by Jaye Kranz
from Frozen Sea
Subscribe and you'll hear the poet from your inbox!
www.versedaily.org/2025/lonelin...
www.versedaily.org
February 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Today's poem is "Loneliness Was Part Of It"
by Jaye Kranz
from Frozen Sea
Subscribe and you'll hear the poet from your inbox!
www.versedaily.org/2025/lonelin...
by Jaye Kranz
from Frozen Sea
Subscribe and you'll hear the poet from your inbox!
www.versedaily.org/2025/lonelin...
New poem out with Hunger Mountain @hungermtn.bsky.social
February 1, 2025 at 6:32 PM
New poem out with Hunger Mountain @hungermtn.bsky.social
New poem of mine published in the latest issue of Five Points ⛵️
January 12, 2025 at 1:52 AM
New poem of mine published in the latest issue of Five Points ⛵️
Glad to have a poem in this issue, and excited to read the whole thing 🥳
Here’s the cover for our upcoming issue, Shō No. 6 (Winter 2024/25), which features 57 poems by 40 poets. Cover art: “In Gilded Walls” by Tanya Rastogi. Preorder your copy at: bit.ly/shono6 – orders ship in January.
December 23, 2024 at 1:54 AM
Glad to have a poem in this issue, and excited to read the whole thing 🥳
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Before we launch Special Issue One tomorrow, we wanted to take a moment to shout out our Issue Six contributors!
We're honored that folks trust us with their work and love to see our Frozen Sea fam continue to grow! 🪓🩵
We're honored that folks trust us with their work and love to see our Frozen Sea fam continue to grow! 🪓🩵
December 14, 2024 at 8:16 PM
Before we launch Special Issue One tomorrow, we wanted to take a moment to shout out our Issue Six contributors!
We're honored that folks trust us with their work and love to see our Frozen Sea fam continue to grow! 🪓🩵
We're honored that folks trust us with their work and love to see our Frozen Sea fam continue to grow! 🪓🩵
New poem out today — thanks to @whaleroadreview.bsky.social
December 13, 2024 at 11:17 PM
New poem out today — thanks to @whaleroadreview.bsky.social
Hi new followers! I’m the co-editor-in-chief of Frozen Sea, an online poetry journal. Check us out over at @frozenseapoetry.bsky.social or frozensea.org 🌊🧊🪓
Frozen Sea
Frozen Sea is a new poetry journal with an emphasis on publishing exceptional poetry from early-career poets in a mobile-friendly format.
frozensea.org
November 15, 2024 at 11:25 PM
Hi new followers! I’m the co-editor-in-chief of Frozen Sea, an online poetry journal. Check us out over at @frozenseapoetry.bsky.social or frozensea.org 🌊🧊🪓
Issue Five of Frozen Sea is out today!
Really amazed by how this issue turned out, and excited that submissions for Issue Six are open through September 1 (send us poems and art!)
frozensea.org/issue-five
@frozenseapoetry.bsky.social
Really amazed by how this issue turned out, and excited that submissions for Issue Six are open through September 1 (send us poems and art!)
frozensea.org/issue-five
@frozenseapoetry.bsky.social
August 15, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Issue Five of Frozen Sea is out today!
Really amazed by how this issue turned out, and excited that submissions for Issue Six are open through September 1 (send us poems and art!)
frozensea.org/issue-five
@frozenseapoetry.bsky.social
Really amazed by how this issue turned out, and excited that submissions for Issue Six are open through September 1 (send us poems and art!)
frozensea.org/issue-five
@frozenseapoetry.bsky.social
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reasons not to set myself on fire - Kristin Lueke @klooky.bsky.social
February 28, 2024 at 11:00 PM
reasons not to set myself on fire - Kristin Lueke @klooky.bsky.social
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Issue Three is out NOW! You can read/listen to all poems now at frozensea.org/issue-... (link in bio).
Stay tuned on social media as we post the beautiful work of our contributors here as well!
We’re glad y’all are here ♥️🌊🧊🪓
Stay tuned on social media as we post the beautiful work of our contributors here as well!
We’re glad y’all are here ♥️🌊🧊🪓
February 15, 2024 at 5:22 PM
Issue Three is out NOW! You can read/listen to all poems now at frozensea.org/issue-... (link in bio).
Stay tuned on social media as we post the beautiful work of our contributors here as well!
We’re glad y’all are here ♥️🌊🧊🪓
Stay tuned on social media as we post the beautiful work of our contributors here as well!
We’re glad y’all are here ♥️🌊🧊🪓
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Incunabula Standing Above Myself by Max McDonough
February 3, 2024 at 1:51 AM
Incunabula Standing Above Myself by Max McDonough
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cuisle na mara by Eartha Davis
December 19, 2023 at 10:22 PM
cuisle na mara by Eartha Davis
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Scene Soon to Be Burnt Down by Daniel Barnum
December 15, 2023 at 7:03 PM
Scene Soon to Be Burnt Down by Daniel Barnum
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Donkey Punch by Richard Quigley
December 4, 2023 at 6:39 PM
Donkey Punch by Richard Quigley
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Poetry has long been a tool of resistance – to treat it as anything less is an insult. Art is meaningless without a commitment to human dignity and autonomy; poetry is meaningless when stripped of its ability to interrogate the world as it is and its capacity to dream of a better one.
November 8, 2023 at 3:34 AM
Poetry has long been a tool of resistance – to treat it as anything less is an insult. Art is meaningless without a commitment to human dignity and autonomy; poetry is meaningless when stripped of its ability to interrogate the world as it is and its capacity to dream of a better one.
love this @dankohara.maug.live poem tbh
I Saw My Teenage Self in the Pit by Elliott Sky Case
November 4, 2023 at 12:31 AM
love this @dankohara.maug.live poem tbh
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Poem by Tom Snarsky @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
November 1, 2023 at 3:36 PM
Poem by Tom Snarsky @tomsnarsky.bsky.social
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Study of a Red Bouquet at Your Funeral by Lizabeth Yandel
October 23, 2023 at 12:35 PM
Study of a Red Bouquet at Your Funeral by Lizabeth Yandel