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Image of the remaining frame of a house engulfed in orange and yellow flames with a quote in bright yellow, "the way our histories can consume the present until nothing is left" by Heather Swan
From “History with Fire” by Heather Swan
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Image of seeming hundreds of black silhouettes of birds against a crepuscular blue sky above peach-pink sunset clouds beneath a three quarter moon with a quote in pale blue "Birds begin singing their favorite: O moon, O moon" by Terese Svoboda
From “Silverwear” by Terese Svoboda @tsvoboda.bsky.social
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Image of a blue river rapids with whitecaps flowing through dark grey moss-covered rocks with a quote in bright blue "When peace came there was a song in my head and the river moving in all directions" by Maureen Alsop
From “The Peace” by Maureen Alsop
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Weekly Spotlight LITERARY MAGAZINES The American Poetry Journal: Tara Labovich, Sonya Schneider Amethyst Review: Lisa Dordal DMQ Review: Ronda Piszk Broatch, Denise Duhamel, S.A. Leger, Dion O'Reilly Great River Review: Sarah Seybold Litmosphere: Laura Ann Reed MER: Carol Dorf, Amy Lemmon, Xiaoly Li, Donna Vorreyer Narrative Magazine: Jenna Le New Ohio Review: Sally Bliumis-Dunn ONE ART: a journal of poetry: Susan Cossette, Valentina Gnup, Erin Murphy, Lara Payne Plant-Human Quarterly: B.J. Buckley, Lauren Camp, Kathryn Petruccelli
Weekly Spotlight LITERARY MAGAZINES Rogue Agent: Susan Barry-Schulz The Shore: Tara Ballard, Ronda Piszk Broatch, Katie Kemple, Lea Marshall, Janice Northerns, Lisa Raatikainen, Heidi Seaborn, Kelly Grace Thomas, Elinor Ann Walker, Jessica Zhao Silver Birch Press: Susan Cohen ** Villain Era: Melissa Eleftherion Carr AWARDS 2026 Pushcart Prize Anthology: Patricia Clark, Suzanne Cleary, Shara McCallum, Melissa McKinstry, Angela Narciso Torres, Heather Treseler Lambda Literary Awards: Finalists: Clayre Benzadón, Chet'la Sebree
Weekly Spotlight FEATURES & COLUMNS The Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day: January Gill O'Neil Autumn Sky Poetry Daily: Devon Balwit MER Bookshelf: Veronica Kornberg Second Coming: Linda Hillman Chayes PODCASTS & RADIO SPOTS The Hive Poetry Collective: Farnaz Fatemi, Diana Whitney *SWWIM Every Day Editor ** SWWIM Every Day Staff
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Image of a couple of potatoes with pink and green shoots rising into leaves with a quote in pale yellow "sitting on a counter so long as to go soft, zero regrets & shoots sprouting from so many new eyes" by Laura Van Prooyen.
From “Abecedarian at the Threshold” by Laura Van Prooyen
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Image of a broken fragment of a mirror held by a hand with the image of a woman's face with a quote in pale blue "the many years I slammed into walls, not recognizing my own reflection" by Cynthia Good.
From “After the storm” by Cynthia Good
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Image of a Black woman with eyes closed, smiling, holding a cascade of white and yellow blossoms to her face with a quote in bright yellow, "let me enter another April with hope dancing between my ribs" by Jessica Thiru.
From “April as a synonym for beginning” by Jessica Thiru
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Image of the silhouette of a person standing over cliff rocks with greenery overlooking sea and distant mountains with a quote in bright blue "I wake up astonished at how living calmly goes on, shoulder to shoulder with unreckonable tragedy" by Susan Browne.
From “Faith Is a Thing with Running Shoes” by Susan Browne
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Image of crowd of people staring at raised phones screens beneath an overcast sky with a quote in pale blue "Why is everyone staring at their phones while sightseeing?" by Tina Kelley.
From “The Human Race: My Yelp Review” by Tina Kelley @tinakelley.bsky.social
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Weekly Spotlight SWWIM Literary Magazines Five Points Elizabeth Cranford Garcia January House Literary Journal Anne Graue Luna Luna Melissa Eleftherion Carr The Muleskinner Journal Annette Sisson NELLE Melisa Cahnmann, Carol Dorf, Leila Farjami, Ellen Kombiyil, Rachel Neve-Midbar, Kate Northrop, Rachel Marie Patterson, Jane Zwart ONE ART: a journal of poetry Michelle Bitting, Betsy Mars, Kathryn Petruccelli, Laura Ann Read, Sonya Schneider Only Poems Kelli Russell Agodon, Zoë Ryder White The Providence Eye Arden Levine Seneca Review Jami Macarty
Weekly Spotlight SWWIM Literary Magazines Sheila-Na-Gig Beth Boylan, Rebecca Brock**, Laura Donnelly, Merrill Oliver Douglas, Laura Foley, Mary Beth Hines, Jennifer Schomburg Kanke, Jen Karetnick*, Betsy Mars, Julie Weiss Awards Chestnut Review Fall 2025 Chapbook Selections Sara Moore Wagner Jeanne Leiby Memorial Chapbook Award Longlist: Heather Sellers, Julie Marie Wade Tupelo Press Summer Open Reading Period Valerie Martínez, Sati Mookherjee Books Anhinga Press Carolina Hospital, All Roads Lead to Here The Word Works Spoke, Arden Levine
Weekly Spotlight SWWIM Features & Columns Autumn Sky Poetry Daily Emily Patterson, Christine Potter Poetry Town Valentina Gnup Reviews RHINO Reviews Reviewer: Susanna Lang Podcasts & Radio Spots The Slowdown Emma Bolden *SWWIM Every Day Editor **SWWIM Every Day Staff
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Black and white image of holding hands with the quote in bright yellow "After our dog dies, we find the tender parts of one another--inner arm, beneath the eye" by Heidi Seaborn.
From “Is this your dog?” by Heidi Seaborn @heidiseabornpoet.bsky.social
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Image of lightning with multiple strands striking a two-lane dotted highway at night with a quote in pale blue "I'm jazz, baby. the lightning carving out a pot in the pavement" by Jessica Ballen
From “hello to my triple chin” by Jessica Ballen
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Image of massive stacks of books chained up and held behind bars with a quote in bright yellow "It looked like a balcony for a finch but turned out to be a jail for language" by Sarah Carleton.
From “Cajole: A Brief History” by Sarah Carleton
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Image of a woman's silhouette with long bright red hair backlit and a quote in pale blue "Her hair is Crimson Tide red, protected by trademark" by Alina Stefanescu.
From “Scene From a Birmingham Diner Rated Four Stars by Zagat” by Alina Stefanescu @alinaetc.bsky.social
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Image of a dark-brown rib cage with moon-shaped lights and a quote in bright blue "There's a hot moon chafing at your ribcage" by Sally Rosen Kindred.
From “Morning in Midlife” by Sally Rosen Kindred
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Image of faded blue and teal painted door with latch with a quote in pale yellow "I have been doorway, latch and hinge" by Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné
From “Apparition” by Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné @dboodoofortune.bsky.social
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An image of the back of a very muscular man holding onto metal bars with his hands, ankles in gym shoes crossed, with a quote in pale blue, "his forearms' tectonic musculature, his verve revving you like a squirt of sun" by Julia Salem
From “Remodeling Project” by Julia Salem
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Image of a woman's profile in silhouette against a glowing purple blue pink pattern from a ferris wheel. Quote in bright yellow "Love--enters the room like some special guest" by Summar West.
From “The Good News” by Summar West
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An image of the silhouettes of a couple against a post-sunset sky with dark orange fading to yellow against grey clouds and the reflection of the couple's legs a stretch of water beneath them. A quote in bright blue "The territory of your body grounds me, strands me" by Heidi Williamson.
From “The wild rain” by Heidi Williamson
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Image of a rusted bicycle against a field of gold and dry grass with the quote "I am the partially rusted crank of a bicycle that barely rattles" by Lara Payne.
From “Seedheads, golden” by Lara Payne
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Weekly Spotlight SWWIM Literary Magazines Baltimore Review Emma Bolden, Lexi Pelle Cider Press Review Paula Colangelo, Susan Michele Coronel, Dana Henry Martin, Brett Warren The Fiddlehead Erin Wilson Halfway Down the Stairs Carol Alexander, Brett Warren Innisfree Poetry Journal Geraldine Connolly, Melanie McCabe, Annette Sisson, Annie Stenzel January House Literary Journal Annie Stenzel New Verse News Ronna Magy ONE ART: a journal of poetry Erica Miriam Fabri, Alison Hurwitz Only Poems Lexi Pelle Painted Pebble Lit Mag Sarah Browning, Tresha Faye Haefner, Marjorie Maddox, Meghan Sterling
Weekly Spotlight SWWIM Literary Magazines Plume Sally Bliumis-Dunn, Kate Northrop Rattle Julia Kolchinsky Soul Poetry Betsy Mars Verse Virtual Betsy Mars Vox Populi Robbi Nester West Trestle Review Lauren Camp, Brandel France de Bravo, Jen Karetnick*, Merie Kirby, Emily Patterson, Kelly R. Samuels Books The University of Chicago Press Chaos, Creativity, Completion: New Approaches to Writing with ADHD Editor: Chloe Martinez; Contributors: Jennifer L. Knox Features & Columns Be Less Careful Rebekah Hewitt, Elline Lipikin
Weekly Spotlight SWWIM Features & Columns Poetry Daily Millie Tullis Second Coming Susanna Rich Podcasts & Radio Spots Kat B Making Connections Catherine Esposito Prescott* The Slowdown Amy Lemmon (*first published on SWWIM Every Day) The Unruly Muse Susan Aizenberg *SWWIM Every Day Editor **SWWIM Every Day Staff
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Image of a rose-cream color tiled kitchen with a tiled stove, copper pots, hanging copper tools, a red-striped dishcloth, and a quote in bright yellow that says "No lights. No cameramen. No script. Would you believe I owned up to my sin?" by Judith Hoyer
From “Believe Me” by Judith Hoyer
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Image of blurred ghost-like hands and hair in a pale blue-ish light with a pale blue quote that says "You launched me, twisting from your hands---stepping away---gone" by Terrie Elaine Joplin
From “Dance Improvisation” by Terrie Elaine Joplin
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Image of a purple-pink night sky with neon pink daggers of lightning and a quote in neon yellow "You're putting God through the wringer right now" by Holiday Noel Campanella
From “Wringer” by Holiday Noel Campanella
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Image of a silhouette of a deer on a cliffside overlooking mountain ranges in late afternoon golden sunlight with a quote in pale blue "I can't see a deer on a page without bracing for impact" by Ray Ball
From “when Chen Chen tweets about deer in a poem” by Ray Ball
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Image of deep, dark red raspberries in a container with a quote in bright blue, "I rinse the raspberries I brought, eat the crushed overripe, leave you the plump red mouths" by Susanna Rich
From “Wanting Not to Want You, Too Young” by Susanna Rich
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Weekly Spotlight SWWIM Literary Magazines Eclectica Magazine Sara Eddy, Anne Graue, Tresha Faye Haefner, Megan Merchant, Christine Potter Gleam Tina Barry, Sarah Carleton Hole in the Head Review Rebecca Brock**, Melissa McKinstry, Abby Murray Image Journal Lisa Dordal The Mackinaw Rita Maria Martinez MER Tamara J. Madison New Verse News Annie Stenzel ONE ART: a journal of poetry Nancy Huggett, Connie Post, Hilary Sideris Rattle Julia B. Levine Silver Birch Press Laurie Kuntz Terrain.org Susan Cohen**
Weekly Spotlight SWWIM Awards 2025 Black River Chapbook Competition Winner: Romana Iorga The 2025 Charles Simic Poetry Prize Finalists: Mary Beth Hines, Rose Jenny Florida Book Awards Poetry, Silver Medal: Julie Marie Wade Naugatuck River Review 17th Annual Contest First Prize: Mary Beth Hines; Third Prize: B J Buckley; Finalists: Karen Elizabeth Sharpe; Semi-Finalists: Danielle Lemay 2025 St. Lawrence Book Award Winner: Grace H. Zhou Books In a Nutshell: an anthology of micro-poems Wendy Taylor Carlisle, Geraldine Connolly, Betsy Mars, Erin Murphy, Melissa Studdard Features & Columns The Writer's Chronicle Jessica Cuello, Anna Leahy
Weekly Spotlight SWWIM Reviews MER Reviewer: Julia Lisella tweetspeak Erin Murphy Podcasts & Radio Spots Poetry Moment Jessica Manack *SWWIM Every Day Editor **SWWIM Every Day Staff
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