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jameslilliefors.bsky.social
Poet, journalist, novelist. BotN nominee. First poetry collection, SUDDEN SHADOWS (Finishing Line Press), coming in October.
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My poem "Edward Hopper. Rooms by the Sea, 1951" was published in @tahomareview.bsky.social today! Thank you @jessicacuello.bsky.social! tahomaliteraryreview.com/selections/e...

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These were both touching poems @jameslilliefors.bsky.social and it was wonderful to be able to include a tribute to Jimmy Carter, so thank you for sending them to us 🍀

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Thank you to Hanna Nielson @hannaswork.bsky.social, EIC of The Belfast Review, for including my poems "Covered" and "The News Was Good" (a tribute to Jimmy Carter, written months before he passed away) in the third edition, which is now available from Amazon and online.

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Hopeful words from W.S. Merwin.

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LitHub asked some poets what our favorite poems of the year are and I picked two ("A Sunset" by Robert Haas and “The Poets Awoke” by m. nourbeSe Philip) lithub.com/49-contemporary-...

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So grateful for @jackbedell.bsky.social endorsement of my forthcoming book A WEATHERED SHIP. Pre-orders coming soon—stay tuned! 🌊📖

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"Strawberry Season," a lovely, thought-provoking poem from Susan L. Leary (@susanlleary.bsky.social). www.arkint.org/magazine/sus...

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"I am surprised sometimes to hear late-at-night voices through open windows and realize those rooms are still out there." #TodaysPoem #poetry Some Rooms are Prayers by @jameslilliefors.bsky.social (2024 Amethyst Review) tinyurl.com/ykrdy6f4

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Thank you to Editor Charlotte Cosgrove @charlottecosgrove.bsky.social for including my poem "Playing Tennis with the Past" in the new print anthology from Rough Diamond Poetry Journal - on the important theme of Hope! The Hope anthology features about 75 poems.

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I love this poem by @toddedillard.bsky.social

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Powerful words from Susan Stewart.

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"When power corrupts, poetry cleanses... We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth." Remember JFK, slain on this day in 1963, with his magnificent speech on the political power of art:

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Work as Wendell Berry writes:

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Thank you to Amethyst Review for publishing my poem "Some Rooms are Prayers" and to editor Sarah Law @sarahpoet.bsky.social amethystmagazine.org/2024/11/17/s...

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"What others found in art, I found in nature. What others found in human love, I found in nature. Very simple. But there was no voice there. Winter was over... Come to me, said the world. I was standing in my wool coat at a kind of bright portal" Louise Glück Friedrich, The Garden Terrace. 1798

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“All my friends are finding new beliefs,” by Christian Wiman is sticking with me…

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The Snow Man by Wallace Stevens #poetry #WallaceStevens

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Here it is, our contributors list for Issue 3, Winter 2025:

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This is an essay on my poem "Ballad," Keats's notion of Negative Capability, and Lorca's Duende, with a prompt and a link to the original poem. I'm happy to share it with you.

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No better way to introduce myself than to link to my page from wave 2 of @iambapoet.com. The first poem, ‘Dark-Haired Hilda Replies to Patrick Kavanagh’ started my journey as a published poet, when it won the Brian Dempsey Memorial Prize in 2018. I still love it. www.iambapoet.com/georgia-hilton

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Greetings, Bluesky!

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