Poetry that re-enchants the ordinary, that knows what the rational world has explained away. Recent poems: linktr.ee/stonecirclereview. EIC @LeePottsPoet

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The Circle is always open. The poems I’m looking for return, in Charles Simic’s words, “that which is familiar to its original strangeness” No fee. Four-week turnaround. Guidelines at the link in our bio. #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #CallForSubmissions #LitMag
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I prefer the time of insects to the time of stars. I prefer to knock on wood. I prefer not to ask how much longer and when. I prefer keeping in mind even the possibility that existence has its own reason for being. -- Wisława Szymborska, “Possibilities”
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Over the years, I have gotten more interested in building multiplicity into my writing. I’ve been experimenting with how much I can pour into the poem. -- Lauren Camp
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She steeps in fecund bliss until her light is drawn. what a rich and solid poem 👏🔥
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POEM 376: "Black Tea" by Cindy Kurukaanga "She traces branches across the back of hands that dug abundance into broody marl, charged earth with buddings, nursed slips to full plumage." ⬇️LINK BELOW⬇️ #Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
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In case you missed it this morning...
POEM 375: "The Unworn" by Aardhra Chandran "The pleats are iron teeth. They close around her hips. Six yards of starched cotton draw her upright— a coffin of cloth, stiff with hair oil, sour with old sweat." ⬇️LINK BELOW⬇️ #Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
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POEM 375: "The Unworn" by Aardhra Chandran "The pleats are iron teeth. They close around her hips. Six yards of starched cotton draw her upright— a coffin of cloth, stiff with hair oil, sour with old sweat." ⬇️LINK BELOW⬇️ #Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
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My head space now and for the foreseeable.
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Attention without feeling, I began to learn, is only a report. – Mary Oliver, Our World
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In case you missed this last night...
I am delighted to announce Stone Circle's 2027 Best of the Net nominees. Links to their poems are here: stonecirclereview.com/awards… Please take a moment to enjoy their work again. And please join me in congratulating them and wishing them the best of luck. #BotN #BestOfTheNet
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grateful to @stonecirclerev stonecirclereview.com/awards… 2027 Best of the Net Anthology Nominations Ali Beheler – “Out of Hollows, Echoing“ Kimberly Hall – “Fugato“ Tina Kelley – “Self-Portrait as Funeral Star“ Dustin King – “After Camping With Jeff in the Dismal Swamp...
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I am delighted to announce Stone Circle's 2027 Best of the Net nominees. Links to their poems are here: stonecirclereview.com/awards… Please take a moment to enjoy their work again. And please join me in congratulating them and wishing them the best of luck. #BotN #BestOfTheNet
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I depend on serendipity. I pray for what may be referred to as the angel of chance. -- Sally Mann
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pink as babies.... Love this reversion x
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I remember my Thanksgiving poem being pinned to the school bulletin board, where everyone could see it, and leaves cut out of orange construction paper were stapled all around it. It is the one poem I am still trying to write. -- Mary Ruefle, Madness, Rack, and Honey
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