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Jack Bedell

@jackbedell.bsky.social

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Louisiana Poet Laureate 2017-19. Books from Mercer University Press. Work included in Best Microfiction and Best Spiritual Lit. EIC: @louisianalit.bsky.social

www.jackbbedell.com

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@jackbedell.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 8:12 PM

Big thanks, Pat. Much love!

@pdforan.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 7:08 PMReposted by @jackbedell.bsky.social

“No need to go inside

to be sanctified.”

@jackbedell.bsky.social in @tinywrenlit.bsky.social www.tinywrenlit.com/11/gouffre

@pdforan.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 7:12 PMReposted by @jackbedell.bsky.social

“It always starts
with a single decision …”

@jackbedell.bsky.social in @bloominonionlit.bsky.social www.thebloominonion.com/diatribe-jac...

@jackbedell.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 8:00 PM

Stoked to have a poem in the new mini issue of @bloominonionlit.bsky.social alongside five fantastic writers! 👇🏻
www.thebloominonion.com/diatribe-jac...

@jackbedell.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 4:34 AM

You’re the best, Pat! Thank you so much for giving this poem a boost.

@jackbedell.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 4:32 AM

Thanks for checking this one out, Pat!

@pdforan.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 4:50 PMReposted by @jackbedell.bsky.social

"It would’ve been nice to
ring in the new year on the curb
staring down my lampless
street into an emptiness so
black even the idea of a horizon
disappeared ..."

@jackbedell.bsky.social in Plague Circus plaguecircuspress.com/im-sad-by-ja...

@pdforan.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 4:46 PMReposted by @jackbedell.bsky.social

"... it's all home to me."

Pointe Noire by @jackbedell.bsky.social in Tanasi Review see page 9) tanasiriverreview.neocities.org/Tanasi_River...

@stonecirclereview.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 10:00 PMReposted by @jackbedell.bsky.social

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. Full guidelines at stonecirclereview.com/submissions-...

#Poetry #PoetryCommunity #CallForSubmissions #LitMag

@jackbedell.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 2:30 AM

@judemarr.bsky.social Thanks for tuning in to the Dodo reading tonight! It was wonderful to see your face and hear your voice!

@jackbedell.bsky.socialSep 28, 2026, 10:55 PM

Thank you so much for checking this one out!

@vcmyers.bsky.socialSep 28, 2026, 10:15 PMReposted by @jackbedell.bsky.social

Love this lil ode to PJ Harvey & the 90s...

@jackbedell.bsky.socialSep 28, 2026, 12:15 PM

Very grateful to have a little nostalgia-for-the-before-times piece up at Plague Circus this morning. 👇🏻 plaguecircuspress.com/im-sad-by-ja...

@jackbedell.bsky.socialSep 23, 2026, 1:54 AM

The new issue of Tanasi Review is out today. The PDF is available now with a print edition to follow next month. Very grateful to have a poem about Pat Mire’s latest movie in the issue’s lead-off spot! 🙌🏻👇🏻 tanasiriverreview.neocities.org/Tanasi_River...

@jackbedell.bsky.socialSep 18, 2026, 6:32 PM

❤️

@jackbedell.bsky.socialSep 18, 2026, 6:32 PM

Thank you!

@jackbedell.bsky.socialSep 16, 2026, 5:44 PM

I’m very grateful to have this one in the @stonecirclereview.bsky.social archive!

@jackbedell.bsky.socialSep 10, 2026, 9:44 PM

❤️

@jackbedell.bsky.socialSep 10, 2026, 9:38 PM

Thanks, Pat! I hope you liked those.

@pdforan.bsky.socialSep 10, 2026, 5:11 PMReposted by @jackbedell.bsky.social

"The mystery is not always a whodunit. Sometimes, like this time, that part is ..."

"Some scenes can’t help themselves."

"Sometimes murder scenes hold no truth at all."

@jackbedell.bsky.social with four nutshell studies in @bulbregion.bsky.social bulbregion.com/Nutshell-Stu...

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