October poetry recommendations thread!
In this thread, I'll highlight some fantastic poems I read and reviewed in September on Stardust & Verse. If you want to check out all the reviews now, you can do that here: www.patreon.com/StardustAndV...

@jenniferhudak.bsky.social
Writer of SFF, drinker of tea. Nebula winner, Hugo finalist. Aging mermaid far from her natural habitat. SFWA/Codex/VP2018. She/her
October poetry recommendations thread!
In this thread, I'll highlight some fantastic poems I read and reviewed in September on Stardust & Verse. If you want to check out all the reviews now, you can do that here: www.patreon.com/StardustAndV...
Stay gold, Ponyboy 😭😭😭😭😭
DO IT FOR JOHNNY MAN
Age yourself with a childhood crush
In light of some magazines pulling scummy things on creators lately, I’m doing a little thread on short story rights. I don't want anybody getting taken advantage of. Also, if you're new, this stuff can be confusing!
Thank you my friend!!!
“If she survives the dunking, she’s a witch;
If she drowns, well.
We mourn the mistake while admiring the process:
a neat solution that ensures a dead woman.”
By @jenniferhudak.bsky.social in @trollbreathmag.bsky.social
So, an update on moving: I may get the chance to stay in Seattle in the next 3 months or so. I've talked to people and they think they can get me settled to move by the time I go back to FL in December. So, if you'd like to give me an early birthday gift and help me stay out there, here you go:
🧵 Attention, Fellow SFF Artists and Authors -- here is my response to Must Read Magazines, after they presented an Asimov's art contract expecting me to waive all Moral Rights and Copyright to my art. And, I would strongly advise the following to my fellow pros…. 1/
"Swimming the Witch" in @trollbreathmag.bsky.social (poem): witches, systems of power, rage
magazine.trollbreath.com/swimming-the...
The SFPA September 2026 Round-up is LIVE!
We've got new work by @nytebird45.bsky.social @pixieb.bsky.social @bugthewriter.bsky.social @jenniferhudak.bsky.social and more!
Click through to see what these and other SFPA members have been up to:
Angela...! Thank you so so much!!! 💙💙💙
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Oh noooo! That sucks, especially for someone who works at home 😱 Do you know how long the renovations will take?
My interview in the new issue of @orionsbeltmagazine.bsky.social is now free-to-read!
I talk about my story "Brainstem Disco, 2191," how I write flash vs. poetry, and thinking in multiple languages.
Thank you, Tammy! I hope you enjoy it!
This is inexcusable
Thank you so much, Jules! 🩵
You know when poems sometimes give you chills and give vent to feelings you definitely could never have expressed with such skill or grace? YEAH. (Read itttttt)
Thank you so much!