ballast journal
a journal of poetry and more poetry and more poetry | editors @jacobschepers.bsky.social & Sara Judy | submissions always open | issue 3.1 out now | ballastjournal.com
- Here’s Miharu Yano and “Three Paintings; Redux” to round out ballast 3.4’s contributor features Read the full poem here: www.ballastjournal.com/miharu-yano #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #MiharuYano
- 🌸🌸🌸 Here’s Rebecca Valley and “January in the Japanese Garden” for ballast 3.4’s contributor features Read the full poem here www.ballastjournal.com/rebecca-valley #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #RebeccaValley
- Here’s Misha Tentser and “Sacred Heart” for ballast 3.4’s contributor features Read the full poem here www.ballastjournal.com/misha-tentser #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #MishaTentser
- Here’s Hannah Azar Strauss and “Warner’s Lolly” for ballast 3.4’s contributor features Read the full poem here www.ballastjournal.com/hannah-azar-... #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #HannahAzarStrauss
- Here’s Kelly R. Samuels and “Re: Talking of Wallpaper” for ballast 3.4’s contributor features w/ @kellyrsamuels.bsky.social Read the full poem here www.ballastjournal.com/kelly-r-samu... #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #KellyRSamuels
- Here’s · R L · powell and “Polaroids I didn’t take only to leave in Basque” for ballast 3.4’s contributor features Read the full poem here www.ballastjournal.com/rl-powell #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #RLPowell
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- Here’s Meg Pokrass and “The Stranger Likes Soup” for ballast 3.4’s contributor features @megpokrass.bsky.social Read the full poem here www.ballastjournal.com/meg-pokrass #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #MegPokrass
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- Here’s Caroline Picker for ballast 3.4’s contributor features Content Warning: grief, loss of child Read the full poem here www.ballastjournal.com/caroline-pic... #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #CarolinePicker
- Look for a new collection coming next year from ballast co-editor @jacobschepers.bsky.social 🫰🫰
- ✨Contributor Features from ballast 3.4✨ Here’s Matthew Murrey with “L” @mytwords.bsky.social Read the full poem here! www.ballastjournal.com/matthew-murr... #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #MatthewMurrey
- ✨Contributor Features from ballast 3.4✨ Here’s Pete Miller with “Ethanol” Read the full poem here: www.ballastjournal.com/pete-miller #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #PeteMiller
- ✨Contributor Features from ballast 3.4✨ Here’s Jory Mickelson @poetryphone.bsky.social with “[Sometimes a hotel room]” Read the full poem here! www.ballastjournal.com/jory-mickels... #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #JoryMickelson
- ✨Contributor Features from ballast 3.4✨ Here’s Andrew Maxwell with “nunc dimittis” Read the full poem here! www.ballastjournal.com/andrew-maxwell #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #AndrewMaxwell
- ✨Contributor Features from ballast 3.4✨ Here’s Jason Labbe with “Everybody” Read the full poem here! www.ballastjournal.com/jason-labbe #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #JasonLabbe
- ✨Contributor Features from ballast 3.4✨ Here’s David Koehn with “Horse in Field Under Power Lines Quatern” Read (or listen to David read) the full poem here! www.ballastjournal.com/david-koehn #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #DavidKoehn
- ✨Contributor Features from ballast 3.4✨ Here’s Ted Jean with “Ecclesiastes” www.ballastjournal.com/ted-jean #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #TedJean
- ✨Contributor Features from ballast 3.4✨ @jennajaco.bsky.social Here’s Jenna Jaco with “That Couple” www.ballastjournal.com/jenna-jaco #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #JennaJaco
- One of our editors zhuzhing up their own site 👀
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- ✨Contributor Features from ballast 3.4✨ Here’s Vivian Ia with “[camaraderie with the inevitable]” which is also one of our Pushcart nominees this awards season! www.ballastjournal.com/vivian-ia #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #VivianIa
- ✨Contributor Features from ballast 3.4✨ Here’s G Timothy Gordon with “Daliesque” www.ballastjournal.com/g-timothy-go... #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #GTimothyGordon
- ✨Contributor Features from ballast 3.4✨ Here’s J. Freeborn with “After the Wake” www.ballastjournal.com/j-freeborn #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #JFreeborn
- Hey #ballast is a nonprofit journal, and if you support what we’re doing and would like to consider financially supporting us with a #givingtuesday donation, we hope you do. Every little bit helps us keep the lights on and the web hosting happy. Our donate link is at ballastjournal.com/donate.
- ✨Contributor Features from ballast 3.4✨ Here’s Connor Fisher with “The Contaminated Tongue” www.ballastjournal.com/connor-fishe... #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #ConnorFisher
- Contributor Features from ballast 3.4! Here’s Geoffrey Detrani’s “Profanity’s Weight” @geoffreydetrani.bsky.social www.ballastjournal.com/geoffrey-det... #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #GeoffreyDetrani
- Contributor Features from ballast 3.4! Here’s Michael Daley, from “Lowering My Standards” www.ballastjournal.com/michael-daley #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #MichaelDaley
- Contributor Features from ballast 3.4! Here’s Joel Chace, from “[Egress glitch]” www.ballastjournal.com/joel-chace #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #JoelChace
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- Contributor Features from ballast 3.4 are rolling out! Here’s Tom Phillips’ translation from the Bulgarian of Tzotcho Boyajiev’s poem “[and when the cart stops for me, drawn]” www.ballastjournal.com/tzotcho-boya... #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #TzotchoBoyajiev #TomPhillips
- Contributor Features from ballast 3.4 are rolling out! Here’s Jerome Berglund with one of this three text/visual pieces from the issue www.ballastjournal.com/jerome-bergl... #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #JeromeBerglund
- Shameless ask incoming: If you’re a fan of us, wanna show ballast some love and consider voting for us for @chillsubs.bsky.social ✨Best Lit Mag Awards✨?? Be sure to show all your other faves some love too 🤘🤘 www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
- Co-editor Sara Judy introducing ballast 3.4 and our special “Remarks” feature on modernism www.ballastjournal.com/issue-34-edi...
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- ballast issue 3.4 (our last of 2025) is officially unleashed 🛸 www.ballastjournal.com/issue-34-tab... With Daniel Barbiero, Jerome Berglund, Joel Chace, Michael Daley, @geoffreydetrani.bsky.social, Connor Fisher, J. Freeborn, G Timothy Gordon, Vivian Ia, Jenna Jaco, Ted Jean, David Koehn…1/2
- Contributor Features from ballast 3.3–our final piece before 3.4! Here’s Nicholas Alti with “Levitation, Hypothetically and Now It’s Eleven, Actually” www.ballastjournal.com/nicholas-alti #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #NicholasAlti
- Contributor Features from ballast 3.3: Here’s Carol Barrett with “Russian Knapweed” www.ballastjournal.com/carol-barrett #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #CarolBarrett
- Contributor Features from ballast 3.3: Here’s Mary Beth Becker with “Comet” www.ballastjournal.com/mary-beth-be... #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #MaryBethBecker
- Contributor Features from ballast 3.3: Here’s “Milorad Pavić, Landscape Painted with Tea” by Stephen Bett www.ballastjournal.com/stephen-bett #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #StephenBett
- Contributor Features from ballast 3.3: Here’s “Exodus of a Trump” by Michael Loren Butkovich www.ballastjournal.com/michael-butk... #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #MichaelLorenButkovich
- Contributor Features from ballast 3.3: Here’s “Impossible Princess” by Zack Carson www.ballastjournal.com/zack-carson #contributorfeature #poem #poems #ballast #ZackCarson
- Contributor Features from ballast 3.3: Here’s “Grace” by Kameryn Alexa Carter www.ballastjournal.com/kameryn-alex... #contributorfeature #poetry #poem #poems #ballast #KamerynAlexaCarter
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- Contributor Features from ballast 3.3: Here’s “Five Movements on a Gesture Traced in Air” by Rocío Cerón & Dana Delibovi (translator) @danadelibovi.bsky.social www.ballastjournal.com/rocio-ceron-... #contributorfeature #poetry #poem #poems #ballast #RocíoCerón #DanaDelibovi
- Contributor Features from ballast 3.3: Here’s Viviane Fae-Moss with “Butch Vagabonds of Indecipherable Origin” www.ballastjournal.com/viviane-fae-... #contributorfeature #poetry #poem #poems #ballast #VivianeFaeMoss
- Contributor Features from ballast 3.3: Here’s Kelly Gray with “West Country” www.ballastjournal.com/kelly-gray #contributorfeature #poetry #poem #poems #ballast #KellyGray
- Contributor Features from ballast 3.3: Here’s Peter Milne Greiner with “The Way Science Fiction Loves” www.ballastjournal.com/peter-milne-... #contributorfeature #poetry #poem #poems #ballast #PeterMilneGreiner
- Contributor Features from ballast 3.3: Here’s Daniel Hales with “Mist” www.ballastjournal.com/daniel-hales #contributorfeature #poetry #poem #poems #ballast #DanielHales
- Contributor Features from ballast 3.3: Here’s Jake Hargrove with “I Was There When the Heart Fell Out of It” www.ballastjournal.com/jake-hargrove #contributorfeature #poetry #poem #poems #ballast #JakeHargrove
- Contributor Features from ballast 3.3: Here’s Alec Hershman with “River” www.ballastjournal.com/alec-hershman #contributorfeature #poetry #poem #poems #ballast #AlecHershman
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- Contributor Features from ballast 3.3: Here’s A Hua’s “Winds Blow Through This Floating World,” translated by Xuelan Su www.ballastjournal.com/a-hua-trans-... #contributorfeature #poetry #poem #poems #ballast #AHua #XuelanSu
- Contributor Features from ballast 3.3: Here’s D.J. Huppatz with “Build a Network” @djhuppatz.bsky.social www.ballastjournal.com/dj-huppatz #contributorfeature #poetry #poem #poems #ballast #DJHuppatz
