James Lilliefors
Poet, journalist, novelist. Pushcart and BotN nominee. First poetry collection, SUDDEN SHADOWS, published this fall.
- Reposted by James LillieforsHere is a new poem. Already revised, alas. But for what it’s worth: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... Many thanks to Jeff Shotts and Kevin Young.
- Naples after dark.
- Reposted by James LillieforsEvery New Year's I think of this poem from Marge Piercy: "How much have I dared in opposition? How much have I put on the line for freedom? For mine and others? As these freedoms are pared, sliced and diced, where have I spoken out?"
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- Thank you to West Trade Review and editor Ken Harmon for publishing my new poem "The Dark Art of Hope" in their Winter 2025 edition, now available. @westtradereview.bsky.social westtradereview.com/onlineexclus...
- Grateful to Oatleaf Poetry Magazine for nominating my poem "Inversion" for a Pushcart Prize. www.tumblr.com/oatleaf/8009... And to Epistemic Literary for nominating my poem "There Will Be Warnings." These are my first Pushcart nominations (and both came on the same weekend). Thank you!
- Reposted by James LillieforsReally love this lush & surprising lyric on the Academy's Poem-a-Day today. poets.org/poem/homecom...
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- Thank you to Epistemic Literary for nominating my poem "There Will Be Warnings" for the 2026 Best of the Net anthology!
- Wendell Berry reciting "The Peace of Wild Things." Happy 91st birthday. onbeing.org/poetry/the-p...
- Cover reveal for my chapbook SUDDEN SHADOWS, which is now available for pre-order from Finishing Line Press. www.finishinglinepress.com
- My poetry chapbook SUDDEN SHADOWS is now available for pre-order from Finishing Line Press. Publication date is October 17. www.finishinglinepress.com/product/sudd...
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- Thanks to Third Wednesday magazine, and Editor David Jibson, for including my new poem "Seriously" in its upcoming spring edition.
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[Not loaded yet] - 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.
- Hopeful words from W.S. Merwin.
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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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- 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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- Powerful words from Susan Stewart.
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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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