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From “Diffusion” by Renuka Raghavan

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Image of a boy's profile against a starry night sky with a quote in yellow "the stars come out, ancient and indiscriminate" by Renuka Raghavan
September 3, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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July 30, 2026 at 6:47 PM
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July 23, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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From “Mead Botanical Gardens” by Sophia Saco

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Image of a red ladybug on a green leaf with a quote in pale blue "I watch a ladybug tangle itself in a cobweb" by Sophia Saco
July 2, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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From “Dear Mary,” by Jordan Cobb

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Image of a brown horse with a golden mane in a field the same color by another horse with a quote in pale yellow "their hearts, like his, big as melons" by Jordan Cobb
June 25, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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From “Thérèse Dreaming” by Lenore Myers @lenimo.bsky.social

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Image of a detailed close up of peach-colored dahlia in full bloom with many small petals and a quote in light blue "Whatever is behind the looking away, the mind finds its own, open, bloom" by Lenore Myers
June 18, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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From “To My Unborn Children, Whose Cells Live on in My Body” by Theresa Burns

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Image of the progression of half-moon shapes of an eclipse with a pale yellow quote that reads "They're the murmur in my heart that keeps me up at night" by Theresa Burns
June 11, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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From “Brooding” by Shelby Handler

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Image of several brown cracked open egg shells in an egg carton with a quote in pale blue "A brood appeared. A hive comprised of her and me and me and her and her and me" by Shelby Handler
June 4, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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From “The Lesson of Garlic” by Yiskah Rosenfeld

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Image of white wild garlic flowers and green leaves and stems with a quote in pale yellow "You take me for a mountain when I offer a flower, blossoming bone-white in dark earth" by Yiskah Rosenfeld
May 28, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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From “I’m “Fucking Stupid,” He Says or Something About the Similarities Between Human and Zebrafish Hearts” by Kimberly Ann Priest

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Image of a black, white, and blue striped fish with large eyes and a quote in pale blue "but no, I am no more fish than zebra, no more gospel than disinformation" by Kimberly Ann Priest
May 21, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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From “Dinner Frames” by Jessica Zhao

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Image of splintered and shattered pieces of glass glowing with sunlight with a quote in pale blue "a light stammers and spills over, splintering your glasses into specks of bone" by Jessica Zhao
May 14, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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From “Parable of the Water’s Folly” by Bernadette Geyer @bernadettegeyer.bsky.social

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Image of a girl with long hair underwater reaching toward the surface while kicking legs above the woven texture of light through turquoise-colored water with a quote in light blue "She commanded it to carry her and it carried her" by Bernadette Geyer
May 7, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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From “Origin of Crows” by Dion O'Reilly @dionoreilly.bsky.social

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Image of one open-winged crow looking at one open-mouthed crow sitting on a massive piece of driftwood with a quote in pale blue "the crows--they're laughing, forever dressed in their best midnight finery" by Dion O'Reilly
April 30, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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From “Loss” by Jill Michelle @jillpoppyflower.bsky.social

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Image of a piece of lace fabric with sunlight and shadow patterns of lace on a person's arm with a quote in pale blue "It seems I am practicing loss how to become lacework's hollow" by Jill Michelle
April 23, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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From “Litany” by Maria Caponi

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Silhouette of a dark-haired woman over a grill covered in tortillas, a hand reaching toward one, beneath a sign that shows T-O-R before the image cuts off, with a quote in pale blue "Dust of her kindness, as she heats corn tortillas on her blackened comal" by Maria Caponi
April 9, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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From “After the storm” by Cynthia Good

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Image of a broken fragment of a mirror held by a hand with the image of a woman's face with a quote in pale blue "the many years I slammed into walls, not recognizing my own reflection" by Cynthia Good.
April 2, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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From “hello to my triple chin” by Jessica Ballen

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Image of lightning with multiple strands striking a two-lane dotted highway at night with a quote in pale blue "I'm jazz, baby. the lightning carving out a pot in the pavement" by Jessica Ballen
March 26, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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From “Remodeling Project” by Julia Salem

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An image of the back of a very muscular man holding onto metal bars with his hands, ankles in gym shoes crossed, with a quote in pale blue, "his forearms' tectonic musculature, his verve revving you like a squirt of sun" by Julia Salem
March 19, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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From “Dance Improvisation” by Terrie Elaine Joplin

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Image of blurred ghost-like hands and hair in a pale blue-ish light with a pale blue quote that says "You launched me, twisting from your hands---stepping away---gone" by Terrie Elaine Joplin
March 12, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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From “Fire and Ice” by Nancy Krygowski

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image of a fire-orange-red geranium with open petals and some still budding and a quote in pale blue that says "blood thin as a geranium petal from flesh freshly nicked" by Nancy Krygowski
March 5, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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From “Audiometry” by Rachel Becker

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Image of rushing clouds through a dark blue sky with the quote in pale blue "The air chooses which sounds to swallow into its vanishing mouth" by Rachel Becker
February 26, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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From “Pareidolia” by Jodi Balas

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Image of vast ocean scene beneath bright wisps of cloud with the back of a woman standing looking out in a swimsuit and a quote in pale blue "the blasé hand of youth flipping the bird to my future self" by Jodi Balas
February 19, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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From “Slow Work” by Julie L. Moore @julielmoore23.bsky.social

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Image of a field of dry grass in winter with a snowblur and a quote in pale blue "I awoke to a song in the field" by Julie L. Moore
February 12, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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From “The Models Are Missing Something” by Katherine Maurer

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Image of a forest of orange-leaved trees and leaf-colored forest floor with a quote in pale yellow "Wind hisses through the dead oak leaves" by Katherine Maurer
February 5, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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From “Soldier's Heart” by Tammy C. Greenwood @tcgreenwood.bsky.social

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Image of heart monitor in green, yellow, and red with the quote in bright yellow "once named, soldier's heart--worn out from its fighting, its witnessing" by Tammy C. Greenwood
January 29, 2026 at 2:03 PM