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It's Tuesday Poem day in NZ. Here's one from the Rialto and my most recent collection, Hunger. Would love to see one of yours! #TuesdayPoem #poetry
Poem called Allotment, about growing things.
November 26, 2024 at 12:06 PM
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do not give into despair
greet it in a corner
with swift kicks
and fists of hope
for love too
can be raging #tuesdaypoem
March 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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From “At the New Bedford Whaling Museum” by Jennifer Litt

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Image of a whale skeleton hanging from a ceiling of a museum in front of a brick staircase with a quote in bright yellow "We surveyed the giant skeletons of whales--sperm, humpback, blue" by Jennifer Litt
May 26, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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From “Pondweed” by Mary Elder Jacobsen

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Image of bright green pond moss plants at the surface of water with a quote in bright blue "O ribbon me, oh ravel me" by Mary Elder Jacobsen
June 2, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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From “serenade” by Jill Kitchen @jillkitchen.bsky.social

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#SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #Poetry #Poem #ItsLit #WomenWriters #WomenPoets #WomenPublishingWomen #Ciswomen #TransWomen #Nonbinary #Intersex #GenderExpansive #Inclusive #Community #serenade #JillKitchen #TuesdayPoem #TBT
Silhouette of a woman with the words "what if you are your own secret affair" Jill Kitchen
September 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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From “Self-Portrait with No Spare Parts” by Cynthia Atkins @catkinspoet.bsky.social

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Image of a golden-colored dog's face asleep with eyes closed and a quote in bright blue "The body just wants something loyal and divine, a dog's eyelids fluttering in sleep." by Cynthia Atkins
March 3, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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From “Afterword” by Lauren Hilger

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Image of three horses in a misty field against foothills with a quote in yellow "I am a child's corner of that field. A huge readiness." by Lauren Hilger
September 1, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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From “Winter of Our Marriage” by Sara Backer

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Image of bright sunlight over snow crystals with trees in the background. A quote that reads "Our eyes burn from ceaseless white: walls, windows, ground, and sky" by Sara Backer.
December 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Tuesday Poem

#poem
#poetry
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July 21, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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From “Working the Porn Circuit” by Deborah Bacharach

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Woman caressing herself in red-pink tones with the quote "Ask for the basic beat you're supposed to know" by Deborah Bacharach
October 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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From “Silverwear” by Terese Svoboda @tsvoboda.bsky.social

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Image of seeming hundreds of black silhouettes of birds against a crepuscular blue sky above peach-pink sunset clouds beneath a three quarter moon with a quote in pale blue "Birds begin singing their favorite: O moon, O moon" by Terese Svoboda
April 7, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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From “Espalier” by Zoë Ryder White @zoeryderwhite.bsky.social

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Image of rosy red and green pairs with a quote in bright yellow "G. says we're each a little queer in our queer little way" by Zoë Ryder White
January 20, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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Tap the link below to read the full poem in SWWIM Every Day.

www.swwim.org/swwimeveryday/2025/9/16/pantoum-for-the-free-climbers-girlfriend

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September 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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From “The Shoes by the Door” by Amy Gottlieb

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Image of pale pink beaded slippers with a quote in bright blue "your beaded slippers waiting by the door like sentries at the gate to a holy kingdom" by Amy Gottlieb
May 12, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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From “Sonnet with Zinnias, Roses, But Not Persimmons” by Crystal C. Karlberg

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#SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #Poetry #Poem #WomenPoets #Ciswomen #TransWomen #Nonbinary #Intersex #GenderExpansive #Inclusive #SonnetwithZinniasRosesButNotPersimmons #CrystalCKarlberg #TuesdayPoem #TBT
Close up image of peachy pink and bright pink zinnias (one with a bright yellow center) and a quote in pale blue "The zinnias looked up at her with pink, their almost faces, their peculiar needs, requiring a mother's touch" by Crystal C. Karlberg
May 5, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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From “Sigiriya Rock Temple” by Abigail Wender

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Image of goddesses and gods carved into stone with the quote "we mother we give birth to the gods" by Abigail Wender
December 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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From “Commitment” by Shannon Quinn

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Image of the rumpled sheets, pillow, and blanket of a bed in an early sunrise light with a quote in bright yellow "Drowning girl can't climb on another body, call it shore" by Shannon Quinn
June 9, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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From “Egret” by Carolyn H. Zukowski

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Image of a tall white egret with a black-tipped orange beak with long thin legs and white tail feathers reaching down against a background of green leaves with a quote in bright blue "the body an exclamation point between land and sky or a divining rod between land and water" by Carolyn H. Zukowski
April 14, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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From “Ritual” by Jennifer K. Sweeney

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Image of the profile of a woman's body, eyes closed, dark hair, one hand on a knee and the other on her stomach, with a quote in bright blue "The body with its aches and silences, who can understand it?" by Jennifer K. Sweeney
April 28, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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From “Thirty-Year Friendship” by Nan Cohen

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Image of a dark green and misty forest with the quote in pale blue "a forest doesn't know itself the way a woodcutter does" by Nan Cohen
January 27, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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From “Faith Is a Thing with Running Shoes” by Susan Browne

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Image of the silhouette of a person standing over cliff rocks with greenery overlooking sea and distant mountains with a quote in bright blue "I wake up astonished at how living calmly goes on, shoulder to shoulder with unreckonable tragedy" by Susan Browne.
March 31, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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From “when Chen Chen tweets about deer in a poem” by Ray Ball

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Image of a silhouette of a deer on a cliffside overlooking mountain ranges in late afternoon golden sunlight with a quote in pale blue "I can't see a deer on a page without bracing for impact" by Ray Ball
March 10, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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From “5 PM” by Sharon Tracey

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Image of koi pond full of brightly colored koi and covered with surface moss with a quote in bright blue that reads "How do you build a painting with only sixty minutes to live" by Sharon Tracey
February 17, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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From “Want. My MTV.” by Kimberly Reyes

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Image of stacked televisions with the quote "Everything I know I learned from TV" by Kimberley Reyes
November 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM