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Writer, co-editor-in-chief of Frozen Sea, Bay Area 🌁 🌊🧊πŸͺ“ @frozenseapoetry.bsky.social williamwardbutler.com | frozensea.org 🌊🧊πŸͺ“

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Listing of the Day Today's listing of the day is: Frozen Sea @frozenseapoetry.bsky.social #WritingCommunity

Today's listing of the day is: Frozen Sea @frozenseapoetry.bsky.social #WritingCommunity

24.08.2025 13:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Issue Nine out now! πŸͺ“

We're so excited to share this absolute bouquet of a line-up - frozensea.org/issue-nine πŸ’

15.08.2025 14:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I have two new poems in the latest issue of the Texas Review β€” here’s one of them!

25.06.2025 21:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Summer Issue Launch Event: Cowell Ranch Historic Hay Barn β€” Catamaran Literary Reader Join us in celebrating the launch of Catamaran’s 48th issue!

✨Join us June 24th to celebrate the launch of our Summer 2025 Issue!
🎀Readings by John Briscoe, @williamwardbutler.bsky.social, @susanmgaines.bsky.social, Charles Hood, Annie Holdren, @elizabethmck.bsky.social, @davidrompf.bsky.social, Patrice Vecchione.
catamaranliteraryreader.com/events-2025/...

18.06.2025 17:33 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Frozen Sea Issue Seven is out now! 🌀️🌲

Head over to frozensea.org/issue-seven to read all poems from this issue and stay tuned on socials as we release them over the next weeks! πŸ©΅β€οΈβ€πŸ”₯

15.02.2025 15:59 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New issue of
@frozenseapoetry.bsky.social is out today, perfect for any post-Valentine’s ennui

frozensea.org/issue-seven

15.02.2025 14:27 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Home - Monson Arts

Monson Arts! monsonarts.org

10.02.2025 00:55 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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floating your way February 15th, Issue Seven! 🌁 🌊πŸͺ“

first sneak previews tomorrow πŸ‘€

line-up:

Sophie Bebeau
Nathan Blansett
Daniel Brennan
Prince Cunningham
T. De Los Reyes
Jeremiah Moriarty
Michael Okafor
Christian Paulisich
Elizabeth Anne Schwartz
Brian Sonia-Wallace
Jack Westmore

09.02.2025 20:02 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Today's poem is "Loneliness Was Part Of It"
by Jaye Kranz
from Frozen Sea
Subscribe and you'll hear the poet from your inbox!
www.versedaily.org/2025/lonelin...

03.02.2025 18:44 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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New poem out with Hunger Mountain @hungermtn.bsky.social

01.02.2025 18:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New poem of mine published in the latest issue of Five Points ⛡️

12.01.2025 01:52 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Glad to have a poem in this issue, and excited to read the whole thing πŸ₯³

23.12.2024 01:54 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Before we launch Special Issue One tomorrow, we wanted to take a moment to shout out our Issue Six contributors!

We're honored that folks trust us with their work and love to see our Frozen Sea fam continue to grow! πŸͺ“πŸ©΅

14.12.2024 20:16 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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New poem out today β€” thanks to @whaleroadreview.bsky.social

13.12.2024 23:17 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Frozen Sea Frozen Sea is a new poetry journal with an emphasis on publishing exceptional poetry from early-career poets in a mobile-friendly format.

Hi new followers! I’m the co-editor-in-chief of Frozen Sea, an online poetry journal. Check us out over at @frozenseapoetry.bsky.social or frozensea.org 🌊🧊πŸͺ“

15.11.2024 23:22 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Issue Five of Frozen Sea is out today!

Really amazed by how this issue turned out, and excited that submissions for Issue Six are open through September 1 (send us poems and art!)

frozensea.org/issue-five

@frozenseapoetry.bsky.social

15.08.2024 21:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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reasons not to set myself on fire - Kristin Lueke @klooky.bsky.social

28.02.2024 23:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Issue Three is out NOW! You can read/listen to all poems now at frozensea.org/issue-... (link in bio).

Stay tuned on social media as we post the beautiful work of our contributors here as well!

We’re glad y’all are here β™₯️🌊🧊πŸͺ“

15.02.2024 17:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Incunabula Standing Above Myself by Max McDonough

03.02.2024 01:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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cuisle na mara by Eartha Davis

19.12.2023 22:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Scene Soon to Be Burnt Down by Daniel Barnum

15.12.2023 19:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Donkey Punch by Richard Quigley

04.12.2023 18:39 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Poetry has long been a tool of resistance – to treat it as anything less is an insult. Art is meaningless without a commitment to human dignity and autonomy; poetry is meaningless when stripped of its ability to interrogate the world as it is and its capacity to dream of a better one.

08.11.2023 03:34 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

love this @dankohara.maug.live poem tbh

04.11.2023 00:31 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Poem by Tom Snarsky @tomsnarsky.bsky.social

01.11.2023 15:36 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Study of a Red Bouquet at Your Funeral by Lizabeth Yandel

23.10.2023 12:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Word is that Bluesky is more of a thing these days. Goodbye Elon, hello sunnier horizon.

Looking forward to connecting with poets, publishers, & readers! We're Frozen Sea, a new poetry journal with an emphasis on publishing exceptional work from early-career poets in a mobile-friendly format 🌊🧊πŸͺ“

22.10.2023 01:03 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0