Leia Butler

AWP Day 1. LFG!!

Here's my From the Editor's Desk introductions to issues 21 & 22, the literary equivalent of a double album. Music changed my life & it continues to make it fuller and more joyful. I'm so happy I decided to do a themed issue that became two volumes. Please consider ordering at StanchionZine.com/shop

Thrilled to share the poem just published by @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social
‘HEAVENLY BODIES’

Do read the beautiful #poetry in the journal and enjoy the accompanying audio versions too.

www.fullhouseliterary.com/issue-1-2026

#poetsofbluesky #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers

Absolutely thrilled that my poem ‘Heavenly Bodies’ has been published in Issue 1 of @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social, 2026, alongside a host of wonderful #poetry.

Look out, too, for the #audio version! 🎧

#litmag #publication #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets #skypoets #poetsofbluesky

Yard Sale by Alex Carrigan — Full House Literary

My poem "Yard Sale" is now live in @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social. You can read and hear the piece here: www.fullhouseliterary.com/issue-1-2026...

Full House Literary 2026 ISSUE 1 POETRY- PROSE - HYBRID - ART FEATURING: JOHN ADLAM • NOBLE ALOBU • KHAYELIHLE BENGHU • ALEX CARRIGAN • JORDYN DAMATO • MEREDITH MACLEOD DAVIDSON • PETER DEVONALD • MALINA DOUGLAS • JEREMY GILES • RACE HARISH • ANDREW HILMES • GP HYDE • EMILY JASTER • FRANCES KLEIN • NEETHU KRISHNAN • HELEN LAYCOCK • CHRISTIAN HANZ LOZADA • ASH MAIELLE • LOUISE MATHER • PATRICK MCEVOY • CHINYERE OBASI • OUMAYMA OUEGHLANI • TAMMY PIETERSON • REN PIKE •

“you joined the gang of neighborhood kids roving down to the softball field confession stand”

My piece, “Summer of the Malaprops” is live today at @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social along with a really killer lineup

www.fullhouseliterary.com/issue-1-2026

Thank you so much for sending your wonderful piece in! It’s been incredible working with you John 😊✨

www.fullhouseliterary.com/issue-1-2026

This was published this afternoon. I think it is the most exceptionally beautiful piece of online publishing! Big thanks to @leiabutler.bsky.social and @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social for all they do - and for including my piece 'Lares and Penates' therein...🙏❤️🙏

Brand new issue out today!!! And wow it’s an amazing one ⬇️⬇️⬇️

A snip of a poem for the new #FridayFragments feature by @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social

Really love this! Excellent piece 👏

Vigil I wait for you on a mourning tide wondering if hoping it will turn

Here's a wee poem I wrote last night for the new #fragmentsfriday from @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social
@blackboughpoetry.bsky.social - the challenge: one poem 18 words or less! #poems #poetry #poetrycommunity

It’s our first #fragmentsfriday - post your 18 word or less #poem - make it startling and inventive! Boost others on the hashtag!

#poetry #prompts #poetic #writingprompts #writing #write #blueskypoets

Another great evening at Write Here, Right Now poetry writing group. It’s great being part of a collaborative and supportive group.

Thank you 🙏

Sending you lots of good luck that it goes super well! ✨

Prepping for AWP and An Evening Wiith Stanchion. Lots of book reinforcements ordered. Jesus I hope I don't lose a fortune doing all this 😬

Stanchion Book Club members! Check your inboxes — you now have the early access PDF of
@tcboudreau.bsky.social 's Love You, Miss You, Goodbye Forever! You'll get your physical copy soon, as well as an invitation to join a Book Club-exclusive book chat and Q&A with Boudreau & @fbereaud.bsky.social!

The Book Bag: Through Salt-Heavy Seas by Andrew Williamson Welcome back to The Book Bag. I hope you’ve had a poetic week. This week has been a fairly quiet one with the bleary, grey weather. I did manage to get across to our allotment and look at the current progress of garlic and shallots, parsley and onions. They seem to be doing well despite the constant rain. At home we sowed some sweetpeas to start them off for spring. Also we harvested the last of the sprouts and used them to make a delicious slaw. I’ve been able to write, do some editing, I launched this month’s Poetic Voice, the excellent Paul Connolly.

This week in The Book Bag we paddle 'Through Salt-Heavy Seas', a collection of poems on place by Andrew Williamson.

'A gem of a book packed with relatable, accessible poetry that can be returned to time and again.'

Plus the usual news, recap, and of course the playlist.

Take 5 and settle in...

Can’t wait to publish it!!! ✨

I am very excited that one of my poems will be included in this next issue🙏🥰🙏

What a joy it has been to read these pieces! So thankful to everyone who sent in work, the quality was so high and so special❤️

Huge huge congrats to Zach Keali’i Murphy 👏

Read Zach’s amazing piece ‘Alas!’ here: www.fullhouseliterary.com/issue-1-2025...

Free PDFs On this page you will find free PDFs of some of my major projects. Just click on the cover image to download! Lavish paperback version available here.

RITES & PASSAGES, a project inspired by choose-your-own-adventure game books, Doom and the novels of Alain Robbe-Grilet, was published by @salopress.bsky.social in 2021. Now out-of-print, it is available as a free PDF from my website. Lose yourself in the labyrinth! thebirdking.com/free-pdfs/

Open again!

SUCH a brilliant piece, thank you so much for taking part, so pleased to have got the chance to read and share your poem! ❄️✨

Snow falling into our lattes by Marisca Pichette — Full House Literary

A little poem befitting the season ☕❄️ @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social

www.fullhouseliterary.com/the-games-ro...

Thrilled to have your brilliant piece be part of it! Thank you so much 👏❄️

A new little poem in the @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social Games Room series. Head over to their website to read/listen.

Thank you, @leiabutler.bsky.social , for your thoughtful curation, and congratulations to all the other writers. I am delighted to be a part of this feature!

Fun fun FUN! I loved putting this together! ⬇️❄️

"I Love New Writers." A Chat with Jeff Bogle, Editor of Stanchion "Like a record label from the late 90s."

Listen/watch my interview w/ @beckyltuch.bsky.social. We talked all things Stanchion, from what I like in a pitch email to what I hope to find in the writing being submitted & a bit of the history behind my magazine and the community that grew up around it.

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