Jen Stein Hauptmann

“I wake thinking of you. I want you to trace words on my body, to read your secrets through my skin. You know exactly where to breathe on the side of my neck to convince me I’m alive.” Pre-dawn is set in a still sky by Jen Stein (@dexlira). discretionarylove.com/pre-dawn-is-se…

September's 📝: Alex Stolis, Jan Niebrzydowski, H.A. Laine, Jess Whetsel, Henry Simpson, Simon Kaeppeli, JD Clapp, Olivia Burgess, Cecil Morris, Stephen Grant, Pop, Jack Anthony, Kirsten Domingo, Mirabelle Jiang, @LedueRichard, @dexlira, @cjsarett, @devonwebbnz, @MandiraPattnaik.

@radhikatheshark I always knew I would have children so I could know what it was like to have someone be like me, that genetic connection was so important to me. Fellow adoptee here. I completely understand.

@RedPenRabbit @ACESEditors This was an amazing presentation and resource. Thank you so much for putting it together.

Study underway to understand adopted people's experience as patients in the US healthcare industry. This is bring driven by a med student who is an adoptee. Info below, link here: arcsapps.umassmed.edu/redcap/surveys…

Artist Kate MacDowell explores the interaction between humans and nature through ceramics, porcelain #WomensArt

@lisamariebasile That seems likely.

@dexlira WHOLLY AGREE. Unless they are a trend? But I think it's probably a trend because poets just naturally gravitate toward a theme?

I was today years old as a poet when I learned that people think conceptual poetry books are a 'trend' and that people miss collections that just compile all the poems (regardless of theme) into one book. Huh. Where do you stand?

i love it when you can just tell that someone's core way of being is deep deep love. with a side of delicious snark

Cover me in black plastic. Let the mourners through. —Kim Addonizio 🔥🖤

@SundressErin Booo :(

@corsent Every time I spend time with my birth mother and sister it's a healing. I resent I had to be 40 years old before I could even find her.

One of my poems appearing in Atticus Review today. It's particularly appropriate as summer is too-quickly giving way to fall. atticusreview.org/hypomania-spri…

Happy to have three pieces in this issue of Atticus Review. Take a read!

Some excellent work in this issue.

Okay, everyone, it's time! Submissions for Issue 53.1 are officially open. We are so excited to see all the amazing work you send our way ☺️ Link is in the bio!!!

Huge thanks to @JillKhoury and @dexlira for publishing my poem, "Self-Portrait as Warming Planet," in @RogueAgentJ's stunning 100th (!) issue. Congrats to the eds. for this milestone 🤩! Migraineurs, esp. my perimenopausal sisters, this one's for you! rogueagentjournal.com/tgleason

@CelestePoetProf They fixed my meds and I went from sleeping 5 hours a night to sleeping 8.5 hours a night medicated. My psych has always told me my goal should be 8 - 9.5 hours. I swear bipolar is partly a sleep disorder, which causes so many physical symptoms.