new ballast and new poem from me in another journal coming at you next week 💫

One of our editors, Jacob Schepers, has a new chapbook called Connections & Choreography out TODAY with Bottlecap Press! Jacob Schepers Hooray for #new #poetry #books

🐙ballast 2.2 is alive 🐙 featuring poetry by Kristin Lueke, Elijah Guerra, Jose Hernandez Diaz, Sharon Denmark, Erin Schallmoser 🐺, Jonathan Simkins, parker logan, @ianwilliamspoet, Robert Caret, Alex Bernstein, Trampoline Poetry, Nico Vassilakis... ballastjournal.com/issue-22-table…

—1.3. Featuring work by Livia Meneghin, Sara Judy (Sara Judy), Saleem Hue Penny, Sarp Sozdinler (Sarp Sozdinler), Eartha Davis, and more. Immerse yourself in the enigmas of the outside world with this stunning collection. —View it live now on our website.

"under sky / over water / cannot swim / can walk / sand rushing / slight fear / never feel in the field" Sara Judy (Sara Judy) in 1.3 of Where Meadows.

Contributor Feature 🌇🌇🌇 Alex Bernstein in ballast issue 2.2 Read the full piece here: ballastjournal.com/alex-bernstein

We're just a wee lil lit mag trying to do our part by spreading the news of the goodness that's out there in publishing poetry and small press 😇 🧵 ballastjournal.com/recommended-jo…

click through to read three poems by my brilliant coeditor Jacob Schepers - you don't want to miss the final lines

The day after we have an editorial meeting (to start prepping an upcoming issue) = vibes and a midweek buoy. Psst we're still reading and accept subs on a rolling basis 📢

a note of appreciation for Jacob Schepers 📩

—for a long time—would go to bed early. Sara Judy

baby's first time designing the cover for ballast 😶‍🌫️

the upholstery of summer coming all unstitched the air full of flying [ballast poems] ☁️ [poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine…]

so long, summer

second poetry submission within the calendar year who do I think I am

lmao

Grain elevators by Puerto Rico-born, Pennsylvania-based painter Adalberto Ortiz

"Why does poetry still live? Especially since by the precepts of the market, it should be dead; it barely sells." In the latest review, Juliana Spahr writes about recent poetry "without philanthropy". Read more now on ASAP/J. asapjournal.com/review/the-sco…