Julie Weiss (she/her)

TY to James Penha from @newversenews.bsky.social for publishing my poem, "To All the Imprisoned Children" yesterday alongside Dick Altman´s and Karen Marker´s powerful poems. I translated mine into Spanish, too! Please forgive any grammatical mistakes. thenewversenews.substack.com/p/nvn-sunday...

Miracle Girl by Julie Weiss Miracle Girl               –Adamuz, Córdoba, January 18th, 2026 Six and barefoot, you falter along the rails like a phant…

There´s so much sadness in the world right now. Here in Spain, we´re still reeling from the horrendous train crash in Córdoba. 💔💔💔All my gratitude to @oneart.bsky.social´s finest, Mark and Louisa, for publishing this one quicker than I could blink. ❤️ oneartpoetry.com/2026/01/28/m...

I hope my daughter keeps asking the hard questions. With heartfelt thanks to wonderful EIC Christine Klocek-Lim.

I hope my daughter keeps asking the hard questions. With heartfelt thanks to wonderful EIC Christine Klocek-Lim.

Dear Daughter, by Julie Weiss Dear Daughter, I see you in the store, rummaging through a display of tacky hibiscus hairclips, our town´s new fad among fourth graders. You ask me which color bedazzles above all the rest. I was n…

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Dear Son by Julie Weiss Dear Son I see you crouched behind a bush, hands cupped around some countryside bug, whose name and composition you´ll pull out of the air as if the sky was a library, earth´s most bizarre curiosit…

Thanks to the wonderful Mark and Louisa from @oneart.bsky.social for publishing "Dear Son" today, my 1st poem of the year! Its twin "Dear Daughter," (in comments) also published in ONE ART, was nominated for the 2026 Monarch Queer Literary Awards! oneartpoetry.com/2026/01/06/d...

POEM 289: "What Comes After Life?" by Julie Weiss (@colourofpoetry.bsky.social)

"She wants me to turn the sky
inside out, show her those
ghost towns she learned about
from the pages of my lips."

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Thank you so much!!

Thank you so much, Kyla!

What Comes After Life? by Julie Weiss   That question again. It orbits out of my daughter´s chest after every death. A beetle she finds, squashed into a shape we name dismay. Her grandmother´s canary, tucked under dirt and...

How does a mother allay a daughter's fears when she can't even allay her own? A warm thank you to EIC Lee Potts for featuring my poem "What Comes After Life?" today in his beautiful journal, Stone Circle Review! stonecirclereview.com/what-comes/

Thank you kindly for everything, Lee! I´m thrilled and totally honored to be part of the Stone Circle Review family. ❤️

ONE ART’s Nominations for the 2026 Monarch Queer Literary Awards ONE ART’s Nominations for the 2026 Monarch Queer Literary Awards Kai Coggin – I AM MY OWN COUNTRY NOW Abby E. Murray – I Can’t Find My Gender Julie Weiss – Dear Daughter,  Sean Gla…

Absolutely floored to be nominated by ONE ART for the 2026 Monarch Queer Literary Awards alongside such incredible poets!! Thank you, Mark and Louisa, for publishing "Dear Daughter" and for this great honor. Congratulations and best of luck to all my fellow nominees! oneartpoetry.com/2025/11/28/o...

Thank you so much, Sarah!! ❤️

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After a Stranger Called This a Hobby by Julie Weiss After a Stranger Called This a Hobby In one hour, the clock has ticked off eightwords. The moon yawns. The stars clear their throats, but I need to wrap tonight´sgrief in a metaphor, all glitter and r...

Thank you to the wonderful editors of @dustpoetry.bsky.social for selecting "After a Stranger Called This a Hobby" for their Dear World Issue! I wrote this poem after a tweet of mine went viral a while back, and not long after my dad passed. www.dustpoetry.co.uk/post/after-a...

Thank you for sharing, and for everything, James!

Julie Weiss Julie Weiss is the author of The Places We Empty, and two chapbooks, The Jolt and Breath Ablaze: Twenty-One Love Poems in Homage to Adrienne Rich, Volumes I and II. Her second collection, Rooming w…

A poem about last year´s devastating floods in Valencia and other regions, and everything that went wrong. TY to the team at Sheila-Na-Gig for including "What the Flood Carried" in their spring 2025 issue! sheilanagigblog.com/poetry-archi...

"One street could span miles when measured through a mother's eyes. Three streets, a hike through a forest or a journey across a river. Dare me to hold my breath underwater that long, I tell my daughter, and I'll drown." From the poem "Not Today" by Julie Weiss published by Variant Lit

Today's poem: "Not Today" by @colourofpoetry.bsky.social

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Thank you so much for sharing, and for everything!! ❤️

Not Today Visit the post for more.

In 1989, a friend and I went to the movies. A week later, walking home from school, she vanished. 26 years later, my daughter was born on the day of my friend´s abduction, a cold case to this day. Thank you to the entire team at Variant Lit for publishing "Not Today." variantlit.com/not-today/

Publication day never gets old! Thank you kindly to EIC Ian Chung from Eunoia Review for publishing "Park Bench" from my chapbook-in-circulation, A Simple Gesture. Crossing my fingers for an acceptance one of these days soon!!

Happy 1-week bday to Rooming with Elephants!! Yesterday, I took my kids to a bday party, & a friend had, unbeknownst to me, brought it for me to sign. I know I´m just one tiny spark in a shimmering universe of poets, but writing her a note under my printed name, I felt bit like a poetry star. 🤩

Sharing a poem from my new collection, out as of yesterday!! #PoetsOnBluesky

Thank you!!!

This little girl had BIG dreams, one of which was to become a poet. Well, this little girl has just published her 4th book of poetry (2nd collection)! TY to everyone involved in making this book, which I poured my mother´s heart into. kelsaybooks.com/products/roo...

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Excuse me if I scream (AAAAHHHHH!!), but my new parenting collection will be out in a matter of days!!!! Stay tuned for links!!! #PoetsOnBluesky

Finished writing poem #20 of my manuscript, the follow-up to my forthcoming collection, Rooming with Elephants. 10/20 poems are published or forthcoming, some in journals I´ve been trying for years. Thankful for how far I´ve come since publishing my debut, shown here, in 2021. Dreams do come true! ❤️

Thank you for your kind words!

Gyroscope´s 2025 Winter Issue is out! I´m thrilled to appear alongside so many wonderful poets and poet friends. Thank you to editors Constance Brewer, Betsy Mars, and Elya Braden for including my poem. #PoetsOnBluesky

1st 2025 pub has gone live! TY to EIC Erik Deerly & team at Burningword for believing in this poem. The issue is beautiful, brilliant, powerful. It´s an honor to be featured among such talented writers & artists. PDF and print versions will be available on Feb 1st. Full poem at www.burningword.com.