Part-Time Poets is home to poetry born in the margins.
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Issue 34
My Kids Keep Growing And I Think About My Mother
after Mary Oliver
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I shake with joy,
I shake with grief.
These two feelings in my body...
Open for Submissions!
We are looking for original, unpublished (including social media) poems that speak to the human experience, individual and shared, through the lens of womanhood and/or motherhood. If you are not already familiar with us, please spend some t...
Issue 33
Ode to my Envy
Olivia Gatwood: a Cento
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Honey, you are something
that morphs the teeth
to a murder of sitting crows.
You plague...
"If a mother is a mirror, then the glass is always cracked"
Jillian and I met several years ago in a writing group and when I started Part-Time Poets I was thrilled to have her join. Her gutty, honest, let-it-all-hang-out poems always inspire me and push me to think about how I can take more risks i...
Issue 32
The Writing Prompt Asks, “When were you last afraid?”*
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as though I’m not a mother. As though my heart
nested still and safe between my own ribs...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
Full-time thinker, part-time writer. I write poems because an essay doesn’t fit on a shower wall. Creator of Part-Time Poets. Chief noticer at The Noticing.
Founder of Stories I'd Tell You at Dinner. Regular contributor at Part-Time Poets. My spiritual gift is losing things.
Writing from the quieter middle. Exploring the truth that holds us together.
mom | writer | broadway producer ✨ writing about motherhood, creativity, & news that is worth your good attention
Lindsay Sledge lives in Music City with her college sweetheart and three charismatic kids. Her essays have appeared in Coffee + Crumbs, Her View From Home, and Kindred Magazine. You can connect with her on Substack or Instagram!
Erin is a lover of God who writes about faith, suffering, and mental health. Napping is her favorite pastime.
Observer; note-taker; writer. Oklahoma | Cherokee Nation
Wife, mama, writer, and believer in saving grace
Wife, mom to three sons, lover of stories, writer
Mother of 3, military spouse, pediatric nurse, lover of words. A little bit extra \ud83d\udc96
Wife. Mom. Storyteller. Donut enthusiast.
K-5 elementary librarian. Falling back in love with reading with middle grade books. Picture book and middle grade book lists.
Writer, organizer, die-hard chalanter. Reclaiming play and committed to looking for the light!
Award-Winning Children's Book Author. Mother. Doodler. Photographer. Spends days trying to write, but instead gets distracted easily by camera, toddler, and buttery sunlight.
Paige Engle is a writer, speaker, artist, and mother.
Hey! I'm Erin, a mom doing my best to raise kind children, a believer, a bookworm and a writer of creative nonfiction. With a friend, I authored The Beauty of Motherhood: Grace-Filled Devotions for the Early Years. I'm glad you're here. \ud83d\udc97
Lover of words, friendship, baked goods, pilates, dancing, and sunshine
Writer
Jillian wants to live in a world where the coffee is bottomless and the sweatpants are mandatory. As a part-time writer and full-time mama, she spends her days corralling words on the page and kids in the house.
A devout sunset collector who prefers the slow lane of life, making prayers of paying attention, and finding my breath outside more days than not.
Shining a light on what I’m loving and learning✨
Writer + therapist specializing in trauma and maternal mental health, sharing honest reflections and healing practices for mothers longing to flourish and come home to themselves, their loved ones, and the tender presence of God.
Writer. Mother. Theologian. Serious about the Bible. Serious about joy.
Writer. Publishing my 1st book in 2026. Mother by foster care, adoption, & biology. Former Special Ed. teacher. I ❤️ sugar, my husband, & beautiful words.
I'm a city girl with a coastal heart. I love salads with fries, sneakers with dresses, and sourdough slathered with butter. The work of my life is surrendering my story to the Artist greater than myself.
South African living in Switzerland. Mom of 2 littles. Words move me- reading them, writing them, hearing them.
Sandra Rose Hughes is a stay-at-home mom to 5 beautiful creations of God and two surly cats. She posts weekly updates about her novel, "The Selkie Prince," a weekly children's message for others to use, and a weekly poem.
Welcome to my writing outlet ✏️ Stories of home + hospitality + parenthood
Rebecca is a mother, editor, writer, and semi-recovering shoe addict. She lives in Charlotte, N.C. with her husband, twin daughter and son and two dogs. Her work has appeared in publications such as Glamour, Coffee + Crumbs, Gawker and Scary Mommy.
Words about things and thoughts... A poet emerging from the haze of early motherhood while sliding into the fog of perimenopause.
Lauren and her husband stopped their RV in Park City, Utah, and never left. These days, she’s growing roots (and sometimes vegetables), wrangling two adventurous boys, and sneaking away for sunrise runs or powder days on the slopes.
Faith. Poetry. Deep thoughts. “One bird singing back to another because it can’t not.” Jane Hirshfield
\ud83e\udeba God's Daughter \ud83e\udeba Contemplative & Poetic Writer \ud83e\udeba Homeschool Educator \ud83e\udeba Wife and Mother
mother of four. lover of words and throwing open the front door. probably making breakfast cookies and asking questions.
Mother. Writer. Maternal mental health advocate.
Vanessa is a writer and homeschooling mom who studies the spiritual themes in classic children’s books—and sometimes cries over them (the books, not the kids). She connects story with Scripture to help families grow in faith and imagination.
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