Portals
Stephanie ValenteExplorations on the poetic, esoteric, mysterious, and beautiful, precious things.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 136 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 7 days ago |
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June 2026 poetry horoscopes
These monthly poetry horoscopes infuse the dynamic arts of astrology and writing. Look through the portal, stir in a bit of wet stars, and plan your next moves through the cosmos.
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poem: After Language by Chaia Heller
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After Language
Chaia Heller
When all the drowsy metaphors
about women and fruit
have been peeled
and devoured;
there’s just you, me
a bowl full of summer peaches,
two parentheses
with nothing in between
(ju...
✷ midnight writing prompts 004 ✧
a haunted house.
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poem of the week: Pastoral by Jennifer Chang
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Pastoral
Jennifer Chang
Something in the field is
working away. Root-noise.
Twig-noise. Plant
of weak chlorophyll, no
name for it. Something
in the field has mastered
distance by living too close
to fences. Yello...
I want art that leaves teeth marks
Instead of feeling comforted or feeling seen, I want art that lingers in my body. I want my aura to be stained. I want the kind that presses itself into the softest parts of me and doesn’t apologize for it later.
Expression should have an...
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Luminous and smokey. Portals is a newsletter by Stephanie Valente chronicling explorations and musings on the poetic, esoteric, mysterious, and beautiful, precious things. Step inside.
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