This Week In Substack Poetry 13/2025
Let's dive into 16 poems for our 1st of April special!
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1st of April Special
No worries, it was April Fools Day, but I won't fool you. Instead, I decided to ask the community for happy poems because, in the end, this day is about the happiness in playing tricks.
That’s also why you get more than ten poems today! So without further or due happy poetry:
faoileánach
Read it here or visit: oceansongs.substack.com
If I would write you a poem
Read it here or visit: substack.com/@johannapansera
An Inventory of Joys
Read it here or visit: mariecharon.substack.com
Whisking
Read it here or visit: mariannedaigh.substack.com
Rainbows
Read it here or visit: idleandblessed.substack.com
Beneath Gums (and much more!)
Read it here or visit: thesometimespoet.substack.com
easy
Read it here or visit: january-river.net
Driving Through Your Hometown: A Love Poem
Read it here or visit: pleinairpoetry.substack.com
Slow Burn
Read it here or visit: substack.com/@jodiproctor
Rise to the Occassion
Read it here or visit: carolinacreative.substack.com
Park in Rain
Read it here or visit: rhysmumford.substack.com
Ascent
Read it here or visit: substack.com/@angelavanson
penfighter
Read it here or visit: daankatz.substack.com
A long gust of Wind
Read it here or visit: poemsbypogi.substack.com
Joy
Read it here or visit: leeannpickrell.substack.com
I Want You To Know
Read it here or visit: alexjenkin.substack.com
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Thank you!
If you know a talented poet (I might be you!) message me or comment the Substacks you want to see featured! If you have any other feedback, I’m happy to receive it too!
How poems are chosen
I researched a rather long list of poets from Substack and will choose five to ten of them at more or less random while aiming at a diverse collection. The only other qualifying measurement is that the poem must be published in the last seven days. It is a weekly roundup, after all!
Godspeed, Tim
Thank you again for doing this. Maybe it's just me, but I'm finding it increasingly difficult to sift through all the notes in search of actual poetry. I'm not anti-note, I've posted a few myself, but sometimes (most of the time!) this feels more like instagram than a bookstore. Your weekly roundup is very helpful.
Thank you so much for including me 🙏🏻💫 What a great initiative this is.