Substacks recommended by Mark Rico

Recommended by Mark Rico

Across the Spheres

By Nik Hoffmann

Poems from a Common Rhymer

Rhyme n' Metre

By Thomas McKendry

New poetry in classical forms, and the discovery of the English poetic tradition.

Bishop of the East Wind

By Daniel Bishop

Let me unmake you, chain that you are, With syntax and rhythm, beauty and dark.

Penny Wagers

By James

I like traipsing through folklore and the mythopoetic with poems, essays and audio. Come on over; the water's nice, so feel free to take your shoes and socks off.

Poetics with Robert Charboneau

Notes Toward a Study of Poetry

Literary Feast: Poetry and Prose

By Abigail

Poems and prose about beauty hidden in the mundane, the hunger to bear witness, and books that help us taste and see.

of is & was

By E R Skulmoski

Weekly poems, essays, & short stories.

Pure poetry, startling, stark, and significant.

- Mark Rico

Dispatches From the Basement

By Joseph Massey

I offer poetry that seeks out the sacred in the ordinary, accompanied by original photography. No politics, no hot takes, just poetry.

Singing, each to each

By Melanie Bettinelli

poetry, literature, art, and all the beautiful things through which heart sings to heart

Verdurous Glooms

By J. Tullius

A personal publication devoted to the practice and appreciation of formal poetry.

Word Hoard

By Joffre Swait

Word hoards and hard wars with Joffre Swait.

Limning the Ordinary

By Bonita Jewel

Poetry, explorations, snippets from WIPs, and reflections on finding grace in these ordinary days. Also, creative curations from the Substack-verse and elsewhere.

At Home and In Exile

By Peter Harrison

Pieces and poems that converge on symbols of homecoming and exile, and the occasional update or extract pertaining to Flames of the Exiled — a project that mixes sprawling mythology with intimate fairy tale, exploring truth, identity and hope.

just a guy

By erniet

Just a guy navigating the dilemmas and contradictions of life.

Bad Catechumen

By Sam Downey-Higgins

The Bad Catechumen writes poems when he should be at church.

By Babel’s Streams

By Kilby Austin

singing the Lord’s song in a strange land

The Height and The Depth

By Brit McReynolds

Poetry and other works by Brit McReynolds

Diary Poems

By X. P. Callahan

Verbal snapshots of my daily life or whatever else may be on my mind. Mostly syllabic, occasionally ekphrastic (which is not the same as illustrative).

Spare, syllabic poetry that cuts to the essence of things.

- Mark Rico

A Stream of Words

By Olivia Marstall

Essays on the spiritual and the ordinary.

Monafolkspeak

By Anna A. Friedrich

I'm a poet who loves the Bible and has a lot of questions.

Deep insight and layers of meaning within richly symbolic poetry.

- Mark Rico

Shadow/Substance

By Kevin LaTorre

Literary reality in Christ's shadow.

Potter Poems

By Jonathan Potter

Poetry in process by Jonathan Potter

Daily dose of creative perspective on the author's world, with occasional longer pieces of high quality.

- Mark Rico

Turn Me Back Again

By Kate Bluett

Hymns and poetry, mostly liturgical.

Poet Jesus

By Tania Runyan

Verse by the Son of Man Himself (Holy Ghostwritten by Tania Runyan)

The Poetry Federation

By Daniel Henderson

Poetry on events past, present, and whatever is flying at the seat of the imagination with inspiration in the passenger. Experimental musings on the philosophical and surreal on what's already been said and seen because you never run out of words.

Zane Paxton's Poetry & Other Words

Poetry is the communication of the deepest of our realities.

The World We Are

By Margaret Ann Silver

Poems--first drafts, super-old ones, and everything in-between.

Backward Mutters

By Randy Edwards

At Backward Mutters I'll be podcasting poems and posting thoughts on various topics of personal interest which will likely be limited to poetry, C.S. Lewis, and Jesus because, try as I may, I can't stop talking about either.

Randy's poetry engages the mind to reach the heart. I always find his thoughts full of insight.

- Mark Rico

The Darkling Psalter

By Andy Patton—Darkling Psalter

The Darkling Psalter is a collection of creative renditions of the Psalms.

Renditions of the Psalms, set to modern verse with layered imagery.

- Mark Rico