Poet, Educator, Editor; author of Water. Witness. Word (Belle Point Press) The Girl Singer: Poems (UP of KY 2021), words in Oxford American, Shenandoah, Calyx, Zone 3, Salvation South. Reformed college professor. . .https://bsky.app/profile/mworthington.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mworthington.bsky.social/post/3mlbqyfyzhc26New releases from @bellepointpress.bsky.social!! Link to pre-order in comments.) https://bellepointpress.substack.com/p/our-next-poetry-titles07 May 2026 17:37 +0000at://did:plc:3ijqexpp6n4yhd4cce7wlw4r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbqyfyzhc26https://bsky.app/profile/mworthington.bsky.social/post/3mkuyqehyqs2eTeaching a new virtual class in August via Carnegie Center for Literacy & Learning: "Inquiry & Imagination: The Poet as Documentarian." Take a look, and I hope you might think about joining me! https://carnegiecenterlex.org/class/inquiry-and-imagination/02 May 2026 15:51 +0000at://did:plc:3ijqexpp6n4yhd4cce7wlw4r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkuyqehyqs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mworthington.bsky.social/post/3mk467mxcy22dFor Earth Day, this beauty by Camille Dungy from @poetrydaily.bsky.social. "America, there is not a place I can wander inside you and not feel a little afraid." https://poems.com/poem/thisll-hurt-me-more/22 Apr 2026 18:53 +0000at://did:plc:3ijqexpp6n4yhd4cce7wlw4r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk467mxcy22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mworthington.bsky.social/post/3mjrqnt7ig22jEXCITED that my new poetry collection is available for pre-order from @bellepointpress.bsky.social! You may know how important pre-sales are, especially for independent presses, so I hope you’ll be interested in pre-buying a copy. Release date is June 23. https://bellepointpress.com/products/water-witness-word18 Apr 2026 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:3ijqexpp6n4yhd4cce7wlw4r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjrqnt7ig22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mworthington.bsky.social/post/3mj5qyceylk2qso grateful to the editors at DIHP!! Thank you!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Apr 2026 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:3ijqexpp6n4yhd4cce7wlw4r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5qyceylk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mworthington.bsky.social/post/3migxvncsw222I'm so lucky to have two new poems up at DOES IT HAVE POCKETS to kick off National Poetry Month, with big thanks to the editors. If you want to read, find them here: https://www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/marianne-worthington01 Apr 2026 15:09 +0000at://did:plc:3ijqexpp6n4yhd4cce7wlw4r/app.bsky.feed.post/3migxvncsw222https://bsky.app/profile/mworthington.bsky.social/post/3mh4h4ih5vk2kCome write poems with me! The Poetry Writing Group at Carnegie Center for Literacy & Learning runs for 6 weeks starting on Tuesday, March 31 and meeting each subsequent Tuesday from 6-7:30 p.m.(online). I hope you’ll join me. Descriptions and details are here: https://carnegiecenterlex.org/class/poetry-writing-group/15 Mar 2026 17:16 +0000at://did:plc:3ijqexpp6n4yhd4cce7wlw4r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh4h4ih5vk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/mworthington.bsky.social/post/3mh4domfq7k2yI wrote about Erik Reece's poetry collection KINGFISHER BLUES for Appalachian Journal's online component (AS THE CROW FLIES). Thanks to editor Jessica Cory! https://as-the-crow-flies.pubpub.org/pub/worthington-on-reece/release/115 Mar 2026 16:15 +0000at://did:plc:3ijqexpp6n4yhd4cce7wlw4r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh4domfq7k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mworthington.bsky.social/post/3mgs52bwrps2iLove these Hayden Saunier poems at @oneart.bsky.social ! "That’s the god we were taught we had. . . . A clear-eyed god, unmoved by megachurch money and gold filigree. God as shepherd.." https://oneartpoetry.com/2026/03/11/two-poems-by-hayden-saunier/11 Mar 2026 14:50 +0000at://did:plc:3ijqexpp6n4yhd4cce7wlw4r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgs52bwrps2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mworthington.bsky.social/post/3mfmweh5wg225Come write poems with me. I’m teaching a six-week class (virtually) via the Carnegie Center for Literacy & Learning. I hope you will join me! Deets and registration: https://carnegiecenterlex.org/class/poetry-writing-group/24 Feb 2026 19:42 +0000at://did:plc:3ijqexpp6n4yhd4cce7wlw4r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfmweh5wg225https://bsky.app/profile/mworthington.bsky.social/post/3mfhwioded223Really enjoying @oneart.bsky.social's anthology of very short poems! https://oneartpoetry.com/2026/02/22/in-a-nutshell-an-anthology-of-micropoems/22 Feb 2026 20:01 +0000at://did:plc:3ijqexpp6n4yhd4cce7wlw4r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfhwioded223https://bsky.app/profile/mworthington.bsky.social/post/3meywhfgg4c2a"I've decided to leave here forever . . . " https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06hASdNxWao16 Feb 2026 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:3ijqexpp6n4yhd4cce7wlw4r/app.bsky.feed.post/3meywhfgg4c2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mworthington.bsky.social/post/3m5erl3rmhc2fThrilled to offer this poetry workshop in support of the mission of Backwoods Literary Press. Come write with me on December 10! Register here and pay what you can shorturl.at/zWw2q11 Nov 2025 18:33 +0000at://did:plc:3ijqexpp6n4yhd4cce7wlw4r/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5erl3rmhc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mworthington.bsky.social/post/3m36c3z53xk2lLook at my mail! Congrats, @upfromsumdirt.bsky.social !! I'm so happy to have your new collection. (Also, I have poems in this issue of Appalachian Review. You can read them online, but please think about supporting them with a subscription if you can: https://appalachianreview.net/2025/03/19/two-centos-by-marianne-worthington/)14 Oct 2025 17:50 +0000at://did:plc:3ijqexpp6n4yhd4cce7wlw4r/app.bsky.feed.post/3m36c3z53xk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mworthington.bsky.social/post/3m2osfrawys2mSo thrilled that Kathleen Driskell is featured on The Slowdown Show this morning. Her poem is from her new collection, Goat-Footed Gods, first published in Still: The Journal last year. https://www.slowdownshow.org/episode/2025/10/08/1369-six-hours-lost-land-between-the-lakes-by-kathleen-driskell08 Oct 2025 13:59 +0000at://did:plc:3ijqexpp6n4yhd4cce7wlw4r/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2osfrawys2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mworthington.bsky.social/post/3lzo32aduzc2pA new book club opportunity from Belle Point Press! @bellepointpress.bsky.social https://bellepointpress.substack.com/p/backlist-book-club25 Sep 2025 13:36 +0000at://did:plc:3ijqexpp6n4yhd4cce7wlw4r/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzo32aduzc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mworthington.bsky.social/post/3lxd5lpsvhc23Ooh! I'm so excited to be teaching this new class for The Makery at Hindman Settlement School in November. I hope you can think about joining me! https://hindman.org/events/poemsofhurt/26 Aug 2025 18:32 +0000at://did:plc:3ijqexpp6n4yhd4cce7wlw4r/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxd5lpsvhc23https://bsky.app/profile/mworthington.bsky.social/post/3lw2nxeuvxk2iI'm so excited to be reading with Belle Townsend at the next Hill Writers Collective on August 23. But it's not just a reading: it's a whole thing with writing prompts and audience sharing. I hope you'll come. Here's the link to register: marianneworthingtonbelletownsend.eventbrite.com10 Aug 2025 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:3ijqexpp6n4yhd4cce7wlw4r/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw2nxeuvxk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mworthington.bsky.social/post/3ltp7u7cnck22Kentucky State Poetry Society sponsors two poetry contests, and the deadline is coming at the end of July. Bernard Clay will judge the open contest (for any US poet), and Elaine Palencia will judge the contest for KSPS members. Details here: https://kystatepoetrysociety.org/poetry-contests/11 Jul 2025 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:3ijqexpp6n4yhd4cce7wlw4r/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltp7u7cnck22