Eleven collections of poetry. Literary translator, micropress publisher, visual artist. Unapaulagetic on Substack. Always writing. Mostly trying to be mindful. And kind. www.paulajlambert.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/pjlpoet.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/pjlpoet.bsky.social/post/3mua3koe4322q“…We know by now what can travel on the tiny particles of our gasping exhalations: disease, devotion, the promise that death is no end. We might wish otherwise, drifting in and out of these strange dreams of drowning.” https://newversenews.blogspot.com/2026/08/what-settles-when-we-lay-our-bodies.html29 Aug 2026 14:28 +0000at://did:plc:rrm3ss3smadphcrqq24twqpy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mua3koe4322qhttps://bsky.app/profile/pjlpoet.bsky.social/post/3msqxtmu7kk22Just learned that Bottlecap Press is having a flash sale for one day only (ending Monday night—sorry for last-minute notice!), and everything is 70% off! This includes my chaps Sinkhole and Uncertainty (The Only Hope We Have). You’ll need to use the coupon code AUGUST70B in checkout to get the deal.10 Aug 2026 20:46 +0000at://did:plc:rrm3ss3smadphcrqq24twqpy/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqxtmu7kk22https://bsky.app/profile/pjlpoet.bsky.social/post/3msbiabjfc22qAnother Fiction Flashback on this week’s Substack! https://open.substack.com/pub/paulajlambert/p/the-weight-of-things-large-and-small?r=4chgv&utm_medium=ios04 Aug 2026 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:rrm3ss3smadphcrqq24twqpy/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbiabjfc22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/pjlpoet.bsky.social/post/3mrqszmfh722x“Neal Hornsby was on his own schedule from the time he was born. He came exactly at midnight, on the cusp between night and day, and always preferred the former to the latter...” https://open.substack.com/pub/paulajlambert/p/neal-hornsby?r=4chgv&utm_medium=ios29 Jul 2026 01:55 +0000at://did:plc:rrm3ss3smadphcrqq24twqpy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrqszmfh722xhttps://bsky.app/profile/pjlpoet.bsky.social/post/3mr6jz3bd722eA sample of poems from my collection How to See the World, published by Bottom Dog Press—who now is asking for help. https://open.substack.com/pub/paulajlambert/p/three-poems-and-a-plea?utm_source=app-post-stats-page&r=4chgv&utm_medium=ios21 Jul 2026 19:25 +0000at://did:plc:rrm3ss3smadphcrqq24twqpy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6jz3bd722ehttps://bsky.app/profile/pjlpoet.bsky.social/post/3mqmf6zsma22b“There are cycles and rhythms I came here to remember and to trust. The cycles and rhythms that go on, with or without us. The cycles and rhythms capable of calming and which we, in our blundering human existence, can sometimes disrupt. Energy begets energy.” #VCCA https://open.substack.com/pub/paulajlambert/p/pretty-fierce-journey?r=4chgv&utm_medium=ios14 Jul 2026 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:rrm3ss3smadphcrqq24twqpy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmf6zsma22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/pjlpoet.bsky.social/post/3mq3fnx4uts2u“Love in the Midst of Impending Doom,” the second of two new poems up today, this one in the new Summer issue of Sheila-Na-Gig Online. https://sheilanagigblog.com/poetry-archives/volumes-10-1-10-4-fall-2025-summer-2026/the-poets-volume-10-4-summer-2026/#Lambert10.407 Jul 2026 20:04 +0000at://did:plc:rrm3ss3smadphcrqq24twqpy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq3fnx4uts2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/pjlpoet.bsky.social/post/3mq2rbay5sk2oNew poem up on Substack. Have a look! https://open.substack.com/pub/paulajlambert/p/how-else-could-we-have-gone-on-otherwise?r=4chgv&utm_medium=ios07 Jul 2026 13:59 +0000at://did:plc:rrm3ss3smadphcrqq24twqpy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq2rbay5sk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/pjlpoet.bsky.social/post/3mpmh7kwfnk26https://open.substack.com/pub/paulajlambert/p/on-finding-yourself-falling-into?r=4chgv&utm_medium=ios01 Jul 2026 21:22 +0000at://did:plc:rrm3ss3smadphcrqq24twqpy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpmh7kwfnk26https://bsky.app/profile/pjlpoet.bsky.social/post/3mpjajwrwps2ohttps://open.substack.com/pub/paulajlambert/p/on-finding-yourself-falling-into?r=4chgv&utm_medium=ios30 Jun 2026 14:45 +0000at://did:plc:rrm3ss3smadphcrqq24twqpy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjajwrwps2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/pjlpoet.bsky.social/post/3moxfdzkevc2i“The memes came quickly, the Rothko references, dark humor that, for us, lets off a little steam but does nothing for the actually dead duck who had no way of knowing what an idiom is, the meaning of metaphor, the swampy weight of prophecy….” https://open.substack.com/pub/thenewversenews/p/nvn-extra-extra-so-maybe-thats-the?r=4chgv&utm_medium=ios23 Jun 2026 12:23 +0000at://did:plc:rrm3ss3smadphcrqq24twqpy/app.bsky.feed.post/3moxfdzkevc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/pjlpoet.bsky.social/post/3momxmzpkas2a“We are teetering into that part of the season where everything is best just left to itself. Like the mouse, who’s earned its rest. Like the bird who disappeared. Like the books yet to be read and poems yet to be written.” https://open.substack.com/pub/paulajlambert/p/on-summering?utm_source=app-post-stats-page&r=4chgv&utm_medium=ios19 Jun 2026 08:51 +0000at://did:plc:rrm3ss3smadphcrqq24twqpy/app.bsky.feed.post/3momxmzpkas2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/pjlpoet.bsky.social/post/3mo43xalpsc2tIf you’re local to the area, I’ll be reading here tomorrow! Columbus Arts Festival, Cultural Arts Center Stage, Poets’ Showcase, 4:00-5:00 p.m.12 Jun 2026 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:rrm3ss3smadphcrqq24twqpy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo43xalpsc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/pjlpoet.bsky.social/post/3mnucjzj5ls26“How does anyone sleep, I wonder, when the demons cast don’t drown but run for office instead—and win?” New poem up on Substack. Have a look. https://open.substack.com/pub/paulajlambert/p/legion?r=4chgv&utm_medium=ios09 Jun 2026 13:30 +0000at://did:plc:rrm3ss3smadphcrqq24twqpy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnucjzj5ls26https://bsky.app/profile/pjlpoet.bsky.social/post/3mnws7hfm3k2pRe-sharing this new poem here today, as I’ve added an audio link to the post, something I always forget to do! https://open.substack.com/pub/paulajlambert/p/legion?r=4chgv&utm_medium=ios10 Jun 2026 13:15 +0000at://did:plc:rrm3ss3smadphcrqq24twqpy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnws7hfm3k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/pjlpoet.bsky.social/post/3mnucjzj5ls26“How does anyone sleep, I wonder, when the demons cast don’t drown but run for office instead—and win?” New poem up on Substack. Have a look. https://open.substack.com/pub/paulajlambert/p/legion?r=4chgv&utm_medium=ios09 Jun 2026 13:30 +0000at://did:plc:rrm3ss3smadphcrqq24twqpy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnucjzj5ls26https://bsky.app/profile/pjlpoet.bsky.social/post/3mmrgwun4fk26“I was assured once more, I suppose, that we are exactly as likely to suddenly encounter the beautiful—indeed, the transcendent—as we are to encounter the dreadful, the terrible, the terrifying. And what would I have missed if I’d been frightened enough to decide never to venture these woods again?” https://open.substack.com/pub/paulajlambert/p/the-beautiful-the-transcendent-the?r=4chgv&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=split26 May 2026 16:45 +0000at://did:plc:rrm3ss3smadphcrqq24twqpy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmrgwun4fk26https://bsky.app/profile/pjlpoet.bsky.social/post/3mkkkyw2w6s2u https://open.substack.com/pub/paulajlambert/p/can-you-imagine?r=4chgv&utm_medium=ios28 Apr 2026 12:19 +0000at://did:plc:rrm3ss3smadphcrqq24twqpy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkkyw2w6s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/pjlpoet.bsky.social/post/3mjvlvrqgqk2s🙌 [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Apr 2026 04:09 +0000at://did:plc:rrm3ss3smadphcrqq24twqpy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjvlvrqgqk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/pjlpoet.bsky.social/post/3migulliz422mSo proud to be part of this! Up first tonight with Dorian S. Ham! 🙌 [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Apr 2026 14:09 +0000at://did:plc:rrm3ss3smadphcrqq24twqpy/app.bsky.feed.post/3migulliz422mhttps://bsky.app/profile/pjlpoet.bsky.social/post/3mhoch73whc27New poem up on Substack. Inspired largely by the recent Bigfoot sightings here in Ohio. 🌼 https://open.substack.com/pub/paulajlambert/p/whole-worlds-rising?r=4chgv&utm_medium=ios22 Mar 2026 19:41 +0000at://did:plc:rrm3ss3smadphcrqq24twqpy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhoch73whc27