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"A solid glass sphere becomes our planet Earth, a floating ball, or an orange in an orange dye bath... Nature, growth, essence." - Marion Röst #Paintings by 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐨̈𝐬𝐭 in the Fall issue bit.ly/AmsterdamReview #Finearts #Visualarts

All our economic and environmental crises are fundamentally driven by an extractive relationship with nature. Look it up wherever you can, or at bit.ly/world-revisited #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

"To / be a safe house for secrets was the high architecture / of romance, I believed. I, oh no, might. The having / of secrets, the holding." Two poems by 𝐉𝐞𝐧 𝐉𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲-𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧 @jenjblackburn.bsky.social in the Fall issue bit.ly/AmsterdamReview #poetry #poetrycommunity

"The trick (the winemaker cries) is not to stop / as he prances, bottle in hand, / across the carpet of embers. / And who would not follow such a leader / into the valley of flare, of flash, of light?" Two poems by 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞 in the Fall issue bit.ly/AmsterdamReview #poetry #poetrycommunity

Read an #essay by one of South America's most significant contemporary writers, 𝐑𝐚𝐮́𝐥 𝐙𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚, on the 𝐀𝐦𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐦 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 Substack. amsterdamreview.substack.com/ #nonfiction #poetry #writingcommunity

"Did you ever buy something from columbia flower market for the twenty second rush of pure virtue, / or walk down the regents canal eyeing up balcony flats that will never be for you" A poem by 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐭 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐲 in the Fall issue bit.ly/AmsterdamReview #poetry #poetrycommunity

"Each animal is surrounded by its own bubble of significance." - Jakob von Uexküll All creatures have a right to life. They aren’t just a part of nature, they 𝒂𝒓𝒆 nature. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

Abusing and killing animals creates a boomerang effect for the whole world: animal exploitation by humans —> environmental damage and disease —> human suffering. Look it up wherever you can, or at bit.ly/world-revisited #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

An important essay by @danielnemo.bsky.social in #AmsterdamReview about how literary gatekeepers marginalize unconventional writing and why we must embrace “literature as high-wire act, as revolution from within.”

"Power structures, literary ones included, have trouble making out what’s written in a language different from the one they speak." Read an #essay by @danielnemo.bsky.social in the Fall issue of Amsterdam Review bit.ly/AmsterdamReview #writing #nonfiction #poetry #writingcommunity

"There is nothing that can’t be solved / by complete and total extraction, / and there is no gravity in my human heart / to get strung out on." Five poems by 𝐁𝐞𝐧 𝐉𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐡 in the Fall issue bit.ly/AmsterdamReview #poetry #poetrycommunity

The production, retail, and consumption of animal products, especially meat, are a destructive force not for a couple of reasons, but for ALL the reasons. Look it up wherever you can, or at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #veganism #animalethics

"Islanders are people / who inhabit an island / You may find their accent / or language differs from yours / Get used to it" A poem by 𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐍𝐚𝐨𝐦𝐢 @katrinanaomipoet.bsky.social in the Fall issue bit.ly/AmsterdamReview #poetry #poetrycommunity

"It is a curious thing, that in observing animals closely, one sometimes feels as if they are attending to us with an intelligence parallel to our own, though built on different lines." - Charles Darwin More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

"I was a stranger / ashamed under a wind-shaped tree, / and knew my life, / the recrudescence of it, / was in my hands." Two poems by 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐇𝐞𝐢𝐬𝐞 in the Fall issue bit.ly/AmsterdamReview #poetry #poetrycommunity

dang this was especially good @amsterdamreview.bsky.social www.amsterdamreview.org/whale-sharks...

Industrial animal farming is a destructive force not for a couple of reasons, but for ALL the reasons. Look it up wherever you can. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #veganism #animalethics

Read an #interview with one of the greatest contemporary fiction writers, 𝐌𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐚 𝐂𝐚̆𝐫𝐭𝐚̆𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐮, in the Fall issue of Amsterdam Review. bit.ly/AmsterdamReview #writing #fiction #novels #writingcommunity

Our Fall 2026 issue is OUT NOW! Featuring #interviews with Mircea Cărtărescu and Diane Sahms, as well as works by Iain Britton, Angela Townsend, Marcia Yudkin, Kevin Grauke, Carla Schwartz, Jane Lockwood, and many more. Read here: bit.ly/AmsterdamReview #poetry #fiction #translations #amsterdam 🇳🇱

Can we only “live life to the fullest” by killing and putting these amazing creatures in a bucket, KFC? More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

"But maybe the meaning is / it’s all music. / Maybe that is what music is?" Three poems by 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐃𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 @stdougherty.bsky.social in Amsterdam Review www.amsterdamreview.org/three-by-sean-thomas-dougherty.html #poetry #poetrycommunity

"Doubt, mortality, desire— / You know—a comedy. Nothing / To discard from the slaughter ..." Three poems by 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐲 in Amsterdam Review www.amsterdamreview.org/three-by-eric-pankey.html #poetry #poetrycommunity

"​​​we come forth and sometimes singing. but no one / cares after the song or what promise, this thing / called faith. the revelation is always home-grown" 3 poems by @kebishop.bsky.social in Amsterdam Review www.amsterdamreview.org/three-by-karen-elizabeth-bishop.html #poetry #poetrycommunity

Reducing a sentient being to a commodity is the exact same cognitive toolkit used to justify human atrocities, racism, violence, and exploitation. See it for what it is. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

"She knew it was something strange / because if it happened to anyone she knew they never / talked about it..." Two poems by 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐂𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 @patrickcotterpoet.bsky.social in Amsterdam Review www.amsterdamreview.org/two-by-patrick-cotter.html #poetry #poetrycommunity

"The capital of capital / is a city impossible to besiege. It moves, / after all, all the barons and pirates..." Two poems by 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐙𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐭 @janezwart.bsky.social in Amsterdam Review www.amsterdamreview.org/two-by-jane-zwart.html #poetry #poetrycommunity

"It is a curious thing, that in observing animals closely, one sometimes feels as if they are attending to us with an intelligence parallel to our own, though built on different lines." - Charles Darwin More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

We sacrifice everything that’s real, the natural world, sentient animals, our health, our climate, to uphold a contrived paradigm that equates meat with wellness and prosperity. But MEAT is a linguistic shield. We eat DEAD BODIES. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #veganism #animalethics

"​​​All the deaths have taken on new forms, / suspended in air, shapes never touching but in / motion. Maybe this is beauty. Maybe derailed beauty is still beauty." 3 poems by @victoriachang.bsky.social in Amsterdam Rev www.amsterdamreview.org/three-by-victoria-chang.html #poetry #poetrycommunity

"Once we had language, / we said, / we had been sent, / gone forth... " Four poems by 𝐑𝐚𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐭 in Amsterdam Review www.amsterdamreview.org/four-by-rae-armantrout.html #poetry #poetrycommunity

"​​​I am stuck / between one / and zero / cropping for myself / a place in nature: / the answer to form / is the formless." Three poems by 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐦𝐨 @danielnemo.bsky.social in Amsterdam Review amsterdamreview.org/three-by-daniel-carden-nemo1.html #poetry #poetrycommunity

"Each animal is surrounded by its own bubble of significance, its own world full of colors and tones we shall never perceive." - Jakob von Uexküll Animals aren’t just a part of nature, they 𝒂𝒓𝒆 nature. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

Slaughtering animals for profit - the sole remaining purpose of meat - isn’t a collective need but an individual choice. See it for what it is. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #veganism #animalethics

"When to read poetry–someone asked a long time ago / but is still asking / for no answer was returned." Four poems by 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐥 𝐋𝐞𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤 in Amsterdam Review www.amsterdamreview.org/four-by-suphil-lee-park.html #poetry #poetrycommunity

“All you who feed on the food of earth… Return all the soft-bodied animals / to their homes: sea pansies, anemones, boars, bears, even pet guinea pigs not distracted from being by footsteps across the floor” - Eleni Sikelianos More at bit.ly/world-revisited #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

"Now that / the symbol is / neither a doorway / nor a door, the / door / opens..." Two poems by 𝐀𝐦𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐳𝐚𝐧𝐨 in Amsterdam Review www.amsterdamreview.org/two-by-amy-catanzano.html #poetry #poetrycommunity

What if we started being honest and called meat what it is: 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒔? We have choices, animals don't. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

"Return all the soft-bodied animals /to their homes: sea pansies, anemones /boars, bears / even pet guinea pigs not distracted from being by / footsteps across the floor" 5 poems by 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐬 in Amsterdam Review www.amsterdamreview.org/five-by-eleni-sikelianos.html #poetry #poetrycommunity

So grateful to @amsterdamreview.bsky.social for the nod and for honoring Raúl Zurita's always extraordinary work and Héctor Hernández Montecinos' exquisite curation ❤

They can dream, sing, fly, see by sound, they are just like superheroes—only not made up. Imagine if we found inspiration in our fellow creatures instead of gimmicks. More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

On the news today they were voicing farmers’ concerns about the outbreak of Bluetongue, wishing their sheep and cattle were happy and healthy, in the same breath as agonizing over having to go without their roasts. Who are we kidding? More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #veganism #animalethics

"​​​Give it new life, I thought, / the wrecked house, the apple orchard. / Camped on the edge of the property, / I’d wrapped myself in a wool blanket." 3 poems by 𝐊𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐦 𝐀𝐲𝐫𝐞𝐬 @kellamayres.bsky.social in Amsterdam Review www.amsterdamreview.org/three-by-kellam-ayres.html #poetry #poetrycommunity

We need another concept of animals—they are “gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear” (Henry Beston). More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

"The night’s been hollowed out into silence, a quiet deep enough for Virgil to feel / what’s left of the earth / humming underneath his feet." Two poems by 𝐑𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐜𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐣𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐤𝐢 in Amsterdam Review www.amsterdamreview.org/two-by-rebecca-macijeski.html #poetry #poetrycommunity

We’re pleased to announce our Best of the Net nominations for this year! @patrickcotterpoet.bsky.social @khadijahqueen.com @kebishop.bsky.social @jasonbentsman.bsky.social Read more: bit.ly/AmsterdamReview #poetry #poetrycommunity

"My need for solitude was vast / Yet my wish for nothing plagued me / I tried to want what I did not need" Selected poems by 𝐋𝐚𝐲𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 in Amsterdam Review www.amsterdamreview.org/selected-poems-by-laynie-browne.html #poetry #poetrycommunity

"Could this be how / death arrives too, an intimate self / half-recognized" Two poems by 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 in Amsterdam Review www.amsterdamreview.org/two-by-linda-anderson.html #poetry #poetrycommunity

"The animal is not beneath us, but beside us; its path through time runs parallel to ours, only differing in the music by which it moves." - Eliseo Reclus More at bit.ly/world-revisited #nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics

"Tell me, mare of the white star, / tail like the quill / with which God wrote His book into being, / is He still writing it now" Three poems by 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐊𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐯 in Amsterdam Review www.amsterdamreview.org/three-by-jacqueline-kolosov.html #poetry #poetrycommunity