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Why I’m Moving to Substack

And what I’ll be writing about in my new venture

3 min readMar 19, 2024

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Why I’m Moving to Substack

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Effing the Ineffable #5: On having some effing restraint

An occasional poetry newsletter

4 min readSep 10, 2023

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Effing the Ineffable #5: On having some effing restraint

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Effing the Ineffable #4: On effing the very-effable, effing romance, and dream jobs

An occasional poetry round-up

5 min readJun 9, 2023

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Effing the Ineffable #4: On effing the very-effable, effing romance, and dream jobs

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Effing the Ineffable #3: Escaping the “office”, the AI-pocalypse, and sonnetry

An occasional poetry round-up

5 min readApr 28, 2023

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Effing the Ineffable #3: Escaping the “office”, the AI-pocalypse, and sonnetry

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Effing the Ineffable #2: Endless editing, the end of the world, and dinner parties

An occasional poetry round-up

3 min readApr 21, 2023

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Effing the Ineffable #1: Submitting work, flakiness, & cultivating creativity

An occasional poetry round-up

4 min readApr 14, 2023

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Effing the Ineffable #1: Submitting work, flakiness, & cultivating creativity

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30 Poetry-Writing Prompts to Power Your Writing

Update: Hi Reader! I’m now publishing new essays, writing prompts, and updated lists of poetry publishing opportunities on my Substack…

4 min readApr 14, 2023

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30 Poetry-Writing Prompts to Power Your Writing

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69+ Poetry Contests & Open Calls—Winter 2022–23

Upcoming opportunities to submit your poetry for publication

16 min readNov 9, 2022

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A woman stands outdoors in the snow. She holds a sparkler, which is lit and sparkling in the foreground.

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“These Are My Confession(al Poem)s”

On public vs. private poetry & the confessional genre

5 min readNov 4, 2022

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Photograph of a wooden church sign that says “Next in line for Confession” in black text.

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Ten Essential Poems to Write — With Examples

From ars poeticas to centos to self-portraits

7 min readSep 18, 2022

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Ginger Ayla

Ginger Ayla

Writer, poet, and aspiring teaching artist living on the Colorado/New Mexico border. Author of Effing the Ineffable on Substack: gingerayla.substack.com.

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