White Knuckle Press Open Submissions

If you write prose you are in luck! White Knuckle Press is looking for a collection of 10-12 prose poems that are no longer than 101 words apiece to be submitted. They prefer the prose be previously unpublished though if a few of them have then please include an acknowledgements page. Submissions are to be done on-line on their submishmash system, please use the link below for more details:

https://sites.google.com/site/whiteknucklepresscom/

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Poems Found by Poet Hound

https://sites.google.com/site/marcvincenzchapbook/wall
“Wall” by Marc Vincenz

https://sites.google.com/site/whiteknucklechaps/gary-sloboda/soft-bridge
“Soft Bridge” by Gary Sloboda

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The Ice House by Genevieve Kaplan

Winner of the A Room Of Her Own Foundation, Genevieve Kaplan’s collection of poems, In The Ice House, is filled with enticing landscapes and evocative language. Published by Red Hen Press, the poems are light and dark, dust and life, they are beautiful and enjoyable to read. Genevieve Kaplan hails from San Francisco, California and is the founding editor of Toad Press international chapbook series and is pursuing a PhD in Literature and Creative Writing. She has had poems and essays published in numerous places including Jubilat, Gulf Coast, fence, Northwest Review, and more. This is her first full length collection of poems and I am happy to share a few poems with you:

The Forest and the Trees

Shake to the ground. The motion
a puzzle. The fence slats rattle.


The dust in the air enough to drown in.

I picture a very hot, windy day where the poet looks out her window and sees such a scene. The tree limbs fall creating the missing puzzle pieces of the tree, the dust obscuring the view of the dust storm. The poem reminds me of living in West Texas, I wonder where Genevieve found the inspiration for this poem?



The Birds

For fish that fly, and birds, a noise
Awakened in the street. No way
to mend their beer-battered wings. Their
short sighs in the street,
so far from my own room.

How can the words “beer-battered wings” not catch your eye? Especially with the mention of fish in the first line which almost tricks your eye into thinking “beer-battered fish” instead. The poem itself makes me think of leaving the windows open on a nice day and hearing the birds, the sound of fish jumping in a river, the sounds distant. As for the beer-battered wings, I am not sure if she means that the birds seem inexplicably weighted down but I love the language of it. Again, I wonder what her inspiration was for this poem.


In The Kitchen

Tap of the fly
on the wall. Against
the pane.

Far from the slowness morning
has to offer.

One day
the plants are dying and the next
they are alive.

This poem is a snapshot of the poet’s kitchen to me. It is so quiet you can hear a fly tap on the window pane which draws the poet’s attention to plants resting on the window sill and there they are green and recovering from being watered and refreshed. I can relate to such a moment in my own kitchen and this poem is selfishly plucked for presentation here just because I can relate to the poem in my own way.

If you enjoyed this short sample then I urge you to purchase a copy of In The Ice House by Genevieve Kaplan and published by Red Hen Press for $16.95 by following the link below:
http://redhen.org/book/?uuid=7FA7E43F-A862-D13A-B9AD-8B1AEBDDBA1E

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Salmon Poetry

I have to admit I saw the name and couldn’t help myself. #1) I LOVE salmon and #2 I LOVE poetry so I was happy to find great poetic things happening at this on-line site and you absolutely must check them out at:

http://www.salmonpoetry.com/

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Poems Found by Poet Hound

http://arseniclobster.magere.com/270802.html
“Box of Doll” by Arielle Greenberg Bywater

http://www.blossombones.com/winter_spring2012/darling_ws2012.html
“Noctuary I, ii, iii” by Kristina Marie Darling

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MPS, SNIPERS AND CRIME by David S. Pointer

David S. Pointer pulls no punches in this collection of poems published by White Knights Press. MPS, SNIPERS AND CRIME speaks of the less pleasant realities of life, the nitty gritty and the dark shockwaves that roll in are all portrayed in these poems. David S. Pointer served in the Marine military police and is the son of a piano playing bank robber. These poems paint his life in shadows brought to light. Below, a couple of poems to wrap your head around:

Oncoming Crime Facts

I knew about my
deceased father’s
easy find fortunes
from Missouri banks, but
that dash under a table
retrieving my superball
overhearing grandpa-
the first he’d ever
uttered on about any
murder-suddenly, I
could see a victim
being eaten out of
his hunting pants by
forest predators: my
dad now six years
dead had those deeds
shining back from
the grave like
sharkskin.

This poem seems an easy read and as it sinks in, takes on that dark sheen like the sharkskin noted at the end. To be the son of such a man must leave one’s head reeling and sometimes the only way to deal with the complexities is to place it in simple black and white terms.


Traffic Call-In
(MCLB, Albany, GA 1980)

My military polic
supervisor pulled
my new girlfriend
over for imaginary
speeding. He wanted
sex and got a “Sir
no thanks” from the
driver’s side window.
My supervisor, Sgt.
Jerrold’s radioed a
patrol unit to trade
places with me on
my duty gate. I was
ordered to Sgt. Jerrold’s
location where I was
ordered to write my
own girlfriend a traffic
ticket without ever
seeing her “speed” or
operate a moving
vehicle. I politely
refused not yet
knowing the full
details feeling the
sabotage from the
senior supervisor,
feeling a seismic
shift in my future
tactical thinking,
feeling the loss
when my girlfriend
later told me she
didn’t feel “safe
driving on base to
see me anymore.”

This scenario is an absolute nightmare and again the complexities of the situation are left in the simple black and white terms with no fanciful words or extra back-story. Stark and upsetting, the poet and his new relationship is tested in terms that could never be foreseen. I wonder now what happened to the pair.



If you enjoyed this sample you may purchase a copy of MPS, SNIPERS AND CRIME from White Knights Press for $7.00 at:
http://wkroundtable.blogspot.com/search?q=david+pointer

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Poetry in Progress

This blog by Marion McCready is all things poetry and life, poems, quotes from poetry books, the happenings of life while seeking the poetic, check it all out at:

http://sorlily.blogspot.com/

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And the Winner Is...

Lisa M. Cole has won my give-away for my first collection of poems, Agapornis Swinderniana, published by Dancing Girl Press! Congratulations Lisa, please message or e-mail me your address and a copy will be on its way.

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Right Hand Pointing Open Submissions

The best way for you to submit is to take a look at the poems from the current issue and then use the link below to click through their guidelines slide-show and finally submit your poems on-line. RHP is currently reading for their May Issue, Issue #51 and they prefer very short poems. Please use the link below to learn more:
http://sites.google.com/site/rhpissue99/

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(I’m still looking for good stories to be sent my way for the Read A Good Book Friday so if you have a published collection of short stories or a full length book, please send me an e-mail at poethoundblogspotATyahooDOTcom, thanks!)

Poems Found by Poet Hound

https://sites.google.com/site/49rhpissue/neil-carpathios
“In the Middle of a Day Like Any Other” by Neil Carpathios

https://sites.google.com/site/49rhpissue/tammy-ho-lai-ming
“No Hoarding” by Tammy Ho Lai Ming

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Patience is a Virtue

Hello Everyone,
I do have poetry books to read, I just need a little more time for reviewing. I should be getting the ball rolling next week for sure! I have three to read and I would like to squeeze in some more time with them. So please stay tuned, in the meantime I do have posts for tomorrow and Thursday so please drop in again soon…

Exquisite Corpse: A Journal of Letters and Life

This is one awesome site that I believe I’ve mentioned before but keep forgetting to add to my links bar on the side (and finally have). In addition to poetry there are works of art, essays, news, reviews, and stories. If only I had this as a daily newspaper delivered to my doorstep! Check it out at:

http://www.corpse.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

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Arsenic Lobster Open Submissions

I have copy-and-pasted the guidelines below, please also use the link to explore their site and aesthetic:

The Arsenic Lobster Poetry Journal is seeking eloquent emotion, articulate experiment; the charley horse hearted, heavily quirked, the harrowing.

Honed lyricism, stripped narrative. Be compelled, compulsed, MOVED, to write...

New online issues are released in April, August and December. The annual print edition includes selected works published online during the previous year.

Poetry topics, reviews and criticism, and lobster art/photographs (pdf or jpg attachment only), are also welcome.

All submissions must conform to the following guidelines,
Poems should be timeless, rich in imagery, and edgy. That is, no political rants or Hallmark poetry.
Must be submitted electronically in the body of an email. Please, no attachments.
All works must be previously unpublished.
Each email may include 3-5 poems, any length. Please keep all poems in one email.
Simultaneous submissions are OK, but please let us know if work is accepted elsewhere.
Include a short, lively bio.
Please write your first initial, last name, date and what you are submitting in the SUBJECT LINE.
Example: D. Carson 3/06/07 Poetry.
Please limit your submissions to one per issue.
Send your email to LOBSTER@MAGERE.COM .
We will take submissions from September 1 through April 30.
The number of pieces will vary from issue to issue.
Thank you for your interest in Arsenic Lobster.
---
The Editors

To learn more go to:
http://arseniclobster.magere.com/1submission.html

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Poems Found by Poet Hound

http://arseniclobster.magere.com/271201.html
“The Letter s We Never Sent” by Aine McCarthy

http://www.ditchpoetry.com/africmcglinchey.htm
“Pendulum” by Afric McGlinchey

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Agapornis Swinderniana by Paula Cary with Give-Away

Today I’m posting about my first chapbook collection of poems! This won’t be a review: I just wanted to celebrate my first collection with a give-away!
Kristy Bowen at Dancing Girl Press did a fantastic job and I was thrilled when I received my chapbooks in the mail. Agapornis Swinderniana is a collection of love poems by yours truly and I hope you’ll enjoy them. I’ll feature a sample poem below. I’d also like to thank Henry Denander who did the cover art, two love birds on a branch, as it is beautiful and simple all at once. You can see the cover when you click on the link below to purchase or take a peek at my chapbook which has an additional sample poem.

The Forbidden Breakfast

Sweet tangy chocolate covered cheesecake
Softened onto our tongues
Drizzled with earthy-rich coffee
Sipped from our oversize red mugs
As morning sun spills
Onto the table, halo-ing
Our breakfast like an angel’s choir
We revel in adulthood
Our mothers told us no ice cream for breakfast
And now we feast on such treats
We lift them up into the sunlight
Turning them sideways towards our mouths
Our smiles sticky sweet
We’re happy and giddy
Like the five year olds
Our inner children are.

If you enjoyed this sample poem and would like a copy you have a chance to score a free copy by leaving a simple “I want to win” comment in the comments section or sending an e-mail titled “I want to win” with your name in the body of the e-mail to poethoundblogspotATyahooDOTcom. The drawing will be March 11th and announced that very day which is a Sunday!

Or you can purchase a copy for yourself by going to Dancing Girl Press and pick up a copy of Agapornis Swinderniana by yours truly, Paula Cary, for $7.00 at:
http://dulcetshop.ecrater.com/p/13731126/agapornis-swinderiana-paula-cary

Good luck to all who enter the contest!
Thanks always for reading and for your support! If you’d like to send a chapbook or book of poems to me for review, please send me an e-mail at poethoundblogspotATyahooDOTcom.

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