Poetry Tips: Stay-cation

More and more people are using their vacation time to stay at home instead of spending money they may or may not have to go elsewhere. This week, write poems on your “dream stay-cation” whether it is working in the garden, lounging by the local pool or playing in the sprinklers with your kids.

Good luck to all who try it, please stop in again next week…

Flaneuer and BAP Quarterly Open Submissions

We have TWO Open Submissions calls today:

The deadline for BAP Quarterly is June 30th for the Memory Themed issue!
Directly from their site I have posted the guidelines:
• Please send all submissions in the body of the email. In the Subject line please indicate the theme, type of submission, and your last name (for example: Space-Poetry- Obama). One submission per theme.
• Submit up to three poems, one story or creative nonfiction piece at a time, or three flash pieces. Visual arts: send 3-5 pieces at a time. Query us on music or video.
• Use the body of your email as a cover letter and include a brief bio.
• We accept simultaneous submissions, but only if you tell us so in your cover letter. If the manuscript is accepted elsewhere, notify us immediately.
• BAP-Q accepts only unpublished work and acquires first North American Serial rights. Please wait for a response before sending more work. Please send your best work, revisions will not be accepted.

Submissions are not guaranteed for publication and are subject to staff editing.

Please send your submissions to:
bapquarterly@yahoo.com

Check out guidelines at:
http://www.bapq.net/spring-10/submissions.asp


Also: Received word of Open Calls for Flaneur via e-mail so here’s the information:

Final call for iPhone poetry and cultural magazine submissions

The next issue of The Flaneur is publishing as a newspaper and as an iPhone app. We welcome submissions of poetry and short fiction.

Please email your work to editor@flaneur.me.uk with ‘Flaneur submission’ in the title.
The deadline for the next issue is June 30th 2010. For more information please visit www.flaneur.me.uk


Good luck to all who submit, please drop by tomorrow for more Poetry Tips…

Poems Found by Poet Hound

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=176256
“Action and Non-Action” by Chuang Tzu

http://www.juked.com/2010/06/crickets.asp
“Crickets in an Airtight Jar” by Haines Eason

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Ceptuetics Site

Count yourself lucky if you live in New York so you can go to the events in person, otherwise check out this blog for links to interviews, find out interesting poetry related news and more…

http://ceptuetics.blogspot.com/

Thanks for clicking in, please stop by Wednesday for more Poems Found by Poet Hound…

PS I will be able to review poetry books again once things have calmed down in preparations for the annual Dance Revue in July with my dance troupe, otherwise reviews will be done as I have time…

Poetry Tips: The Poetic Biography

Many writers decide to tackle biographies at some point in their lives, I challenge you to create a poetic version. Make it short, medium, or long, funny, sad, or all of the emotions of life.
Good luck to all who try it, please drop in next week…

Dancing Girl Press Open Chapbook Submissions

This is straight from their web-site:

dancing girl press chapbook series
dgp is happy to accept manuscripts from women poets for publication in our annual chapbook series. We plan to publish 10-20 chapbooks per year chosen from the best of the manuscripts we receive. See about dancing girl press publications.
While we do not offer a monetary prize or payment for those manuscripts chosen to be published in the series, we do offer a payment of 10 copies of the chapbook to the authors chosen. We also offer generous discount (60%) on additional copies the author may wish to purchase.

guidelines
Manuscripts must be between 12 and 32 pages, numbered accordingly, with only one poem per page.
Submissions are accepted via e-mail as attachments in Microsoft word only. Please include "Chapbook Submission/LAST NAME" in your subject line.
Submissions are currently OPEN.
Submission period: June 1st-August 30th, 2010
Send all correspondence to dancinggirlpress@yahoo.com

For More Details go to:
http://www.dancinggirlpress.com/guidelines.html

Good luck to all who submit, please drop in tomorrow for more Poetry Tips…

Poems Found by Poet Hound

https://sites.google.com/site/rhpissue32/jim-murdoch
“Hands” by Jim Murdoch

http://poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/21523
“Poems for Blok, 1” by Marina Tsevetaeva

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Double Feature

Not only am I trying to make up for the last couple of weeks but I also wanted to remind you all of August’s Poetry Postcard Festival which is soon approaching while providing a great source of inspiration.

First, check out the site that has the August Poetry Post Card Fest and book mark it so you can sign up in July:

http://poetrypostcards.blogspot.com/


And if you’re not sure if you’ll have enough postcards on hand or may have to make your own, check out these awesome postcards at the Digital Mail Art Blog:

http://digitalmailart.blogspot.com/


Please click in tomorrow…

Poetry Tips: Too Much Vacation

Have you ever heard people say they need a vacation to recover from their vacation? Perhaps your Memorial Day Weekend brought you some of that experience or maybe you have experienced it in the past? This week, write poems about the idea of “too much vacation” even if you are eagerly anticipating one. Funny, sad, sarcastic, hopeful, any tone can play.

Good luck to all who try it, please drop in next week…

Lilliput Review Open Submissions

Lilliput Review is a print magazine founded in 1989 and dedicated to the short poem. The magazine's normal format, 4.25 x 3.5", reflects its name and that focus. It is published quarterly, two issues at a time, with every 4th issue being a broadside featuring the work of a single poet.
Guidelines: All poems submitted should be 10 lines or less, with a 3 poem maximum per submission. All manuscripts must be accompanied by a SASE (self-addressed, stamped envelope) or IRCs (international reply coupons) with sufficient postage for their return or they will be placed in the trash. All poems should be previously unpublished, unless noted. Payment for work accepted is 2 copies of the issue in which the work appears. Reporting time is 90 plus days. No electronic submissions considered.

Mail to:
Lilliput Review
Don Wentworth, Editor
282 Main Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15201

Good luck to all who submit, please drop in tomorrow for more Poetry Tips…

Poems Found by Poet Hound

http://www.sundresspublications.com/stirring/leveringd.htm
“Man Playing Saxophone” By Donald Levering

http://poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/21518
“I Have News For You” by Tony Hoagland

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Check Back Wednesday

Hello Everyone,

I was out of town this weekend so please drop by on Wednesday for Poems Found by Poet Hound, thank you!

Poetry Tips: Farewell Poems

I’ve noticed that some of my favorite websites are no longer “active” such as Read Write Poem. There are also friends who want to move away, relatives who I’ve lost touch with thanks to busy lives, etc. So that is the inspiration for this week’s idea of writing farewell poems. Maybe you are bidding farewell to a favorite restaurant, an old friend, a loved one who has passed, no matter how big or small, bidding farewell is part of life. Good luck to all who try it.

Please stop in next week…

Cerise Open Submissions

Cerise Press, an online journal, is currently seeking submissions and
has recently published the third issue:

http://www.cerisepress.com



Cerise Press, an international online journal based in the United
States and France, builds cross-cultural bridges by featuring artists
and writers in English and translations, with an emphasis on French
and Francophone works.

Cerise Press hopes to serve as a gathering force where imagination,
insight, and conversation express the evolving and shifting forms of
human experience.

Submissions in fiction, poetry, translations, art and photography are
considered year-round. For essays, interviews, or reviews, please
query first.

Please visit the guidelines: http://www.cerisepress.com/guidelines

For samples of previously published work, the current and past issues
are available online: http://www.cerisepress.com/

Good luck to all who submit, please drop by tomorrow for more Poetry Tips…

Poems Found by Poet Hound

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=238492
“Mr. Attila” by Carl Sandburg

http://www.righthandpointing.com/Issue15/kozlowsky.html
“Funeral” by Michael Kozlowsky


Also, Hosho McCreesh sent out an e-mail regarding their book, Sunlight at Midnight, Darkness at Noon, as it is the book’s one year anniversary and there are more copies for sale, this is what Hosho sent:

“Memorial Day is the 1 year anniversary of SUNLIGHT AT MIDNIGHT, DARKNESS AT NOON.

"1 year anniversary", you say, "that's a little self-indulgent"--yeah, that's true. But there will likley be a sale of the book (in case you're interested in picking one up)--and we made this really fun book trailer to boot...so, hope you all enjoy this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAzCI_uV8QQ

Our deepest thanks go out to Kim, who delivered on the sound design!”

Get a copy if you haven’t already, it’s available for half price and it’s an excellent book. I interviewed both Hosho McCreesh and Christopher Cunningham about this book, check those interviews out here on Poet Hound at:
http://poethound.blogspot.com/search?q=sunlight+at+midnight


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