Sara Backer's Blog, page 2
May 13, 2022
Moonhood
"Moonhood" is a poem for women without children. Published in Writing in a Woman's Voice (Mar 12, 2022).
I Rock the Ulu
"I Rock the Ulu" (a curved blade for cutting fish) was published in One Art Poetry ( Mar 9, 2022).
May 12, 2022
"When in Doubt" and "Bedridden"
Here are two poems--a ghazal (which seemed appropriate for "Bedridden"), and a light hearted poem about taking chances ("When in Doubt") published in Canada's White Wall Review on Jan 6, 2022. Be patient scrolling . . .the older posts will show up if you linger on the last entry.
First publication in 2022!
What luck to land in the premier issue of Land Luck Review (Issue 1 2022) which published my prose poem A Russian Scientist in LaunderLand.
Dead Low Water + Look, Listen, Stop
https://www.newnotepoetry.com/winter-2021 brought some of my wilder environmental poems to light: "Dead Low Water" and "Look, Listen, Stop."
Home Health Nurse
"Home Health Nurse" found a home in American Diversity Report (Dec 12, 2021). Alas, it has been archived and I can no longer find it online. (Watch for my next book?)
You Shall Not Muzzle the Ox
"You Shall Not Muzzle the Ox" is an aberrant sonnet about writing and threshing grain. Published in Cider Press Review 23.5, 2021.
Shouting at Wildflowers in Three Acts
I'm not sure where the line is drawn between science fiction poetry and speculative poetry, but I'm happy so many of my poems are published in qualify sf venues. This poem was published in Silver Blade (#51, October 2021).
Freezing on Mineral Creek Trail
I am so honored that Turtle Island Quarterly has published so many of my ecology and nature-related poems. "Freezing on Mineral Creek Trail" reflects on my visit to Valdez, Alaska in 2000. https://fourdirectionpoetry.wixsite.com/turtleisland/copy-of-20.
KENYON REVIEW!
Saddened by the death of the great Irish poet Ciaran Carson in 2019, I studied his last book of poems (Still Life) which were entirely ekphrastic. As a tribute to Carson, I wrote my own ekphrastic poetry using the artwork he wrote about. Our perspectives are quite different.
"Impossible White Goat" was published in Kenyon Review in print only, May/June 2021, v.53.3.
"When I Can't See" and "Listening My Way Back" came out in Kenyon Review Online in May 2021 which you can find here: https://kenyonreview.org/writer/sara-backer/
