Juliet Cook's Blog, page 30

Ethel Volume 6 is now available online and includes my poem, "Red Glass Ceiling"

"And you need to bleed out the madness screaming inside you.
Feel it drip and drip and drip into a wine glass. Fill yourself
back up, temporarily. You think you're always a work in progress,
attempting to raise yourself up to the top of the ceiling.

And then crash down."

part of my poem, "Red Glass Ceiling", which appears in Ethel Volume 6, which you can now read all of online, HERE - https://www.ethelzine.com

Talking Poetics #34 : Juliet Cook (a new interview with me about poetry)!

 A Talking Poetics interview/conversation with me about poetry-related subject matter is up at the ottawa poetry newsletter today. Thank you very much to rob mclennan for asking me these questions. http://ottawapoetry.blogspot.com/2020/12/talking-poetics-34-juliet-cook.html

A NEW publication of an OLD poem of mine in Sein und Werden's Of Human Bondage Issue

I've been having more trouble than usual lately with concentrating and focusing my energy the way I usually try to do, so am sharing this a little late, but am finally still sharing it.

The NEW issue of Sein und Werden includes an OLD poem of mine called "FOOTAGE".
My poetry style has changed to certain extents over the years. I think I used to be more language-based and now I'm more emotions/thoughts/feelings based. Plus of course some of my emotions/thoughts/feelings have changed over the years too. I think most if not all of my styles can be mental, visual, and horrific in one way or another.http://www.kissthewitch.co.uk/seinundwerden/winter20/page39.html?fbclid=IwAR06ZdF47Yy-pxRd_8WjoNgDNSvGrYWOhl3I1sd6WNnBuGT-h8yPpkz0I4U

Another NEW Review of the Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "i saw god cooking children / paint their bones" by john compton

 "...short stanzas of lowercase letters without punctuation (think e e cummings on acid)...both straightforward and strangely esoteric. I'm not sure I understood many of the poems, but the ones that spoke to me resounded on a basic level.

In the midst of much disturbing imagery, he sometimes inserts the beautiful."

part of a new review by Cat Russell, of the newest Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "i saw god cooking children / paint their bones" by john compton

read the rest HERE - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3673196257?book_show_action=true&from_review_page=1&fbclid=IwAR0WRrg9K7_MjDUJPAQz-Cu44uxllvcdzv6RVWo6UqjeuUzqgUxKScn1cFk#_=_

Find out more about this chapbook and/or acquire a copy for yourself from the Blood Pudding Press shop HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/876451232/new-i-saw-god-cooking-children-paint?ref=shop_home_feat_1 

My Blood Pudding Press Four Day Holiday SALE!

Starting at midnight tonight, my Blood Pudding Press shop will offer a 4 day holiday sale lasting from November 28th through December 2, where most of the stuff in the shop will be 20% off.

Poetry chapbooks, poetry books, art will be available at 20% off starting RIGHT NOW. 

New! GUEST issue fourteen : The Entanglement Issue

Delighted to have four of my Museum of Impending Death poems appearing in GUEST issue fourteen : The Entanglement Issue : guest-edited by Michael Sikkema, alongside work by Sue Bracken, Andrew Brenza, Megan Burns, Amanda Earl, Robert Martin Evans, Nathan Hauke, Jessie Janeshek, E.J. McAdams, Meredith Quartermain, and Claudia Coutu Radmore!

Thank you very much to Michael Sikkema and rob mclennan!

You can acquire your own copy of this new issue for $5 + postage / + $1 for Canadian orders; + $2 for US; + $6 outside of North America

https://guestpoetryjournal.blogspot.com/2020/11/issue-fourteen-entanglement-issue-guest.html

little rabbit

 

Barred Owl

Darryl and I recently saw an owl at the park and I got a few pretty good photos! We're pretty sure it's a Barred owl.

I was a little nervous about taking the photos, but it just sat there and looked at us.

From an online site that shares the Symbolic Significance of Owl According to Type, a Barred owl: "Stands for vivaciousness, knowledge of personal boundary and generosity. Its dark brown eyes indicate your deep connection to the cosmos and your creative ability."

I love the deep connection and creative ability parts.

I also find the knowledge of personal boundary part pretty interesting and relevant in this time, because I have pretty serious boundaries related to the pandemic and am extremely stressed out by how many people don't or just choose to ignore.

I can't speak for Darryl, but I think he's very generous with a certain select few people (including me 

Jawbone

 

A NEW Review of the new Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "i saw god cooking children / paint their bones" by john compton

"These pieces stitched together in artistic fashion by a wonderful small press look to creators who fall out of love with their subjects. A parent treating its child poorly for how they're born is like a god prone to damn all humanity without giving it a chance. Plenty of honest pictures lie within these beautiful pages. Every one of them unique.

- Tim Heerdink, author of Razed Monuments, The Human Remains, and Red Flag and Other Poems"

Thank you very much to Tim Heerdink for his wonderful review of the new Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "i saw god cooking children / paint their bones" by john compton

You can find out a bit more about and/or acquire your own copy of "i saw god cooking children / paint their bones" within the Blood Pudding Press shop HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/876451232/new-i-saw-god-cooking-children-paint?ref=shop_home_feat_1