Juliet Cook's Blog, page 4
May 2, 2025
NEW! I have two new poems making an appearance in POETRY FOR THE PEOPLE!
"The latest firing behooves you and your
satanic hooves ablaze with hate.
Your definition of success is rat shit
crazy and not nearly as intelligent
as actual rats. Your carpetbag rat
will rat out every so-called friend
and you will do anything to rat-a-tat-tat
your evil self into more power, money,
fame. Gain the latest rat-o-sphere of fake
rat followers. Even though your system of poison
rat droppings is meant to infiltrate and destroy
everyone else's space, place, and freedom
as you spew rat diarrhea behind the back
then in everyone's faces."
in my poem "False God in a Festival of Destructive Rats", one of two poems newly appearing in POETRY FOR THE PEOPLE
read more here - https://poetry4thepeople.blogspot.com/2025/05/juliet-cook.html
satanic hooves ablaze with hate.
Your definition of success is rat shit
crazy and not nearly as intelligent
as actual rats. Your carpetbag rat
will rat out every so-called friend
and you will do anything to rat-a-tat-tat
your evil self into more power, money,
fame. Gain the latest rat-o-sphere of fake
rat followers. Even though your system of poison
rat droppings is meant to infiltrate and destroy
everyone else's space, place, and freedom
as you spew rat diarrhea behind the back
then in everyone's faces."
in my poem "False God in a Festival of Destructive Rats", one of two poems newly appearing in POETRY FOR THE PEOPLE
read more here - https://poetry4thepeople.blogspot.com/2025/05/juliet-cook.html
April 28, 2025
NEW! I have two new poems making an appearance in Cul-de-sac of Blood!
"One reason
I maintain these bangs
is to hide what's underneath.
My bulbous forehead crawls
with insects circumnavigating
the brain canal. I stomp on the latest baby
centipedes racing around my kitchen floor,
trying to get all the attention
even though they can't even speak
for themselves, then trying to hide from me."
in my poem "Out of Date", one of two new poems by me, newly appearing in Cul-de-sac of Blood
read more here - https://www.culdesacofblood.com/juliet-cook-4
I maintain these bangs
is to hide what's underneath.
My bulbous forehead crawls
with insects circumnavigating
the brain canal. I stomp on the latest baby
centipedes racing around my kitchen floor,
trying to get all the attention
even though they can't even speak
for themselves, then trying to hide from me."
in my poem "Out of Date", one of two new poems by me, newly appearing in Cul-de-sac of Blood
read more here - https://www.culdesacofblood.com/juliet-cook-4
Happy Poetry Month! It's Not Quite Done Yet! My latest poetry chapbook "Blue Stingers Instead of Wings" is newly available from Pure Sleeze Press until it sells out! Get It Before It's Gone!
Happy Poetry Month!
As of Friday April 25, 2025, the new Spring chapbooks from Pure Sleeze Press were made officially available until they sell out!
This includes my new "Blue Stingers Instead of Wings" for $8 (plus $5 shipping)!
Several other new chapbooks are also available for $8 each (or a Five Book Bundle for $30)!
Acquire mine and/or 1, 2, or all 3 of the remaining others before they sell out too!
Here's the link to buy them from Pure Sleeze Press! - https://puresleezepress.bigcartel.com/
Thank you very much to Pure Sleeze Press, Jonathan S Baker, and K Ann Sea for publishing these chapbooks!
Also, thank you very much to Chad M. Horn, whose art appears on the cover of mine.
A few photos of my new chapbook and a sampling from one of the poems inside it appears below.
(P.S. I also have some copies of my "Blue Stingers Instead of Wings" so if you'd like to acquire my chapbook directly from me for the same price, that is a possibility too. Please feel free to reach out...)...
Maybe I was a goose in labor,
giving birth to a subhuman or else
I was in the middle of aborting my own brain
inside another terrible dream, trapped
underneath a seeping blue machine
shaped like a giant pill container
with cracked slots that don't keep anything inside.
A loudly honking lullaby of horrific
conjoined twin geese, a grody gaggle
of gag reflexes swarming out of my mouth,blue stingers instead of wings.
in my poem "Both Similar and Dissimilar", in my chapbook, "Blue Stingers Instead of Wings", Pure Sleeze Press, late April 2025
As of Friday April 25, 2025, the new Spring chapbooks from Pure Sleeze Press were made officially available until they sell out!
This includes my new "Blue Stingers Instead of Wings" for $8 (plus $5 shipping)!
Several other new chapbooks are also available for $8 each (or a Five Book Bundle for $30)!
Acquire mine and/or 1, 2, or all 3 of the remaining others before they sell out too!
Here's the link to buy them from Pure Sleeze Press! - https://puresleezepress.bigcartel.com/
Thank you very much to Pure Sleeze Press, Jonathan S Baker, and K Ann Sea for publishing these chapbooks!
Also, thank you very much to Chad M. Horn, whose art appears on the cover of mine.
A few photos of my new chapbook and a sampling from one of the poems inside it appears below.
(P.S. I also have some copies of my "Blue Stingers Instead of Wings" so if you'd like to acquire my chapbook directly from me for the same price, that is a possibility too. Please feel free to reach out...)...
***
I wasn't sure if I was human anymore.Maybe I was a goose in labor,
giving birth to a subhuman or else
I was in the middle of aborting my own brain
inside another terrible dream, trapped
underneath a seeping blue machine
shaped like a giant pill container
with cracked slots that don't keep anything inside.
A loudly honking lullaby of horrific
conjoined twin geese, a grody gaggle
of gag reflexes swarming out of my mouth,blue stingers instead of wings.
in my poem "Both Similar and Dissimilar", in my chapbook, "Blue Stingers Instead of Wings", Pure Sleeze Press, late April 2025
March 27, 2025
A NEW Thirteen Myna Birds Flock has finally arrived!
Hello from Thirteen Myna Birds!
"Voice turned screechy, my soft hands, now hard claws - in the stations of silence, the static in between channels - The rain drizzles on - to be content to exist for however long - longer than the moth who burns itself out in light - she wears an officer’s silver jumpsuit, laser gun in her belt - and I explode inside - My face has changed to skull-bone, covered in a hard shell - the moment I put the pen to it the page bursts into flames - Lost in a burned prairieland - sidewalk rubbish floating up at ya like attack-ghosts - a wall that needs to be fed Blood - A tiny white flower blooms Against all the dark noises..."***
It has been quite a while since a new Thirteen Myna Birds flock has arrived, but better late than never, I hope.
Within this new Thirteen Myna Birds flock, you can Spring into poetry and visual art by MISH - read some poetry by John Andrew Fredrick and listen to some music from his band, the black watch - and read some poetry by Holly Day, Wayne F Burke, Alexandra Dark, Yuan Changming, and James Moran.
Look, listen, and read it all HERE - https://13myna.blogspot.com/
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(I'm also semi-tentatively thinking that instead of waiting months for the next new Myna Birds update, I might continually add a few new poems to this flock within the Poetry Month of April. This new flock of 21 creative contributions will stay up AT LEAST throughout the whole month of April, but additional poems might join the flock throughout that month.)
Wednesday by MISHMarch 2, 2025
NEW! My long poem "The Age of Vicissitude" is appearing in Horror Sleaze Trash!
"My brain is broken. Slashed like an old horror
film scene, retching and dragging my un-tight legs along
this antiquated, soon to be autopsied linoleum floor.
Cracked allure of concussive gore. Bruised and confused
and wavering away from reality. Disabled runway model.
Old cat lady with swollen feet and scratches across
flimsy wrists. Another pair of cat eye glasses
falls off my head and breaks and the room grows darker."
A small part of a long poem of mine, "The Age of Vicissitude", which is newly appearing today in Horror Sleaze Trash!
Read more HERE - https://horrorsleazetrash.com/2025/03/02/juliet-cook/
(This poem is longer than my usual and will also be appearing in my chapbook "Blue Stingers Instead of Wings", forthcoming this Spring from Pure Sleeze Press.)
film scene, retching and dragging my un-tight legs along
this antiquated, soon to be autopsied linoleum floor.
Cracked allure of concussive gore. Bruised and confused
and wavering away from reality. Disabled runway model.
Old cat lady with swollen feet and scratches across
flimsy wrists. Another pair of cat eye glasses
falls off my head and breaks and the room grows darker."
A small part of a long poem of mine, "The Age of Vicissitude", which is newly appearing today in Horror Sleaze Trash!
Read more HERE - https://horrorsleazetrash.com/2025/03/02/juliet-cook/
(This poem is longer than my usual and will also be appearing in my chapbook "Blue Stingers Instead of Wings", forthcoming this Spring from Pure Sleeze Press.)
February 25, 2025
NEW! Two new poems of mine are making an appearance in The Literary Underground!
"When I finally shut my eyes they still glimmer
like an impending mini-seizure or like I’m smothering
a centipede with my pillow, but then it is back on top
of the ceiling."
Part of one of two new poems of mine newly appearing in The Literary Underground
Read more HERE - https://theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/02/24/2-poems-by-juliet-cook/
like an impending mini-seizure or like I’m smothering
a centipede with my pillow, but then it is back on top
of the ceiling."
Part of one of two new poems of mine newly appearing in The Literary Underground
Read more HERE - https://theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/02/24/2-poems-by-juliet-cook/
February 5, 2025
Get Your Own Copy of REVOLTING!
Thank you very much to Sandra Feen for this photo of my poetry chapbook "Revolting" (published by Cul-de-sac of Blood in November 2024). You can acquire your own copy of this chapbook from Cul-de-sac of Blood HERE - https://www.culdesacofblood.com/books
Or directly from me/my Blood Pudding Press shop HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/1851916682/new-revolting-by-juliet-cook-2024-poetry
January 28, 2025
A few copies of my latest poetry chapbook, Revolting, have now been added to my Blood Pudding Press shop
I have now added a few copies of my latest poetry chapbook, "Revolting" to my Blood Pudding Press shop, in case anyone might be interested in procuring one there.
Of course it is still available from the small press that published it, Cul-de-sac of Blood too.
Feel free to let me know if you have any questions...
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"We found its dead body inside a kitchen cabinet,
skinny, curled to one side, and all alone.
Sometimes we learn the hard way
that other people think we're overreacting
by getting really upset when a little pet dies,
as if it should be easy to replace
one little pet with another little pet
or one spouse with another spouse.
As if death is not the end of everything."
Some lines from the poem "From Hormone Imbalance to Death", the first of thirteen poems which appear within my latest poetry chapbook, "Revolting".
Revolting is now available in the Blood Pudding Press shop HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/1851916682/new-revolting-by-juliet-cook-2024-poetry
Revolting is also still available from Cul-de-sac of Blood HERE - https://www.culdesacofblood.com/books
If you read Revolting, consider Reviewing it via Goodreads HERE (or elsewhere) - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222804547-revolting
Of course it is still available from the small press that published it, Cul-de-sac of Blood too.
Feel free to let me know if you have any questions...
***
"We found its dead body inside a kitchen cabinet,
skinny, curled to one side, and all alone.
Sometimes we learn the hard way
that other people think we're overreacting
by getting really upset when a little pet dies,
as if it should be easy to replace
one little pet with another little pet
or one spouse with another spouse.
As if death is not the end of everything."
Some lines from the poem "From Hormone Imbalance to Death", the first of thirteen poems which appear within my latest poetry chapbook, "Revolting".
Revolting is now available in the Blood Pudding Press shop HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/1851916682/new-revolting-by-juliet-cook-2024-poetry
Revolting is also still available from Cul-de-sac of Blood HERE - https://www.culdesacofblood.com/books
If you read Revolting, consider Reviewing it via Goodreads HERE (or elsewhere) - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222804547-revolting
January 13, 2025
NEW! Two of my individual poems and two collaborative poems appear in Issue 39 of Misfit!
"Malignant narcissist spitting more dirty fur
out of yammering mouth. First he acts like your pet
or a close friend, then he turns on you
and now he insists you are his.
He grows into a giant tapeworm,
ribbony, twisting around your lips, trying to stick,
eat your words, call them his own,
as if he has always owned you."
the beginning of my poem "Carnivorous Worm"
I am delighted to be included in the Current Issue No. 39 of Misfit!
This issue includes two poems by me - one collaborative poem by Daniel G. Snethen and me - and one collaborative poem by Daniel G. Snethen, Alex S. Johnson, and me.
Lots of wonderful poetry by lots of other poets too! If I were you, I would read it all. But I'm not you.
Thank you very much to writer and editor Alan Catlin.
Read more of my poems and collaborations here - http://misfitmagazine.net/archive/No-39/Cook.html
Read the whole issue here - http://misfitmagazine.net/current.html
out of yammering mouth. First he acts like your pet
or a close friend, then he turns on you
and now he insists you are his.
He grows into a giant tapeworm,
ribbony, twisting around your lips, trying to stick,
eat your words, call them his own,
as if he has always owned you."
the beginning of my poem "Carnivorous Worm"
I am delighted to be included in the Current Issue No. 39 of Misfit!
This issue includes two poems by me - one collaborative poem by Daniel G. Snethen and me - and one collaborative poem by Daniel G. Snethen, Alex S. Johnson, and me.
Lots of wonderful poetry by lots of other poets too! If I were you, I would read it all. But I'm not you.
Thank you very much to writer and editor Alan Catlin.
Read more of my poems and collaborations here - http://misfitmagazine.net/archive/No-39/Cook.html
Read the whole issue here - http://misfitmagazine.net/current.html
December 28, 2024
Wishing you a REVOLTING Happy New Year brimming with poetry!
My newest poetry chapbook, REVOLTING, is available fromCUL-DE-SAC OF BLOOD!
HERE - https://www.culdesacofblood.com/books
(Or feel free to ask me if you'd like to acquire one directly from me and let it revolt its way into yourNew Year)!
***
"When your New Year begins
with having another person's judgments rained down upon you,
as if attempting to shrink you
closer to her
by insinuating
that your own style is unclean,
dirty, every room in your house filled with unacceptable
mold. The mold takes precedence
over your poetry. The mold must be focused upon
more than your poetry."
in the poem "A Moldy Bathtub Is a Sin and You Must Repent Forever, BecauseShe Said So" (which appears within my REVOLTING chapbook)
***
"This is such a good book. Rips off the scab and gives the wound oxygen. Some of Cook's best work."
A little Goodreads Review of REVOLTING. Thank you very much to John Burroughs!In case anyone else who reads it might be interested in Reviewing it (via Goodreads or elsewhere) or recommending it or... Here is the Goodreads link - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222804547-revolting***
Furthermore, I am also very excited to have another new poetry chapbook manuscript, "Blue Stingers Instead of Wings", recently chosen for publication by Pure Sleeze Press and forthcoming in Spring 2025! Viva la Poetry!
