Juliet Cook's Blog, page 42
January 10, 2020
NEW in the January 2020 issue of Ghost City Review! - OTHERWORLDLY FORCE FIELD by me and j/j hastain
"Who am I when I am in charge
of a rototiller. Will I use it as weaponry
against the flowers that don't like me?
What if I'm paranoid about every flower on earth?" from the poem "OTHERWORLDLY FORCE FIELD" by j/j hastain and me
delighted to have this poem appearing in the NEW January Issue of GHOST CITY REVIEW and excited to read the rest of the issue
January 8, 2020
NEW in Pink Plastic House (a tiny journal) - my Keychains as Treats!
"Every leg gets cross-stitched into position
in this factory. You are told to sit still
at the table you’ve been assigned
and either eat what’s right in front of you or be eaten
after your own feet are cut off and hooked to a chain."in my poem "Keychains as Treats" which appears in Pink Plastic House a tiny journal today! (Yesterday it was on Instagram; today it's in the tiny journal).Here's what poet/editor Kristin Garth says about it and you can read more and decide for yourself, HERE - https://kristingarth.com/***"Today in the Pink Plastic House (a tiny journal) we will visit the kitchen. Bring your appetite for a bit of grotesque glitter witch magic because Juliet Cook is cooking and she is serving "Keychains as Treats," and they are intense."
in this factory. You are told to sit still
at the table you’ve been assigned
and either eat what’s right in front of you or be eaten
after your own feet are cut off and hooked to a chain."in my poem "Keychains as Treats" which appears in Pink Plastic House a tiny journal today! (Yesterday it was on Instagram; today it's in the tiny journal).Here's what poet/editor Kristin Garth says about it and you can read more and decide for yourself, HERE - https://kristingarth.com/***"Today in the Pink Plastic House (a tiny journal) we will visit the kitchen. Bring your appetite for a bit of grotesque glitter witch magic because Juliet Cook is cooking and she is serving "Keychains as Treats," and they are intense."
January 6, 2020
Today is the 10 Year Anniversary of the day I could have died
10 Years Ago on this date I underwent an unexpected carotid artery dissection which caused an aneurysm which caused a stroke which caused me to lose some parts of how my brain used to work before that happened.
Hard to believe this was already 10 Years ago now.
This experience changed some parts of my brain, it changed some other parts of my life, but a lot of us undergo different changes...
Still though, even though it's gotten a lot better than it used to be, this particular anniversary date still makes me feel rather uncomfortable mentally - and also uncomfortable about the speed racing of time.
But also lucky to still be alive, active, myself and creatively expressive.
For a little while after the stroke, I was terribly afraid that I might not be able to write poetry anymore, but thank goodness that was not the case. My poetry just became a little different. Here was the first tiny poetry chapbook I created after my stroke.
POST-STROKE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/69547229/post-stroke-by-juliet-cook?ref=shop_home_active_3
Hard to believe this was already 10 Years ago now.
This experience changed some parts of my brain, it changed some other parts of my life, but a lot of us undergo different changes...
Still though, even though it's gotten a lot better than it used to be, this particular anniversary date still makes me feel rather uncomfortable mentally - and also uncomfortable about the speed racing of time.
But also lucky to still be alive, active, myself and creatively expressive.
For a little while after the stroke, I was terribly afraid that I might not be able to write poetry anymore, but thank goodness that was not the case. My poetry just became a little different. Here was the first tiny poetry chapbook I created after my stroke.
POST-STROKE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/69547229/post-stroke-by-juliet-cook?ref=shop_home_active_3
January 2, 2020
December 31, 2019
Happy New Year from Me and my Blood Pudding Press!
How have we already reached the last day of 2019?!?!A uniquely Happy New Year from me and my Blood Pudding Press!If you would like the beginning of your New Year to be surrounded by some strange creepy wonderful irrational fearful doll-phobic poems, why not buy yourself a copy of the NEW Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, PEDIOPHOBIA by Daniel G. Snethen (with cover art by Josh Birrittieri) and help support a tiny indie small press and strange poetry?Or choose another Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook that sounds more interesting or appealing to you.Find out a bit more about PEDIOPHOBIA and other Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbooks here - https://www.etsy.com/shop/BloodPuddingPress***"Cabbage Patch Doll tossedLike salad in French dressingDead child dripping orange"
in the poem "Nightmare of Dolls" in PEDIOPHOBIA
in the poem "Nightmare of Dolls" in PEDIOPHOBIA
The new Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, PEDIOPHOBIA by Daniel G. Snethen is included in Eileen Murphy's recent book recommendations! AND Daniel G. Snethen has a poetry reading coming up that showcases PEDIOPHOBIA!
Below is a photo posted by Eileen Murphy this past weekend in one of her book recommendation posts, that includes the new Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, PEDIOPHOBIA by Daniel G. Snethen!
December 28, 2019
NEW in Thimble Literary Magazine - Doll's Eyes Could Kill by Juliet Cook
"...We are not all house pets
looking for an owner or a groomor someone to wash our hair. We want to own ourselves."in my poem "Doll's Eyes Could Kill", in the NEW VOL. 2 NO. 3 of Thimble Literary Magazineread more HERE - https://www.thimblelitmag.com/2019/12/18/dolls-eyes-could-kill/
looking for an owner or a groomor someone to wash our hair. We want to own ourselves."in my poem "Doll's Eyes Could Kill", in the NEW VOL. 2 NO. 3 of Thimble Literary Magazineread more HERE - https://www.thimblelitmag.com/2019/12/18/dolls-eyes-could-kill/
December 23, 2019
PEDIOPHOBIA has found a new home (and it could haunt your home too)...
John Burroughs has received his copy of the new Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, PEDIOPHOBIA, by Daniel G. Snethen!
December 18, 2019
Lyric Essentials: Juliet Cook Reads Tory Dent
On The Sundress Blog's Lyric Essentials, I talk about poet Tory Dent and read one of her poems, "The Part of Me That's O".Thank you to Riley Steiner for inviting me to participate in this project.
You can read and listen here -
https://sundressblog.com/2019/12/18/lyric-essentials-juliet-cook-reads-tory-dent/
***"I have tended towards over-the-top and negative in a lot of my poetry, largely because that’s how my brain works—but since I also tend to enjoy reading that sort of content, it has probably influenced my own creativity over time.To me, Tory Dent is an example of a poet who says what she needs to say, for her own personal, inward-focused reasons, but also broadens her personal reasons into a large scale.With me, most of my poems are inward-focused, and part of me likes that; but another part of me might like to be able to broaden them out a bit more, without dulling them down. I don’t want my poems to be overly obvious, but I also don’t want them to be so abstract or so stuck inside my own brain that they only make sense to me.When it comes to poetry by Dent and others I admire, I love it when uniquely original work that emerged from another writer’s brain is able to strongly resonate with my brain, too.There are many people for whom poetry does not resonate much at all, but for me, it’s a primary form of expression, both reading-wise and writing-wise, even if a lot of people don’t relate to it."
You can read and listen here -
https://sundressblog.com/2019/12/18/lyric-essentials-juliet-cook-reads-tory-dent/
***"I have tended towards over-the-top and negative in a lot of my poetry, largely because that’s how my brain works—but since I also tend to enjoy reading that sort of content, it has probably influenced my own creativity over time.To me, Tory Dent is an example of a poet who says what she needs to say, for her own personal, inward-focused reasons, but also broadens her personal reasons into a large scale.With me, most of my poems are inward-focused, and part of me likes that; but another part of me might like to be able to broaden them out a bit more, without dulling them down. I don’t want my poems to be overly obvious, but I also don’t want them to be so abstract or so stuck inside my own brain that they only make sense to me.When it comes to poetry by Dent and others I admire, I love it when uniquely original work that emerged from another writer’s brain is able to strongly resonate with my brain, too.There are many people for whom poetry does not resonate much at all, but for me, it’s a primary form of expression, both reading-wise and writing-wise, even if a lot of people don’t relate to it."
December 16, 2019
Dead Dolls are Coming Back to Life in PEDIOPHOBIA (new from BLOOD PUDDING PRESS)
"Seventy times seven solstices later,
myriad discarded broken dolls
rose up from the city trash-piles,
the ash-heaps and the long
forgotten hallowed doll graves"
in the poem "The Second Coming"
within a NEW chapbook from Blood Pudding Press, as of December 2019!
PEDIOPHOBIA with poetry by Daniel G. Snethen, cover art by Josh Birrittieri, and bound with yarn and doll hair.
Read more about it and acquire a copy HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/762122669/new-pediophobia-by-daniel-g-snethen-2019?ref=shop_home_feat_1
myriad discarded broken dolls
rose up from the city trash-piles,
the ash-heaps and the long
forgotten hallowed doll graves"
in the poem "The Second Coming"
within a NEW chapbook from Blood Pudding Press, as of December 2019!
PEDIOPHOBIA with poetry by Daniel G. Snethen, cover art by Josh Birrittieri, and bound with yarn and doll hair.
Read more about it and acquire a copy HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/762122669/new-pediophobia-by-daniel-g-snethen-2019?ref=shop_home_feat_1
