Juliet Cook's Blog, page 5

Hello September! I hope my Fall is filled with poetry and a few other personal thoughts...

My full-length poetry book "Malformed Confetti" is now approaching 6 years old (already) and still exists (see the photo links below). I still exist too.

I do tend to assemble poetry chapbook manuscripts more than full-length manuscripts. I've had 8 different chapbook manuscripts published in the last 6 years (with another new one forthcoming soon), but this book is still my most recent full-length. It takes me a long time to assemble full-lengths and overall, I'm more drawn to shorter length books. I have my reasons. BUT with that said, I should really try to focus on assembling my next full-length manuscript soon. It's been in-progress for years. I've been having trouble sleeping soundly lately, so the other night in bed (while not sleeping), I was thinking about how my first individual full-length poetry book was named "Horrific Confection" and then my second one was named "Malformed Confetti" and then it suddenly and unexpectedly popped into my noggin that maybe my next one should be named "Broken Stethoscope". Not sure exactly where that came from, but it felt like a possible plan.The last few months have not been my most creatively productive, but this month is off to a pretty good start. I've already sent out five poetry submissions this month and one query (I'm not the greatest at querying). I finished writing three semi-interconnected new poems. I finished revising an older poem (and have two more poem revisions in progress). I also have two other new poems in progress that I hope to revisit more soon. Oh wait, actually, I sent out six poetry submissions so far this month, but one of them resulted in a rejection about three hours after submitting it. So hopefully I'll receive a new acceptance semi-soon. I have more to say but it will have to wait until later. One more thing I will mention for now (without getting into much detail as to why) is that I am trying to avoid volatile negativity on social media or behavior that feels toxic to me whatever its intention might be. I would rather place my negativity, anger, and other strong emotions inside my poetry and art (and the few people I trust in terms of expressing myself personally). Of course there are always exceptions.I wish my friends a genuinely creative September.













A photo of my 6 Year old poetry book, Malformed Confetti (published by Crisis Chronicles in October 2018).
You can acquire your own copy of Malformed Confetti from Crisis Chronicles Press, HERE - https://ccpress.blogspot.com/2018/10/Cook102.html

Or from Amazon, HERE - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1640929738/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_myi?m=AXH8DEUFPPU2O

Or directly from my own Blood Pudding Press shop, HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/641070988/malformed-confetti-by-juliet-cook-2018?ref=shop_home_feat_1

Poetry by Juliet Cook

Gorgeous cover art by Simona Candini.

Photo taken by Crisis Chronicles Press editor, John Burroughs

FREE online version of my poetry chapbook, The Rabbits With Red Eyes!

Hello there poetry friends (or friends who are not sure how they feel about poetry but might be interested in checking some out). Anyone who hasn't yet read my 2020 poetry chapbook, "The Rabbits With Red Eyes" (published by Ethel Zine & Micro-Press) can now read it for FREE online here! - https://ethelzine.com/the-rabbits-with-red-eyes

Simply click on that ethel zine link and then click on the red cover of the chapbook. 🐇

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"He wants to be the boss of broken body parts.

Some of us will refuse to be his apprentice.
Some of us have hearts that cannot be easily baked
in this oven. Some of us will try to rise
above all this hate."

in my poem "Pepper" which appears in this chapbook.

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ALSO, although the print copy of this chapbook is now SOLD OUT from Ethel, I have a few copies left, so if you might be interested in acquiring one of the few remaining print copies (well, other than the few I'm keeping for myself), you can check it out and/or grab one up in my Blood Pudding Press shop here - https://www.etsy.com/listing/792299569/the-rabbits-with-red-eyes-by-juliet-cook

But to reiterate, the new online version is totally free and here's a link to that free version again - https://www.ethelzine.com/the-rabbits-with-red-eyes.

Just click on that link and then click on the chapbook cover for The Rabbits With Red Eyes and you can read the poems for free.

NEW! My Theme Park of Garbage is making an appearance in Trailer Park Quarterly!

Delighted to have my Theme Park of Garbage appearing in Trailer Park Quarterly Volume 15 (and looking forward to reading all the other poems too)! Yay!Here's a link to my poem - https://trailerparkquarterly.com/volume-15/juliet-cook/

Here's a link to the whole issue - https://trailerparkquarterly.com/volume-15/

Brains can’t conjure any more
ghosts from the leaking sink holes.

A NEW Summer Flock of Thirteen Myna Birds is here!

It has been a few months since a NEW Thirteen Myna Birds flock has come forth into the world, but here it is! https://13myna.blogspot.com/

It starts with a poem from the latest Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "White Octopus" by Davide Nixon and then includes creative delights by M.P. Strayer, Mark J. Mitchell, Josey M., Paula Cary, Daniel G. Snethen, and Merritt Waldon!(On a side note, I know I accepted some of your work quite a while ago and I apologize for the delay, but sometimes some elements of life get in the way. Also too, I still have more pending submissions to read and consider for the next flock. You have not been forgotten.)But for now, please do partake of the new Summer 2024 flock of Thirteen Myna Birds HERE - https://13myna.blogspot.com/ And please help spread the words! "Doom, says the old dog adjusting to the end - The cyclical madness of existence - She rose, straightened her long spine, set off for a science with no strict clocks or counters - the whippoorwill screams to a sky full of cobwebs - Nestled within, a yellow spider with a clown face upon its abdomen - Messages from other realities - Eyes white, rolling backwards into the ivory skull - where does this building end and the earth begin? - in maniacal surround clown sound - I found myself mesmerized by the grinning of the clown - The world around her is burning - Fluid rivers of furious - the sucking hungry silence of a thousand people holding their breath - A SHATTERED DEER BLEATS DESPERATELY IN A ROADSIDE DITCH - Are there any ears - I handed you the knife - To catch one winged Critter..."

Re-sharing my Snow Angel Position With Dread poem (which was re-shared by Pinky Thinker Press, who published it in April)!

"On page 27 of Pinky Thinker Press Issue No. 11, you can find“Snow Angel Position With Dread” - a poem by Juliet Cook! Juliet is the authorof numerous poetry chapbooks, most recently including red flames burning out(Grey Book Press, 2023), Contorted Doom Conveyor (Gutter Snob Books, 2023), andYour Mouth is Moving Backwards (Ethel Zine & Micro Press, 2023). She hasanother new poetry chapbook, REVOLTING, forthcoming from Cul-de-sac of Blood infall 2024."

Read and look at and watch and listen to more of Pinky Thinker Press No. 11 HERE - 

https://www.mignolo.art/ptp

A New Review of EVIL ME by MISH (Blood Pudding Press, 2020) - Reviewed by Alex S. Johnson

 A new review of MISH's poetry chapbook, "EVIL ME" (published by Blood Pudding Press in 2020). Reviewed by Alex S. Johnson.

After reading the review, you can find out more and/or acquire your own copy of "EVIL ME" from the Blood Pudding Press shop HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/856406887/evil-me-by-mish-2020-blood-pudding-press

"Mish Murphy is an educator and poet, among many other things. Her observations are keen and her lines are wickedly inscribed into the page, bearing the impress of years. She can read French and Russian and negotiate the nuances of Nicolai Gogol, or render judgment on whether Sisyphus should truly be considered happy, while at the same time sitting back with a glass of vodka rocks in one hand and a joint in the other, easing life's cruelties with class, sophistication and a sense of humor that transcends the usual hipster scorn. She has been there and done that. You should keep your eyes peeled for her future products. As for this particular production, it is lovingly hand-crafted by Juliet Cook, trailing tactile eccentricity. I highly recommend encountering Mish's Evil Me. You'll find a lot to admire."

Peculiar Sea Creatures

 

And now I have two more new collaborative poems up at Unlikely Stories, by Daniel Snethen and me - "Paisley Purpled Political Head Rotation" and "Until All Hope Is Gone"!

And now I have two more collaborative poems appearing at Unlikely Stories, by Daniel Snethen and me - "Paisley Purpled Political Head Rotation" and "Until All Hope Is Gone"."Then chug-a-lug and she turnedfrantic. The owls are not what they seemand soon its hair color will changeinto too many cigarettes.Tenderlings linked together.Into the whirring factory soundof a gigantic pez dispenser pumping outpaisley coated candy cigarettes of myriad colorwhile pathetic pontificating politicianspostulate pointless propaganda."read more HERE -https://www.unlikelystories.org/content/paisley-purpled-political-head-rotation-and-until-all-hope-is-gone

And now I have two more collaborative poems up at Unlikely Stories, by Daniel Snethen and me - "Paisley Purpled Political Head Rotation" and "Until All Hope Is Gone"!

And now I have two more collaborative poems appearing at Unlikely Stories, by Daniel Snethen and me - "Paisley Purpled Political Head Rotation" and "Until All Hope Is Gone"."Then chug-a-lug and she turnedfrantic. The owls are not what they seemand soon its hair color will changeinto too many cigarettes.Tenderlings linked together.Into the whirring factory soundof a gigantic pez dispenser pumping outpaisley coated candy cigarettes of myriad colorwhile pathetic pontificating politicianspostulate pointless propaganda."read more HERE -https://www.unlikelystories.org/content/paisley-purpled-political-head-rotation-and-until-all-hope-is-gone

NEW! I am delighted to have two collaborative poems by me and Alex S. Johnson making an appearance in Unlikely Stories!

"Backtracking vertebrae work their way upto my broken neck, break through dead skinturn themselves into even more hair trailsI am becoming the opposite of a celestial bodyImplosions morphing into explosions morphinginto internal locomotion, growing giant worms"Very excited to have two collaborative poems "Momia's Metamorphoses" and "Momia's Mauled Metamorphoses" by Alex S. Johnson and me appearing in Unlikely Stories
Read more here:https://www.unlikelystories.org/content/momias-metamorphoses-and-momias-mauled-metamorphoses