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Suck My Dick

Today was one of those days where I received two poetry rejections in one day (which really shouldn't bother me, because last week I got two poetry acceptances in one day; so the only reason it ever so slightly bothers me is because now I only have two In-Progress submissions via submittable and not much else to submit) - got bothered by lack of in-depth communication - got bothered that a lot of what seems important and meaningful to a lot of people does not feel very important or meaningful to me - and accidentally screwed up my own usual detail-oriented self by joining a giant group I had purposely left a few years ago.And now I feel overly angry at myself and at groups and I feel like saying that big casual groups can suck my dick (even though I don't have a dick).And then I get self-questioning and wondering what my deal is, because I get on guys cases kind of a lot for using the word pussy as an insult (as though calling some other guy a pussy indicates that other guy is weak, even though anyone who has had much experience with pussy should know that pussy isn't weak), yet here's my brain semi-randomly blurting out, "suck my dick!" when I get angry, which doesn't make much sense, because #1 I don't have a dick and #2 what turned dick sucking into an angry insult?I could analyze #2 from various perspectives, but I'd rather post photos (not dick pics).In non-dick news,even though it was one of those days, I did get Thirteen Myna Birds updated, so that's most certainly something, whether or not it means anything to the standard Tom, Dick, and Harry.

The New August Flock of Thirteen Myna Birds Has Arrived!

The NEW August flock of Thirteen Myna Birds has arrived and features SEVENTEEN new poems by Ariana D. Den Bleyker, Kelle Grace Gaddis, Ann Randlette, James Croal Jackson, Donna Dallas, Aimee Bounds, Michael A. Griffith, Wayne F. Burke, Jacalyn Shelley, and Bonnie MacAllister!"Mania gave me summer in an envelope - There’s a death in the air floating up towards our window - She dives into brackish lagoons - before the transition to zero - missing limbs, now sprinkling down - Feathers on fire - beauty burnt to bone - against the swollen moon with talons full - a scarecrow shaken off her cross - A grandfather clock ticks endless quiet - I sit captive between gargoyles - unregulated wasp nests - burbling liquid - No one else will ever want to kill me like I do - I burn full on into the sea - a bloody-funnel-fringed nose - blood orange-red down the hollow of my throat - eyes pecked-out by birds - A giddy foot, levitating for a while..."Dive or sink down under the latest flight, HERE - https://13myna.blogspot.com/

At OPUS 40 Sculpture Park and Museum

At OPUS 40 Sculpture Park and Museum (in Saugerties, New York) , August 4, 2018 - during time spent with Darryl, Susan, Lissa, and Chris.

NEW! My poem, "I Am Not Straightforward Movement" appears within Rag Queen Periodical Issue Two

"...how the hell am I supposed to power myself out of my ownrepetitive conundrum into some sort of straightforward pathway?
I’d repeatedly crash.  My own darkness would be marooned.My own limbs would break through a broken mirror, another extraction of myself from inside my own curvilinear folds.  I know I won’t stop folding. I know I won’t sit still insidesomeone else’s vehicle while I am still alive."

the end of my poem, "I Am Not Straightforward Movement", appearing in Rag Queen Periodical, Issue Two

read more here - https://www.ragqueenperiodical.com/single-post/2018/07/26/1-Poem-by-Juliet-Cook

My working my way out of a book shelf dance move

My working my way out of a book shelf dance move (at Poetry Barn in West Hurley,NY).
(photo taken by Darryl Shupe)

Juliet Cook reading some poetry!

Me reading at the Writing Knights Grand Showcase, July 28, 2018

Reading poems from my new chapbook,"From One Ruined Human to Another" (CWP Collective Press, 2018)

Available here - https://www.cwpcollectivepress.com/bookstore-1/from-one-ruined-human-to-another

(photo taken by Darryl Shupe)

A copy of "From One Ruined Human to Another" by Juliet Cook has found a new home!

Vin Whitman's copy of my new poetry chapbook "From One Ruined Human to Another"!Thank you to Vin Whitman for getting the book and taking this photo!

A copy of "House on Fire" by Susan Yount has found a new home!

Eileen Murphy received her copy of the Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "House on Fire" by Susan Yount, appearing hear beside "The Virgin Journals" by Travis Naught.

Photo taken by Eileen Murphy and thank you to Eileen for being an ongoing fan of Blood Pudding Press!

You can acquire your own copy of, "House on Fire" from the Blood Pudding Press shop here - https://www.etsy.com/listing/177826146/house-on-fire-by-susan-yount-2014-blood?ref=shop_home_active_15

A copy of "Stick Up" by Paul David Adkins has found a new home!

Tzynya L. Pinchback received her copy of the Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "Stick Up" by Paul David Adkins (glittery photo taken by Tzynya).You can acquire your own copy of "Stick Up" from the Blood Pudding Press shop here - https://www.etsy.com/listing/188110107/stick-up-by-paul-david-adkins-2014-blood?ref=shop_home_active_1

ENVELIT: Envelopes of Literature includes a Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook!

ENVELIT: Envelopes of Literature offers new packages of poetry to be mailed each February, April, June, August, October, and December. The envelopes will be in the mail sometime around the 15th. You have until the end of the 1st (midnight Eastern USA time) of a shipment month to subscribe.The August envelope will include a Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "Cutting Eyes From Ghosts" by Ariana D. Den Bleyker as well as offerings from Unlikely Books, The Poet's Haven, Crisis Chronicles Press, and A Midsummer Night's Press - and it's not too late to sign up for the August envelope!More details and a link HERE:"August 2018 Book ListAugust is almost here, and that means it is time for the next ENVELIT shipment!Each of our shipments have had something of a theme linking the books. We’re not naming the themes, as we’d like you to discover the connections yourself, but this next package includes some titles that will make it a bit more obvious.