Juliet Cook's Blog, page 87
April 4, 2018
April 1, 2018
NEW in Moon Cycle Magazine - my poem "Dropping Point"
My poem "Dropping Point" now appears in the Pink Moon issue of Moon Cycle Magazine, HERE - https://www.mooncyclemag.com/2018/03/30/pink-moon/
March 31, 2018
The New March flock of Thirteen Myna Birds!
The NEW March flock of Thirteen Myna Birds is HERE - https://13myna.blogspot.com/
Poetry/art by Michael Grover, Nanette Rayman, Stephen Mead, Mish, Valerie Loveland, Gabriel Ricard, Ivan Peledov, and Mitchell Krockmalnik Grabois.
"By moonlight the tarantulas’ bodies would spell out words - What will forges such purple twists - angels wings over x rays - The monster inside me got surgery to remove the monster inside her -Her stinking dandelion-cussed, blood-sopped Snot-bedaubed self - Her white and blue halter top falling saggy ripped to her gut - from one end of hell to the backwards interpretation - One girl raised the dead - found in the dusty heart of a dead coyote - Your melting pot is a pressure cooker - My leg is a barn and the horse who lives inside has broken his leg - Full of meaningless words and Invented histories of gnarled trees - I write under the moon Trying to outlast the slow drowning..."
Poetry/art by Michael Grover, Nanette Rayman, Stephen Mead, Mish, Valerie Loveland, Gabriel Ricard, Ivan Peledov, and Mitchell Krockmalnik Grabois.
"By moonlight the tarantulas’ bodies would spell out words - What will forges such purple twists - angels wings over x rays - The monster inside me got surgery to remove the monster inside her -Her stinking dandelion-cussed, blood-sopped Snot-bedaubed self - Her white and blue halter top falling saggy ripped to her gut - from one end of hell to the backwards interpretation - One girl raised the dead - found in the dusty heart of a dead coyote - Your melting pot is a pressure cooker - My leg is a barn and the horse who lives inside has broken his leg - Full of meaningless words and Invented histories of gnarled trees - I write under the moon Trying to outlast the slow drowning..."
March 28, 2018
Juliet Cook's Upcoming Poetry Events
I haven't been feeling very self-promotional lately, but I thought I should at least compile a small list of upcoming poetry events I'll be a part of this year.
More may be added later; we shall see.
Also, I've been working on a long-ish poem focused on being 45 (past and present intertwined) - and hopefully, I'll manage to finish it and decide what to do with it while I'm still 45. We shall see about that too.
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Juliet Cook's Upcoming Poetry Events
~April 2018 - Poets 2018 for Read + Write: 30 Days of Poetry - National Poetry Month website for April at the Cuyahoga County Public Library - starting April 1st, a new poem will appear on this site every day (a poem of mine will appear on Saturday April 28)
(The page it all happens on: http://www.cuyahogalibrary.org/Services/William-N-Skirball-Writers-Center/Read-Write-30-Days-of-Poetry/April-Poetry-Coming-Soon.aspx
To sign up for emails: http://bit.ly/2BKjP9W)
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~Saturday April 21 - Kleft Crisis 2018 - at Mac's Backs-Books in Coventry - 7-10 PM
(1820 Coventry Rd, Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44118)This poetry reading is part of a Kleft Jaw Press and Crisis Chronicles Press event, the weekend of April 20 and 21)
See more information here - https://www.facebook.com/events/2457443937814733/
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~Friday April 27 - Nervous Dog Akron Poetry Night - at Nervous Dog Coffee Bar - 6-9 PM
(1530 W. Market St., Akron, OH. 44313)
This is a poetry/art/music event with 8 features, hosted by Michael DeBenedictis - and I will be one of the poets.
(link coming soon)
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~Saturday May 5 - Columbus State Community College Writer’s Conference - 10 AM - 4 PM(Columbus State Community College, 550 East Spring St., Columbus, OH. 43215 at the Workforce Development Center, 315 Cleveland Avenue)
Me and my Blood Pudding Press will have a table at the Book Fair
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~Wednesday June 6th - Coast Line Poetry Reading Series at Lakewood Public Library - 7:00 PM
(15425 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, Ohio 44107)
I'll be one of three featured readers
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~Tuesday October 16 - Art on Madison, Poetry Plus monthly reading series - 7:00 PM
(13703 Madison, Lakewood, Ohio 44107)
Featuring the release of my poetry book, Malformed Confetti, from Crisis Chronicles Press. This will be my last poetry reading event at the age of 45, since it’s one day before my birthday.
See more information here - https://poetrypluscleveland.weebly.com/calendar.html
More may be added later; we shall see.
Also, I've been working on a long-ish poem focused on being 45 (past and present intertwined) - and hopefully, I'll manage to finish it and decide what to do with it while I'm still 45. We shall see about that too.
***
Juliet Cook's Upcoming Poetry Events
~April 2018 - Poets 2018 for Read + Write: 30 Days of Poetry - National Poetry Month website for April at the Cuyahoga County Public Library - starting April 1st, a new poem will appear on this site every day (a poem of mine will appear on Saturday April 28)
(The page it all happens on: http://www.cuyahogalibrary.org/Services/William-N-Skirball-Writers-Center/Read-Write-30-Days-of-Poetry/April-Poetry-Coming-Soon.aspx
To sign up for emails: http://bit.ly/2BKjP9W)
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~Saturday April 21 - Kleft Crisis 2018 - at Mac's Backs-Books in Coventry - 7-10 PM
(1820 Coventry Rd, Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44118)This poetry reading is part of a Kleft Jaw Press and Crisis Chronicles Press event, the weekend of April 20 and 21)
See more information here - https://www.facebook.com/events/2457443937814733/
*
~Friday April 27 - Nervous Dog Akron Poetry Night - at Nervous Dog Coffee Bar - 6-9 PM
(1530 W. Market St., Akron, OH. 44313)
This is a poetry/art/music event with 8 features, hosted by Michael DeBenedictis - and I will be one of the poets.
(link coming soon)
*
~Saturday May 5 - Columbus State Community College Writer’s Conference - 10 AM - 4 PM(Columbus State Community College, 550 East Spring St., Columbus, OH. 43215 at the Workforce Development Center, 315 Cleveland Avenue)
Me and my Blood Pudding Press will have a table at the Book Fair
*
~Wednesday June 6th - Coast Line Poetry Reading Series at Lakewood Public Library - 7:00 PM
(15425 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, Ohio 44107)
I'll be one of three featured readers
*
~Tuesday October 16 - Art on Madison, Poetry Plus monthly reading series - 7:00 PM
(13703 Madison, Lakewood, Ohio 44107)
Featuring the release of my poetry book, Malformed Confetti, from Crisis Chronicles Press. This will be my last poetry reading event at the age of 45, since it’s one day before my birthday.
See more information here - https://poetrypluscleveland.weebly.com/calendar.html
March 10, 2018
NEW in Winedrunk Sidewalk! - my poem, "Flowers are Worth More than Females"
"Blood orange drips down
your throat until you gag
in these dream scenes that turn you
into another unworthy nightmare
body culminating in nothing
but scissors and long hair
and extreme power outage."
from my poem "Flowers are Worth More than Females", which appears in WINEDRUNK SIDEWALK: SHIPWRECKED IN TRUMPLAND today
HERE - http://winedrunksidewalk.blogspot.com/2018/03/day-four-hundred-and-fifteen.html
your throat until you gag
in these dream scenes that turn you
into another unworthy nightmare
body culminating in nothing
but scissors and long hair
and extreme power outage."
from my poem "Flowers are Worth More than Females", which appears in WINEDRUNK SIDEWALK: SHIPWRECKED IN TRUMPLAND today
HERE - http://winedrunksidewalk.blogspot.com/2018/03/day-four-hundred-and-fifteen.html
March 8, 2018
I like how the branches are all shifting to the sides
Straight up annoys me
