Send My Love to Anyone | Issue 35
Hi friends,
In advance of Poetry Month, Issue 35 of Send My Love to Anyone is heavy on the poetry!
You’ll find “Mouth Still Open,” a beautiful and heartbreaking poem by award-winning poet Mosab Abu Toha (author of Things You May Find Hidden In My Ear), “The Country of Poets” a new poem by Stephen Collis (author of The Middle), an excerpt from Emily Austin’s (author of Everyone in this Room Will Someday Be Dead) new poetry book Gay Girl Prayers (Brick Books), and in their column The First Time, presents Dale Martin Smith who writes about his forthcoming book This Size of Paradise. Chelene Knight (author of Junie and Let It Go), makes the case for letter writing, and I share an old poem where I decry the sadness of the world and a new dialogue prompt in my other Substack Where Do I Start?
In Issue 35 Gatherings, I recommended writing by Saeed Teebi, Sophie Monks Kaufman, Octavia Butler, Matthew Salesses, Mary Gaitskill, Canisia Lubrin, Lynne Tillman, and more!
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Hope you enjoy!
Kathryn
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being bombed again
I can see the clouds of word-dust
billowing into the televised air
cries come out of burnt nights
metered but tending towards
a fractured syntax
and the unexpected image
not a dove
but a singing mechanical bird
perched on a tank’s gun
its new rhythms
the staccato of RPGs
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Where Do I Start? | Writing Prompts by Kathryn MocklerDialogue Prompt"Dialogue...grows from the character and the conflict, and, in its turn, reveals the character and carries the action." —Lajos Egri from The Art of Dramatic Writing Where Do I Start? | Writing Prompts by Kathryn Mockler is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support this project, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber…Read more8 hours ago · Kathryn MocklerVisit the About Section to find out more about Send My Love to AnyoneSubmissionsPitches for reviews of small/independent press books are welcome. If you have a title that you’re interested in reviewing, please email me with writing samples. Visit the About Section to find out more about honorariums for capsule and full reviews.
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