Addendum: I am pleased Coffin Bell Journal IS publishing again. Always glad when literary journals survive. It can be read here: Coffin Bell.
Two LOVELY journals I was published in during the last year have closed their internet doors/ sites. I am sad about this, for each brought a different point of view to the world. One was very political and one was very psychological. Sad about this, but hoping their words last out there.
Good bye (for now?) to Tuck Magazine and Coffin Bell. The first published some of my political poetry and the second a feminist poem disguised as a horror story.
I am delighted to be having a poem titled “Swamp Pearls” published this weekend in 
I love writing narrative poems as I am a storyteller; this is a gift I received from both of my parents, who told stories all the time, even in reply to simple questions. How was your day, I might ask. And… a story would ensue, sometimes farcical, sometimes tragic, but always–dramatic, need I say, interesting? My husband says I come from a long line of exaggerators, but I prefer to think I share my parents’ enthusiasm for storytelling.
From their site: “We accept submissions to the journal from June 1, to January 15, at noon EST. We greatly prefer online submissions—some submission categories require it. Please see the following pages for full submission guidelines:”
Pleased to learn today that a poem dear to me, “Not Sleep,” will be published in Cabigi: a Literary Space in early 2019.
As I wrote earlier and as this article declares, “In half a decade, the number of U.S. adults who are reading poetry has nearly doubled.” Read all about it on the NPR (National Public Radio) site, where they quote from the NEA (National Endowment for the Arts) study here: 
Laura Lee 