Hello, all. I am pleased that my short poem “Pray with Bones” was published in High Shelf Press today, online and in their print edition, Volume XXIII.
This volume is gorgeous, rich with beautiful and provoking visual art as well as with poetry.
Check it out online here, and support independent art/ literary magazines.
https://www.highshelfpress.com/issuexxiii
Volume XXIII, High Shelf Press, 10-15-2020.
Thanks for reading.
Laura Lee
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.
It’s been a week of rejections, including one I waited SIX MONTHS for, at the journal of my dreams. That one stung, and I know I need to improve, rewrite, revise, and rework my poetry if I am to ever publish there. And then…after four rejections, an acceptance of a poem I had a lot of fun writing.The background: I took a short class at the Art Institute of Chicago this autumn, but I missed one class since I FELL RUNNING FOR THE TRAIN and managed to end up in urgent care. Graceful I am not. But for the class I attended, I wrote a poem based on a prompt, a double sort of persona ekphrastic poem, with persons in one painting talking to persons in another. I am pleased to learn that High Shelf Press will publish this poem, “Saltwater Faces,” soon–in their debut edition.
Thanks for reading.
Really pleased to learn one of my favorite poems I wrote will be published soon in https://www.snapdragonjournal.com/ @SnapdragonJrnl . Thanks!
Some of my poems, short stories, and nonfiction articles are included in books and magazines published in the UK, Greece, New Zealand, and the United States
“Moving Gravel,” a short story, to be published in Crack the Spine’s forthcoming themed “Routine” print anthology.
*Coffin Bell Journal,2018
“Herstory,” a poem, to be published October 1, 2018
*Spillwords Press, 2018
Stopped by Laura Lee at Spillwords Press
*Tuck Magazine, June 2018
Tuck Magazine
*Tuck Magazine, May 2018
Tuck
* Southernmost Point Guest House (UK)
Poetry
* Journal of Modern Poetry 21 (Volume 21)
JOMP Volume 21 Dear Mr. President
* Journal of Modern Poetry 20 (Volume 20)
JOMP Volume 20 Poetry Writer’s Guide to the Galaxy
* Journal of Modern Poetry 17 (Volume 17)
JOMP Volume 17
* Magazine (New Zealand) , Raewyn Alexander, Publisher
Raewyn Alexander NZ
* Fiction in: http://staxtes.com/2003/
“Between the Sunlight and the Skipping” in English Wednesdays
*Poetry in: https://poetsagainstthewar.org/ Archives
* Illinois English Bulletin, a publication of the National Council of Teachers of English, nonfiction article about teaching in an alternative education program.
* Poetry in Marginalia, Elmhurst, IL
Some of my poems, short stories, and nonfiction articles are included in books and magazines published in the UK, Greece, New Zealand, and the United States
*”Moving Gravel,” short story, in Crack the Spine’s (print) themed “Routine” anthology, 2018.
*Coffin Bell Journal,2018
“Herstory,” a poem, to be published October 1, 2018
*Spillwords Press, 2018
Stopped by Laura Lee at Spillwords Press
*Tuck Magazine, June 2018
Tuck Magazine
*Tuck Magazine, May 2018
Tuck
* Southernmost Point Guest House (UK)
Poetry
* Journal of Modern Poetry 21 (Volume 21)
JOMP Volume 21 Dear Mr. President
* Journal of Modern Poetry 20 (Volume 20)
JOMP Volume 20 Poetry Writer’s Guide to the Galaxy
* Journal of Modern Poetry 17 (Volume 17)
JOMP Volume 17
* Magazine (New Zealand) , Raewyn Alexander, Publisher
Raewyn Alexander NZ
* Fiction in: http://staxtes.com/2003/
“Between the Sunlight and the Skipping” in English Wednesdays
*Poetry in: https://poetsagainstthewar.org/ Archives
* Illinois English Bulletin, a publication of the National Council of Teachers of English, nonfiction article about teaching in an alternative education program.
* Poetry in Marginalia, Elmhurst, IL
After a rough summer of submissions and many “declined” (rejections), I am pleased to learn my poem “Herstory Lesson” will be published by Coffin Bell Journal on October 1st. I’ll put up a link when it’s published, but for now, the journal can be found here: https://coffinbell.com/.
I don’t write in the genre they publish, dark literature, very often, but I did my research, read there (fun!), and decided some of my work does fit. Phew, because I was correct. While I wrote this poem as feminist poetry, about killing women, it did fit the genre of dark literature.
(And now this post is longer than the poem!)
Lesson learned? Read before submitting, read more, think creatively, and keep on submitting!
Thanks for reading.
Some of my poems, short stories, and nonfiction articles are included in books and magazines published in the UK, Greece, New Zealand, and the United States.
*Coffin Bell Journal
“Herstory,” a poem, to be published October 1, 2018
*Spillwords Press
Stopped by Laura Lee at Spillwords Press
*Tuck Magazine, June 2018
*Tuck Magazine, May 2018
* Southernmost Point Guest House (UK)
* Journal of Modern Poetry 21 (Volume 21)
JOMP Volume 21 Dear Mr. President
* Journal of Modern Poetry 20 (Volume 20)
JOMP Volume 20 Poetry Writer’s Guide to the Galaxy
* Journal of Modern Poetry 17 (Volume 17)
* Magazine (New Zealand) , Raewyn Alexander, Publisher
* Fiction in: http://staxtes.com/2003/ “Between the Sunlight and the Skipping” in English Wednesdays
* Illinois English Bulletin, a publication of the National Council of Teachers of English, nonfiction.
Pleased my poem “Stopped” was published here today:
http://spillwords.com/stopped/
This was quite a departure in style for me.
Thanks for reading!
Laura Lee 