Let’s Talk About: Issue Two Open Call

March 18, 2016April 4, 2016Tamara Woods 4 Comments

Did you know we are looking for poetry for the next anthology? We’re looking for poetry that is going to inspire us and enrich us. We noticed with the last anthology (Available on Amazon) there weren’t as many love poems submitted. We couldn’t imagine why.

We’re extending a red carpet. Do send us your love poems as well as your heartbreak. There’s beauty in both and we’d like to showcase the good and the bad of human nature. It’s fascinating what we humans will do for those heavy and sometimes all-consuming emotions.

Spin us a tale of sorrow. Give a yarn filled with you youthful yearning or the sly lust of an older man’s wandering eye. Tell us the stories that are in your hearts and in your minds. We eagerly await your words.

Submissions are currently open for Issue 2. The call will close June 30th. We’re always looking for more people to spotlight in our weekly Write for Us feature. Check out the submissions page and send us your work.

We can’t wait to read what you have to say.

Asheville Poetry Review| Publishing Opportunity

March 17, 2016February 29, 2016Tamara Woods Leave a comment

Another week, another opportunity for publication!

Check out Asheville Poetry Review. They publish annually a variety of forms, including interviews, essays, and book reviews, besides poetry from all over the world.

Please view their submission guidelines here.

Contact: Keith Flynn, Founder

Address: P.O. Box 7086, Asheville, NC 28802

Website: http://www.ashevillepoetryreview.com/

Publishing Opportunities are compiled from information gathered in the 2015 Poet’s Market.

The Dragon Slayer by Laura Clark

March 16, 2016January 26, 2016Tamara Woods 6 Comments

Across the fields and hills
Where hungry cattle graze
Moves a true and noble rider
T’wards a city set ablaze
By a creature filled with hatred
Of the gentle people’s ways
Which in a foul and wicked temper
That great city set ablaze

On his trusty, strong companion
On his brave and loyal steed
He rides up to the flaming homes
To end the dragon’s greed
In answer to the call of
The people’s desperate pleas
His sword and shield ready to
Destroy the dragon’s greed

Scaly armour on the beast;
No one has pierced its hide
Not fearing this, he swears
To avenge those who died;
His steed he leaves in safety
Thankful for this gentle guide
And goes to face the beast that
Extinguished those who died

The creature rounds him fiercely
As the warrior draws near;
He approaches the great monster
So bold; no hint of fear
It roars with mighty dominance
It bellows with a sneer
Yet he holds his head up high
Showing no hint of fear

A tail that brings down buildings
Collides roughly with his shield
Though the beast is far stronger
The warrior will not yield
They circle; they attack with force
One of their fates is sealed
Though until that fateful moment
The monster will not yield

A weakness in its armour
Beneath its giant head
Gives the warrior the chance
To strike the beast down dead
To destroy the wretched creature
That the city folk have fled;
When their fierce battle is over
He pins the beast down dead

Laura Clark is a 23 year old history graduate from England. She has been writing for many years and is very interested in fantasy and stories with morals. You can find Laura’s blog, here.

Wake Up a Woman Wordle

March 14, 2016February 29, 2016Tamara Woods 5 Comments

It’s time to play with another poet’s words…mine! I took words from my first book, Wake Up a Woman. I hope you enjoy them and find them inspiring!

Here are your words:

static
woman
kindling
embracing
banister
vain
clasp
curtains
gunshot
stubborn
relative
ruins
sprung

And have you considered submitting to our Write for Us segment? We’d love to feature your work here on The Reverie! Click here for more information…

Good luck and have fun!

Remember, all entries must be linked back to this post with a pingback or by commenting.

Hotel Amerika | Publishing Opportunity

March 10, 2016February 29, 2016Tamara Woods Leave a comment

The Spring tends to be the height of submissions season. It is a time to polish up those pieces and figure out exactly where you should send them for potential publication. While we hope you’ll consider us, we want to share other opportunities as well.

Hotel Amerika will be accepting submissions until May 1st! They are looking for exceptional poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.

Please view their submission guidelines here.

Contact: David Lazar, Editor

E-Mail: editors@hotelamerika.net

Website: http://www.hotelamerika.net/

Publishing Opportunities are compiled from information gathered in the 2015 Poet’s Market.

The Summer in Gaza by Lynn White

March 9, 2016January 26, 2016Tamara Woods Leave a comment

In the rain of the rockets
there’s no water.
Metal rain.

In the rain of the rockets
there’s no sunshine.
Smoke rain.
Black rain.

In the rain of the rockets
there’s no life.
Death rain.
Life ending rain.
Death without life rain.

In the rain of the rockets
there’s no hope.
Deaf rain.
Deaf rain.
Deaf rain.
Death rain

Lynn White lives in north Wales. Her work is influenced by issues of social justice and events, places and people she has known or imagined. She is especially interested in exploring the boundaries of dream, fantasy and reality. Her poem, ‘A Rose For Gaza,’ was shortlisted for the Theatre Cloud ‘War Poetry for Today’ competition in October 2014 and has since been published in the ‘Poetry For Change Anthology by Vending Machine Press. Poems have also recently been included, or are forthcoming, in Harbinger Asylum’s ‘A Moment To Live By’ anthology, Stacey Savage’s ‘We Are Poetry an Anthology of Love poems’, In The World Of Womyn’s ‘She Did It Anyway’ anthology and Weasel Press anthology, ‘Degenerates: Voices For Peace’ and various on line and print journals.

Previously published by Rain Party and Disaster Society 2014

Shaping of an Angry Black Woman Wordle

March 7, 2016February 29, 2016Tamara Woods 5 Comments

It’s time for a new wordle! This week, I’ve taken words from one of our editor’s books, The Shaping of an Angry Black Woman by Tamara Woods. There is no set amount of words you have to use, and you can use any form of the word listed below (plural, past tense, etc.)