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Let’s Talk About…

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Once a week, I’m going to bring up a topic about poetry and open the floor for you guys to chat about it with me. As a community, we need to communicate more and not just with me talking at you.

This week I found an online poetry class for free. It’s called “How writers write poetry” and it’s through the International Writing Program. 

I enjoy learning and I’ve been missing being in the higher education realm. I’m finding myself buying more guides and educational writing material as days go by.

However, when I was younger, I only took a few courses on writing fiction and poetry. I was afraid if I would learn more about the structures and how other people thinks poetry is then I would lose my creativity. My spark. My essence. I’d just sound like everyone else.

Now I’ve realize that I have my own style and voice. Learning new things won’t change me. It’ll enrich me.

What do you guys think? Do you like to learn more about writing techniques for creative write specifically, or do you prefer to go it your own way?

And if you decide to take the course, let me know on my Facebook page. I’m thinking about doing some type of weekly check-in over there once the class starts in March.

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…

And keep your eye out for the official date for the zine release in March!

I’ll see you in the comments!

AGNI – Publishing Opportunity

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We wanted to share some love with our community and pass along information for other publishing opportunities out there…

Though we certainly hope you’ll still consider submitting with us for our magazine, anthology, or Write for Us submissions.

Today we are featuring, AGNI.

From their site:

AGNI publishes poetry, short fiction, and essays. Writers whose work has appeared in the magazine include Derek Walcott, Louise Glück, David Foster Wallace, Seamus Heaney, Jhumpa Lahiri, Ha Jin, Olga Broumas, Tom Sleigh, Jill McCorkle, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Gail Mazur, Noam Chomsky, Ilan Stavans, and Rosanna Warren. AGNI regularly features emerging writers and “among readers around the world . . . is known for publishing important new writers early in their careers, many of them translated into English for the first time” (PEN American Center). Most of what we publish is unsolicited.

Please click here for the rest of their submission guidelines. 

Address: AGNI Magazine
Boston University
236 Bay State Road
Boston, MA 02215

Website: http://www.bu.edu/agni/index.html

Contact: Lynne Potts, poetry editor

Whodunnit? Mystery Poetry Prompt

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Blustery wind and unrelenting snow. I guess Olde Man Winter is still upon us. Let’s warm ourselves up around a roaring fire of possibilities. Intrigue. Interest.

A mystery abound.

I challenge you to write a poem about some sort of whodunnit. How severe or how mild is entirely up to you, dear poet. Make it interesting. Make us wonder. Keep the cold winter’s doldrums away with a little suspense.

I used a random word generator come up with some terms that are entirely unrelated. Let’s see what you can do with them. Use them all please to craft a poem that will spark the embers of an intrigue.

The Words

entrance
lead
rubbish
creation
survey
violin
wealthy

Make sure to either backlink to the page or post it in the comments. Check out what each is doing and share! Let’s build this community.

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…

And keep your eye out for the official date for the zine release in March!

 

I Love Me, I Love Me Not

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This weekend we’re celebrating one of those holidays people either love, or love to hate.

But in the spirit of love and romance and all those ooey-gooey feelings, I want you to write a love poem.

Hold on.

It’s not going to be that easy.

I want to challenge you to write a love poem from someone who loves you’s perspective. Did you catch that? That means a husband, girlfriend, partner, mother, grandfather, child, best friend, whoever you have in this world that loves you…You are going to write a love poem…to yourself…as if it were written by them.

Sound difficult? It is. It’s never easy to put yourself into someone else’s voice and try to write from their standpoint.

It’s even harder to write love poetry about yourself.

But I think you can do it. I KNOW you can do it.

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…

Remember, all entries must be linked back to this post with a pingback or by commenting by Friday at midnight EST. Saturday is the vote and Sunday the winner will be featured.

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The Writer in My Head

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The writer in my head has a name
But it is not mine
The person I saw buried six feet under
Lives behind my soulful eyes
In my blood I feel him
As I write the words that he has given me
I feel my feet hit the ground
But its to his kind beat
He is a leaf cascading to the ground
as I watch it with the eyes he gave me
He is the thought in my head
As I write down these words
And sing his mournful song

I like to keep my blog anonymous, as there is personal luggage on it that shouldn’t have a name attached to it. I write mostly about what I see and what inspires me. I believe that simplicity has more complexity than people may realize. My poems aim to extract the complexity and show the beauty in the rubble. The poem I submitted is about the person who inspired me and who continues to posthumously. You can find more of WordsAreDeadly’s work on their blog, here.

Photo credit: xmansonettex on deviantart / Design credit: Laura A. Lord

Two of Cups Press-Publishing Opportunity

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Part of what we do here at The Reverie Journal is to tell you about opportunities to share your work.

Of course, we certainly hope you’ll still consider submitting with us for our magazine, anthology, or Write for Us submissions.

Two of Cups Press is looking for contributors for its newest anthology where the moon makes a major appearance. They are seeking poetry submission where there is a reference to the moon, not neceesarily all about the moon. All styles are welcome.

About the press:  We’re a small operation willing to take on a handful of projects each year, sometimes posting open calls. We want to partner with poets, artists, other small presses. We want to capture magic on paper.

For their submission guidelines check out their web site. 

Address:  
Two of Cups Press
PO Box 38095
Greensboro, NC 27438\

If you know of a publication that is looking for more talent, feel free to email us: thereveriejournal@gmail.com Subject: Publication Opportunities.

I Am My Mother’s Daughter

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I am my mother’s daughter
I save glass jars from peppers and peaches
To use throughout the house for holding things
Like buttons, seeds, and leftovers.

I stay up late after the house is quiet
Finishing projects in sewing and words
Away from the darling needy children
And alone with the depths of my thoughts.

When I want to learn something
I read books about astronomy and birds
I know the knowledge will not help me at work
Or at home, but I want to know anyway.

I am my mother’s daughter because
I know there is no harm in knowing about
The world away from my own
Even if I never see it.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAElizabeth N. Love is a resident of Kansas, where the blue sky meets a flat horizon. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Creative Writing from the University of Kansas and writes science fiction as well as poetry. When not writing, she is found chauffeuring two children to activities, cooking homemade meals, and practicing creativity in music, drawing, and needlework. You can learn more about her on her blog, here.

Photo credit: noach-b on deviantart / Design credit: Laura A. Lord