I wrote this last month and everything with the classic formatting was fine. I’m trying to publish this now and the formatting is all effed up. Why do they have to mess with a good thing? Anyway, apologies if the formatting looks …. not my choice. A friend of mine gave the book to me…
Category: book review
Book Review: _Alias Grace_, by Margaret Atwood
Image from Literary Quicksand One of the most fascinating character studies I’ve come across, for both of the MCs, Grace Marks, serving a life prison term for murder, and Dr. Jordan, the psychiatrist who has come to town to study her. For each of them, Atwood weaves an incremental web of origins and then applies…
Haiku for Soulmates — acceptance letter
I am delighted to announce I received an acceptance letter for my haiku to be published in this new poetry collection. Gabriela, *thank you.* Please read Gabriela’s post, which includes an essay on why haiku is important to the world.
Looky looky at what arrived today. _Beyond Pomegranate & Thorns: A collection of Stories, Poems, & Art_ by Anne E.G. Nydam
What a wonderful surprise! Anne, thank you for the stickers, your personalization, and the personalized note. My heart is happy to receive these things. One thing I will be putting at the top of my list during blogging hiatus in May. Please note that Emphyria Egg, the Jackalope, is also pleased. Anne’s A2Z this month…
Book Review — Ancient Light: Poems (Sun Tracks) (Volume 94) by Kimberly Blaeser
Sold by Birchbark Books Ancient Light: Poems (Sun Tracks) (Volume 94) by Kimberly Blaeser In memory of those lost to the pandemic and the centuries-long plague of violence.May our communities heal.To relatives (blood and soul) — gratitude. Gizhawenimin.–Kimberly Blaeser dedication page Nobody writes of the sanctity and language of nature and our blessed bond…
reblogged with permission — Petals of Haiku, Tranquility: An Anthology of Haiku, Haiku and Tanka: Lull, Harmony and Power in Japanese Art; Full Moon Confessions – books published by Literary Revelations, officially accepted in the Museum of Contemporary Japanese Poetry, Tanka and Haiku (Japan)
Mr. Takano and Hikari. I’m excited by this news. My poems are in a couple of these anthologies. There is a new anthology in the works with haiku for soulmates. I just submitted 5 haiku for it. You have until next week to submit!
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