“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”
Month: September 2018
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Love and Leaves
Weeping leaves falling
bidding farewell to their home
a lonely heart cries ©2018 Linda Lee Lyberg
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Daily Quote
A curious thing has happened.
I started with a new purpose in mid-June, with a goal of writing something every day. As with any new habit making it happen was a struggle. Some days life interferes, and I struggle. I fight back carving out time to write, even if I start at 11:00 at night to make it under the wire.
One day the writing happened with ease. The word count I achieved amazed me. I assumed it was a fluke and forgot it. Until a few weeks later. That was novel. Then it happened again. Now I am intrigued.
I now show up to write with a sense of anticipation… Will today be the day when the writing, writes itself?
Have you experienced these moments?
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Keep on writing.
Jo Hawk The Writer
Gap
there’s an empty space ` where you hover in my thoughts ~ next to me today — © Lize Bard @ Haiku out of Africa
4 PAYING LIT MAGS – Deadlines: Oct. 1 – Oct. 31, 2018
The literary magazines/journals listed below all offer some form of payment, do not charge submission/reading fees, take online submissions, and have submission deadlines in October 2018.
This list focuses on poetry submissions, but most lit mags accept prose and art as well. The listings are in order of closest deadlines.
Gordon Square Review
DEADLINE: October 15, 2018
SUBMISSION FEE: None
FORMS: poetry, prose
PAYMENT: $25 per accepted prose piece and $10 per accepted poem
Hold the Line
DEADLINE: Year-round
SUBMISSION FEE: None
NOTES: “We are seeking writers who are passionate about social justice as it intersects with the challenges of parenthood.”
FORMS: Poetry, short fiction
PAYMENT: Poetry – $20; Shorter pieces, listicles, or book reviews up to 950 words – $50; Longer pieces, 1300 – 1800 words – $100; Photos – $15
Chicken Soup for the Soul
DEADLINE: October 31, 2018
SUBMISSION FEE: None
THEME: “Life…
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Touch My Soul ❤😍😘
I crave the kiss upon your lips,
The soft sigh in your voice.
I crave your radiant hair
That flutters in the air.
With hunger I prowl the night.
I hunt the corners of this world.
Finding wonders once untold.
I hunt through nightmare.
And through dreams.
For your gentle angel wings.
The hunger grows,
As the hunt goes on.
Pounding on my very core.
I know I’m lost without your touch.
Incomplete a broken soul.
Finally I find your scent.
Dancing on the spring breeze.
Warming frost deadly grip.
And awaking the trees.
Bringing life back to the seas.
As I come upon your soul.
Hungry for your touch.
I beg to see your love.
And be reminded of your touch.
You fill the longing of my soul.
Completing all I am.
davidbrucehaiku: autumn
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AUTUMN
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Autumn color change
A time of blazing beauty
And transformation
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An exercise in futility
Following the sham of a Senate hearing (Brett Kavanaugh Vs Dr. Christine Ford)for the last few days has made my blood boil with rage and anger.I’m appalled and enraged at its possible outcome.
Be a ladylike,
eye pleasing appearance
enough to gulp down the lies
down your swan bottled neck
oh! only to be bejeweled by the pearl necklace
and the bright possessions
he dons you with
Don’t bother to breathe
when it’s not ladylike
that your chest heaves violently
to the truth you fail to contain in
It’s not social to use expletives in your
aristocratic language
you will be burned at the stake
for speaking your truth
your scraps will be fed to wolves
Don’t wear your truth on your sleeves
which is naked and bold
it can’t hold a gaze
with their shameful eyes
too hard to please;
too simple to ignore
Sit with your legs crossed
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The Reluctant Poet 