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Announcements

Taking Pre-Orders for “Call My Name”

April 29, 2019 by The Poetry Box Leave a Comment

Book Cover (front) Call My Name by Heather Wyatt

Call My Name

by Heather Wyatt

Tentative Release Date: June 15, 2019

Call My Name by Heather Wyatt is a collection of poems from the voice of a small-town southern woman working through relationships with her family and discovering who she is along the way. She writes of loved ones who have departed and her sometimes broken spiritual life. From pimento cheese sandwiches to walks in nature, this collection is inherently southern. With moments of both humor and heartbreak, she not only shares her struggle with body image, but takes us on a journey of love and loss, with each poem revealing the story of a woman simply wanting someone to call her name.

For complete details and ordering information click here.

 

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Taking Pre-Orders for “Bee Dance”

April 24, 2019 by The Poetry Box Leave a Comment

Book Cover, Bee Dance by Cathy Cain (front cover image)

Bee Dance

by Cathy Cain

Tentative Release Date: June 15, 2019

 

In Bee Dance, Cathy Cain offers a series of meditations on our relationship as humans with nature and with technology. She speaks from many perspectives, sometimes distraught, often playful or mystical, but always hopeful. She invites us in — to an intimate dance of sustainability, a shared dance that requires balance and care if we wish to honor not only our own brief lives, but also the natural world on which our lives depend. May this dance be filled with reverence and wonder, and may it continue.

For complete details and ordering information click here.

 

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We Want Your Cosmic Poetry

March 25, 2019 by The Poetry Box Leave a Comment

From learning how to locate the Little Dipper to standing awe-struck under the Milky Way, humans have been asking: What’s out there in the great beyond? Could we survive on Mars? What is dark matter? Are wormholes the secret to time travel?  Our curiosity is as vast as the universe itself. Send us your best stargazing poems exploring the great beyond, string theory and black holes.  Make a case for Pluto–planet or not planet? This theme is yours to take to the outer limits.

We’re looking for the best poetry inspired by the cosmos for our 9th issue of The Poeming Pigeon. We’re open for submissions Apr 15-Jun 15. Click HERE for all the details.

Filed Under: Announcements, Call for Submissions

Taking Pre-Orders for “The Poeming Pigeon: Sports”

March 9, 2019 by The Poetry Box Leave a Comment

Front Cover The Poeming PIgeon: Sports

The Poeming Pigeon: Sports

Scheduled Release Date: May 4, 2019

Our 8th Issue

Dive into this sports-themed collection and you’ll quickly become a fan, as our poets relive their glory days and share their love of the game. Whether you’re a competitive athlete, a dedicated amateur, or an armchair quarterback, we invite you to the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat—it’s all here between these pages. On your mark, get set. Go!

CONTRIBUTING POETS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE:

Alan Catlin • Alan Robert Proctor • Amie Sharp • Amy Miller • Anne Harding Woodworth • Barbara A Meier • Bill Cushing • Bill Frayer • Brigitte Goetze • Brittney Corrigan • Carolyn Dahl • Carolyn Martin • Charles Halsted • Christopher Scribner • Claire J. Baker • D.R. James • David E. Matthews • Devon Balwit • Diane Averill • Diane de Echeandia • Don Thompson • Donna Prinzmetal • Dwayne Brenna • Emily Waters Shearer • Eric Forsbergh • Gina Forberg • Gretchen Fletcher • Hannah Jane Weber • Jacob Miller • Jamie Brian • Jan Haag • Jeffrey Hantover • John Herold • Joseph Ridgway • Joshua Plack • Joy McDowell • Judith Terzi • Karen Poppy • Karla Linn Merrifield • Kris Demien • Linda Neal Reising • Livia Meneghin • M.G. Stephens • Marc Meierkort • Margaret Chula • Margaret DeRitter • Margaret R. Sáraco • Margaret Van Every • Marjorie Moorhead • Matthew Harrison • Michael Estabrook • Michael Fedo • Naila Claudia Schulte • Neil Creighton • Nils Nelson • Patrick Swaney • Paul Glenn • Penelope Scambly Schott • Peter M. Gordon • Phyllis Wax • Ralph La Rosa • Rick Kempa • Robert Beveridge • Robert Walton • Roger Sippl • Ron L. Dowell • Scott F. Parker • Scott M. Bade • Sharon Wood Wortman • Stephen McGuinness • Stuart Forrest • Stuart Gunter • Toni Partington • Tony Gloeggler • Tricia Knoll • Victoria Stefani • Vivienne Popperl

For complete details and ordering information click here.

 

Filed Under: Announcements, Books, Coming Soon, Sports Issue, The Poeming Pigeon Tagged With: New Book Release

Introducing Our First “Young Artist” Chapbook

March 8, 2019 by The Poetry Box Leave a Comment

Book Cover Front - Cardboard Wings by Piper Bringman

Cardboard Wings

By Piper M.L. Bringman (age 14)

Scheduled Release Date: April 15, 2019

Cardboard Wings is the debut poetry collection by Piper Bringman, a 14-year-old poet who is coming of age. And, although her writing originally grew from a child’s grief for her beloved pet, it has blossomed into a rich voice of aspiration and charm. Join her as she explores the natural world, and shares her experience as a young curious heart navigating these modern times.

Take the chance to raise your arms
And fly into the sky on cardboard wings
Feel the sun on your shoulders
Get lost for a time
And feel yourself change

 

For complete details and ordering information click here.

 

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Taking Pre-Orders for “Impossible Ledges”

March 8, 2019 by The Poetry Box Leave a Comment

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Impossible Ledges

by Dianne Avey

Tentative Release Date: Apr 23, 2019

A Poetry Box Chapbook Prize (2018) Finalist

Sometimes our lives are divided in two — the before and the after. Insert something in between that is so profound, and it feels as if your very molecules are rearranged. For Dianne Avey, this was the day her soul left her body in search of her deceased husband. Impossible Ledges takes the reader on her journey through illness, death, visiting her husband in the afterlife, and returning to her ordinary life that will never be ordinary again.

For complete details and ordering information click here.

 

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2nd Annual Chapbook Prize Opens Today

February 1, 2019 by The Poetry Box Leave a Comment

Submissions Open Feb 1 thru Feb 28

ChapbookPrize2019LogoLast year, we held our first Poetry Box Chapbook Prize competition and were blown away by a windfall of quality, thought-provoking, emotionally riveting poetry by writers from across the nation. Now, it’s time to do it all over again.

I’m thrilled to announce that this year’s judge will be Tricia Knoll, an amazing, award-winning poet who’s been a frequent contributor to The Poeming Pigeon and author of Broadfork Farm, published by The Poetry Box in 2017. You can learn more about what’s she’s been up to since moving to Vermont at TriciaKnoll.com.

Winners will receive the following:

1st Prize: $300 plus 20 copies of published chapbook
PLUS distribution of their winning title to all contest entrants.

2nd Prize: $100 plus 10 copies of their published chapbook.

3rd Prize: $50 plus 5 copies of their published chapbook.

See Last Year’s Winners & Complete Submission Details HERE

Cover-(front)-Shrinking Bones
Book Cover (Front) of November Quilt
Front Cover, 14: Antologia del Sonoran
Fireweed by Gudrun Bortman, Front Cover

Filed Under: Announcements, Call for Submissions, Contest Tagged With: The Poetry Box Chapbook Prize 2019

Taking Pre-Orders for “Small Blue Harbor”

January 30, 2019 by The Poetry Box Leave a Comment

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Small Blue Harbor

by Ahrend Torrey

Tentative Release Date: Mar 15, 2019

In Small Blue Harbor, Ahrend Torrey exalts the ordinary, everydayness of life spinning his keen observation into lyrical poems and proems. This collection celebrates our human connection with nature, influenced by a New Orleans backdrop, and gives us a glimpse of the struggles of being gay while raised in the Deep South. Torrey’s authentic, inspirational voice will have you returning to these poems again and again, finding refuge from a world that is not always kind.

For complete details and ordering information click here.

 

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