2017 Mailbox Blues Archive
Wednesday, 12 April 2017

My poem Yayoi Kusama is online at Songs of Eretz Poetry Review ๐Ÿ™‚ It’s a short mainstream poem about taking Lucy to an art gallery when she was six years old. (I wrote the first draft years ago, but the current pared-down version dates from last month.)

Tuesday, 11 April 2017

My poem “Lost,” about loving Tolkien, has been accepted by Songs of Eretz Poetry Review ๐Ÿ™‚

Monday, 10 April 2017

Today I received contributor copies of the May/June 2017 issue of F&SF, containing my poem “The Path to Peace” ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ™‚ This is my second poem from The Sign of the Dragon to appear in F&SF, and it’s from the point-of-view of one of King Xau’s enemies. N.B. I don’t think the issue will be on sale until closer to the official publication date (i.e. May).

Thursday, 6 April 2017

My poem Stormalong Bay has been accepted by Ship of Fools, my 29th (!) acceptance from them ๐Ÿ™‚

Monday, 3 April 2017

My poem “Yellowstone” has been accepted by litbreak ๐Ÿ™‚ I wrote the poem after a family vacation to Yellowstone National Park. As you can see, it features another of my highly creative titles.

Tuesday, 28 March 2017

My poem Five Arrows has been published online at Songs of Eretz Poetry Review. It’s a poem about King Xau with his children.

Also, Medusa’s Laugh have reprinted Nanotext, the anthology containing my poem “Advice to a Houseplant,” as a free electronic download available from this webpage.

Sunday, 26 March 2017

My 4-line poem “The Headlong Year” has been accepted for the Alternate Stories/Alternate Realties issue of Eye to the Telescope ๐Ÿ™‚

Thursday, 23 March 2017

Two poems from The Sign of the Dragon have been accepted for the forthcoming issue of Rune Literary Journal. The poems are titled “Second Sight” and “Angshan.”

Tuesday, 21 March 2017

I was startled, but delighted, by a one-day reply from Mithila Review: they would like to publish all three of the poems that I sent them ๐Ÿ™‚

Wednesday, 15 March 2017

My poem “Portraits” has been accepted by Songs of Eretz Poetry Review. “Portraits” is a poem about Xau relaxing with his guards and Tian, the woman who cleans his rooms at the palace.

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