Three Poems up at The Dead Mule

Starting tomorrow (Sunday, April 13th) I will have three new poems up for viewing at The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature (http://www.deadmule.com)

The poems are:
"Burnt Fields"
"Night Fishing"
"This is the song that I sing…"

This is part of a whole list of poets featured on the site every two days. Lots of good stuff here so read it all. --J

Rhysling Award Nomination

My poem "28 Blackbirds at the End of the World" has been nominated for a Rhysling Award in the long poem category. This is my first nomination. Many thanks to whomever nominated me.

Update: Babies, Grad School, etc.

Since this is my personal blog, I think I'll get personal for a post or two...

Things have been busy for me recently with the holidays, school and of course my ever growing family. My wife gave birth to our second child, a boy, about two weeks ago. All is well. We had him in the first week of school so my brain is now completely shot. I have been behind on a lot of writing stuff, especially my editing duties at The Shantytown Anomaly and Spec House of Poetry. If you are waiting on something from me, please be patient, I honestly have not stepped foot in my home office for three weeks now.

In other, yet related news, a few of you expressed interest on my pursuit of a graduate school writing program. I have decided on an MFA program and I will be attending McNeese State University's Program in Poetry, starting this fall. I will be able to teach and write and I can't wait to get down there.

More later. (possibly)
--J

James Award Nomination

My article "Rhyme In Haiku", from the May 2007 issue of Scifaikuest, has been nominated for a James Award. The James Awards are named after Pro Mart Publishing's (now Sam's Dot Publishing) James Baker. The James Awards honor the best poem, fiction, article, and art published by Sam's Dot in the previous calendar year. I am very grateful for the nomination, and will report back here when I find out about the results.

New Poem At Drown In My Own Fears

After looking at some previous posts I noticed that people are actually posting comments. It seems that writing these posts is not for naught (pun). I have decided to try and work on my blog more than I have been.

Now on to the main event...

A new online poetry journal has cropped up called Drown In My Own Fears. The editor used to edit at Thick With Conviction where I placed a poem last year. I got an e-mail call for submissions not minutes after composing a little poem called "The Fundamental Horror of Realization." I don't believe in fate or destiny but I sent the poem over anyway, and you can find it in the premier issue HERE.

Pass it on and if anyone can tell me how blog subscriptions work (or blogs in general) I'd be grateful.

__J

New Poem at Chimaera Serials

Ana Spann and I have a new poem up at Chimaera Serials. The poem is called "Henrietta Remembers" and it is a prequel to another poem we wrote that appeared in the November issue. You can read the new poem here...

We also have another poem coming out in Doorways Magazine #3, called "The Flaming Carousel: A Recant", but I'm not sure when that issue hits newsstands. These poems all come from a series of poems Ana and I did together last year. They all deal with a traveling carnival in the early 20th century. It is our hope to release the collection as a chapbook soon. If you happen to publish chapbooks, email me... Hardy-har.

Lots of new stuff coming out here and there, check the sidebar for new publications...

New Publications

I have posted in the sidebar, several new poems, articles, and interviews that have recently been published, or are forthcoming, from Star*Line, Beyond Centauri, Illumen, Helicon Form 2, and Scifaikuest. It didn't feel like I was publishing all that much lately, but when I add it up, it hasn't been a bad year at all. My output has not been as high lately, primarily because I've been busy with Grad School applications. After I am accepted into an MFA program I will be actively pursuing publishing again.