c.2.2. -- Anthology of short verse

The c.2.2. anthology, edited by Alan Summers and Brendan Slater, and published by Yet To Be Named Free Press has just been released! All works appear under a pen name, but I can now reveal that two of my poems are within its pages . . .

silent night terror




New Year's Day
the only thing different
this calendar

c.2.2. is an anthology of short-verse poetry tackling themes such as loss of identity, poverty, racism, homelessness, unsentimental love, crime, punishment, in short, real life. Each poet is identified by a pen-name, there are no frills, lavender or lace in these pages, just honest, gritty and experimental verse that will hopefully make the reader sit up and take notice, get inspired and rethink the role of short-verse in not only the poetry world but also in society which is after all both subject and audience.

c.2.2. can be purchased from Createspace here and soon from Amazon; see the press release here. I've ordered mine and can't wait to read it! My thanks to the editors for this exciting new project.

Forgotten things

August 22nd NaHaiWriMo prompt is "forgotten things", provided by Alan Summers. 

in that place

of forgotten things

our differing opinions

Find out more about the 31 Different NaHaiWriMo Prompters for August 2012 here.

Submitting To Haijinx

haijinx - putting the hai back in haiku - is where I'm submitting this week (that's week 20 of 2011) and it's my first time submitting to this online journal.

The deadline for haijinx IV:2 is May 21, 2011. Check out the 'call for submissions' details here. One of the great things about haijinx is that they accept previously published haiku, although the majority of your submission must be unpublished work. Read through the recent issue haijinx IV:1 here to get an idea of the kind of haiku, haibun, renga, renku and sumi-e they're looking for.

Special guest editor for haijinx IV:2 is Aubrie Cox who is also in the process of editing the first Women's English-Language Haiku Anthology and has just released her first haiku chapbook - tea's aftertaste. The full haijinx editorial team includes Mark Brooks (Shimi), Carmen Sterba, Alan Summers, Roberta Beary, kris moon and Melissa Allen. You can read more about them here.