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I am excited to have my Puerto Rican Frog Prince adaptation, “The Coquí Captain” (a poem) published in Nat 1’s first anthology for children: Of Frogs, Fairies, and Flying Things: New and Reimagined Fairy Tales available in ebook or print. The story was accompanied by a beautiful illustration by Natalie Spain! From Nat 1’s website:…
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A short poem I just wrote for the dVerse challenge. The challenge is “to write a metaphor poem that starts with the words ‘This being human is…“ This being human is like being an alien visiting from another planet not knowing the names of the smallest flowers but perceiving their earthy scent not knowing the stuff…
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The Verse Epistle is my favorite type of poem: in fact I found my poetic voice when my mentor Andrea Hollander suggested that I write a “postcard poem” and this poem came rushing out! I’ve never been able to publish it (apart from in my own published chapbook, Shining from a Different Firmament (Finishing Line…
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via Announcing the 2017 Contest Results
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Originally posted on Vox Populi: At the airport terminal the coarse sound of wheeled suitcases, a toddler giggling, running a few feet beyond his father. A brown-haired woman at the kiosk that sells last-minute magazines and candy. I try not to gawk, but she looks like my mother. I pull my own wheeled…
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It’s back to drawing board for me, but encouraging to have made the first round! via Announcing the 2017 Contest Results
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Backbone Press just published my new poetry chapbook The Ocean Between Us along with Faisal Mohyuddin‘s The Riddle of Longing. Faisal’s book The Displaced Children of Displaced Children just won the 2017 Sexton Prize for Poetry from Eyewear Publishing; I’m very honored and excited to be published alongside him! Many thanks to editor Crystal Simone Smith for…
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I’m very happy and honored to announce the fall 2017 publication of my 2nd chapbook, The Ocean Between Us by Backbone Press. Backbone’s description: “The Ocean Between Us is a collection of poems wrapped in memories and language. Beatriz Fernandez artfully weaves together dazzling imagery and alluring sounds to create concrete visions of Puerto Rico, Florida, and…
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