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The Ginger Collect just published two of my poems, “The Story of the Stones” and “Under a Graveyard Sun” in their Issue Two. This issue also includes short fiction, flash fiction and more poetry. Their mission is to publish “The Weird, the New Age, and the Strange.” I’m glad they thought these two poems qualified!
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For some reason, I never announced the publication of my latest favorite poem, “Rilke Returns to Ronda,” a ghazal in an earlier issue (number 63) of The Ghazal Page. This poem was inspired by my visit to Ronda, Spain last year. I found out that Ernest Hemingway had famously visited Ronda, and so had Rainer Maria Rilke,
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The Australia Times Poetry Magazine published my poem “Seagrapes” in February; the cute illustration is by TAT artist Shallamar Mugot. I’m very sad to find out that TAT will be closing its doors by May of this year. I loved learning about Australia via its writers’ works! Poetry editor Maureen Clifford is the best!
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POEMS Beatriz F. Fernandez Wings
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Many thanks to Thirty West Publishing House for choosing my poem, The Surest Poison, as winner of their sonnet challenge! They are a micropress based in Philadelphia, which naturally appeals to me. They will possibly re-publish this sonnet in a chaplet compilation of their contest winners. This was a great way to celebrate National Poetry Month!
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Red Bird Chapbooks, a respected publisher of multiple genre type chapbooks, featured my poem “Origins” on their “Weekly Read” column and their facebook site. Many thanks to editor Sarah Hayes! Red Bird does not limit itself to poetry chapbooks, so visit them to see all the possibilities they offer! From their site: “Red Bird Chapbooks
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It was the year of the anthology for me, as four anthologies have accepted my poems, three of which will be published in 2017. Also, it will be a first for my work to be included in an art exhibit! 2016: Year in Review Publications: 14 The Quarterday Review print and online (Maid Marian’s
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My poem, “Monody for a Leading Man” has been published in Stonecoast Review‘s Winter 2016 issue 6. Stonecoast Review: a literary arts journal published by the University of Southern Maine’s MFA program in Creative Writing.
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Pay Attention: Poems for Oral Interpretation, edited by John Pierce, now on sale at Amazon, contains two of my longer persona pieces: “Her Last Cotillion” about Doc Holliday and his cousin Mattie (whom Melanie Wilkes in Gone With the Wind was modeled after) and “Richard Lionheart’s Mummified Heart Examined” a piece in various voices about
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Many thanks to the editors of The Literary Arts Review for their two-page book review of my chapbook Shining from a Different Firmament!! They are among the few journals that review poetry chapbooks! I was expecting a few paragraphs but they went far beyond that; their thoughtful, thorough review highlighted the most unique and relevant aspects
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