Burns (You Forgot How Snow Felt on the Skin) by J.L. Smith Your toes were painted coral ten days ago in a Vegas area nail salon, where you prepared them for their last days of freedom, before you s…
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When I Moved…A poem
I am pleased to announce that Silver Birch Press will be publishing my poem “Burns (You Forgot How Snow Felt on Skin)” in their “When I Moved” Series. This poem details my move from the Nevadan desert to the Alaskan arctic. I will post when it goes live!
Alaska Women Speak Poems
Hi Everyone,
I was just notified that three of my poems will be featured in the next issue of Alaska Women Speak, which features poems about landscapes. My poems include “Dirt,” “Sweat,” and “Thunderstorm.” All these poems are about the landscapes in which I have lived in the past 15 years or so. I will post more when the issue goes to print!
Excited!
Flash Fiction/ Down in the Dirt Issue
Hey everyone! The new July/August 2016 issue of Down in the Dirt is v138, titled “Suicidal Birds“! It contains my flash fiction story “The Devil and the White Room.” Check it out at the web site here (http://scars.tv/cgi-bin/writers.pl?JENNIFERL.SMITH) or in print (https://www.createspace.com/6334551).
Enjoy!
The Afghan – New Cirque Issue Out!
The summer solstice issue is finally out. Check out my short story “The Afghan” in this issue here for free. http://www.cirquejournal.com
Alaska Women Speak Summer Issue
is out and I am pleased to announce that I have 3 poems and 1 fiction piece in this issue. Poems include “Someone May Have Said”, “The Diagnosis”, and “All Things Mundane.” “The Call” is my fiction piece. Available for purchase locally at Barnes & Noble in Anchorage and Fireside Books in Palmer. See more at Alaska Women Speak’s website.
http://www.alaskawomenspeak.org
Poem Accepted: Bitterzoet
Hi everyone!
I am pleased to announced that my poem “Acid Rain” will be featured in an upcoming issue of Bitterzoet. I will post when it goes live. In the meantime, please check them out here: http://www.bitterzoetmag.com/
Poem Published @ Three Line Poetry
Hey Everyone! Another one of my three line poems has been published by Three Line Poetry. Check it out here http://threelinepoetry.com/issue.php?id=38&issue=38
Short Poem Live @Quatrain.Fish
My short four line untitled poem has been posted to Quatrain.fish. See it here: http://quatrain.fish/post/145711733430/jl-smith
June PoWriMo Day 30/Prompt #30
Raw excerpt for the day:
I found God
or at least, I found
Buddha in the least
likely places…
Prompt for the day:
Write about regret. Think of something you regret. Something you did or didn’t do.
Start it out like this: I regret that….
J.L. Smith 