Tag / poetry

by J.L. Smith

Medusa: The Lost Daughter – Part 1 Posted

Hey everyone!  I just posted the first poem of the Medusa: The Lost Daughter series on Wattpad. This is a 35 part series, 35 individual poems, that tells the backstory of Medusa, before she became the infamous gorgon. First poem has been posted. Check it out.

If you aren’t familiar with Wattpad, it is a site where readers can read works for free as they are posted in installments. For example, mine will be published in 35 installments. It is my hope to publish 1-2 installments a week.  Follow me here or at Wattpad, and I will notify you when each installment is published.

Enjoy!

https://www.wattpad.com/story/88339978-medusa-the-lost-daughter

by J.L. Smith

Snowflakes – Calamus Journal

I am pleased to announce that my poem “Snowflakes” will be published in the second issue of the Calamus Journal. Check them out. The first issue will debut November 1st. The second issue -the one in which my poem will be featured- will be in December!

Will post a link when it goes live!

J.L.

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Issue Fifteen

by J.L. Smith

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!

by J.L. Smith

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!

by J.L. Smith

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/

by J.L. 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….

 

by J.L. Smith

June PoWriMo Prompts 28/29

These two prompts deal with the senses.

Prompt #28: Think of an object in your hand, be it water, chemical, or a solid object. What does it feel like? What sensation does it give to you? How does it make you feel. Write about it.

Prompt #29: Think of sound. Maybe it is a person’s voice, a song, a bird’s cry. Write about that sound and its affect on you.