Writing update 2024 (3/4)

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During the first part of this last quarter I have been feeling as though my published pieces are coming along a tiny bit slower than the first two. I do have some pieces slated to be published with long lead times, some of them into 2025. There were a few journals in the last several months which had published some of my work but which are no longer taking new work. I try to keep my eyes open for markets where I haven’t already sent poems before. This is time consuming, but the only way I know to learn about different submission requirements and editorial standards.

That said, I did have a little fluctuation at the end of September that brought a bunch of pieces out all around at the same time, both online and in print.

July

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  • "[triple redundancy]" and “One Over Zero” - Star*Line 47.3
  • The War Monument - Bewildering Stories, Issue 1051
  • I stopped in Sturgis - dadakuku, 10 July 2024
  • "[ninety foot tulip]", "[just 2% pregnant]", "[everything those souls]", and "[some rotting turnip]" - Five Fleas, 19 July 2024

August

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  • Three-legged Lewis - Moss Piglet, August 2024
  • "[the idol’s lips move]", "[fifty fathoms down]", "[creeping dust children]", and "[to your third eye]" – Five Fleas, August 21, 2024

September

  • "[sitting practice]" – Under the Basho 2024
  • Liminal, The migration of the blessed, I’m going there, "[moons seven]", and Plea – Lothlorien Poetry Journal, 5 September 2024
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  • Harps of gold Sublimation, Volume 1, Issue 4
  • "[the fires turn black], [side effects may include], [you who], and [scribed in vacuum] Password: Very Short Poetry issue 1.3
  • Swirl of flies Chrome Baby, Bairn 136
 
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