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Tuesday, July 2, 2024

Heron Clan XII accepting submissions

 



 

Heron Clan XI: 2024 Poems from Katherine James Books has been published. It includes such poets as Lola Haskins, Hiram Larew, Ed Lyons, Doug Stouber, Brad Strahan, and Karren Alenier (a.k.a. the Steiny Road Poet).

Here are some snippets from poets that caught Steiny’s attention

 

What There is to Lose  [excerpt]

A Golden Shovel with thanks to Louise Gluck

     by Frances Klein

 

Leather shoes in the rain, of course, and the endless why

of your child’s third year. A pillowy slice of cake. Love.

 

 

 

 

 

Cloud-Speak  [excerpt]

     by Brad Strahan

 

What comes from this cloud of words?

Surely not rain. – Blood perhaps?

Surely not coins. – Maybe stones?

Not hail, perchance pale maidens

dressed in wet veils.

 

 

Stage Fright  [excerpt]

     by Earl Carlton Huband

 

You sit, staring straight ahead.

Your jaw tight. Hot. The spotlight

focused, overhead a hood

poised, the final curtain drops.

 

 

To submit for the 2025 Heron Clan anthology, send three poems and a 50-word bio to

katherinejamesbooks@gmail.com