Where you’ll find me…

I’m overdue for a catch-up post.

Last year, as you know, was a tough one for me. (I saw my husband twice so far this week, and he is thriving, acting as though living away from home is his new normal, happy to see me, sending me away with a list of things to procure for him. And a bagful of guilt, but you know…)

Despite last year’s drama, I assure you that I am still writing. Lots of what I write stays in my notebooks, or, at best, in rough-draft manuscripts. Yes, I did manage to review several books of poetry in 2025—but only because I was asked to (which always works with me, if you’re wondering)—and I published a few poems, because I was invited to submit to three different anthologies. I did not send out any other work. Not a glorious year, submissions-wise (not after my push in previous years to send out 100+ submissions).

One of my goals this year has been to send out my work. (Why does “submit my work to the editorial process” sound like a dodgy thing to do? “Send out” sounds more assertive.)

So I belong to a small send-out group, and when our attempt to meet once a month and report our progress seemed a complete disaster, we decided to meet once a week and for one hour hang out on Zoom together and instead of talking or moaning or whatever, to work on our send-out.

This did the trick. I’ve now managed 21 submissions of poems, reviews, stories, and essays. Not a lot, but it’s something. And I’ve had a few things accepted.

First, the on-line journal Eclectica took my poem, “Windfall Apples,” which you can find here (and which I should have mentioned some months ago).

More recently, Bracken took my poem, “Her Honeyed Mask.” Their new issue is fresh off the presses and available here. (And it’s gorgeous.)

I’ve reported previously on a couple published reviews in 2026, but my most recent review is a new one, of Anna Odessa Linzer’s new memoir, Writing Home, published by Empty Bowl Press. You can find it at https://www.ravenchronicles.org.

I’m over-the-top grateful for the editors of these publications. Given our current political culture, we cannot take their existence—or the continued existence of any of the arts—for granted. Besides which, editing a poetry journal has always been a labor of love. It’s a privilege to appear on their pages.

I’ll be back with a blog-review in the next few days. Thank you for reading!