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June 27, 2008

Poetry News!

Filed under: Poetry — Anna M Evans @ 8:50 am

A couple of acceptances to report. “Emily Bronte Begins Wuthering Heights” finally found a home in The Delaware Valley Poets Anthology, which will be good for my local profile.

Also, remember this post? The Richard Wright sonnet came back, so I messed with it and emailed it to Jay Rubin at Alehouse. Well, the good Mr. Rubin got back to me in two hours to tell me that he “loved” the sonnet! We had a little exchange about whether the n word should be printed in full in the epigraph, (It’s a direct quote from Wright himself) and decided yes. It’s not meant to be a comfortable poem.

But it IS the first poem I have written on race relations to be accepted for publication, and that in itself is something worth celebrating.

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June 14, 2008

Yard Sale Blues

Filed under: Family Stuff — Anna M Evans @ 6:56 pm

Today Envision Gymnastics held a yard sale as a fundraiser for the new exercise floor. In my capacity as Parents’ Association President naturally I was there from the first setting out of the tables at 7, to the dismantling at 2. We raised $1200, which is excellent. However, I am now tired past all reason, sunburned and not filled with love toward the primitive and grasping form of life known as the veteran yard saler. This is why:

“No, I’m not selling the clothes rack. I need it for the clothes, and anyway, it isn’t for sale.”

“The girls’ denim skirts are $1 each. Oh, you want to pay 50c? They’re in really good condition. Oh, you’ll give me $2 for 3?”

“You want the entire tray of cookies? That’s 36 packs at 50c per pack. How about $12? Oh, you’ll give me $10?”

“It’s sterling silver. That’s why it’s $4. Oh, you want me to take $1 off because it needs cleaning?”

“No, the jewelry isn’t all 50c. Some prices are marked on. See, right there below the original price tag which says $59? That’s where the $2 price is marked.”

“By all means, come back at 2 and if it’s still here you can have it for 50c.” (She didn’t and it wasn’t…)

“Yes, I really am selling this pair of pants, new with the price tag saying $16 still on, for $3. No, I won’t take $1. Those ones over there, which have been worn and don’t have their tags, are $1.”

Sigh. Ah well, it was in a good cause.

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June 1, 2008

News & Views from the Barefoot Muse

Filed under: Poetry — Anna M Evans @ 10:41 am

Issue #7, Summer 2008 is Online!

The seventh issue of my e-zine devoted to formal & metrical verse is online as of June 1st. I reviewed over 900 poems for this issue, and chose just 31 poems from 27 poets including our featured poet, the late Ray Pospisil, repeat contributors Quincy Lehr, Rick Mullin, Cathy Chandler, Kathryn Jacobs, Maryann Corbett, Penny Harter, David Landrum and Chris O’Carroll.
Please stop by and Visit the Barefoot Muse

Call For Submissions, Issue #8

Editorial deadline for the Winter 2008 issue will be November 15th. Please send 3-6 poems in the body of an email to submissions@barefootmuse.com. Your email title should be SUB:Barefoot Muse. You may also mail your poems to PO Box 115, Hainesport, NJ 08036. Poems in formal structures most welcome. Fewer than 40 lines preferred. Previously published poems will be considered although unpublished work is preferred. Simultaneous submissions are accepted with notification. I will not open attachments except by prior arrangement. Please note: do NOT send me free verse. The Barefoot Muse will only publish poems which use forms or meter (rhyme is optional).

The Barefoot Muse will also consider photographs submitted as jpeg files, essays on meter and its use in poetics, and reviews of metrical works/poets. Submit as above, or query to editor@barefootmuse.com. No more than 2000 words. Please submit no more than once in each reading period unless invited to do so.

Editor’s Update

These are the latest places you can find my work:
E-ZINES – Currently online at 14 By 14, Literary Mama, Apple Valley Review, Lucid Rhythms and Umbrella. An interview is forthcoming in the June issue of Wordgathering.
PRINT – Mad Poets Review, US1 Worksheets, Measure. Forthcoming in Salamander, the Atlanta Review, Raintown Review and The Harvard Review.

Some poems and my upcoming readings are available on my personal website . I am now also the Associate Editor of the Raintown Review.
I hope everyone has a wonderful Summer!

Editor – Anna Evans

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