{"id":9635,"date":"2017-06-05T20:54:25","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T20:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/?p=9635"},"modified":"2017-06-05T20:54:25","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T20:54:25","slug":"donne-wright-calls-for-submissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/2017\/06\/donne-wright-calls-for-submissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Donne, Wright, Calls for submissions"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Words<\/a>
Words can hurt \u00a9 Ellen Wade Beals, 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Howdy.<\/strong> I saw a tornado of cottonwood<\/a> on my deck today. It\u2019s that time of year. The lawn is edged in white.<\/p>\n

The news of the world and my country\u2019s official take on those news events have left me without adequate words.<\/p>\n

Fortunately a Facebook friend named Bob Dixon-Kolar<\/strong> made a couple posts that caught my attention this week. One is this passage by John Donne<\/strong>,<\/a> which is taken from\u00a0 Meditation 17,<\/strong> from Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions<\/strong><\/em>. Donne wrote it in prose in 1624, but over time it has been morphed into a poem.<\/p>\n

No Man is an Island<\/strong><\/p>\n

No man is an island entire of itself; every man
\nis a piece of the continent, a part of the main;
\nif a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe
\nis the less, as well as if a promontory were, as
\nwell as any manner of thy friends or of thine
\nown were; any man’s death diminishes me,
\nbecause I am involved in mankind.
\nAnd therefore never send to know for whom
\nthe bell tolls; it tolls for thee.<\/p>\n

The second of his posts was the poem \u201cA Blessing\u201d <\/strong>by James Wright<\/strong>. It is not in the public domain so here\u2019s the link<\/strong><\/a>. It\u2019s a beautiful poem. Oh to write a poem half as satisfying.<\/p>\n

If I did I would submit it to Rattle<\/strong><\/em>, which is holding a contest with a $10,000 prize. Interested? Here\u2019s the link<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Also, there\u2019s a call for submissions at Subprimal Poetry Art<\/strong><\/em>; here\u2019s the link<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

You may also want to look at the Highland Park Poetry<\/strong> page <\/a>\u2013 there\u2019s a call for submissions there too. It\u2019s for ekphrastic poems on the public art in that village.<\/p>\n

I also came across the poem \u201cIt Is Later Than You Think\u201d<\/strong><\/a> by Robert W. Service<\/strong> and this poem, which relates a writer\u2019s woes, hit a nerve. It\u2019s a long poem so I will leave you with the first and last stanzas.<\/p>\n

The first stanza:<\/p>\n

Lone amid the caf\u00e9\u2019s cheer,
\nSad of heart am I to-night;
\nDolefully I drink my beer,
\nBut no single line I write.
\nThere\u2019s the wretched rent to pay,
\nYet I glower at pen and ink:
\nOh, inspire me, Muse, I pray,
\nIt is later than you think!<\/p>\n

And here\u2019s the last stanza:<\/p>\n

Lastly, you who read; aye, you
\nWho this very line may scan:
\nThink of all you planned to do …
\nHave you done the best you can?
\nSee! the tavern lights are low;
\nBlack\u2019s the night, and how you shrink!
\nGod! and is it time to go?
\nAh! the clock is always slow;
\nIt is later than you think;
\nSadly later than you think;
\nFar, far later than you think.<\/p>\n

So I guess I should get to it! Also, thanks to Bob Dixon-Kolar<\/strong> for such thoughtful posts.<\/p>\n

Peace, love, and solace<\/strong><\/p>\n

P.S. Chicago people, this upcoming weekend is Printer’s Row Lit Fest<\/strong>; here’s a link<\/strong> <\/a>to the schedule of activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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