"This work is unlike any other, in its range of rich, conjuring imagery and its dexterity, its smart voice. Carroll-Hackett doesn’t spare us—but doesn’t save us—she draws a blueprint of power and class with her unflinching pivot: matter-of-fact and tender." —Jan Beatty

Posts tagged ‘poems’

Daily Prompt Love <3 Before It's Lost Forever

25 August 2019

Make art about what’s irreplaceable, about losing what can never be regained. 

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How to help the Amazon rainforest

The Amazon is the largest rainforest in the world and vital to combating climate change. In the aftermath of the wildfires, several organizations have stepped up to assist in aid or other ways to help save the Amazon. The following organizations have been rated 4 out of 5 stars by Charity Navigator, a non-profit that evaluates financial health, transparency and accountability in charities.

  • Amazon Conservation Team fights climate change, protect the Amazon and empower indigenous peoples.
  • Amazon Conservation Association accepts donations and lists exactly what your money goes toward –– whether it’s planting trees, sponsoring education, buying a solar panel and preserving indigenous lands.
  • Donate to the Rainforest Trust to help buy land in the rainforest. The organization has saved over 23 million acres and counting since 1988.
  • The Rainforest Foundation is committed to making sure donations made reaches projects such as supporting environmental defenders, indigenous advocacy organizations and deforestation monitoring.

From “What You Can Do to Help the Burning Amazon Rainforest” —from CBS News 

Daily Prompt Love <3 Sweet Solitude

24 August 2019

My alone feels so good, I’ll only have you if you’re sweeter than my solitude.”–Warsan Shire

Make art about being alone, about the difference between being alone and being lonely, about the beauty to be found in solitude.

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Image by lucia parrillo from Pixabay

Friday Call for Submissions Love <3 Manzano Mountain Review

Manzano Mountain Review Seeks Submissions!

Deadline: October 1, 2019

Manzano Mountain Review, an online literary journal based in New Mexico, seeks flash prose, poetry, short prose, & image.

“We love flash—little pieces that explode in our hands. We like plot, but not at the expense of character. Brevity, lyric, place, experiment. The terse and the lyrical. Work that crosses boundaries. Provoke us. The theme is “Wilderness.”

Site: manzanomountainreview.com/submissions

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Daily Prompt Love <3 So Much Power

23 August 2019 

Make art about the power of story, of how story can change lives. 

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Daily Prompt Love <3 Do You Hear It?

22 August 2019 

Make art about that lone voice in the wilderness, or about the voice of the wilderness. 

wilderness

Image by David Mark from Pixabay

 

Daily Prompt Love <3 Into the Mystic

21 August 2019 

It has been a Van Morrison morning around here. 

“And I want to rock your gypsy soul
Just like way back in the days of old
And together we will flow into the mystic”

Make art about or inspired by the mystic. 

Daily Prompt Love <3 Particular Pain

20 August 2019 

Hunger is pain.

Make art about going hungry, about the damage of hunger, about the victims of hunger, especially in a country known for excess. 

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Image by taniarose from Pixabay

Daily Prompt Love <3 Into the Light

19 August 2019

Make art about coming out of the cave. 

Daily Prompt Love <3 Not Allowed

18 August 2019 

Make art about what’s forbidden. 

forbidden

Image by engin akyurt from Pixabay

Special Call for Submissions! Activism Anthology

Activism Anthology Call for Submissions

Deadline: October 15, 2019

Something happened and made you want to get involved in transforming your organization, neighborhood, community, state, or country. You decided to speak up for something you care about, and did so through words, images, or actions. Or, maybe this is the first time you are speaking out. MuseWrite Press seeks short stories, poems, essays, and creative nonfiction that capture your journey, work, and/or goals regarding your activism. Considering unpublished submissions of no more than 2,500 words.

Email submissions to musewritecommunity@yahoo.com by October 15, 2019. Include a 50-word bio.

Visit www.MuseWrite.com for info on press and editors.

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