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Posts tagged ‘poetry’

Spring Is Prompting All Over!

Two Prompts ‘Cause I’m Sooooo Happy Spring’s Here! 

Happy Spring Prompt 1

Dreamt last night I was playing with a little bitty baby bear We tussled and snuggled and giggled and romped. Make art about a baby’s capacity for joy. 🙂 Or about a bear. 🙂 

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Happy Spring Prompt 1

Make art with the first day of spring, about rebirth.

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2016 Prompts, animals, Art, Artists, Bless the Day, Creativity, Dreams, Family, Gratitude, Love, Nature, One Love, Writing, Writing Coaching & Workshops, Writing Prompts

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Daily Prompt Catch-Up! Survivors and Rain

Daily Prompt Catch-Up!

3/18/2016

Make art about survivors.

stronger

3/19/2016

Make art inspired by a rainy Saturday.

rainy_days_by_ridiculousdream

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2016 Prompts, Art, Artists, Bless the Day, Creativity, Gratitude, Love, Nature, Writing, Writing Coaching & Workshops, Writing Prompts

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Friday Call for Submissions Love! Blue Mesa Review

Friday Call for Submissions Love!

Blue Mesa Review

2 weeks left!

GENERAL READING PERIOD: September 30 – March 31

“Blue Mesa Review accepts previously unpublished work in Fiction (up to 6,000 words), Nonfiction (up to 6,000 words), Poetry (3-5 poems), and Visual Art. We have a rotating editorial board, so each issue is fresh and unique. In general, we are seeking strong voices and lively, compelling narrative with a fine eye for craft. We look forward to reading your best work!

“We only considered unpublished work. Please do not submit anything that has been published on your blog, through your Facebook page, in other magazines including those online, or in an anthology or chapbook.

*We only accept submissions online through Submittable. We do not accept submissions via email or postal mail. Any submissions received by means other than Submittable will be returned to the submitter unread or recycled if a stamped, self-addressed envelope was not provided.

*We gladly accept simultaneous submissions. Please notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere and withdraw your submission through the Submittable system. If a poem in a group of 3-5 poems is accepted, simply add a note identifying the piece that is no longer available.  

*Individuals previously affiliated with the University of New Mexico (students, staff, and/or faculty), should not submit to Blue Mesa Review until they have been unaffiliated for five full years.

*Due to the high volume of submissions we receive, response time can be longer than our standard two-six months. Please be patient. If you have not heard from us in six months, you can email us at bmreditr@unm.edu. “Submission Query” should be the subject line. 

*Submissions should be saved in Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) or Rich Text Format (.rtf). Prose submissions should be double-spaced. Poetry can be single-spaced. Please use a standard typeface and font size (12 pt). Pages should be numbered and a brief cover letter should be provided.  Pages should be numbered and a cover letter should be provided. 

Rights: We ask for first North American serial rights and non-exclusive electronic rights for our website. Blue Mesa Reviewdoes not consider work that has been previously published in print or online. Rights revert to the author upon publication. Each piece is published in our online issue and considered for our Annual Print Issue.”

Blue Mesa’s Website: http://bluemesareview.org/

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Sometimes We Have to Lean Into the Prompt

Daily Prompt

Make art about the difference between hearing and listening. 

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2016 Prompts, Art, Artists, Bless the Day, Creativity, Family, Gratitude, Writing, Writing Coaching & Workshops

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Sometimes the Day is the Poem

“So long now I been out in the rain and snow, but Winter’s come and gone, a little bird told me so….” 🙂 ❤ New beginnings, y’all. Letting go of what doesn’t work, moving forward to where Love is ❤

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2016 Prompts, animals, Art, Artists, Bless the Day, Creativity, Family, Gratitude, Love, Music, Writing

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Sometimes You Have To Let the Prompt In

Daily Prompt 

Before my mama went on to the next life, she told me “You’ve got to LET someone love you, Mary, really Love you.” One of the lessons I’m still learning, both about myself, and about other people.

You can only love someone as much as they’ll let you.

Make art inspired by this.

broken heart

 

Great insights on this can be found here.

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2016 Prompts, Art, Artists, Bless the Day, Creativity, Family, Gratitude, Love, One Love, Writing Coaching & Workshops, Writing Prompts

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Sometimes the Prompt Floats On the Fields

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“…careful the morning lest it wake from slumber the city half-encumbered by the morning mist …”~John Geddes

Make art with mist as the central metaphor.

mist_in_the_woods_by_nitrok-d6reryo

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2016 Prompts, Art, Artists, Bless the Day, Creativity, fiction, Gratitude, Nature, nonfiction, poetry, Writing, Writing Coaching & Workshops, Writing Prompts

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Sometimes the Prompt Shifts and Flows

Daily Prompt

“The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once.” – Albert Einstein

Make art with deliberate shifts in time. 

time

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Monday Must Read! Callista Buchen: The Bloody Planet

Monday Must Read! Callista Buchen: The Bloody Planet

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Photo Credit: Megan Kearney

This week meet Callista Buchen, author of poetry chapbooks The Bloody Planet (Black Lawrence Press, October 2015) and Double-Mouthed (dancing girl press, April 2016). Callista earned an MA in literature from the University of Oregon, an MFA in poetry from Bowling Green State University, and a PhD in English and creative writing from the University of Kansas. She is the winner of DIAGRAM‘s essay contest and the Langston Hughes award, with work appearing in Harpur Palate, Salt Hill, Cimarron Review, Fourteen Hills, Puerto del Sol, Salamander, Whiskey Island Review, and many other journals. She is an assistant professor of English and creative writing at Franklin College in Indiana.

Get Callista’s beautiful book!

The Bloody Planet: http://www.blacklawrence.com/the-bloody-planet/

Visit Callista’s website and sample her new chapbook, Double-Mouthed, forthcoming from dancing girl press: http://callistabuchen.com/double-mouthed/

Read More from Callista online!

Diagram: http://thediagram.com/13_2/buchen.html

Thrush: http://www.thrushpoetryjournal.com/march-2012-callista-buchen.html

Kill Author: http://killauthor.com/issueten/callista-buchen/

Atticus Review: http://atticusreview.org/lost/

Blue Mesa Review: http://bluemesareview.org/issues/issue-26/bluebird-by-callista-buchen/

Alice Blue Review: http://www.alicebluereview.org/twentyfour/poetry/buchen.html

Arsenic Lobster: http://arseniclobster.magere.com/archive/issuethirtyone/310101.html

and in one of my favorite journals 🙂

A-Minor Magazine: http://aminormagazine.com/2012/05/21/on-mars/

Hear Callista read (With Amy Ash)

https://vimeo.com/99163516

Happy Reading!

xo

Mary

 

 

 

 

Photo Credit: Megan Kearney

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Art, Artists, Bless the Day, Books, Creativity, Must Read Monday, Must Read Writers, poetry, Writing

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Sometimes the Prompt Is Just Out of Our Reach

Daily Prompt

Make art about searching for something. 

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2016 Prompts, Art, Artists, Bless the Day, Creativity, Love, Writing, Writing Coaching & Workshops, Writing Prompts

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