NEW! Excited and delighted to have another new poem appearing in MasticadoresUSA - “Old Photo Booth Inside a Box Inside a Basement”!

"This sort of semi-insomnia
inside which you're half

asleep, but not entirely
and it's hard to differentiate

between dreams and reality. Who are you?
You don't know what to believe.

Is anything real?"

I am delighted to have a new poem, “Old Photo Booth Inside a Box Inside a Basement”, newly appearing in MasticadoresUSA today. You can read more of my poem HERE - https://masticadoresusa.wordpress.com/2025/12/12/old-photo-booth-inside-a-box-inside-a-basement-by-juliet-cook/

I hope your December has glimmers of real if you want it to, in whatever way you want it to. 

NEW! Excited and delighted that FIVE NEW POEMS of mine are now available in Gargoyle Online #12!

"......Cheap amusement

park rides fall apart, toss those who were on top
down and then underneath the ground.
A neigh becomes a scream then nothing."

in my poem "Death is an Amusement Park Ride", one of five of my poems newly appearing in the new Gargoyle Online #12

read more of my poems HERE - https://gargoylemagazine.com/juliet-cook/

Partake of more of the new issue HERE - https://gargoylemagazine.com/2025/12/online-12/

Watch and listen to me read some of my recent poetry at the Underground Lit Fest!

 In case you might be interested in hearing me read some of my own poetry...well...this video is of me reading some of my own recent poetry at the Underground Lit Fest last month!

It was wonderful to be a part of this event and hear lots of other writers read some of their creative work too. Surrounded by different voices and styles.

You can watch and listen to me read here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcCcFGkl3-8

And if you'd like to watch and listen to more readers, here's a link to most of the reading - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OoSDU1SsnI&t=130s

NEW! My poem "Death is Lurking" is making an appearance in Buffalo 8, volume 5! Happy December!

"My legs have lost their elasticity.
My face has lost its glow.
My body has lost its flow.
Get out your blow torch."

the beginning of my poem, "Death is Lurking", newly appearing in volume 5 of Buffalo 8

Read more of my poem here - https://buffalojournal.tumblr.com/post/801704783140585472/death-is-lurking

Check out the whole volume 5 here - https://buffalojournal.tumblr.com/

Wishing you a creatively wonderful December!

NEW! Two New Poems of mine are appearing in Misfit Issue No. 41, Fall 2025!

I am delighted to have two new poems appearing in Misfit Issue No. 41, Fall 2025!

The poems are entitled "Precious Little Doll Babies" and "Green Rabbit Within a Dream Within a Dream".

"In this dream I am already up,
walking around inside my home,
confused about items which had been
rearranged. Moved around without my permission
or any recollection of having done so myself."

in my poem "Green Rabbit Within a Dream Within a Dream"

Read my poems here - http://misfitmagazine.net/archive/No-41/Cook.html

Partake of the whole issue here - http://misfitmagazine.net/current.html

NEW! My poem "Empty Holes for Eyes" is newly appearing in The Literary Underground, In Conversation!

"...Then I realize
if I really had no eyes, I wouldn’t be
able to see. Which means I’m still stuck
in a dream. What if I can’t wake myself
up this time?"

within my poem "Empty Holes for Eyes", appearing in The Literary Underground, In Conversation today

read more here - https://theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/11/20/empty-holes-for-eyes-by-juliet-cook/

A few Blood Pudding Press Photos

A photo of Juliet Cook at the Blood Pudding Press table at Get Sharp! Ohio Poetry Publishing Conference sponsored by the Ohio Poetry Association, at the Cuyahoga County Public Library's South Euclid-Lyndhurst branch, on Saturday November 15, 2025.

And a slightly more close up photo of the table. 

You can find out a bit more about all these chapbooks (and more chapbooks that don't show up in these photos) in the Blood Pudding Press shop HERE - https://www.etsy.com/shop/BloodPuddingPress

NEW! My poem "No Longer Part of the Latest Scene" is making an appearance in MasticadoresUSA!

"Part of me blames it on wildlife.
Part of me blames it on ageism.
Part of me blames it on myself
for being a dullard or at least duller
than I used to be. Lacking in visible vibrancy."

in my poem, "No Longer Part of the Latest Scene", which is newly appearing in MasticadoresUSA 

read more HERE - https://masticadoresusa.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/no-longer-part-of-the-latest-scene-by-juliet-cook/

This Saturday, Blood Pudding Press has a table at an Ohio Poetry Publishing Conference

This coming Saturday, November 15 from 10 AM - 4:30 PM, Juliet Cook and her Blood Pudding Press will have a table at this Ohio Poetry Publishing Conference at the Cuyahoga County Public Library South Euclid-Lyndhurst Branch.

The event is FREE and open to all poets, but please do try to Register in advance.

In addition to several Ohio-based presses having tables, there will also be several free Presentations and Workshops by several different poets.

Find out more details and sign up here - https://attend.cuyahogalibrary.org/event/13881294

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If you can't make it to this event, you can still check out the Blood Pudding Press shop here - 
https://www.etsy.com/shop/BloodPuddingPress

Me Reading some of my Poetry!

Me reading some of my poetry on November 8, 2025, as part of The Underground Lit Fest 2025, at Culture Clash Records, in Toledo OH.

(Photo taken by Darryl Shupe)