NEW! A collaborative poem by Darryl Shupe and I is haunting Ghost City Review!

Delighted that one of Darryl Shupe and I's odd collaborative poems is making an appearance in the new December issue of Ghost City Review, with lots of other great stuff!

Happy Holidays brimming with Spinal Column Nuggets and more!

"Engorged throats stuffed full,
unable to fit anything else in.
Unable to shut."

read more HERE - https://ghostcitypress.com/poetry-98/2022/12/19/juliet-cook-amp-darryl-shupe

***

Also...you can read more of Darryl and Juliet's collaborative poems inside their Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "Short Poems of Violence and Chickens", a strange collaboration that fuses odd animal/human hybrids, available HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/1335251323/new-short-poems-of-violence-and-chickens

NEW! "A Red Envelope", a collaborative poem by me and j/j hastain appears in Berfrois!

"Sometimes I ignore reality.
Sometimes I exaggerate reality.
Unsteady lines break into
the un-convenient store and drink
all the 2 percent milk until
a red envelope slides down
an internal window."

the beginning of j/j hastain and I's newly finished poem, "A Red Envelope", which is newly published in Berfrois!

read more here - https://www.berfrois.com/2022/12/a-red-envelope-by-juliet-cook-and-j-j-hastain/

NEW! Two of my creepy poems are hiding behind the walls in the CUL-DE-SAC OF BLOOD!

"It sees me having a seizure on the fuzzy shag rug
that didn't exist yesterday. It sees me being pitched
across the room, strange words flinging out my mouth

into another uncertain land of the unremembered." 

I have two new creepy poems inside the CUL-DE-SAC OF BLOOD...

HERE - https://www.culdesacofblood.com/juliet-cook

***

Also, under my two poems, you can click on "Learn more about these poems" and read some of my thoughts on some of my poems.

HERE - https://www.culdesacofblood.com/cook-about

For example...

"Women bleed and bleed until the menstrual blood stops, their bodies age, and they speed race closer to death. If you didn't get chased to death and chainsawed or stabbed or bludgeoned or otherwise eviscerated when you were younger, then it won't be long before your body starts eviscerating itself. Then you will die. Then you will only exist in a few other people's memories, perspectives, and (mis)interpretations.

Perhaps my poetry exaggerates these matters, but it's true that the real me not existing anymore is terrifying to me.

I hope that parts of me might still exist in my poetry, even if it tends towards the negative."

***

Although sometimes I feel like even my blood is invisible to others...

NEW! Three of my Internal Suffocation Poems in Misfit Magazine!

"Here's my small fucked up contribution
to the world. Speech stilted,
memory desiccated. Me
exaggerating everything.

My lingering outbursts
turn into violent mosh pits
inside my own mind.
Then I fall down into oblivion.

Then I get back up again..."

Delighted to have three of my Internal Suffocation poems making an appearance in the NEW Fall 2022 Issue of Misfit! (Looking forward to reading all the other poetry in this issue too!)

A link to my poems - http://misfitmagazine.net/archive/No-35/cook.html

A link to the whole issue - http://misfitmagazine.net/current.html

NEW! Three collaborative poems by me and j/j hastain are dripping in the CUL-DE-SAC OF BLOOD!

Delighted to share that j/j hastain and I have three collaborative poems appearing in CUL-DE-SAC OF BLOOD!

"When I brought my black flower inside, there were bunches
of human hair hanging from the petals. At first, I wasn't sure
where they had come from. Then I realized
of course they came from me. But I wasn't sure
if they would destroy the flowers or help them grow
into something new. Part of me felt that the more they grew,
the more my peripheral vision would be altered."

Read more here - https://www.culdesacofblood.com/juliet-cook-and-jj-hastain

Another website update with my three recent poetry publications

I updated my website again, including links to my three recent poetry publications from last week/this weekend! Here's a link to the website, The Poetic Pursuit of Juliet Cook, where if you're interested in checking out the most recent publications, you can do so by scrolling down a little bit on the Home page to where it says "THREE NEW POETRY PUBLICATIONS!"

Of course you're more than welcome to check out other stuff on my website too. Here it is - https://julietcook.weebly.com/ AND I will also link to the three recent poetry publications HERE:

~My short poem "Violent Seizure Orgasm" is making an appearance in Black Flowers, HERE - https://blackflowers.online/violent-seizure-orgasm-juliet-cook

~My poem "With a Cherry on Top of His Tusk" is making an appearance in Buffalo (x 8), HERE - https://buffalojournal.tumblr.com/

~My poem "Red Vacuum Pouch With Cracks" is inside Sein und Werden, in the new Post-Mortem Autumn/Winter Issue, HERE - http://www.kissthewitch.co.uk/seinundwerden/autumn-winter22/page42.html

NEW! My poem "Red Vacuum Pouch With Cracks" is inside Sein und Werden!

"An industrial refrigerator hides inside a truck stop
loaded with bodies.
Nobody cares until it's them."

inside my poem "Red Vacuum Pouch With Cracks", in the new Post-Mortem Autumn/Winter Issue of Sein und Werden

read more here - http://www.kissthewitch.co.uk/seinundwerden/autumn-winter22/page42.html

NEW! My Violent Seizure Orgasm poem is making an appearance in Black Flowers!

 "Birds hold razor blades inside their mouths.

Chirps turn into screams." The first two lines of my short "Violent Seizure Orgasm" poem, which appears within the NEW Black Flowers Volume Twelve HERE - https://blackflowers.online/violent-seizure-orgasm-juliet-cook

The Poetic Pursuit of Juliet Cook - My Updated Website!

I got VERY frustrated and upset for many hours when I accidentally deleted part of my own website and couldn't figure out how to restore it. Despite my serious frustration, I then spent several more hours working on updating it. Instead of trying to re-do my Home page the way it was before, I made it different and it might look even better now (or at least different).

Here is my newly updated website - https://julietcook.weebly.com/

Among the updates, the Home page now includes information about and a link to the NEW Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "Short Poems of Violence and Chickens" by Juliet Cook and Darryl Shupe.

And also, here is another link to "Short Poems of Violence and Chickens" - https://www.etsy.com/listing/1335251323/new-short-poems-of-violence-and-chickens

Happy November from the NEW Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, Short Poems of Violence and Chickens!

Happy November! Here are a few photos of the NEW Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "Short Poems of Violence and Chickens", a collaboration by Juliet Cook and Darryl Shupe.

15 poems, two covers to choose from, newly available!

Find out more and/or acquire a copy for yourself or a friend in the Blood Pudding Press shop HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/1321276974/new-short-poems-of-violence-and-chickens

***
"Shrieks of utter terror froth forth from
the children in line. They are about to be stomped
into replacement parts for the carousel horses"

in the poem "A Calliope Filled With Model Organs"

NEW! Alice Says Go Fuck Yourself (with two of my poems inside)!

You want a special Halloween (and post- Halloween) Treat!?!

Filled with poetry, fiction, and more!?!

Alice Says Go Fuck Yourself! Issue 1 is live!

It's a new season (for motherfuckers)...

And two of my poems are inside, surrounded by lots of other creative treats that I can hardly wait to dive into!

Here's the link - https://agape-editions.com/alice-says-go-fuck-yourself/

Thank you very much to Fox and Cee and Agape Editions!

***

"This body makes me increasingly uncomfortable.

The escalating scale.

The fat with a watered down cavern inside.

The loosening tissue with fish gills drying out.

The hagfish orifices turning into fossils.

I can handle my whitening hair, but

soon I won’t be able to swim very far

away from deterioration."

the beginning of my poem, "Fish Sticks With Hot Flashes", which appears in this new issue

My first photo of me at age 50!

 

My last photo of me before I turn 50

Me on Saturday October 16, 2022. One of the last photo(s) I took of myself before I turn(ed) 50. 😱 But I'm still 49 for a few more minutes and I'm still 49 in this photo. I certainly don't feel old and I'm certainly not saying 50 is old, but it feels pretty weird that's going to be my age in about 1 minute (and before this photo gets done downloading itself...yep, it just hit midnight)...

One Minute Poems (An Audio Anthology From Rancid Idols Productions)

Delighted that Colin Dardis invited me to contribute a short poem to this One Minute Poems audio anthology!

Also, wishing a creatively wonderful Happy Birthday to Colin Dardis!

I'm looking forward to listening to all these poems!

"Out today for National Poetry Day, a special audio anthology of One Minute Poems from poets around the world, free to download via Bandcamp.

https://rancididols.bandcamp.com/album/one-minute-poems

There is power in brevity, so enjoy these short but powerful pieces. Many thanks to everyone who contributed!"

***

My poem, "These days, nobody else's wrinkle repair will work for me." also appears within my poetry chapbook "DARK PURPLE INTERSECTIONS (inside my Black Doll Head Irises)" (Blood Pudding Press and Dusie Kollektiv 9, 2019)

Available here in print - https://www.etsy.com/listing/689260672/dark-purple-intersections-inside-my

Available here online for free - http://www.dusie.org/Cook--DARKPURPLEINTERSECTIONS.pdf

***

Me Reading Poetry at Uncloistered Poetry Live!

photo taken by Uncloistered Poetry Live host Jonie McIntire

Me Reading Poetry at Uncloistered Poetry Live  (August 13, 2022) (my first live poetry reading in over two years)...

New! The Book of Korinethians, a strange new anthology that includes one of my poems!

The cover of The Book of Korinethians and my poem inside the anthology!
Delighted to be included!

(The Book of Korinethians is a print anthology zine of art, poetry, flash fiction and essay about the filmography of Harmony Korine. Diana Hurlburt and Kristin Garth are the co-editors. You can find out a bit more and acquire a copy for yourself, HERE - https://kristingarth.com/pink-plastic-house-a-tiny-journal/pink-plastic-press/the-book-of-korinethians/)

New! Three poems of mine are appearing in A Thin Slice of Anxiety!

"From stuck pig to stuffed pig.
The ongoing ugly gestures of my body's
impending Armageddon.

"

Delighted to have three new poems appearing in A Thin Slice of Anxiety!

read more HERE - http://www.athinsliceofanxiety.com/2022/03/poetry-selections-from-juliet-cook.html

New! Three new poems of mine are appearing in the Terror House ("Death Will Always Exist," "Field Dressing Fantasy," and "Body Captivity")

"...You’re horrified by the idea of not existing
and that nobody will remember you very well.

You won’t be able to remember yourself
or think for yourself or speak for yourself
and that’s your current interpretation of Hell.
Whenever you have one of your unexpected seizures,
you then spend weeks feeling negative and afraid
of unexpected death. You don’t feel ready to not exist yet."

Three new poems of mine are in the Terror House today - "Death Will Always Exist," "Field Dressing Fantasy," and "Body Captivity". You can read more HERE - https://terrorhousemag.com/exist/