A bunch of Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbooks!

A bunch of new and old Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbooks have found a new home! 🖤💜

(photo taken by Trina Stolec :) )

You can acquire some Blood Pudding Press chapbooks for yourself within the Blood Pudding Press shop HERE - https://www.etsy.com/shop/BloodPuddingPress 

Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbooks!

Some Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbooks recently acquired by the Poetry Barn!
(You can acquire your own copies of these or other Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbooks from the Blood Pudding Press etsy shop here - https://www.etsy.com/shop/BloodPuddingPress)

(photo taken by Lissa Kiernan)

The 26th Annual Poet's House Showcase is starting TODAY

Last month, I sent copies of the four 2017 Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbooks to the 26th Annual Poet's House Showcase, which starts TODAY June 28 and lasts through August 18, 2018!

The following Blood Pudding Press chapbooks will be on display at this special free exhibit featuring new poetry books.

~Cutting Eyes From Ghosts by Ariana D. Den Bleyker- https://www.etsy.com/listing/512469489/new-cutting-eyes-from-ghosts-by-ariana-d?ref=shop_home_active_3

~Thirsty Bones by Sarah Lilius -https://www.etsy.com/listing/522718674/new-thirsty-bones-by-sarah-lilius-2017?ref=shop_home_active_4

~Fuck Cancer Poems by Michael Grover -https://www.etsy.com/listing/546767836/new-fuck-cancer-poems-by-michael-grover?ref=shop_home_active_2

~Paloma by Jennifer E. Hudgens -https://www.etsy.com/listing/562664430/new-paloma-by-jennifer-e-hudgens?ref=shop_home_active_1

Poet's House Showcase - https://www.poetshouse.org/programs-and-events/ph-showcase

If you live near Poet's House, why not check it out at

10 River Terrace, New York, NY 10282

If you don't live near Poet's House, why not acquire one of these chapbooks from the Blood Pudding Press shop (via the links above) and check it out in your own space.

TWO 2017 Chaps for a lower price - Cutting Eyes by Den Bleyker, Thirsty Bones by Lilius, Fuck Cancer Poems by Grover, Paloma by Hudgens

Set of TWO! – Get two 2017 Blood Pudding Press Poetry Chapbooks for a substantially reduced price!

Choose TWO among the following four:

-Cutting Eyes From Ghosts by Ariana D. Den Bleyker

-Thirsty Bones by Sarah Lilius

-Fuck Cancer Poems by Michael Grover

-Paloma by Jennifer E. Hudgens

Each of these four poetry chapbooks costs $7.00 individually; with this listing, you will pay $10.00 for two of them, saving $4.00.https://www.etsy.com/listing/569977587/two-2017-chaps-for-a-lower-price-cutting?ref=shop_home_active_7
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Find out more about each of these chapbooks by perusing their individual item listings.

Cutting Eyes From Ghosts - https://www.etsy.com/listing/512469489/new-cutting-eyes-from-ghosts-by-ariana-d?ref=shop_home_feat_3

Thirsty Bones - https://www.etsy.com/listing/522735584/new-thirsty-bones-by-sarah-lilius-2017?ref=related-3

Fuck Cancer Poems - https://www.etsy.com/listing/560564955/new-fuck-cancer-poems-by-michael-grover?ref=listing-shop-header-1

Paloma - https://www.etsy.com/listing/562664430/new-paloma-by-jennifer-e-hudgens?ref=shop_home_active_1

They are indeed available separately, but buy two together and acquire double the powerful poetry for a special rate.

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Please name the two chapbooks you would like within the Notes section of your purchase.

If you have color preferences, as described in the individual listings, feel free to leave a note about the colors you would like too.

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Feel free to let me know if you have any questions/concerns. 

Shipping is usually handled within 1-3 business days after your purchase.

Author and Artist photos of "Fuck Cancer Poems" (Blood Pudding Press 2017)

Poet Michael Grover's photo of his copies of his new "Fuck Cancer Poems" poetry chapbook, published by Blood Pudding Press - and Craig Firsdon's photo of his copy of "Fuck Cancer Poems", for which he created the cover art.

Craig Firsdon's photo also includes another recent 2017 Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "Thirsty Bones" by Sarah Lilius.

Get your own copies of these chapbooks (and/or other chapbooks) in the Blood Pudding Press etsy shop HERE - https://www.etsy.com/shop/BloodPuddingPress

We Can Take the Power Back: A NEW Review of Thirsty Bones by Sarah Lilius (Blood Pudding Press, 2017)

Thirsty Bones is not for the fainthearted or those who want to bury the issues women face and live through everyday under the rug of oppression and silence. Sarah Lilius makes it so her reader cannot ignore these things...

As I read the poems “[  ] Culture” and “To My Rapist,” I thought about my own dark, hidden experiences as a woman and how I don’t know if I will ever be courageous enough to open my mouth and utter them. Thirsty Bones left me with the hope that maybe one day I will be able to share all my experiences as a woman, and that women around the world will be able to do so as well. Lilius shows us that we can face our demons and demolish them. We can take the power back. The last few stanzas of “[  ] Culture” exemplify this: “My silence, the place I hide, overgrown / with weeds, they smell fresh, / shaking their seeds from green heads. // Now it’s laid out like a snake suddenly / on a table, I want to cut off the head, / feed it to my rapist in the dark. // And when he screams NO, / maybe I’ll take it out or maybe / I’ll make him eat it / with open eyes.”

from a new review of  the poetry chapbook, Thirsty Bones by Sarah Lilius (Blood Pudding Press, 2017)

thank you to Christina Rosso and Rag Queen Periodical for this review.

Read the entire review HERE - https://www.ragqueenperiodical.com/single-post/2017/07/31/We-Can-Take-the-Power-Back-A-Review-of-Lilies-Thirsty-Bones

Acquire your own copy of Thirsty Bones HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/522735584/new-thirsty-bones-by-sarah-lilius-2017?ref=shop_home_feat_1

New the July Thirteen Myna Birds Flock Has Arrived!

The July flock of Thirteen Myna Birds has finally arrived, filled with wonderful new poems by Sarah Lilius, Christian Sammartino, Mohja Kahf, Eileen Murphy, Donna Dallas, Ali Jones, Natalie Crick, Sarah Valeika, and Mike Zone!

"My lungs live in a beehive - where a baby tooth has been extracted, enamel sold to a higher power - stare at the fireplace that is empty and barren, same as my head - my pelvis will substantially be involved in my getting out of bed - Congealed dirt lies on the bottom, like a thin crust of coagulated blood - you let the blood-red twinkle along into your cup - set your body to rewind, in case you miss something - I'm growing fins to swim out and meet you - I'm talking to myself again, like this tin can Telephone has the signal to reach your ears - on blankets in the darkness in the only bed we owned - The white cat lies across the flagstone path as if she owns the flagstone path - boned trees erupt Through frost skins - black skeleton branches touch out for acceptance - ready to fold—over and over - You and I aren't all closed casket memories And eulogies yet"

Dive in to the July flock HERE - https://13myna.blogspot.com/

Another Copy of Thirsty Bones

Eileen Murphy's copy of Thirsty Bones by Sarah Lilius, next to Bulletproof by Wollfgang Carstens. :)

Get your own copy of the new Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, Thirsty Bones, HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/522735584/new-thirsty-bones-by-sarah-lilius-2017?ref=shop_home_feat_1

Get your own copy of Bulletproof HERE - http://www.greybordersbooks.jigsy.com/bookstore

"EILEEN RECOMMENDS: Thirsty Bones by Sarah Lilius from Blood Pudding Press and Bulletproof by Wolfgang Carstens from Grey Borders Books. You'll enjoy these poems, I think, like I did."

A Copy of Thirsty Bones

John Burroughs' copy of Thirsty Bones by Sarah Lilius, surrounded by other books. :)

Get your very own copy of the new Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, Thirsty Bones, HERE - 
https://www.etsy.com/listing/522735584/new-thirsty-bones-by-sarah-lilius-2017?ref=shop_home_feat_1

NEW The June Thirteen Myna Birds flock has arrived!

Just in time for the last weekend of June, the new June flock of Thirteen Myna Birds has arrived!

It starts with two teaser piece poems by Sarah Lilius, which also appear within her new Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "Thirsty Bones"!

Then it includes 13 new poems by Sarah Nichols, Susanna Kittredge, Peter Braddock, Donna Dallas, Matthew F. Amati, Allison Grayhurst, Christian Sammartino, and Chelsea Jones!

"blood pixels are starting to look real these days - A tree of eyes - sickness in my mirror is all I see - The glass comes down trapping me inside - I should cut and open the void - meet reality by screaming at tombstones - Death is too loud - Is it burning like an enemy in our closet or like a miracle denied? - like a parcel for someone else - Into the first gear of grief - chopped off hands that came to him empty of gold - the ant crawls up your leg - your arms and back printed in rows of purple butterflies - I heard the reporters lying - my naked body burning - The spaceship exploded"

HERE - http://13myna.blogspot.com/

NEW Thirsty Bones by Sarah Lilius (Blood Pudding Press 2017)

"Moments make girls
into women with blood
down white thighs.

Make a boy into Zeus without honor.
His act done in secret
because that’s what gods do.

We dwell on packages
made of sticks and stones,
bones and flesh."

from the poem "Leda's Repression" by Sarah Lilius,within her NEW Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, Thirsty Bones

Available HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/522735584/new-thirsty-bones-by-sarah-lilius-2017?ref=shop_home_feat_1

NEW! Thirsty Bones by Sarah Lilius is now newly available from Blood Pudding Press

Thirsty Bones is a NEW Blood Pudding Press 2017 poetry chapbook, containing 20 poems by Sarah Lilius.

A powerful emotional political statement about the female body. How it can be viewed and treated like a toy, victimized, abused and then just overlooked or ignored. How it can live on, fight back, and will not be silenced and will not feel obligated to keep its own experiences or genuine feelings or individual self a secret.

How nobody else should think they have the power to be in charge of your own body based choices.

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"Rape, you are an animal.
The media gives you cookies,
you’ve grown fat, snarling from the cave.
I open my eyes to your terror.

Your world has been created.
We need to cut the power to your brightness,
lights flicker, this lightning is not fireflies
wild against dark sky, waiting for palms to cup.

We need more sound. To open our chests, display
lungs and let out the words.
Women, your screams, even muffled,
weren’t silent. They grow inside, canyons of dirty sound."

from the poem [ ] Culture

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Get your own copy of Thirsty Bones HERE - https://www.etsy.com/shop/BloodPuddingPress?ref=seller-platform-mcnav&section_id=20952110

NEW ANNOUNCEMENT of THREE NEW Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbooks forthcoming in 2017!

This was a really difficult decision! I don't know how small press editors that get hundreds of submissions can manage to narrow it down to a few within a month or two, because I sure couldn't. For me, it was tough to narrow down my original submissions of less than 50 to 8 that I wanted to see the entire manuscripts of, and then it was even more challenging to decide between those 8. 

I think all 8 of them deserve to be published, and I hope the ones I haven't chosen to publish through my Blood Pudding will find their homes soon.

I had meant to choose 1 or 2 to publish, but instead I chose 3, and those 3 are:

~Thirsty Bones by Sarah Lilius (to be published in late May/early June)

~Fuck Cancer Poems by Michael D. Grover (to be published in late August/early September)

~Paloma by Jennifer E. Hudgens (to be published in late November/early December)

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The Finalists (in no particular order) are: 

~Paper Doll, Heart of Ashes by Melissa Atkinson Mercer 

~Prone As i Am by Bree 

~After the Singularity by Devon Balwit 

~Uncanny by Judy Hall 

~Not Your Father's Nightmares by Scott Anton Morgan

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(For those of you haven't checked it out yet and might be interested in partaking and/or purchasing, the first Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook of 2017 was Cutting Eyes From Ghosts by Ariana D. Den Bleyker, available here -https://www.etsy.com/listing/494588398/new-cutting-eyes-from-ghosts-by-ariana-d?ref=shop_home_feat_1) 

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For anyone interested, this month's Thirteen Myna Birds will be going live before the end of this month and will include a bunch of uniquely wonderful "runner-up" poems from some of the other great offerings I received for Blood Pudding Press consideration last month. 

Also, some Finalist poems will appear on the Blood Pudding Press blog next month.


Juliet Cook/Blood Pudding Press