NEW! I have two new poems making an appearance in POETRY FOR THE PEOPLE!

"The latest firing behooves you and your
satanic hooves ablaze with hate.
Your definition of success is rat shit
crazy and not nearly as intelligent
as actual rats. Your carpetbag rat
will rat out every so-called friend
and you will do anything to rat-a-tat-tat

your evil self into more power, money,
fame. Gain the latest rat-o-sphere of fake
rat followers. Even though your system of poison
rat droppings is meant to infiltrate and destroy
everyone else's space, place, and freedom
as you spew rat diarrhea behind the back
then in everyone's faces."

in my poem "False God in a Festival of Destructive Rats", one of two poems newly appearing in POETRY FOR THE PEOPLE

read more here - https://poetry4thepeople.blogspot.com/2025/05/juliet-cook.html

NEW! My poem From Hormone Imbalance to Death is newly appearing in Scapegoat Review, Spring 2023

"Sometimes we learn the hard way

that some mice will eat their own babies
like sadistic cannibals, leaving nothing but half a body
attached to a head that will always live inside mine."

in my poem From Hormone Imbalance to Death, newly appearing within the new SCAPEGOAT REVIEW SPRING 2023

read more HERE - https://www.scapegoatreview.org/spring-2023/juliet-cook

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.

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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! A collaborative poem by j/j hastain and me, SUBLIMINAL BODY JEWELRY IS THE NEW LEADER , is newly appearing in BigCityLit!

"Within one week, three nose rings flew out of my nose,
hit the floor and quickly dispersed.
A month later one of them submerged
from the carpeting and sky rocketed up to the ceiling
like a tiny UFO. It wanted my nose to join it.

Next thing I knew I was missing my vertebrae,
sequined maggots were stitched to the top of my ears
and invertebrate inventory was being conducted
on my hair..."

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Happy Friday!

I am delighted to have a collaborative poem by j/j hastain and me, "Subliminal Body Jewelry Is The New Leader" appearing in the new issue of BigCityLit! 

The lines above are the beginning of the poem and you can read more by clicking this link - https://nycbigcitylit.com/article/subliminal-body-jewelry-is-the-new-leader/

New! A collaborative poem by me and Martin Willitts Jr in Coffin Bell!

Darkly delighted to have a collaborative poem, "Not Enough Variegation", by me and Martin Willitts Jr. appearing in Coffin Bell!

"At least I tried to persevere,
by preserving the broken parts but
some of these broken parts are dead."

https://coffinbell.com/not-enough-variegation/

A NEW Summer Flock of Thirteen Myna Birds is Here

The NEW Summer flock of Thirteen Myna Birds is HERE - http://13myna.blogspot.com/ 

Offering 13 poems by Mark J. Mitchell, Tom Montag, Eryn Tan Zhi Ying, Kristin Garth, Willa Jarnagin, Cat Russell AND 2 pieces of art by MISH 

Bougainvillia rain by MISH

"All your glory’s hidden by folded masks - Scents of sharp sterile swabs - Moths batter themselves against the tent - Talons will tear a coverlet in pink - grey matter splattered upon the wall you beat your head against - Merciless ravaging of life - We are twins in different universes - the halos of tarnished angels - the slow decay of bodies - the sweetness of an imagined kiss - where each of us holds to this strange broken world - when those loud fires came into her dreams - Tomorrow another mask"

NEW! One of my Museum of Impending Death poems lives inside The Haunted Dollhouse!

"The large black cloud looms and grows
into an impending tornado. The lights all go out."

inside one of my Museum of Impending Death poems, which is now inside The Haunted Dollhouse...

HERE - 

https://kristingarth.com/pink-plastic-house-a-tiny-journal/the-haunted-dollhouse/

(It can also be viewed and read on Instagram, HERE - https://www.instagram.com/p/B_YFJ0LBm3q/)

The NEW July Flock of Thirteen Myna Birds is HERE!

he stumbled into his “vanishing box” - decomposing beneath unbroken skin - ghosts walk upside-down across the ceiling - salivating over evidence - decayed buildings - the crazy in her twinkled - the tip into the fleshlight - turned up it floats faster - it’s mutiny you know to be human inside of this sex show - she wanted him to feel intimidated and to feel as insignificant as she did

The July flock of Thirteen Myna Birds is HERE - https://13myna.blogspot.com/

Offering new art and poetry by MISH, Kristin Garth, Jennifer Behling, James Croal Jackson, John Grey, Sonia Beauchamp, Gary Beck, and Robert Beveridge! 

Dive in if you dare!

Half -woman, half-flower hybrid by MISH

A new mini-review of Juliet Cook's seven year old poetry chapbook, "POST-STROKE"

A new mini-review of Juliet Cook's seven year old poetry chapbook, "POST-STROKE":

" This diminutive collection of poems expresses the author's attempts to live with a health issue that greatly affected her life. The words she chooses to express herself are creative and piercing; abstract, yet clear in intention. Frustration, acceptance and dark humor fill the lines that tell the story between the lines. Most affecting for me is the author's attempt to rescue buried memories. Another moving collection from a verbal artist.."

Janie C.

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If you're someone who hasn't yet read this chapbook and would like to, you can read it online HERE - http://www.dusie.org/COOK%20POST%20STROKE.pdf

If you would like your own hand-designed print copy of this chapbook, you can acquire it from the Blood Pudding Press shop HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/69547229/post-stroke-by-juliet-cook?ref=shop_home_active_7

One of the baby birds slowly but surely worked its way out of the nest and then tried to fly again...

Another copy of "From One Ruined Human to Another" has found a new home!

John Burroughs' copy of my new poetry chapbook "From One Ruined Human to Another"!

Thank you to John for sharing this photo!

You can acquire your own copy of "From One Ruined Human..." from Cringe-Worthy Poet's Collective Press, HERE - https://www.cwpcollectivepress.com/bookstore-1/from-one-ruined-human-to-another

or directly from me, while supplies last (via paypal $8 to Julietcoo@gmail.com, with no "k" after the "coo")...

Another copy of "Paloma" has found a new home!

Craig Firsdon received his copy of the new Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "Paloma" by Jennifer E. Hudgens.

Read Craig's extremely kind words about Blood Pudding Press and this chapbook and then consider acquiring your very own copy of "Paloma", via the link below. :)

"A little something I just got in the mail standing right next to something special that I have been working on! Everything Juliet Cook and Blood Pudding Press puts out are pure hand made works of art. Go check them out.

Also what I have read so far of Paloma by Jennifer E. Hudgens is fantastic."

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

A few photos of the Author Copies of "Paloma" taken by Jennifer E. Hudgens

Jennifer E. Hudgens received their author copies of the new Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, 'Paloma", shortly before the New Year began - and here are some photos Hudgens shared.

Acquire your very own copy of "Paloma" HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/562664430/new-paloma-by-jennifer-e-hudgens?ref=shop_home_active_1)

The front cover

The front and back covers 

The inside back cover

Me designing a chapbook (Paloma by Jennifer E. Hudgens)

The night before New Year's Eve (Saturday December 30), a photo D. took of me, designing a copy of the new Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "Paloma" by Jennifer E. Hudgens.

(You can acquire your own copy of "Paloma" by Jennifer E. Hudgens, within the Blood Pudding Press shop HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/562664430/new-paloma-by-jennifer-e-hudgens?ref=shop_home_active_1 )

New Addition to my Horrific Confection website

The newly available Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, "Paloma" by Jennifer E. Hudgens, has now been added to my Horrific Confection website.

https://julietcook.weebly.com/blood-pudding-press.html

"Paloma" by Jennifer E. Hudgens is now available for PRE-ORDER!

Happy December!

The last Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook of 2017 is now available for PRE-ORDER!

Paloma by Jennifer E. Hudgens includes 14 poems inspired by the poet's friend Lauren Kate, including the poem "Lauren Kate is Dead".

"Tuesday morning /I sluggishly wake up /to find a Facebook message
Lauren Kate is dead / No warning or warm up / I thought I was
dreaming of dead things again..."

The first 10 pre-ordered copies of this chapbook will receive a special addition to the inside back cover - a photo of a mix tape taken by the poet combined with imagery created by Blood Pudding Press combined with a few lines from one of the chapbook's poems.

Find out more here and pre-order your copy!

HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/562664308/pre-order-paloma-by-jennifer-e-hudgens?ref=shop_home_active_3

The New September flock of Thirteen Myna Birds has arrived!

"The flowers may never be well again - Cold fronts enter spring - Glances become knives - your name branded on my mind among fields of cotton candy suicides - Mountains of snow in my head - bloated in the sweltering sun - enshrined among - the vacuum of space or the vacuum within - used for drawing blood"

The NEW end of spring/beginning of fall Thirteen Myna Birds flock has arrived! Offering new poetry by Tonya Eberhard, James Croal Jackson, Jameson Bayles, Daniel G. Snethen, and Devon Balwit (and two older poems still remaining by Louise Robertson).

HERE - http://13myna.blogspot.com/

A New Collaborative Poem is Stirring!

"I knew that I 
was in a drought
with cast iron replacing the thighs
with no more liquid dripping out."

from "Clots Push Over the Edge", a collaborative poem by j/j hastain and Juliet Cook, appearing within the new December issue of Stirring: A Literary Collection

partake of more here - http://www.sundresspublications.com/stirring/cookj.htm

Blood Pudding Press is Now Accepting Poetry Chapbook Submissions!

BLOOD PUDDING PRESS IS NOW ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS FOR ITS 2015 POETRY CHAPBOOK CONTEST !   (from November 20, 2014 - December 20, 2014)

Blood Pudding Press is seeking two new poetry chapbooks to publish in 2015.

Before submitting your poetry innards for consideration, please read the details below to garner an idea of our desires.

Blood Pudding Press is an itty bitty indie press handled by one woman (poet/publisher/artist Juliet Cook) and does not particularly care whether or not other poets are academic, non-academic, indie writers or part of any specific writing scene, as long as they are active in their own way – and passionately entwined in artistic creation, writing, and reading (more than just their own poetry).

Blood Pudding Press cares about poetic individuals (and collaborators) with their own unique writing stylistics and experimentation. The press is open to different styles, but some of its primary interests involve mind and body, personal exploration, oddly emotional, confessional, dark/light hybrids, abstract art, quirks, contemporary horror alterations, kinky amalgamations, grotesque treats, and volatile hybrids.

Blood Pudding Press likes the number 3 (and 13) so…

Blood Pudding Press will consider poetry collections of 13-23 poems (less than 30 pages please). Some of the poems may be previously published, but the collection as a whole should not have been published elsewhere before.  We will delightfully consider individual chapbooks and collaborative chapbooks by 2 or 3 different writers. 

If this piques your interest, here are the details of entering the Blood Pudding Press contest:

-Submissions will be accepted from November 20, 2014 through December 20, 2014.

- At least three finalists and two winners will be chosen.  Each of the two winners will have their chapbooks published and will receive thirteen free copies of their chapbook.

-There is a $5.00 entry fee per manuscript for entering this contest; this entry fee money will be used to purchase supplies for publishing and designing the winning chapbooks.  The fee is payable to the editor’s Paypal account at Julietcoo@gmail.com (just log into Paypal, click on 'Send & Request' at the top of the page, click on 'Pay for goods or services' and then enter the email address of Julietcoo@gmail.com and the amount of $5.00).  Although Paypal is the preferred form of payment, if you do not have a Paypal account and/or would rather pay by check, you may contact the editor via that email address.

-After paying your entry fee, please email your collection of poems to Julietcoo@gmail.com. Please write BPP Chapbook Contest – (your name) in the subject line.  Include your manuscript title, your name, your contact info, and a brief bio in the body of your email.  Attach the manuscript itself as a Microsoft Word Doc or Docx.

-The winners will be announced sometime in January 2015.  The first winning chapbook will most likely be published in early March.  The second winning chapbook will most likely be published in late May or early June.

For more information about Blood Pudding Press’s sensibilities and design style, you can peruse the Blood Pudding Press online shop at http://www.etsy.com/shop/BloodPuddingPress and please consider purchasing a chapbook or two or three.

You may also peruse the Blood Pudding Press blog at http://bloodyooze.blogspot.com/.

A bit more information about who has been published by Blood Pudding Press in the past can also be viewed below.

If you have any particular questions or concerns, feel free to ask or let me know.

Best, Juliet Cook, Blood Pudding Press

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The three winning chapbooks created in 2014, as a result of last year's contest were "House on Fire" by Susan Yount, "Stick Up" by Paul David Adkins, and "They Talk About Death" by Alessandra Bava. (The three finalists were  Jay Sizemore, Donavon Davidson, and Kelly Andrews). All three of those 2014 chapbooks can be further perused and/or purchased at the Blood Pudding Press shop, here - http://www.etsy.com/shop/BloodPuddingPress.

The two winning chapbooks created in 2013 were “RENEGADE//HEART” by Lisa M. Cole and “Poking through the Fabric of the Light that Formed Us: Songs and Stories to Read in the Mirror” by Lora Bloom.  (The three finalists were Paula Cary, Allie Marini Batts, and Paul David Adkins – and the first finalist's chapbook was also published by Blood Pudding Press, “Sister, Blood and Bone” by Paula Cary).  All three of those 2013 chapbooks can be further perused and/or purchased at the Blood Pudding Press shop, here -http://www.etsy.com/shop/BloodPuddingPress.

The two winning chapbooks created as a result of the first Blood Pudding Press contest were “At night, the dead” by Lisa Ciccarello and “The Spare Room” by Dana Guthrie Martin. (The three finalists were Nicole Steinberg, Donald Dunbar, and John Rocco). 

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Other poets published by Blood Pudding Press have included Gina Abelkop, Margaret Bashaar, Kristy Bowen, Kelly Boyker, Jill Alexander Essbaum, Suzanne Grazyna, Christine Hamm, Sean Kilpatrick, Misti Rainwater-Lites, Rebecca Loudon,  T.A. Noonan, Daniela Olszewska,  J.R. Pearson, Kenneth Pobo, Jayne Pupek, Jenny Sadre-Orafai,  Daniel M. Shapiro, Susan Slaviero, and many more.   

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Thirteen Myna Birds is the online oddly haunted little sister of Blood Pudding Press, has published numerous different writers, and is always accepting submissions - http://13myna.blogspot.com/

I have a new poetry chapbook!

Below is one poem among the 14 poems within my new poetry chapbook, RED DEMOLITION, published by Shirt Pocket Press.

How Many Holes Can You Handle?

1.

Too many holes might turn you

into a black lagoon with poison

swimming inside you. What if he tells you

he’s thinking about your tits,

you in a witch hat, going down

into a lake that keeps sinking?

2.

At the bottom, pearl sacs rip open,

blisters burst under the tongue. A blustering

blastosphere spell of passion might shoot out

of the water at a breakneck pace, but oddly twisted.

It will rip flesh off the bottom of your legs.

3.

You’re a waitress dress with skull legs affixed.

Red spiders crawl up and down your thighs.

Half and half, slightly sweetened coffee

or black?  Is it sugar or poison drip drip

dripping out your eyes? Is it an iris

or a multicolored wormhole?

If you wish to read more, you can purchase the chapbook for a mere 6 bucks here - http://shirtpocketpress.wordpress.com/catalog/