"Now I often process inside my own head,
which turns me into a warped internal garden
growing dreams filled with hissing insects,
bittersweet birds, melting branches, conflicted
roots ripped out of the ground and thrown
in different boxes, bedroom drawers, body bags."
some lines from my poem "Damage Control/Internal Doll House"
I am delighted to have another of my "Damage Control/Internal Doll House" poems appearing in the new Volume 17 of Trailer Park Quarterly! I'm also excited to read all the other poetry in this issue and check out the art!
Here is a link to my individual poem - https://trailerparkquarterly.com/volume-17/juliet-cook/
Here is a link to the whole issue - https://trailerparkquarterly.com/volume-17/
7/14/26
7/1/26
NEW! I am pleased to have another new poem appearing in MasticadoresUSA!
"Based on what? Based on who?
I don't believe in the same god as you.
I sometimes believe in poetry,
even if hardly anyone seems to care or understand
what I'm trying to share or why."
in my poem "Traditional Assumptions", which is newly appearing in MasticadoresUsa today
you can read more here - https://masticadoresusa.wordpress.com/2026/06/30/traditional-assumptions-by-juliet-cook/
I don't believe in the same god as you.
I sometimes believe in poetry,
even if hardly anyone seems to care or understand
what I'm trying to share or why."
in my poem "Traditional Assumptions", which is newly appearing in MasticadoresUsa today
you can read more here - https://masticadoresusa.wordpress.com/2026/06/30/traditional-assumptions-by-juliet-cook/
6/29/26
NEW! Delighted to have another new poem in The Rye Whiskey Review, "Is Bird Song Better Than My Song?"
"Because their song is vibrant and pretty
right now whereas my song is quiet, invisible
to almost everyone else even though
it sometimes explodes inside
my own mind or across
the page or within an overpopulated
unorganized screen until
the computer dies or else I
become a repetitive mess,
page after page of dead birds,"
the beginning of my poem "Is Bird Song Better Than My Song?"
I am delighted to have another new poem appearing in The Rye Whiskey Review (this time in the last weekend of June 2026)...
you may read more here - https://ryethewhiskeyreview.blogspot.com/2026/06/is-bird-song-better-than-my-song-by.html
right now whereas my song is quiet, invisible
to almost everyone else even though
it sometimes explodes inside
my own mind or across
the page or within an overpopulated
unorganized screen until
the computer dies or else I
become a repetitive mess,
page after page of dead birds,"
the beginning of my poem "Is Bird Song Better Than My Song?"
I am delighted to have another new poem appearing in The Rye Whiskey Review (this time in the last weekend of June 2026)...
you may read more here - https://ryethewhiskeyreview.blogspot.com/2026/06/is-bird-song-better-than-my-song-by.html
6/19/26
NEW! I am happy to share two new poems of mine, newly appearing in Rusty Truck!
"brains as porn storage bins
or locked units
or unlocked doors
busted into
grading bodies
like grading papers
degrading bodies
torn out of unread books
some brains think they understand
or have the right to judge
or attack other animals"
the beginning of my poem "human/ animal/ artificial hybridization"
one of two new poems of mine, now appearing in Rusty Truck
do feel free to read more here - https://rustytruck.wordpress.com/2026/06/19/juliet-cook/
or locked units
or unlocked doors
busted into
grading bodies
like grading papers
degrading bodies
torn out of unread books
some brains think they understand
or have the right to judge
or attack other animals"
the beginning of my poem "human/ animal/ artificial hybridization"
one of two new poems of mine, now appearing in Rusty Truck
do feel free to read more here - https://rustytruck.wordpress.com/2026/06/19/juliet-cook/
6/10/26
NEW! I am delighted to have three new poems appearing in Misfit, Issue No. 42, Summer 2026!
"Whoever you are,
you are no longer worthy of speaking
you are no longer worthy of speaking
for yourself
in this interconnected conglomerate,
which seems to keep fusing more closely
together in increasingly confused fashion
disasters. You're too old, you're too fat,
you're too broken, you're too hollow.
You're too much, you're not enough.
Stuck in your head, meaningless
pull string."
in my poem "Dummy", one of three new poems of mine, newly appearing in Misfit Issue 42, Summer 2026! Delighted to be included!
Read more of my poems here and read other people's poems too!
http://misfitmagazine.net/archive/No-42/Cook.html
in this interconnected conglomerate,
which seems to keep fusing more closely
together in increasingly confused fashion
disasters. You're too old, you're too fat,
you're too broken, you're too hollow.
You're too much, you're not enough.
Stuck in your head, meaningless
pull string."
in my poem "Dummy", one of three new poems of mine, newly appearing in Misfit Issue 42, Summer 2026! Delighted to be included!
Read more of my poems here and read other people's poems too!
http://misfitmagazine.net/archive/No-42/Cook.html
5/26/26
NEW! I am delighted to have a new poem appearing in MasticadoresUsa!
"He asked me for my
medulla oblongata.
I told him I was
already missing
part of my brain."
medulla oblongata.
I told him I was
already missing
part of my brain."
the beginning of my poem "Missing Pieces", newly appearing in MasticadoresUSA, in which I am delighted to have another poem appearing.
You can read more by clicking this link - https://masticadoresusa.wordpress.com/2026/05/26/missing-pieces-by-juliet-cook/
5/15/26
Even More New Poems Have Now Been Added to the Latest Myna Birds Flock!
SIX MORE NEW Poems have now been added to the Thirteen Myna Birds flock, for a current total of 25 poems!
The newest editions are by John Grey, Wayne F Burke, and Bradford Middleton.Check them all out here! - https://13myna.blogspot.com/
And stay tuned for more semi-soon-ish...
5/13/26
NEW! I am very excited to share that my poem "Too Much or Not Enough" is appearing In Conversation at The Literary Underground!
"We’re not bleeding yet, then we’re too bloody,
then we’re dried out, thrown away.
We’re too little or too big or
nothing special. We used to be
doll-like but kept growing bigger
and older and closer to disintegration."
the beginning of my poem, "Too Much or Not Enough", which is newly appearing In Conversation at The Literary Underground!
read more by clicking the link below...
https://theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/05/13/too-much-or-not-enough-by-juliet-cook/
then we’re dried out, thrown away.
We’re too little or too big or
nothing special. We used to be
doll-like but kept growing bigger
and older and closer to disintegration."
the beginning of my poem, "Too Much or Not Enough", which is newly appearing In Conversation at The Literary Underground!
read more by clicking the link below...
https://theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/05/13/too-much-or-not-enough-by-juliet-cook/
***
Currently this is the first poem in a sequence of interconnected poems I've been working on for quite a while now, so I guess I shall see what happens with that. Maybe when it's finally semi-done, I may try to turn it into a chapbook length manuscript of sorts.
Currently this is the first poem in a sequence of interconnected poems I've been working on for quite a while now, so I guess I shall see what happens with that. Maybe when it's finally semi-done, I may try to turn it into a chapbook length manuscript of sorts.
5/7/26
NEW! I am delighted to have a new poem appearing in The Rye Whiskey Review!
"My recent online research has involved
how to know if a cat likes you,
but also poisonous jellyfish,
inadvertently leading towards
a trending jellyfish haircut
combined with cancerous wigs."
within my poem "I Might Get the Jellyfish Haircut", which is newly appearing in the Rye Whiskey Review, the first of three new poems of mine chosen to appear there
read more here - https://ryethewhiskeyreview.blogspot.com/2026/05/i-might-get-jellyfish-haircut-by-juliet.html
how to know if a cat likes you,
but also poisonous jellyfish,
inadvertently leading towards
a trending jellyfish haircut
combined with cancerous wigs."
within my poem "I Might Get the Jellyfish Haircut", which is newly appearing in the Rye Whiskey Review, the first of three new poems of mine chosen to appear there
read more here - https://ryethewhiskeyreview.blogspot.com/2026/05/i-might-get-jellyfish-haircut-by-juliet.html
4/9/26
NEW! More New Poems Have Now Been Added to the latest Thirteen Myna Birds flock!
UPDATE: As of April 9, 2026, Six New Poems have now been added to the thirteen that were already up at Thirteen Myna Birds, HERE! - https://13myna.blogspot.com/
In honor of Poetry Month, I am hoping to add additional poems throughout this month and this is the latest addition of six new ones.
Poems by CL Bledsoe, Jeremy Jusek and Gary Beck are now accompanying the thirteen that were already up.
Check out the new additions and stay tuned for more.
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