NEW! I am delighted to have four collaborative poems appearing in the latest issue of Misfit!

Delighted to have four collaborative poems appearing in the new Issue No. 38, Spring 2024 of Misfit!

Two poems by Daniel G. Snethen and me - and two poems by j/j hastain and me.

You can read them and many more poems HERE - http://misfitmagazine.net/archive/No-38/Cook.html ***
Another implosion of stagnation
leads toward further deterioration.
Metallic trash inside your head
replicates itself and now there are two
of You hiding behind the trash.

But the first You has succumbed
to ferric oxidation of the psyche
and the second You is bent
against following suit and yearns
to become one with a garbage can.

Your mom is a hysterical burn barrel
with complications during delivery.
Her voice either sizzles at You
or takes You out.
in the poem "Retrogradation of You" by Juliet Cook and Daniel Snethen

Happy last day of November! Alice Says Go Fuck Yourself Issue 5 is here!

"It was you who chose to replace the keyhole
with an open wound of red paralysis

with a never ending void of broken glass
hovering above the child's doll.
Then the doll gave birth
to another headless crustacean
and another, and another and yet another ad infinitum."

from "Paint It Red" by Juliet Cook and Daniel G. Snethen

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I am delighted to have two collaborative poems appearing in Issue 5 of Alice Says Go Fuck Yourself, the Fairy Tales, Folklore, and Ghost Stories Issue, which also celebrates the one year anniversary of this magazine! Brimming with strange poetry, horror stories, art, interviews and more! My collaborative poem with Daniel G. Snethen is called "Paint It Red". My collaborative poem with j/j hastain is called "And Then Rise". There is darkly wonderful cover art by Lauren Gordon, creepily wonderful poetry by Sarah Nichols, Jaya Gandhi, Valerie Loveland and more! Thank you to editors Fox & Cee!

Click on Issue 5 here, if you dare! - https://agape-editions.com/alice-says-go-fuck-yourself/?fbclid=IwAR3nl3l2R0ZEdifH8WSVCHl1bV-dVCevOULUSV39qMuVYBD3gaV0pgRthCc

NEW! I have two poems with centipedes inside them making an appearance in the new issue of Sein und Werden!

"Broken wings and cracked mirrors
would transport magpies. Magpies would bounce
out of the glass, slither down bedroom walls,
carry the new centipedes into their new nests"

in my poem "It's Raining Centipedes"

Very excited to have one individual poem and one collaborative poem by j/j hastain and me appearing in the new Autumn/Winter 2023 Issue of Sein und Werden!

And both poems have centipedes inside them.

Check out the contents HERE - http://www.kissthewitch.co.uk/seinundwerden/autumn-winter23/contents.html

My "It's Raining Centipedes" poem HERE - http://www.kissthewitch.co.uk/seinundwerden/autumn-winter23/page35.html

Me and j/j hastain's "Centipede Cider" poem HERE - http://www.kissthewitch.co.uk/seinundwerden/autumn-winter23/page38.html

NEW! Three new poems are making an appearance in the Spring 2023 Issue of Misfit Magazine!

"Some blood is the color of canned cranberry sauce;
other blood is darker inside
and keeps on growing into its own color."

(the beginning of my poem "Thirteen Mice")

I am delighted to have three poems included in the NEW Issue No. 36, Spring 2023 of the fabulous Misfit Magazine!

Two new individual poems by me and one collaboration by j/j hastain and me!

Thank you very much to editor Alan Catlin and all the other poets involved!

Part of Catlin's Introduction to Misfit 36 - "To combat this free form absurdity, malaise, dread, etc. is why we write and read poetry. We have a wide, eclectic range of poets representing all kinds of diversity in voice, tone, and intent. There are the deeply personal poetry of sexual assault to the wildly experimental of Cook and hastain with a little bit of everything else in between."

A link to my and j/j's poems - http://misfitmagazine.net/archive/No-36/Cook.html

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! 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

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/

Recently received copies of The Men Who Made Bonfires (Scurfpea Publishing 2020 Poetry Anthology)!

The Men Who Made Bonfires is the Scurfpea Publishing 2020 Poetry Anthology, edited by Daniel G. Snethen and including a collaborative poem by j/j hastain and me and an individual poem by me, along with many others.

I recently received a contributor copy in the mail with a wonderful letter from Daniel G. Snethen. Some people might not like having their poem(s) described this way, but I love it.

Here's a photo of the front of the anthology - a scan of the letter - and my individual poem.

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NEW! In Madness Muse Press! One poem by me AND one collaborative poem by j/j hastain and me!

Welcome to Week #1 of Madness Muse Press created by its new poetry editor, John Compton

This issue includes all kinds of poetry and I'm happy that my poem "Trapped Animals" and a collaborative poem by j/j hastain and me, "Reloading Demolished Installation" is a part of the Madness!

Dive in and read some poetic offerings, HERE - https://madnessmusepress.com/2020/09/27/1224/

NEW in Burning House Press - A Fairy Tale Covered in Underwater Ashes by me and j/j hastain

Always drowning in one way
or another. Another pretty little straight jacket
inside another shot glass,
that evolves into an ongoing Martini,
leading closer to an underwater body bag.

inside the poem, "A Fairy Tale Covered in Underwater Ashes" by j/j hastain and me, appearing in Burning House today!

read more HERE - https://burninghousepress.com/2020/03/22/a-fairy-tale-covered-in-underwater-ashes-by-juliet-cook-and-j-j-hastain/#more-19601

NEW in Burning House Press - The New World Doll Dresser by me and j/j hastain

"Take me into the basement and use that voice on me.
Magnetize me until the mold goes away.
Sub-layers for the submissive who never wanted
a dominant and really just wanted a doll..."

within the poem "The New World Doll Dresser" by me and j/j hastain, up at Burning House Press's Vision issue 🖤

read more HERE - https://burninghousepress.com/2020/01/14/the-new-world-doll-dresser-by-juliet-cook-j-j-hastain/

NEW in the January 2020 issue of Ghost City Review! - OTHERWORLDLY FORCE FIELD by me and j/j hastain

"Who am I when I am in charge
of a rototiller. Will I use it as weaponry
against the flowers that don't like me?
What if I'm paranoid about every flower on earth?"

from the poem "OTHERWORLDLY FORCE FIELD" by j/j hastain and me

delighted to have this poem appearing in the NEW January Issue of GHOST CITY REVIEW and excited to read the rest of the issue 🖤💙🖤

HERE - https://ghostcitypress.com/poetry-120/2020/1/10/juliet-cook-and-jj-hastain

NEW in Burning House Press - 3 Poems by me and j/j hastain!

j/j hastain and I have three poems up at Burning House Press today, within the Labyrinth! Thank you to Guest Editor Dhiyanah Hassan!

Sometimes I wonder whose semi-secret shit list I’m on
and why. Maybe I’m just paranoid.
I have my own scars, my own forms

of damage control, but not quite enough
time to get it right or trust
my own impulses.

Read more HERE - https://burninghousepress.com/2019/12/12/3-poems-by-juliet-cook-and-j-j-hastain/

Excited to receive a 2019 Pushcart Prize Nomination!

Delighted to find out and announce that j/j hastain and I's long collaborative poem, "Myth Owls Targeted At Evil" has been nominated for a 2019 Pushcart Prize by Misfit Magazine!!! 
http://misfitmagazine.net/?fbclid=IwAR0i6lGXhUaLHxO7YOh3V1yUja0WDl2knu0rjJwxQWd40QST12hxvS2lwJs

NEW in Elephants Never! A collaborative poem by j/j hastain and me - Until They Are Well Done.

"Everyone decomposes in the end,
so you might as well turn yourself in
to a tree with leaves that will drop
in different directions."

the beginning of the poem "Until They Are Well Done", by j/j hastain and me, appearing within this week's Elephants Never!

read more HERE - https://elephantsnever.com/until-they-are-well-done/

NEW in Misfit Magazine! "Myth Owls Targeted At Evil" by me and j/j hastain

j/j hastain and I have a long collaborative poem called "Myth Owls Targeted At Evil" appearing within Issue No. 28, Fall 2019 of Misfit Magazine, surrounded by all kinds of other poems too.

"This could be a trap or a ravenous rap tap

tapping at a cellar door party
filled with perky breasts, percolating
cups brewing more Percocet"

Read more HERE - http://misfitmagazine.net/archive/No-28/cook&hastain.html?fbclid=IwAR3Q7JYyoBUFD6JJalcN7ecVivIqUFKfqziMwKeV9MqSqxChWHhh_IfBKUI

Ethel Volume 4 is now online as well as in print!

Did you know that the current issue of Ethel is now up on the website, in addition to being available as a handmade zine?

https://www.ethelzine.com/current-issue

Happy October! A NEW poem by me and j/j hastain is up at Rogue Agent today!

"We don't wrench out every bite of pie filling
because that would debilitate the crust.
We don’t try to unearth our whole life’s story in the memoir
about how we felt the first time we watched E.T.
We don't maintain the exact same flavor forever.
Connective tissue eventually rips apart;

flutters down from the scaffolding
and lands in its own new space."

from the poem "FOR CLASSIFICATION PURPOSES" by Juliet Cook and j/j hastain, at Rogue Agent Issue 55

HERE - http://www.rogueagentjournal.com/cook-hastain-2

NEW in Ghost City Review - "Please Respond" by me and j/j hastain

"The florist peels the petals off, replaces them with human skin sewn in to flower shapes then hangs them" in the poem "PLEASE RESPOND" by Juliet Cook & j/j hastain, in the new July issue of Ghost City Review read more HERE - https://ghostcitypress.com/poetry-89/2019/7/6/juliet-cook-and-jj-hastain

A NEW mini-review of "A Red Witch, Every Which Way", a collaborative full-length poetry book by Juliet Cook & j/j hastain (published in 2016 by Hysterical Books)

"This is a compilation to behold. It holds nothing back, and does not deny itself the pleasures of the flesh: horror, macabre, and the grotesque find their home here. Each poem is somehow delicate and horrible..."

Part of a new mini-review by Amy Layton, of "A Red Witch, Every Which Way", a collaborative full-length poetry book by j/j hastain and I, published in 2016 by Hysterical Books

read more HERE - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2820019598?book_show_action=true&from_review_page=1

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You can acquire your very own copy of "A Red Witch, Every Which Way" from Hysterical Books HERE - https://www.hystericalbooks.com/product-page/a-red-witch-every-which-way

Or from Amazon HERE - https://www.amazon.com/Red-Witch-Every-Which-Way/dp/0940821044

Or from Juliet Cook's own Blood Pudding Press shop HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/473901408/a-red-witch-every-which-way-2016-full?ref=shop_home_active_2