A NEW review of an older poetry chapbook of mine - Soft Foam

"The opening lines are wonderful, the poet is inside a suitcase with a broken zipper, it deals with the poet's fear about being muted. A few poems later and more of the poet's fears are shown as she describes being precariously seated over a tank with a giant squid in it."

from a new review by Jason Denness of an older poetry chapbook by me, "Soft Foam" (Blood Pudding Press for Dusie Kollektiv 4, 2010)

read more of the review here - https://felcherman.wordpress.com/2019/03/04/soft-foam-by-juliet-cook/

acquire your own hand-designed copy of "Soft Foam" here - https://www.etsy.com/listing/59222402/soft-foam-by-juliet-cook?ref=shop_home_active_4

A wonderful NEW review of my poetry chapbook, "SOFT FOAM"!

Another wonderful review by Casey Kiser, of another poetry chapbook of mine, "Soft Foam"!

"Currently, my absolute favorite Juliet Cook collection. Though, I have a lot to go.
I got half-way through and had to call my drug dealer.
I put her poetry in the genre of gateway drug ;)
This is some fine-tuned chaotic brilliance. An insomniac's delight.
She is quite a master of words. Every poem in this one left me drooling.
Absolute favorites: ALL OF THEM, 'Squiggles in Wonderland'.
Maybe, once I collect all Juliet's books, I will just giveaway my tv.

'This drunk compliments my legs.
I compliment my own legs in my head
in an other's voice. All it takes
to induce another fantasy.'

-From 'Sink or Float (drunk fantasy)"

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You can acquire your own copy of "Soft Foam" from the Blood Pudding Press shop here - https://www.etsy.com/listing/59222402/soft-foam-by-juliet-cook?ref=shop_home_active_16

You can also read it for free online here - http://www.dusie.org/Dusie%204%20pdfs/Juliet%20Cook%20Dusie%204%20chap.pdf

Soft Foam/Dusie Kollektiv 4 now online

"I could be mute or I could be gaping."

If you haven't (or even if you have) read my poetry chapbook 'Soft Foam' in print, you may now partake online for free (as well as partaking of other Dusie Kollektiv 4 chaps.). Just click on the last name to partake of that writer's collection. Click on Cook for mine.

http://www.dusie.org/issue11.html

If you would like to purchase the print version for your very own, it is still available within my Blood Pudding Press etsy shop.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/53943144/soft-foam-by-juliet-cook

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As well as always being available in my own etsy shop, a few more hand-designed copies of Soft Foam will also be available at AWP this year, as part of the Dusie table!

Also, very soon (maybe next week), two of my poems from Soft Foam will be read aloud by the darkly delicious Nic Sebastian on her wondrous online site, Whale Sound. Partake of Whale Sound readings here and consider subscribing!

https://whalesound.wordpress.com/

Midwestern Gothic Poetry Reading (& More)

A recently received video of me reading 'Midwestern Gothic', the first poem from my chapbook 'Fondant Pig Angst' published by Slash Pine Press PLUS this reading was part of a big Slash Pine Press extravaganza this past April.

Thank you for the video Aunt Di & Sandy and thanks to yummy Slash Pine Press.

Also, if interested, partake of my other little Midwestern Gothic related note in the blog entry below. Slurp!

Also, you can partake of the other three poems I read during this event if you continue to click on the small poetry reading photos after the first listen. Those other pieces are 2. "Slumber Party Scandal -Operative Word" from my chapbook 'PINK LEOTARD & SHOCK COLLAR' published by Spooky Girlfriend Press - 3. "Purple Speculum" also from PINK LEOTARD & SHOCK COLLAR - 4. "Giant Squid" from my chapbook "Soft Foam" published by Blood Puddig Press for the latest Dusie Kollektiv.

Untitled from Camerahead Sandy on Vimeo.

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Other notes and poetry tidbits:

The above was my first post-stroke poetry reading.

Speaking of post-stroke, ALL of my post-stroke poems have now been accepted for publication, as well as all but one more of my Designer Vagina pieces. Hurrah! Poetry bits of mine are coming soon in 'Arsenic Lobster', 'Barn Owl Review', 'Beggars & Cheeseburgers', 'Caketrain', 'Compost', 'Horse Less Review', & 'Source Material'. Yay! Now I need to work on writing more, more, more!

Speaking of more yummy poetry, stay tuned for the next delish issue of Thirteen Myna Birds coming soon! Slurp.

Soft Foam-ish

Soft Foam is my newest poetry chapbook, created for the Dusie Kollektiv 4. All Dusie 4 members have received a free copie in the mail, but I'm willing to create a few additional copies for any interested non-Dusie peeps.

It includes 16 poems about love, death, past lives, under water insects like Giant Squids and Haunted Sea Urchins, and more.

While the insides of all copies include the same poems, the outsides are different (see a few below).

If interested, a copy may be purchased at my Blood Pudding Press etsy shop: http://www.BloodPuddingPress.etsy.com

(B)URN

I feel more popular today than yesterday, although I still feel unattractive. Go figure.

Enough of that angst, though. I'm writing to announce that a very new sequence of six short poems called (B)URN has just been published as an e-chapbook by Gold Wake Press, here:

http://goldwakepress.org/2009/09/11/juliet-cook-burn/

This is free to read online and it will likely take you less than 10 minutes to do so, so please do feel free to partake and let me know what you think. Read some other Gold Wake Press e-chaps while you're there, too. Quite an assortment awaits you.

I feel like this sequence is a bit of a stylistic departure for me, or maybe not so much a stylistic departure as an imagistic departure. Strangely enough, the imagery was partially inspired by reading Patti Smith's latest poetry collection, which was not quite my style per se, yet after a while something about its tone or imagery began to seep into my subconscious. A photo of a black lamb was also a catalyst. So was my desire.

I'm in a little creative frenzy. I've been rather furiously writing and revising poetry these past few days, reading, thinking conceptually, and assembling a new chapbook manuscript that I'm quite excited about. It's called 'Soft Foam'. I can hardly wait to finish the assembly process so that I can submit it. I have my first submission source in mind and a good feeling about it. I submitted some individual poetry today, too--two Dear pieces and four designer vaginas.

Unfortunately, I soon need to temporarily break from these creative pursuits and apply for some jobs.

At least one office job and one organic pet store job.

self portraits

I'm pleased as spiked punch to report I have three new self-portrait poems online in the wonderful latest issue of Oranges & Sardines (Poets & Artists), hereabouts:

http://www.poetsandartists.com/

I must admit I never quite expected to see my name immediately following Billy Collins's name in the bios section of a literary magazine--and that's for more reasons than one. Ahem.

In any case, I can hardly wait to partake of the entire issue in all its poetic and visual art glory. Yum!

I think the issue went live this past weekend, but I'm playing catch-up after a beatiful Labor Day getaway that involved hiking, swimming, fishing, and more in the lovely Adirondacks region of upstate New York. Perhaps I'll post a few photos soon.

But for now if you'd like self-portrait photos, see my previous entry here (and if you'd like designer vaginas, see my entry before that) and if you'd like self-portrait poems and art galore, simply click the link above and look inside...

My poems therein play with stuffed peppers, queer cane toads, and sugary sponges, amongst other oddball entities.

More new poetry coming soon in Abjective, Action Yes, Bone Bouquet, Diagram, Melusine, Prayers for Children, Robot Melon, and more.

Now if only somebody would offer me an honorary professorship or some other paying gig, preferably creative.

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Here's one each of me on the water (Great Sacandaga Lake) and me on a mountain (Hadley Mountain), from our Labor Day weekend getaway in the Adirondacks, upstate New York. I posted a few more on my Facebook.






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little Friday update: I deleted that 'stick figure sexiness' entry that I'd posted last evening. It was a piece of older writing that I stumbled upon amongst my poetry whilst working on assembling a new chapbook manuscript last night and whereas it seemed quirkily appealing last night, it seemed oddly embarrassing this morning. That happens a lot.

Only six varietals of vintage lace remaining in the Blood Pudding Press etsy shop at http://www.bloodpuddingpress.etsy.com/.

The new chapbook manuscript in progress is tentatively titled 'Soft Foam'.

I finished partaking of the above-linked issue of Oranges & Sardines yesterday and thought it was a wonderful read as well as an extravaganza of provocative visual delights. Furthermore, it was excellently edited.

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Wow, speaking of poetry chapbooks, a new sequence of six short poems called (B)URN has just been accepted for publication as a Gold Wake e-chap! Coming soon!

I am in a short manuscript assembling kind of mood...