tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27167695980426621672024-03-19T01:15:56.075-07:00Cognitive DissonanceJ.E. Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00997013651466209143noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716769598042662167.post-39396180604389361852013-01-06T17:45:00.001-08:002013-01-06T17:45:42.958-08:00Rhysling Award Eligible Poems for 2013 (First Published in 2012)Acknowledgments listed at the bottom of the post.<br />
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<b>Selected Regions of the Moon</b><br /><br />Mare Ingenii<br /> <i>The Sea of Ingenuity</i><br /> Hidden from Earth,<br /> landing site of our exploratory probe.<br /><br />Mare Smythii<br /> <i>Smyth’s Sea</i><br /> The first observation and surveillance station.<br /><br />Mare Australe<br /> <i>The Southern Sea</i><br /> On the edge of visibility,<br /> launch site for the initial wave of attacks.<br /><br />Palus Epidemiarum<br /> <i>The Marsh of Disease</i><br /> Where the last human was brought <br /> for the Ceremony of Extermination.<br /><br />Mare Frigorus<br /> <i>The Sea of Cold</i><br /> Where its frozen remains are displayed.<br /><br />Sinus Iridum<br /> <i> The Bay of Rainbows</i><br /> Where we held the Rites of Victory<br /> and planted the sacred flags:<br /> The Flag of The Maker’s Promise,<br /> The Flag of Inherent Destiny,<br /> The Flag of Eternal Conquest.<br /><br />Oceanus Procellarum<i><br /> The Ocean of Storms</i><br /> Staging area of the 7th Engineering Division,<br /> beneath our newest planet, gleaming<br /> blue and white in the dark sky,<br /><br /> now sterilized<br /> and ready for Insemination.<br /><br /><br />*****<br /><br /><b>Six Random Facts About Halley's Comet </b><br /><i>Inspired by Suzanne Halley Dean's "Halley's Comet" </i><br /><br />1. <br />The Sun, like all stars, is male. <br />The comet, like all comets, <br />is female, a lover <br />orbiting her beloved, <br />burning in his presence, <br />then dying, again and again, <br />in the cold void of his absence. <br /><br />Someday, she will burn away completely. <br />The Sun will take no notice. <br /><br />2. <br />Once, Halley's Comet <br />passed too close to Pluto. <br />A minute piece broke off, <br />fell 3 billion miles to Earth. <br />On the spot where it landed, <br />a tree sprung from the soil, <br />a tree like no other, with leaves <br />that resembled blue flames <br />whenever the west winds would blow. <br /><br />The tree was so beautiful <br />that it was cut down <br />and sold in pieces. <br /><br />Centuries later, a small piece <br />ended up in the hands of Andrea Amati <br />who used it in his finest violin. <br />The instrument would play only melodies <br />of loneliness and exile <br />though no one knew why. <br /><br />3. <br />Perihelion: 0.6 Astronomical Units, <br />closer to the Sun than the Earth will ever be. <br /><br />Aphelion: 35.1 Astronomical Units, <br />farther than any human will ever travel, <br />though some may tell you otherwise. <br /><br />For both Halley's Comet and humans, <br />distance <br />is always the most relevant variable. <br />That one thing, we have in common. <br /><br />4. <br />Halley's comet becomes visible <br />approximately once every 28 blue moons. <br />"Approximately" because precision <br />is an abstract concept. <br />Nothing in nature is precise. <br />There is no truly straight line, <br />no perfect circle. <br /><br />Besides, the blue moon isn't even blue <br />and has its own agenda. <br /><br />5. <br />"Halley's Comet" is not its true name. <br />Its true name can only be written <br />in the language of the sky <br />and cannot be expressed in English <br />or, for that matter, any human tongue. <br /><br />6. <br />The Sun, like all stars, is female. <br />The comet, like all comets, <br />is male, a lover <br />orbiting his beloved, <br />burning in her presence, <br />then dying, again and again, <br />in the cold void of her absence. <br /><br />Someday, he will burn away completely <br />and the Sun will take no notice. <br /><br />*****<br /><br /><br /><b>Fiat Null</b><br /><br />In the end, there was no thermonuclear firestorm,<br />no runaway buildup of greenhouse gases<br />or asteroid punching into the Earth’s crust,<br /><br />not even a single apocalyptic horseman <br />blazing through the sky,<br /><br />just the Word, inverted,<br />the right syllables,<br />spoken<br />in the proscribed order,<br />at exactly the right time,<br /><br />followed by the morning<br />we would have awoken <br />to pure and total darkness,<br />had we woken at all.<br /><br />*****<br /><br />a world with no dragons,<br />men kill<br />each other<br /><br />*****<br /><br />Acknowledgments: <br /><br />“Selected Regions of the Moon” and “Fiat Null,” Buzzkill: Apocalypse – An End of the World Anthology (NightBallet Press, Cleveland, Ohio. 2012)<br /><br />“Six Random Facts About Halley’s Comet," Star*Line: The Journal of the Science Fiction Poetry Association (35.1, January-March 2012)<br /><br />“a world with no dragons,” 2012 Hessler Street Fair Poetry Anthology (Cleveland Heights, Ohio. 2012)<br /><br /><br /><br />J.E. 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Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00997013651466209143noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716769598042662167.post-17435823385649081592011-11-17T13:27:00.000-08:002011-11-18T15:37:57.520-08:00Rapid Eye Movement<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT9Vt1UGRKZllNHpXFZ6TdBG63yWBDq3VDcoMy1z_8HVX5_QIDaCQ8VSZEP3SfPsGuZ7kUNXAW-CAs0salMrUTG4TIBP_QW_uhuG1PhyDAKHcxpZ5uWW3bD7ckxCs6GA1ZyjcXvp6BX7M/s1600/Rapid+Eye+Movement+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT9Vt1UGRKZllNHpXFZ6TdBG63yWBDq3VDcoMy1z_8HVX5_QIDaCQ8VSZEP3SfPsGuZ7kUNXAW-CAs0salMrUTG4TIBP_QW_uhuG1PhyDAKHcxpZ5uWW3bD7ckxCs6GA1ZyjcXvp6BX7M/s320/Rapid+Eye+Movement+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676079755964458866" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://press.crisischronicles.com/2011/11/15/rapid-eye-movement---by-je-stanley-cc17.aspx">Rapid Eye Movement</a><br />Just released by <a href="http://press.crisischronicles.com/">Crisis Chronicles Press</a><br />Cover art by Steven B. 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Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00997013651466209143noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716769598042662167.post-77923937762864162102010-05-30T09:36:00.000-07:002010-05-30T09:45:43.432-07:00Lix and Kix: Joshua Gage, Lara Konesky and dan smith (Accompanied by the Deep Cleveland Trio Plus One)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTDlFQ5ndluMt_XFhmv-wMpIg3ItDvZshKCmnJN1h64rD9dXdpZgKq6cxwrWL6SkvhOYqCj73Eil_igokpHLwYTeVpOId530zzoYAO_m5os3fYYCQkNHuqu64LmyDIMb_3EA66j-UtDr0/s1600/n121011511270562_2388.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 260px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTDlFQ5ndluMt_XFhmv-wMpIg3ItDvZshKCmnJN1h64rD9dXdpZgKq6cxwrWL6SkvhOYqCj73Eil_igokpHLwYTeVpOId530zzoYAO_m5os3fYYCQkNHuqu64LmyDIMb_3EA66j-UtDr0/s320/n121011511270562_2388.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477103108924971906" border="0" /></a><table id="Table1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="400"><tbody><tr><td class="infoLabel"><br /></td><td class="infoContent"> <div id="event-when"> <span id="event-date">June 16, 2010,</span> <span id="event-time">7:00 PM </span> <abbr class="dtstart" title="2010-06-16 19:00 PDT"></abbr><!-- for hCal tagging --> <abbr class="dtend" title="2010-06-16 21:30 PDT"></abbr><!-- for hCal tagging --> </div> </td></tr> <tr><td class="infoLabel"><br /></td><td class="infoContent"> Bela Dubby Art Gallery and Beer Cafe<br />13321 Madison Avenue<br /> Lakewood Ohio 44118 </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a href="http://events.myspace.com/Event/4450210/Lix-and-Kix-Featuring-Konesky-Gage-dan-smith--Deep-Cleveland-Trio-Plus-One">Click Here for Details</a>J.E. Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00997013651466209143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716769598042662167.post-80509584336891920702010-05-16T16:41:00.000-07:002010-05-16T16:44:41.721-07:00Saturday Night With The Poet's Haven with Joshua Gage and HERE BE DRAGONS<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtBFPkzS9h2_mlkEqBh72sHoatsXjWTuHRhmC24VVNOSJ-7MRgHbslZ6A7IDs1Sm_yqd-H-_Mo84LFRSWnlX31cBP4J1-_q06nh6-LUCBXnqEITVVQE7oT31NnYLghEDIpuLbzeGqlJbk/s1600/n117628601606927_9535.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtBFPkzS9h2_mlkEqBh72sHoatsXjWTuHRhmC24VVNOSJ-7MRgHbslZ6A7IDs1Sm_yqd-H-_Mo84LFRSWnlX31cBP4J1-_q06nh6-LUCBXnqEITVVQE7oT31NnYLghEDIpuLbzeGqlJbk/s320/n117628601606927_9535.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472017468762375330" border="0" /></a><table id="Time and Place" class="profileTable info_table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td class="label">Date<br /></td> <td class="data"><div class="datawrap">Saturday, July 17, 2010</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="label">Time</td> <td class="data"><div class="datawrap">6:30pm - 11:00pm</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="label">Location:</td> <td class="data"><div class="datawrap">Angel Falls Coffee Company</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="label">Street: <br /></td> <td class="data"><div class="datawrap">792 West Market St.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="label">City:</td> <td class="data"><div class="datawrap">Akron, OH</div></td></tr></tbody></table><br />This promises to be an unforgettable night.J.E. Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00997013651466209143noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716769598042662167.post-54072990893869665312010-03-30T20:16:00.000-07:002010-03-30T20:31:32.972-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbpQeXiiqKB1_qCZhIF52mp5LZeqacLNIkE-35y5OvwNDR4BoiFLqd2J5ckMbQkizeSDLPxyJAO-y7gl7K7YZd4xR-lvNqU_8bLi-gbkAImzU8cov93zHs2YVuTU5I50Wirro68MnS7eU/s1600/intrinsic+night+front+cover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbpQeXiiqKB1_qCZhIF52mp5LZeqacLNIkE-35y5OvwNDR4BoiFLqd2J5ckMbQkizeSDLPxyJAO-y7gl7K7YZd4xR-lvNqU_8bLi-gbkAImzU8cov93zHs2YVuTU5I50Wirro68MnS7eU/s320/intrinsic+night+front+cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454632625656286146" border="0" /></a><br />A new review by Greg Schwartz:<br /><a href="http://greg-schwartz.blogspot.com/2010/03/book-review-intrinsic-night.html">http://greg-schwartz.blogspot.com/2010/03/book-review-intrinsic-night.html</a>J.E. Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00997013651466209143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716769598042662167.post-77406116355327238972010-03-16T18:43:00.000-07:002010-03-16T18:47:09.715-07:00Temporal Relativity (The Counterclockwise Rewrite)"<a href="http://www.slothjockey.com/poetry/stanley_je/temporal.shtml">Temporal Relativity</a>" in <a href="http://www.slothjockey.com/index.shtml">Sloth Jockey</a>J.E. Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00997013651466209143noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716769598042662167.post-47572648104984235692010-03-13T19:40:00.000-08:002010-03-13T19:44:11.378-08:00Saturday Night with the Poet's Haven<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2B6BClsk2Ja5NcRQFtfYIIxE7JLPG61aF8R9nLC4JP0r-0rJ4_lxqqOAKO8HPawZbPz3Lm2Bg0VAOereXyTKc9KuPlUn6yTiGL-bYOPmwub_iLz1cOqLFQTw-m0UvCX8K-_tWvM4yhfo/s1600-h/2010-03-20-th.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2B6BClsk2Ja5NcRQFtfYIIxE7JLPG61aF8R9nLC4JP0r-0rJ4_lxqqOAKO8HPawZbPz3Lm2Bg0VAOereXyTKc9KuPlUn6yTiGL-bYOPmwub_iLz1cOqLFQTw-m0UvCX8K-_tWvM4yhfo/s320/2010-03-20-th.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448329824334090114" border="0" /></a>Laraine, T.M. & Zach. This is really going to rock!<br /><img src="file:///C:/Users/Stanley/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot-9.jpg" alt="" />J.E. Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00997013651466209143noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716769598042662167.post-36511795341343657442009-12-12T19:13:00.000-08:002010-01-23T19:05:07.202-08:00A Sampling of Rhysling Award Eligible Poems from 2009A sampling of my Rhysling Award eligible poems from 2009. Publication credits are printed at the bottom after the poems.<br /><br />*****<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cabaret</span><br /><br />No be-bop, no swing,<br />just the blues, slow blues.<br />That’s all they want.<br />That’s all we play.<br /><br />What do these aliens feel<br />when they close their eyes,<br />sway slowly to human music?<br /> <br />Before their dinner,<br />I pop a couple black market judies,<br />washed down with imitation bourbon.<br />When they kick in, I close my own eyes,<br />visualize a different time,<br />playing Le Cercle Rouge back in New Chicago,<br />my horn floating over Tony’s bass riff<br />and Amy’s inverted chords.<br /><br />After the show,<br />the guards lock us up in our small rooms.<br />I dream of aliens,<br />bug-eyed with sharp yellow teeth.<br />No judies at night.<br />I have to save those for the stage (And no,<br />I won’t share the unspeakable things<br />I do to get them).<br /><br />The next night, they bring us back out<br />through the kitchen, always<br />through the kitchen,<br />past that night’s dinner:<br />women, children first.<br />Their dumb eyes, tear-stained,<br />plead silently.<br /><br />And every night,<br />the manager comes up to the stage,<br />nods back toward the kitchen,<br />sneers and says, <br />“You boys better play well tonight.”<br /><br />*****<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">City of Bridges</span><br /><br />I am the Keeper of Bridges<br />in the City of Bridges.<br />The Travelers always ask<br />where the bridge will take them.<br />I tell them Heaven;<br />I tell them Hell;<br />I tell them the Void<br />and there's no turning back.<br />I always lie.<br />They always believe.<br /><br />If it's late October<br />and the snow falls early,<br />I might tell them that the bridge<br />will take them to May<br />and the first breath of spring.<br />I will say that it's a long walk,<br />but in the middle there’s a diner<br />with pie and coffee,<br />shelter and cigarettes.<br /><br />I may promise that the world<br />of their dreams lies on the other side<br />but that the journey will change them<br />and their dreams will lose all meaning.<br /><br />If it is a lost child, I might say,<br />“The bridge will take you home.”<br /><br />I never reveal the truth:<br />that this is the City of Bridges<br />where Bridge<br />leads to Bridge<br />leads to Bridge. . .<br /><br />*****<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">This Is Not A Test</span><br /><br />Sign here: ________________________<br /><br />Cut along the dotted lines of your disguise.<br />What will you do with the pieces<br />still smoldering in your hands?<br /><br />Cutting releases endorphins<br />and can help you forget.<br />How will you explain the scars?<br /><br />Initial one, and only one, of the following:<br />____Anna says you’ve lost your sense of humor.<br />____It’s not supposed to be like this.<br />____Your head hurts. You don’t know who you are.<br />____The walls are closing in the walls are closing in the walls. . .<br /><br />Your reflection appears only in broken mirrors.<br />How does that make you feel?<br /><br />Did you take your medication as directed?<br />Are you sure?<br /><br />True or False: The coefficient of relative materialism<br />is the inverse of static dimensional capacity.<br />Explain your answer. Use exactly 100 words.<br /><br /><br />IMPORTANT:<br />While this is not a test, do remember<br />that all answers must be correct<br />and time is a factor.<br /><br />*****<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Autonomic</span><br /><br />The way I look at my wrist<br />to check the time<br />when I’ve left my watch at home,<br /><br />the way my lungs breath,<br />my heart beats,<br />without deliberate thought,<br /><br />the way, after all this time,<br />I still reach for you<br />in our empty bed,<br /><br />the way I gaze into the night<br />expecting the moon to be there,<br />the way I can’t adjust<br /><br />to its absence.<br /><br />*****<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Entropy</span><br /><br />Pretend that time moves forward<br /> in rivers of dark blue light,<br />a continuous slow glide,<br /> twisting in helical fugues.<br /><br />Add year after year,<br /> date upon date<br />(36,526 and counting).<br /><br />Invent virtual positronic aluminum futures<br /> or regenerated cellular infinities,<br />worlds enough<br /> and time to explore all<br />of them, each one and every.<br /><br />Forget the universe,<br /> expanding, counting down,<br /> down and down<br />toward Zero.<br /><br />*****<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">In the Precinct of Night</span><br /><br />He scans the perimeter<br />before trampling feet can<br />obscure any clues:<br />a stray shell casing perhaps,<br />a spot of blood<br />that might become a trail<br />or some personal article<br />carelessly dropped in a hasty escape.<br /><br />Then, finally, the body itself,<br />mute, but with one grim story left to tell,<br />a story the detective<br />always manages to decipher,<br />pieced together from fragments<br />hidden in shadow.<br /><br />The one mystery he cannot solve<br />is his own:<br />why he so often feels<br />that his words and actions<br />are not really his,<br />but somehow predetermined<br /><br />and why<br />he dreams in color<br />though he lives in a world<br />of black and white.<br /><br />*****<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Dragon’s Lament</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">for Mary A. Turzillo</span><br /><br /><br />There is<br />no treasure here,<br />no maiden to be saved.<br />And yet, they come and keep coming,<br />these knights,<br /><br />these fools,<br />craving my flame.<br />They will not let me be<br />though I have allowed none to leave<br />alive,<br /><br />though I<br />have paved the path<br />to my cave with the skulls<br />of their dead to tell them: “Keep Out.<br />Keep Out!”<br /><br />Someday,<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I</span> will hunt <span style="font-style: italic;">them</span>,<br />reduce them all to ash<br />and finally be left alone,<br />in peace.<br /><br />*****<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Letter to Poe</span><br /><br />You’re wrong.<br />Hearts tell no tales.<br />Body after body<br />buried in my cellar – and all<br />lie still.<br /><br />*****<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Intraocular Implant</span><br /><br />The lens<br />in my right eye<br />should last for thirty years.<br />What then, might it see after I<br />am gone?<br /><br />*****<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chaos Theory</span><br /><br />Grendel<br />hides in shadow,<br />strikes like a copperhead –<br />swift, and until one feels his fangs,<br />unseen.<br /><br /><br />*****<br />“Cabaret,” <span style="font-weight: bold;">Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine</span> (Vol. 33, No.3. Whole Number 398. Dell Publishing, New York, New York. March 2009) Editor: Sheila Williams (swilliams (at) dellmagazines (dot) net).<br /><br />“City of Bridges,” <span style="font-weight: bold;">Sybil’s Garage</span> (No. 6, Senses Five Press. Hoboken, New Jersey. 2009) Editor/Publisher: Matthew Kressel (matt (at) sensesfive (dot) com).<br /><br />“This Is Not A Test,” <span style="font-weight: bold;">Sein und Werden</span> 21(Vol. 4, No. 1. Manchester, England. Summer 2009. Disc Edition) Editor/Publisher: Rachel Kendall (r(underscore)p(underscore)kendall (at) hotmail (dot) com).<br /><br />“Autonomic,” <span style="font-weight: bold;">Hessler Street Fair 2009 Poetry Anthology</span> (Cleveland Heights, Ohio. 2009) Editor: Joshua Gage (pottygok (at) yahoo (dot) com).<br /><br />“Entropy,” <span style="font-weight: bold;">Raven Electrick</span> (Tujunga, California. March 2009) Editor/Publisher: Karen A. Romanko (karen (at) romanko (dot) org).<br /><br />“In the Precinct of Night,” <span style="font-weight: bold;">Cinema Spec: Tales of Hollywood and Fantasy</span> (Raven Electrick Ink. Tujunga, California. 2009) Editor/Publisher: Karen A. Romanko (karen (at) romanko (dot) org).<br /><br />“Dragon’s Lament,” for Mary A. Turzillo, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Amaze: The Cinquain Journal</span> (#17: Volume 7, No. 1. Temple City, California. Spring 2009) Editor/Publisher: Deborah P Kolodji (Dkolodji (at) aol (dot) com).<br /><br />“Letter to Poe,” “Intraocular Implant” and “Chaos Theory,” <span style="font-weight: bold;">Intrinsic Night</span> (Sam’s Dot Publishing, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 2009) Editor/Publisher: Tyree Campbell (tyr3403 (at) yahoo (dot) com).<br /><br />Feel free to email me if you'd like any additional info on these (jestanley (at) cox (dot) net).J.E. Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00997013651466209143noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716769598042662167.post-80779118156080865762009-11-21T11:00:00.000-08:002009-11-21T11:10:08.219-08:00Paper Crow, Issue #0<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC4Yei8K4otwvGlNU2wInJSQBlRvzquPGUmjhCEt_zx1j0R0LzkSwTm2ocEgfaZQf29LwgvR6XoxgzvBK2fqrX0rycFa_nFs7tByLF05fdiTjriFgj78Huc84CuOavNyY5WT-km9sNAM4/s1600/Paper_Crow_Issue+%230.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 233px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC4Yei8K4otwvGlNU2wInJSQBlRvzquPGUmjhCEt_zx1j0R0LzkSwTm2ocEgfaZQf29LwgvR6XoxgzvBK2fqrX0rycFa_nFs7tByLF05fdiTjriFgj78Huc84CuOavNyY5WT-km9sNAM4/s320/Paper_Crow_Issue+%230.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406634102925797682" border="0" /></a><br />Now available from <a href="http://elektrikmilkbathpress.com/our_publications">Elektrik Milk Bath Press</a> with work by:<br />Marcie Lynn Tentchoff, Noel Sloboda, Darrell Lindsey, Stephanie Smith, Karen L. Newman, Ken Goodman, John Nichols, Marsheila Rockwell, Marge Simon, Elizabeth Lee, Bruce Boston, Aurelio Rico Lopez III, Charles Saplak, Lori Strongin, Thomas Zimmerman, Lida Broadhurst, David Siegel, Bernstein, David C. Kopaska-Merkel, H. Edgar Hix, William P. Robertson, Pam Marin-Kingsley, Ray Succre, Gerri Leen, Greg Schwartz, Colin James, Joshua Gage, J. E. Stanley, Kristine Ong Muslim, Christian Ward, James S. Dorr and irving.J.E. Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00997013651466209143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716769598042662167.post-30073918760246243572009-10-07T18:29:00.000-07:002009-10-23T20:59:53.050-07:00Intrinsic Night<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheVsfLoQey5mPMpYAit5_W-Hv0Jn3XMA-jyRkuBSOgnZhGusVZUI16z6t-MynPP5qOvDQ1eaU3qDEaQKBOAhGxkPAVsZSypsRq7DGoGrzw4Guqth52hsl1R1nkcgHQQN-u3w-nRjLSD9k/s1600-h/intrinsic+night+front+cover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheVsfLoQey5mPMpYAit5_W-Hv0Jn3XMA-jyRkuBSOgnZhGusVZUI16z6t-MynPP5qOvDQ1eaU3qDEaQKBOAhGxkPAVsZSypsRq7DGoGrzw4Guqth52hsl1R1nkcgHQQN-u3w-nRjLSD9k/s320/intrinsic+night+front+cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390035380812131890" border="0" /></a>Due in November from <a href="http://www.samsdotpublishing.com/">Sam's Dot Publishing</a>.<br /><br />Pre-Orders now being accepted at The Genre Mall: <a href="http://genremall.livejournal.com/50645.html">http://genremall.livejournal.com/50645.html </a><br /><br />Cover art and design by Scott Virtes.<br /><br />Review by Stefanie Maclin of The Simmons Voice (Simmons College, Boston):<br /><a href="http://media.www.thesimmonsvoice.com/media/storage/paper829/news/2009/10/22/ArtsEntertainment/Intrinsic.Night.Poetry.Collection.Combines.Science.With.Folklore-3809203.shtml">Intrinsic Night: Poetry Collection Combines Science with Folklore</a>J.E. Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00997013651466209143noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716769598042662167.post-23632689679144491912009-07-24T17:46:00.000-07:002009-07-24T17:55:10.658-07:00Happy Moon Day, Part 2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi27W-CivA5RlLWvApIA0HayXESO5uVvcSj178l5Idc7s3Y0Yly-K7pgEuB77-ZEl5SYO0BfVnAJyqJYw2SHFNRSrGWUs43Bhk0x5kT0K7K6re8M4IokambqwsQ7qyj1mK8r-nhjz3ZQDw/s1600-h/Lunaticus_(in_D_Minor).jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 163px; height: 109px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi27W-CivA5RlLWvApIA0HayXESO5uVvcSj178l5Idc7s3Y0Yly-K7pgEuB77-ZEl5SYO0BfVnAJyqJYw2SHFNRSrGWUs43Bhk0x5kT0K7K6re8M4IokambqwsQ7qyj1mK8r-nhjz3ZQDw/s320/Lunaticus_(in_D_Minor).jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362192771557849730" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A "word cloud" of the poem "<a href="http://www.ghazalpage.net/2008/moon_challenge/waning_moon.html">Lunaticus in D Minor</a>" generated by <a href="http://www.wordle.net/">http://www.wordle.net/</a>J.E. Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00997013651466209143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716769598042662167.post-87988746289474895762009-07-20T16:23:00.000-07:002009-07-23T16:29:27.964-07:00Happy Moon Day<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEJVdY9TC1jXGgQw3dVJsXhMFE2sBKGekqREC0Un_keaEezeqTYRal1W66x8dDs6eAckNEmKHavzf3Fr0oMijYNCRcqXh6mjWlHX2tTfvI2tK1acAkJWvXkyX0QkVgsg3_TMvuevyTqqQ/s1600-h/earthrise.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 198px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEJVdY9TC1jXGgQw3dVJsXhMFE2sBKGekqREC0Un_keaEezeqTYRal1W66x8dDs6eAckNEmKHavzf3Fr0oMijYNCRcqXh6mjWlHX2tTfvI2tK1acAkJWvXkyX0QkVgsg3_TMvuevyTqqQ/s320/earthrise.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361801740618811474" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://clevelandpoetics.blogspot.com/2009/07/happy-moon-day.html">http://clevelandpoetics.blogspot.com/2009/07/happy-moon-day.html</a>J.E. Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00997013651466209143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716769598042662167.post-73303411308452453302009-06-14T10:47:00.000-07:002009-06-14T10:48:51.270-07:00RED: Recurring Ekphrastic DiscourseA few random thoughts on ekphrastic poetry:<br /><br /><a href="http://clevelandpoetics.blogspot.com/2009/06/red-recurring-ekphrastic-discourse.html">http://clevelandpoetics.blogspot.com/2009/06/red-recurring-ekphrastic-discourse.html</a>J.E. Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00997013651466209143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716769598042662167.post-28613934829299737672009-06-09T15:28:00.000-07:002009-06-09T15:36:28.172-07:00Cinema Spec: Tales of Hollywood and Fantasy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVt2Cja8PqW_YWZCHM5j10MpRW2pDTROPkuGhBSb5uEngGUkS7z4f39Q9NAlTTJe3GqqKBLxlVC8jwhHrh5Tm6qzid-bbhycWs3vMxuGiiFZSIxhoIAIpCdOsnMxpbx7HyTAqHIAY1Fl4/s1600-h/CinemaSpec.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 167px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVt2Cja8PqW_YWZCHM5j10MpRW2pDTROPkuGhBSb5uEngGUkS7z4f39Q9NAlTTJe3GqqKBLxlVC8jwhHrh5Tm6qzid-bbhycWs3vMxuGiiFZSIxhoIAIpCdOsnMxpbx7HyTAqHIAY1Fl4/s320/CinemaSpec.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345458523994021026" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">Now Available from Karen Romanko's Raven Electrick Ink:</span><br /><br />Contents and Info:<br /><a href="http://ravenelectrick.com/cinemaspec.html">http://ravenelectrick.com/cinemaspec.html</a><br /><br />Amazon:<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0981964303/ravenelectrick">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0<wbr>981964303/ravenelectrick</a><br /><br />Barnes & Noble:<br /><a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Cinema-Spec/Karen-A-Romanko/e/9780981964300/?itm=1">http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Cinema-S<wbr>pec/Karen-A-Romanko/e/9780981964300/?itm=1</a>J.E. Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00997013651466209143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716769598042662167.post-87254280664181658272009-05-28T20:46:00.001-07:002009-05-29T07:07:20.131-07:00Iron Angels<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9brMbpqEOmBcesCHS8xtI-o5e-jP2gw09SYNLHTlJ6TPCoxlCwIpzHerp4LdaqfCmSeCH4hKBRt-iTkg5VlavaFOGZuPG1_Hm6d42qEFfRVtd09U_7ZtHc2US6RCvX24Dat4NTsOYouw/s1600-h/Iron+Angels.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9brMbpqEOmBcesCHS8xtI-o5e-jP2gw09SYNLHTlJ6TPCoxlCwIpzHerp4LdaqfCmSeCH4hKBRt-iTkg5VlavaFOGZuPG1_Hm6d42qEFfRVtd09U_7ZtHc2US6RCvX24Dat4NTsOYouw/s320/Iron+Angels.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341087410767806818" border="0" /></a><br />My review of Geoff Landis' Iron Angels:<br /><br /><a href="http://clevelandpoetics.blogspot.com/2009/05/book-review-iron-angels-by-geoff-landis.html">http://clevelandpoetics.blogspot.com/2009/05/book-review-iron-angels-by-geoff-landis.html</a>J.E. Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00997013651466209143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716769598042662167.post-21022727919479742372009-05-20T15:09:00.000-07:002009-05-29T07:09:30.698-07:00Just Out: Sybil's Garage, Number 6<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPeMrKZ4UUh4_0IgZHHU_TO8i1A7mnGJR1MMNsV-d_FcqZre2zk7GqVLyVyqbFMmXjXs8CezlqfT2kv2_eSRmUYJDLxrOwZyXUGqeqat0686uuzSaxV0qjIRiso9cCFPCCZSWXpTVG8Xw/s1600-h/sg6_email.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 207px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPeMrKZ4UUh4_0IgZHHU_TO8i1A7mnGJR1MMNsV-d_FcqZre2zk7GqVLyVyqbFMmXjXs8CezlqfT2kv2_eSRmUYJDLxrOwZyXUGqeqat0686uuzSaxV0qjIRiso9cCFPCCZSWXpTVG8Xw/s320/sg6_email.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338032295331516082" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.sensesfive.com/sg6.php">http://www.sensesfive.com/sg6.php</a><br /><p class="georgia10" align="justify">Let's all get on the G train and take a ride into speculative land. Descartes had it right. <em>Cogito ergo Sybil.</em></p> <p class="georgia10" align="justify">When you lie awake dreaming at night, do you know that Sybil lies awake and dreams about you? </p> <p class="georgia10" align="justify">Here's what else Sybil dreams: She dreams of a world where humans are an endangered species. A universe where creatures are born, live, and die without ever touching the ground. She dreams of a town where once a year all men go mad, and of a community where basketball becomes the artbiter of life or death. Where children are trees that live in the desert and where ghosts drink your whiskey when your husband's away. And when she awakes, Sybil wonders if you still exist, or if you were just a figment of her imagination.</p> <p class="georgia10" align="justify"><em>Cogito ergo Sybil</em> indeed.</p><p class="georgia10" align="justify"><strong>Table of Contents</strong> </p><p class="verdana12"><strong>Poetry</strong><br /> Liz Bourke — “The Girl”<br /> Donna Burgess — “Ashes”<br /> Lyn C. A. Gardner — “God’s Cat”<br /> Alex Dally MacFarlane — “The Wat”<br /> Susannah Mandel — “Metamorphic Megafauna”<br /> Tracie McBride — “An Ill Wind”<br /> Kristen McHenry — “Museum”<br /> Jaime Lee Moyer — “One by Moonlight ”<br /> Daniel A. Rabuzzi — “Backsight”<br /> Michel Sauret — “Brick Wall Giants”<br /> Michel Sauret — “Son of Man”<br /> J.E. Stanley — “City of Bridges”<br /> Sonya Taaffe — “Skiadas”<br /> Marcie Lynn Tentchoff — “Sun-Kissed”</p> <p class="verdana12"><strong>Fiction</strong><br /> Rumjhum Biswas — “Mother’s Garden”<br /> K. Tempest Bradford — “Élan Vital” (<a href="http://www.sensesfive.com/samples/elanvital.php">read online now</a>)<br /> Autumn Canter — “Day of the Mayfly”<br /> Becca De La Rosa — “Not the West Wind”<br /> Eric Del Carlo — “Come the Cold”<br /> Jason Heller — “The Raincaller”<br /> Paul Jessup — “Heaven’s Fire ”<br /> Vylar Kaftan — “Fulgurite”<br /> Keffy R. M. Kehrli — “Machine Washable”<br /> Sean Markey — “Waiting for the Green Woman”<br /> James B. Pepe — “I am Enkidu, his Wild Brother”<br /> Simon Petrie — “Downdraft”<br /> Genevieve Valentine — “The Drink of Fine Gentlemen Everywhere”<br /> Stephanie Campisi — “Drinking Black Coffee at the Jasper Grey Café”<br /> Toiya Kristen Finley — “Eating Ritual”<br /> Donald Norum — “An Old Man Went Fishing on the Sea of Red”</p> <span class="verdana12"><strong>Non-Fiction:<br /></strong></span><span class="verdana12">Interview with Paul Tremblay by Devin Poore</span><br /><p class="georgia10" align="justify"><br /></p><br /><br /><br /><img src="file:///G:/Photos/sg6_email.jpg" alt="" />J.E. Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00997013651466209143noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716769598042662167.post-31798537699427374712009-05-16T07:38:00.000-07:002009-05-29T07:11:33.856-07:00From Matthew Kressel's Senses Five Press blog<a href="http://www.sensesfive.com/blog/2009/04/21/in-our-own-backyard/">http://www.sensesfive.com/blog/2009/04/21/in-our-own-backyard/</a><br /><br />We use the word "billions" quite often when speaking of the universe. But, unless I'm mistaken, there are only about 4,000 stars visible to the naked eye.J.E. Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00997013651466209143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716769598042662167.post-57720421899791927262009-01-06T16:23:00.000-08:002009-05-29T15:40:30.583-07:00My Review of Joshua Gage's "breaths"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNYbVBTRU_54zULnU0DwRV9D2LpiRTTZi_J1jPSLGWBeBDPi8hYB72uqGk6gdCV9UnAuT8z_hpk74slzIW3jqC88Gj0l5EY_DY0NWez4JEL2hQrsv2dKxsKLoGvCyU-iP7YCtzHRKkl6c/s1600-h/Breaths+Cover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNYbVBTRU_54zULnU0DwRV9D2LpiRTTZi_J1jPSLGWBeBDPi8hYB72uqGk6gdCV9UnAuT8z_hpk74slzIW3jqC88Gj0l5EY_DY0NWez4JEL2hQrsv2dKxsKLoGvCyU-iP7YCtzHRKkl6c/s320/Breaths+Cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341379491417654642" border="0" /></a><br />Check it out:<br /><br /><a href="http://clevelandpoetics.blogspot.com/2009/01/review.html">http://clevelandpoetics.blogspot.com/2009/01/review.html</a>J.E. Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00997013651466209143noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716769598042662167.post-47826567303606586612009-01-03T07:23:00.000-08:002009-01-03T07:27:08.224-08:00Sampling of Rhysling Award-Eligible Poems from 2008A sampling of my Rhysling Award eligible poems from 2008 (a handful of cinquains and a ghazal). Publication credits are printed at the bottom after the poems.<br /><br />***<br />Sunset, Monument Valley, Utah<br /><br />Rust-toned<br />monoliths rise<br />from the barren desert,<br />red, like the russet hues of Mars,<br />like home.<br /><br />***<br /><br />Distant Cousins of Kerouac on the Outskirts of Europa<br /><br />On the<br />sheerest of wings,<br />we ride the solar wind,<br />trying to lose our selves -- and find<br />freedom.<br /><br />***<br /><br />The Oracle of West 25th Street<br /><br />I see<br />right through her scam.<br />Still, she claims to know my<br />future. “Dust,” she says, “and ash. Dust<br />and ash.”<br /><br />***<br /><br />Escape Clause<br /><br />Re-wired,<br />the mind’s “I” lost<br />in endlessly looping<br />detours of charged electrical<br />chaos.<br /><br />***<br /><br />Resolution<br /><br />Tombstones<br />weigh down the dead,<br />enforce the claims of earth<br />and ash-- all memories of sky<br />erased.<br /><br />***<br /><br />Lunaticus (in D Minor)<br /><br /><br />With steel and fire, we fly to the moon.<br />Apollo reveals a new sky from the moon.<br /><br />Lunar depths house the machinery of gods<br />in this vast cosmic storm whose true eye is the moon.<br /><br />Artemis unleashes the arrows of Fate.<br />With the blood of her prey, she baptizes the moon.<br /><br />The river returns variations of night.<br />In untempered song, it reprises the moon.<br /><br />Lilith would promise you undying life<br />through venom and lust. She trades lies with the moon.<br /><br />With no light of its own, it survives each eclipse<br />while prophets predict the demise of the moon.<br /><br />Its origin debated, a mystery, unknown;<br />only I know the how and the why of the moon.<br /><br />The poet is lost, seduced once again<br />by the unadorned flash of white thigh ‘neath the moon.<br /><br />***<br />© Copyright 2008. J.E. Stanley.<br /><br /><br />Publication Info:<br /><br />“Sunset, Monument Valley, Utah,” Scifaikuest (Issue 20: Vol. V, No. 4, Sam’s Dot Publishing, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. May 2008, Online Edition). Editor: Teri Santitoro at gatrix65@yahoo.com<br /><br /><br />“Distant Cousins of Kerouac on the Outskirts of Europa” and “Resolution,” Scifaikuest, Featured Poet Section (Issue 20: Vol. V, No. 4, Sam’s Dot Publishing, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. May 2008, Print Edition) Editor: Teri Santitoro at gatrix65@yahoo.com<br /><br /><br />“The Oracle of West 25th Street,” Scifaikuest, Featured Poet Section (Issue 20: Vol. V, No. 4, Sam’s Dot Publishing, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. May 2008, Print Edition) Editor: Teri Santitoro at gatrix65@yahoo.com. Reprinted in Sein und Werden 18: Memento Mori (Vol. 3, No. 2. Manchester, England. Autumn 2008, Print Edition) Editor: Rachel Kendall at r_p_kendall@hotmail.com<br /><br /><br />“Escape Clause,” Sein und Werden 17: Sein; Cosein; Tangent (Vol. 3, No. 1. Manchester, England. Summer 2008. Print Edition) Editor: Rachel Kendall at r_p_kendall@hotmail.com<br /><br /><br />“Lunaticus (in D Minor),”The Ghazal Page: The Moon Radif Challenge (Rolla, Missouri. July 2008. Online at http://www.ghazalpage.net/2008/moon_challenge/waning_moon.html. Editor: Gino Peregrini at gdoty@fidnet.comJ.E. Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00997013651466209143noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716769598042662167.post-14138853796071497582008-11-08T10:02:00.000-08:002008-11-08T10:09:39.058-08:00breaths by Joshua Gage<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge-IeN54uwxCIx3-f3WdDINDToQSIQhSCLImYOXhQNLF9SomDDTUzYRjf8PN2wYXe466o9EYOcFkfqBZV4EBpN2d0sM_qEym371KJWncznxGdtslLzETPTSWy1uf5WB3SCNMBQt-iOSbw/s1600-h/Breaths+Cover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge-IeN54uwxCIx3-f3WdDINDToQSIQhSCLImYOXhQNLF9SomDDTUzYRjf8PN2wYXe466o9EYOcFkfqBZV4EBpN2d0sM_qEym371KJWncznxGdtslLzETPTSWy1uf5WB3SCNMBQt-iOSbw/s320/Breaths+Cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266348878165695074" border="0" /></a>Now available from vanZeno Press!<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><i><span style="color:#660066;"><br />Ferris Gilli Associate Editor, The Heron's Nest writes:</span></i></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">“The haiku in this collection draw me back again and again. Joshua Gage's images remain fresh, vibrant, and always accessible. His poems range from earthy to poignant to subtly humorous, with most as comfortable and inviting as a good friend's voice. Others are fearlessly edgy, yet irresistible. Fans will not be disappointed, and readers who have yet to experience this poet's work are in for a real treat. ”<br /> <br />http://www.vanzenopress.com/<br /><br />Sample poems available here:<br /><br />http://www.vanzenopress.com/excerpt_breaths.htm<br /><i><span style="color:#660066;"></span></i></span>J.E. Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00997013651466209143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716769598042662167.post-14376608771421096872008-11-08T09:51:00.000-08:002008-11-08T10:14:03.048-08:00Cinema Spec: Tales of Hollywood and Fantasy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnlrdf7GGGe9EEa4ghgKbKXOo2a2Lv-T7L88IK52rT8nNc5qM6tfYUm74wJmwz02kQdStYa1HpxWE6qgChMUv6dPXd0Yuf0ntDCHNCPhWC5FTLey291lJJjqKDHC1XB2myOcf-JIwG8Fc/s1600-h/CinemaSpec.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 167px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnlrdf7GGGe9EEa4ghgKbKXOo2a2Lv-T7L88IK52rT8nNc5qM6tfYUm74wJmwz02kQdStYa1HpxWE6qgChMUv6dPXd0Yuf0ntDCHNCPhWC5FTLey291lJJjqKDHC1XB2myOcf-JIwG8Fc/s320/CinemaSpec.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266347253489893906" border="0" /></a>Coming in 2009 from Raven Electrick Ink, edited and published by Karen A. Romanko who also did this extremely cool cover. I’ll post another announcement once this is available.<br /><br />from Raven Electrick’s website:<br />Cinema Spec: Tales of Hollywood and Fantasy is a planned trade paperback anthology of speculative flash fiction and poetry about moving pictures in all their forms, real and imaginary, from shadow plays to classic films, from videocassettes to movie-tattoos. Cinema Spec will be published by Raven Electrick Ink, the print publishing arm of e-zine Raven Electrick and publisher of Sporty Spec: Games of the Fantastic. The tentative release date for the anthology is the third quarter of 2009. Below is the list of stories and poems accepted for the anthology, in table-of-contents order, with brief annotations noting form/genre/theme.<br /><br /> * Connor Moran, "Lori," fiction/fantasy-noir/gossip in old Hollywood.<br /> * J. E. Stanley, "The Precinct of Night," poem/sf-noir/detective movies.<br /> * Simon Logan, "Nuclear Shadows," fiction/science fiction/paparazzi.<br /> * Gregory L. Norris, "Creature Double-Feature," fiction/horror/classic films.<br /> * G. O. Clark, "The Discovery in Roger Corman's Trunk," poem/sf-horror/Vincent Price.<br /> * Robert Borski, "War at the Bijou,” fiction/science fiction/transmissions into space.<br /> * Rodello Santos, "Oracle in Chains," fiction/high fantasy/movies as prophecy.<br /> * Ruth Berman, "TV Tea," poem/speculative/TV shows.<br /> * Daniel R. Robichaud, "Bootleg Images," fiction/science fiction/banned movies.<br /> * Justin Howe, "Nightmare's Daughter," fiction/suspense/cult movies.<br /> * Greg Beatty, "eventual, i," poem/speculative/video stores.<br /> * Sarah Brandel, "A Life in Pictures," fiction/fantasy/movies as memoir.<br /> * Marlo Dianne, "Chiaroscuro," fiction/fantasy/pre-technology.<br /> * J. S. Bangs, "Screening of a Silent Film,” fiction/high fantasy/silent movies.<br /> * Paul Abbamondi, "Obmutescence," fiction/dark fantasy/Los Angeles.<br /> * Robert Borski, "Reel People: The Extra's Lament," poem/science fiction/CGI.<br /> * Paul Milliken, "Sundowner," fiction/suspense/Hollywood ghosts.<br /> * Deborah P Kolodji, "Camera Obscura," poem/science fiction/life in Hollywood.<br /> * Martha J. Allard, "End of an Era," fiction/dark fantasy/Hollywood earthquake.<br /> * Vylar Kaftan, "Starshow," fiction/science fiction/future technology.<br /> * Robert A. Desharnais, "Shadowdancer," fiction/speculative/pre-technology.<br /> * Lisa Morton, "The End," fiction/horror/cult movies.<br /> * Donald Jacob Uitvlugt, "Cineraku," fiction/science fiction/future-hybrid technology.<br /> * Tony Pi, "The Shadow-Witch," fiction/dark fantasy/shadow plays.<br /> * Bill Ward, "After Sundown," fiction/science fiction/movie theaters.<br /> * J. C. Runolfson, "Family Movie," fiction/dark fantasy/3-D movies.<br /> * Alex Dally MacFarlane, "Bright Square Flickering," poem/fantasy/movie screens.<br /> * Craig Wolf, "Lost in the Fun Factory," fiction/dark fantasy/movie theaters.<br /> * Lyn C. A. Gardner, "House 5," poem/horror/movie theaters.<br /> * Matt Betts, "Something with Subtitles, Maybe," fiction/fantasy/movies as metaphor.<br /> * Cliff Winnig, "Kraken's Wake," fiction/science fiction/exotic location shoots.<br /> * Daniel Ausema, “City of Façades," fiction/speculative/movie sets.J.E. Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00997013651466209143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716769598042662167.post-63409475049624467842008-07-27T12:05:00.000-07:002008-07-27T12:12:06.141-07:00Poetry Not to be MissedFrom our "Buy This Book! You Won't Be Sorry!" department. Some recent releases you shouldn't miss (in reverse chronological order):<br /><br />*****<br /><br />A Guide to Folktales in Fragile Dialects<br />by Catherynne M. Valente<br /><br />From the haunting "Child Bride of the Lost City of Ubar" to the heartbreaking "Notes Left by a Previous Tenant," Valente re-interprets legends, myths and tales and weaves them into a moving collection filled with unique and original images. Theodora Goss writes "I could read the poems in this book a hundred times and find new meanings, new pleasures in them." This book is truly a "lesson in thermodynamics."<br />http://www.catherynnemvalente.com/poetry/fragile_dialects/<br /><br />*****<br /><br />Stretching the Window<br />by T.M. Gottl.<br /><br />A book of depth and beauty to be read and reread. Mark S. Kuhar writes "T.M. Göttl's poems arrive in vivid clusters, filled with wild energy and unexpected twists. These are poems from the human volcano, erupting with emotion, and balanced by stark realizations and personal truths."<br />http://www.buffalozef.net/artists/tmgottl/writings.html<br /><br />*****<br /><br />e40th & pain: poems from deep cleveland<br />by Mark S. Kuhar<br /><br />The soul of Cleveland defined, as only Mark Kuhar could do it. Poetry brimming with stunning images, unique characters and unforgettable stories. "I love this town, brotherman."<br />http://www.deepcleveland.com/markk/mainbooks.htmJ.E. Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00997013651466209143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2716769598042662167.post-29332277950553044562008-07-27T12:02:00.000-07:002008-07-27T12:03:57.462-07:00Skipping MoonstonesSkipping Moonstones:<br />A poetry reading featuring Ben Gulyas and dan smith<br />Followed by an Open Mic<br /><br />Madison Rose Bookstore<br />13705 Madison Ave.<br />Lakewood, Ohio<br />Wednesday, July 30th at 7:30 PM<br />http://www.madisonrosebookstore.comJ.E. Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00997013651466209143noreply@blogger.com0