I am happy to announce that after a year of adventure in North Carolina, I will be returning to Ohio. Cleveland and the whole state of Ohio hold a very special place in my heart, so I am grateful to be returning HOME and to the amazing literary communities that Ohio has to offer.
Go check out my poem “Bird With A Broken Wing,” which appears in the new issue of Red Queen Literary Magazine.
And look for my debut chapbook, SPACE SPECTACULAR, from Ghost City Press this July.
So very happy to update you with three bits of good news!
(1) On May 15, I will be reading at the Gordon Square Review Issue 2 Launch Party. My poem “Last Note Slipped Under the Mattress” will be in that issue.
(2) I have two poems coming out from sidereal magazine around the same time, “The Pyre” and “Inevitable Blue.”
(3) Ghost City Press is releasing my micro-chapbook, SPACE SPECTACULAR, as part of their 2018 Summer Micro-Chapbook Series. I am so overjoyed to have these poems in the world and I cannot wait to share the link with you so you can snag a copy!
I have undertaken the #napomo challenge of writing a poem a day for the whole month of April. I will be updating this post with my prompts/inspirations for each day. Follow along if you like!
April – National Poetry Month – Poem-A-Day Challenge
1 – Serqet, Egyptian goddess of Scorpions & crater on Ganymede
2 – “Agatha” by Dorothea Lasky & two children running around my apartment’s pool
3 – Stumbled upon a list of American English Proverbs & wrote on a few
4 – “Aries” Mug by Jack Dadd for Dunoon and Astrology
5 – Jupiter’s South Pole
6 – Greta Wrolstad’s poem “This One Is About Pain” tweeted by sam sax & a memory of being catcalled on my way to return library books
7 – The Poison Garden at Alnwick Castle & “Rappaccini’s Daughter” by Hawthorne
8 – Kurzgesagt’s Time: The History & Future of Everything
9 – Am I living up to my name? (Names, Birth, & Scars)
10 – Corona, Rust, Virus, Tulip, Flare, & Yellow
11 – Wendy Xu’s Tweet & Random Word Generator
12 – #NationalGrilledCheeseDay & This Idea
13 – Adrian Matejka’s Map to the Stars & Major Lazer’s Cold Water
14 – Random Classic Art Gallery & Death and the Maiden by Egon Schiele, 1915
15 – Star remnant from an old American flag & the current president
16 – Sherlock & the Grimm fairytale, Snow White
17 – Kelli Russell Agodon’s 30 Writing Prompts for National Poetry Month (Prompt #1) & Tumor by Anna Leahy
18 – Zen Rituals & the nature of smoke
19 – Ars Poetica // Writer’s Block (took 19 days for it to hit!)
20 – Seeing old friends after a long time
21 – I missed this day 😦
22 – Two-fer to make up for 21: Earth Day & travelling far from home
23 – Salamander in folklore and legend & the two definitions of Nebula
24 – Rosetta Probe GIF
25 – New Notebook from Target & “Dark Horoscope” by Libby Burton
26 – 👽 Alien Day 426
27 – How sunburn sneaks up on you
28 – Thalassophobia
29 – Centos using other poems’ titles
30 – The Last Day! Writing a “thank you, poetry” poem
Amanda Stovicek D'Alessandro 