July - August Publication News Part 4

North of Oxford-The Pandemic Issue #6

Pleased to be in North of Oxford's Pandemic Poetry Series #6, Tuesday August 11, 2020. Thank you G. Emil Reutter for publishing my pandemic poems "the trapper and the furrier" and "send me an angel." A shout out to Megha Sood, Jane Spoken Word, and others.

reutterhttps://northofoxford.wordpress.com/2020/08/11/north-of-oxford-the-pandemic-issue-6/

Life in Quarantine:

Witnessing Global Pandemic Project Organization August 2020

Thank you Megha Sood for publishing my 5 COVID-19 poems, the trapper and the furrier, send me an angel,

Tenderly, Moonlight Serenade, and Having A Party. So honored to be with David Dephy, Susana H. Case, and Megha Sood.

http://liqproject.org/patricia-carragon/

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July - August Publication News Part 3

Nomination for Sundress Publications Annual Best of the Net Anthology.

Thank you Marie C Lecrivain for nominating my fiction piece, "What Will Happen Next:" Congrats to all nominees.

Dear Al-Khemia Poetica Contributors:

If you're receiving this email, it means your work has been selected, and nominated for Sundress Publications Annual Best of the Net Anthology.

I have, according to the submission guidelines, provided them with an email address for contact purposes. Sometime after 09/30/20, the winners and finalists will be announced. You will, if you make the cut, be contacted by the judge(s) of this contest. Winners' work will be included in an online anthology.

Below is the list of nominees for 2020. Good luck, and thank you for providing my publication with quality literature.

Marie C Lecrivain marie.lecrivain.pd@gmail.com publisher/curator Al-Khemia Poetica List of Nominees

Creative Nonfiction

1) Judy Baratt’s “Me and Eleanor”

http://alkhemiapoetica.blogspot.com/2020/03/sunday-march-8-2020-national-womens.html Publication date: 03/08/20

2) Lisa Marguerite Mora's “The Year I Left My Mother

https://alkhemiapoetica.blogspot.com/2020/03/tuesday-march-10-2020-national-womens.html Publication date: 03/10/20

Fiction

1) Patricia Carragon’s “What Happens Next”

https://alkhemiapoetica.blogspot.com/2020/03/tuesday-march-24-2020-national-womens.html Publication Date: 03/24/20 2) Lynne Bronstein’s “Not Going to Happen”

https://alkhemiapoetica.blogspot.com/2020/03/saturday-march-7-2020-national-womens.html Publication date: 03/07/20 Poetry

1) Ann Tweedy’s “Face Value”

https://alkhemiapoetica.blogspot.com/2020/03/thursday-march-26-2020-national-womens.html Publication Date: 03/26/20

2) Viola Weinberg Spencer’s “For Better or Worse”

https://alkhemiapoetica.blogspot.com/2020/03/saturday-march-21-2020-national-womens.html Publication Date: 03/21/20

3) Puma Perl’s “The Taste of Rebellion”

https://alkhemiapoetica.blogspot.com/2020/03/sunday-march-1-2020-national-womens.html Publication Date: 03/01/20

4) Jack G Bowman’s “Impeachment Proceedings”

https://alkhemiapoetica.blogspot.com/2019/12/two-poems-by-jack-g-bowman-after.html Publication Date: 12/12/19

5) Afric McGlinchy’s “Going Silent”

https://alkhemiapoetica.blogspot.com/2020/03/wednesday-march-25-2020-national-womens.html Publication Date: 03/25/20

6) Gabriella Garafolo’s “ ‘Cause This is What a Blue Wave Looks Like”

https://alkhemiapoetica.blogspot.com/2020/03/saturday-march-14-2020-national-womens.html Publication Date: 03/14/20

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July - August Publication News Part 2

The Alien Buddha Contracts COVID-19, June 2020

Thank you Red Focks for publishing "Moonlight Serenade." Kudos to Carrie Magness Radna and Megha Sood, Red Focks, et al.

https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/jeremy-blizard-and-kashiana-singh-and-heidi-blakeslee-and-carman-benoit/the-alien-buddha-contracts-covid-19/paperback/product-69pmm7.html

Moonlight Serenade

Charlie was in bed, tubes attached to his body, listened to cartoons on a nineteen-inch screen, thought of Sophia, his “Belle of Flatbush.”

When la luna was full, Charlie used to sing Moonlight Serenade outside Sophia’s gate. They’d slow-dance to Glenn Miller’s rendition. He’d relax his rhythm, hold Sophia closer, recall how safe she felt. Her soft brown curls would drape on his shoulder— her smoky eyes— stelle colorate, tinted stars over a make-believe Brooklyn sky.

His protective hold couldn’t save her from breast cancer twenty years ago, their two sons from Viet Nam’s death call, or their daughter from her husband’s fists. A massive stroke took Sonny, his last living friend. His relatives were either dead or couldn’t care less.

Charlie was in bed, tubes attached to his body, alone—except for routine visits from the nursing home staff, wondered if Sophia would be there for him when he leaves for the morgue. He hummed Moonlight Serenade, but a dry cough cut his tune short. Sadness, age, and high fever drained his cognition and will to live. His memory was of the past, not the present.

He prayed for Death’s visit— Death would wear a white coat, walk past the rooms, make decisions on who’s to come and who’s to stay. But Death forgot about him— perhaps Death’s eyesight was fading when he came by last week, took Hector instead. Tina, his favorite nurse, no longer visited him— was in critical condition due to a new virus going around.

He closed his eyes, saw Glenn Miller and his band perform Moonlight Serenade at the Waldorf Astoria. Everything was in Technicolor. Sophia, radiant and youthful, rose from her table. She came closer, her smoky eyes— stelle colorate, tinted stars over a make-believe Brooklyn sky.

By the entrance, a man in a white coat checked his clipboard, greeted Charlie with a smile and opened the gate.

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Bluepepper Blogspot, Sunday, August 2, 2020

Pleased to be in this wonderful online journal, Bluepepper. A big thank you to Justin Lowe. I see Karen Neuberg is in it as well.

https://bluepepper.blogspot.com/2020/08/new-poetry-by-patricia-carragon.html

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July - August Publication News Part 1

The Weekly Avocet #396 Newsletter, July 5, 2020

Thank you Charles, Vivian, and Valerie Portolano.

redheaded tulips sashay down garden catwalks

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masks on beaches pandemic pollution rises with the tide

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at Coney Island seagulls hold their own parade mermaids in lockdown

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an empty beach except for wind sand in sandals

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Brooklyn sunshine girls on fire escape social distancing

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the orangutan defends ancestral forests greed defeats nature

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vesper moon wears crescent smile crickets chant

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Bear Creek Haiku Blogspot, Friday, July 10, 2020

Much gratitude to Ayaz Daryl Nielsen and his kitty crew for publishing my Catku. Shout outs to Miriam Sagan, Anthony Ward, Peggy Dugan French (a Friday poem), t. kilgore splake, Billy Antonio, Judith Partin-Nielsen, Cathy Porter, and, Teresinka Pereira!

click below to read:

https://bearcreekhaiku.blogspot.com/2020/07/poets-miriam-sagan-anthony-ward-peggy.html

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Bear Creek Haiku Blogspot, Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Pleased to be in Bear Creek Haiku again. Thank you, Ayaz Daryl Nielsen. You are the cat's MEOW!

Kudos to Janet Ruth Heller, Boyd Bauman, Linda Fuchs, Don Wentworth, John McDonald, Jack Kerouac, Chris Faiers, and Kelly Jean White.

https://bearcreekhaiku.blogspot.com/2020/07/poets-janet-ruth-heller-boyd-bauman.html ~~~~~~~~~

Bear Creek Haiku Blogspot, Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Thanks again, Ayaz Daryl Nielsen and kudos to Robert Hirschfeld, William Wordsworth, Dennis Rhodes, Angelee Deodhar, t kilgore splake, Peggy Dugan French, John McDonald, Charles Bukowski, Judith Partin-Nielsen, r soos, and, Tomas Tranströmer

https://bearcreekhaiku.blogspot.com/2020/07/poets-robert-hirschfeld-william.html ~~~~~~~~

Bear Creek Haiku Issue #165, August 2020

Thanks again, Ayaz Daryl Nielsen and kudos to pl wick, Paula Yup, Robert Hirschfield, Linda Fuchs, Judith Patin-Nielsen, Miriam Sagan, Jane Stuart, Dennis Rhodes, Cathy Porter, Janet Ruth Heller, John McDonald, t kilgore splake, Rachel Ikins, and more.

by the tulip patch a momma cat hides her kittens

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nocturnal love nest outside my building kitty hookers in heat ~~~~~~~~~~

outdoor litter box kittens spread fertilizer rose bushes thrive ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Poet's Art, Issue #65, July 2020

Thank you, David Fox for Publishing "Misty" and "El Cóndor Pasa." Congrats to writers Gene Olsen, Julie Spencer, Robert E. L. Nesbitt, Joanne Tolson, Linda Amos, Ginny Cope, Arthur Morris, David Fox, pl. wick, Michael Crayton Powell, and more.

Misty

From her perch above the human drama, Misty, the cream-colored cat, washed her paws clean. She knew her way around her master’s apartment. Her kitten days, faded like the album cover by the turntable.

Ella Fitzgerald sang the cat’s namesake’s song. Seduction for her master’s friend, still irritable on the chaise lounge. Whenever mad, she’d kick off her pumps— her right foot would cross her left.

After another glass of Chardonnay, she asked about his thousand violins and why his hello no longer sounded sweet?

He poured himself another glass of wine, lost in words that lost their meaning. She took her hat and gloves, said a swift goodbye. The cat ran to the closed door, encircled her master’s legs. His eyes, too misty to notice.

El Cóndor Pasa (sung by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel)

Wild like the condor, he followed the distant flute. Strands of hair, negro azulado, blew across his face. His horse left ghosts on the Peruvian playa.

I walked on broken shells, hummed the saddest song, El Cóndor Pasa. I became the hammer, not the nail. the sparrow, not the snail, the forest, not the street, the swan wanting to sail away.

The song forgot about my necklace, Andalusian beads inside two hoofprints. Strands of hair, marrón rojizo, blew across my face. The ghosts on the playa, the sand beneath my feet, found peace in the twilight tide.

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Lockdown Poetry Open Mic #8

Hello Lockdowners:

THIS IS NOT A ZOOM EVENT! Any questions, please message me

https://www.facebook.com/events/719863448856876/

Saturday, September 12 from our new time, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. This will give people a chance to attend Zoom readings, etc.

One poem per person. Post your poem in the comment portion of the discussion thread of the event that will be started by me at 7 p.m. Introduce yourself when you post. I hope my Internet will be working.

Let's continue to support the community and share. Feel free to post your music as well. Love and respect. We will get through this together! Namaste!

If you want to be part of this reading but can't attend, please let me know. I will post your poem for you.

Your Host, Patricia Carragon

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Lockdown Poetry Open Mic #7

ello Lockdowners:

THIS IS NOT A ZOOM EVENT!

Saturday, August 8 from our new time, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. This will give people a chance to attend Zoom readings, etc.

One poem per person. Post your poem in the comment portion of the discussion thread of the event that will be started by me at 7 p.m. Introduce yourself when you post. I hope my Internet will be working.

Let's continue to support the community and share. Feel free to post your music as well. Love and respect. We will get through this together! Namaste!

If you want to be part of this reading but can't attend, please let me know. I will post your poem for you.

Your Host, Patricia Carragon

https://www.facebook.com/events/577952702919013/?notif_t=plan_user_associated&notif_id=1594519451403802

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Lockdown Poetry Open Mic #7

Hello Lockdowners:

THIS IS NOT A ZOOM EVENT!

Saturday, August 8 from our new time, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. This will give people a chance to attend Zoom readings, etc.

One poem per person. Post your poem in the comment portion of the discussion thread of the event that will be started by me at 7 p.m. Introduce yourself when you post. I hope my Internet will be working.

Let's continue to support the community and share. Feel free to post your music as well. Love and respect. We will get through this together! Namaste!

If you want to be part of this reading but can't attend, please let me know. I will post your poem for you.

Your Host, Patricia Carragon

https://www.facebook.com/events/577952702919013/?notif_t=plan_user_associated&notif_id=1594519451403802

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PART 2 May - June Publication News

PART 1 May - June Publication News

Orbis International Literary Journal,

#192, June 2020

Thank you Carole Baldock, for accepting my poems, Almost Blue and the handkerchief. I'm so pleased to be part of this British Journal

Almost Blue (trumpet and vocals by Chet Baker)

my mood grows jazzy

almost blue

unlike robin’s egg nighttime or the Adriatic Sea

closer to the wild Baptisia australis or Ajna’s doorway

non-existent in a Crayola box or on a Pantone chart

almost blue only I can see hear or feel

my color has a face a voice a trumpet’s grief a heartbeat slow & broken

& eyes ears & hands articulate more than words

Patricia Carragon

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the handkerchief

it’s nighttime— he hides his head

in a hoodie. a handkerchief tied tight,

covers his mouth— skull-like, the front tooth missing.

his eyes in between a threat or apology.

death lurks in the night.

love’s being tested, his eyes more scared than mine.

Patricia Carragon

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The Rainbow Project May and June

So honored to be part of this colorful series. Thank you Roxanne Hoffman and Jack Cooper of Poets Wear Prada.

Shout outs to Roxanne Hoffman, Jack Cooper, Mireya Perez Bustilo, Dorothy Friedman August, Prince A. McNally, Tantra-zawadi, Carrie Magness Radna, George Held, Iris N. Schwartz, Davidson Garrett, Anne Barbusse, Moe Seager, Karen Neuberg, John J. Trause, et al.

https://rainbowliterary.blogspot.com/search/label/Patricia%20Carragon

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Waymark, Voices of the Valley, A Poetry Magazine #14, June 2020

I’m so thrilled to be in Waymark #14 along with George Wallace Linda Lerner Austin Alexis Roberta Gould Mike Jurkovic Susana H. Case Bruce Weber et al. Congrats to all. Thank you Roger Aplon.

Forbidden History

forbidden history walks down generation roads

indelible stains from hurt and shame bleed more than menstruation

broken women broken homes broken spirits

the kitchen or toilet not sanctuaries for escape

lips sealed by rusty locks or fists can’t break free

fear hides the truth takes a brush scrubs history in the sink or flushes it

but hurt and shame don’t always end up clean or in the sewer

some clog drains and pipes

break locks or fists that keeps lips shut Patricia Carragon

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PART 1 May - June Publication News

PART 1 May - June Publication News

Jerry Jazz Musician -A Collection of Jazz Poetry-Spring 2020 Edition-May 12, 2020

“Supposition” by Martel Chapman

Happy that my two poems, So What and It's All in the Game are in the spring edition of Jerry Jazz Musician. Thank you Joseph Maita for this honor. Pleased to be with these writers:

Carrie Magness Radna, David Dephy, John Jack Cooper, Mark Fogarty, Michael L. Newell, R. Bremner, Robert Nisbet, Russell Dupont, et al.

https://jerryjazzmusician.com/2020/05/a-collection-of-jazz-poetry-spring-2020-edition/

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What Rough Beast COVID-19 Edition, Indolent Books, May 15, 2020

Thank you Michael H. Broder for posting my piece, Moonlight Serenade.

https://www.indolentbooks.com/what-rough-beast-covid-19-edition-05-15-20-patricia-carragon/

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Bear Creek Haiku Issue #162 June 2020

Much appreciation to Ayaz Daryl Nielsen for posting my haiku.

the Persian cat matches the weather camouflage in white

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snowflakes crochet accessories for my hair

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spring knows green the buds on trees the blades of grass

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in a warm bed the tuxedo cat curls up into a ball

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the adoptive moment waits for cats in cages

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Silver Birch Press-Wearing A Mask Series-June 14, 2020

“Hyacinths” by Kawarazaki Shodo (1889-1973)

Thank you Melanie of Silver Birch Press for publishing my hyacinth haiku.

https://silverbirchpress.wordpress.com/2020/06/14/haiku-by-patricia-carragon-wearing-a-mask-series/

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Alien Buddha Zine #16, May 31, 2020

Proud to be in Alien Buddha and thanks Red Focks for publishing Sad Eyes and This Vacant House.

Pleased to share the honors with Francine Witte.

Sad Eyes

austerity plays dominoes—

one person falls, then another, and another . . .

personal shit takes precedence over charity

when the hand that feeds

can’t pay bills, buy bare necessities, is late with the rent . . .

sad eyes, the cat on 38th street, purrs by the stoop

waits for food—

eventually realizes that her feeder can’t come

today, tomorrow, or the day after . . .

the cat’s dinner,

leftover chicken à la trash—

today’s menu for tomorrow,

or the day after . . .

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this vacant house

outside this vacant house roses no longer grow

at midpoint their petals fell at sunset

inside the house sadness occupies

each room expresses emptiness

broken windows can’t forget what was

pieces of ceiling fall like rose petals

blackened buds grow on damp walls

the roof cries more than ever

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Another Haiku/Senryu Showcase

Alien Buddha Zine #17, 2020

Happy that Alien Buddha showcased my haiku. Thanks Red Focks. Kudos to Marie C. Lecrivain.

North Pole meltdown

polar bears

seek immunity

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bodega cat

on the counter

not for sale

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motherless kittens

by the garbage

ominous winds

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underneath the car

an orange tabby

finds solace

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The Avocet, A Journal of Nature Poetry, Spring 2020

Happy to be in the Spring 2020 Issue of The Avocet. Thank you Charles, Vivian, and Valerie Portolano. Kudos to Mary Jo Balistreri.

bunny ears on Kitty

her expression

a cat meme

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tiny crocus

harbinger of hope

grows in a vacant lot

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Lockdown Poetry Open Mic 6

Facebookevent: https://www.facebook.com/events/681953082602571/

Hello Lockdowners:

Saturday, July 11 from our new time, 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m

One poem per person. Post your poem in the comment portion of the discussion thread of the event that will be started by me at 6:30 p.m. Introduce yourself when you post.

Let's continue to support the community and share. Feel free to post your music as well. Love and respect. We will get through this together! Namaste!

Any questions, please PM me, not here. The Discussion wall is for the actual reading on 7/11.

If you want to be part of this reading but can't attend, please let me know. I will post your poem for you.

Your Host, Patricia Carragon

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