Welcome to the April issue of Sense & Sensibility! This month we chase the energy, unpredictability, and frenzy of living in the city.
Submissions will open March 1, 2026, and end March 15 at noon ET, unless we reach our quota sooner. Please send early to increase your chances of being published.
For poets published in the March issue, please skip a month before submitting again.
The prompt for April: City Life. Think of what it’s like in the big city: the diverse cultures and languages, the latest trends in fashion and food, educational institutions and museums, the nightlife, and the excitement of having a place of your own. Making your dreams come true and eventually moving to fancier digs with a view. Your escape from narrow-minded families.
But there are also the realities of city life: high rents for shoebox apartments, roaches, no heat or hot water, crime, and filth. The subways, office politics, and working your 9-to-5 world into early retirement. Broken dreams. Loneliness. But maybe, late in life, fulfillment.
There is beauty and wonder in the outer boroughs — the gardens and the slower pace. People from all over the world. Take a walk and discover worlds beyond the city’s main attractions.
Please submit your work via this Google Form below when submissions open on March 1, 2026. Submissions sent before then will not be considered.
https://forms.gle/tqae3XYwk4ey5XiT8
Buy Me A Cup Of Coffee:
We welcome PayPal donations at:
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=Y2K8L9SMVYC5L&no_recurring=0¤cy_code=USD
We also accept donations through Zelle. Contact me at pcarragon@gmail.com.
Yours in Haiku,
Patricia Carragon
Editor
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Brownstone Poets Sat, March 28
Brownstone Poets: Jason Morphew, Mary Newell, Pamela Hughes, Don Yorty, Sat, March 28, 2026, at 2 pm ET Brownstone Poets is celebrating Small Press Month! You are invited to join us for our event on Zoom on Saturday, March 28, 2026, at 2 pm ET with Jason Morphew, Mary Newell, Pamela Hughes, and Don Yorty. Plus a limited open mic. Your $5 contribution keeps our annual anthology in print. Hosted by Patricia Carragon, our Brooklyn girl and Editor-in-Chief. Please follow the directions below, completing both steps at least two days before the reading to avoid delays entering the meeting room. Note the order of the open mic follows the order of signup. Sign up early to read early in the program. Last-minute signup means you will read at the end of the program. The cutoff for Zoom access for an open mic slot is noon the day of reading. After noon, you will not be able to access Zoom. But you will receive a replay of the event after the reading. Please follow these instructions: Step 1: Make your $5 contribution: https://bit.ly/3bkqFmO (Note that your contribution is not refundable.) Step 2: Register in advance for this meeting: https://bit.ly/3hnpy8D If you don’t have PayPal, we accept credit/debit cards and Zelle. Please contact pcarragon@gmail.com to process your credit/debit cards or Zelle payment. Step 3: After making your contribution and completing your registration, you will receive a confidential confirmation email containing your unique link to join the event. **If you do not plan to attend or read in the open, please let us know, and we will send you the livestream link. Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/events/2488386168298006?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22home%22%7D%2C%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22search_results%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22search%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D
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The Northeast Coast Rules-- A Starry Night of Superstars
I had the pleasure of reading for The Northeast Coast Live Online Poetry Reading on March 11. Many thanks to host Katherine E. Schneider for organizing such a warm and engaging evening of poetry. It was wonderful to hear so many talented poets—R. Bremner, Megha Sood, Danny Stone, Prithvijeet Sinha, Marie Elizabeth, Laura Catanzano, Gwen North Reiss, David Lawton, Kara Kralik, Morrow Dowdle, and Jeanne Julian—share their work.
Please check out the fabulous event at:
https://www.youtube.com/@TheNortheastCoast
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The Northeast Coast Live Online
Looking forward to this reading this Wednesday at 8 pm ET.
From Katherine E. Schneider:
We are so looking forward to our first livestream event The Northeast Coast Live Online on Wednesday, March 11 at 8pm ET!
We hope you’ll be able to join us on YouTube to watch and enjoy the reading together, and we encourage you to bookmark/subscribe to the channel in advance: https://www.youtube.com/@TheNortheastCoast.
This special event will feature readings by the following poets from Issues I and II: Patricia Carragon, R. Bremner, Megha Sood, Danny Stone, Prithvijeet Sinha, Marie Elizabeth, Laura Catanzano, Gwen North Reiss, David Lawton, Kara Kralik, Morrow Dowdle, and Jeanne Julian.
It will also feature a brief reading by Katherine E. Schneider from the first poetry collection from The Northeast Coast Press, Breaking the Fever.
Thank you again for being a part of all that we’re growing. We hope to see you in the livestream!
With warm anticipation, Katherine E. Schneider The Northeast Coast
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Five Fleas Itchy Poetry, March 2, 2026
Thank you, Roberta Beach Jacobson of Five Fleas Itchy Poetry for accepting my ku:
the reaper seeks profit from rubble
Nice to see Sarah Mahina Calvello, Partha Sarkar, Katherine E. Winnick, Keith Snow, Gareth Nurden, and M. R. Pelletier.
https://fivefleas.blogspot.com/2026/03/evening-of-march-2-2023.html
Cheers,
Trish oxoxox
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Stranger on the Shore, an Excerpt from “Take Five”
Her job isn’t over yet—
she’ll need a quick fix of rouge, powder, and lipstick. A copious dash of Yardley’s English Lavender should diminish the Aqua Net spritz. She’ll adjust her pencil skirt before the elevator doors open, feel freedom’s hot breath beyond the revolving door.
from “Take Five”~~ a journey to the world of “Mad Men” and what women did to survive.
~~Stranger on the Shore by Patricia Carragon (Human Error Publishing)
Follow her after-work escape to Greenwich Village and discover more.
Jazz-flavored poems published by Human Error Publishing.
DM for copies: pcarragon@gmail.com
or visit Amazon https://amzn.to/4re93No
https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2026/03/04/stranger-on-the-shore-an-excerpt-from-take-five/ #jazzpoetry #humanerrorpublishing #retropoetry #GreenwichVillage
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BigCityLit, Winter 2026
Thank you, Poetry Editor: Elizabeth B. Morse for accepting my poetry for the winter issue of BigCityLit.
Kudos to writers: Linda Kleinbub, Jeffrey Cyphers Wright, Judith Lee Herbert, Joel Allegretti, Evie Ivy, David Elsasser, Barry Wallenstein, Ace Boggess, Susan Weiman, Richard Levine, and more.
The current issue is at:
https://www.nycbigcitylit.com/?fbclid=IwY2xjawQTDtVleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFIQWxYNXJsNlFYUm8zUllCc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHlQl4GkSiHPB21gyBeYZE_IWseV4-EGqU4LMeeNpedd4KA7TF3Pr3-ug3lFn_aem_AewmFTp2yyv9EXNkSaTcgw
My poem:
https://www.nycbigcitylit.com/winter-2026-content/the-dream
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Brownstone Poets Sat, March 28
Brownstone Poets: Jason Morphew, Mary Newell, Pamela Hughes, Don Yorty, Sat, March 28, 2026, at 2 pm ET Brownstone Poets is celebrating Small Press Month! You are invited to join us for our event on Zoom on Saturday, March 28, 2026, at 2 pm ET with Jason Morphew, Mary Newell, Pamela Hughes, and Don Yorty. Plus a limited open mic. Your $5 contribution keeps our annual anthology in print. Hosted by Patricia Carragon, our Brooklyn girl and Editor-in-Chief. Please follow the directions below, completing both steps at least two days before the reading to avoid delays entering the meeting room. Note the order of the open mic follows the order of signup. Sign up early to read early in the program. Last-minute signup means you will read at the end of the program. The cutoff for Zoom access for an open mic slot is noon the day of reading. After noon, you will not be able to access Zoom. But you will receive a replay of the event after the reading. Please follow these instructions: Step 1: Make your $5 contribution: https://bit.ly/3bkqFmO (Note that your contribution is not refundable.) Step 2: Register in advance for this meeting: https://bit.ly/3hnpy8D If you don’t have PayPal, we accept credit/debit cards and Zelle. Please contact pcarragon@gmail.com to process your credit/debit cards or Zelle payment. Step 3: After making your contribution and completing your registration, you will receive a confidential confirmation email containing your unique link to join the event. **If you do not plan to attend or read in the open, please let us know, and we will send you the livestream link. Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/events/2488386168298006?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22home%22%7D%2C%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22search_results%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22search%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D
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Another Great Start of the Year Publications Jan-Feb
https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2026/03/01/publications-january-february-2026/
Poetry Orchestra, Direct Message, January 2, 2026 Five Fleas Itchy Poetry, January 8, 2026 Spillwords Spotlight on Writers, January 10, 2026 Cold Moon Journal, January 24, 2026 Dadakuku.com, February 14, 2026 5-7-5-Haiku Journal (Atlantean Publishing), February 20, 2026 Nat’l and Int’l Goddess 2026 Anthology Clockwise Cat, Issue 46, 2026
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Celebrating Black History Month
A sunny day celebrating Black History Month at Brownstone Poets on Zoom. Shout-outs to Tantra-zawadi, JP Howard, and Prince A. McNally. A powerful reading packed with emotion. Special thanks to Roxanne Hoffman, our Zoom Meister and the wonderful open readers and guests.
https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2026/02/28/today-at-brownstone-poets-a-celebration-for-black-history/
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Sense and Sensibility Haiku Submissions Open March 1
Welcome to the April issue of Sense & Sensibility! This month we chase the energy, unpredictability, and frenzy of living in the city.
Submissions will open March 1, 2026, and end March 15 at noon ET, unless we reach our quota sooner. Please send early to increase your chances of being published.
For poets published in the March issue, please skip a month before submitting again.
The prompt for April: City Life. Think of what it’s like in the big city: the diverse cultures and languages, the latest trends in fashion and food, educational institutions and museums, the nightlife, and the excitement of having a place of your own. Making your dreams come true and eventually moving to fancier digs with a view. Your escape from narrow-minded families.
But there are also the realities of city life: high rents for shoebox apartments, roaches, no heat or hot water, crime, and filth. The subways, office politics, and working your 9-to-5 world into early retirement. Broken dreams. Loneliness. But maybe, late in life, fulfillment.
There is beauty and wonder in the outer boroughs — the gardens and the slower pace. People from all over the world. Take a walk and discover worlds beyond the city’s main attractions.
Please submit your work via this Google Form below when submissions open on March 1, 2026. Submissions sent before then will not be considered.
https://forms.gle/tqae3XYwk4ey5XiT8
Buy Me A Cup Of Coffee: We welcome PayPal donations at:
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=Y2K8L9SMVYC5L&no_recurring=0¤cy_code=USD
We also accept donations through Zelle. Contact me at pcarragon@gmail.com.
Yours in Haiku, Patricia Carragon Editor
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