Poetry up at Melancholy Hyperbole

The good folk over at Melancholy Hyperbole publish poems on longing and have seen fit to post my poem, Chase. So many fantastic poets can be found there. Stop by.

The Gyroscope Review Inaugural Issue

I have three new poems published in the inaugural issue of the Gyroscope Review. The issue is free to read online and just oozing with poetic elegance.

Featured Poet at The Midnight Lane Boutique

Editor, Johnny Longfellow, has selected me as this week's featured poet at The Midnight Lane Boutique.

TMLB publishes street-themed poems of 8 lines or less. Read the submission guidelines here.

Prayers from Crooked Spines Goodreads Giveaway

I'm giving away 5 print copies of my latest poetry collection, "Prayers from Crooked Spines," over at Goodreads.

Enter the Goodreads giveaway contest here.

New Poetry Book Release— Prayers from Crooked Spines

My latest poetry collection was released today in print. The Kindle version should be available in the next day or two. The stunning cover art is by author/artist, Gabrielle Faust. Please visit her webpage here. She’s a super-talented woman.

 

The twenty-six poems collected in this book are petitions, each one more urgent than the next. Fear is said to be rooted in the spine, yet the severing of its silver cord will paralyze the inflicted. Is supplication the only recourse? Perhaps, but “the body is never a silent witness. It would rather cat-scratch an arthritic limb than falsify an aura.” PRAYERS FROM CROOKED SPINES confronts “the creeping ivy of the brain,” takes aim at the “thorns at catatonic nerves,” and transforms emotional trauma into “something entirely wonderful and new.”

 

Full cover wrap:

 

 

The Midnight on the Stroll Poetry Contest

Editor, Johnny Longfellow, of Midnight Lane Gallery is hosting a Midnight on the Stroll Poetry Contest. The submission period closes on July 31, 2014.

Per their web page: Poets are invited to submit poetry written in response to our Grand Opening show’s overall theme, an image within the show, or to the music contained therein. Broadly speaking, we seek poetry submissions that can (un)comfortably inhabit the same space as said art and music. More specifically, we seek short poems between 1 to 8 lines. Free verse, syllabic, or (rhymed-) metrical verse are all acceptable. Please submit no more than 8 poems, and do so only once during our current reading period. We will be seeking First Rights / Rights to Republish On Site. All republication rights will return to poets on October 1, 2014, when we announce our top contestants in The Curtained Room. Please, do not send previously published work or simultaneous submissions–we’ll provide a reasonably swift response time of 21 days or less. Our submission window opens May 17, 2014, and closes July 31, 2014, Eastern Standard Time. Work received prior to or after said dates will not be considered. Read full guidelines here.

 

Thus far, work from ten poets, including myself, have been accepted for the "Open Screening." You can read them all here.

 

Book Giveaway-- Get Two Books Free

All weekend long (thru February 5th) An Offering of Ink and Feathers— A Chapbook of Poetry and Flames of Quiet Light: Thirteen Tiny Tales of Love and Loss are available for FREE. Pick them up for your Kindle.

New Poem, Chalk Dust, at The 5-2 Crime Poetry Weekly

Gerald So, editor of “The 5-2: Crime Poetry Weekly,” has published my poem “Chalk Dust.” He also reads the audio version.

My poetry chapbook, "An Offering of Ink and Feathers," is FREE for your Kindle today thru Wednesday, October 16th at Amazon. I hope you enjoy it. Please feel free to share this post with all your friends and family. And, of course, I’d be grateful for your review on Amazon and at Goodreads.

An Offering of Ink & Feathers— Book Giveaway on Goodreads!

Goodreads Book Giveaway

An Offering of Ink and Feathers

by Angel Zapata

Giveaway ends August 23, 2013.

See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

Enter to win

New Poetry: Brood and Mass and Mirrors at Mused

I’m happy to report my poems, Brood and Mass and Mirrors, have been published in the latest issue of Mused: BellaOnline Literary Review. The Fall 2012 Issue is loaded with new poetry, fiction, non-fiction, art and photography, and interviews.

They are currently accepting submissions for the Winter Solstice 2012 issue. You can find the guidelines here.

Thanks to publisher/editor Lisa Shea and all the staff at Mused.