Spot the snake?
Two of my lovely hubby’s poems are published in Dead Snakes magazine today. As we get back into the swing of the literary world once more, keep reading for more work. A backlog keeps a poet rolling over until the mind catches up!
Last night, Joseph Robert and I were at The Poetry Society’s Good versus Evil event at The Poetry Cafe in Covent Garden, London. Over fifteen poets read their verse during an evening of poetry and comedy, hosted by Paul McGrane. My lovely poet hubby and I participated in the fun of course – Joseph Robert involved in a comedy act, while I read four poems from my recently published collection, A Model Archaeologist (available from my publisher Eyewear Publishing and from my online store Meandi Books). Above is a sample reading of ‘Sandland’, one of my featured ‘evil’ poems:
This was my first reading of 2016, and a much-needed flexing of my performance-poetry muscles again, which were rusty after 7 months of litigation, not literature. Luckily my network of fellow poet/writer/editor connections have been very supportive in welcoming me back into the fold. I have been invited to perform at an upcoming literary festival in North London in June. More as it happens…watch this space!
After a long hiatus from magazine publishing (a year…boy, what a limbo litigation has been) three of my poems appear in Dead Snakes magazine today. This batch are from a collection that is pending a publisher. Any guesses as to the title?
Dead Snakes…soup in Taiwan!
A Model Archaeologist, my debut poetry pamphlet available for £5.00 from London based Eyewear Publishing.
Poetry: the fruit of the gods
Happy Valentine’s Day to all you romantics-at-heart out there.
Here are a few golden oldies from both of us to celebrate all things eros. We wrote these with each other in mind, but they’re published to share with the world. Enjoy!
“This is the soppiest I can get”
By Leilanie Stewart
“Mate”
By Joseph Robert
[Updated 15 August 2018: At the time this post was written in 2016, the Melita Hume Prize was free to enter. In 2018 there is now a submission charge. Please note that at the time I was longlisted for the Melita Hume Prize in 2014, and Joseph Robert longlisted for the Melita Hume Prize in 2015, there were no submission fees to enter.]
Here’s to the future, everyone! May 2016 be a productive and creative year for us all.
To celebrate all things literary for 2016, here is a competition link for the Melita Hume prize, which is how I got my poetry pamphlet, A Model Archaeologist published. Enjoy!
Cheers! See you in January ✌
Let December not be a time for wallowing in what a bad year it has been, but in celebrating how toughness and perseverance can see you through even the darkest adversity. There are always pick-me-ups aside from alcohol!
This lovely stranger opened my mail by mistake and read it too – the pages were dog-eared. But the message of support at a time when all my fair-weather friends have fallen away was a much needed injection of happiness. The power of words is a beautiful thing 🌻
Apologies, readers! Thanks for still stopping by my blog, even though I haven’t been around much. I have been busy lately working flat out, full time providing English intervention support to GCSE students in a secondary school during crucial exam season…and it is taking up all my brain power. My poetry and fiction has, unfortunately, had to take a backseat these past few months. Not to worry. One can still promote!
If you are free on Wednesday 25 November 2015, stop by the Eyewear Pamphlet Launch in Camden . The pamphlet series is currently Award nominated. See my last blog post for more!
Today I found out from my publisher at Eyewear Publishing,Todd Swift, that the Eyewear 20/20 pamphlet series has been shortlisted for the Michael Marks Publisher Awards 2015. It’s really such an honour to be published as part of an exciting range of books that is now award-nominated.
Leilanie Stewart 