Hello Ladies,
This is a call for submissions for a poetry anthology, tentatively titled "Cranky Town" - which is dedicated to poems infused with the irritability, despair, sadness and horror of PMS or Menopause. The collection will benefit the women's shelter herstreet: http://www.laruedesfemmes.com/e_herstreet.htm
If you've never written a poem, don't fret. It doesn't have to be majestic or profound. It could be a haiku, free verse, or one where you use each letter of your first name to come up with a line, as in:
Leave me alone
I hate you
And all living creatures
No one understands my
Everlasting wretchedness
Here is a link to a bunch of different types of poetry:
I think Cranky Town will be a funny and therapeutic book. Not only for its readers, but for its writers. So please, next time that hormonal torrent descends, take pen to paper, and vent your emotion in a poem. You will not only be turning your rage into creativity, but also doing a charitable service for the many women who rely on the services of herstreet.
The deadline for submissions is August 1st, 2009.
I look forward to reading your poems!
Sincerely,
Liane Balaban
Editor in Chief
Here are some recent submissions to inspire you:
A haiku by Kathy Baker:
they say dry as sand
or bone, cotton, riverbeds
i say dry as me
An ABC poem by Elizabeth Arana:
A bright crimson dot encroaches. For girls, hell is jeering
kilos, laughing, menacing. Now, ovaries protest
quietly, ruing scales tipped. Understand? Vexation!
Waterweight! Xanadu: Y-chromosome zen.
