At night I can see the stars on fire and I can see the world in flames

[sovay]

My poem "Without Prayer or the Place in the Forest" has been accepted by Uncanny Magazine. It was written for selkie; it is snarkily overstating only a little for me to refer to it as A.K.A. The Subtweet About Jewish Magical Realism. It has firebirds. I am glad it has a home.

At the end of a long day with a lot of traveling (I feel betrayed by Daniel Pinkwater—the PATH train went through Hoboken and I did not see a single giant chicken), I had a very quiet evening in which people often sat around different sides of the same room, talking sometimes, sometimes just existing around each other. It was nice. I got fed pasta and chocolate and raspberries and my hosts had stocked goat's milk, to drink warm with honey. Tomorrow I can run around.

Comments

[gwynnega]

Congratulations on the poetry sale!

[sovay]

Congratulations on the poetry sale!

Thank you!

[yhlee]

Congratulations on the poem!

[sovay]

Congratulations on the poem!

Thank you!

[sholio]

Congratulations! :) And the trip sounds pleasant, despite the lack of giant chickens.

[sovay]

Congratulations!

Thank you!

And the trip sounds pleasant, despite the lack of giant chickens.

It's lovely so far! Maybe I'll see giant chickens in Manhattan.

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, congratulations!

[sovay]

Aw, congratulations!

Thank you!

[asakiyume]

Maybe all the giant chickens .... wait for it... had already gone home to roost?

Congratulations on the poem!

[sovay]

Maybe all the giant chickens .... wait for it... had already gone home to roost?

. . . MAYBE THEY HAD, AT THAT.

Congratulations on the poem!

Thank you!

[selkie]

It was a really powerful subtweet. I'm so glad it found a place. Also, money. Money for art never hurts.

Today is a GOOD DAY. *firm nod*

[sovay]

It was a really powerful subtweet. I'm so glad it found a place. Also, money. Money for art never hurts.

I'm personally fond of it!

Today is a GOOD DAY. *firm nod*

*hugs*

[sami]

... I actually want to read that poem now, and I, generally speaking, do not like poetry.

I feel like I would dislike poetry less if more if it was snarky and had firebirds.

[sovay]

... I actually want to read that poem now, and I, generally speaking, do not like poetry.

Thank you! It will go live and you will have the opportunity.