A shoal of nightstars hang fire in the nets

[sovay]

My poems "A Promise from the Sea" (for seajules) and "Mermaids at Tashlikh" (for fleurdelis28) are now online at Goblin Fruit, along with rare and strange poems from gwynnega, watermelontail, samhenderson, time_shark, and many others. The issue is dedicated to Terri Windling, Midori Snyder, and the Journal of Mythic Arts. It's beautiful.

Comments

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

**Loved** your contributions to this issue!

[sovay]

**Loved** your contributions to this issue!

Thank you! When are you going to send them your work?

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I'm embarrassed to say that I have, and that it hasn't been quite what they're looking for. One day I'll get it right, though :-)

[mab-led.livejournal.com]

I just love 'a promise from the sea'!

[sovay]

I just love 'a promise from the sea'!

Thank you! The title comes from Rudyard Kipling's "Anchor Song," here sung (live on Folk 80, 1980) by Peter Bellamy.

[xterminal.livejournal.com]

Lovely, lovely.

I really should send something their way. Of course, that would require me to start writing again. I keep meaning to...

[sovay]

Lovely, lovely.

Thank you!

I really should send something their way.

You really should.

Of course, that would require me to start writing again. I keep meaning to...

You don't send poems, I don't post strange playlists . . .

[clarionj.livejournal.com]

You just did something to my body. Reading "A Promise from the Sea," left my throat all weird, like my stomach got roiled, bubbling up, and then reading "Mermaids at Tashlikh," my eyes got misty. I haven't examined my reactions yet (have to read again), but your poems have such an immediate, tangible effect on me. They always make me want to dig into this life and feel it and at the same time almost dread the toll it can take.

[sovay]

but your poems have such an immediate, tangible effect on me. They always make me want to dig into this life and feel it and at the same time almost dread the toll it can take.

That honors me. I am sorry to have left your throat all weird, but I am very glad the poems matter to you. Thank you!

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

Those are lovely. Nicely done!