Running through the underworld into your room

[sovay]

My poem "By the Dog," written for an Egyptology-minded four-year-old I know, has been accepted by The Pedestal Magazine.

One may now purchase copies of Hidden, the latest annual not-Not One of Us publication; it contains my poem "Anakatabasis," as well as Patricia Russo's "Hey," Meredith Roe's "Gabriel," Erik Amundsen's "Strawberry Ghoul," David Kopaska-Merkel's "Death Dreams," and other apocrypha.

(I think I got cucumberseed's dreams last night. I woke up with the line, The mulberry king led his people through the winter hedges, like a bird's breadcrumb trail of refugees. It is exactly what I watched happen in the dream; I wrote it down on an envelope and fell back asleep and dreamed of a museum full of guitars, musical impersonators, and gilded bracken. No idea who that one was supposed to go to.)

I had dinner with sigerson and sen_no_ongaku. They had made chicken-carrot coconut soup and fresh bread; I brought eggnog cake. A good time was had by all, I think including the cat.

R.I.P., Howard Zinn.

Comments

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

That meal sounds delicious and your poetry news is all good! And "a bird's breadcrumb trail of refugees" does sound very much like a cucumberseed image.

[sovay]

That meal sounds delicious and your poetry news is all good!

It makes me happy!

And "a bird's breadcrumb trail of refugees" does sound very much like a cucumberseed image.

I suppose if he wants to take it back . . .

[readingthedark.livejournal.com]

Very cool on Pedestal.

[sovay]

Very cool on Pedestal.

I'm pleased. I had a poem accepted there in 2007, after which they proceeded to reject anything I sent them until now; I hope it's a positive sign for the future.

[readingthedark.livejournal.com]

They took a short-short of mine last year. Then I sent a truly strange spoken word electronica thing that wasn't right. I guess I should send something else eventually once I'm organized.

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the acceptance! I'm imagining this would be a delightful poem.

The dreams sound fascinating. The one about the museum could be one of mine, although, if it were, there'd be a fair chance that the guitars would be physically incapable of playing. I also have a lot of dreams about mechanically absurd weapons, vehicles, and random devices which, nonetheless, function in the dream.

Glad to hear of the lovely dinner.

R.I.P., Howard Zinn.

Word. My father liked some of his books--I'll have to tell him the sad news.

[sovay]

Congratulations on the acceptance!

Thanks!

I'm imagining this would be a delightful poem.

Well, I think so. Its inspiration's teachers have had to tell her not to describe the mummification process to her classmates, so I think she will, too.

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

Welks!

Well, I think so. Its inspiration's teachers have had to tell her not to describe the mummification process to her classmates, so I think she will, too.

Charming. Sounds like a kid I can relate to rather well. I hope it indeed delights her.

[chomiji]

What a lot of poems you've had accepted and published lately! Congratulations, several times over!

[sovay]

What a lot of poems you've had accepted and published lately!

Well, I had a rejection this morning, so there's balance . . .

Congratulations, several times over!

Thank you!

[clarionj.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the Pedestal publication!

I've been proofreading a book about dreams for work, and I'm pretty sure the symbols and imagery in most of your dreams fall out of the realm of the "norm." Can't seem to find a category "gilded bracken." :)

[sovay]

Congratulations on the Pedestal publication!

Thank you!

Can't seem to find a category "gilded bracken."

Welcome to my brain . . .

[gwynnega]

Congratulations re: Pedestal!

[sovay]

Congratulations re: Pedestal!

Thanks!

[eredien]

I had a dream with bracken last night. It was blooming yellow, not gilded, but I'll take it.

[sovay]

It was blooming yellow, not gilded, but I'll take it.

Nice. What was in the bracken?

[eredien]

I mostly pushed through it to get to something on the other side, but there may have been birds.

[mamishka.livejournal.com]

When I first saw the title of this post, I automatically finished it in my head before I finished reading it.

My version was, "Running through the underworld in your underwear".

I think this speaks rather eloquently as to the differences between your poetically beautiful way of expressing yourself and my rather silly ways of expressing myself. ;)

PS: The above icon is from the show Wonderfalls, which had Lee Pace from Pushing Daisies in it. I think you would like it, if you don't already. :D Not as wonderful as PD, but pretty dang good.

[sovay]

I think this speaks rather eloquently as to the differences between your poetically beautiful way of expressing yourself and my rather silly ways of expressing myself.

Hey, I was quoting Tori Amos anyway . . .

Not as wonderful as PD, but pretty dang good.

So noted. I haven't yet seen Wonderfalls, but you're not the first person to recommend it to me; I loved Pushing Daisies.

[mamishka.livejournal.com]

I loved Pushing Daisies.

Yis, I knew that from the panel we were on together at Arisia 2009, hence why I suddenly thought to recommend Wonderfalls. :)