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Lyn Lifshin is the November 2014 Blue Heron Speaks Featured Poet

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Welcome to our November Blue Heron Speaks feature. Blue Heron Review is very pleased to share the talents of the prolific writer, Lyn Lifshin. Please visit the Blue Heron Speaks page of our website to read three of Lyn Lifshin’s poems:

AS THE DAYS GET LONGER
WHEN A LEGGY FOAL COMES INTO THE WORLD
BUT INSTEAD HAS GONE INTO WOODS

About Lyn Lifshin
Lyn Lifshin has published over 130 books and chapbooks including 3 from Black Sparrow Press: Cold Comfort, Before It’s Light and Another Woman Who Looks Like Me. Before Secretariat: The Red Freak, The Miracle, Lifshin published her prize-winning book about the short-lived, beautiful racehorse, Ruffian, The Licorice Daughter: My Year With Ruffian and Barbaro: Beyond Brokenness. Recent books include: Ballroom; All the Poets Who Have Touched Me, Living and Dead; All True, Especially The Lies; Light At the End: The Jesus Poems; Katrina; Mirrors; Persephone; Lost In The Fog; Knife Edge & Absinthe: The Tango Poems. NYQ books published, A Girl Goes into The Woods. Also just out: For the Roses, poems after Joni Mitchell and Hitchcock Hotel from Danse Macabre. Tangled as the Alphabet—The Istanbul Poems was published by NightBallet Press. Just released as well, Malala. The Marilyn Poems was just released from Rubber Boots Press. An update to her Gale Research Autobiography is out: Lips, Blues, Blue Lace: On The Outside. Also just out is a DVD of the documentary film about her: Lyn Lifshin: Not Made Of Glass. Lyn Lifshin is also the author of the Red Mare Press chapbook, Chiffon (Red Mare #3, 2010). Forthcoming books include: Luminous Women: Eneduanna, Schererzade and Nefertiti; Femina Eterna; and Moving Through Stained Glass: the Maple Poems. Learn more about this author: http://www.lynlifshin.com/

(Secretariat: The Red Freak, The Miracle / Texas Review Press, 2014)

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(A Girl Goes into the Woods: Selected Poems / NYQ Books, 2013)

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Kelli Russell Agodon is the October 2014 Blue Heron Speaks Featured Poet

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Blue Heron Review is honored to shine a spotlight on the artistry and energy of poet, Kelli Russell Agodon, for the month of October.  Kelli’s latest poetry collection, Hourglass Museum, is published by White Pine Press, 2014.  Please visit the Blue Heron Speaks page, to read two of her poems from this book.  Agodon is a talented wordsmith who knows how to create vivid worlds through imagery, lyricism and beautiful language.  I know that our Blue Heron readers will thoroughly enjoy this month’s selections!


About Kelli Russell Agodon

Kelli Russell Agodon is a poet, writer, and editor from the Northwest. She’s the author of Hourglass Museum (White Pine Press, 2014) and The Daily Poet: Day-By-Day Prompts for Your Writing Practice, which she co-authored with Martha Silano. 

Her other books include Letters from the Emily Dickinson Room (Winner of ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year in Poetry and Finalist for the Washington State Book Prize), Small Knots, Geography, and Fire On Her Tongue: An Anthology of Contemporary Women’s Poetry. She has won various awards in writing and editing from Artist Trust, The Puffin Foundation, North American Review and her work has been published in journals such as The Atlantic, Prairie Schooner, and the New England Review. 

Kelli is the co-founder of Two Sylvias Press and was the editor of Seattle’s Crab Creek Review for the last six years. She lives in a small seaside town where when not writing, she does graphic design and photography. She is also an avid paddleboarder and mountain biker who has a fondness for old dogs, bonfires, desserts, and fedoras. Visit her at: www.agodon.com or learn more about Two Sylvias Press at: www.twosylviaspress.com

Twitter: @kelliagodon
Facebook: www.facebook.com/agodon

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(Hourglass Musem, White Pine Press, 2014)

Blue Heron Review One Year Anniversary Photo Contest

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(photo by Jason Iffert)

In honor of Blue Heron Review’s 1 year anniversary, we are having a photography contest for the Winter/2015 online issue! The best 2 photos of a Great Blue Heron will be chosen, to be published in our 3rd issue at the end of February 2015.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: November 15, 2014

GUIDELINES:
Please send up to THREE, high-resolution photo files in either jpg or png format. File size should be as large as possible. Color, black and white, and digital art photos are all acceptable. If we have a large number of high quality, fine art photos, some images may be saved for publication in a future issue of Blue Heron Review. Please send a 100-150 word bio/artist statement, with any links to your blog/website, in the body of the e-mail. (At this point, we are unable to pay our contributors, but Blue Heron is very proactive in terms of promoting the work of our writers and artists via social media. We reserve first publication rights. All rights return to the author/artist after publication. All photographs include a photo credit line, as well as a longer bio with links at the end of the magazine issue.)

Response Time: Blue Heron endeavors to respond in a timely fashion. Due to the increase in submissions for our 3rd issue, a considered response can take between 8-10 weeks. Please do not write to ask about the status of your submission unless you have not heard from us within 10 weeks.

Please use the title “Photography Contest/Your Last Name” in the subject line of your e-mail. Send all photo contest submissions by November 15, 2014 to:

blueheronsubmissions@gmail.com

I look forward to seeing a beautiful array of blue herons winging their way to our in-box!

Cristina M. R. Norcross
Editor, Blue Heron Review

Richard Havenga is the September 2014 Blue Heron Speaks Featured Poet

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Blue Heron Review is pleased to share the talents of poet and nature photographer, Richard Havenga, this month.  Richard blends his talents for visual and literary art in the form of photo Haiku poems on his blog, “Walk With Father Nature,” which offers readers a unique fusion of photography and poetry.  Each poem is a breath.  Each photograph is a window to the world of natural beauty and philosophical reflection.  Please visit the Blue Heron Speaks page of our site, to read and view his photo Haiku selections: Gold Rings, Theater of Clouds, Celestial Vision, and Willow Leaf.  Richard will also be a special, guest contributor in the Winter/2015 issue of Blue Heron.

Richard Havenga seeks to make the ordinary extraordinary through close, personal observations of nature. Weaving words of grace and gratitude through the tapestry of his exquisite photographs, Richard shares everyday miracles with the rigorous curiosity of a naturalist, and the immeasurable perceptions of an artist. Richard writes with a supple blend of awareness, spirituality, and discovery. Always attentive outdoors, always searching for new epiphanies of beauty, always grateful for the extravagant gifts of creation, he leads the reader-viewer along an inviting trail of words and images; gifts thoughtfully selected, and graciously given. Richard Havenga is a writer, nature photographer, poet, teacher, naturalist, and author of the blog, “Walk With Father Nature”. He’s been married to his loving wife, Mary, for 43 years. They live on ten wooded acres, on a designated “Natural Beauty” road near Cannonsburg, Michigan. Find out more about this author:

Blog: http://walkwithfathernature.blogspot.com/
Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/richardhavenga/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=201360611&trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/richardlhavenga/services

Karen Carissimo is the August 2014 Blue Heron Speaks Featured Poet

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KAREN CARISSIMO

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Blue Heron Review is proud to shine a spotlight on the poetry of Karen Carissimo this month. Her beautiful use of language, evocative imagery and narrative style will take you on a journey with each poem. To read her poems: Lisbon, Deathbed, and Journey, please visit the Blue Heron Speaks page of our site.

Karen Carissimo’s poems have appeared in numerous journals, including Cimarron Review, Cutthroat, Notre Dame Review, North American Review, Western Humanities Review, Crab Orchard Review, and Valparaiso Poetry Review. Her fiction has appeared in Green Mountains Review and Fourteen Hills, and nonfiction in The San Francisco Chronicle. Her first book of poems, Dream City, was published in 2012 by Iris Press. She is currently at work on a second collection of poems and a novel. Find her on Verse Daily. Karen’s poetry collection, Dream City, is available on Amazon and from Iris Press.

Blue Heron Review Issue Number One Released Today!

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Welcome to the first issue of Blue Heron Review!  To read all of the beautiful poetry and art offerings in this issue, please visit the Blue Heron Review Issue 1 Winter/2014 tab on this website.

I hope you will find poems and images that speak to you this winter, as we gently prepare for spring and come out of hibernation.  The contemplative months of winter allow us to search within and re-connect with the self.  Each poem in this issue, shines a light on all that is sacred about existing in this beautiful world.  Enjoy!

~Cristina M. R. Norcross, Editor

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(cover photo by Robert Lee Haycock)

CONTRIBUTORS
Poets:
Sharon Auberle * Pd Lietz * Paula Schulz * Maureen Hand * Liz Rhodebeck* Jeannie Roberts * Ingrid Goff-Maidoff * Mary Jo Balistreri * Kristi Martel * Anjie Kokan * Kimberly Blanchette * Shannon Jackson Arnold

Artists:
Robert Lee Haycock (cover photo) * Jason Iffert (photography) * Jane Riley (photo credit, “Canoeing on the Kickapoo”) * Pd Lietz (artwork, “Your Wings”)

Winter Issue Launch at the End of February 2014 / Summer Issue Submissions Open Until March 1, 2014

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(Artwork by Daniel Adams)

THE WINTER ISSUE IS ALMOST HERE!

The first issue of Blue Heron Review is due to be published online at the end of February, 2014!

Submissions Reminder:

Submissions for the summer issue keep coming in! I’m amazed that we already have a great group of poets to celebrate this summer! Keep them coming, writers! Feel free to share our Blue Heron Review website and contact information.

Our deadline for the summer issue is March 1, 2014. Please see our Submission Guidelines page on this site and read ALL guidelines carefully. To get a taste of what we are looking for, read selections on the Blue Heron Speaks page.

I look forward to reading your work!

Cristina M. R. Norcross
Editor, Blue Heron Review

Paulette Beete is the Blue Heron Speaks Featured Poet for December

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Our  Blue Heron Speaks featured poet for December is:

PAULETTE BEETE

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(author photo by Carrie Holbo Photography)

Visit the Blue Heron Speaks page to read three of Paulette Beete’s latest poems.

Paulette Beete’s poems, fiction, and nonfiction have appeared in journals included Crab Orchard Review, Rhino, Escape into Life, and Provincetown Arts, and in the anthologies Full Moon on K Street: Poems About Washington, DC and Saints of Hysteria (with Danna Ephland). She has held residencies at the Ragdale Foundation, the Atlantic Center for the Arts, and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. She is the author of two chapbooks: Blues for a Pretty Girl (Finishing Line Press) and Voice Lessons (Plan B Press). She blogs semi-regularly at www.thehomebeete.com.

Welcome to Blue Heron Review!

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Blue Heron Review is an online poetry magazine specializing in mystical and spiritual verse.  Blue Heron provides a space for poets who offer a positive message about living fully and engaging with the world through beauty, a sense of community and acceptance.

Blue Heron strives to promote and feature works that nourish the soul, encourage deep reflection and support a peaceful life path.  Blue Heron poets embrace the concepts of:  joy, abundance, grace, love, light, connection, awareness, acceptance, balance, peace, one’s soul path, and spirit in their works.  Think, Rumi ~ think, Hafiz!

We are getting ready to announce our reading period for the 2nd issue of Blue Heron Review, which will have an online publication date of summer 2014.  The FIRST Blue Heron is due to be released as an online issue ~ winter / 2014.  Please watch this space for further information, regarding guidelines and submission deadlines.  For a general overview, please click on the tab for Submission Guidelines on this site.  We look forward to reading your thoughts on life, through the lens of poetry.

Thank you!

~Cristina M. R. Norcross, Editor

Please send all correspondence and submissions to:

blueheronsubmissions@gmail.com

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