The 8.21 Edition of the Flying Island Journal is here! It never ceases to amaze us how writers capture language for seasons, events, and moments in time and form them into prose and poetry. Check out the newest edition here: flyingislandjournal.org/2021…#indykeepscreating#writers
Congratulations to this year's Flying Island Journal Best of the Net nominees! Also a special thank you to our editors and readers for all their work for the journal.
To see all the nominees and links to their work, visit: flyingislandjournal.org/2021…
Welcome to the 7.21 Edition of the Flying Island Journal! This summer edition brings us into the realm of reflection from mango tea and August corn fields to memory and grief. Check out the newest edition here: flyingislandjournal.org/2021…@RobertOkaji#fiction#poetry
Christian Theological Seminary and Indiana Writers Center poetry prize, “How to Love a City,” accepting submissions through August 1. Please share, thanks!
Read and share the poetry prize submission call:
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I love seeing my work in @JournalFlying alongside other fine midwestern writers! This piece is dedicated to women, Saddlebred horses, and what we learn from each other. It includes my grandmother, my daughter's namesake. Let the damline continue.
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flyingislandjournal.org/2021… Poetry from Amy Ash, Kyle Hunter, James Green, Norbert Krapf; creative nonfiction and artwork from Alyssa Chase. Thank you for sharing your talent and work, poets.
Next Friday: a special issue of Flying Island Journal featuring a gorgeous mosaic essay and original artwork from the multitalented @butler_mfa grad @alyssaannchase
Also, lush poetry from Amy Ash, Norbert Krapf, Kyle Hunter, and James Green . . .
Mom tells me the raspberries are ripe by the tennis courts,
and we wade into thorny thickets together, pluck black fruit
like we don't have to go to work or cook dinner.
A poem for Earth Day by @butler_mfa poet Tracy Mishkin flyingislandjournal.org/2015…
Next Friday: a special issue of Flying Island Journal featuring a gorgeous mosaic essay and original artwork from the multitalented @butler_mfa grad @alyssaannchase
Also, lush poetry from Amy Ash, Norbert Krapf, Kyle Hunter, and James Green . . .
"We stayed huddled together on the ground until the cold finally made us numb to the wind. He hugged me and held me. The tears came again. And I was suddenly so tired."
Grief made #CNF beautiful. @LisaRenze
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