Poetry Breakfast is now open for poetry submissions. Yes, we are getting ready for the relaunch of Poetry Breakfast. Publication of new poems will begin April 24th, 2023. View our submission guidelines here. We look forward to reading your poems.
The Poetry Breakfast Kitchen Reopens: I don’t know about you…but I miss Poetry Breakfast. We, the readers, writers, and me as the editor were a community. One with a love of language and an appreciation of humanity expressed through poetry. It’s been four years since the “kitchen” closed. Yet, without a single new post in those years, the site still has an average of 400 views each month. That might sound small, but I’ve done nothing to drive any traffic to the site. Readers and poets published in the journal receive all the credit for continuing the life (though a dormant life) of Poetry Breakfast. Since its first birth in 2011, Poetry Breakfast has closed and reopened twice. Now, yes, I’m opening the kitchen again. What’s On the Menu: The heart of Poetry Breakfast will remain the same. Nothing bitter, saccharine, or too sweet. Something that reflects the connectivity of our humanity through the written word. That doesn’t mean this incarnation will be identical to its past lives. Poetry Breakfast has always added to and subtracted from the menu. A new poem will be served every morning Monday thru Friday. The newest item on the menu will be Saturday Matinees featuring a short play to read. Why? One I’ve been transitioning from screenwriting to playwriting thus it fits with where I am as a writer now. Also, it has a sort of harmony with poetry. Reading a short play is not a far leap from reading a poem. Plus, it offers a special treat to those who wouldn’t otherwise want or be able to find short plays to read in other literary journals.
Update: April 6th, 2023:
There just doesn't seem a to be a "final end" to Poetry Breakfast.
Submissions reopen April 8th, 2023.
Publication of new poems (and short plays scripts)begins April 24th, 2023.
I know it comes as a shock. But Poetry Breakfast has come to its final end.
There comes a time for all things to pass. I’ve taken breaks and put the journal on hiatus before. But I know now, it is time for me to permanently move on.
Poetry Book Review: "I lost summer somewhere" by Sarah Russell #booklovers #poetry #poetrycommunity #amreading #bookshelf
The Gathering, or Years that Fall Apart - by Ann E. Wallace
I think they come
in waves of seven,
the high tides rolling
with luck and comfort,
so slowly and staying long
enough to tease permanence
but in time,
Family Tongue - A Poem by Rahat Tasneem "My father has many tongues,
but little feelings to go with them"
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