Avenues on Wednesday Starts Today!

The aaduna concept was simple in its intent and challenging in its execution…provide an avenue for an established, emerging, and new voice to find a platform for his/her work.  Simply, one or two poems. Poet’s Bio. A photo. Every Wednesday throughout 2018. An open submission process based on the availability of unscheduled Wednesdays.

Frank Heather ignites the opening of “Avenues.” And we hope you return each Wednesday to discover or re-visit a poet who will brighten your day and spark your creativity! 

Here is Frank’s contribution:

Fighting in the Woods

I forgot to read chaos into the form of things.

I told her that you can’t block a knight attack

and she told me the number ‘five’ smells like daisies.

In the nighttime fog

I heard two men fighting in the woods.

One of them screamed your name.

My heart held out for a sign

but the fire wouldn’t go out.

I wrote the above and read it to you

on the couch across from your calm gaze

before you told me that the first line

about the two men in the woods

reminded you of my father.

I am holding on to the ground with my feet now.

I am learning how to let the weathered knot go.

Frank Heather (photo provided)

Frank Heather is a Jewish poet, originally from the Upper West Side of New York City. He received a degree in philosophy and has poetry published or forthcoming in aaduna, Cordella Magazine, Down in the Dirt Magazine, Epigraph Magazine, Eunoia Review, The Eyewear Review, Independent Voices, poetrycircle, Rainy Day Magazine, The Syzygy Poetry Journal, Toe Good, Uut Poetry, The Write Launch, and elsewhere.

 

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Want to see your published or unpublished poem on the “Avenue?” Read on.

 

While society likes to pigeon-hole cultural celebrations almost exclusively to certain months, the approach at aaduna is to permeate diversity, multi-culturalism, and creative ideas throughout what we do.  (Ok, we do sneak in genres on pre-ordained days and times but we do it longer than a specific month!)  Our plan is to present 1-2 poems and corresponding brief poet bio (no more than 3 sentences,) and photo on Wednesdays throughout 2018.  We will present an original poem/poet [maybe two] that has been previously published or never published! No review process. No editing. Your work posted as you intend.  Copyright retained by the poet. Commercial use of the poem by aaduna is prohibited. First come-first served.  Rolling submissions period guaranteed.


Submissions are now open for postings starting in July. Share your original poem with our global readership!

Here is the small print:

Poem must be submitted as a Word.doc, Times New Roman, 12 font size, single spacing, complete publishing credit if previously published, work presented as you want it posted.  Poems will be archived by the date posted on the blog so it will be available whenever you or others need to access your work.  Send full contact data on the submitter, poem, bio (no more than 3 sentences,) photo (focused and clear selfies are OK.) to info@aaduna.org – put Avenues in the Subject box. Submitter will be advised in advance when the poem is scheduled for posting.

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