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Call for Submissions!

We would love to see your writing, your poetry, your short stories, your prose, your personal essays, your non-fiction pieces, your blackout poetry, your art, and your photography! We are looking for work surrounding identity and empowerment. Some topics include but are not limited to:

Experiences with forms of oppression (misogyny, racism and colonialism, classism, ableism, transphobia/homophobia, whorephobia, etc.)

Queer identity and LGBTQ+ experiences

Abuse, trauma, and the stages afterwards

Mental health

Radical self-love

Childhood and adolescence

Introspection

Anything that you feel empowers you—who are we to say what can or cannot be empowering?

Submission Guidelines

Submit no more than 5 (five) poems in one document (.doc or .docx) in Times New Roman, single-spaced, size 12. Poems must be your original work and previously unpublished (published on your personal blog or Tumblr is fine).

Submit up to 3,000 words of prose in Times New Roman, double-spaced, size 12.

Submit up to 5 (five) works of art as either PNG or JPEG files.

Email submissions to [email protected] with the category you are submitting to and your last name in the subject line. It should look like: “__________ SUBMISSION/last name”.

Please include a cover letter in the body of your email. It should include a brief, third-person biography and the titles of your pieces.

Please allow for up to two months for a response time.

Simultaneous submissions are accepted.

Rights remain with the author.

Please spread the word! Good luck to everyone planning to submit, and we’re excited to read your work!

-Martina Dominique Dansereau

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I am no longer in love with her, that’s certain, but maybe I love her. Love is so short, forgetting is so long.

Pablo Neruda, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair (via remnantsofapoet)

#Pablo Neruda #twenty love poems and a song of despair #poetry #quote #A WILD PABLO NERUDA APPEARS

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A burnt child loves the fire.

Oscar Wilde (via wordsnquotes)

#IT'S A WILD OSCAR WILDE QUOTE #quote #Oscar Wilde

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I like the yoga teachers who say ‘listen to me or don’t,’ as this should be implicit in everything. A parking lot that’s full of arrows, a uniform of promises my body can’t keep.

Claire Sylvester Smith, “Catacombs,” published in Sixth Finch (via bostonpoetryslam)

#poetry #quote #claire sylvester smith #sixth finch #catacombs

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Perhaps I should return to warmth. Even though the cold is lonely and in need of kindling. I can no longer keep it company. 

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The earth is a trembling thing. I lay at her feet and kiss her ankle. We are all trembling things.

Anis Mojgani, “This House,” The Feather Room (via wordsnquotes)

#anis mojgani #this house #the feather room #quote

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I will love myself despite the ease with which I lean towards the opposite.

Shane Koyczan  (via wordsnquotes)

#poet #poetry #spoken word #shane koyczan #quote

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The flames remember everything

I told the world of her and they have made it so that I cannot forget her. These reminders are as napalm rain, a cloud of intermittent scorching, unanticipatable grief.

#remnantsofapoet #short form #poem #fire #memories #grief

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HEY, have you heard about our Global Mic Sessions! Check it out, because we’re having one TOMORROW (Saturday, Nov. 7) from 3 pm GMT to 5 pm GMT! Take a look at our website for more info and the sign up form!

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Hello, Pangaea! We're holding a Global Mic session tomorrow (Saturday Nov. 7) at 3 pm GMT time. It works like an open mic, but through Google Hangouts. There are poets from all over the world who participate with us, and it's a lovely time. If you want more information and/or to sign up, go ahead to the link to our website!

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#‎WorldinPoetry‬ Mafi Tavo, from New Zealand, gives a wonderfully sweet and calm lullaby of a poem written for his son in "Stethoscope". Enjoy the warm fuzzies!

Have you ever written a poem like this to someone in your family (or soon to be in your family)? Tell us about it! And give some love and likes to the

South Auckland Poets Collective

for providing such lovely poetry events and videos to the world!

#Mafi Tavo #world in poetry #new zealand poets #Stethoscope #South Auckland Poets Collective #poetry #spoken word #slam poetry #pangaea poetry #new zealand #family #warm fuzzies #cute #poem #WorldinPoetry

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#‎WorldinPoetry‬ From the United States, Cole, Anthony, and Jai of Atlanta's ‪#‎BNV15‬ team, Atlanta Word Works, give us a poem that requires some unpacking! It talks about the intersection of race and gender all in the frame of a fitting "Therapy Session." Enjoy this wonderfully layered and deep poem!

Taking a queue from the poem, we'd like to ask you: what are you besides your history? We'd love to hear from all of you about this! And give some love and likes to the poets of Atlanta Word Works for creating some great poetry!

#world in poetry #american poetry #atlanta poets #brave new voices #bnv15 #therapy session #poetry #poetry slam #spoken word #pangaea poetry #atlanta word workds

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#‎WorldinPoetry‬ Australian poet Luka Lesson gives us the beautifully articulated "Amber Lights". In it, he talks about friendship, burning souls, and living in between history, nationalities, past and present, hyphens, and so much more. Enjoy!

What do you feel like you live "in between"? Go ahead and share with each other below in the comments! And, as always, give some love and likes to Luka for the brilliant poetry!

#world in poetry #australian poetry #luka lesson #pangaea poetry #amber lights #poetry #spoken word #poetry slam

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#‎WorldinPoetry‬ In her poem "Mi Amigo El Abusador", Dominican poet Marleny Luna talks about the people who surround abusers - their friends, family, strangers - and she does so with the fires of a thousand suns. We hope you feel this as much as we do!

Is there activism in your poetry or the poetry you enjoy? If so, what are you an activist for? We'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments section below! Also, give some love and subscriptions to Marleny Luna on her Youtube channel!

#world in poetry #Mi Amigo El Abusador #dominican poetry #Marleny Luna #spoken word poetry #poetry #pangaea poetry

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#‎WorldinPoetry‬ In this mashup of music, dance, and poetry, the Santa Fe Indian School's Poetry Club gives you a deeper look at Native American cultures around Santa Fe in their poem, "Evolution". Enjoy this cool glimpse at cultures you may have never heard of before!

What are some practices from your cultural heritage that you like to keep alive? Leave them in the comments below! And give some love to the (now graduated) Santa Fe Indian School Spoken Word Program for introducing the medium to students whose voices needed to be heard! Who knows - it might inspire some folks to bring the club back!

#world in poetry #santa fe indian school's poetry club #indian poetry #native american poetry #evolution #poetry #spoken word #poetry slam #pangaea poetry

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#‎WorldinPoetry‬ In this amazing poem by a 12-year-old from Kenya, Eunice tells us all about her dream and simultaneously inspires us all to chase our own dreams, as well. Enjoy!

What are your dreams? Feel free to share in the comments below! And show support and love for the development of young poets like Eunice, from the Kibera School for Girls, through

Shining Hope for Communities, a Kenya-based nonprofit that runs the school that gave Eunice the resources she needed to be such a vivacious poet!

#shining hope for communities #kenyan poetry #world in poetry #eunice's dream #a poem from a kibera school #poetry #spoken word #pangaea poetry

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#‎WorldinPoetry‬ In this spin on the classic "poem about poetry" poem, Victoria Lim of Singapore's Sekaliwags asks us all, poets and audience alike, why poetry? Enjoy the questioning and the encouragement that are rife in "What It Does"!

So we turn the question to you: why poetry? We want to know! And be sure to give love and likes to the Sekaliwags!

#world in poetry #victoria lim #Sekaliwags #singaporean poetry #poetry #spoken word #poetry slam #pangaea poetry