Happy May, Poems in Jet Fuel Review, Springtime Blues

Happy May!

Goodbye to April, National Poetry Month, and my 45^th birthday. The week of my birthday I was a little down, both physically and emotionally. The combo of dental work, the PR for Poets book launch, and my little adventure amid the tulips took their toll, and I had to try to rest and deal with the combo of dizziness and fatigue that I’ve learned is my signal that “You’ve done too much! MS is acting up!” I still managed to sprain something so I was literally on bedrest for my actual birthday, a huge bummer, but it was cold grey weather too, so at least we enjoyed the nice weather while it was here. I did manage to submit an AWP panel for Portland and write a few poems. And here’s a picture of last late April cherry blossoms with early moonrise.

Jet Fuel Review Poems

This morning seemed to start a little brighter. And I should say I was happy to have two poems up at Jet Fuel Review! That’s a link to the whole issue (which is fantastic) PDF; I’m putting a little graphic of one of the poems, “Post-Life,” because it’s one of my more close poems to my heart and used to be the title poem of my next book manuscript before I changed it:

Birdwatch!

I have to say that this first day of May almost feels like the first day of spring, especially with the birdwatching. I saw three different kinds of woodpecker and an eagle from my bedroom window, and when I walked out on the deck I saw a pair of quail! I think these birds are all some sign of good luck. At least I hope so!

Plans for May

I hope your May will be bright, spring-like, and kind. I am going to get some poetry submissions out and I’m looking forward to the Skagit Poetry Festival coming up mid-month.
And a quick reminder – let me know if you enjoy PR for Poets (and please put up a few words of review on Amazon) and let me know if you have any questions I didn’t cover. I’ll do another “questions” post about subject related to poetry marketing soon!

And here’s a rainbow to remind you it won’t always be grey outdoors – spring is definitely arriving!