Poem by Gabriela Marie Milton and an Update on the Anthology Wounds I Healed: The Poetry of Strong Women

My Dear Readers:

A Twitter Poem for You.

I searched for love in the thrilling nights of the February carnival. Around me scavengers of night. I managed to look like Ophelia dressed in negligees & incapable of understanding my own distress.

The #brutal-ity of the desert.
Voices muffled by sand and thirst. #vss365 pic.twitter.com/y9EMLQzd9y
— Gabriela Marie Milton (@shortprose1) February 7, 2022

An Update on the Anthology Wounds I Healed: The Poetry of Strong Women

To those of you who already submitted a big thank you.

However, several submissions do not follow the guidelines for submissions. Poetry not submitted according to the guidelines will not be taken in consideration. So please follow the guidelines if you wish to submit or if you already submitted and you did not follow the guidelines please consider to revise and resubmit.

You can read the entire call for submission here.

A quick update:

Submission guidelines:

Please submit up to two poems at shortprose12@gmail.com.

Submit your poems in a Word Document, together with a short bio. You should use Times New Roman 12, double space. No poem should be longer than one page. No bio should be longer than 400 characters.

Please title you submission Wounds I Healed: The Poetry of Strong Women.

Example of email submission:

Dear Editor,

Attached please find my submission for Wounds I Healed: The Poetry of Strong Women.

Best,

…..

The deadline for submission is April 15.

The plan is to have the anthology published at the end of May 2022.

Looking forward to your submissions.

Please let me know if you have any questions in the comments below.

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Everyday I work to feature wonderful poetry written by my fellow poets. I will be most grateful if you can read and support these poets. Kindness, generosity, and supporting our community are things that I highly appreciate.

Thank you everyone.

Wishing you a great weekend and a fabulous Valentine’s Day.

Gabriela Marie Milton
#1 Amazon Bestseller Author
Books:
Woman: Splendor and Sorrow :I Love Poems and Poetic Prose
Passions: Love Poems and Other Writings

Claude Monet, Sunset-on-the-seine-at-lavacourt-winter-effect, considered in the Public Domain in the United States

A Twitter Poem

Winter sunsets. Scarcity of orange. Pale blues.
Concentrated scents of saffron & roses.
I crave sweetness.
In one of the upstairs bedrooms the child’s toys #shift places.
When I do not cry myself to death, I pretend you are here.
Love.
My love. #vss365 #poem #twitterpoem pic.twitter.com/XGNYx9B8hf
— Gabriela Marie Milton (@shortprose1) December 5, 2021

Dear Readers.

I hope everyone is doing well.

I plan to create a newsletter to help our literary community better understand the role of social media in our creative endeavors. At the same time – depending on what you want to showcase – the newsletter will help you understand what social media platform is best for you, and what strategies you should employ to advance your goals and get your work widely noticed.

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First issue will come out in March 2022.

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@Gabriela Marie Milton

Twitter poem by Gabriela Marie Milton

you, my adulterated love
I light your fire
blindfolded I seek a buyer
for all my sins
a sunset lingers on my dress
October #hesitate-s
the walls are gray
the music plays
delighting at your feet
chants of prayers from my faraway Corinth#vss365 #poem #poetrytwitter #poetry pic.twitter.com/m7tC9eRXC2
— Gabriela Marie Milton (@shortprose1) October 19, 2021

You can get my poetry collection Woman: Splendor and Sorrow: Love Poems and Poetic Prose on Amazon HERE.

Updates:

Thank you again to those who enter the poetry contest Woman: Splendor and Sorrow: | Love Poems and Poetic Prose. The winners will be announced soon!
Please help our literary community strive. Do not forget to read, like, and submit to MasticadoresUSA.
Follow me on Twitter @shortprose1

@Gabriela Marie Milton

Portrait d’amour – love poem by Gabriela Marie Milton

Flowers open like fresh young lips.
I avert my mind from the memory of your arms which tries to drag me inside an abyss of naked love; a love blessed with the force of the mistral & the sensuality of linked fingers under the moonlight.#Portrait d’amour. #vss365 pic.twitter.com/Kva49R48oo
— Gabriela Marie Milton (@shortprose1) August 28, 2021

My new book Woman: Splendor and Sorrow available on Amazon

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For more poetry please follow me on Twitter HERE.
Help our literary community strive. Do not forget to read, like, and submit to MasticadoresUSA.

@Gabriela Marie Milton