I would like to create the opportunity for people to write poems on what holds us together on this planet in this universe.
Like the love for life, after all nothing lives if it is not given love. So to do that I am asking for submissions on the theme of what holds us together? Like for example - the Lintel holds the roof on a wall and it protects us from wind, rain and snow for as long as it can, as long as we look after the house and the people we rely upon.
This will not be a way to make money but to get into a creative salve. The book will be a small chapbook printed on white paper with black ink, ready before December, to read like the advent calendar in that winter month. 25 short poems we can use as we would a seasonal card, but with our wisdom stanzas.
The poems must be new, not published elsewhere and must come with a letter to say you wrote it and give me a one time permission to print. The booklets can be sold for $5 each to donate to a local charity of your choosing.
The idea is to give us the redeeming sense that all life matters just like that unadorned lintel that keeps the roof over your head.
Send your submissions to janetvickers@gmail.com with a brief intro of who you are. Put LINTEL SUBMISSION in the subject line.
Also your name, and a way you can be reached. I will let you know whether your submission has been accepted or not. Sorry I can't promise that all submissions will be accepted. If it is I will send you a copy of the chapbook as your payment.
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