SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

 

Readers who write in response to one of the prompts listed each month in Splintered Glass, may see their work presented here on the last week of that month. Though poems are preferred, short prose work will also be considered for publication.

Guidelines for submission:

  1. List Splintered Glass prompt which inspired the work in the text of your email.
  2. Submit material to be published as Microsoft Word document. Submission should not be longer than one page. Editing will not be provided, please be careful.
  3. Include two brief sentences about the author. Example: Michael Whozits is the author of A Book and The Curl, a blog. He is a retired pilot and avid surfer.
  4. Submission must arrive no later than the 3rd Wednesday of the month in which the Splintered Glass prompt appeared. Only one reader’s submission will be selected for any given month.
  5. Send submission to karoxby@gmail.com.
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SPLINTERS FOR SEPTEMBER 2022

  1. September is Hispanic Heritage Month. What does this mean for you?
    1. Does it conjure up town or actor names of Hispanic origins? Or, days of Spanish classes in school, a friend born in Mexico or Chile or another once Spanish territory? Tell us about your memories, feelings.
    2. Perhaps what you think of is music, visual art or architecture reflecting Hispanic culture. Do these evoke emotions and/or images which you can share in writing?
  2. Age is a recurring theme in the list of special days in September: Attend Your Grandchild’s Birth Day, Grandma Moses Day, Father’s Day, Grandparent’s Day and Centenarian’s Day. If you were your grandparent, what message or gift would you give to your newborn self (or to your real or imagined grandchild)?
  3. Ecology also is of concern in September with days commemorating clean air, (US) federal lands and (US) international coastal clean-up, and preservation of the ozone layer. What would you say in a letter to the planet Earth? If the planet could speak, what do you think it would say to us?
  4. Hobbies also receive special attention this month with days highlighting dance, reading a book, video games, comic books, Play-Doh, boys’ and girls’ club for kids, hunting and fishing. What is your hobby and why did you choose it?
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OLD WOMAN’S SOLILOQUY

I drift

I dream

I remember…

      food

so sweet, so right,

so good

I eat very little now—

not hungry

 

     dresses

with ribbons and lace

and ruffles

Now all my dresses

are the same

easy-care plain

that never fits quite right

 

     people

that I played with

or danced with

or loved…once

Now there are faces

without names

or names that keep changing,

names that never seem right

and the faces not quite clear

but always reminding me—

 

     I laughed

I can remember laughing,

I laugh now, remembering.

 

     I cried, too…a little

I cry now

often

not knowing why

 

I drift

I dream

I remember

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[TWO SMALL POEMS]

Twilight steals

..bluely down

….on hill

……and valley

……..with not

……….a hint

…………of sound

 

Melting

..snowgold sky

….treeleaf shadows

……floating on sea grass:

……..full moon.

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Canyon Vista

Shadows and colors flit about the walls

As the sun shifts west and twilight comes.

Even the wind seems to be part of the show.

Reds, yellows, grays and yes, even blacks

Moving like rivers along the walls in here.

As the sunlight switches from East to West

To catch this array of colors is as easy

As catching the early morn mist by hand—

It is already gone when you open your hand.

Only the eye can hold the color display.

Our memory has problems retaining the changes.

So much so that only by visiting here

Every other year, or two will you know

How truly exciting and great your visit

To our Grand Canyon will be for you.

Every time you are here, something new

And different each time you see the show.

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AUTHOR NOTES

GLASS RAIN—the poetry by Margaret Roxby

“TWO SMALL POEMS” is included this week for UN International Day of Peace, September 21.

REFRACTIONS –a poem by Robert Roxby

“CANYON VISTA” was inspired to a visit to the Grand Canyon, Arizona in June 1964 with his wife and mother-in-law. It is included this week for September 24, USA National Public Lands Day.

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS—the poetry of Kathleen Roxby

“OLD WOMAN’S SOLILOQUY” is included this week for the National Aging Awareness Day, September 18. The poem first appeared in 2000 as part of the author’s chapbook, Paper Doll. The author wrote this after spending days and hours at the rest home where her 91 year old grandmother resided.

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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

 

Readers who write in response to one of the prompts listed each month in Splintered Glass, may see their work presented here on the last week of that month. Though poems are preferred, short prose work will also be considered for publication.

Guidelines for submission:

  1. List Splintered Glass prompt which inspired the work in the text of your email.
  2. Submit material to be published as Microsoft Word document. Submission should not be longer than one page. Editing will not be provided, please be careful.
  3. Include two brief sentences about the author. Example: Michael Whozits is the author of A Book and The Curl, a blog. He is a retired pilot and avid surfer.
  4. Submission must arrive no later than the 3rd Wednesday of the month in which the Splintered Glass prompt appeared. Only one reader’s submission will be selected for any given month.
  5. Send submission to karoxby@gmail.com.
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SPLINTERS FOR SEPTEMBER 2022

  1. September is Hispanic Heritage Month. What does this mean for you?
    1. Does it conjure up town or actor names of Hispanic origins? Or, days of Spanish classes in school, a friend born in Mexico or Chile or another once Spanish territory? Tell us about your memories, feelings.
    2. Perhaps what you think of is music, visual art or architecture reflecting Hispanic culture. Do these evoke emotions and/or images which you can share in writing?
  2. Age is a recurring theme in the list of special days in September: Attend Your Grandchild’s Birth Day, Grandma Moses Day, Father’s Day, Grandparent’s Day and Centenarian’s Day. If you were your grandparent, what message or gift would you give to your newborn self (or to your real or imagined grandchild)?
  3. Ecology also is of concern in September with days commemorating clean air, (US) federal lands and (US) international coastal clean-up, and preservation of the ozone layer. What would you say in a letter to the planet Earth? If the planet could speak, what do you think it would say to us?
  4. Hobbies also receive special attention this month with days highlighting dance, reading a book, video games, comic books, Play-Doh, boys’ and girls’ club for kids, hunting and fishing. What is your hobby and why did you choose it?
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THE GIFT OF DANCE

She reached out her arms

with the thoughts of her heart

In the movements of dance

she could speak without words

All the dreams unvoiced

the cries unheard

floated upon song after song

spun into life

with the dance of her hands

 

For the muted soul

there is the gift of dance

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MADONNA OF THE LAND OF THE SOUTHERN SUN

Your veil falls as soft as blue shadow

About flawless countenance

And perpetual smile.

Your lovely heart is hidden.

Where the hot dry winds blow

No rain-tears ever flow.

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