Poetry

In July: “Embrace the Hideous Immaculate by Chad Hensley”

• July 2, 2014
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The HWA Poetry Page is going to take a one-month break from covering the 2013 Stoker nominees in order to cover a 2014 poetry publication. One of my goals for… Read more

In June: “Superior Achievement in Poetry Collection: Four Elements”

• June 3, 2014
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for Superior Achievement in Poetry Collection: Marge Simon, Rain Graves, Charlee Jacob, and Linda Addison— Four Elements (Bad Moon Books/Evil Jester Press) Linda Addison: http://www.cith.org/linda/
Bad Moon books: http://www.badmoonbooks.com/home.php
Marge… Read more

In May: “Inaugural HWA Horror Poetry Showcase” Part II

• May 20, 2014
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“Acceptances for those poems chosen to be in the Inaugural HWA Horror Poetry Showcase ebook have been sent out. Thank you to everyone for all of your
wonderful submissions.” ☠… Read more

In May: “Inaugural HWA Horror Poetry Showcase”

• May 2, 2014
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☠ With well over 100 submissions from around the world, the Inaugural HWA Horror Poetry Showcase has come to an end. There was an astounding breadth of subject matter and… Read more

In April: “Bram Stoker Award Nominees: Super Achievement in a Poetry Collection”

• April 7, 2014
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On May 10, the 2013 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection will be given to one of the following five nominated works. Since April is National… Read more

HWA Horror Poetry Showcase

• March 17, 2014
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To celebrate National Poetry Month, the Horror Writers Association will be holding their inaugural HWA Horror Poetry Showcase in April 2014. Open to all poets, the Showcase will be accepting… Read more

In March: “Found Poetry” with Terrie Leigh Relf & HWA Poetry Showcase Announcement

• March 6, 2014
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Poet Terrie Leigh Relf talks about “Found Poetry” and shares a little bit of herself and her own work this month. Personally, before reading this article, I’d never heard of… Read more

February in Poetry: “Women in Horror” & Introduction by Peter Adam Salomon, Editor

• January 31, 2014
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‘Strangulation’ by Marge Simon

In the ‘November in Poetry’ column, poet Wendy Rathbone touched on an eternal truth that is so vital that I wanted to follow up on it.… Read more

November in Poetry: Wendy Rathbone’s “Why I Love Dark Poetry”

• November 20, 2013
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With extreme pleasure, I’m thrilled that our guest this month is Wendy Rathbone. She has has had over 500 poems published in various magazines and anthologies including Asimov’s and Strange… Read more

September in Poetry: Conlon, MacAllister, McWhorter, Sutter, Schwader, Marshall, and Giron

• September 12, 2013
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This month we have an eclectic group of poems from some bright stars poetry-- Greg McWhorter, D.G. Sutter, Ann K. Schwader, Amy K. Marshall, S. J. Giron and Carol MacAllister. We also have another treat in store for you this time! Our guest is none other than Christopher Conlon. One of the brightest stars of contemporary literature, Chris is now delving into genre poetry and prose.

August in Poetry: Boston, Faherty, Schwader, MacAllister

• August 4, 2013
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This month we have a reprinted column from the Blood and Spades column by the brilliant Bruce Boston, as well as a host of reprinted poetry from other luminaries–JG Faherty, … Read more

July in Poetry: Dorr, Deininger, Faherty, Bilof

• July 7, 2013
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This time we have the poetry of Keith Deininger, J G Faherty and Vincenzo Bilof. We also are including an archived Blood & Spades column by James Dorr. *** Art… Read more

Welcome to Poetry Awareness

• June 1, 2013
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*** Welcome, we’re kicking off Poetry Awareness with a new poem by Marge Simon, from her Stoker nominated book THE MAD HATTERY…among other goodies…

Lovecraft’s Wife

  I owned a… Read more

Interview with Bruce Boston at Darkeva’s Dark Delights

• April 21, 2013
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Darkeva interviews World Horror Convention’s Poet Guest of Honor, Bruce Boston. Darkeva: There’s definitely a strong contingent of poets among the sci-fi/fantasy/horror communities, and you’re certainly one of the most… Read more

Bruce Boston is Poet Guest of Honor at World Horror Con 2013

• March 8, 2013
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The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is proud to announce Bruce Boston as Poet Guest of Honor for the Bram Stoker Awards™ Weekend 2013, to be held in New Orleans from… Read more