Long River Run

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May to September

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How to order back issues of Connecticut River Review or Long River Run.

Click Here to see Poems from Long River Run 2007

CT Poetry Society
PO Box 270554
West Hartford, CT 06127

connpoetry@comcast .net

 

 

 

 

 


The Long River Run is Currently Available

The 2009 edition of the Long River Run is available. Members receive it free of charge, it was mailed in mid-January.

Additional copies are available at meetings and events for $10 each, for mailed copies add $2 for postage. Send orders with a check made out to

CT Poetry Society , PO BOX 270554, West Hartford, CT, 06127.

*Correction: The CT Poetry Society is sorry for a layout error in Gemma Mathewson's poem which appears in the 2009 Long River Run which resulted in the cutting off of lines at the end of the poem.

To see the poem in its correct form please click here.

 Long River Run

      is a CPS members-only journal (NOW MAILED IN DECEMBER/January)

Long River Run II is a poetry journal open only to CPS members.  CPS members receive it for free.  The submission period for Long River Run is May 1-September 30. Please submit one poem, maximum of 40 lines, typed, single-spaced. Include your name in upper left corner, and under that please put your town (and state if you are not a Connecticut resident).  Previously published okay, provide credits.  Simultaneous submission okay, please notify if accepted elsewhere..

Send submission by EMAIL to: emgil3@yahoo.com

Regarding submissions, please be reminded that you e-mail them to Emerson Gilmore editor, who will acknowledge that he has received them via e-mail.

There are no "acceptance" letters as one poem per member will be included in the book. We do not judge the poems. We do not edit the poems, they will appear as you have sent them in, with the exceptions being we will verify that you are a member with dues up to date, and that the poem's content contains nothing illegal or has content that is offensive, in which case we will contact you concerning it.

Connecticut River Review
                a national poetry journal...
                published by the Connecticut Poetry Society

 

Connecticut River Review is the official poetry journal of The Connecticut Poetry Society,  the only statewide poetry society in Connecticut.  CPS was founded in 1975 and is a member of The National Federation of State Poetry Societies (NFSPS).  Connecticut River Review  solicits poetry for publication in the annual journal during a reading period of October  through April each year.  The journal also publishes winning poems from several  CPS poetry contests.

CPS members as well as non-members are invited to submit poems for consideration.  Book reviews are solicited by the editor.  The editor is the sole arbiter of which poems to publish.  In general, the selection standard is excellence in poetic form.  Poems may be on any topic.  Typically, the CRR receives about 400 entries, of which 60 are published, not including contest winners.  Poets published in CRR come from all over the country.  CRR accepts simultaneous submissions, but asks for notice of acceptance elsewhere. 

Submissions should be unpublished original poems, no translations, typed, single-spaced, with complete contact information on each poem.  Send 3-5 poems, not to exceed 5 pages. 

 

Enclose a SASE for notification only; no poems will be returned.  Poets whose work is  published receive one copy as payment and retain the copyright.  CPS members receive one copy as part of their membership benefits.  Additional copies can be ordered.

 

The current editor, Lisa Siedlarz, was selected by the board of CPS.

 

               reading period: October 1 to April 15

 

Poets whose work is published receive one copy as payment, and retain copyright. Additional copies or single/sample copy: $12 each (plus $2 postage). Make checks out to The CT Poetry Society and send orders to CRR CO/ 311 Shingle Hill Road West Haven, CT 06516.

 

CRR is published once annually, in a July/August edition. It is distributed to all Connecticut Poetry Society (CPS) members, as a membership benefit, as well as selected universities, schools, and libraries.

 

Send submissions

(no more than 5 poems or pages) to:

Lisa Siedlarz, Editor

Connecticut River Review

53 Pearl Street

 New Haven, CT 06511

 

Connecticut Poetry Society

The Connecticut Poetry Society (CPS), an affiliate of the National Federation of Poetry Societies (NFSPS), is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the promotion and enjoyment of poetry. Our group has a long tradition of excellence in publishing the work of poets from Connecticut and around the nation.

Our mission is to support the art form of poetry with chapter meetings, contests, and poetry events. Membership is not limited to Connecticut residents. One does not have to be a poet to join, just a person willing to dedicate time or money in support of the arts.

Chapters usually meet monthly to workshop original poetry and sponsor readings, lectures or programs in their communities. Browse through our site. To get information about CPS, contact Christine Beck at mailto:connpoetry@comcast.net . The Academy of American Poets has published a "Poetry Map" of America that features photos, events, and information relevant to poetry in each state. Take a look at the Connecticut page by clicking here http://www.poets.org/state.php/varState/CT

 

Gemma Mathewson
:

        Why I Love Prison Stories                                
                                                                
I drove a rural route through the woods,                        
late afternoon, and in the rear view                                
the sun did time between the verticals
of black bar tree trunks  - and I thought:

This is why I love prison stories
they are all exactly about me

        Falsely accused, though maybe guilty as hell
        about something else
        but going down in a blaze of glory
        and always always
        in the the solitary confinement
        of a winter sunset.
        When my car approaches the bridge
        the red orb me is gone,
        no color saturated reflection
        in the river, only pale vernix
        on gray water, the ghost ripple of my escape.

        Then flash back to the scene where,
        though crammed into the metal box
        a literal minute ago,I am dragged out
        all filthy tatters, mottled skin,
        pinwheeling eyes and  matted hair
        to illustrate a cinematically significant lapse of time.

On new year’s eve I listened to the sculptor
frame his creative intention about
A ball of snow he carried in a cooler south
across the state line,
then jailed behind a locked gate
inside a cage crafted of wood and bamboo.
Eventually the snow would melt -
total transformation essential to its release.

This is why I love prison stories
they are all exactly about me.

        Predictably, the governor’s pardon
        arrives that melodramatic moment too late,
        my fellow inmates sell me out
        for a pack of cigarettes.
        Good behavior is irrelevant,
        the air ducts never lead
        to the laundry chute
        and with a filed-off spoon handle
        I scrape a tunnel into concrete block
        while I catalog the warden’s secrets
        biding my time
        drop by drop.

 

 

 

 

 



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