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s many of you know, April is National Poetry Month. In celebration, Publish Chicago is featuring various publishers who specialize in poetry from the Windy City. Chicago has a fantastic poetry scene, with many publishers focusing purely on publishing books and chapbooks from little-known poets. In short, this is a great place to find undiscovered writers doing fantastic things with language. If you’re interested in poetry publishers, stay tuned throughout the month, or check out our links and resources for a complete listing of publishers specializing in poetry in Chicago. If you’re interested in poetry events, check out Literago, which has a fantastic events calendar for the literary events happening around the city, many of which involve a lot of poetry.
Imagine the feelings of a whole
continent, I said. A sheer blank
space of delightful mystery, its black
thoughts, its body
at rest in the middle of blessings.
If such is the meaning
of a French steamer, and it was, were
we who had pronounced a judgment upon
the whole population cleared into
the heart of an unknown planet? We could for a
while, of massacres, of
craven terror, of burning noble words.
It was very grave, were we
who had gone mad, completely.
-taken from a light heart, its black thoughts, written by Gnoetry and Eric Scovel, published by Beard of Bees
Beard of Bees Press is a small, independently owned Chicago press focusing on experimental poetry. ¶ View In Entirety… ⇒