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Damn Good Writing

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 02:21:00 +0000

We are pleased to announce the arrival of Damn Good Writing to the cockcrow press family.

Starting late this Spring, Damn Good Writing will feature new fiction by up and coming wordsmiths.

Stay tuned!

Wolf Moon 2008

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:13:00 +0000

It's in the teens here in Oregon, as the full moon rises it's orange belly over the clear sky horizon, The Wolf Moon 2008 edition is alive for your viewing pleasure, featuring new poetry by William Alton, Sarah Borsten, and Michael Shorb.

Cold Moon 2007

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 18:17:00 +0000

Happy Holidays everybody. The Cold Moon 2007 edition of the Pregnant Moon Review has new poems from Sargam Garg, John Joynt, and Karen Kelsay, as well as artwork from the very talented Stephanie Dodson. Check it out here. From all of us at cockcrow press, we wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Beaver Moon 2007

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:20:00 +0000

Curl up to a warm poem this holiday season. The Beaver Moon 2007 edition is online, featuring new poetry by Andrew K Clark, Carol Lynn Grellas, and an illustration by Steve Cartwright.

Hunters Moon 2007

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 18:22:00 +0000

The Hunter's Moon 2007 edition is online, featuring new poetry by Kelly Braden, Anna Bristow, Brett Staggs, Shane Townsend, and a photo by Eric Dennon.

Kudos to Alphabetix

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:24:00 +0000

Major kudos to Alphabetix for our new website design. Alphabetix has done a fabulous job with updating our web site design, and their rates are affordable for even a small press like cockcrow.

Harvest Moon 2007

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:28:00 +0000

The Harvest Moon 2007 edition is online, featuring new poetry by Kelly Braden, Anna Bristow, Sam Calhoun, Suad Campbell, Amanda McQuade, and a photo by Eric Dennon.

Oregon Literary Arts Directory

Sat, 25 Aug 2007 18:31:00 +0000

Check out the new Oregon Literary Arts Directory. This resource showcases literary arts activities throughout the state of Oregon, including open mics, bookstores, literary organizations, literary journals, writer's workshops, libraries, publishers, and Oregon writers.

Welcome

Mon, 01 Jan 2007 14:59:00 +0000

Contemporary Poetry That Illuminates

Contemporary poetry demands the poet to express serious consequences to mans dominance over nature through inventive images, fluid sound and silence, and flawless mastery of the English language that is engaging and devoid of ordinary expression.

Oregon Literary Arts Directory

The Oregon Literary Arts Directory is a resource for writers, readers, and enthusiasts to find literary arts events throughout the great state of Oregon.

Our directry includes listings for upcoming events, open mics, bookstores, organizations, literary journals, writers workshops, publishers, libraries, and readings. A listing on the Oregon Literary Arts Directory is free.

Starving Artist Chapbooks

The Starving Artist Chapbook series is designed to launch new voices into the literary atmosphere. The chapbooks are designed to be small in size (16 pages or less), yet grand in stature.

We seek strong image writing, and publish chapbooks our readers want to read. We read unsolicited manuscripts year round.

Pregnant Moon Poetry Review

The Pregnant Moon Review shines deep-image driven poetry into hungry eyes. We publish poetic imaginations that sing in our dreams, dance into our minds eye, and open our eyes to a world we thought existed but were too afraid to explore.

We publish the online edition of the Pregnant Moon Review in accordance to full moon cycles.

News From The Press

Selected Poem

Sunrise in Germany

by Amanda McQuade The Dresden sun rises as a milkmaid Busty and grain-feed With its shiny shoes clinking, And the great eye twinkling In the distant summit Bounding as a fawn. My eyes revert with fear, And I want to crack Open that sweet embryo Climbing high in the noon To scoop out its innards, And knit with its rays A sweater to never leave me - A heart-song to never decay.

Sundress

by Kelly Braden she wears the sun dress I bought her yellow cotton hangs like ripe mango flesh she shifts slowly in a swoon silly way fills a woven breeze with dandelion seeds

Laundry

by Kristen McHenry Today I shall launder the towels, lay down upon them and dream clean dreams. In this place the sky is crisp as apples the women content; white sheets ripple like a national flag. In this place nothing is indelible; the rites of soap genteel and acid unburden me, a second baptism.

Visiting

by Sarah Borsten Your hands look smaller every time I see you, knitting needles sprout like fingers that somehow escaped the fire. When I visit you are always sitting underneath the faded Monet poster. I ask you if the blanket you are knitting is for my baby cousin. You glance at the waterlilies above your head and reply that life has more holes than you can ever patch up.

Read other poems from the Pregnant Moon Poetry Review.