A poet walks through the woods, as poets do constantly. But what’s that sound? Where is it leading the poet? Slowly a clearing appears, full of faint echoes. It’s the blues––and it’s time to start hopping again!
Industrial Lunch, a magazine of poetry and visual art, is now open for submissions for our fourth issue! This time around there will be no governing theme for submissions. All we ask for is work selfish enough to call itself poetry, and that you tell us a little bit about your poetics. Should you feel adrift without a theme, consider taking a walk in the woods. Failing that, we remind you that to write poetry, one must plunge into the glorious junk of one’s time. If you are unsure where to look for glorious junk, consider the following:
The woods (different woods from the ones you failed to go for a walk in)
A photograph of Richard Nixon and Leonid Brezhnev hanging out on a boat
How to make ice (or get it cheap)
Cars––who owns all these cars?
What else there will be at the company picnic
Chairs you have only heard of
Peat bogs, but as an allegory for social democracy, and so on
None of these should be taken as mandatory or even necessary topics, but as suggestions for those of us jonesing for the specifics of “theme” where we refuse to provide one. Above all, we are looking for great work.
Please send all submissions to [email protected]. For writing, please send 1-3 poems in a Word document (.doc or .docx). If you are doing something that relies heavily on a visual “field” for the poem, a PDF in addition to the Word doc is recommended). If you are interested in submitting a translation, we ask that you provide a copy of the translated text(s) in their original language, in addition to your translations.
For visual art, please send your work (in high quality scans or photographs) to us in TIFF or JPEG format (no PDFs), at least 150 dpi. In the body of your email please indicate your medium––painting, mixed media, illustration, photography, etc.––as well as title and date if applicable.
Documents & visual art should have the name(s) of the author(s) in their file names (for example: RichardNixon_PoemSubmission).
For this issue, your submission emails should include a short note in which you describe your poetics to us a bit. How you approach this is up to you--we want to hear about your process! For examples of what others have written in the past, you may consult our previous issues.
Submissions will be open until April 15. We can also be found on Facebook. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask us. Thanks so much!
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