the rivered threshold
new poetry, print edition announcement and monthly writing competition
a doorway is opened from daylight, towards a place where the liminal beckons us forward. what is held beyond the hands, here? what lays awake, yet dreaming? the whispering emergence escorts us through a dawn, where the arch-way sky bends into an iris and we are transformed. -raychelanne
in this newsletter, we are sharing the dreamy artwork by Jenny Lloyd, Iris, as seen in her collection, Wildflowers of Palestine series, which you might remember from other newsletters. sitting alongside her, is poetry by Ana Reisens, “Etiquette for the Opening of Doors”. these works draw bridges between one another, between worlds, the seen and unseen. as we delve into their landscape, they invite us through the hopeful gateway of a blossoming. within them, may they guide you courageously towards the brink as they have done for us.
ETIQUETTE FOR THE OPENING OF DOORS Ana Reisens “Old ways won’t open new doors.” -Anonymous You’ll reach it first. The ancient pages of creation gave you longer legs, and I have been climbing for miles. Open it. There’s no need to bow or sigh or cry out white-knight-triumphant, no need to whistle, or wink, or stare. Just let me enter. But know that there will be a second door, an opening neither of us has reached. May we stand side by side at this new beginning as I extend my arm for both us of pass – and if there’s a dragon or an apple waiting on the other side, we’ll face it together. Ana Reisens is a poetry farmer. Born and raised in the American Midwest, she now tends to her crop in the sun-bathed soil of Spain. She was the recipient of the 2020 Barbara Mandigo Kelly Peace Poetry Award and you can find her poetry sprouting in Bracken, Sixfold, and The Sunlight Press, among other places.
and for our first announcement…
we have crossed the river. our wings open to the blaze of writing and art submissions for our next print edition, HINTERLAND, which opens today, October 2nd.
please click here to read more.
we invite you to explore the borderlands of what lays quietly, or turbulently, beneath your surface. HINTERLAND encourages you to create from what whispers ominously from the beyond. we look forward to receiving your work.
lastly, welcome again to our monthly event, the winged muse. a writing competition inspired by an image or theme that we will share each month here on substack.
our second monthly muse comes from the talented artist, Ise Cellier. Cellier is an unparalled artist from France whose work evokes an other-worldliness, yet familiarly ancient feeling. her work, the Weeping Man, and this month’s Muse piece, the closed circuit, are seen in our portrait issue. Congratulations to her also as the weeping man was nominated by us for the 2024 Best of the Net competition!
submissions for this month’s competition opens today!
here are the guidelines:
write a piece in response to this image, it can be poetry, prose or micro fiction
the poetry should be no more than 30 lines, the prose and micro fiction no more than 300 words
please send us your writing to thewingedmoonmagazine@gmail.com
submissions are open until October 16th
we will announce our winners on Instagram and publish a curated micro magazine on October 30th, here on substack
the overall winner each month will be given a paid subscription to The Winged Moon substack for three months
please do not share the image or your writing until after the winners have been announced
we are thrilled for this new monthly competition and warmly invite you all to send in your work if the muse calls to speak through you.
and thank you to everyone whose works of spirit weave through this space, we are so ecstatic for all the upcoming submissions and to have you all here!