we are torn and remade
the winged muse opens, poem share and hinterland submission reminder
hello winged friends, we are here this week to invite you to our next monthly winged muse competition. these contests are inspired by an image or theme that contestants submit a work of wondrous poetry in response to; submissions close november 26th and winners will be announced on november 27th.
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 november 26th
we will announce our winners on Instagram and publish a curated micro magazine on november 27th, 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
this month’s muse is a provoking artwork by photo-based artist, manuela thames. writer of the reflective “undone” publication here on substack and also whose art was showcased in our portrait issue. through a variety of photographic techniques, manuela captures themes encompassing loss and grief, her personal experience with generational trauma, all woven through the concepts of belonging, connection and our humanness.
we are delighted to have manuela’s artwork dance as the muse this month’s writing competition; if you feel the call, and we hope you do, please spend some paused moments with her work below and feel what emerges within. witness the silver waves that crest, or perhaps the dark wells that are carved. we are always so thrilled to read your channeled poems.
before the crescent wanes, we are sharing another excavating piece of work; turner wyatt in his poem, the endeavor, stirs the spirit of grief, yet within the arms of a quiet comfort. through the lines, we are taken on a journey of looking back while we are still here; similar to how the light of the sun is eight minutes old by the time it reaches our earthly eyes.
THE ENDEAVOR Turner Wyatt at my life’s end i’ll wish i hadn't pretended to see how many pages then peeked at the punch line– i’ll wish i’d spent more time outside a whole year up on that hill to watch the seasons pass from the vantage it was too cold under such a black night bright swollen pores stars not enough to see my feet how far they have walked me from that place i stood up as a child and never stopped walking away as long as i’m being humbled he said everyone who leaves home hasn’t any answers talks in journey language he said everyone who leaves home, as in, walks away, falls in love he said death is the only ceremony bright enough for a life After Richard Rohr’s conversation with Brene Brown, and Ocean Vuong’s conversation with Krista Tippet. Turner Wyatt is a poet, co-founder of the Durango Poet Laureate program, and editor of How Far Have We Come? The Colorado Poets Laureate Anthology. His work has been featured in publications such as The Climbing Zine and Poets Choice. He is based in Durango, Colorado.
before we depart, a gentle reminder that HINTERLAND is open for another 8 days-closing it’s gates on november 13th; it has truly been such a remarkably transforming journey for us to read all of the incredible submissions thus far. we are eager to receive the final threads that will create the fabric of the print issue.
please find more information and guidelines here.
until next time
Thanks for sharing ❤️
So honored!! Thank you so much!