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West Trade Review Visual Poetics: Latest Video Poem
"Chronology of the Closet" by Mickie Kennedy
We're excited to present the premiere of the next video poem in our Visual Poetics Series. "Chronology of the Closet" is written and ready by Mickie Kennedy. Video edited by Sarah Edmonds. West Trade Review Visual Poetics developed by Ken Harmon.
We'd like to read poems that explore the relationship between place/environment/nature and gender, sexual identity, race, ethnicity, disability, and/or social class.
Poets are encouraged to "go into yourself. Search for the reason that bids you write," as Rilke urged. Simply creatively explore these ideas and intersectional spaces to find what emerges.
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The editors of West Trade Review seek creative nonfiction that engages with the ideas of mental health and mental well-being. Specifically, we'd like to read personal stories that are raw, honest, and vulnerable in their explorations of mental health or mental well-being and their intersection with inequality, access to healthcare, the need for accessible, quality mental health care, and/or the need for open conversations about mental health.
"A Curated Artistry of Sonnets Elevates the Form in Mid/South Sonnets" by Mikal Wix
"Everything from the weather to racial and ethnic compositions is tackled. And the form of these poems mirrors the diversity of themes because the sonnet is infinitely malleable."