Jenny Schwartz

Tag: poetry

  • Catching Up

    So, midyear. Do you think someone could slow time down for me? I’m just not running fast enough. I feel very grateful (also shocked) that to date I’ve managed to hit my book every two months release schedule for 2019. Space Rodeo will be out in July, but after that things stretch to a three…

  • Writing Poetry

    A couple of days ago I received the proofs for my two poems, “Galaxy Court Judge” and “Revelation to an Alien”, that are to be included in the anthology, The Best of Every Day Poets II. A couple of days before that I saw this submission window open at The Australian Poetry Journal. Together, they…

  • Eve’s Song

    The apple? It tasted fine. Sweet and tart, full of promise. Adam licked the juice from my lips, said, Yes. I remember our laughter, the courage and fear. That night, so good, when we chose to live, and how wild we danced.

  • Inside the Vacuum Cleaner Bag

    The spider squats. Some cyclonic wind has sucked it from sunshine and buzzy flies, greedy feasts and blood fizz, to shadows and dust mites. So it spins its web and waits, egg sacs quivering. Its young shall feast on human flesh. You have to change the bag some day.

  • Writing Update

    So, how do you find more time for your writing? I’m not talking about finding time to write. I know that can be a struggle on its own, but I’m taking that struggle for granted. You write, probably daily, but where do you find the time to write a project that’s not on your schedule?…