Poetry

Portrait of Christian Lozada, Eckleburg contributor. "The Last Dance," a poems about ancestors.
The Last Day—after “Lucille Clifton...” / we will find ourselves surrounded by ancestors / all of them / the light and dark skinned / now ... Read More

The Last Day

Portrait of Katerina Canyon, Eckleburg contributor
noun / /ˈdɪkʃəˌnɛri/ / DIK-shuh-nair-ee ... Read More

dictionary & other poems

Portrait of Kate Kenney, Eckleburg contributor
At the diner I count to thirty ... Read More

30g & Other Poems

Letter to the Patriarchy and Other Poems
I carry centuries of women inside my body ... Read More

Letter to the Patriarchy and O...

The Moment It Locks To
“everything locks / to the moment / it locks to.” ... Read More

The Moment It Locks To

Portrait of Jonathan Fletcher, Eckleburg contributor
Weather Report and Other Poems
The truth is I’m full of accidents and furies / this semester. I curl around ... Read More

Weather Report and Other Poems

The Price Is Right at Night Tries to Give Away a Tesla Cybertruck
“otherwise known as a #swasticar (shame) / that people on X discuss how to scar ... Read More

The Price Is Right at Night Tr...

Dream of Didi
“The night was on edge, / for I thought of her and / she appeared, ... Read More

Dream of Didi

on the nature of exception
shi in Japanese means death / herself reflected / his singular possessive projected by the ... Read More

on the nature of exception

 


ABOUT ECKLEBURG POETRY

We publish poetry of all forms, from lyric and narrative to prose poems and the experimental, by emerging and established poets including David Wagoner, Jen Karetnick, Ceridwen Hall and Jonathan Fletcher.

POETRY SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

We accept previously unpublished poetry of all forms year round, unless announced otherwise. Please submit 1 to 5 poems as separate files in separate submissions. Please do not submit them all in one document.

SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS

Simultaneous submissions are fine as long as you withdraw the poem immediately through the submissions system if it is accepted elsewhere.

Note: We consider poetry, fiction and essays that have appeared in print, online magazines, public forums, and public access blogs as already being published. Rarely do we accept anything already published and then only by solicitation. Once a poem is published in Eckleburg, the poet is welcome to republish it anywhere, and we ask that original publication be credited each time to Eckleburg.

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POETRY COLLECTION MANUSCRIPTS

We publish short works at Eckleburg. At this time, we do not publish poetry collections, chapbooks, novels, long memoir, essay collections or story collections. We do offer manuscript and chapbook workshops at The Eckleburg Workshops. If you are looking to place a manuscript, we can suggest several excellent small and large presses whose excellent books are promoted through our Eckleburg Book Club — i.e., Random House, Graywolf Press, Coffee House, Tin House, St. Martin’s Press and more.

 

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