Author | Published in Write Michigan, Silly Goose Press, Cosmic Daffodil, #Ranger, MockingOwl Roost, Infinity Wanderers, and Procrastinating Writers United
As August winds down, let's give 3 big honks to our Silly Summer Web Series Contributors! You can find their work on our Flight b(Log) here: https://t.co/882DSY2L9R
NEXT UP: Issue Seven Highlights 🤩🤩🤩
🪿Silly Summer Web Series🪿
"I pray, yet Jesus kinda screens my calls."
@JoshuaBoers returns to the pond with another amazing anagram!
Take a gander: https://t.co/ec9QDCbdXn
A look back on 2025 (oops, all poetry)! Featuring some pieces I forgot to post about during my social media break!
February:
> “Soliloquy of the Roman Demagogue” published in @CosmicDaffodil (Issue IX, Myth and Metaphor)
https://t.co/tVY2ltwHsn
October:
> “The Prologue to Beowulf, an Anagram Translation in Modern English” and “Hill House Help Desk: An Anagram Prose Poem” published in @rangermagonline (Issue 13)
https://t.co/Xgf0h4MffR
November:
> “An Anagram of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18” nominated for Pushcart Prize
🪿POEM🪿
Sayin what we were all thinkin:
AN ANAGRAM OF SHAKESPEARE’S SONNET 18 by @JoshuaBoers
“Similar unto summer, thou’rt hot.”
https://t.co/o8nPOGmWFM
@Linnaeus_Writer The Motif Index of Folk-Literature is a good resource for this kind of thing (and also a great source of writing prompts). I like entry D1652.9: "Monkey cut in two by magic sword becomes two monkeys."
https://t.co/AYd31vjvp7
🪿POETRY 🪿
Our poets really heard us when we said SILLY goose press this issue:
SEGUIDILLA FOR BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH by @JoshuaBoers
“His head is like a peanut…”
https://t.co/kH4XyWco9c
HONK HONK my poem is out at @sillygoosepress! I've officially joined the... Gaggle? Skein? Plump? It depends on whether we're on the ground, flying in V-formation, or flying close together.
https://t.co/yeWhyN1cvS
HAPPY PUB DAY, GEESE!! Sooo many amazing words by sooo many amazing geese in this one 🪿 we’re so honking excited for you to read SGP4!
https://t.co/pX3ydsmJNz
10. Goose egg addling
"Goose egg addling was predominantly used in the aftermath of the plane crash of US Airways Flight 1549."
https://t.co/hgr6bL1qWe
9. Mario (goose)
"Mario would ... attempt to follow him from the park, flying closely behind him as he rode away on his scooter, necessitating attempts to distract the goose."
https://t.co/zKWeM2ESUe