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Juliet Cook doesn't fit inside an Easy-Bake Oven and rarely cooks.
She does write poetry.
Her poetry has appeared in a peculiar multitude of literary publications.
Cook's tiny independent press, Blood Pudding Press, sometimes publishes hand-designed poetry chapbooks and sometimes creates other art, such as abstract painting collage art hybrid creatures.
Blood Pudding Press's spooky little sister is an online blog style literary magazine called Thirteen Myna Birds.
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Cook's personal blog - https://doppelgangrene.blogspot.com/
Cook's Blood Pudding Press blog - https://bloodyooze.blogspot.com/
The Blood Pudding Press shop - https://www.etsy.com/shop/BloodPuddingPress
Thirteen Myna Birds - https://13myna.blogspot.com/
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Some of Cook's latest publications appear below - and at the top of this page, you can click on sections to check out more of her poetry publications, her chapbooks, her full-length books, some Blood Pudding Press chapbooks, and more. Thank you for taking a look.
She does write poetry.
Her poetry has appeared in a peculiar multitude of literary publications.
Cook's tiny independent press, Blood Pudding Press, sometimes publishes hand-designed poetry chapbooks and sometimes creates other art, such as abstract painting collage art hybrid creatures.
Blood Pudding Press's spooky little sister is an online blog style literary magazine called Thirteen Myna Birds.
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Cook's personal blog - https://doppelgangrene.blogspot.com/
Cook's Blood Pudding Press blog - https://bloodyooze.blogspot.com/
The Blood Pudding Press shop - https://www.etsy.com/shop/BloodPuddingPress
Thirteen Myna Birds - https://13myna.blogspot.com/
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Some of Cook's latest publications appear below - and at the top of this page, you can click on sections to check out more of her poetry publications, her chapbooks, her full-length books, some Blood Pudding Press chapbooks, and more. Thank you for taking a look.
NEW! I am delighted to share 3 new poems of mine, newly appearing in Burning House Press!
"Screaming internally then constricting
my throat with heaves and gasps and
compulsions, every membrane screaming
obsessive images about how men are looking
at creampie dripping down
younger women's thighs
and I'm a boring middle
aged woman his age"
in "Intrusive Obsession", one of three new poems of mine, appearing in Burning House Press's LOVE & HATE Theme, Guest Edited this month by Ingrid Calderon.
Just in time for Valentine's Day weekend, this February 2026.
read more HERE - https://burninghousepress.com/2026/02/12/3-poems-by-juliet-cook/
my throat with heaves and gasps and
compulsions, every membrane screaming
obsessive images about how men are looking
at creampie dripping down
younger women's thighs
and I'm a boring middle
aged woman his age"
in "Intrusive Obsession", one of three new poems of mine, appearing in Burning House Press's LOVE & HATE Theme, Guest Edited this month by Ingrid Calderon.
Just in time for Valentine's Day weekend, this February 2026.
read more HERE - https://burninghousepress.com/2026/02/12/3-poems-by-juliet-cook/
Sending wishes for a creatively wonderful 2026!
Delighted to share my first new poetry publication of 2026, another new poem of mine appearing In Conversation at The Literary Underground!
"I don't let anyone inside
if they don't reveal who they are.
I hide in my closet and wait
for them to leave a mannequin
in front of my garage or throw
stale bread across my lawn."
the beginning of my poem "Disengaged", which newly appears In Conversation at The Literary Underground
read more HERE - https://theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01/28/disengaged-by-juliet-cook/
if they don't reveal who they are.
I hide in my closet and wait
for them to leave a mannequin
in front of my garage or throw
stale bread across my lawn."
the beginning of my poem "Disengaged", which newly appears In Conversation at The Literary Underground
read more HERE - https://theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01/28/disengaged-by-juliet-cook/
NEW! Excited and delighted to have a new poem running around
the darkly delicious Cul-de-sac of Blood!
"Old doll head cracked with
evil fossil stuck inside
like expired cream
filling spilling out."
in my poem "Another Pie in the Face"
Delighted this poem is running around the darkly delicious Cul-de-sac of Blood track, HERE! - https://www.culdesacofblood.com/juliet-cook-5
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And speaking of Cul-de-sac of Blood and Cook's poetry, you can still acquire her poetry chapbook, "REVOLTING", which was published by Cul-de-sac of Blood last year (November 2024), directly from the Cul-de-sac HERE - https://www.culdesacofblood.com/books
Or from her own Blood Pudding Press shop HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/1851916682/new-revolting-by-juliet-cook-2024-poetry
evil fossil stuck inside
like expired cream
filling spilling out."
in my poem "Another Pie in the Face"
Delighted this poem is running around the darkly delicious Cul-de-sac of Blood track, HERE! - https://www.culdesacofblood.com/juliet-cook-5
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And speaking of Cul-de-sac of Blood and Cook's poetry, you can still acquire her poetry chapbook, "REVOLTING", which was published by Cul-de-sac of Blood last year (November 2024), directly from the Cul-de-sac HERE - https://www.culdesacofblood.com/books
Or from her own Blood Pudding Press shop HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/1851916682/new-revolting-by-juliet-cook-2024-poetry
NEW! Excited and delighted to have another new poem appearing in MasticadoresUSA -
“Old Photo Booth Inside a Box Inside a Basement”!
"Are you always somewhere in between,
continually fusing into unreality?
Are you stuck in the bottom
of a moldy box? I think I mean
what is a dead sheep that keeps moving
because other creatures have infiltrated
its skin, eaten its heart, and replaced it
with their own swollen memories?"
some lines from my new poem, “Old Photo Booth Inside a Box Inside a Basement”, newly appearing in MasticadoresUSA!
You can read more HERE - https://masticadoresusa.wordpress.com/2025/12/12/old-photo-booth-inside-a-box-inside-a-basement-by-juliet-cook/
continually fusing into unreality?
Are you stuck in the bottom
of a moldy box? I think I mean
what is a dead sheep that keeps moving
because other creatures have infiltrated
its skin, eaten its heart, and replaced it
with their own swollen memories?"
some lines from my new poem, “Old Photo Booth Inside a Box Inside a Basement”, newly appearing in MasticadoresUSA!
You can read more HERE - https://masticadoresusa.wordpress.com/2025/12/12/old-photo-booth-inside-a-box-inside-a-basement-by-juliet-cook/
NEW! Excited and delighted that FIVE NEW POEMS of mine are now available in Gargoyle Online #12!
Dissecting Your Brain
Slaughterhouse slanted backwards,
dripping red from distorted wires,
computerized meat hooks. Robot brain
coming to rip off yours.
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One of five poems of mine, newly appearing in Gargoyle Online #12
read more of my poems HERE - https://gargoylemagazine.com/juliet-cook/
Partake of more of the new issue HERE - https://gargoylemagazine.com/2025/12/online-12/
Slaughterhouse slanted backwards,
dripping red from distorted wires,
computerized meat hooks. Robot brain
coming to rip off yours.
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One of five poems of mine, newly appearing in Gargoyle Online #12
read more of my poems HERE - https://gargoylemagazine.com/juliet-cook/
Partake of more of the new issue HERE - https://gargoylemagazine.com/2025/12/online-12/
NEW! My poem "Death is Lurking" is making an appearance in Buffalo 8, volume 5! Happy December!
"My legs have lost their elasticity.
My face has lost its glow.
My body has lost its flow.
Get out your blow torch."
the beginning of my poem, "Death is Lurking", newly appearing in volume 5 of Buffalo 8
Read more of my poem here - https://buffalojournal.tumblr.com/post/801704783140585472/death-is-lurking
Check out the whole volume 5 here - https://buffalojournal.tumblr.com/
Wishing you a creatively wonderful December!
My face has lost its glow.
My body has lost its flow.
Get out your blow torch."
the beginning of my poem, "Death is Lurking", newly appearing in volume 5 of Buffalo 8
Read more of my poem here - https://buffalojournal.tumblr.com/post/801704783140585472/death-is-lurking
Check out the whole volume 5 here - https://buffalojournal.tumblr.com/
Wishing you a creatively wonderful December!
NEW! Two New Poems of mine are newly appearing in Misfit Issue No. 41, Fall 2025!
"In reality, I'm not entirely sure
where my green jade rabbit came from.
I believe I chose her from a dead woman's home.
She is heavy and high density
with a tiny bit of one ear broken.
In my eyes, I barely see the broken part,
because that's just a part of who she is now."
in my poem "Green Rabbit Within a Dream Within a Dream", one of my two new poems, newly appearing in Misfit Issue No. 41, Fall 2025!
Read my poems here - http://misfitmagazine.net/archive/No-41/Cook.html
Partake of the whole issue here - http://misfitmagazine.net/current.html
where my green jade rabbit came from.
I believe I chose her from a dead woman's home.
She is heavy and high density
with a tiny bit of one ear broken.
In my eyes, I barely see the broken part,
because that's just a part of who she is now."
in my poem "Green Rabbit Within a Dream Within a Dream", one of my two new poems, newly appearing in Misfit Issue No. 41, Fall 2025!
Read my poems here - http://misfitmagazine.net/archive/No-41/Cook.html
Partake of the whole issue here - http://misfitmagazine.net/current.html
NEW! My poem "Empty Holes for Eyes" is making an appearance in The Literary Underground In Conversation!
"These recurring false awakenings
feel too close to vivid comatose
states of horror that never end.
I look at myself in the mirror
and have no eyes."
the beginning of my poem "Empty Holes for Eyes", appearing In Conversation at The Literary Underground today
read more here - https://theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/11/20/empty-holes-for-eyes-by-juliet-cook/
feel too close to vivid comatose
states of horror that never end.
I look at myself in the mirror
and have no eyes."
the beginning of my poem "Empty Holes for Eyes", appearing In Conversation at The Literary Underground today
read more here - https://theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/11/20/empty-holes-for-eyes-by-juliet-cook/
NEW! My poem "No Longer Part of the Latest Scene" is making an appearance in MasticadoresUSA!
"My audience of purple morning glories
doesn’t appear to exist anymore.
They’ve been consumed or removed
or destroyed or otherwise invisibilized."
in my poem, "No Longer Part of the Latest Scene"
Delighted to have this poem newly appearing in MasticadoresUSA
read more here - https://masticadoresusa.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/no-longer-part-of-the-latest-scene-by-juliet-cook/
doesn’t appear to exist anymore.
They’ve been consumed or removed
or destroyed or otherwise invisibilized."
in my poem, "No Longer Part of the Latest Scene"
Delighted to have this poem newly appearing in MasticadoresUSA
read more here - https://masticadoresusa.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/no-longer-part-of-the-latest-scene-by-juliet-cook/
NEW! My Poem “Residual Fitting Room Inside Which Nothing Fits” has managed to fit its way into MasticadoresUsa!
"You feel like you don’t fit in anywhere
and sometimes that’s hard to handle
even though you don’t particularly care
about fitting in. You care about being yourself,
but what if yourself mostly only exists inside
your own mind’s mirror?"
the beginning of my poem “Residual Fitting Room Inside Which Nothing Fits”, which is newly appearing in MasticadoresUsa
read more here - https://masticadoresusa.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/residual-fitting-room-inside-which-nothing-fits-by-juliet-cook/
and sometimes that’s hard to handle
even though you don’t particularly care
about fitting in. You care about being yourself,
but what if yourself mostly only exists inside
your own mind’s mirror?"
the beginning of my poem “Residual Fitting Room Inside Which Nothing Fits”, which is newly appearing in MasticadoresUsa
read more here - https://masticadoresusa.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/residual-fitting-room-inside-which-nothing-fits-by-juliet-cook/
NEW! FIVE new poems of mine are appearing in American Poet!
AND FIVE more new poems of mine are appearing in Bionik Pussy!
Happy end of September 2025 and happy poetry power!
As of Sunday September 28, five new poems of mine are newly appearing at American Poet!
The first three are interconnected or maybe they all are in a way. Past memories, dreams, interpretations...
Here are a few lines from one of those poems, followed by a link to all five poems:
"I still forget certain words sometimes
or maybe it's a misperception or maybe it's all a dream.
In one of my recent dreams, pets who misbehaved
were cut in half like they were part of an evil
carnival sideshow. Their skin was sliced off.
They were dissected to teach us a lesson,
but what was the lesson?"
in my poem "PAIGE THREE"
read more of my poetry in American Poet HERE - https://www.americanpoet.org/2025/09/juliet-cooks-poetry-popular-american.html
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Then as of Monday September 29, five more new poems of mine are appearing as PUSSY SHOTS in the new Bionik Pussy!
Here are a few lines from one of those poems, followed by a link to all five poems:
"Dead Saints tortured and burnt are coming
back to life in my dreams tonight and I am
pissing on the floor in a strobe light dance club
while wearing a tight lioness costume whose color
reminds me of acid induced sunflowers
screaming again..."
in my poem "SMOLDERING OBSERVATORY"
read more of my poetry in Bionik Pussy HERE - https://bionikpussy.com/2025/09/29/pussy-shots-juliet-cook/
As of Sunday September 28, five new poems of mine are newly appearing at American Poet!
The first three are interconnected or maybe they all are in a way. Past memories, dreams, interpretations...
Here are a few lines from one of those poems, followed by a link to all five poems:
"I still forget certain words sometimes
or maybe it's a misperception or maybe it's all a dream.
In one of my recent dreams, pets who misbehaved
were cut in half like they were part of an evil
carnival sideshow. Their skin was sliced off.
They were dissected to teach us a lesson,
but what was the lesson?"
in my poem "PAIGE THREE"
read more of my poetry in American Poet HERE - https://www.americanpoet.org/2025/09/juliet-cooks-poetry-popular-american.html
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Then as of Monday September 29, five more new poems of mine are appearing as PUSSY SHOTS in the new Bionik Pussy!
Here are a few lines from one of those poems, followed by a link to all five poems:
"Dead Saints tortured and burnt are coming
back to life in my dreams tonight and I am
pissing on the floor in a strobe light dance club
while wearing a tight lioness costume whose color
reminds me of acid induced sunflowers
screaming again..."
in my poem "SMOLDERING OBSERVATORY"
read more of my poetry in Bionik Pussy HERE - https://bionikpussy.com/2025/09/29/pussy-shots-juliet-cook/
NEW! A New Poem by Juliet Cook is making an appearance in Action, Spectacle!
Happy Poetic End of Summer soon to be Autumn again!
"Little mouthparts aimed for blood
are turning into giant tusks,
piercing through others flesh,
discombobulating entire bodies.
Forming a new abnormal system
in which we are no longer
in control of ourselves and
our own flesh and blood."
a few lines from my poem "Little Mammoth", newly appearing in the Summer 2025 Issue of Action, Spectacle
read more HERE - https://www.action-spectacle.com/summer-2025-part-ii/cook
"Little mouthparts aimed for blood
are turning into giant tusks,
piercing through others flesh,
discombobulating entire bodies.
Forming a new abnormal system
in which we are no longer
in control of ourselves and
our own flesh and blood."
a few lines from my poem "Little Mammoth", newly appearing in the Summer 2025 Issue of Action, Spectacle
read more HERE - https://www.action-spectacle.com/summer-2025-part-ii/cook
NEW! Another New Poem by Juliet Cook is making an appearance in The Literary Underground In Conversation -
"(Un)formulaic Formula!
Happy Poetic End of Summer soon to be Autumn!
Juliet Cook is delighted to have a new haiku hybrid poem (Un)formulaic Formula making an appearance in The Literary Underground In Conversation!
Read it HERE - https://theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/09/04/unformulaic-formula-by-juliet-cook/
Juliet Cook is delighted to have a new haiku hybrid poem (Un)formulaic Formula making an appearance in The Literary Underground In Conversation!
Read it HERE - https://theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/09/04/unformulaic-formula-by-juliet-cook/
NEW! Juliet Cook is darkly delighted to have Three David Lynch inspired poems flying next to the ceiling fan in the new Hobo Camp Review - #49 -
The David Lynch Issue!!!
"Soon I'll be hiding
under the bed again.
Stuck in semi-
oblivion, trying not to drown
in this oversaturated whirlpool
that feels like rotten perfume.
Creating my own soundtrack
which hardly anyone hears."
Creepily happy to have three of my "Doll Fingers with Bloody Scrap Metal Nails" poems making an appearance in the new Hobo Camp Review - #49 - The David Lynch Issue!
Thank you very much to James H. Duncan and the Hobo Camp Team!
read more here - https://hobocampreview.blogspot.com/2025/07/juliet-cook.html
check out the whole issue here - http://hobocampreview.blogspot.com/
under the bed again.
Stuck in semi-
oblivion, trying not to drown
in this oversaturated whirlpool
that feels like rotten perfume.
Creating my own soundtrack
which hardly anyone hears."
Creepily happy to have three of my "Doll Fingers with Bloody Scrap Metal Nails" poems making an appearance in the new Hobo Camp Review - #49 - The David Lynch Issue!
Thank you very much to James H. Duncan and the Hobo Camp Team!
read more here - https://hobocampreview.blogspot.com/2025/07/juliet-cook.html
check out the whole issue here - http://hobocampreview.blogspot.com/
NEW! Juliet Cook is delighted to have another new poem appearing in The Literary Underground In Conversation - "Fragmentation"!
"The robots break dance
to commemorate human
extinction. Supplant
human language with
AI generated words.
New history of
new birthing process."
the beginning of Juliet Cook's poem "Fragmentation", newly appearing at The Literary Underground In Conversation! Thank you very much to Michele McDannold! I'm delighted to have another new poem included there.
You can read more HERE - https://theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/07/17/fragmentation-by-juliet-cook/
to commemorate human
extinction. Supplant
human language with
AI generated words.
New history of
new birthing process."
the beginning of Juliet Cook's poem "Fragmentation", newly appearing at The Literary Underground In Conversation! Thank you very much to Michele McDannold! I'm delighted to have another new poem included there.
You can read more HERE - https://theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/07/17/fragmentation-by-juliet-cook/
NEW! Another New Review of Juliet Cook's latest poetry chapbook, "Blue Stingers Instead of Wings", thanks to Casey Kiser!
"Juliet Cook doesn't write books. She creates surreal experiences for her readers with a sick soup of limitless-on edge-vulnerability, kick-ass imagery and dark humor all her own, and a clear mastery at detailing the violently petty horrors of existing. Not living, exactly. The insidious in-between. And she offers one who dares an honest to gawd peek into The Void. Whenever I open a book by her, I get greedy. I have to consume it all at once and want more. Lucky for us, she has plenty. So check out some of her macabre delights! She is truly a fascinating artist. Absolutely recommended!!
My favorites here are: 'Both Similar and Dissimilar' (where she takes you on a momentary trip along with her as she blurs the lines of her perception and reality during a simple act of finding a pill container and wondering if its hers...), 'I Don't Like Primary Colors', 'Sleep Deprivation Becomes You' (I related all too well), and of course the insanely epic 'Severed Into Unspeakable Compliance' (she gives notes too, on how this poem came to be written, which is pretty cool!) and 'The Age of Vicissitude'.
from another new Review of Juliet Cook's newest poetry chapbook, "Blue Stingers Instead of Wings" (published by Pure Sleeze Press in April). This Review is on Goodreads, written by the fabulous Casey Kiser. Thank you very much to Casey Kiser!
read more of this Review by clicking the link below:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7693381109
If you'd like to read this chapbook yourself (or acquire one for a friend), "Blue Stingers..."is still available from its publisher, Pure Sleeze Press HERE - https://puresleezepress.bigcartel.com/product/blue-stingers-instead-of-wings
Also available from the Blood Pudding Press shop HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/4314653197/new-blue-stingers-instead-of-wings-by
My favorites here are: 'Both Similar and Dissimilar' (where she takes you on a momentary trip along with her as she blurs the lines of her perception and reality during a simple act of finding a pill container and wondering if its hers...), 'I Don't Like Primary Colors', 'Sleep Deprivation Becomes You' (I related all too well), and of course the insanely epic 'Severed Into Unspeakable Compliance' (she gives notes too, on how this poem came to be written, which is pretty cool!) and 'The Age of Vicissitude'.
from another new Review of Juliet Cook's newest poetry chapbook, "Blue Stingers Instead of Wings" (published by Pure Sleeze Press in April). This Review is on Goodreads, written by the fabulous Casey Kiser. Thank you very much to Casey Kiser!
read more of this Review by clicking the link below:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7693381109
If you'd like to read this chapbook yourself (or acquire one for a friend), "Blue Stingers..."is still available from its publisher, Pure Sleeze Press HERE - https://puresleezepress.bigcartel.com/product/blue-stingers-instead-of-wings
Also available from the Blood Pudding Press shop HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/4314653197/new-blue-stingers-instead-of-wings-by
NEW! A Review of Juliet Cook's latest poetry chapbook, "Blue Stingers Instead of Wings", thanks to Rachel Kendall of Sein und Werden!
"The poems in Blue Stingers Instead of Wings are not the confessional poetry of Sexton or Plath. Cook’s confessions are horrific contortions, the blood and shit and metamorphosis of otherness, of disturbed mind over decaying matter. Here, imagined fears, like decapitation by ceiling fan, and disrupted brain flow imagery are scattered throughout, alongside the very real issues of misogyny and beauty, and the invisibility that comes with feminine maturation."
A sample within a new and much appreciated Review of Juliet Cook's latest poetry chapbook, "Blue Stingers Instead of Wings" (Pure Sleeze Press)!
Thank you very much to Rachel Kendall, writer and editor of Sein und Werden, for writing this review!
Read more of the review here - https://seinundwerden.wordpress.com/2025/07/06/blue-stingers-instead-of-wings-by-juliet-cook/
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"Blue Stingers Instead of Wings" can be acquired through Pure Sleeze Press here - https://puresleezepress.bigcartel.com/product/blue-stingers-instead-of-wings
Or from the Blood Pudding Press shop here - https://www.etsy.com/listing/4314653197/new-blue-stingers-instead-of-wings-by
See more recent poetry news below...
A sample within a new and much appreciated Review of Juliet Cook's latest poetry chapbook, "Blue Stingers Instead of Wings" (Pure Sleeze Press)!
Thank you very much to Rachel Kendall, writer and editor of Sein und Werden, for writing this review!
Read more of the review here - https://seinundwerden.wordpress.com/2025/07/06/blue-stingers-instead-of-wings-by-juliet-cook/
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"Blue Stingers Instead of Wings" can be acquired through Pure Sleeze Press here - https://puresleezepress.bigcartel.com/product/blue-stingers-instead-of-wings
Or from the Blood Pudding Press shop here - https://www.etsy.com/listing/4314653197/new-blue-stingers-instead-of-wings-by
See more recent poetry news below...
NEW! Recent Publications, New Reviews, and more!
First of all, if you haven't yet, check out the post below this one to find out a few details about my latest poetry chapbook, "Blue Stingers Instead of Wings" published this April 2025 by Pure Sleeze Press and currently still available from Pure Sleeze, as well as from my own Blood Pudding Press shop.
And speaking of chapbooks, you can also read a new small review of my second most recent poetry chapbook, "REVOLTING", published by Cul-de-sac of Blood in November 2024.
The new review appears in the latest issue of Misfit, Issue No. 40, Summer 2025, in the Books Received and Acknowledged section. Thank you very much to Alan Catlin for writing this review:
"Cook is master of disambiguation, of obsessive images featuring detached body parts, doll’s heads, and the like, sort of like a nightmare of disarticulating dream states. Often the reader feels as if the words, the body parts in the poems are revolting against the poem/the self. It’s uncomfortable but it’s always eye opening and intriguing. Not your standard poetic fare."
If interested in finding out more for yourself, you can acquire your own copy of "REVOLTING" from the publisher here - https://www.culdesacofblood.com/books
Or within my own Blood Pudding Press shop here - https://www.etsy.com/listing/1851916682/new-revolting-by-juliet-cook-2024-poetry
Also related to these chapbooks, stay tuned for another new review of "Blue Stingers..."., coming soon from Rachel Kendall of Sein und Werden.
Plus you can read another recent review of "REVOLTING", written by Su Zi and published at GAS: Poetry, Art & Music here - https://gaspoertyartandmusic.blogspot.com/2025/05/su-zis-review-of-juliet-cooks-revolting.html
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And now on to my recent poetry publications...
"This flesh ripped inside dreams or is it
part of reality now? This headless body.
This bodiless head like some form of contraband
floating above the broken red
bed frames in the dark space
with shrapnel firing inside the cylinder
of my brain. Let's rock. I can't drive
my way out of this collision course."
the beginning of my poem "Dream State Collision Course Filled With Secrets", one of two of my poems newly appearing in Misfit Magazine Issue No. 40, Summer 2025
read more HERE - http://misfitmagazine.net/archive/No-40/Cook.html
AND...
"My brain is broken. Slashed like an old horror
film scene, retching and dragging my un-tight legs along
this antiquated, soon to be autopsied linoleum floor.
Cracked allure of concussive gore. Bruised and confused
and wavering away from reality. Disabled runway model"
part of my long-ish poem, "The Age of Vicissitude"
I'm delighted to have this poem appearing within HSTQ: Spring 2025, the latest curated collection from Horror, Sleaze and Trash!
You can download this new collection for FREE here - https://horrorsleazetrash.com/2025/06/19/hstq-spring-2025/
AND to link this entire long post together, that poem also appears within the "Blue Stingers..." chapbook (about which you can find out more and see how to acquire a copy in the post right below this one!)
And speaking of chapbooks, you can also read a new small review of my second most recent poetry chapbook, "REVOLTING", published by Cul-de-sac of Blood in November 2024.
The new review appears in the latest issue of Misfit, Issue No. 40, Summer 2025, in the Books Received and Acknowledged section. Thank you very much to Alan Catlin for writing this review:
"Cook is master of disambiguation, of obsessive images featuring detached body parts, doll’s heads, and the like, sort of like a nightmare of disarticulating dream states. Often the reader feels as if the words, the body parts in the poems are revolting against the poem/the self. It’s uncomfortable but it’s always eye opening and intriguing. Not your standard poetic fare."
If interested in finding out more for yourself, you can acquire your own copy of "REVOLTING" from the publisher here - https://www.culdesacofblood.com/books
Or within my own Blood Pudding Press shop here - https://www.etsy.com/listing/1851916682/new-revolting-by-juliet-cook-2024-poetry
Also related to these chapbooks, stay tuned for another new review of "Blue Stingers..."., coming soon from Rachel Kendall of Sein und Werden.
Plus you can read another recent review of "REVOLTING", written by Su Zi and published at GAS: Poetry, Art & Music here - https://gaspoertyartandmusic.blogspot.com/2025/05/su-zis-review-of-juliet-cooks-revolting.html
***
And now on to my recent poetry publications...
"This flesh ripped inside dreams or is it
part of reality now? This headless body.
This bodiless head like some form of contraband
floating above the broken red
bed frames in the dark space
with shrapnel firing inside the cylinder
of my brain. Let's rock. I can't drive
my way out of this collision course."
the beginning of my poem "Dream State Collision Course Filled With Secrets", one of two of my poems newly appearing in Misfit Magazine Issue No. 40, Summer 2025
read more HERE - http://misfitmagazine.net/archive/No-40/Cook.html
AND...
"My brain is broken. Slashed like an old horror
film scene, retching and dragging my un-tight legs along
this antiquated, soon to be autopsied linoleum floor.
Cracked allure of concussive gore. Bruised and confused
and wavering away from reality. Disabled runway model"
part of my long-ish poem, "The Age of Vicissitude"
I'm delighted to have this poem appearing within HSTQ: Spring 2025, the latest curated collection from Horror, Sleaze and Trash!
You can download this new collection for FREE here - https://horrorsleazetrash.com/2025/06/19/hstq-spring-2025/
AND to link this entire long post together, that poem also appears within the "Blue Stingers..." chapbook (about which you can find out more and see how to acquire a copy in the post right below this one!)
Blue Stingers Instead of Wings
Juliet Cook's new poetry chapbook, "Blue Stingers Instead of Wings"
is now officially available from Pure Sleeze Press!
Happy first day of May 2025!
As of Friday April 25, 2025, new Spring chapbooks from Pure Sleeze Press were made officially available until they sell out!
This includes Juliet Cook's new "Blue Stingers Instead of Wings" for $8 (plus $5 shipping)!
Several other new chapbooks are also available for $8 each (or a Five Book Bundle for $30)!
Acquire mine and/or 1, 2, 3, or all 4 others before they sell out!
Here's the link to buy them from Pure Sleeze Press! - https://puresleezepress.bigcartel.com/
Thank you very much to Pure Sleeze Press, Jonathan S Baker, and K Ann Sea for publishing these chapbooks!
Also, thank you very much to Chad M. Horn, whose art appears on the cover of mine.
A few photos of "Blue Stingers Instead of Wings" and a sampling from a few of the poems inside it appear below.
(I also have some author copies of "Blue Stingers Instead of Wings" available for sale, so if you'd like to acquire a chapbook directly from the author for the same price, that is a possibility, as well. Please feel free to reach out...)...
OR acquire one from my own Blood Pudding Press shop HERE! - https://www.etsy.com/listing/4314653197/new-blue-stingers-instead-of-wings-by
***
"I was walking through a parking lot
both similar and dissimilar.
The lot was filled with honking
geese, with goose eggs
turning into dried out shit.
I can't remember how old
these pills are, whether or not
they're expired, whether or not I am.
Had I already taken them and where
had they even come from?
Was I moving forwards or backwards
or not really moving at all?
Was I stuck inside a waiting room,
locked in an indefinite hiatus?"
in the poem "Both Similar and Dissimilar"
***
"The men here are staring at porn stars
dressed like scantily clad tooth fairies,
offering special treats for all their teeth,
open wide and see the holes.
The men here are drawn to porn stars more
than 20+ years younger than me
or the men. My body parts are vestiges
being disposed of. Stuffed in a shut box
instead of poured in a shot glass.
No longer anyone's fantasy,
not even my own."
in the poem "The Age of Vicissitude"
***
"I wasn't sure if I was human anymore.
Maybe I was a goose in labor,
giving birth to a subhuman or else
I was in the middle of aborting my own brain
inside another terrible dream, trapped
underneath a seeping blue machine
shaped like a giant pill container
with cracked slots that don't keep anything inside.
A loudly honking lullaby of horrific
conjoined twin geese, a grody gaggle
of gag reflexes swarming out of my mouth,
blue stingers instead of wings."
in the poem "Both Similar and Dissimilar", ending with the title of the chapbook
As of Friday April 25, 2025, new Spring chapbooks from Pure Sleeze Press were made officially available until they sell out!
This includes Juliet Cook's new "Blue Stingers Instead of Wings" for $8 (plus $5 shipping)!
Several other new chapbooks are also available for $8 each (or a Five Book Bundle for $30)!
Acquire mine and/or 1, 2, 3, or all 4 others before they sell out!
Here's the link to buy them from Pure Sleeze Press! - https://puresleezepress.bigcartel.com/
Thank you very much to Pure Sleeze Press, Jonathan S Baker, and K Ann Sea for publishing these chapbooks!
Also, thank you very much to Chad M. Horn, whose art appears on the cover of mine.
A few photos of "Blue Stingers Instead of Wings" and a sampling from a few of the poems inside it appear below.
(I also have some author copies of "Blue Stingers Instead of Wings" available for sale, so if you'd like to acquire a chapbook directly from the author for the same price, that is a possibility, as well. Please feel free to reach out...)...
OR acquire one from my own Blood Pudding Press shop HERE! - https://www.etsy.com/listing/4314653197/new-blue-stingers-instead-of-wings-by
***
"I was walking through a parking lot
both similar and dissimilar.
The lot was filled with honking
geese, with goose eggs
turning into dried out shit.
I can't remember how old
these pills are, whether or not
they're expired, whether or not I am.
Had I already taken them and where
had they even come from?
Was I moving forwards or backwards
or not really moving at all?
Was I stuck inside a waiting room,
locked in an indefinite hiatus?"
in the poem "Both Similar and Dissimilar"
***
"The men here are staring at porn stars
dressed like scantily clad tooth fairies,
offering special treats for all their teeth,
open wide and see the holes.
The men here are drawn to porn stars more
than 20+ years younger than me
or the men. My body parts are vestiges
being disposed of. Stuffed in a shut box
instead of poured in a shot glass.
No longer anyone's fantasy,
not even my own."
in the poem "The Age of Vicissitude"
***
"I wasn't sure if I was human anymore.
Maybe I was a goose in labor,
giving birth to a subhuman or else
I was in the middle of aborting my own brain
inside another terrible dream, trapped
underneath a seeping blue machine
shaped like a giant pill container
with cracked slots that don't keep anything inside.
A loudly honking lullaby of horrific
conjoined twin geese, a grody gaggle
of gag reflexes swarming out of my mouth,
blue stingers instead of wings."
in the poem "Both Similar and Dissimilar", ending with the title of the chapbook
New! I am delighted to have "My Own" new poem appearing In Conversation
at The Literary Underground!
Sometimes the larger scheme of things can feel a little bit pointless to me, but at least in the larger scheme of whatever the hell, I'm my own pair of socks...
Here's "My Own" new poem appearing In Conversation at The Literary Underground, with socks included! - https://theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/06/04/my-own-by-juliet-cook/
While you're at it, if you haven't yet, you might also be interested in reading two other poems of mine that appeared in The Literary Underground a bit earlier this year - https://theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/02/24/2-poems-by-juliet-cook/
Here's "My Own" new poem appearing In Conversation at The Literary Underground, with socks included! - https://theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/06/04/my-own-by-juliet-cook/
While you're at it, if you haven't yet, you might also be interested in reading two other poems of mine that appeared in The Literary Underground a bit earlier this year - https://theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/02/24/2-poems-by-juliet-cook/
New! Four of my poems appear in POETRY PACIFIC!
"Another me might be hiding
behind me
on the other side
of this mirrored doorway.
So it suddenly appears."
in my poem "Another Me"
***
I am happy to have four poems newly appearing in Poetry Pacific, Vol. 14, 2025, HERE - http://poetrypacific.blogspot.com/2025/05/4-poems-by-juliet-cook.html
The first two ("Un-pretty Maroon" and "Nihilistic White") are haiku variants that also appear within my new poetry chapbook, "Blue Stingers Instead of Wings" (which I will link to below).
The third one ("I Hate My Guts") is a haiku that does not appear anywhere else.
The fourth one ("Another Me") is a newer poem that also does not appear anywhere else.
The first three have some accidental formatting errors at Poetry Pacific, so I'm going to place correctly formatted versions of those poems below.
***
Un-pretty Maroon
My creative flow
starts internal ambience,
then begins screaming.
I revise my screams
into un-pretty maroon
that will speak for me.
Words obliterate
words into non-existence
if I don't feel real.
Nihilistic White
Fresh white snowflakes fall.
Shimmer down, glitter the ground,
grow into cold gloom.
Nihilistic white
witch, ice queen growing darker.
Overtaking light.
I Hate My Guts
Ugly fat preys on
my ribs. Tries to hide them with
menopause gut punch.
***
"Blue Stingers Instead of Wings" is Juliet Cook's newest poetry chapbook, recently published by Pure Sleeze Press, in which these first two haiku variants also appear, as well as eleven other poems.
Cover art created by Chad M. Horn.
Acquire a copy from Pure Sleeze Press here - https://puresleezepress.bigcartel.com/product/blue-stingers-instead-of-wings
Or please feel free to ask if you'd like to acquire one directly from Cook.
behind me
on the other side
of this mirrored doorway.
So it suddenly appears."
in my poem "Another Me"
***
I am happy to have four poems newly appearing in Poetry Pacific, Vol. 14, 2025, HERE - http://poetrypacific.blogspot.com/2025/05/4-poems-by-juliet-cook.html
The first two ("Un-pretty Maroon" and "Nihilistic White") are haiku variants that also appear within my new poetry chapbook, "Blue Stingers Instead of Wings" (which I will link to below).
The third one ("I Hate My Guts") is a haiku that does not appear anywhere else.
The fourth one ("Another Me") is a newer poem that also does not appear anywhere else.
The first three have some accidental formatting errors at Poetry Pacific, so I'm going to place correctly formatted versions of those poems below.
***
Un-pretty Maroon
My creative flow
starts internal ambience,
then begins screaming.
I revise my screams
into un-pretty maroon
that will speak for me.
Words obliterate
words into non-existence
if I don't feel real.
Nihilistic White
Fresh white snowflakes fall.
Shimmer down, glitter the ground,
grow into cold gloom.
Nihilistic white
witch, ice queen growing darker.
Overtaking light.
I Hate My Guts
Ugly fat preys on
my ribs. Tries to hide them with
menopause gut punch.
***
"Blue Stingers Instead of Wings" is Juliet Cook's newest poetry chapbook, recently published by Pure Sleeze Press, in which these first two haiku variants also appear, as well as eleven other poems.
Cover art created by Chad M. Horn.
Acquire a copy from Pure Sleeze Press here - https://puresleezepress.bigcartel.com/product/blue-stingers-instead-of-wings
Or please feel free to ask if you'd like to acquire one directly from Cook.
NEW! Two of my poems appear in POETRY FOR THE PEOPLE!
"He blames it on you for disrupting his convoluted flow
by not completely agreeing with him,
by not cracking and flushing your own ugly
broken shells down the drain until he decides
to pluck out the yolk, name it, batter it,
shove it wherever the hell he wants to."
the beginning of my poem, "The Egg Price Is Out Control", one of two new poems, newly appearing in POETRY FOR THE PEOPLE!
read more HERE - https://poetry4thepeople.blogspot.com/2025/05/juliet-cook.html
by not completely agreeing with him,
by not cracking and flushing your own ugly
broken shells down the drain until he decides
to pluck out the yolk, name it, batter it,
shove it wherever the hell he wants to."
the beginning of my poem, "The Egg Price Is Out Control", one of two new poems, newly appearing in POETRY FOR THE PEOPLE!
read more HERE - https://poetry4thepeople.blogspot.com/2025/05/juliet-cook.html
NEW! Two of my poems appear in Cul-de-sac of Blood!
"My dirty skin is flaking off old
window frames who acted like they were in charge
until they cracked, fell apart,
left nothing but a freezing cold hiss."
in my poem "Dripping Down", one of two new poems of mine, making an appearance in Cul-de-sac of Blood!
read more here - www.culdesacofblood.com/juliet-cook-4
window frames who acted like they were in charge
until they cracked, fell apart,
left nothing but a freezing cold hiss."
in my poem "Dripping Down", one of two new poems of mine, making an appearance in Cul-de-sac of Blood!
read more here - www.culdesacofblood.com/juliet-cook-4
NEW Poems Published!
Happily sharing a few recently published poems of mine!
"I’ve had enough of your lighthearted positivity.
There’s nothing light about this.
Nothing light about
four or more years of dismantled life."
I've got two new poems in The Literary Underground!
Read more HERE - 2 poems by Juliet Cook » The Literary Underground
******
"My brain is broken. Slashed like an old horror
film scene, retching and dragging my un-tight legs along
this antiquated, soon to be autopsied linoleum floor.
Cracked allure of concussive gore. Bruised and confused
and wavering away from reality. Disabled runway model.
Old cat lady with swollen feet and scratches across
flimsy wrists. Another pair of cat eye glasses
falls off my head and breaks and the room grows darker."
And this is a small part of a long poem of mine, "The Age of Vicissitude", which is newly appearing today on Horror Sleaze Trash!
Read more HERE - https://horrorsleazetrash.com/2025/03/02/juliet-cook/
(This poem is longer than my usual and will also be appearing in my chapbook "Blue Stingers Instead of Wings", forthcoming from Pure Sleeze Press.)
"I’ve had enough of your lighthearted positivity.
There’s nothing light about this.
Nothing light about
four or more years of dismantled life."
I've got two new poems in The Literary Underground!
Read more HERE - 2 poems by Juliet Cook » The Literary Underground
******
"My brain is broken. Slashed like an old horror
film scene, retching and dragging my un-tight legs along
this antiquated, soon to be autopsied linoleum floor.
Cracked allure of concussive gore. Bruised and confused
and wavering away from reality. Disabled runway model.
Old cat lady with swollen feet and scratches across
flimsy wrists. Another pair of cat eye glasses
falls off my head and breaks and the room grows darker."
And this is a small part of a long poem of mine, "The Age of Vicissitude", which is newly appearing today on Horror Sleaze Trash!
Read more HERE - https://horrorsleazetrash.com/2025/03/02/juliet-cook/
(This poem is longer than my usual and will also be appearing in my chapbook "Blue Stingers Instead of Wings", forthcoming from Pure Sleeze Press.)
NEW! A few copies of Juliet Cook's latest poetry chapbook, Revolting,
have now been added to the Blood Pudding Press shop!
I have now added a few copies of my latest poetry chapbook, "Revolting" to my Blood Pudding Press shop, in case anyone might be interested in procuring one there.
Of course it is also still available from the small press that published it, Cul-de-sac of Blood too.
Feel free to let me know if you have any questions...
***
"When I disagree, you launch
into a vanishing act
until I change my mind
or make my own thoughts disappear,
but I have my own brain waves, brimming with mice
slithering out, descending limbs, disfigured stumps
transfigured into wings
with their own inflections.
The more you try to force me to see what you see,
the darker I will become until I am
saturated in the real me,
ascending into reverse abandonment."
in my poem "Thirteen Mice", in my newest poetry chapbook Revolting, published by Cul-de-sac of Blood in late November 2024
Revolting is now available in the Blood Pudding Press shop HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/1851916682/new-revolting-by-juliet-cook-2024-poetry
Revolting is also still available from Cul-de-sac of Blood HERE - https://www.culdesacofblood.com/books
If you read Revolting, consider Reviewing it via Goodreads HERE (or elsewhere) - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222804547-revolting
Of course it is also still available from the small press that published it, Cul-de-sac of Blood too.
Feel free to let me know if you have any questions...
***
"When I disagree, you launch
into a vanishing act
until I change my mind
or make my own thoughts disappear,
but I have my own brain waves, brimming with mice
slithering out, descending limbs, disfigured stumps
transfigured into wings
with their own inflections.
The more you try to force me to see what you see,
the darker I will become until I am
saturated in the real me,
ascending into reverse abandonment."
in my poem "Thirteen Mice", in my newest poetry chapbook Revolting, published by Cul-de-sac of Blood in late November 2024
Revolting is now available in the Blood Pudding Press shop HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/1851916682/new-revolting-by-juliet-cook-2024-poetry
Revolting is also still available from Cul-de-sac of Blood HERE - https://www.culdesacofblood.com/books
If you read Revolting, consider Reviewing it via Goodreads HERE (or elsewhere) - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222804547-revolting
NEW! Two of my individual poems and two collaborative poems appear in Issue 39 of Misfit!
"The thorns grow larger.
Expand to the size of a cat's canine teeth.
Fangs detach, hiss, growl,
crawl under the bed.
One fang creepily maneuvers itself
up to the ceiling and then dangles down.
One of my eyes turns into a bulging
crab apple. Falls from the tree
hiding inside my closet."
in the collaborative poem "The Beauty of Leeches" by me and Daniel G. Snethen
I am delighted to be included in the Current Issue No. 39 of Misfit!
This issue includes two poems by me - one collaborative poem by Daniel G. Snethen and me - and one collaborative poem by Daniel G. Snethen, Alex S. Johnson, and me.
Lots of wonderful poetry by lots of other poets too!
Thank you very much to writer and editor Alan Catlin.
Read more of my poems and collaborations here - http://misfitmagazine.net/archive/No-39/Cook.html
Read the whole issue here - http://misfitmagazine.net/current.html
Expand to the size of a cat's canine teeth.
Fangs detach, hiss, growl,
crawl under the bed.
One fang creepily maneuvers itself
up to the ceiling and then dangles down.
One of my eyes turns into a bulging
crab apple. Falls from the tree
hiding inside my closet."
in the collaborative poem "The Beauty of Leeches" by me and Daniel G. Snethen
I am delighted to be included in the Current Issue No. 39 of Misfit!
This issue includes two poems by me - one collaborative poem by Daniel G. Snethen and me - and one collaborative poem by Daniel G. Snethen, Alex S. Johnson, and me.
Lots of wonderful poetry by lots of other poets too!
Thank you very much to writer and editor Alan Catlin.
Read more of my poems and collaborations here - http://misfitmagazine.net/archive/No-39/Cook.html
Read the whole issue here - http://misfitmagazine.net/current.html
Read a few more poems from my NEW poetry chapbook, REVOLTING!
Here's a link to a new Cul-de-sac of Blood Instagram post, in which you can Preview some of the poems within my new poetry chapbook, REVOLTING!
https://www.instagram.com/p/DDo9IIAxQGB/?img_index=1
REVOLTING is available from Cul-de-sac of Blood HERE - https://www.culdesacofblood.com/books
Or if you'd like to acquire a copy directly from me, feel free to ask...
Find out more details about REVOLTING (and see photos) in the post below this one.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DDo9IIAxQGB/?img_index=1
REVOLTING is available from Cul-de-sac of Blood HERE - https://www.culdesacofblood.com/books
Or if you'd like to acquire a copy directly from me, feel free to ask...
Find out more details about REVOLTING (and see photos) in the post below this one.
My NEW poetry chapbook, REVOLTING, is now available from CUL-DE-SAC OF BLOOD!
I am very excited about my NEW darkly delicious and creepily disconcerting 2024 poetry chapbook, "REVOLTING", published by and newly available from CUL-DE-SAC OF BLOOD!
It is NOW available along with 3 other poetry chapbooks ("Blood Bath" by Christine Kanownik - "Friday the 13th" by Jonathan Minton - "watch for deer" by Michael Sikkema).
All 4 include interconnected cover art by Kayte Terry!
All 4 can be purchased together in a bundle for only $28 (which includes shipping)!
OR they can be purchased individually for $8 each (which includes shipping) OR in sets of 2 or 3!
They are available from CUL-DE-SAC OF BLOOD here! - https://www.culdesacofblood.com/books
Please support small presses and also keep in mind that poetry chapbooks could make uniquely delightful holiday gifts (or anytime gifts) for those who adore or are inspired by poetry!
(I also have some extra copies of my REVOLTING chapbook if anyone would like to purchase directly from me for the same price. Just ask me.)
***
The next time you assume
that I worship the same way as you,
all the wall hangings will violently crash,
all the splayed remnants will come back to life
in different incarnations. Thirteen mice
you killed without thinking twice
will emerge from my mouth, convulsing,
convoluted, hurling into screaming incantations,
their tiny skulls temporarily paralyzing you,
so that you can't keep on ignoring me.
an excerpt from my poem "Thirteen Mice", which appears inside REVOLTING
It is NOW available along with 3 other poetry chapbooks ("Blood Bath" by Christine Kanownik - "Friday the 13th" by Jonathan Minton - "watch for deer" by Michael Sikkema).
All 4 include interconnected cover art by Kayte Terry!
All 4 can be purchased together in a bundle for only $28 (which includes shipping)!
OR they can be purchased individually for $8 each (which includes shipping) OR in sets of 2 or 3!
They are available from CUL-DE-SAC OF BLOOD here! - https://www.culdesacofblood.com/books
Please support small presses and also keep in mind that poetry chapbooks could make uniquely delightful holiday gifts (or anytime gifts) for those who adore or are inspired by poetry!
(I also have some extra copies of my REVOLTING chapbook if anyone would like to purchase directly from me for the same price. Just ask me.)
***
The next time you assume
that I worship the same way as you,
all the wall hangings will violently crash,
all the splayed remnants will come back to life
in different incarnations. Thirteen mice
you killed without thinking twice
will emerge from my mouth, convulsing,
convoluted, hurling into screaming incantations,
their tiny skulls temporarily paralyzing you,
so that you can't keep on ignoring me.
an excerpt from my poem "Thirteen Mice", which appears inside REVOLTING
NEW! My poem "Stalks" is making an appearance in
LIVE NUDE POEMS!
"This abyss of dark corn fields
floods your brain and
nervous system with
violent effigies, waiting to abduct you."
the beginning of my poem "Stalks", which is now appearing in LIVE NUDE POEMS
Read more HERE - http://www.livenudepoems.com/2024/12/juliet-cook.html
floods your brain and
nervous system with
violent effigies, waiting to abduct you."
the beginning of my poem "Stalks", which is now appearing in LIVE NUDE POEMS
Read more HERE - http://www.livenudepoems.com/2024/12/juliet-cook.html
NEW! Happy to have my poem "Disabled Cook Resigns" appearing in the Autumn/Winter 2024 Issue of Sein und Werden!
"Damaged root systems
clog every drain. Not enough liquid
for my roasted duck feather brain's
plucked neurons."
inside my poem "Disabled Cook Resigns", which is now appearing within the NEW Autumn/Winter 2024 Issue of Sein und Werden, with its Locard's Exchange Principle theme.
I'm delighted to be included and excited to read the issue!
Here is a link to my poem - http://www.kissthewitch.co.uk/seinundwerden/autumn-winter24/page41.html
And here is a link to the whole issue - http://www.kissthewitch.co.uk/seinundwerden/autumn-winter24/
clog every drain. Not enough liquid
for my roasted duck feather brain's
plucked neurons."
inside my poem "Disabled Cook Resigns", which is now appearing within the NEW Autumn/Winter 2024 Issue of Sein und Werden, with its Locard's Exchange Principle theme.
I'm delighted to be included and excited to read the issue!
Here is a link to my poem - http://www.kissthewitch.co.uk/seinundwerden/autumn-winter24/page41.html
And here is a link to the whole issue - http://www.kissthewitch.co.uk/seinundwerden/autumn-winter24/
Happy or Unhappy November!
I am creeping into November with Dissolution and Decay,
a new poem of mine in Rogue Agent!
Creeping into November with Dissolution and Decay, a new poem of mine is now appearing in Issue 116 of Rogue Agent!
"Decayed limbs lurch
themselves out of trees.
Broken branches
spurt dead seeds."
Read more here - http://www.rogueagentjournal.com/jcook-3
Dive in to the whole November Issue here - http://www.rogueagentjournal.com/issue116
"Decayed limbs lurch
themselves out of trees.
Broken branches
spurt dead seeds."
Read more here - http://www.rogueagentjournal.com/jcook-3
Dive in to the whole November Issue here - http://www.rogueagentjournal.com/issue116
NEW! A collaborative poem by Daniel G. Snethen and me is appearing in Issue #106 of Yellow Mama!
Blood splatters the chalkboard
like malicious bite marks
which coagulate, then flow like crimson ink
spelling out in perfect combination:
"Here's Johnny!"
as the enraged father figure/evil teacher/bus driver
spits in my face, screams at me for being
a finicky eater, insists I stick my pinky finger
inside the pencil sharpener
and I do so—obediently, though it hurts.
in "Dire Wolf Consequences", a collaborative poem by Daniel G. Snethen and Juliet Cook, which is appearing in Yellow Mama Issue #106!
Preceded by art created by Keith Coats Walker!
Here's a link to the collaboration, but read Daniel's individual poems in this issue too, as well as investigating some of the other creepy fiction and poetry and art!
https://blackpetalsks.tripod.com/yellowmama/id3342.html
like malicious bite marks
which coagulate, then flow like crimson ink
spelling out in perfect combination:
"Here's Johnny!"
as the enraged father figure/evil teacher/bus driver
spits in my face, screams at me for being
a finicky eater, insists I stick my pinky finger
inside the pencil sharpener
and I do so—obediently, though it hurts.
in "Dire Wolf Consequences", a collaborative poem by Daniel G. Snethen and Juliet Cook, which is appearing in Yellow Mama Issue #106!
Preceded by art created by Keith Coats Walker!
Here's a link to the collaboration, but read Daniel's individual poems in this issue too, as well as investigating some of the other creepy fiction and poetry and art!
https://blackpetalsks.tripod.com/yellowmama/id3342.html
NEW! Nine Books About Your Life: JULIET COOK
(Interview by Nicholas Alexander Hayes)
An Interview about me and books from (more than) Nine different perspectives!
(Thank you very much to Nicholas Alexander Hayes for inviting me to participate in this Interview at Your Impossible Voice.)
READ THE INTERVIEW HERE - https://www.yourimpossiblevoice.com/juliet-cook/
(Thank you very much to Nicholas Alexander Hayes for inviting me to participate in this Interview at Your Impossible Voice.)
READ THE INTERVIEW HERE - https://www.yourimpossiblevoice.com/juliet-cook/
Another NEW (Mini) Review of Juliet Cook's poetry chapbook, "Your Mouth Is Moving Backwards"!
"This is art of the bizarre and the horrific, and yet it’s strangely beautiful in its vulnerability."
Thank you very much to James Lawson Moore for his mini-review (and photo) of my newest poetry chapbook, "Your Mouth Is Moving Backwards" (published by Ethel Zine & Micro-Press in December 2023).
Read his whole review below and consider getting a copy of this chapbook for yourself (or for a poetry loving friend) from one of the links below.
From the Ethel shop - https://www.ethelzine.com/shop/your-mouth-is-moving-backwards-by-juliet-cook
From the author's own Blood Pudding Press shop - https://www.etsy.com/listing/1653667391/new-your-mouth-is-moving-backwards-a-new
"Juliet’s new chapbook is a limited run, handmade release, out by Ethel Zine & Micro Press. The poems therein are as much influenced by Twin Peaks as they are by the poet’s own inner turmoil. This is art of the bizarre and the horrific, and yet it’s strangely beautiful in its vulnerability. This is a book that cannot be missed.
Juliet Cook is JLM approved, with a bottle of Coke."
Thank you very much to James Lawson Moore for his mini-review (and photo) of my newest poetry chapbook, "Your Mouth Is Moving Backwards" (published by Ethel Zine & Micro-Press in December 2023).
Read his whole review below and consider getting a copy of this chapbook for yourself (or for a poetry loving friend) from one of the links below.
From the Ethel shop - https://www.ethelzine.com/shop/your-mouth-is-moving-backwards-by-juliet-cook
From the author's own Blood Pudding Press shop - https://www.etsy.com/listing/1653667391/new-your-mouth-is-moving-backwards-a-new
"Juliet’s new chapbook is a limited run, handmade release, out by Ethel Zine & Micro Press. The poems therein are as much influenced by Twin Peaks as they are by the poet’s own inner turmoil. This is art of the bizarre and the horrific, and yet it’s strangely beautiful in its vulnerability. This is a book that cannot be missed.
Juliet Cook is JLM approved, with a bottle of Coke."
A NEW BOOK ESSAY REVIEW of Juliet Cook's poetry chapbook, "Your Mouth Is Moving Backwards"!
"Bob is first a noun, a person dissected—and, not by coincidence, also an evil spirit out of Twin Peaks—then the word becomes a verb as the subject dives under the surface. Words like “core” and “bleed” explode with ambiguity. Finally, we interrogate the scene from an external perspective and unravel a multiplicity of meanings and hidden reality behind the curtain of previous images. The poems of Your Mouth is Moving Backwards are ceaseless in their symbolic excavation, constantly diving below the surface."
A snippet from a phenomenal, intense, in depth, detailed, and wonderful review by Mike Bagwell at Philly Poetry Chapbook Review of my newest poetry chapbook, "Your Mouth Is Moving Backwards" (Ethel Zine & Micro-Press)!
Thank you very much to Mike Bagwell and the Philly Chapbook Review.
You can read more HERE - https://phillychapbookreview.org/violence-of-craft-your-mouth-is-moving-backwards-by-juliet-cook/
You can acquire the chapbook through its publisher here - https://www.ethelzine.com/your-mouth-is-moving-backwards
OR from the poet's Blood Pudding Press shop here - https://www.etsy.com/listing/1653667391/new-your-mouth-is-moving-backwards-a-new
A snippet from a phenomenal, intense, in depth, detailed, and wonderful review by Mike Bagwell at Philly Poetry Chapbook Review of my newest poetry chapbook, "Your Mouth Is Moving Backwards" (Ethel Zine & Micro-Press)!
Thank you very much to Mike Bagwell and the Philly Chapbook Review.
You can read more HERE - https://phillychapbookreview.org/violence-of-craft-your-mouth-is-moving-backwards-by-juliet-cook/
You can acquire the chapbook through its publisher here - https://www.ethelzine.com/your-mouth-is-moving-backwards
OR from the poet's Blood Pudding Press shop here - https://www.etsy.com/listing/1653667391/new-your-mouth-is-moving-backwards-a-new
Happy End of 2023! My Three New Poetry Chapbooks in 2023!
It is most certainly not every year that I end up having three different poetry chapbooks published by three different small presses, but that happened in 2023 and for that I am excited and grateful!
Thank you to the people and small presses that believe in me and my poetry.
"red flames burning out" was published by Grey Book Press in April 2023 (find out more here http://www.greybookpress.com/2023/04/07/internal-suffocation/)
"Contorted Doom Conveyor" was published by Gutter Snob Books in July 2023 (find out more here -https://www.magicaljeep.com/product/doom/140)
"Your Mouth Is Moving Backwards" was very recently published by Ethel Zine & Micro-Press in December 2023 (find out more here - https://www.ethelzine.com/shop/your-mouth-is-moving-backwards-by-juliet-cook)
Thank you to the people and small presses that believe in me and my poetry.
"red flames burning out" was published by Grey Book Press in April 2023 (find out more here http://www.greybookpress.com/2023/04/07/internal-suffocation/)
"Contorted Doom Conveyor" was published by Gutter Snob Books in July 2023 (find out more here -https://www.magicaljeep.com/product/doom/140)
"Your Mouth Is Moving Backwards" was very recently published by Ethel Zine & Micro-Press in December 2023 (find out more here - https://www.ethelzine.com/shop/your-mouth-is-moving-backwards-by-juliet-cook)
Talking Poetics #34 : Juliet Cook (a new interview about poetry)!
A Talking Poetics interview/conversation with me about poetry-related subject matter is up at the ottawa poetry newsletter. Thank you very much to rob mclennan for asking me these questions.
http://ottawapoetry.blogspot.com/2020/12/talking-poetics-34-juliet-cook.html
http://ottawapoetry.blogspot.com/2020/12/talking-poetics-34-juliet-cook.html
An Interview with me about poetry stuff, conducted by Michael Sikkema, appearing in periodicities!
"To express rather than repress. To explore my own thoughts and feelings. To extract some of the negativity out of my system. To release parts of my own repetitive streaks. To blow up my own self-created mental balloon animals. To reveal parts of the real me. To possibly connect my thoughts and feelings with others who might relate."
Me answering some interesting poetry questions from Michael Sikkema - and the interview was published by rob mclennan at periodicities : a journal of poetry and poetics.
https://periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2020/06/michael-sikkema-interview-with-juliet.html?fbclid=IwAR115rZYzLhibJrhRDlWRLZCJb5m9VWukaYHgfiM8cgjEISx66eANpM5Yis
Me answering some interesting poetry questions from Michael Sikkema - and the interview was published by rob mclennan at periodicities : a journal of poetry and poetics.
https://periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2020/06/michael-sikkema-interview-with-juliet.html?fbclid=IwAR115rZYzLhibJrhRDlWRLZCJb5m9VWukaYHgfiM8cgjEISx66eANpM5Yis
Poet Spotlight: Juliet Cook on dolls, body, and uncomfortable poetry
"In some ways, some parts of society view and treat girls/women like dolls, with implications that our faces and bodies are more appealing than our brains. In other ways, some people find some dolls to be creepy and scary and disturbing. In other ways, most dolls stay the same size and shape for their entire existence and can only be changed by how they’re dressed or made up — unless you actually rip a doll apart and put it back together in a different way. I think I try to incorporate elements of all these aspects of dolls in my poetry."
I have an Interview up today, focused on my poetry chapbook, "DARK PURPLE INTERSECTIONS (inside my Black Doll Head Irises)" and lots of other poetry stuff too.
Thank you very much to Andrea Blythe for including me in her Poet Spotlight!
HERE - https://www.andreablythe.com/2019/06/11/poet-spotlight-juliet-cook/?fbclid=IwAR1aJQeRKvnEdsuOxJ0-FTY0qjRkl-a0hDfC0vl2fMx4sG_sKpaAXC1f-Oc
I have an Interview up today, focused on my poetry chapbook, "DARK PURPLE INTERSECTIONS (inside my Black Doll Head Irises)" and lots of other poetry stuff too.
Thank you very much to Andrea Blythe for including me in her Poet Spotlight!
HERE - https://www.andreablythe.com/2019/06/11/poet-spotlight-juliet-cook/?fbclid=IwAR1aJQeRKvnEdsuOxJ0-FTY0qjRkl-a0hDfC0vl2fMx4sG_sKpaAXC1f-Oc
Wowbwell Rainbow Interviews Me!
Wombwell Rainbow Interviews: Juliet Cook!
Read Cook's answers to some writing/poetry questions by clicking the link below.
https://thewombwellrainbow.com/2019/01/17/wombwell-rainbow-interviews-juliet-cook/
Read Cook's answers to some writing/poetry questions by clicking the link below.
https://thewombwellrainbow.com/2019/01/17/wombwell-rainbow-interviews-juliet-cook/
