Sara Norja | writer

Category: poetry

  • Poetry sale to Niteblade

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    News of yay: my poem ‘Bitter Mnemosyne’ will be appearing in the fantasy and horror magazine Niteblade. Am very pleased that this poem has found such a good home! It’s about memory, cherries, and a journey to the underworld. Greek mythology was one of my childhood’s great inspirations, so of course such themes surface occasionally…

  • Walking in snowbroth

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    Slept late, read a wonderful book for two hours, went for a walk. A poem rushed out, and I thought I’d share it here: * * * Crushed Ice I can’t see my future, the coming years are hidden but in this moment the sun’s shining on me, the sky’s coloured with promises. The night…

  • New poetry in Curio and forthcoming in Polu Texni!

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    Now for the nice stuff I mentioned yesterday! Publications! * Two of my poems are now online in issue 11 of Curio, “a journal of poetry that explores the world at a micro-level: tiny spaces, instants, individual objects, scraps of dreams and memories, et cetera”. ‘Silver and Gold’ and ‘Man Playing Piazzolla’ can both be…

  • On finishing

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    I just finished a poem I’ve been working on for the past month – at least, I think I finished it, because you never know. I might want to tweak it. I might get brilliant comments from someone that make me want to change it. But soon it’ll have to be ready, because I mean…

  • Sunday recs: sf/f poetry and discussion

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    I was down with the flu most of last week, so I’ve been too tired and braindead to work on any of my writing projects. Sad. Hopefully the coming week will be better in that respect! I should post here more than just for Sunday recs. But on weekdays, after work + writing/socialising/dance class/insert other…

  • Sunday recs: anagrams etc.

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    Here’s a sundry bevy of recs: If Poets Wrote Poems Whose Titles Were Anagrams of Their Names. Some more here and here. I especially enjoyed Eliot, Dickinson, and William Carlos Williams. The WCW parody made me giggle out loud. 😀 Here are a couple of my favourite poems from February’s Snakeskin. Fat by Beccy Pert:…

  • First publication of the year!

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    I woke up with aches and pains: it seems my neck and back did not appreciate yesterday’s shenanigans. But checking my email brought some lovely news: My poem Kinds of Truth is now online in the February issue (#193) of Snakeskin. It’s quite a recent poem, written in mid-December in the wee hours of the…

  • Sunday recs

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    Here are three stories I’ve read and enjoyed recently: Selkie Stories Are for Losers, by Sofia Samatar: a gorgeous contemporary take on selkies. The Flying Woman, by Meghan McCarron: a delightful atmosphere, an aching and haunting story. And Their Lips Rang with the Sun, by Amal El-Mohtar: a lovely, poetic piece, strange in a good…

  • Dreamscapes

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    Lately I’ve been remembering my dreams quite vividly. They’ve been strange and powerful dreams, too, some of them. Those often tend to turn into poetry or inspire stories, if they’re adventure dreams. My latest dreams have been poetry inspiration. I’ll have to see if I can get the very latest (today’s) into a good enough…

  • Poetry experiment

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    Am on sick leave today because the wretched remnants of illness still lingered this morning. My New Year’s Eve was spent with a fever; I was so out of it that I was extremely content to be alone, and toasted the new year with a cup of peppermint tea. I’ve been under the weather ever…