Nicole Caruso Garcia
After the Associate Poetry Editor Tweets That Submissions Are Still Open
I'm Nobody! Who is not?
A Poet tweets he got
A boilerplate reply
In four days flat—says he's "Still smarting…"
How dreary—to be—Somebody!
How public—like a Bull—
To snort at form rejection—pissed –
It's nothing Personal!
Landays
#10
The church marquee reads Jesus is Lord.
A block later, the burger joint's billboard: TASTE IS KING.
#11
My favorite lipstick discontinued,
one bullet left, I kiss my love in the perfect nude.
Haiku
sun-dappled backroad
deepening leaves consuming
an Amazon box
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| AUTHOR BIO |
| Nicole Caruso Garcia is the author of the forthcoming full-length poetry collection Oxblood (Able Muse Press, 2022), which was named a finalist for the Able Muse Book Award and the Richard Wilbur Award for Poetry. Her poems have appeared in Best New Poets, DIAGRAM, Crab Orchard Review, Light, Measure, ONE ART: a journal of poetry, PANK, Plume, The Raintown Review, Rattle, RHINO, Sonora Review, Spillway, Tupelo Quarterly, and elsewhere. Earlier work has also appeared in previous issues of Mezzo Cammin, where she was recently the Featured Poet. Garcia currently serves as an associate poetry editor at Able Muse and a Board member at Poetry by the Sea: A Global Conference. Visit her at nicolecarusogarcia.com. nicolecarusogarcia.com. |
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| POETRY CONTRIBUTORS |
 Kris Beaver
Catherine Chandler
Mary Cresswell
Catherine Fitzpatrick
Nicole Caruso Garcia
Katie Hartsock
Jean L. Kreiling
Diane Lee Moomey
T. R. Poulson
Catherine Esposito Prescott
Carolyn Raphael
Claudia Schatz
Leslie Schultz
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The Poetry by the Sea Spring Celebration is available for viewing on Youtube as a permanent memorial and tribute to Mezzo Cammin's founder, Dr. Kim Bridgford (1959-2020). Click here to watch.
The 2022 Poetry by the Sea conference will run May 24-27 2022.
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| My work contributes to the dialogue among feminist writers, historians, critics, and artists to define a space for creative work and agency for women. Through my figurative paintings, I challenge notions about the female body, redefine myths, and recover the lives of historical women. I draw upon my knowledge of art history, symbolism, and iconography to create rich stories about the women I paint. By projecting my own likeness into many of the portraits I create or by using models, I identify with the women I paint and explore my own sense of being an artist and woman in relation to accomplished women across centuries and cultures.
Here we see the pages from my newest artist book, I Wake Again, based on the life of Pre-Raphaelite artist and poet, Elizabeth Siddal. The poems are written by Kim Bridgford, who was a dear friend for 30 plus years. The pages are printed in lithography and the initial letter of each poem is done in silkscreen. The font of the poems is Morris Font. The ink color is graphite. I have reimagined key moments in Elizabeth’s life, such as her birth, her writing poetry, reading, painting, and her death. Each book contains red hair and has been bound by Maureen Cummins.
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