Wandering Weird Worlds of Wonder №8
9/29/2021–10/27/2021
“Go into yourself. Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depths of your heart; confess to yourself whether you would have to die if you were forbidden to write.”
— Rainer Maria Rilke“Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart
…live in the questions.”
— Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
My own personal poetic manifesto has become the motto of The Bazaar, which is —
“you know, anybody can write…but, it’s making it sound right, restoring it to a tradition of sonic disturbance that forces the entire world to take notice, that’s not quite easy.”
With this being said, The Bazaar is a residence for like-minded activists, creators, curators, dreamers, poets, and soul travelers to forge poetry on the wordwright’s anvil, and “live twice” through their creations, according to Albert Camus.
Below are the links to four pieces chosen for curation by Medium from The Bazaar of the Bizarre, along with six honorable mentions chosen by myself, which I am including in this eighth edition of our newsletter, Wandering Weird Worlds of Wonder, for September 29, 2021 through October 27, 2021. Many thanks to KSHernandez, Skye (Vixen Lea), Iva Hotko, Suma Narayan, Chris Mooney-Singh, Andrea Juillerat-Olvera, Mark Tulin, Joanna Vang, and Teresa Young for sharing the beauty within the artistry of your words.
Curated Pieces
Honorable Mentions
[Also, I would like to use this post to make a call for anyone interested in becoming a co-editor of The Bazaar, with intentions of bouncing ideas off of one another for helping build up the publication a bit (as far as attracting more writers and readers), and introducing a broader spectrum of writerly perspectives and perhaps more diverse prompts (in addition to the present monthly prompt highlighting different forms) into it. If interested, please private message me or email me at 21stcenturygriot@gmail.com.]
Thanks to all the writers of The Bazaar of the Bizarre :) Write On! Rite On!! Right On!!!
Harley King Denise Baxter Yoder J.D. Harms Imad Samantha Lazar Frederick Andrew Naomi Leilani Acosta John Levin A.j Thomas Joanna Vang Daniel A. Teo Deepak Jayal Aaron Quist Gaston King Chloe Ann Marie Steele Amanda Dalmas Terry Barr Ivette Cruz Viraji Ogodapola Dr. Fatima Imam Joseph Lieungh Filza Chaudhry Andrea Juillerat-Olvera Jesse M. Gonzalez Barry Dawson IV Iva Hotko Lennie Varvarides Justin Haag Alina Sileanu Georgia Lewitt Warren Brown ScienceDuuude Roberto C. Salvador Marcus Enne Baker Mimi Bordeaux Vic Spandrio Somsubhra Banerjee Vixen Lea Lisa Bolin Marie A Bailey Sean F Corbin Brittany Alicia Carter Roxana Ștefan Rachel Ramkaran (she/her) Tracy Busby Anthony O’Dugan Elizabeth Barnesco Haikuster Chris Mooney-Singh TC Hails Stephanie Blossoms Pol Mitchell Francis David Kelli Sheckler-Amsden Rosa Diaz Melissa Coffey Anugraha Benjamin Mark Tulin Ryan Zaharako Anthony David Vernon Diana Rose Zamoras Mohan Boone j.calabrese Bob Metivier Sweet Pea G.R. MELVIN Eli Snow Dazzling Shene Penny Grubb Saugat Menon Sharing Randomly Lyle Deixler KSHernandez Venkataraman Mahalingam Ethereal Sonder Teresa Young Bhavyakirti Roy Reichle Suma Narayan
