Dec. 8, 1980. Outside the Dakota apartments, a woman tries to stop the music from blowing away. Read David L Painter’s poem below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #johnlennon #music #poetry #poem #poet #writer #literaryjournal #writingcommunity #imagine #december

Diane Klammer was at home with the kids when she heard about John Lennon. Read her poem below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... If you remember where you were when you heard the news, feel free to share in the comments. #johnlennon #poem #poetry #poet #writer #music

Congratulations to @windychickenpoet.bsky.social on your new poetry collection Old World Wings. Be sure to get your copy from Amazon or your favourite bookstore. #book #booklaunch #newbook #poetrybook #poetry #poet #poems #newrelease #writer

Happy 86th Birthday Margaret Atwood!🎈 An award-winning Canadian poet, novelist & essayist best-known for The Handmaid's Tale (!). Atwood has written 18 books of #poetry, 18 novels, 11 #nonfiction books, 8 children's books, 2 graphic novels & more. Phew! Born #OTD in 1939. #writing #fiction🖋️ 📚

A new Call for Submissions will open in January 2026! For updates, sign up for our Mailing List at the link below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/mailing-list/ #writer #poet #poetry #fiction #nonfiction #callforsubmissions #literaryjournal #comingsoon

Thank you @windychickenpoet.bsky.social for inviting @syncopationlit.bsky.social to be a part of your launch party for your new book Old World Wings: Poems of Europe. #poetry #poet #poetrybook #booklaunch #newbook #newbookalert #writer #writingcommunity

Countdown: Old World Wings: Poems of Europe releases November 25th from @wildinkpublishing.bsky.social Check out this beautiful and descriptive blurb on the collection written by Natalie Welsh, editor of @syncopationlit.bsky.social 😍 #poetrybook #poetryaboutEurope #travelpoetry

@syncopationlit.bsky.social did a gorgeous feature on Old World Wings: Poems of Europe in Volume 4, Issue 1. Read the full feature here: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/special.../ @wildinkpublishing.bsky.social #travelpoetry #poemsaboutEurope #poetrybooks Releases on Nov 25th!

Today is your last chance to submit your music-themed poetry to Volume 5, Issue 1. For details, click the link below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/call-for-sub... #callforsubmissions #poetry #writer #poet #music #musician #music #writingcommunity

I’m thrilled to be nominated for the Pushcart Prize! Thank you to @syncopationlit.bsky.social for nominating me!!

Congratulations to @icrlt.bsky.social on your Pushcart Prize nomination for your flash fiction Oh Baby, Try, a story of resilience and music. Read it below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #writer #nomination #flashfiction #fiction #music #bluerodeo #canada #canadian #read

We are thrilled to announce Rituparna Mukherjee’s Pushcart Prize nomination for her short story “LIVE AID,” a tale of love and remembrance. Read it here: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #queen #freddiemercury #music #shortstory #fiction #writer #literaryjournal

Congratulations to John Barton on your Pushcart Prize Nomination for your poem “Love Symbol #2,” a tribute to Prince. Read the poem here: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #poetry #pushcartprize #poem #poet #prince #purplerain #writer #writingcommunity #literaryjournal

Congratulations to Dawn Brown on your Pushcart Prize Nomination for your poem “Let The Music Soar.” You can read 3 of Dawn’s poems below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #poem #poems #poetry #poet #canadian #canadianpoet #music #musiclover #read #reader #literaryjournal

Thank you so much! This journal is great to work with.

Congratulations to @lzgoshert.bsky.social on your Pushcart Prize nomination for your braided essay about your childhood lived through classic rock and movie monsters. Read the full essay here: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #music #classicrock #movie #film #writer

Congratulations Michael Gigandet on your Pushcart Prize nomination for your short story Heart Music. Read this musical coming of age tale here: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #nominee #nomination #writer #writingcommunity #shortstory #fiction #music #60smusic

Send us your music-related poetry for a chance to be included in Volume 5, Issue 1. Details below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/call-for-sub... #callforsubmissions #poetry #poet #poetrycommunity #writer #writingcommunity #music #literaryjournal #amwriting #poem #poems

#WritingCommunity! Submit your music-themed poetry for a chance to be part of Volume 5, Issue 1. Full details below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/call-for-sub... #poetry #poem #poems #poet #writer #musician #songwriter #music #callforsubmissions #magazine #publishing

Hey Writers! Submit your music-themed poems to Volume 5, Issue 1 today. Details below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/call-for-sub... #poet #poem #poetry #poetrylover #writer #callforsubmissions #music #musiclover #literaryjournal

Send us your music-themed poetry for a chance to be part of Volume 5, Issue 1. For full details, click the link below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/call-for-sub... #poetry #poet #poem #poems #music #writer #callforsubmissions #literaryjournal #musician #writingcommunity #creative

New Call for Submissions now open! Submit your music-themed Poetry by Oct. 29, 2025. Full submission details below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/call-for-sub... #callforsubmissions #callforwriters #poet #poetry #poetrycommunity #writer #writingcommunity #musician #songwriter #music

Thank you to everyone who read our ‘80s Issue! We have a new Call for Submissions coming soon. Follow us for updates. You can also join our mailing list here: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/mailing-list/ #comingsoon #callforsubmissions #writingcommunity #poetry #poet #writer #staytuned

Today’s poem, by Michael Mintrom, is a tribute to Toronto band Cowboy Junkies and their 1988 album The Trinity Session. Read it here: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #poem #poetry #cowboyjunkies #toronto #music #album #band #alternative #country #folk #rock #blues #poet

Thrilled to have my flash fiction piece “Oh Baby, Try” in Syncopation! Blue Rodeo’s music always makes me smile and brings back so many memories. @jimcuddyofficial.bsky.social @bluerodeo.bsky.social

Ingrid Littmann-Tai’s “Oh Baby, Try” is a story of resilience and healing tuned to the music of Blue Rodeo. Read it here: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #bluerodeo #jimcuddy #music #writer #healing #survivor #selflove #selfhelp #writingcommunity #flashfiction #readers

August 22, 1974 Carole King releases her single “Jazzman”. King composed the music for the song, while David Palmer (formerly of Steely Dan) wrote the lyrics. The song peaked at No.2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. #ClassicVinyl #MusicSky youtu.be/OuNSrgLV648?...

John Cougar on stage. A rite of passage after the show. 1982 is calling you back…Read Rhonda Melanson’s poem below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #johncougar #johncougarmellencamp #music #80s #80smusic #canadian #poet #poetry #canada #writingcommunity #literaryjournal

It has been so long since you danced to Tango in the Night in that house on the hill but your memories remain strong. Read Josie Turner’s nonfiction below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #music #fleetwoodmac #tangointhenight #80s #nonfiction #writer #writingcommunity

John Bonham died in September 1980. Shortly thereafter, @lisacreynolds.bsky.social danced to Stairway to Heaven with a boy from school. Read about it in her poem Slow Dancing: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #ledzeppelin #johnbonham #classicrock #music #poem #poetry #poet

Elrod, Rod Ellard’s literary trombonist, is back! In this latest instalment, we learn the history of Elrod’s ‘80s jazz album. Read “Alexa” below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #jazz #jazzalbum #trombone #musician #music #80s #flashfiction #writer #writingcommunity

For Jim Landwehr, the ‘80s were a time of self-discovery, a decade of dabbling in new wave, punk and classic rock. Read his essay below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #newwave #punk #classicrock #nonfiction #writingcommunity #writer #music #80s #80smusic #genx #memoir

Kate Bush is a multitalented artist whose career has spanned decades and generations. Jude Brigley wrote a poem in awe of Kate. Read it here: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #katebush #runningupthathill #80s #80smusic #poem #poet #poetry #writingcommunity #magazine

If Ivona Bozik’s soul had a sound, it would be Joy Division with the Cure coming in at night. Read her poem “Heart & Soul” below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #joydivision #thecure #newwave #postpunk #poetry #poemoftheday #poem #music #writingcommunity #literaryjournal

Ivan A. Salazar M. has contributed 3 ethereal poems to our ‘80s Issue. They pay tribute to #davidbowie, #rush and #sting. Read them below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #80s #80smusic #music #poetry #poet #writer #musiclover #writingcommunity #litetaryjournal #poems

A Dancer, a Club Vet and a Rock Star walk into a living room…for a dose of healing ‘80s nostalgia, read Matt McGee’s poem Dance Off below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #80s #80smusic #flashbackfriday #dance #breakfastclub #music #poetry #poem #writer #magazine

It was the epic battle of 1981…the Beatles vs. Styx. To learn the outcome, read 3 of Todd Williams’ poems below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #GenX #Styx #theBeatles #beatles #U2 #ElvisCostello #music #80smusic #poetry #poems #poet #writer #writers #literaryjournal

Marianne Tefft was chaperoning a school trip when her students started singing a song born long before them. Read her poem Rolling with Rick here: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #rickastley #80s #80smusic #80srevival #music #poetry #poet #GenX #writer #literaryjournal

John Barton’s poem Love Symbol #2 pays tribute to Prince, an artist who left us far too soon. Read it below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #Prince #purple #purplerain #music #musicsky #poetry #poet #writer #writingcommunity #literaryjournal #poetrylover

John Drudge’s poem Synthwave recalls the sounds and spaces that have come to define the #1980s. Read it below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #80s #80smusic #music #synthpop #poetry #poet #writer #newwave #literaryjournal #magazine

Ozzy Osbourne meets Paul McCartney for the first time, 2001.

Britain’s greatest could have been pop star wants to tell you his story. His heyday in the ‘80s from the New Romantics to power-pop. Read Starstruck by @timlees.bsky.social below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #shortstory #fiction #writer #music #80smusic #britpop

1985 marked a liminal period for Dorothy Chin. Everything was uncertain, but Whitney Houston’s music offered her comfort. Read her powerful essay below: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #WhitneyHouston #music #80s #GenX #BabyBoomer #writer #healing #literaryjournal #hope

An actor’s life is full of surprises as @dylanbrody.bsky.social can attest. Read his essay Glory Days about the time he worked with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #brucespringsteen #estreetband #music #writer #actor #actorlife

Please make me happy and read this!

As a college student in the early ‘80s, @andrewcareaga.bsky.social met R.E.M., then an up-and-coming band, and may have made music history. Read his essay “All Happy Now” here: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #music #80smusic #90smusic #REM #nonfiction #writer #essay

It’s because true #music lovers know music is not noise 💜

July 13th marks the 40th anniversary of Live Aid, a day of music dedicated to a worthy cause. This weekend, add Rituparna Mukherjee’s short story LIVE AID to your reads: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #LiveAid #LiveAid40 #Queen #music #shortstory #writer #freddiemercury

A Deadhead takes to the road baking lasagna in the back of a bus. But is it really lasagna? Read Mike Sluchinski’s flash fiction piece and decide for yourself: syncopationliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... @therealcavey.bsky.social #gratefuldead #jerrygarcia #music #writer #magazine