Thrilled to have two #poems in the just-released #winter #solstice issue of the wonderful @planthumanq.bsky.social. Edited by Neil Shepard, the journal 'explores the myriad ways writers manifest their relationship to the botanical world.' #poetry #ecopoetry #plants #morethanhuman

The Winter Solstice is here! 🌙❄️ From star jasmine to winter trees, a lamenting spider plant to a queer boy who imagines becoming a grove of quaking aspen — our new issue is live: otherwisecollective.com/current-issue

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🍄A reminder of our submission guidelines and process! 🍄 From heavily researched pieces, to keen observation, to less systematic, intuitive ways of knowing and interacting, Plant-Human Quarterly explores the myriad ways writers manifest their relationship to the botanical world. Here's how to submit:

We’re thrilled to close our Autumn Equinox features with the incredible Jeanne Wagner. Read her poems “Daffodil Day” and “Haibun with Poppies and Ash” alongside an artist statement here: otherwisecollective.com/wagner

“What scatters your pit / is the creature that eats you” This week, we feature the brilliant Amy Beth Sisson with her poem “Zoochory” and the inspiration behind it. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/sisson

Our second featured poet this week is Sean Prentiss, whose artist statement shares how landscape and place inspired his poems “Trilliums and Ants”, “Ephemeral” and “Autumn Succession”. Read in full here: otherwisecollective.com/prentiss

This week we feature the brilliant Maria Olujic with her essay “Names That Ripen” and an artist statement with thoughts on plants and memory. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/olujic

We’re thrilled to feature Cindy Ellen Hill this week, with her poems “Trout Lily Dream” and “The Nettle Shirt”. These are accompanied by an artist statement that highlights the importance of artists and imagination in dismantling constructs of “otherness”. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/hill

Proud to share my thoughts on how my writing is linked to nature! Thank you, @planthumanq.bsky.social !

We’re honoured to feature the wonderful Bernadette Geyer this week with her prose poem “I Waited for the Bee” and a statement on her writing process. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/geyer

The incredible Christine Gelineau is featured this week with her poem "September Song" and an artist statement with thoughts on plant rescue. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/gelineau-iss...

Call for poems and non-fiction! 🕯 We are now reading for our Winter Solstice Issue. Send us words for the longest nights. We seek both unpublished and published poetry and essays. 📬 For more information on our submission guidelines: otherwisecollective.com/phq-submissi...

We’re thrilled to also feature Sara Eddy this week, with her poem "Feverfew" and artist statement, which reflects on the limits of our knowledge and our symbiotic relationship with plant life. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/eddy

Our featured poet this week is Maggie Dietz, whose artist statement explores the temporalities at play in her poem "Reprieve" and the mythology behind her poem "Trick Narcissus". Read in full here: otherwisecollective.com/dietz-issue-18

Our featured poet this week is Patricia Clark, whose artist statement reflects on mortality and shares the inspiration behind her poem "Stippled Leaf, No Trout". Read here: otherwisecollective.com/clark-issue-18 🍂

We begin our artist features with Joanne Allred, with her poem "Elegy for the Honey Run Trees" and an artist statement reflecting on the consciousness of trees. Read in full here: otherwisecollective.com/allred 🪾

@planthumanq.bsky.social fits my poetic obsessions. So glad to have my poem "Zoochory" here

Excited to have my prose poem "I waited for the bee" included in the new issue of Plant-Human Quarterly!

Happy Equinox!🌙🍁 From falling leaves to elegies, skunk cabbage to trout lilies - our new issue is here: otherwisecollective.com/current-issue Artwork by Candela Murillo (@kamusa_art)

Autumn is upon us! And with it comes Issue 18 of Plant-Human Quarterly. Subscribe to our newsletter to be the first to receive it in your inbox📥 otherwisecollective.com/subscribe

Many congratulations to our contributor Leonore Hildebrandt on her collection SOMEWHERE THE DAY BEGINS, out with Deerbrook Editions. www.deerbrookeditions.com/somewhere-th... The collection includes poems "Centers of Balance" and "Gardeners Rounds", first published by Plant-Human Quarterly. 🌿

Our final feature of Issue 17 is the wonderful Sally Zaino, with her poem "Elegy for American Beeches" and accompanying artist statement. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/zaino

We’re thrilled to feature the incredible Anne McCrary Sullivan this week, with her poem "Green Hell I've Heard It Called" and artist statement. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/sullivan-iss...

This week, we also spotlight the brilliant Lex Runciman, sharing his poem "Native" and thoughts behind it. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/runciman

This week’s incredible feature: Paulann Petersen and her poems "Because Every Jot of Earth Is a Grave", "Because Any Pip or Pit Is a Solar Seed" accompanied by an artist statement. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/petersen-iss...

This week's second feature is the incredible Betsy Merbitz, with her poems "Why Goldenrod" and "Elda Mor", alongside an artist statement reflecting on her writing process. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/merbitz

We’re thrilled to feature the incredible Deirdre Lockwood this week, with her poems "No Smoke, No Heat, No Rain ", "I Walk Through the Neighborhood Without You for the First Time Since Your Birth" and an accompanying an artist statement. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/lockwood

We’re now reading for our Autumn Equinox Issue!🍂🕯️ 📬 Send no more than 5 poems or an essay of no more than 1500 words in a single Word document to Neil Shepard at [email protected] For more information on our submission guidelines, see here: otherwisecollective.com/phq-submissi...

This week’s second feature is Carlene Kucharczyk, with her poem “Moonvine” and accompanying artist statement! Read here: otherwisecollective.com/kucharczyk

It is our pleasure to feature Tara Hollander this week, with her poem “Thistles at the Fork" and an accompanying artist statement. Read here: otherwisecollective.com/hollander-is...

It is our pleasure to feature Katie Higinbotham with her poignant essay "Tiger Lily" and accompanying artist statement. Read in full here: otherwisecollective.com/higinbotham

This week we feature the wonderful Angie Estes’ with her poem on the gingko tree "Lieu de living Mémoire". Read the poem and accompanying artist statement here: otherwisecollective.com/estes

Our second featured artist this week Bonnie Costello🪾🪲 read “Dying Ash, A Fable in Search of a Moral” and the full artist statement here: otherwisecollective.com/ph-mag-issue...

We are delighted to kick off our Summer Solstice Issue features with Luther Allen! 🌞 Read “Trees: Memories, Elegies” and the accompanying artist statement here: otherwisecollective.com/allen

Our Summer Solstice Issue is here 🌞✨ Join us in reaching towards the sun and listening to the plant world.🌿 Read the full issue here: otherwisecollective.com/current-issue

Subscribe to our newsletter to receive our new Summer Solstice Issue directly in your inbox📥! Our newsletter also includes artist statements, where for 6 weeks our featured writers examine the relationship between their written work and the botanical world🌞🌺: otherwisecollective.com/subscribe

Gary Finke in the latest Plant-Human Quarterly: The wind, children, loves embers so much / it sometimes carries them safely for miles. otherwisecollective.com/ph-mag-issue... @planthumanq.bsky.social

Plant-Human Quarterly reads poetry & essays year-round & seeks work on how you manifest your relationship to the botanical world. No fee. https://www.newpages.com/guide-submission-opportunities/plant-human-quarterly-seeks-submissions/ #callforsubmissions @planthumanq.bsky.social

Submissions to Plant-Human Quarterly are open year-round 🌞send us poems and essays that reach toward the botanical, that blur the lines between human and plant, self and season!🌿 For more info on submitting, see here: otherwisecollective.com/phq-submissi... #write #litmag #poetry #poems #ecopoetry