A Digest To Digest (#16)
Paper Poetry Bi-Weekly Connect Letter, for the timeline of April 4 — April 17, 2021
Hello everyone,
The outside is smiling in blooming nature, although humans are going through a struggling period of their history.
The difficulties placed by the pandemic are pushing us to painful emotions and loss. Like many other families, my extended family is experiencing unbearable sorrows and pain, especially in the last couple of months. Lives lost and suffering is prolonging for long!
Hopefully, time will heal the wounds; it always does.
Meanwhile, we will evolve by dealing with the pains, learning new ways to accommodate, and eventually rising to the challenge to proceed to the next steps. Poetry and storytelling help heal that process for the poets, so share and vent out if you dare because life is all about daring to uncertainty and elevating itself to survive.
Let the poetry speaks and heals!
Selected contents for ‘eudaimonia’ anthology
The final selections of the eudaimonia anthology are mentioned in Somsubhra Banerjee’s announcement, ‘Eudaimonia — Final Selection,’ Congratulations to all the writers, whose contents are selected for the anthology:
Essay: On Eudaimonia by Joseph Lieungh Essay: Pleasure and Virtue by Pablo Pereyra Poetry: In The Valley of Flowers by Chris Mooney-Singh Poetry: Ambrosia by Era Garg Poetry: Where the Pencil Meets the Page by K. Barrett Poetry: Eudaimonia, An Unauthorized Biography by Jonah Lightwhale Poetry: Many Dandelions by Chloe Paulina Hawes Poetry: Breathing Without The Breath by Dean K Miller Poetry: The Space Beyond Words by Erika Burkhalter Fiction: Sometimes I Get it Right by Lee Ameka
Our note of thanks to all the writers who have shared their incredible words of eudaimonia with us!
Thanks to Literary Impulse for jointly shouldering the collaboration prompt that undoubtedly supported the writers. Thank you, Somsubhra Banerjee, Priyanka Srivastava, Elisabeth Khan, and Rahul Sharma, for supporting our eudaimonia project. I can’t say enough to thank Carolyn Hastings and Indubala Kachhawa for their relentless coordination and support towards the writers who shared their eudaimonia words in Paper Poetry.
The anthology will be published in May 2021, and we will onboard on the final progress.
Published content between April 4 to April 17
Cedars of Lebanon by Penofgold (under the ‘Mizpah’ series) Living Up To Her Name — Thalia Dunn by Carolyn Hastings (Announcing the ‘Sparked Ink’ writer of the month, Thalia Dunn) “The way we think” by Arup Roy Once by Suntonu Bhadra I Hope You Remember Me, Let’s Meet Over the Bridge, Soulless Void, Roots Left Behind by Pedro Rafael Splotches and Scribbles by Amy Knight The Life Of An Invisible Father by Dan Catalin Hopefully by James G Brennan “Twittle-Dee” by Thalia Dunn The Heart Decides What Will Be Fonder Than the Memories by Obinna Uruakpa Warming by Renee Podunovich
Other notes
▪ The story submission guideline for Paper Poetry is mentioned herewith . ▪ For any suggestions, query or questions, please send us an email to [email protected]. We welcome new writers in Paper Poetry, so if you are interested in sharing your words with us, please send us an email with your Medium handle.
Keep yourselves safe, stay connected, and happy scribbling, everyone.
Best, Suntonu Bhadra
