tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64658612796216182782024-03-12T18:59:13.896-07:00CEA CreativeLiterary Journal of the College English AssociationEditorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11640480772269619884noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6465861279621618278.post-38830647189679944822015-08-17T20:47:00.000-07:002015-08-17T20:47:29.427-07:00Independence and After (by John Lawson)<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Down on the baseball
field, where the rednecks of winter</span></div>
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Left deep ruts in the
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Slaloming their
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Engines shrieking their
freedom,</div>
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Fat-breasted robins now
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At precise intervals
along the red trenches</div>
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Left by the wheels.</div>
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The birds will deprive</div>
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Hundreds of earthworms</div>
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Of liberty, life, and
their blind pursuit</div>
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Among the grassroots</div>
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Of dirty, and wet, and
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Happiness.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>John DuVal Lawson</b> teaches writing and rhetoric at Robert Morris
University in Pittsburgh. His poems and plays have been published in a
variety of print and online venues including <i>Main Street Rag</i>, <i>Public
Republic</i>, <i>Paper Street</i>, and <i>Uppagus</i>. <i>Generations</i>, a poetry chapbook, was published by St. Andrews
University Press in 2007.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6465861279621618278.post-55509786583232043002012-04-02T07:23:00.019-07:002012-04-14T19:16:59.879-07:00Call for Manuscripts: CEA Creative, CEA's New Online Journal of Literary Arts<em>CEA Creative</em> is the <em>juried</em> online creative writing journal of the <a href="http://cea-web.org/"><strong>College English Association (CEA)</strong> </a>, a national organization for teachers of college English.<br /><br />We are seeking, from active <a href="http://www.cea-web.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7&Itemid=9"><strong>CEA members</strong></a>, creative work in the following areas: <br /><blockquote><blockquote>--Poetry (3-5 poems, up to 50 lines total, although some exceptions may be made)<br /><br />--Fiction (about 5,000 words maximum, although some exceptions may be made)<br /><br />--Creative non-fiction (about 5,000 words maximum, although some exceptions may be made)<br /><br />--Drama (about 5,000 words maximum, although some exceptions may be made)<br /><br />--Photographs and artwork</blockquote></blockquote>Please do not submit scholarly or pedagogical works; submit those papers to <a href="http://www.cea-web.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15&Itemid=6"><strong>The CEA Critic</strong></a> or <a href="http://cea-web.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16&Itemid=5"><strong>The CEA Forum</strong></a>.<br /><br /><strong>Submission (Deadline is September 30, 2012):</strong><blockquote><blockquote><strong>Online submissions only.</strong> Please <a href="mailto:Jennifer@BanMyBook.com"><strong>email your manuscript</strong></a> as a MS Word attachment (2007 and earlier version) OR pasted in the body of your submission email.<br /><br />Include a short bio.<br /><br />If available, include related photographs and/or artwork, in attached jpeg files. Just make sure that you own the rights to your visuals or have permission to use them, either in their current form or as manipulated/derivative works.<br /><br />In addition, if you presented at the 2012 conference, include your session title, title of your paper, and date and time of presentation, even if you presented a scholarly or pedagogical paper.<br /><br />In other words, even if you did not read a creative piece at the conference, you may, as an active CEA member, still submit creative works.<br /><br />Also, if you did not present or attend the most recent CEA conference, you may still submit, just as long as you are an active member with paid-up dues.<br /><br /><em><strong>Please do not submit book-length manuscripts.</strong></em><br /><br />If you are not an active member of CEA, do not submit to this journal unless you <a href="http://www.cea-web.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7&Itemid=9"><strong>join CEA</strong></a> first.</blockquote></blockquote>These submission guidelines are subject to change at any time.<br /><br />If you have any questions, <a href="mailto:jennifer@BanMyBook.com"><strong>email the editor</strong></a>.<br /><br />We look forward to reading your work!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0