Announcement

The Scene

Checking the Pulse of Poetry on Long Island

Hello Medium Fam!

You might be wondering where I’ve gone , what I’ve been up to, why I haven’t been putting out as much poetry, or engaging with as many poems as usual.

Well, I’m here to say I’ve been working hard getting this new project up and running, and you all were a huge inspiration.

So… I’m starting a zine, a monthly beat-on-the-street periodical highlighting and connecting the very vibrant but also isolated poetry “scenes” around Long Island.

We are currently accepting submissions for our inaugural issue.

Yes, you have to be living on Long Island (Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau, Suffolk) to be considered. But I couldn’t not share this news with you all.

For starters, like I said, you were a huge inspiration. I mean, Medium is very much one of the many “scenes,” one I am glad I started engaging with.

The community fostered here is exactly what I want to help create on my local scene.

I’ve heard that poetry is dead, and I don’t know about you, but whoever said that clearly isn’t on THE SCENE! But that’s the thing, poetry is happening, it’s always happening, it’s just happening in these pockets.