I am over-the-moon thrilled to have my poem, "White Swan and Cherries," featured in the Fall Issue of Pensive: A Global Journal of Spirituality in the Arts. As all of my colleagues working in mental health and health care are well aware, this has been eighteen months of spirit-crushing proportions, a time when fairy-tale magic is the only thing that can possibly keep you going.  

#swansinpoetry #fairytalemagic #survivingapandemic #survinghealthcare #survivingburnout #compassionfatigue ​#thegreatresignation #transendence  #tercets  #spiritualityinpoetry

Here is a love poem for the love of my life, Chris Thygesen. Thank you to MockingHeart Review for publishing "Portrait with Flora, Fauna, and Toolbox," and special thanks to David Meischen, the wonderful teacher, friend, and mentor who supported me in the birth of this poem. https://mockingheartreview.com/volume-6-issue-3/poetry/gabrielle-langley/
​Photo Credit: "Rain Lilies" by Debbie Haworth available from Debsphotoart.fineartamerica.com
#lovepoems  #rainlilies  #toolboxesinpoetry ​#meischenink 

Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's "The Red Shoes," my poem, "Crimson Dance," debuted today in the premiere issue of EQUINOX literary magazine. Immense thanks to their editors for including my poem. This is a stunningly beautiful journal with meticulous attention to detail. Look how their art department wrapped the epigraph I used from the original fairytale around the body of the poem! Lovely! Issue # 1 can be read here: simplebooklet.com/equinox 
Their next issue will be published on the next seasonal equinox in March of 2022. I highly encourage poet's to submit: www.hotpoet.org/equinox-submissions

#dancepoem  #balletpoetry  #hanschristianandersen #theredshoes
#balletslippers  #autumnequinox  #autumnpoem  #danceinjuries #overuseinjuries  #achillestendonitis
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Thank you to Carmina Magazine for publishing the poem I wrote for my step-father, Dr. Forrest G. Hall, an amazing man and a world-class physicist.  With his deep commitment to learning and science, he gave my brother and I gifts that we can never repay. We remain deeply indebted to him (even though he didn't believe us when we tried to explain to him that our house was haunted). Here's to the magic of ghost stories and galaxies! 
Link to the poem here: http://carminamagazine.com/a-particle-theory-of-inheritance.html     Photo Credit: Hubble telescope image of the Milky Way, available through wallpaperaccess.com
#ghostpoems  #astronomy  #physics  #spirituality  #sciencepoetry   #hauntedhousepoetry  #mathinpoetry  #Einsteinsequations

Thank you to Amethyst Review for publishing my poem, "What Happens When a Woman Says 'Yes' to God." This poem found the perfect home!

https://amethystmagazine.org/2021/08/15/what-happens-when-a-woman-says-yes-to-god-a-poem-by-gabrielle-langley/

#southernpoetry  #swanlake  #fireatnotredamecathedral  #amethystreview

Thank you to the judges of Panoply's FEAST contest. My poem, "Russian Novel"  has tied with "The Juiciest Pear" from immensely talented poet, Issa M. Lewis, for second place. And don't miss first prize winner, Pete Mackey's  poem, "Silence." It is exquisite! Happy Reading!
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https://panoplyzine.com/russian-novel-gabrielle-langley/?fbclid=IwAR0ZZev54kDS9pjCash0levVxjLbC_jqGlJxYqUTvLh13xC0R45mZ1Cuscw

Image Credit: Joseph Cornell's "Untitled (Pink Palace)" sourced from The Sketchline

#romanticminimalism   #russiannovel    #romancticism   #panoplyzine    #feast  
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     "Enter into this May with the exuberant poetry of Gabrielle Langley! Her words hold a symbolic sense of self while observing the happenings of both good and bad." —Mia Savant, Chief Editor of  Ponder Savant Magazine
​Thank you to the editors at Ponder Savant for publishing two of my new poems in their "CARPE DIEM" series. I am thrilled to have "Why I Became a Luna Moth" and "Zelda" featured with this imaginative journal!
https://pondersavant.com/2021/05/03/why-i-became-a-luna-moth-other-poetry-by-gabrielle-langley/
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#lunamoths  #flappers  #zeldafitzgerald   #carpediem  #personapoem  

Thank you to Public Poetry and the Houston Public Library for inviting me to be one of their featured poets at Public Poetry's ten year anniversary celebration. What an honor! Special thanks to Fran Sanders and Roderick Robinson whose shared mission is to make poetry public! For the past decade, the Public Poetry Library Reading Series has actively brought poets and poetry readings into libraries and neighborhoods all over Houston. Here's to ten more years of making poetry public! #poetryisforeveryone !!!!!!!

Thank you to New York Parrot Literary TV's Mutiu Olawuyi and Dusting Pickering for featuring me on World Poetry Day. If you missed the live broadcast yesterday -- which includes new work from two rising star poets, Reverie Koniecki and Uche Uwadinachi -- here is New York Parrot's Youtube post: Click here 
And if you want to celebrate poetry without borders, subscribe to their channel. See you there!
#poetrywithoutborders ​#worldpoetryday #newyorkparrot