Poems Live at Samjoko Magazine!

/ stephanielharper

I’m pleased and proud to share that three of my poems—“Spotted Orb Weaver,” “Sestina for a Queen: Northern Cardinal,” and “Requiem”—have been published in the Winter III issue of Samjoko Magazine, a beautiful online literary journal based in South Korea. I’m grateful to Todd Sullivan and the Samjoko poetry editors for selecting my work. 

Please view on a full/computer screen, if possible. Thanks so much for reading!

14 thoughts on “Poems Live at Samjoko Magazine!”

  1. Congrats, Stephanie – what a bounty of imagery! I so admire how you speak for other species. Loved them all but especially “Requiem”. Wondered if the first word of the second line in “Spotted Orb Weaver” was meant to be “dust” not “ust”?

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  2. “Requiem” is one of those pieces that I feel less confident about — I feel like it’s “not very good,” because (?) it’s “boring” or “not clever enough” (?). Actually, I have no idea why I feel that way, but I’ve learned that these are the very pieces readers seem to appreciate most…
    Yeah, I noticed that typo. It’s supposed to be the word, “just,” but I actually kind of like “dust,” too… 🕷️😉
    Thanks so much for your support, Lynne!

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    • I like dream poems as a rule … because there are no “rules” for what dreams unveil … and no worldly consequences in or out of warehouses, wrapped or unwrapped … only lots of imagination flitting through reader’s brains …

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  3. Hurrah!
    I didn’t look at the time when I started reading these 3 delights … and re-reading … and savoring!

    Spotted Orb Weaver intrigues with the detailed descriptions/interpretations … interrupted by unpleasantly familiar sounds from another room. I’m “besotted” visualizing as I read … wondering what sounds my young brain hid in an as-yet-forgotten crevice …

    Requiem is a fascinating dream! Especially the warehouse-winter consequences. “Brutal uprooting” indeed.

    Sestina For A Queen – love, love, love this! Tomorrow morning I will study the cardinals in my yard (we are blessed with two pairs) and ponder what may be flitting through their bird brains …

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  4. I love how you made the web of memory both gorgeous and deadly. And how you keep bringing that cheeky creative fire of yours leaves me as baffled as that “red-feathered swain”, and as hotly bothered. And finally, there ought to be a German word for the all-too familiar act of losing sleep over the wellbeing of our trees… Baumangstschlaflosigkeit? 🙂

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