Writer and Visual Artist
The month of April is National Poetry Month! Each day I’ll be challenging myself to write and post a haiku! If you’re a poetry fan, please consider also visiting Ephemeral Elegies as we’ve expanded to two poems a week, and it’s a great place to discover some new and emerging poets!
Haiku 9
The plastic houseplants
Are they happy in beauty
do they long for growth?
In honor of April being National Poetry Month, I have an exciting announcement regarding the poetry-themed literary journal I run! Starting in April, Ephemeral Elegies will be expanding to two poems weekly! Stay tuned for poems coming every Monday and Thursday, and feel free to head over to the site and subscribe for free to get poetry delivered directly to you twice a week.
Whether you’re a new, emerging, or established poet, we’d love to give you a chance at getting your work out into the world. Visit the Ephemeral Elegies Submission Page for more details about how you can be featured! This has been a huge labor of love over the years. I started this project at the start of 2020 with no idea about the upcoming pandemic and need for virtual catharsis. Through the years, we’ve grown and evolved, and it’s been so incredibly rewarding to connect with poets from all over the world.
-Tiffany Renee Harmon, Editor-in-Chief of Ephemeral Elegies
Ephemeral Elegies is still going strong! It’s been an honor to work with so many great poets already this year, so I wanted to share links to the 1st Quarter Poems:
March 2023
February 2023
January 2023
If you’re a new and aspiring poet, submissions are always open. Learn more about the submission guidelines here!
Thanks for reading ,
Tiffany
We had 4 more great poems published over at Ephemeral Elegies in April, so I wanted to share them here:
It’s always a joy to meet new poets and reconnect with ones we’ve previously published!
I hope you enjoy experiencing these poems!
-Tiffany
February and March were great months over at Ephemeral Elegies! We were able to publish so many great poets from around the world, and I wanted to share the links here:
March 2022
February 2022
If you’re a poet looking for a home for your work, we’re always accepting submissions!
Thanks for reading!
-Tiffany
January was a great month for Ephemeral Elegies! We published 5 poems by some amazing poets:
January 2022
Thanks to these poets for their submissions and thank you, readers, for your support of our emerging poetry community!
-Tiffany
I hope everyone had a good holiday season! January has felt like both the shortest and longest month ever due to a bad bout of covid. But I’m on the mend now and wanted to share the December roundup from Ephemeral Elegies:
I hope you enjoyed these poems! Thanks for supporting this project and our amazing poets!
-Tiffany
I am super proud and honored to be the Editor-in-Chief of Ephemeral Elegies, a poetry-focused literary journal. It’s been an amazing experience to connect with so many poets from around the globe, so I wanted to make sure I’m sharing more of their work on this site too. So, after each month, I’m going to start posting a roundup of the poems published in case anyone wants to experience some great poetry. Here are the poems that we published in November 2021:
Thanks for reading!
-Tiffany
Good Riddance, 2020! This has been the weirdest year, and I’m sure we’re all happy to put it behind us. Still, while it’s easy to sort of marinate in the awfulness of 2020, I wanted to reflect on some of the better moments too. Here are some good/productive things I can still be proud of from this year:
Suburban Secrets
At least the pandemic gave me enough free time to finish up my debut novel: Suburban Secrets. This mystery has been a project I’ve worked on since grad school, so it was nice to finally see it through.
Other Published Works:
I didn’t submit quite as much as I’d have liked to this year, but I did have a few smaller things published as well:
“The Monster Within” (Dreaming in Fiction – October 2020) [As Aurora Bishop]
“Horoscopes for the Unbalanced Libra” (Ephemeral Elegies – September 2020) [As Aurora Bishop]
“Spare Parts” (Ephemeral Elegies – August 2020) [As Aurora Bishop]
“New Life” (Inwood Indiana – Fallow Ground)
“American Exodus” (SOS Art Cincinnati – For a Better World 2020)
“The World Ablaze” (SOS Art Cincinnati – For a Better World 2020)
“Welcome to 2020” (SOS Art Cincinnati – For a Better World 2020)
“Dancing in the Dark” (Writing in a Woman’s Voice – February 2020)
“The Vanishing Act” (Down in the Dirt Magazine – February 2020)
Artwork:
I wanted to make it a priority to focus on my artwork this year, and while I didn’t do nearly as much as I expected, there were still a few nice moments. I was able to complete Inktober on Instagram. I had a painting purchased as artwork for a mental health journal, and I had two paintings featured in a local art show.
Transitioning to Publisher:
This year also marked the debut of my two literary journals: Ephemeral Elegies and Dreaming in Fiction. It’s been such a great experience meeting and supporting other authors from around the globe. I can’t wait to feature more writing in 2021.
Well, I guess 2020 wasn’t so bad after all. Still, I’m looking forward to a 2021 filled with health, happiness, and (hopefully) new adventures!
What are you most proud of this year? Please, let me know in the comment section so I can celebrate with you!
-Tiffany
I have some more exciting news for 2020! Earlier this year, I launched Ephemeral Elegies to support new and emerging poets, and now I’ll be doing the same for authors of fiction with: Dreaming in Fiction. While the stories won’t be published until this autumn, we are already open to submissions, and you can learn more about our submissions guidelines by clicking here.
Dreaming in Fiction will be the home for short stories and flash fiction across the genre spectrum. From supernatural stories to compact capers to heartfelt romance and even some terrifying tales, we’ll be exploring every facet of fiction. One new story will be published each Saturday, so your next adventure is never too far away!
I hope you’ll consider submitting to Dreaming in Fiction or exploring it post-launch to support and discover some new authors!
Wishing you all heath and happiness during this pandemic!
Tiffany
Tiffany Renee Harmon 