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?
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 8
Kisses of sunshine
We can dance in the garden
hold on to today
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 7
Windy whispering
The grass knows all our secrets
It waves a warning
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 6
One wilting green leaf
She is screaming in silence
longing for sunlight
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 5
Bloody fingertips
Pricked from an unruly plant
Angriest cactus
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 4
Mystery of spring
When will the blossoms emerge
Where is the sun’s warmth
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
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
Well, winter feels well underway here in Ohio. The leaves are fading from their brilliant hues and falling faster and faster. And as the seasons change and the sunlight seems more fleeting, I’m forced to spend more time indoors. This time of reflection seems the perfect chance to focus once again on poetry, so I wanted to share an update regarding my big passion project, the poetry-themed literary journal Ephemeral Elegies.
We are nearing the end of our second year of publication! I want to give a big shout out to our 663 subscribers and nearly 13,000 visitors. I love seeing poets and readers from around the world comment and encourage one another on the posts! Truly, the online poetry community is one the warmest, most inclusive, best places to be and I’m honored for the opportunity to play a small role.
Submissions for 2022 are open! I’m thrilled to finally be caught up on my email, and now I’m ready for some more. So, if you’re a seasoned, emerging, or brand new poet, please hop on over to our Submissions Page and consider sending us something. I especially love supporting new voices.
Ephemeral Elegies is subtitled “The Poetry of Emotion” because we often focus on the raw exploration of trauma and the grittier parts of life. I know the ongoing global pandemic has impacted everyone, and we’d especially love to see new poems about this experience.
Thanks for reading and considering being part of this thriving poetry community!
-Tiffany
Tiffany Renee Harmon 