Wednesday, September 3, 2008

sermon - Nicklaus Andersen

“i”

acknowledge

to introduce

my “self.”

here.

(and here.)

([formatted as i like.])

i think the reason cs lewis

(take that)

doesn’t like personal poetry,

is because if it’s too good,

you’re quickly out of a job.

([he was smart])

.

[ha.]

you can see how

II

the characters are stupid.

you can see

-inside-.

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

To World, From Jesus - Jeremiah Larkin

If Jesus wrote a letter,
It might go something like this...

Dear world,
I am your only hope.
Love me or burn forever.
Your only chance,
The Savior

I guess that's it.
Things are simple when they're urgent,

But you gotta admit,

Only God could get away
With being such an
Asshole.

-

Penetration Preview

Yes, we are still working towards our first issue. We need words. More words. Your words. Someone-you-might-know's words. You get the idea. As we push towards issue one, we've made the decision to throw some teasers out there. We'll be posting a few poems that have already been accepted by the magazine. It ought to give readers an idea of what to expect, as well as allow poet's to decide whether Penetration is for them.

Who are we kidding? Penetration is for everyone.


Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Call For Submissions

We are currently accepting submissions for our first issue. We are looking for fresh and unique poetry. Of course we are. You can send your submissions to penetrationmag@yahoo.com. Please include "SUBMISSION" in the headline. All submissions should be in .doc or .rtf format. Artists' bios may be included within the body of the email. For further guidelines, read on.

Please submit between three and five poems. Poems should be single-spaced and formatted as the author would like them to appear. We're looking for poetry with a new angle, but that still has something to say. Not syrupy, purple prose, and please, no pretentious avant-garde bullshit. We're all about pushing boundaries, but there's got to be something in the words besides an excuse to flex your vocabulary and blame your father for your cocaine/sex/vinyl/pain/heroin/ice skating addiction. Thanks!