Vita Brevis Press

12/01/2023

Get your poetry published in these accepting poetry magazines!...

Get your poetry published in these accepting poetry magazines!

12/01/2023

A list of experimental poetry magazines with high acceptance rates. These are great for emerging poets with a post-modern style!...

A list of experimental poetry magazines with high acceptance rates. These are great for emerging poets with a post-modern style!

12/01/2023

(This is is outdated. See our list of poetry magazines with high acceptance rates or poetry magazines for established poets (much more selective) It's tough out there--but Vita Brevis is here to help. Here are a few poem magazines with high acceptance rates. These are great resources to grow a following and get your work out in the world! You can see a much larger list of these if you visit our…...

(This is is outdated. See our list of poetry magazines with high acceptance rates or poetry magazines for established poets (much more selective) It’s tough out there–but Vita Brev…

12/01/2023

A list of poetry publications with high acceptances rates. Try submitting your poems to these approachable journals!...

A list of poetry publications with high acceptances rates. Try submitting your poems to these approachable journals!

12/01/2023

A list of poetry magazines with high acceptance rates. These are great for emerging poets...

A list of poetry magazines with high acceptance rates. These are great for emerging poets

12/01/2023

A list of approachable poetry magazines for emerging poets to submit poetry to....

A list of approachable poetry magazines for emerging poets to submit poetry to.

12/01/2023

(This is outdated. See our list of poetry magazines with high acceptance rates or poetry magazines for established poets (much more selective) Once you get your work in a few laid-back publications, you should start looking into more competitive ones. The likelihood of rejection increases quite a bit here, but the advantages of publication do as well. So, here's a list of picky but approachable poetry magazines:...

(This is outdated. See our list of poetry magazines with high acceptance rates or poetry magazines for established poets (much more selective) Once you get your work in a few laid-back publications…

12/01/2023

Introduction I've made a list of high-acceptance poetry magazines to give new and emerging poets a clear path forward. I'm happy to say that Vita Brevis has since springboarded hundreds of new poets into magazines around the world. And though I mostly provide resources for poets who are still finding their footing, I figure I should add another index. So, here is a collection of respected poetry magazines....

Introduction I’ve made a list of high-acceptance poetry magazines to give new and emerging poets a clear path forward. I’m happy to say that Vita Brevis has since springboarded hundreds…

07/09/2022

Thanks for an amazing five years.

Here's what's happening: https://vitabrevisliterature.com/2022/09/07/its-been-a-great-run/

This is the logo that greeted Vita Brevis’ very first poets and readers. For the first time in nearly five years, Vita Brevis is closed for submission. Rest assured, Anthology IV (What is All…

19/08/2022

Blossoming Almond Branch in a Glass with a Book - Vincent van Gogh My memory needs help.A thread, paper scrap, ribbon, straw,Ivory marker, tapestry bibelot, leaf pennantServe to mark where I stop and, then, again begin.They offer direction from past to future.Mark progress and set boundariesEach guards the previous and points to surprises,Work to seesaw me between recollections and expectations....

http://vitabrevisliterature.com/2022/08/19/the-bookmark-george-a-renn-iii/

Blossoming Almond Branch in a Glass with a Book – Vincent van Gogh My memory needs help.A thread, paper scrap, ribbon, straw,Ivory marker, tapestry bibelot, leaf pennantServe to mark where I …

15/08/2022

By the Eure River Mist Effect - Gustave Loiseau As my father's books said, the world has music.When it's private and quiet perhapsthen you hear it; the earth's topmost garmentsin an endless collision, cropping mountains upfrom valleys and spilling oceans over land;starving water from oases and soakingancient sand in liquid life. We live in a single note that to the geologic eye…...

http://vitabrevisliterature.com/2022/08/15/margaret-in-the-mist-bryan/

By the Eure River Mist Effect – Gustave Loiseau As my father’s books said, the world has music.When it’s private and quiet perhapsthen you hear it: the earth’s topmost garme…

01/07/2022

Past contributor Danae Younge’s poetry chapbook is here! Micro-collection Melanin Sun (–) Blind Spots received the 2022 Florence Kahn Memorial Award from the National Federation of State Poetry Societies. In this micro-collection, Younge explores the ambiguities of biracialism after the early passing of her African American father—representing blurred racial identification with moments of redaction, strikethrough, and unconventional punctuation. Younge ventures into a brief yet transportive world that is defined by its lack of definition, creates comfort in the unknown, and inhabits obfuscated spaces between the truths we are told to internalize. Read more info and get your copy at

http://vitabrevisliterature.com/2022/07/01/support-danae-younges-award-winning-chapbook/

Past contributor Danae Younge’s poetry chapbook is here! Micro-collection Melanin Sun (–) Blind Spots received the 2022 Florence Kahn Memorial Award from the National Federation of State Poetry Soc…

06/06/2022

Lake and Mountains - Edgar Degas Each step dents beige earth.I’m facing mountains,Chicoma Peak fifteen miles away and a mile above.I tuck some discarded cans into my backpack,but keep finding clusters of them.I’ll go to the top of this hill, then start back… From here I seemany more breaths to reach the real top…...

http://vitabrevisliterature.com/2022/06/06/a-constitutional-among-pinyons-and-junipers-poetry-by-gerald-friedman/

Lake and Mountains – Edgar Degas Each step dents beige earth.I’m facing mountains,Chicoma Peak fifteen miles away and a mile above.I tuck some discarded cans into my backpack,but keep finding…

01/06/2022

Island and flower garland - Giorgio de Chirico Retired men in Arizonacelebrate breathing. They inhalepurple bougainvilleaflowing over adobe wallsaround the swimming pool, exhale sunshinewhen they flip their clip-ons upto come indoors,making their untrimmedeyebrows disappear. Bermuda shorts in gumdrop green,red, or blue; sandals, polo shirts.Warm air washes over these guys,spilling in and out…...

http://vitabrevisliterature.com/2022/06/01/bougainvillea-poetry-by-david-lee-garrison/

Island and flower garland – Giorgio de Chirico Retired men in Arizonacelebrate breathing. They inhalepurple bougainvilleaflowing over adobe wallsaround the swimming pool, exhale sunshinewhen …

31/05/2022

The submission pool for the latest Vita Brevis Anthology is bustling -- so, I'm extending the review process into June. There's a lot of great work coming in, and it deserves our full attention. Thanks for your patience!

http://vitabrevisliterature.com/2022/05/31/update-reviewing-anthology-4-submissions-into-june/

The submission pool for the latest Vita Brevis Anthology is bustling — so, I’m extending the review process into June. There’s a lot of great work coming in, and it deserves our f…

31/05/2022

Lighthouse in Westkapelle - Piet Mondrian I have been an exhausted, trembling light that does the moon no justice, or the night, but sometimes something shimmers. Then, I write:capturing stardust, stamping into typeface,and spelling out my sadnesses, and loves.Someday when I am done, enfold me in the sun, enfold me into the soul ofeverything I loved, and everyone, gods…...

http://vitabrevisliterature.com/2022/05/31/someday-poetry-by-katy-santiff/

Lighthouse in Westkapelle – Piet Mondrian I have been an exhausted, trembling light that does the moon no justice, or the night, but sometimes something shimmers.  Then,  …

29/05/2022

At the Foot of the Mountain - Paul Gauguin When I reached the hill’s summitwhere the vanished farm hadturned meadow and I could seethe town and circling mountainsthe voice whispered, Listen, it’s too latefor you. It’s too lateto be normal. It’s always beentoo late. Be mad like Blake.So I listened, and began…...

http://vitabrevisliterature.com/2022/05/18/spring-morning-poetry-by-stuart-bartow/

At the Foot of the Mountain – Paul Gauguin When I reached the hill’s summitwhere the vanished farm hadturned meadow and I could seethe town and circling mountainsthe voice whispered, Listen, …

19/05/2022

One night museum - Rene Magritte Nature abhors a panorama.The snowflake is in the cherry blossom. The gnat is in the eagle’s wing.Make yourself small. Then make yourself smaller.Then make yourself life-size. About the Poet Professor Emeritus of English at SUNY Orange, J.R. Solonche has published poetry in more than 500 magazines, journals, and anthologies since the early 70s, including ...

http://vitabrevisliterature.com/2022/05/19/life-size-poetry-by-j-r-solonche/

One night museum – Rene Magritte Nature abhors a panorama.The snowflake is in the cherry blossom. The gnat is in the eagle’s wing.Make yourself small. Then make yourself smaller.Then make you…

09/05/2022

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04/05/2022

Rene Magritte - Empire of Lights I was in a strange bed, and a random light rummaged through folders of filed away years: to lying upstairs in Granny’s house, where we sisters squabbled, subsided and listened as our people’s voices floated up, with sparkles and stories, and glimmers of strangers who led murmured lives. A car then would roar down the hill, from town,...

http://vitabrevisliterature.com/2022/05/04/headlights-poetry-by-katherine-spadaro/

Rene Magritte – Empire of Lights I was in a strange bed, and a random light rummaged through folders of filed away years: to lying upstairs in Granny’s house, where we sisters squabbled, sub…

28/04/2022

Orange grove - Jacek Yerka Softly now,barefoot,sneak your waythrough the orchard gate.Keep your head downuntil you reach a treeladen with succulent oranges.Now pull one from a low-hanging branch.Feel its pebbled peelas you sn**ch it from its stem.Hold this golden treasureand give it a squeeze.Dig your thumbs in deep…...

http://vitabrevisliterature.com/2022/04/28/orchard-thief-poetry-by-cynthia-pitman/

Orange grove – Jacek Yerka Softly now,barefoot,sneak your waythrough the orchard gate.Keep your head downuntil you reach a treeladen with succulent oranges.Now pull one from a low-hanging bra…

27/04/2022

La ville - Leopold Survage Scene is the topof a jigsaw puzzle box;blazing fall colors with blursof reflections on lake. Wooden cabin settlednear water’s edge beginsrejoining picturesince no sky gives predominate blue to sort through. Shape, color miniaturizes total picture into riddle of how to eat an elephant. One piece at a time fills the table ...

http://vitabrevisliterature.com/2022/04/27/puzzled-poem-by-diane-webster/

La ville – Leopold Survage Scene is the topof a jigsaw puzzle box;blazing fall colors with blursof reflections on lake. Wooden cabin settlednear water’s edge beginsrejoining picturesince no …

26/04/2022

Woman on Porch - Richard Diebenkorn “Days pass, years vanish. And we walk sightless among miracles.”The clothes dryer steam melts ice on the deck—Windy wafts of snow blow from the neighbor’s roof,swirling through the knotted threads of treestowering to the vast Midwestern sky.The orange cat curls on the table beside me while I write.He knows he shouldn’t but does so anyway....

http://vitabrevisliterature.com/2022/04/26/sabbath-prayer-susan-cossette/

Woman on Porch – Richard Diebenkorn “Days pass, years vanish. And we walk sightless among miracles.”The clothes dryer steam melts ice on the deck—Windy wafts of snow blow from the neighbor’s …

20/04/2022

One night museum - Rene Magritte And so we mourn.It feels like a museum;a place where,more than in any other,people go together to act in solitude.A moment where,just like in any other,silences don’t speak. Our longing to appreciate is overtakenby our longing not to interfere with the other’s appreciationand our altogether regret…...

http://vitabrevisliterature.com/2022/04/20/seconds-in-solitude-matthijs-schut/

One night museum – Rene Magritte And so we mourn.It feels like a museum;a place where,more than in any other,people go together to act in solitude.A moment where,just like in any other,silenc…

18/04/2022

Fog and Mist - Leon Dabo The harbour is a flat rock,the ocean cloaked in fog.I stand alone on the dock,drinking coffee, watchingtugboats skim the surface,disappear on the horizon.I wonder who knows I am here.I wonder who cares.I can almost hear the Reversing Falls—Saint John River and Bay of Fundyconverging in the gorge,...

http://vitabrevisliterature.com/2022/04/18/anxiety-brandon-mcquade/

Fog and Mist – Leon Dabo The harbour is a flat rock,the ocean cloaked in fog.I stand alone on the dock,drinking coffee, watchingtugboats skim the surface,disappear on the horizon.I wonder who…