Heron Tree

15/08/2024

Karen George created 3 erasures from The Book of the Damned by Charles Fort--[The crow, holy / shadow], [May the continent of night], and [We are ragged]. We invite you to read them at HERON TREE: https://herontree.com/george9-10-11/

08/08/2024

We are excited to begin our posting of volume 11 poems with 2 nonets by Maria L. Berg--you can find links to both at https://herontree.com/berg4-5/

"And risk being infinitely happy forever" was created from The Book of the Damned by Charles Fort (1919), and "The Vividness of Actuality" was created from Line & Form by Walter Crane (1900).

15/04/2024

At HERON TREE we invite your submissions in 3 categories: poems created from pre-1929 materials; poems created from The Book of the Damned by Charles Fort; and poems created from Line and Form by Walter Crane. More information at https://herontree.com/how/

26/02/2024

We invite you to download and enjoy HERON TREE volume 10 and view the submission information for volume 11. You'll find links for both at https://herontree.com/volumes-10-and-11/

16/01/2024

We're delighted to announce that the PDF of HERON TREE volume 10 is available for happy reading & free downloading! https://herontree.com/volumes-10-and-11/

In it you'll find poems by Maggie Rosen, Deborah Purdy, Lynn Pattison, Wilda Morris, Erica Meraz, Michelle Lynch, M. E. Goelzer, Pamela Hobart Carter, Jennifer Hernandez, Kate Falvey, Jessica Cory, Susan Barry-Schulz, Susan April, Susan Kay Anderson, & Deborah-Zenha Adams!

03/08/2023

This week at HERON TREE we invite you to read or re-read the poems we've published since our last link-list in May. At https://herontree.com/august-gathering/ you'll find links to poems by Susan Kay Anderson, Susan April, Susan Barry-Schulz, Pamela Hobart Carter, Jessica Cory, Kate Falvey, Michelle Lynch, and Wilda Morris.

27/07/2023

"It is early, before ripe September, / before heating and drying in the second degree."

We draw our weekly postings for HERON TREE volume 10 to a close with "Green Time" by Pamela Hobart Carter, created from the Complete Herbal by Nicholas Culpeper (1653): https://herontree.com/carter3/

20/07/2023

"when men had gods; and infidels / were idolatrous / the Sun gathered the Moon in Angelica- / water."

This week we present the penultimate poem for HERON TREE volume 10, "Angelica" by Michelle Lynch, created from the Complete Herbal by Nicholas Culpeper (1653): https://herontree.com/lynch2/

13/07/2023

"over the cherry pie / lemon or pale grey / she had gone ..."

This week at HERON TREE we're featuring "A Full Accounting of the Fruits of Mrs. Dalloway" by Susan Barry-Schulz, an inventory of the fruits mentioned in Virginia Woolf's 1925 novel: https://herontree.com/barry-schulz1/

06/07/2023

"Daisies, well known to almost every child, / are under the dominion of Venus. / A decoction made of them and drank, / helps to cure the wounds made / in the hollowness of the breast."

Freshly posted at HERON TREE is "Drinking Daisies" by Kate Falvey, created from Culpeper's Complete Herbal (1653): https://herontree.com/falvey3/

28/06/2023

"conspicuous / inexhaustible / the circus-running sun / carries not one grain of soil"

At HERON TREE this week you'll find "The Sun" by Wilda Morris, created from Herman Melville's Moby-Dick (1851): https://herontree.com/morris1/

22/06/2023

"The berries heal / more than leaves / from the tree of the sun."

This week at HERON TREE we invite you to visit "Bay Tree" by Susan Kay Anderson, created from Culpeper's Complete Herbal (1653): https://herontree.com/anderson6/

15/06/2023

"Many of our most valuable of / precious stones are found in drift--"

This week at HERON TREE we invite you to explore "Drift" by Susan April, created from Edward Hitchcock's Elementary Geology (1854 edition): https://herontree.com/april1/

07/06/2023

"So long I shewed you / near the fire in its prime, / the beauty observed in colour / and smell."

This week at HERON TREE we present "Of Flowers" by Jessica Cory, created from Culpeper's Complete Herbal (1653): https://herontree.com/cory1/

31/05/2023

We invite you to visit or re-visit the poems published as part of HERON TREE volume 10 so far this year. At https://herontree.com/summer-cusp/ you'll find links to poems by Deborah-Zenha Adams, Pamela Hobart Carter, M. E. Goelzer, Jennifer Hernandez, Michelle Lynch, Erica Meraz, Lynn Pattison, Deborah Purdy, and Maggie Rosen. Enjoy!

25/05/2023

"lay down / this silent language / observe / the flower / sloping..."

Just published at HERON TREE: "Unfortunate Mottos, an erasure poem" by Lynn Pattison, created from Floral Emblems by Henry Phillips (1825). https://herontree.com/pattison1/

18/05/2023

"Borrage, Bugloss, Rosemary, Citron / By a sympathy between medicine and the heart / By an antipathy between medicine and poison / by astral influence / by stinking vapours"

So begins "Of Medicines appropriated to the heart" by Jennifer Hernandez, created from Culpeper's Complete Herbal (1653) and now up at HERON TREE: https://herontree.com/hernandez2/

11/05/2023

"Early in the spring, she was attacked by God."

This week at HERON TREE we invite you to read "Obituary of Harriet Williams, Consort of Abraham T. Williams, January 12, 1844," by Maggie Rosen, created from a notice in the Southern Christian Advocate about Rosen's great-great-great grandmother. https://herontree.com/rosen1/

04/05/2023

"Grow wild. Delight / in shadowy places. / Flower in May or June."

This week at HERON TREE we present "Marvel" by Pamela Hobart Carter, created from the Complete Herbal by Nicholas Culpeper (1653): https://herontree.com/carter2/

27/04/2023

"THIS heart / flowers in May, / a Venus with an appetite to meat."

Now up at HERON TREE: "Under the Black Alder" by Michelle Lynch, created from Culpeper's Complete Herbal (1653). https://herontree.com/lynch1/

20/04/2023

"Having had, in a dream, a conversation with the poet / listening to the songs of birds, // Hear what is said by these sacred oracles mingled with mud--"

This week at HERON TREE you'll find "So As To Taste Sleep" by Erica Meraz, created from Isaac Myer's 1888 translation of "On Dreams" by Synesios of Cyrene: https://herontree.com/meraz1/

13/04/2023

"At the Approach of Winter // a dream / is an imaginary // quick hot scent and taste / of nothing but roots and leaves..."

Created from Culpeper's Herbal (1653), Deborah Purdy's "At the Approach of Winter" is up at HERON TREE this week: https://herontree.com/purdy9/

06/04/2023

"it was the last summer / and we were out / of truth"

This week at HERON TREE you'll find "it was the last summer," an erasure by Deborah-Zenha Adams from Wilkie Collins' Woman in White (1859-1860): https://herontree.com/adams3/

30/03/2023

"Leave / Dr. Reason awhile, expel melancholy from the heart ... "

M. E. Goelzer created "A Remedy for Heartache" from the Complete Herbal by Nicholas Culpeper (1653). We invite you to click over to HERON TREE's website to read the first of our weekly postings for volume 10! https://herontree.com/goelzer1/

05/01/2023

Happy 2023! Here's some new-year news from HERON TREE:

The PDF collecting the volume 9 poems is now available for free downloading!

And because of some recent technical glitches with the site we are extending the window for volume 10 submissions to February 15th. We apologize for any troubles you may have had accessing the site; everything should now be fine. If you’re up for crafting some found poems from pre-1928 material, we’d love to read whatever you send our way. Click through for links to the volume 9 PDF and full volume 10 submission information.

Thank you for visiting Heron Tree! The volume 9 poems are now collected and available in a free downloadable PDF, which you can access by clicking here. You’ll find work by Deborah-Zenha Adam…

30/12/2022

We've had some technical glitches at the HERON TREE website, but they should now be fixed. We are very sorry for any frustration or confusion. And in case folks weren't able to access the site and our current call for submissions, we've extended the submission window until February 15th!

Heron Tree volume 10 will be dedicated to found poems composed from sources published in or before 1927. Between 25 August 2022 and 15 February 2023 ( < updated!) we will be accepting submission…

01/12/2022

HERON TREE is open for submissions for volume 10 through January 15, 2023. We have a general call for poems crafted using pre-1928 materials as well as two specific calls: one for poems composed from Culpeper's Complete Herbal (1653) and another for poems created from Fradenburgh's American Civics: A Text Book for High Schools, Normal Schools, and Academies (1906). Complete submission information is available on our website. We would love to see your approach to found poetry construction!

Heron Tree volume 10 will be dedicated to found poems composed from sources published in or before 1927. Between 25 August 2022 and 15 January 2023 we will be accepting submissions in the following…

10/11/2022

"Every Singer / changes completely / so that the listener / cannot understand / what is being said--"

We bring our posting of volume 9 poems to a close this week with "Every Singer" by Susan Kay Anderson, created from John Mills' Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son (1922).

We draw volume 9 of Heron Tree to a close with “Every Singer” by Susan Kay Anderson, created from John Mills’ Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son (1922). Please click here to read. About t…

03/11/2022

"Dear Mother, last night I dreamt / of silken ears and curly hair--a great broad field / of waving grain that talked to the wind."

This week at HERON TREE we invite you to read "Dear Mother, last night I dreamt" by Karen George, created from "The Pomegranate Seeds" by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1853).

Karen George created “Dear Mother, last night I dreamt” from “The Pomegranate Seeds” in Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1853). Please click here to read. About the poem and the process of …

26/10/2022

"Our hands are light, singing with emptiness. / We built a tower of stone into the sky."

In "Our Hands Are Light," Jonathan Yungkans weaves words, phrases, and lines from Conrad Aiken's House of Dust (1920) into a duplex poem. It's yours for the reading at HERON TREE.

In “Our Hands Are Light” Jonathan Yungkans incorporates words, phrases, and lines from The House of Dust by Conrad Aiken (1920). Please click here to read. About the poem and the process of composi…