Spring 2026
FOREWORD
Welcome! To the inaugural issue of Bloodroot Poetry Journal Spring 2026 filled with important writing that demonstrates poets at the top of their game. This issue is truly international and multicultural representing poets from the United States, Wales, Australia, England, Nigeria, Canada, India, and France. The photography is also high quality and showcases the world around us in all its beauty and idiosyncrasy. Bloodroot Poetry Journal exists to prove to the world that words truly do matter.
SUBMISSIONS
Two open reading periods: one for spring and one for fall. Look for announcements on social media or on our website.
Bloodroot Poetry Journal Spring 2026
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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The Go-Between
Sue Hansard
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Graciela Among the Seri
David Duer
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Euthanasia
Siobhan Hodge
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Photo: Milwaukee Art Museum
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Burning Juniper
Bruce McRae
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You’ll Get There
Bryan William Myers
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The Astronaut’s Mysterious Renunciation of the Rock-solid
Jeanne Julian
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Postscript to an Unsent Letter
Jeanne Julian
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Photo: Mural Bonnet House Museum and Gardens
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I’ve always been good at true love
Cassie Neville
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Backyard prayer
Cassie Neville
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This Is How
J. M. Summers
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Photo: Serpentine
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All My Wants
Ayiyi Joel
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A Bullet
Mary Ann Honaker
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Good Trees
Zoe Karathanasi
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Photo: Bonnet House Museum and Gardens
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Lingering Smoke
Sreelekha Chatterjee’s
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The River Refuses the Past Tense
David Anson Lee
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Field Guide to What Vanishes
David Anson Lee
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Photo: Reflection
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The Desert of the Unseen
Barry Carter
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Photo: Discover the Buddha
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Thirteen Ways of Looking at Peter Pan
Alison Stone
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Paradox
Lynn Fitzgerald
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Photo: Through the Roof
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Moonlight on Thin Gray Hair
Theresa C. Gaynord
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Modern Map (Body)
Jeanie Ngo
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In the Event of My Demise
Howie Good
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Photo: Air Potatoes Everglades
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Korean Boys
Chuck Kramer