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Send us only your best work. Send your poetry as a word attachment with “F&V Submission” in the subject line. Use one-inch margins left, right, and bottom of all pages. Since the writer’s contact information should be in the upper left-hand corner of the first page of submissions, it looks good to use a 1/2 margin at the top of that page. Use 12 point-Times New Roman font. Submit 3-5 poems: vortexeditor@yahoo.com.  Include a cover letter as well. Deadline for next issue: April 4, 2022. Thank you, Editor, James Eric Watkins About the editor: Although James has merely earned two associate’s degrees, one in General Education and the other in Social and Behavioral Science, his experiences far exceed that of his formal, on-paper, educational level. James Eric Watkins was first accepted for publication by  Poetry Motel  in late 2002. He has dramatically performed his poetry (as well as given poetic speeches) at Ivy Tech Community College, Madison Campus in 2004, the Madison-Jefferson Cou
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Fall/Winter Issue: Relaunch I (Live on November 4, 2021)

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 Flowers & Vortexes Online A Creative Magazine Relaunch Issue I ISSN: 1932-8753 John Grey   Sailing Home At twilight, by the shoals, light rain, the kiss of heaven, the dark sea of clockwork, horizon, a bobbing orange line, our boat catches the freshened breeze, tiptoes home on foam. Some stars where clouds no longer drip, a lapping at the sides, a liquid whisper, your face, sepulcher-white,  but as alive as new birth, my hands turning sails, playing string music with the air. This is one journey of many, seeping with myriad images, some sharp, others indifferent  to their own shape, toward shore or away from it, with company  or setting my heart’s compass  to your magnetic absence. Home, where the sea and sky  blend as one, home, where we last left ourselves, up the hill, dry, well-lit, and warm. Connections: Mary Bongat-Libby Elemental Is her way, a sway  so fluid, so mesmerizing.  So scrutinizing: her gaze as a raven’s eyes channeling from crystalline skies.  Silently she sings
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