+doc.3

 

    No it will be inspiring when the sun rises over the tankers at Kitimaat but 

    no it will be sublime when the sun sets over Hibernia but

    no it will not be a problem after you shotgun these tailings but 

    no there will absolutely be a long tail on these historical conditions but

        - Ryan Fitzpatrick, from "Hibernia Mon Amour"

 

With summer fully upon us, +doc.3 is now out in the world. This issue features work by Robert Hogg and ryan fitzpatrick. Robert Hogg taught poetry at Carleton University for thirty-eight years, and in the 1960s was an editor of the influential little magazine TISH. He is the author of five books of poetry and six chapbooks, and his work has appeared in dozens of periodicals, most recently Pamenar Online; Empty Mirror; The Café Review; Dispatches; Arc; Some;  BlazeVox Online Journal; The Typescript; Caesura; Ottawater 16; Sulfur Surrealist Jungle, Periodicities among others. Recent chapbooks include: from LAMENTAIONS (above/ground), Ranch Days—for Ed Dorn (Battleaxe), Ranch Days—the McIntosh (Hawk/weed) A Quiet Affair – Vanc ’63 (Trainwreck), The Red Menace (Hogwallow) and Apothegms (Apt 9). Forthcoming book length titles include: Lamentations; The Cariboo Poems; Amber Alert; Not to Call it Chaos – The Vancouver Poems; Oh Yeah—More Poems. In progress are The Offending Temple, Furtherings, and Ill Parodies – O, a selection of satires. A new trade book, Postcards, from America, is expected from CHAX Press in 2022. The Spoken Web podcast did a great podcast on Robert and his work - check it out!

ryan fitzpatrick is a Toronto/Tkaronto-based poet and critic. He is the author of four books of poetry, including the recent Coast Mountain Foot (Talonbooks 2021) and the forthcoming Sunny Ways (Invisible 2023). He also runs the online-based micropress Model Press, whose items are available free to download on his site.

To purchase a copy, PayPal me or E-transfer jcd748@mail.usask.ca (Canada: $4, US and International $6, payable in CAD) and include your name and mailing address. Happy reading!

+doc.2 - "threes"

Revelation

…1…The Book of the Law was dictated to Aleister Crowley by the Holy Guardian Angel Aiwass through the mediumship of Rose Edith Kelly—at least two of whom were drunk at the time.

- Grant Wilkins, from "Notes on Feral Gods"

 

The second issue of +doc is now available, and at 23 pages features poems by Ottawa poets Amanda Earl and Grant Wilkins. Both poems work outward from threes, whether in the title of Earl's "BLOOMS, PAINS, STRATEGIES", or in Wilkins' 3x3 structure-and-substructure in "Notes on Feral Gods".

To purchase a copy, PayPal me or E-transfer jcd748@mail.usask.ca (Canada: $4, US and International $6, payable in CAD) and include your name and mailing address. Thank you, and happy reading!

Submissions open for +doc.3 and .4

Submissions are now open for +doc.3 (Summer 2022) and .4 (Winter 2023). If you're interested in submitting, send an email to jcd748@mail.usask.ca (subject: "+doc submission") with the poem(s) attached. As always, don't send anything racist/homophobic/misogynistic/etc. Thank you, and I look forward to reading your work!

Pushcart Nominations

When I solicited poems for Odd Poems 2021, I thought it was going to be a one-off thing. Getting back to making things (physical things), a fun project in the midst of the pandemic, etc. And then there was all kinds of interest, and rob mclennan asked me what my press was called, and I had to think of something, and after some panicking and Googling, I came up with a name, and now I have a press? And a couple of items released, more planned, and even more ideas? Which was I think part of his plan all along.

Having put out not just Odd Poems but having started +doc (a biannual long poems journal), and starting to actually think in terms of having a small press, I wanted to submit Pushcart nominations, and I have. These are:

• A Tinderbox of Silence, by Adedayo Agarau
• the third season, by melanie brannagan frederiksen
• To Tim Dlugos (Cento), by Eduardo C. Corral
• What they write in the snow, by rob mclennan
• Best Days Calendar, by Tiffany Morris
• Time As The Lightning Bolt We Don't Receive Whole, by Tom Snarsky

I really want to thank all the poets who have let me publish their work, and everyone who sent work for consideration. It has been an absolute pleasure working with you, and I look forward to many more projects in the coming years.

+doc.1 - now available!

             It should be really easy, telling
            The truth 

            A rat eating happily through wire

            Trouble is you never know
            Whether the breaker’s flipped

                    -       Tom Snarsky, from “Time As The Lightning Bolt We Don’t Receive Whole”

I am very pleased to announce the first issue of +doc, a new, biannual journal of longer poems. The response to my initial announcement was amazing, and thanks to submissions from so many incredible poets, the first issue took shape immediately.

Featuring work by melanie brannagan frederiksen, rob mclennan, and Tom Snarsky, and cover art by Fredrik Skarstedt, +doc.1 offers insight into the beauty and worry of our day-to-day lives, asking what we hold important, particularly in the context of the last year.

To purchase a copy, PayPal me or E-transfer jcd748@mail.usask.ca (CA: $4, US and International: $6, payable in CAD) and include your name and mailing address. Copies will be sent by regular mail. Please be patient with arrival times!

53pp, saddle stitched.

+doc issues 1 and 2 - submissions closed

 Owing to an enthusiastic response and many great pieces, I've finalized the work for issues 1 and 2, and submissions to +doc are now closed. Submissions will open again in 2022 for issues 3 and 4. Thank you so much to everyone who sent work for consideration! Issue 1 will be ready in July or August.

+doc: A Journal of Longer Poems

 

There is a wide proliferation of journals, both print and online, but a tendency towards the shorter: poems of a page or less, sometimes with a maximum line count explicitly stated in the submission guidelines.

Especially in the age of social media, there is a tendency towards shorter and aphoristic poems, poems that start and end neatly and can be easily shared. There aren't nearly enough venues publishing long poems.

+doc is a semi-regular journal focused on longer poems and poem sequences, including visual poetry. The definition of "longer" is kept intentionally vague in the hope it may fit your work.

Submissions are currently open. To submit, send an email to Julian Day at jcd748@mail.usask.ca with "+doc" as part of title and the piece(s) as a .docx/.doc attachment. Don't worry about a cover letter! Maybe just say hi? I can't wait to read your work (unless it's racist, homophobic, etc, in which case it will not be considered).

The first issue is planned for later in 2021.