Poetry Submission

Illustration #1: Typed Poem in Standard Format


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Michael J. Bugeja
E. W. Scripps Hall
Ohio University
Athens, Ohio 45701
(614) 555-3737

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The Carpe Diem Blues

The lover’s complaint yodel-lady-hoos
in the Alps. He would like to clear the air
but has a case of the carpè diem blues.

He envisions his Lorelie in lederhose,
oblivious of clothes that sirens wear.
The lover’s complaint yodel-lady-hoos.

Amid vast mountaintops of spruce and snow,
hardly an oracle to lament an affair:
He has a case of carpè diem blues.

This alarms him like a roost of cuckoos
in the shops and chalets tolling the hour.
The lover’s complaint yodel-lady-hoos

And cracks the ice the way Valkyries do
in Valhalla, warbling arias there.
He has a case of carpè diem blues.

Voices come back to him, haunting the hollows
of his hickory-dickory heart, beyond repair.
the lover’s complaint yodel-lady-hoos.
He has a case of carpè diem blues.


Illustration #2: Brief Cover Letter

Michael J. Bugeja
E. W. Scripps Hall
Ohio University
Athens, Ohio 45701


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January 5, 2008

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Hilda Raz, Editor-in-Chief
Prairie Schooner
201 Andrews Hall
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0334

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Dear Ms. Raz:

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I read the Fall 2007 special poetry issue of Prairie Schooner and particularly enjoyed the poems of Ted Kooser, Marnie Bullock, and Rafael Campo. I thought I would send you a submission of five poems from a book-length manuscript in progress entitled Talk.

My work has previously appeared in The Kenyon Review, Poetry, Triquarterly, and The Georgia Review, among others. I teach writing and ethics at Ohio University and once worked in Lincoln as a reporter for United Press International. So I know your city well.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

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Sincerely,



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Michael J. Bugeja
(614) 555-3737

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