NEW! Juliet Cook is excited and delighted that a new poem of hers, "Disengaged" is newly appearing In Conversation at The Literary Underground!

"I pull off its head, toss most of its body
inside a garbage bin. I remove
the two arms, keep them disconnected

in my bedroom, against the wall,
beside my bookcase, facing the opposite angle
away from the previous mannequin parts."

in Cook's poem "Disengaged", which appears In Conversation at The Literary Underground today

read more HERE - https://theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2026/01/28/disengaged-by-juliet-cook/

NEW! Juliet Cook is delighted by this phenomenal new Review of her two most recent poetry chapbooks!

A phenomenal review of the two most recent poetry chapbooks by Juliet Cook, ("REVOLTING" published by Cul-de-sac of Blood in November 2024 and "Blue Stingers Instead of Wings" published by Pure Sleeze Press in April 2025)!

The review was written by Scott C. Holstad.

Here's most of what he had to say:

"It didn't take long into reading this poetry collection (REVOLTING) for me to start saying "Wow!" and "Holy Shit!" and so on. When I finished, I didn't immediately respond but stopped to ponder because Juliet Cook is so very talented, has such a way with words, is such a unique and gifted poet and communicator that I really wanted to soak it all in, perhaps move on to another similar collection of hers (Blue Stingers Instead of Wings) -- which I did, reading them back to back twice -- because I get so much more out of Juliet's work and words than most other contemporary poets, and if I sound biased, I make no apologies. I've had the good fortune to "know" (electronically, never having yet met in person) Ms. Cook for some two decades, and I've seen her grow from an aspiring poet with unique skills to express what others often can't -- or won't -- to a towering literary giant, going places where others are often either too scared or never come back from, and she OWNS things many others can never even see. I've long admired just the very titles of so many of her poems and books -- witness "A Moldy Bathtub Is a Sin and You Must Repent Forever, Because She Said So" or "Hagfish Slime" for example, the latter of which contains lines I can only admire, such as "Screaming instead of / quietly swimming / as they try to swallow me / or throw me away." That is shit I feel I can really relate to, even if I might not want to. I often feel like Juliet does or could speak for me so many times over, as a survivor, observer, truly unique creative entity and I admire her skills so very much.

These words and my reactions apply to Blue Stingers as well, and I mention this because I'd hoped and intended to write a review for each but won't be able to as I've been in the hospital and had to have emergency surgery on my writing hand, while I'm lining up a bigger surgery for the arm and shoulder on the same side, so it's very difficult for me to write/type at the present, and I'm sorry for that. But for what it's worth, these two poetry collections were among the best I've read in a long time, and are among my immediate favorites."

Here's a link to the whole wonderful review and I'll link to the chapbooks at the bottom of this blog post.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8031261089 ***

This review(s) is a wonderful end of year poetry oriented gift for me.

I certainly don't think of myself as a "towering literary giant", as he refers to me in part of his review. To the contrary, oftentimes in recent years, I tend to think of myself as becoming increasingly invisible poetry-wise, for various different reasons, but at least in part because I don't want to constantly promote myself. I mean, I'm certainly not against self promotion and I do think it's a somewhat necessary part of the process when it comes to poetry, if you want others to possibly become aware of your creative work. BUT on the other hand, I personally don't want to be one of those poets who comes across as someone who seems to think their creative work is way more special and meaningful and important and worthy of tons of attention and praise than hundreds of other writer's creative work, because how the heck do I know how important my own work is to others?

I know what my poetry means to me. I'm not going to tell everyone else what it should or shouldn't mean to them, because I don't know. What my poetry means to other people is up to them and I don't want to slam myself in a bunch of people's faces and act like I deserve more attention because how do I know what sort of attention my writing does or doesn't deserve?

Again, I know what my poetry means to me. I don't know what it means to others unless they choose to tell me. Which is part of the reason why unexpected positive reviews are so wonderful. I suspected Scott Holstad was going to read these chapbooks of mine at some point in time (because I recently traded him these chapbooks for his recent full-length book), but I had no idea he was going to write a review and I truly appreciate this unexpected treat.

If a few (or more than a few) people are drawn to my poetry, whether they're friends or total strangers or somewhere in between, I think that is wonderful. And if someone likes my poetry I want it to be because of the actual poetry. *** Here is where you can acquire the two chapbooks reviewed by Scott C. Holstad:

REVOLTING is available from Cul-de-sac of Blood HERE - https://www.culdesacofblood.com/books

Also available from the Blood Pudding Press shop HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/1851916682/revolting-poetry-chapbook-by-juliet-cook

AND Blue Stingers Instead of Wings is available from Pure Sleeze Press HERE - https://puresleezepress.bigcartel.com/product/blue-stingers-instead-of-wings

Also available from the Blood Pudding Press shop HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/4314653197/new-blue-stingers-instead-of-wings

NEW! Juliet Cook is excited and delighted to have a new poem running around the darkly delicious Cul-de-sac of Blood!

"Spectator of my own eye
stuck in the middle

of a missing plate
on top a stolen spoon."

in Juliet Cook's poem "Another Pie in the Face"

Delighted this poem is running around the darkly delicious Cul-de-sac of Blood track, HERE! - https://www.culdesacofblood.com/juliet-cook-5

***

Speaking of Cul-de-sac of Blood and poetry, you can still acquire Cook's poetry chapbook, "REVOLTING", which was published by Cul-de-sac of Blood last year, directly from the Cul-de-sac HERE - https://www.culdesacofblood.com/books

Or from the Blood Pudding Press shop HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/1851916682/new-revolting-by-juliet-cook-2024-poetry

NEW! Juliet Cook is excited and delighted to have another new poem appearing in MasticadoresUSA - “Old Photo Booth Inside a Box Inside a Basement”!

"Are you always somewhere in between,
continually fusing into unreality?

Are you stuck in the bottom
of a moldy box? I think I mean

what is a dead sheep that keeps moving
because other creatures have infiltrated

its skin, eaten its heart, and replaced it
with their own swollen memories?"

Juliet Cook is delighted to have a new poem, “Old Photo Booth Inside a Box Inside a Basement”, newly appearing in MasticadoresUSA!

You can read more HERE - https://masticadoresusa.wordpress.com/2025/12/12/old-photo-booth-inside-a-box-inside-a-basement-by-juliet-cook/

NEW! Juliet Cook is excited and delighted that FIVE NEW POEMS of hers are now available in Gargoyle Online #12!

"So many people don’t seem to care
what’s really real or not.
So many people don’t seem to care
how others really feel or why.
My mind is my own warped confessional
booth filled with past secrets and self-doubt

and lack of disclosing
everything. Pretending I don’t care
what others think about me.
I don’t pray. I don’t always believe
in myself or much of anything else

or anyone else’s sincerity."

in Juliet Cook's poem "I Try To Be Real But Why?' one of five of her poems newly appearing in the new Gargoyle Online #12

read more of Cook's poems HERE - https://gargoylemagazine.com/juliet-cook/

Partake of more of the new issue HERE - https://gargoylemagazine.com/2025/12/online-12/

NEW! Juliet Cook's poem "Death is Lurking" is making an appearance in Buffalo 8, volume 5! Happy December!

"My legs have lost their elasticity.
My face has lost its glow.
My body has lost its flow.
Get out your blow torch."

the beginning of Juliet Cook's poem, "Death is Lurking", newly appearing in volume 5 of Buffalo 8

Read more of the poem here - https://buffalojournal.tumblr.com/post/801704783140585472/death-is-lurking

Check out the whole volume 5 here - https://buffalojournal.tumblr.com/

Wishing you a creatively wonderful December!

NEW! Two New Poems by Juliet Cook are appearing in Misfit Issue No. 41, Fall 2025!

Juliet Cook is delighted to have two new poems appearing in Misfit Issue No. 41, Fall 2025!

The poems are entitled "Precious Little Doll Babies" and "Green Rabbit Within a Dream Within a Dream".


"In this dream, my garbage can was repositioned
from the kitchen to the living room, in the space
where I keep art and poetry chapbook supplies.

My green jade rabbit was removed
from the kitchen counter where she usually sits
beside a vintage liquor decanter (Four Roses Whiskey
even though I don't drink whiskey). Now she was
on my bathroom counter, facing the mirror."

in the poem "Green Rabbit Within a Dream Within a Dream"


Read Cook's poems here - http://misfitmagazine.net/archive/No-41/Cook.html

Partake of the whole issue here - http://misfitmagazine.net/current.html

NEW! Juliet Cook's poem "Empty Holes for Eyes" is newly appearing in The Literary Underground, In Conversation!

"...Can’t find out if my eyes
are real. If I still exist. If I’m detached
from reality or if I am dead now."

within Juliet Cook's poem "Empty Holes for Eyes", appearing In Conversation at The Literary Underground today

read more here - https://theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/11/20/empty-holes-for-eyes-by-juliet-cook/

A few Blood Pudding Press Photos

A photo of Juliet Cook at the Blood Pudding Press table at Get Sharp! Ohio Poetry Publishing Conference sponsored by the Ohio Poetry Association, at the Cuyahoga County Public Library's South Euclid-Lyndhurst branch, on Saturday November 15, 2025.

And a slightly more close up photo of the table. 

You can find out a bit more about all these chapbooks (and more chapbooks that don't show up in these photos) in the Blood Pudding Press shop HERE - https://www.etsy.com/shop/BloodPuddingPress

NEW! Juliet Cook's poem "No Longer Part of the Latest Scene" is making an appearance in MasticadoresUSA!

"No longer able to generate as much attention.
No longer growing bright purple, other than
all the random bruises on my dry skin.
All the unwanted destruction adding up,
breaking down, trying to make me disappear."

in Juliet Cook's poem, "No Longer Part of the Latest Scene", which is newly appearing in MasticadoresUSA 

read more HERE - https://masticadoresusa.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/no-longer-part-of-the-latest-scene-by-juliet-cook/