NEW! A Review of Juliet Cook's latest poetry chapbook, "Blue Stingers Instead of Wings", thanks to Rachel Kendall of Sein und Werden!

"The poems in Blue Stingers Instead of Wings are not the confessional poetry of Sexton or Plath. Cook’s confessions are horrific contortions, the blood and shit and metamorphosis of otherness, of disturbed mind over decaying matter. Here, imagined fears, like decapitation by ceiling fan, and disrupted brain flow imagery are scattered throughout, alongside the very real issues of misogyny and beauty, and the invisibility that comes with feminine maturation."

A sample within a new and much appreciated Review of Juliet Cook's latest poetry chapbook, "Blue Stingers Instead of Wings" (Pure Sleeze Press)!

Thank you very much to Rachel Kendall, writer and editor of Sein und Werden, for writing this review!

Read more of the review here - https://seinundwerden.wordpress.com/2025/07/06/blue-stingers-instead-of-wings-by-juliet-cook/
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"Blue Stingers Instead of Wings" can be acquired through Pure Sleeze Press here - https://puresleezepress.bigcartel.com/product/blue-stingers-instead-of-wings

Or from the Blood Pudding Press shop here - https://www.etsy.com/listing/4314653197/new-blue-stingers-instead-of-wings-by

NEW! Juliet Cook is delighted to have a poem appearing in HSTQ: Spring 2025, the latest curated collection from Horror, Sleaze and Trash!

"I might let the black cat sleep
on my bed but he keeps hissing as if on the brink
of attacking his best friend, which I pretend is me,
but I'm nobody's best friend and never will be again.
The black cat will soon morph into another venomous rat,
secreting an evil fetus that is born to die. I won't name him.

I'm not a fan of naming someone after someone else.
I want everyone to be themselves, not part of another
herd. I'm not a ceiling fan except in that
repeated nightmare in which the fan lobs off heads
like a guillotine hanging from my bedroom ceiling."

part of Cook's long-ish poem, "The Age of Vicissitude"

I'm delighted to have this poem appearing within HSTQ: Spring 2025, the latest curated collection from Horror, Sleaze and Trash!

You can download this new collection for FREE here - https://horrorsleazetrash.com/2025/06/19/hstq-spring-2025/

This poem also appears in Cook's most recently published chapbook, "Blue Stingers Instead of Wings" (Pure Sleeze Press, 2025), which is still available to be acquired from Pure Sleeze here - https://puresleezepress.bigcartel.com/

Or from Blood Pudding Press here - https://www.etsy.com/listing/4314653197/new-blue-stingers-instead-of-wings-by

NEW! Juliet Cook is delighted to have two poems newly appearing in Misfit Magazine Issue No. 40, Summer 2025!

"Multiple windshields crash
and crack against each other
and I can't decide which side
of the road I'm on because I'm surrounded
with evil doppelgangers..."

within the poem "Dream State Collision Course Filled With Secrets", one of two of Cook's poems newly appearing in Misfit Magazine Issue No. 40, Summer 2025

read more HERE - http://misfitmagazine.net/archive/No-40/Cook.html 

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Also in the Books Received and Acknowledged section of this issue of Misfit, is a small Review of Cook's poetry chapbook "REVOLTING" (Cul-de-sac of Blood, 2024). Thank you very much to Alan Catlin. 

"Cook is master of disambiguation, of obsessive images featuring detached body parts, doll’s heads, and the like, sort of like a nightmare of disarticulating dream states. Often the reader feels as if the words, the body parts in the poems are revolting against the poem/the self. It’s uncomfortable but it’s always eye opening and intriguing. Not your standard poetic fare."

If interested, you can acquire your own copy of "REVOLTING" here - https://www.culdesacofblood.com/books

Or within Cook's Blood Pudding Press shop here - https://www.etsy.com/listing/1851916682/new-revolting-by-juliet-cook-2024-poetry

Juliet Cook holding a copy of her latest poetry chapbook, Blue Stingers Instead of Wings!

Juliet Cook holding a copy of her latest poetry chapbook, Blue Stingers Instead of Wings. Published by Pure Sleeze Press in April. Still available from Pure Sleeze. And now also available in the Blood Pudding Press shop. See links below.

Available from Pure Sleeze Press HERE - https://puresleezepress.bigcartel.com/product/blue-stingers-instead-of-wings 

Available in the Blood Pudding Press shop HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/4314653197/new-blue-stingers-instead-of-wings-by

NEW! Juliet Cook is delighted to have "My Own" new poem appearing In Conversation at The Literary Underground!

Juliet Cook is delighted to have a new poem appearing In Conversation at The Literary Underground! - https://theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/06/04/my-own-by-juliet-cook/

"My Own"!

Sometimes the larger scheme of things can feel a little bit pointless, but at least in the larger scheme of whatever the hell, I'm my own pair of socks...

NEW! Blue Stingers Instead of Wings has now been added to the Blood Pudding Press shop too!

Juliet Cook's newest poetry chapbook, "Blue Stingers Instead of Wings", was published by Pure Sleeze Press in late April 2025. It is still available from Pure Sleeze Press HERE - https://puresleezepress.bigcartel.com/product/blue-stingers-instead-of-wings

In addition to still being available from its publisher, I have also now placed a few copies of this chapbook into the Blood Pudding Press shop here - https://www.etsy.com/listing/4314653197/new-blue-stingers-instead-of-wings-by

So why not get one while the getting is good (or bad or awful or hideous or at least still oddly available)!

(Also, if there's some other way you'd prefer to purchase one directly from Cook, such as via Paypal, feel free to ask).

(Also, Pure Sleeze will have more new chapbooks coming out in July so keep an eye out!)

Please support small poetry presses! 

NEW! Su Zi's Review of Juliet Cook's Poetry Chapbook REVOLTING!

"Often, the chapbook might come from someone we actually do not know. Oh, obviously we saw the post about this new work, and maybe other posts from the press or the author, but we don’t really know their favorite flavor of ice cream. We are gambling that perhaps there will be something here to ponder, something that speaks to our interior selves...

...The book is a pure example of the chapbook format, and this one has a subtle and elegant presence. Ironic to this perception is the book’s title Revolting (Cul-de-sac of Blood, 2024), the work being a recent offering from Juliet Cook..."

...Cook’s style oscillates between the conversational and the surreal..."

a few snippets from Su Zi's new Review of Juliet Cook's poetry chapbook "Revolting".

In addition to reviewing this chapbook, the article also focuses on the joy of print poetry chapbooks, discoveries from the online poetry community, the importance of independent presses, and more.

"In our times now of needing to prioritize individual makers over global producers, it does a greater good to buy a chapbook..."

Thank you very much to Su Zi for writing this wonderful review/article and thank you very much to GAS: Poetry, Art & Music, and Belinda Subraman for publishing and sharing it!

Read more here - https://gaspoertyartandmusic.blogspot.com/2025/05/su-zis-review-of-juliet-cooks-revolting.html 

Acquire a copy of REVOLTING (and/or other chapbooks) from Cul-de-sac of Blood HERE - https://www.culdesacofblood.com/books 

Or get this chapbook (and/or other chapbooks) directly from Cook's own Blood Pudding Press shop HERE - https://www.etsy.com/listing/1851916682/new-revolting-by-juliet-cook-2024-poetry

NEW! Juliet Cook has four poems newly appearing in Poetry Pacific!

Juliet Cook is happy to have four poems newly appearing in Poetry Pacific, Vol. 14, 2025, here - http://poetrypacific.blogspot.com/2025/05/4-poems-by-juliet-cook.html

The first two ("Un-pretty Maroon" and "Nihilistic White") are haiku variants that also appear inside her new poetry chapbook, "Blue Stingers Instead of Wings" (which will be linked to below).

The third one ("I Hate My Guts") is a haiku that does not appear anywhere else.

The fourth one ("Another Me") is a newer poem that also does not appear anywhere else.

The first three have some accidental formatting errors, so I'm going to place correctly formatted versions below.

Un-pretty Maroon

My creative flow
starts internal ambience,
then begins screaming.

I revise my screams
into un-pretty maroon
that will speak for me.

Words obliterate
words into non-existence
if I don't feel real.

Nihilistic White

Fresh white snowflakes fall.
Shimmer down, glitter the ground,
grow into cold gloom.

Nihilistic white
witch, ice queen growing darker.
Overtaking light.

I Hate My Guts

Ugly fat preys on
my ribs. Tries to hide them with
menopause gut punch.

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"Blue Stingers Instead of Wings" is Juliet Cook's new poetry chapbook, recently published by Pure Sleeze Press, in which these first two haiku variants also appear, as well as eleven other poems.

Acquire a copy from Pure Sleeze Press here - https://puresleezepress.bigcartel.com/product/blue-stingers-instead-of-wings

Or please feel free to ask if you'd like to acquire one directly from Cook.

Happy May! Juliet Cook's latest poetry chapbook "Blue Stingers Instead of Wings" is now one week old and still available!

Happy May!

Juliet Cook's new poetry chapbook, "Blue Stingers Instead of Wings" is now one week old and still available!

Don't hate me because I'm weird and repetitive.

Thank you to Pure Sleeze Press for publishing this, along with four other new chapbooks, all of which will remain available until they sell out.

"Blue Stingers Instead of Wings" can be purchased for $8 (plus $5 shipping)!

Or you can get all five new chapbooks in a Five Book Bundle for $30!

Acquire mine and/or 1, 2, 3 or all 4 of the remaining others while they are still available.

Here's the link to buy them from Pure Sleeze Press! - https://puresleezepress.bigcartel.com/

Cook also has some copies of "Blue Stingers Instead of Wings" so if you'd like to acquire my chapbook directly from me for the same price, that is a possibility too. Please do feel free to reach out...

NEW! Juliet Cook has two new poems making an appearance in POETRY FOR THE PEOPLE!

"He blames it on you for disrupting his convoluted flow
by not completely agreeing with him,
by not cracking and flushing your own ugly
broken shells down the drain until he decides
to pluck out the yolk, name it, batter it,
shove it wherever the hell he wants to."

the beginning of Juliet Cook's poem "The Egg Price Is Out of Control", one of two poems newly appearing in POETRY FOR THE PEOPLE

read more here - https://poetry4thepeople.blogspot.com/2025/05/juliet-cook.html