I’m honored to have nine poems posted at the premiere cowboy poetry website, cowboypoetry.com. Here’s the link to my page:
http://www.cowboypoetry.com/susanmatley.htm
My poems (Growing Girls, Born To This Land, The Life of a Hand, Bleached Bones, Grand-Dad's Moonlit Ride, and Pilgrims Both) were inspired by the “Art Spur”, an every-so-often challenge at cowboypoetry.com. A cowboy-themed painting, drawing or photograph is posted at the website to “spur” poems in response. I’ve had a lot of fun doing this and there is plenty of guidance at the website as to what they are looking for and how to submit your work. The “Art Spur” is a great way to tune up the lyricism in your writing, as well as a terrific brain tease for finding strong, viable rhymes. I encourage all interested poets to check it out at http://www.cowboypoetry.com/artspur/htm.
I’ve also been honored
by Cowboys & Indians Magazine,
a publication that selected my poem “The Further Life of Cowboy Jack” as their
“Poem of the Week” for the second week of May, 2011. Here’s the link:
http://www.cowboysindians.com/art-entertainment/books/2011/06/the-further-life-of-cowboy-jack-by-susan-matley.jsp
Sue "Cimarron Sue" Matley is more than a very talented musician, vocalist, and songwriter. She also writes short fiction and the occasional play. Since 2007, eight of her short stories have been published .
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“The Math Book” made THEMA'S Autumn 2010 “Math & Music” print anthology. It’s the story of an overweight, reserved teenaged girl who, aided by a wise counselor and a special book, discovers what she wants to do with her life. For purchase information go to http://members.cox.net/thema/subscriptions.html . NOTE: The print run for this issue is going fast so if you’re interested in a copy, buy it now! I’ll be doing a reading of this story July 7 2011, 6:30 PM at the Dayton Memorial Library, Dayton, WA. Watch this page for news and live reading updates. New in 2010! Australian publisher Blade Red Press has issued a
brand new anthology "Dark Pages" featuring another S. D.
Matley horror story, TO DIE FOR. The anthology is available from
Amazon At last, an S. D. Matley non-horror story! Based on family legend, HIS OWN MEDICINE is set in north central Washington State during the Prohibition Era. Many thanks to GlassFire Magazine for publishing this one: My story INHERITANCE (by S. D. Matley), a supernatural tale of the west set in rural Walla Walla County in the 1860s and 1870s, is available online in the May 16th issue of The Absent Willow Review (a free publication). As May's is now a back issue, this link will take you to the story directly.
http://absentwillowreview.com/archives/knackers
I welcome reader comments at smatley@columbiainet.com.
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