Gnashing Teeth Publishing

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Cover Art Unveiled

We are excited to share the cover art for our “Heat the Grease, We’re Frying up Some Poetry” anthology. After several revisions, stops and starts, editor Jennifer Taylor created this stunning piece.

It was important for us to have cover art which honored the great work inside. This brings us closer to a finished project. The final step is ensuring the formatting on our side ends up on the page correctly.

Thank you all for your patience. Its been a stressful, fun, and exciting first anthology.

Goodnight, Taj Mahal by Andre Peltier

Deep below earth, clay and sand, deep below roots and aquifers, it lies in wait. Like that silent coyote stalking her white-tailed deer through the brush, it waits patiently and

contain by Megan Cartwright

verb past tense: contained; past participle: contained 1. have or hold (someone or something) within. Similar: hold carry To have and to hold in our own microcosm, constructed of hope.

Listening to Words by Mona Mehas

Listening to words out of touch cross lily pads, one to the next my rules, a tiny picture frame debt of honor, repay the gift. Headlights illuminate the path listening

Blooming by Elizabeth Gade

Some days are easy and some days are exhausting the days you have to dig through the muck inside take more hits than a heavyweight prize fighter cling to life

Pomegranate Rose by Laura Peña

I want to feed this delicacy To my concubine A tiny spoonful at a time I want to watch the luscious sorbet Linger on the tip of her tongue Melt

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