Footsteps To 2021: Paper Poetry Year-End Newsletter
By: Suntonu Bhadra
Tags: Writing, Publication, Poetry, Paper Poetry Editorial, Paper Poetry

Footsteps To 2021: Paper Poetry Year-End Newsletter

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Hello Fellow Readers, Writers, and Supporters,

The holiday vibe is tuning our latest days, although the celebration is different due to the distances we are keeping to remain safe and take care of others. I hope and pray that we shall overcome the challenges the time threw upon us.

2020: a year of loss, sacrifices, love, care, distancing, obstacles, and challenges. The pandemic is teaching us unprecedented lessons of life in newer and more challenging ways. The year will end in its due course; the lessons should remain with us to build a brighter future.

2020 is also the first year for Paper Poetry (we started in August 2020). We are still a small publication, yet the connection and contributions we have made this year makes me wonder what is next in line? What can we achieve and attain? What are the new dimensions we can bring for our readers and writers? We will try our best; that’s a promise from our side.

“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language and next year’s words await another voice.” — T.S. Eliot

This year-end newsletter is a tribute to all readers, contributors, and supporters who have connected with Paper Poetry and helped grow this publication with valuable engagements. We are a 300+ supporter strong publication, and 2021 is will be a year to collaborate and grow together.

Announcements

First of all, my gratitude and sincere thanks to Melissa Bee, who has supported Paper Poetry for the last three months, with valuable insights, suggestions, and editor’s hat. As this is the last month she will be helping us as co-editor, I would like to convey my regards for the wonderful co-editing experience and the support I have received working with her in Paper Poetry. An incredible soul, a fantastic writer, and a friend, I loved working with her, and I will look forward to the next opportunities to do that again.

Co-editor: In that regard, I am looking forward to including a co-editor. Please connect with me at sbpoetrymedium@gmail.com to start discussing.

Others: As mentioned in one of my previous newsletters, we will be introducing a couple of new things in Paper Poetry. We will be adding content series option (poetry/note/journal) from mid-January (details on the next newsletter). We are working on collaboration projects with other publications, and once we finalize the mode of collaboration, we will announce the exciting news. If you are a publication owner and you will like to discuss collaboration options, please let me know. Paper Poetry will support other publications within our capacity and present more diverse reading options for the readers.

Trending contents of 2020

Threads of Time by Amy Marley

Refracted Reflections by Indubala Kachhawa

Poets by Dana Sanford

Marie Curie Radioactive by James G Brennan

Unbelonging by Carolyn Hastings

Weekend Selects from the archive

Love Letter to a Friend by Gayle Kurtzer-Meyers

That Unsent Letter by Sneha Mankar

Stamps From The Alpine Meadows by Gloria D. Gonsalves

Cup Of Coffee by Sandhya Ganesh

Quiet Moments by Priscilla Loshon

Holiday Greetings

Holiday Greetings by Thalia Dunn

Glow Your Christmas Tinsels from All Your Might by Francine Fallara

’Tis the Season by Amy Marley

Christmas Is Here! 🎄 by Carolyn Hastings

Evergreen Blessing by Jenine Bsharah Baines

Shine Bright This Christmas! by Trista Ainsworth

Simple Greetings by Dr. Fatima Imam

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year by Dr. Preeti Singh

A Season’s Prayer by Gloria D. Gonsalves

Birth of a New Dawn by Era Garg

Warm Season’s Greetings by Melissa Bee

Published contents (between December 12 — December 25, 2020)

If, Winter Haiku by Thalia Dunn

What if Icarus never fell by Daniel A. Teo

That Unquiet Place by Priyanka Srivastava

This is me, Towards the light by Alice Floris

Before you die, don’t you want to know ‘how to live’?, Shame, The Silence Of The Truth by Suntonu Bhadra

In the sea, On the sky by Somsubhra Banerjee

Winter, Christmas Gift by Joy Scrogum

Breathe by Alice Floris

Bad Kitty, Revelation by Toni Crowe

Covenant by James G Brennan

An Illustration and A quote by Priyanka Srivastava

Moon’s molten ring by Era Garg

Christmas Gift by Gloria D. Gonsalves

H.B. by Amy Knight

Winter Has Arrived by Megan Nicole Morgan

Paper Poetry is thanking all the readers, contributors, and supporters for the immense love and connection we had this year. More initiatives are coming down the line, and we are looking forward to all of your support.

May the holiday season brings us joy and happiness to face the challenges around and proceed to the upcoming days with our heads high and our minds filled with positive energy.

May, the sparkle of colors glittering inside us gives us the strength to keep our hearts tied together, even though the distance poses a challenge. We shall overcome.

“Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Best.

Suntonu Bhadra.